A Syndicated research is a single research done by a research company with its data results available, for sale, to multiple client companies. There are different market research firms who write syndicated research reports by collecting data, put the data together and then sell the data to various clients i.e. all the clients who purchase this syndicated research report will receive the same data information.

Why are syndicated research reports different from customized research reports?

A customized research is conducted for a specific client to address that client’s needs and only that client has access to the results of the research since the clients would have payed the market research firms for that report . Whereas syndicated research is done by the market research firm themselves without prior payment.

A syndicated research generally covers an issue that would be of value to multiple business or industries that can be purchased by anyone after the report is generated. Hence, syndicated research reports are more generic and ambiguous in nature as compared to customized research.

What are the uses of Syndicated research reports?

Syndicated research gives you a market feedback on all industries. It will provide information on the customer’s need of different industries, helps to establish competitive benchmarks, provides information on industry strengths and weaknesses and also gives suggestions on improvement of the business that can be considered if required by the industry. Hence, the end–user will be benefited by getting to know the up-to-date information on the changes occurring in a market that you are already part of.

What are the benefits of Syndicated research reports?

Syndicated research reports adds value to end users, because these are readily available, quick to get data reports, lower in price compared to customized reports and are easy to analyze. Generally, a syndicated research is called as a secondary research because it is not custom-built by any single client, but gives only generic information about the industry. Syndicated data is available immediately upon purchase. Whereas customized research projects can take weeks or even months to create an accurate report and analysis.

How syndicated research reports can save your cost?

For business starters, syndicated research reports costs will be less expensive compared to customized report because a market research firm will charge less for the data that they already have. Whereas, in case of customized report for a particular project, the market research firms will have to start from scratch, for which the cost incurred as well as the time consumption will be more.

Not every problem calls for customized reports; hence more generic reports such as syndicated research reports can be used. For example, if a business wants to get information on census which includes age groups, gender breakdown, and economic levels for a given area of the country, before starting the research report from the scratch, the data can be easily and readily provided from a syndicated report.

For most of the research projects, the businesses must examine the market research companies to find out which firm will best be able to create their report. If this information is readily available, then this can save a great amount of time. Syndicated research is often best used for baseline reporting. If the data available is sufficient for the research, then much money can be saved, by avoiding further research by getting customized reports.

Author's Bio: 

The Article has been written by Amitava Sen, Amitava is working for a Market Research Company and has extensive experience in writing syndicated and custom market research reports.