We turn market evidence into board-ready strategy
A market research and strategy consulting firm. Bottom-up models, primary interviews and sources your board can verify.
Why Douglas Insights
Built like a research house, run like a consulting firm
Evidence you can audit
Every recommendation traces to a numbered source: interviews, filings, customs data and trade statistics. The working model ships with the study.
Direct access to the analysts
You work with the people building the model, not an account layer. Questions get answered in the working file, on the same day.
Fixed fees, fixed scope
Proposals state the deliverables, the timeline and the price upfront. No hourly meters and no surprise change orders.
Research and strategy under one roof
The team that sizes the market also writes the entry plan, so nothing is lost in the handover between vendors.
Consulting practice
One partner from market sizing to board strategy
Douglas Insights pairs syndicated market research reports with a consulting practice run by the same analysts. Custom work starts from a working market model instead of a blank page, so engagements move faster and every figure arrives with a source attached.
Market Sizing & Opportunity Assessment
TAM, SAM and SOM built bottom-up, with the working model included in the deliverable.
Competitive Intelligence & Benchmarking
Competitor profiling, financial tracking, win/loss analysis and pricing audits on a defensible evidence base.
Go-To-Market Strategy
Segment targeting, positioning, channel design and launch roadmaps grounded in sized demand.
Customer & Consumer Intelligence
Voice of customer, segmentation, satisfaction tracking and brand studies run by analysts, not panels alone.
Pricing & Monetization Strategy
Value-based pricing, elasticity research and packaging design that protects margin.
M&A & Commercial Due Diligence
Market due diligence for investors and acquirers: demand, competition and growth tested under deal timelines.
Regulatory & Value Chain Advisory
Compliance mapping, supply chain studies and sourcing strategy for regulated and trade-exposed markets.
Data & Analytics Solutions
Data as a service, installed base modelling and decision dashboards built on our market models.
Data products
Prices, production costs and plant economics from one desk
Beyond reports and consulting, the research desk publishes data products that answer three buyer questions: what a commodity trades at by country, what it costs to make a tonne of a product, and what it costs to build and run the plant. All follow the same sourcing rules as the reports.
Chemical commodity prices by country
Monthly unit values by country from national customs statistics, verified by the research desk, with a subscriber dashboard for every commodity.
- Monthly prices by country
- Producer and plant registry
- Dashboard with CSV export
Production cost analysis by country
The direct cash cost of making a tonne: raw materials, utilities, packaging and labour priced in six countries, every input with its source and year. PDF and Excel in 48 hours.
- Cash cost per tonne, 6 countries
- Every input sourced and dated
- PDF + Excel in 48 hours
Manufacturing plant cost and setup reports
Manufacturing plant project reports: what a plant costs to build, run and return, with capex, unit cost and IRR across six regions and an Excel model.
- Capex, opex and IRR by region
- Sourced country cost benchmark
- Vendor-quoted machinery
How we work
From first call to boardroom in four steps
Scope call
A 30 minute call to define the decision you are facing, not the deliverable you think you need.
Proposal in 48 hours
A fixed-fee proposal with named deliverables, sources and a week-by-week timeline.
Research sprint
Interviews, modeling and secondary research, with weekly checkpoints so there are no surprises.
Board-ready delivery
The report, the working model and a live session with the analysts who built them.
Syndicated research
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Industry coverage
Practices across every major vertical
About Douglas Insights
Market research reports and consulting from one team
Douglas Insights publishes syndicated market research reports and delivers strategy consulting from a single analyst team. Each report covers market size, a ten year forecast, competitive landscape, pricing and regional demand across healthcare, information technology, energy, chemicals, food, automotive, consumer goods and aerospace.
The same desk publishes commodity prices by country, production cost analysis by country and manufacturing plant cost reports, so a pricing, sourcing or plant investment question can start from sourced data rather than an estimate.
Consulting engagements start from the same working models that power the reports. Custom market sizing, commercial due diligence and go-to-market studies begin with tested data on day one rather than a blank page. Fees are fixed, deliverables are named in the proposal and every figure can be traced back to its source.
The firm is headquartered in Middletown, Delaware and serves corporate strategy, investment and public sector clients worldwide. Research follows a published methodology, reports carry an edition history and corrections are documented in the open.
Common questions
Frequently asked questions
What does Douglas Insights do?
Douglas Insights is a market research and consulting firm based in Middletown, Delaware. It publishes syndicated market research reports across eight industry verticals and runs custom research and strategy consulting engagements for corporate, investment and public sector clients.
What is included in a Douglas Insights market research report?
Every report includes a ten year market forecast, segment and regional breakdowns, company profiles, an interactive online fact sheet and the underlying model. Figures are built bottom-up and each estimate is traceable to a numbered source.
How much does a market research report cost?
Report licences start at USD 4,000 for a single user, USD 5,000 for a multi user licence and USD 7,000 for a corporate licence. Custom research and consulting engagements are quoted as fixed fees after a scope call.
Does Douglas Insights offer custom research and consulting?
Yes. The consulting practice covers market sizing, competitive intelligence, go-to-market strategy, pricing, commercial due diligence and value chain advisory. A fixed fee proposal is issued within 48 hours of a scope call.
Does Douglas Insights publish commodity prices, production costs and plant cost data?
Commodity Prices publishes monthly unit values by country from national customs statistics, verified by the research desk, with a subscriber dashboard; it currently covers 5 commodities in 3 groups, from USD 1,999. Production Cost reports give the direct cash cost of making a tonne of a product in six countries, with every raw material, tariff and wage sourced and dated, for USD 1,499. Plant Economics publishes manufacturing plant project reports with capex, unit cost and IRR across six regions, built on a sourced country cost benchmark and vendor-quoted machinery, from USD 1,999. All of them are built by the same research desk as the market reports.
How do I get a free sample of a report?
Request a sample from any report page or through the contact form. Samples include the table of contents, method notes and selected charts, and are delivered by email within 24 hours on business days.
How current is the data in Douglas Insights reports?
Reports use a 2025 base year with forecasts to 2035. Each study lists a next review date and is revised when market conditions change materially, with the edition history published on the report page.
Insights & newsroom
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