Ipsos 3141209 221931922 2008-06-26T19:15:20Z 12.34.119.12 :''The fictional magical formula is spelled [[IPSOS]].'' [[Ipsos]] [[S.A. (corporation)|S.A.]] is a global [[customer survey|survey]]-based [[market research]] company headquartered in [[Paris, France]]. The company was founded in [[1975]] and has been publicly traded on the [[Paris Stock Exchange]] since [[July 1]], [[1999]]. Since [[1990]], the company has created or acquired more than 40 companies worldwide. ==Business specialization== Ipsos has organized its business into five areas of specialization: [[advertising]] research, [[marketing research]], media research, opinion polls and social research; and quality and customer relationship management research. ==Financial Performance== {{Confusing|date=February 2008}} Ipsos’ consolidated revenues totalled €718 million in [[2005]], up 18.8 percent on [[2004]], with an organic growth rate of 8.6 percent. In 2005, Ipsos derived 46% of its revenue from [[Europe]], 34% from [[North America]] and 10% from [[Latin America]]. Lastly, the [[Asia-Pacific]] region and the [[Middle East]] together accounted for 10% of revenues.<ref>Ispos Annual Report 2005</ref> ===Top 10 of the Market Research Sector 2006=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Rank !! Company !! Sales in 2006<br> (million [[USD]]) !! Growth in % |- |- --> |- |1||[[Nielsen Company]]||3,696.0||2.6 |- |2||[[IMS Health Inc.]]||1,958.6||8.9 |- |3||[[Taylor Nelson Sofres]]||1,851.1||2.5 |- |4||[[Kantar Group]]||1,401.4||4.1 |- |5||[[GfK AG]]||1,397.3||5.4 |- |6||[[Ipsos]]||1,077.0||6.5 |- |7||[[Synovate]]||739.6||9.5 |- |8||[[IRI]]||665.0||6.6 |- |9||[[Westat]]||425.8||0.8 |- |10||[[Arbitron]]||329.3||5.9 |} ==Subsidiaries== *[[Ipsos MORI]] *[[Ipsos-Reid]] *[[Ipsos Public Affairs]] *[[Ipsos ASI]] *[[Ipsos-Insight]] *[[Ipsos-Interactive Services]] *[[Ipsos-UU]] *[[Ipsos-Novaction]] *[[Ipsos-Vantis]] ==Notes== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.ipsos.com Ipsos website] {{CAC Mid 100}} [[Category:Marketing research companies]] {{France-company-stub}} [[fr:Ipsos]]