Market Research Agency Los Angeles

From consumer segmentation to brand strategy, product development research and creative testing, Kadence supports organizations in Los Angeles with a comprehensive suite of research services. Over 30 years of global expertise, applied to one of the world's most influential consumer markets.

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With offices across the Americas, Asia, and Europe, Kadence brings a global perspective to a city that sets trends for the rest of the world. Los Angeles's unmatched combination of entertainment industry influence, cultural diversity, innovation economy and sheer scale makes it essential for any brand with serious ambitions in the US market.

 

Research services for Los Angeles

Kadence provides a full range of research services for organizations targeting Los Angeles and Southern California.

Customer and market understanding research helps brands navigate LA's extraordinary consumer diversity. The metropolitan area of over 13 million people encompasses hundreds of distinct communities across Los Angeles County, Orange County, the Inland Empire and beyond, each with its own cultural identity, spending patterns and brand relationships.

Brand and advertising research in Los Angeles carries global significance. Consumer attitudes formed in LA often spread nationally and internationally through the city's entertainment, fashion and social media influence. Testing creative here provides insight into both local effectiveness and broader cultural resonance.

New product development research benefits from LA's role as a launch market for consumer trends. From food and beverage to beauty, wellness, fashion and technology, Los Angeles consumers are early adopters whose preferences signal where markets are headed.

Our fieldwork spans qualitative and quantitative methods across Greater Los Angeles and Southern California.

Our US Offices

Kadence operates from offices across the Americas, with our US presence anchored by teams in New York and San Francisco. Our global network spans London, Tokyo, Singapore, Shanghai, Jakarta, Mumbai, Bangalore and beyond.

For Los Angeles-based organizations expanding internationally, particularly in entertainment, technology and consumer goods, our network provides seamless coordination and genuine local expertise in each market. For global brands entering the US through LA, our team provides the cultural understanding needed to connect with the world's most diverse consumer market.

We’re consistently recognised as a leading market research agency across multiple markets.

AURA Innovation of the Year award

Innovation of the Year

Finalist

— The AURAs, 2021
Agency of the Year Awards, 2021

Market Research Agency of the Year

Winner – Gold

— Agency of the Year Awards, 2021
Marketing Interactive Agency of the Year, Winner - Gold, 2021

Consultant of the Year

Winner – Gold

— Agency of the Year Awards, 2021
Kadence team collecting Agency of the Year award

Consultant of the Year

Winner

— Agency of the Year Awards, 2020
Agency of the Year Awards, 2020

Market Research Agency of the Year

Finalist

— Agency of the Year Awards, 2020
Quirks Supplier of the Year Kadence International

Market Research Supplier of the Year

Winner

— Marketing Research & Insight Excellence Awards – 2019
Kadence International Market Research Agency of the Year Singapore

Market Research Agency of the Year

Winner

— Agency of the Year Awards, 2019
Kadence International is Highly Commended for Global Agency of The Year

Global Agency of the Year

Highly Commended

— Market Research Society Awards, 2019
Market Research Society's Operations Awards, 2019

Best Data Collection (face-to-face)

Finalist

— Market Research Society's Operations Awards – 2019
Best Data Collection, Finalist — Market Research Society's Operations Awards, 2019

Best Data Collection (telephone)

Finalist

— Market Research Society's Operations Awards, 2019
MRS Opperations Awards Trophy

Best Training and Development

Highly Commended

— Market Research Society's Operations Awards, 2019
MRS Young Researcher of the Year

MRS Young Researcher of the Year

Finalist

— MRS, 2023
ESOMAR Best Congress Paper

ESOMAR Best Congress Paper

Winner

— ESOMAR, 2023

Los Angeles Market Research

From our US offices, Kadence provides end-to-end market research for organizations operating in Los Angeles and across the United States. Projects cover the full research lifecycle, from early exploration and category understanding through concept and product development, brand and communications work, and into launch tracking and longer-term measurement. Some studies run as focused sprints built around a single decision; others are multi-wave programs tracking a market over several years. What links them is a preference for research that teams actually use, delivered in a form that matches how the decision gets made inside the organization.

FAQs

Can Kadence run fieldwork beyond the city of LA into the wider Southern California region?

Yes. We regularly run studies that reach into Long Beach, Anaheim, Pasadena, the Inland Empire, Orange County and the San Diego corridor as part of a single coordinated design, with recruitment and sampling built around where the audience actually sits rather than defaulting to central LA.

What industries does Kadence research in Los Angeles?

We work with organizations across LA's key sectors, including entertainment, technology, fashion, beauty, food and beverage, healthcare, aerospace, logistics and consumer goods. Our researchers understand the competitive dynamics and cultural nuances specific to the Southern California market.

How does Kadence handle Los Angeles's geographic and demographic complexity?

Greater LA spans multiple counties and hundreds of distinct communities. We design research with sampling strategies that reflect the market's geographic and demographic reality, ensuring insight captures the full breadth of consumer behavior rather than defaulting to a single neighborhood or demographic segment.

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