INDEPENDENT UX RESEARCHTHE 2026 EDITION

Find a UX agency
with evidence.

A research directory for product teams. Compare agency focus, follow project evidence, and see what still needs to be checked.

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SOURCE PUBLISHERS IN OUR RESEARCH

Claims traced to their source.

Examples from current agency files. Each source supports a specific claim; coverage varies by profile.

ClutchClient reviews NASAClient publication IBMClient case study NHS EnglandPublic-sector record Red DotAward record Harvard Business SchoolExternal case study

Names link to examples in our records. These publishers are sources, not sponsors or endorsers. How we assess sources →

A BETTER STARTING POINT

Not just a list
of names.

Agency websites can show what a team wants you to see. Our directory makes it easier to ask what the work was, what role the agency played, and which source supports the claim.

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Start with the brief

Research categories reflect different project needs. We don’t treat every studio as interchangeable.

Follow the source

Profiles show where research began and whether a source still needs checking.

Keep gaps visible

No score or placement appears while the evidence is incomplete or difficult to compare.

BROWSE BY CAPABILITY

What kind of work
are you planning?

Capability pages are research queues, not published rankings.

SEVEN CANDIDATE PROFILES

Seven profiles
to explore.

A cross-section from our 20-profile pool, spanning product research, complex software, digital health, AI, and product design. Listed alphabetically; inclusion is not a recommendation or a ranking.

Browse all 20 agency profiles →

01AnswerLabEnterprise UX research and research operations↗02Blink UXResearch-led product design and enterprise experience work↗03Fuselab CreativeUI/UX for complex digital products, including enterprise AI and conversational interfaces↗04Fuzzy MathUX for complex SaaS and enterprise software↗05GuideaDigital health UX and complex-domain product design↗06IDEOResearch, service design, innovation, and selected digital product work↗07Work & CoDigital product design and engineering↗

OUR METHOD

Rankings come
after the research.

First we check whether the same kind of evidence exists for every agency. Until it does, the honest answer is a research profile—not a winner.

Read how we work ↗

Find a UX agency with evidence.

Claims traced to their source.

Not just a listof names.