MRFGR recruits bespoke panels of consumers, business professionals and specialists for research in the UK and internationally. Panels can support surveys, interviews, focus groups and repeated studies over an agreed period. We can manage the panel for you or support an arrangement your own team manages.
Get Survey Responses from our Extensive UK & Worldwide Panels of Consumers, Businesses & Specialists.
Utilise our extensive UK & International market research panels for consumers, businesses and specialist individuals (finance, legal, medical and more).
both online (surveys and polls) and offline research projects (focus groups, depth interviews, workshops, surveys, etc);
any panel type is available including 'specialist panels' i.e. medical, legal, commercial and bespoke panels that are catered to your more specific need e.g. business class travellers, microsoft (.NET) coders;
specialist short (1 - 3 weeks), medium (1 - 6 months) or long term (6 months plus) recruits for ‘custom’ panels;
highly skilled team to advise and comment on project requirements;
panels can be both anonymous and non-anonymous;
self management or MRFGR team management options available;
fully GDPR compliant - we'll take care of the necessary legal steps included with consent documentation.
Planning panels (bespoke)
Define the consumers, business respondents or specialist participants your study needs.
Discuss available panels or bespoke recruitment when the target audience is particularly specific.
Agree screening, study format and the participant arrangements needed for the research.
Share the audience criteria, sample, markets and timetable so availability and the appropriate panel approach can be checked.
MRFGR can provide you with access to a set of wide, varied and statistically valid pre-built panels from across the globe, available for both qualitative and quantitative market research methods. Generally, we can provide any market research sample that you require, whether you need a specialist or hard-to-reach audience (e.g. doctors, lawyers, high level business executives), consumers, or residents of a specific area, while bespoke panel crafting is available for targets that might not already be available in any of our pre-built panels.
Running the panel yourself is possible, but for those who are too busy and need a helping hand, MRFGR offers an effective project management solution where we'll keep up the day-to-day maintenance for you. This includes reminders, keeping in touch with panellists to ensure high-levels of engagement, posting/moderating questions or group discussions, distribution of products or physical merchandise, and incentive handling.
When a target audience is too specific or not already available on a pre-built panel, we will craft that panel for you specifically. High-quality and engaged participants will be sourced through our expert respondent recruitment team based around the exact requirements, and within an advised period of time you will have full and total access to the panel as when you need them.
Unlike the competition, we actually speak to our panellists.
Unfortunately the market research panel market is teeming with what could only be described as trash panels, generally made-up from unconfirmed email list providers, dubious company partnerships, or in the worst cases, responses coming from automated reply programmes or a data entry based externally and completing 1000’s of a surveys a day.
Market research panel providers that state they have ‘the largest’ and most internationally spread panels have little in the way of control measures to ensure that their respondents are not only real, but are of good quality; after all how could they when they purport to have over 6 million members?
Although we don’t attest to be the largest panel out there, unlike many of the other market research panel providers MRFGR can ‘guarantee' real, high quality panel members.
You can also rest assured that all panellists engaging with your study will be contacted prior to your first moment of contact, and their criteria will be reassessed to make sure that they're still relevant for your particular specification.
MRFGR are unique in that our primary specialism is respondent recruitment for focus groups, depth interviews, mystery shoppers, and hosting of what we’d call ‘real-world, off-line’ projects, hence our panel is being used constantly for ‘real-world’ market research projects. This means that it would be very difficult for non-genuine or fake participants to exist in this circumstance, and for those that have not yet taken part in research, they have been pre-screened through our comprehensive registration process and often also spoken to in assessing their suitability for other such off-line market research projects, and will always be spoken to thoroughly before they take part in your own panel as well - if indeed they are selected.
As an extra service we even provide the option of receiving non-anonymised data in a fully GDPR compliant format. We operate on consent as our primary legal basis and are happy to handle all the necessary 'legal work' and documentation involved in making this happen. Our data protection office will also be on hand throughout the entirety of your project if you have any GDPR questions specifically.
We guarantee no-one else in the industry can even purport to going to these lengths to ensure quality market research panels!
