Why research agencies send a third party to look instead of accepting what comes back from the field.
What changes
With an independent field round
A supervised Mumbai field team that runs your instrument, your quotas and your back-check rules, and hands back fieldwork you can defend to the end client.
What tends to go wrong
A Mumbai leg of a national study needs interviewers on the ground next week, not a recruitment cycle.
Fieldwork is only as good as its back-checks, and ad-hoc freelance teams rarely build them in.
Quotas slip in dense areas where access and refusal rates look nothing like the plan.
Geo-tagging and time stamps are promised in the proposal and then missing from the data file.
Drawn from the briefs we are asked to quote for most often in this industry.
What a visit actually checks
Every outlet on the beat listed
Outlet type and size
GPS location captured
Categories stocked
Owner contact with consent
Counting slots as per plan
Passers-by vs entries
30 distinct checklist points sit across the 6 services mapped to this industry; your brief decides which apply.
Use cases
Typical assignments
The three shapes of work this industry asks for most. Each one runs on your checklist, not a standard template.
01
Market Surveys
Mumbai leg of a multi-city study
Briefed interviewers administer your agreed questionnaire with participant consent, to your quota plan, and submissions are checked before they are released to you.
Consent recorded
Questionnaire completed in full
02
Market Surveys
Outlet universe and geo-mapping
Every street inside the agreed boundary is walked to build a geo-mapped outlet list by type, size and category — the sampling frame for the study that follows.
Every outlet on the beat listed
Outlet type and size
03
Market Surveys
Price and competitor shelf sweep
Visible pricing, displays, schemes and offers are recorded to your format, so the retail audit leg of the study lands alongside the consumer leg.
Competitor brands present
Pricing and consumer offers
Reporting
What you can report afterwards
Fieldwork is only useful if it turns into something you can put in front of a client, a committee or an auditor.
Services mapped
6 field services
Checklist points
30 distinct checks
Divisions covered
Business field services
Coverage
76 areas across Mumbai, Thane, Navi Mumbai and Panvel
The evidence pack
Interview records in your agreed format
Back-check notes on the reviewed sample
Geo-tagged location data per submission
Geo-tagged outlet database
Area outlet map
Outlet universe summary by type
Shop-front photographs
Every submission is reviewed by a supervisor, and random back-checks are run on completed work.
Numbers you can report
Completed interviews against quota
Back-check outcomes on the sample reviewed
Geo-tagged, time-stamped submissions
Refusals and non-contacts by area
Taken straight from the approved checklist, so the next round is comparable with this one.
How we deliver
STEP 01
Receive the brief
Location list, purpose, checklist, deadline and required evidence.
STEP 02
Confirm scope
Access arrangements, client authorisation, contacts and reporting format.
STEP 03
Plan routes
Group nearby locations and assign field people.
STEP 04
Brief the team
Share the checklist and escalation contact.
STEP 05
Complete visits
Collect observations, photographs and contact responses.
STEP 06
Review submissions
Check completeness, consistency and missing evidence.
STEP 07
Deliver the report
Completed visits, exceptions and the actions needed.
STEP 08
Manage revisits
Get instructions for inaccessible or unresolved locations.
By location · 76 localities
Research Agencies by area
Choose an area to see how we run Research Agencies assignments there — the premises you'll meet, access patterns and the visit windows that work locally.
Mumbai City
20 areas
South and central Mumbai — dense commercial districts, wholesale markets and corporate headquarters where visits are planned around traffic and building access rules.
Working outside these areas? Tell us the addresses — we often cover the surrounding belt too.
FAQs
Research Agencies: industry FAQs
What field services do you run for research agencies?
Trained field interviewers and surveyors with back-checks. The mapped set for this industry is Outlet Census & Mapping, Footfall Counting, Customer & Retailer Interviews, Competitor Surveys, Retail Price Surveys, Product Availability Surveys — all available in Mumbai, Thane, Navi Mumbai and Panvel.
How is the service set for this industry decided?
A supervised Mumbai field team that runs your instrument, your quotas and your back-check rules, and hands back fieldwork you can defend to the end client. The 6 services mapped here carry 30 distinct checklist points between them; your brief decides which of those apply.
What do I need to share to get started?
Location list with addresses and contact names, Checklist or instructions, Required photographs and evidence, Reporting deadline and format.
What arrives in the report?
Interview records in your agreed format, Back-check notes on the reviewed sample, Geo-tagged location data per submission, Geo-tagged outlet database, Area outlet map, Outlet universe summary by type. Every submission is reviewed by a supervisor before it reaches you.
What can I report internally once the work is done?
Completed interviews against quota, Back-check outcomes on the sample reviewed, Geo-tagged, time-stamped submissions, Refusals and non-contacts by area. The figures come from the checklist you approved, so the next round can be tracked the same way.
How soon can work start?
Assignments typically start within one to three working days of a confirmed brief, once the address list, checklist, permissions and deadline have been reviewed.
How is this priced?
By number of locations, spread, checklist length, evidence required, revisits and deadline — per visit, per project, monthly, or as a dedicated field resource.
Tell us about your requirement
Ready to brief your field visits?
Share the scope — we'll come back with routes, timelines and a clear quote.