Forrester Research

Forrester Research is a publicly traded company that provides market research and analysis on information technology.

Forrester Research was founded in 1983 by George F. Colony in Cambridge (Massachusetts ). In November 1996, the company went public. In addition to organic growth, Forrester took over the following companies:

  • Fletcher Research, British analysts with a focus on Internet (1999)
  • FORIT GmbH, a German market research company (2000)
  • Giga Information Group, a US-based market research company (2003)
  • Jupiter Research, a US-based market research company (2008)

Forrester Research operates eight centers in the United States ( Cambridge, Foster City, Washington, Westport ) and Europe ( Amsterdam, London, Frankfurt, Paris).

In 2009, the company employed 974 staff, of whom 381 were employed as analysts. The turnover for 2008 was 240 million U.S. dollars.

Types of business entity Cambridge (Massachusetts) Marketing research
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