All respondents on our market research panel are asked to complete a series of 84 questions in their own time, which ensures we have a wide understanding of each individual. When a project is presented by the client, we filter the panel database according to the strict screening requirements, these panel members are then invited to take part in the survey/poll and - as an extra insurance measure - are then re-screened via the online survey form.
The questions posed to every respondent who wishes to take in our market research panel are as follows:
Personal Information
Location – country/town or city/address/postcode
Main contact number
Gender
Date of birth
Nationality
Ethnicity
Religion or belief
Language(s) spoken
Marital Status
Living situation
Household income
Number of children (whether they’re below 18, above 18, and living at home is specified)
Number of pets
Political Views
Political party most recently favoured
Past favoured political parties
Health
Whether they smoke, what they smoke, how often they smoke
Average weekly alcohol units
Diet preferences
Medical conditions
Work situation
What they currently do for work (full-time, part-time, student, retired, etc)
Business/company name of where they work
General industry of where they work
Specific work industry
Job titles
Level of work
Company size
Personal income
Utility Providers
Water provider
Gas provider
Electricity provider
Communication providers
Landline/telephone provider
Mobile provider
Broadband provider
Technology Usage
Average weekly internet usage
Average daily mobile phone usage
Number of mobiles
Phone manufacturers
Phone models
Number of tablets
Tablet manufacturer
Tablet models
Number of laptops
Laptop manufacturer
Laptop models
Number of desktops
Desktop manufacturers
Desktop models
Food habits
Favourite eateries
Favourite take-away food
Favourite food brands
Favourite foods
Sports/Hobbies
Interests or hobbies
Reading
Preferred magazines (print or digital)
Preferred newspapers
Clothing
Clothing brands
Drinks
Favourite soft drinks
Favourite alcoholic drinks
Media
Average weekly TV viewing
Satellite/cable providers
Favourite film genres
Favourite TV channels
Favourite TV shows
Streaming TV & Film providers used
Favourite radio channels
Favourite radio shows
Streaming audio providers (for music, shows, etc)
Banks and Insurance
Banks
Car insurances
Motor bikes insurances
Pets insurances
Travel insurances
Home contents insurances
House insurances
Landlord insurances
Life insurances
Critical illness insurances
Personal accident insurances
Private medical insurances
Commercial insurances
Vehicles
Cars owned & their manufacturers
Motor bikes own & their manufacturers
Shopping
Preferred supermarkets
If you would like to know more information about market research specialist and custom research panels please click here and you will be diverted to the specialist ‘question and answer’ section pertaining to this area of interest.
For more information on how MRFGR can specifically help you to access the right panels for your market research, please contact the MRFGR team.
MRFGR clients
These organisations and the feedback below relate to MRFGR projects across our services.
Client feedback
Feedback from other MRFGR projects.
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Over the past year, we have had the pleasure of working with MRFGR on multiple projects, and we cannot recommend them highly enough.
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Their communication throughout our engagements has been excellent, always prompt and clear, which has greatly facilitated our processes.
The team at MRFGR, although small, is exceptionally knowledgeable and dedicated. Their expertise is evident in their ability to obtain high sample sizes and deliver well-published results. What sets them apart is how easily their findings are translated into actionable insights, ensuring that we can swiftly and effectively utilise the data.
Their speed of delivery is truly impressive. We consistently receive results in good time, which is crucial for our fast-paced operations. MRFGR has proven to be an invaluable partner, and their service has consistently exceeded our expectations.
For anyone in need of reliable, efficient, and insightful research services, MRFGR comes highly recommended.
MRFGR have been absolutely brilliant! The videos we have received from their respondents have been perfect - they clearly brief their people really well and you can tell from the content we receive. They give clear communication & are on hand to help at all times. We give them some crazy tight timelines and they turn things around for us so quickly and without stress - even when the respondents are coming from multiple countries.
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I highly recommend Matthew & Paul - they're fab!
When I phoned Matthew at MRFGR I was in a bit of a pickle. I needed to recruit 25 consultant paediatricians for telephone interviews (with minimal incentive) across 8 countries, two of which were non-English speaking. Oh, and I needed to have recruited and completed the interviews in 12 working days. Surprisingly, Matthew wasn't taken aback by this and set about the task with enthusiasm. Even against these challenging timescales, Matthew was able to deliver all 25 consultants - a phenomenal effort.
