Consulting practice
Market Research Consulting Services
Douglas Insights runs fixed fee consulting engagements across eight service lines, from market sizing to commercial due diligence. Every engagement is delivered by the analysts who publish our syndicated research, starts from a tested market model and ships with a source register your board can audit.
Service lines
Eight ways we take a market question to an answer
Each service has its own methodology, deliverables and typical situations, detailed on its dedicated page. Engagements can run standalone or combine, and all of them draw on the same bottom-up market models that power our reports.
Market Sizing & Opportunity Assessment
TAM, SAM and SOM built bottom-up, with the working model included in the deliverable.
- New market entry decisions
- Fundraising and investor materials
- Annual strategic planning
Competitive Intelligence & Benchmarking
Competitor profiling, financial tracking, win/loss analysis and pricing audits on a defensible evidence base.
- Deal desk and pricing responses
- Product roadmap prioritisation
- Board and investor reporting
Go-To-Market Strategy
Segment targeting, positioning, channel design and launch roadmaps grounded in sized demand.
- New product launches
- Entry into new countries
- Channel restructuring
Customer & Consumer Intelligence
Voice of customer, segmentation, satisfaction tracking and brand studies run by analysts, not panels alone.
- Retention and churn programs
- Product roadmap validation
- Brand and messaging refresh
Pricing & Monetization Strategy
Value-based pricing, elasticity research and packaging design that protects margin.
- New product price setting
- Portfolio repricing programs
- Packaging and bundling redesign
M&A & Commercial Due Diligence
Market due diligence for investors and acquirers: demand, competition and growth tested under deal timelines.
- Buy-side CDD for PE and VC
- Corporate acquisition screening
- Vendor due diligence preparation
Regulatory & Value Chain Advisory
Compliance mapping, supply chain studies and sourcing strategy for regulated and trade-exposed markets.
- Market entry into regulated sectors
- China plus one sourcing programs
- Tariff response planning
Data & Analytics Solutions
Data as a service, installed base modelling and decision dashboards built on our market models.
- Annual and quarterly planning inputs
- Sales territory and quota setting
- Aftermarket and service demand models
Ways to engage
Three engagement models, one standard of evidence
Fixed scope project
A defined question answered in three to six weeks with named deliverables, a fixed fee and a working model handover. The default for most engagements.
Ongoing advisory
Quarterly model refreshes, monitoring briefs and analyst access for teams that need the market picture maintained, not rebuilt every year.
Report plus briefing
A syndicated report licence combined with a private analyst session and a custom extension chapter. The fastest route when a report already covers most of the question.
How we work
From first call to boardroom in four steps
Scope call
A 30 minute call to define the decision you are facing, not the deliverable you think you need.
Proposal in 48 hours
A fixed fee proposal with named deliverables, sources and a week-by-week timeline.
Research sprint
Interviews, modeling and secondary research, with weekly checkpoints so there are no surprises.
Board-ready delivery
The report, the working model and a live session with the analysts who built them.
Why Douglas Insights
Research-led, so strategy starts from evidence
Most strategy firms buy their data. Douglas Insights builds it. The consulting practice sits on top of a syndicated research operation that maintains bottom-up models across healthcare, information technology, energy, chemicals, food, automotive, consumer goods and aerospace.
That changes the economics of an engagement. Work starts from a tested model instead of a blank page, timelines shorten, and every figure in the final deck can be traced to a numbered source. Fees are fixed and deliverables are named before work begins.
- Analysts run the engagement end to end, no account layer
- Source register with a numbered citation for every input
- Working models handed over as standard
- Fixed fee proposals within 48 hours of a scope call
- Published methodology, edition history and open corrections
- Delaware incorporated, serving clients worldwide
Browse the report library to see the depth of model behind every engagement, or request a free sample from any report page.
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Consulting: frequently asked questions
What consulting services does Douglas Insights offer?
Douglas Insights offers eight consulting services: market sizing and opportunity assessment, competitive intelligence and benchmarking, go-to-market strategy, customer and consumer intelligence, pricing and monetization strategy, M&A and commercial due diligence, regulatory and value chain advisory, and data and analytics solutions.
How are consulting engagements priced?
Every engagement is fixed fee. After a 30 minute scope call, a proposal is issued within 48 hours naming the deliverables, the timeline and the price. There are no hourly meters or open-ended retainers unless a client requests ongoing advisory.
How is Douglas Insights different from a strategy consulting firm?
Douglas Insights is a research-led firm. The analysts who publish its syndicated market research reports run the consulting engagements, so custom work starts from tested market models and every recommendation is traceable to sourced data.
Which industries does the consulting practice cover?
The practice covers healthcare, information technology, energy, chemicals, food and beverages, automotive, consumer goods and aerospace, matching the industry coverage of the report portfolio.
How do I start an engagement?
Book a consultation through the contact page or email [email protected]. The first step is a 30 minute scope call, followed by a fixed fee proposal within 48 hours.
Tell us the question you are trying to answer
A 30 minute scope call is free and without obligation. Within 48 hours you will have a fixed fee proposal with named deliverables and a timeline.