Ignatov & Company Group was established with Mr. Alexander Ignatov and his partners in 1998, so last year we celebrated 20 years in the market!
Our initial coverage in 1998-2005 was presented with the countries of Central and East Europe. In 2005-2006 we initiated a geographical expansion – we started to make market research and company study projects in Latin America and APAC. Later we have done a series of further expansions – so now we do market research and company intelligence projects literally globally, in entire Europe, in Asia-Pacific (including countries like Japan, China and India), USA, MENA, Sub-Sahara Africa.
In 20 years we have grown from a small company with only few experts to a multinational team working in 40+ research offices worldwide and covering 50 countries in all habitable continents.
2/3 of our people have by two and more higher degrees, and we have 5 Sc.D. and 14 Ph.D. in our staff – all of them are leaders in the industry expert teams. The average work experience of our experts and consultants counts for 25 years – we do not hire people directly after university and prefer to work with those having practical experience in manufacture, business or science; our experts are not those "consultants" who know mining or pharma only by university textbooks – but they are people knowing well the industries and markets we are working in.
Since 1999 we manage a network of more than 600 freelancers worldwide. These freelance experts, consultants and analysts actively participate in these or those of research and consulting projects – expending our full-time staff’s expertise and abilities, and bringing deep knowledge in many specific areas.
Ignatov & Company Group makes market research, company intelligence, business and engineering consulting, foresight and benchmarking projects in many industries:
- Life Sciences & Health (pharma, medical devices, healthcare)
- Commodity industries (mining, chemistry, metal, agriculture, wood and paper)
- Engineering industries (automotive, aerospace, plastics & composites, machinery & equipment, electronics)
- ICT (telecom, IT)
- Energy (oil & gas, utilities, wind)
- B2C products & services (retail, food & beverages, cosmetics & toiletries, textile & fashion, etc.)
- Construction & Realty
- Financial markets (banking, insurance, FinTech)
- B2B and professional products & services
- Transportation & Logistics
The geography of our clients covers more than 30 countries. We work both directly with end-users, that are international companies seeking for market knowledge or consultancy, and in partnerships with other consulting, market research and company intelligence firms.