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I was extremely happy. And, more importantly, so was my client.
MRFGR were not the cheapest firm who pitched for our work, but I am happy that I decided to go with them. I feel that their database is extensive and this combined with their excellent client service means that they offer a higher degree of reassurance and peace of mind than other recruitment agencies we have worked with in the past. When we had a problem to resolve at short notice they did this very quickly. I would happily work with them again.
Hi Stephen Both groups went very well - a key client attended the first and was very pleased. Very articulate groups, really impressed especially considering it was such a difficult recruit (recruiting Somalis). The hotel was great too, incidentally, a nice place to do groups. Many thanks for your hard work on this - hope you feel it was worthwhile!
MRFGR recruited four focus groups for our research across a variety of settings, including socio- economically deprived urban communities and very small rural communities. Despite the significant challenges these settings posed MRFGR ensured that all our focus groups were fully attended, and with a minimum of fuss. I would have no hesitation in recommending them for recruitment work.
It's always a pleasure to work with MRFGR. They are a great partner who consistently recruit high calibre respondents to take part in our research projects and workshops. Always professional and very reliable.
Our organisation, the Solicitors Regulation Authority, has used MRFGR to support our recruitment requirements for focus groups and public events and we have always found their service and achievements to be excellent. They have demonstrated a commitment to meet last-minute requirements in a calm and professional manner and we would not hesitate to recommend them.
I would like to take this opportunity to express our appreciation for the work that you recently carried out for us. Stephen Essex and MRFGR were recommended to me by a colleague. It was important for us to find a company who could understand and deliver our brief on a very tight schedule. Stephen demonstrated a level of knowledge and professionalism that gave us the assurance that this would be achieved.
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The result was a report that clearly met the objectives of our brief, was presented in a professional manner, which then enabled us to present the findings to our customer with confidence. We would not hesitate to recommend or use Stephen again.
The groups in Chipping Norton went really well thank you. We had a full turn out to both of them. I would just like to say that we have been very impressed with the number of participants you have managed to recruit to these groups, your regular updates on the recruitment progress, and your follow up contact. We have also had very positive feedback from the participants about their contact with you. We will definitely consider MRFGR in future when wishing to recruit participants to similar groups.
We have used MRFGR to recruit participants for multiple research projects with varied samples sizes and sometimes challenging recruitment criteria. They have a calm and professional manner, providing us with regular updates in the lead up to and on the day of research projects. Multiple touch points with participants approaching the study date ensures drop-out rates are extremely low with replacements usually being found very quickly if necessary. I look forward to working with MRFGR in the future.
MRFGR is the first external company we have used for sourcing focus group attendees. Although we have organised many groups previously I would definitely use MRFGR again. The costs were reasonable and the attendees we have received have been exactly the right target groups. The level of communication has been satisfactory too with regular updates leading up to each focus group. Matthew has managed all of the groups we have requested and there has been no issues. I would recommend trying MRFGR.
Common questions
Selected answers for planning this kind of research. Browse the complete knowledge centre for related methods, audiences and delivery questions.
A bespoke panel gives you access to people recruited to match your research requirements. Their feedback can inform your decisions, with the audience, study design and reporting agreed for each project.
Open FAQBespoke panels are custom-built groups of participants recruited specifically for your business needs, ensuring insights come from your exact target audience.
Open FAQYes. We build bespoke panels in the UK and globally, adapting recruitment to cultural and market-specific contexts.
Open FAQThey provide highly relevant insights tailored to your customer base, improving data quality and decision-making.
Open FAQBespoke panels provide fast, reliable access to your exact target audience, improving the speed and relevance of insights.
Open FAQWe recruit participants through targeted outreach, screen them carefully, and manage engagement through incentives and regular communication.
Open FAQThey can be used for surveys, product testing, concept evaluations, and ongoing customer feedback.
Open FAQThey provide targeted insights from participants who match precise profiles.
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