GCC market research & business intelligence — since 2010
Credible market estimates with localized insights
Global Markets is the GCC's market-intelligence firm — bottom-up market sizing, brand and operator shares, and business intelligence built from on-the-ground data across Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain and Oman.
Every insight begins at the store level. We aggregate upward — never the other way around.
Two universes, one field-built database
Every outlet, mapped on the ground
- Physical audits of retail, foodservice and service outlets
- Operator and brand attribution per location
- Refreshed continuously, not sampled once
Assets, leases and lease rates
- Real-estate assets profiled across the GCC
- Lease-rate benchmarks by market and use
- Tied back to the store universe for demand
Services
From field data to board-ready intelligence
Six core practices, designed and fielded by our own research teams across the GCC.
Market research & business intelligence
Bottom-up market sizing, market share, and competitive analysis built from field-verified store-level data. We size demand, test feasibility, and shape expansion strategy across the GCC — starting with Kuwait and Saudi Arabia — so every decision rests on evidence, not estimates.
Geo-spatial intelligence
Area and site analysis that reads a location the way the market does: trade area dynamics, population profile, competitive saturation, and host real estate characteristics — combined into clear recommendations on where to open, where to expand, and where to hold.
Real estate services
Gap analysis, tenant mix, and leasing strategy for commercial properties. We identify underserved categories, benchmark lease rates by location and property type, and design tenant mixes that reduce vacancies and lift the performance of malls, towers, and retail strips.
Umbrella subscriptions
Global Markets' flagship business intelligence platform and its suite of apps. Four interconnected pillars — brands, outlets, companies, and real estate — updated daily and traceable to field-validated audits, available as subscriptions for teams that need the GCC market on demand.
Data cleaning
Regional data standards for Arabic and English records, applied through a four-step framework. We clean and structure commercial datasets so names, addresses, and entities resolve consistently across both languages — ready for analysis, integration, and reporting.
Retainer & managed services
Ongoing advisory paired with real estate execution. A retained team carries decisions from analysis to action — continuous market counsel for your leadership and hands-on delivery of leasing and property mandates, without rebuilding context on every engagement.
Clients
Trusted by the Gulf's leading companies
Retail, foodservice, real estate and industrial groups across the GCC rely on our estimates.
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Where we work
Six markets, one research backbone
Offices in Kuwait City, Riyadh and Doha — and trained field networks in every GCC market. The same methodology, calibrated to each market's reality.
Talk to our research team
Let's discuss how our research can support your strategic goals.