
Market Analysis Service
Our Market Analysis service provides independent, evidence-led insight that cuts risk, sharpens strategy, and gives your organisation the edge.

Your Market Challenge
You’re planning growth — a product launch, new market entry, or a repositioning. But do you really know the competitive and customer landscape you’re walking into?
Too many strategies lean on internal opinions, stale decks, or selective competitor snapshots. Meanwhile, the market shifts, rivals move, and buyers change their decision patterns.
Red flags you’re exposed:
- Launches planned without fresh customer insight or a clear positioning edge
- Strategy built on old competitor data or missing players entirely
- No view of macro forces, regulation, or disruption on the horizon
In high-stakes markets, instinct isn’t enough. Evidence is the advantage.

The Risk of Not Conducting a Market Analysis
Without a robust market analysis, you might see:
- Launches miss because propositions don’t land
- Competitors take share while you build in isolation
- Internal belief in the strategy erodes
- Boards and investors challenge plans without external validation
- Time, capital, and opportunity are lost to avoidable missteps
In fast-moving markets, the most expensive risk is not knowing.

Independent Market Analysis for Scaling Businesses
Our Market Analysis Service delivers objective, board-ready insight that informs action — not just another research report gathering dust.
We uncover:
✅ Who you’re really competing with – and how they win
✅ Where the risks and opportunities lie – today and in 12-24 months
✅ How your customers think, choose, and buy – grounded in evidence
Every engagement is scoped to your decision horizon and delivered in a format your leadership team can act on immediately.
When to Commission a Market Analysis
Most clients bring us in when:
• Entering a new market or launching a product/service
• Needing to defend or justify strategy to boards, investors or acquirers
• Strategy is stalled or failing to convert to growth
• Leadership teams misaligned on market priorities
• Post-acquisition integration or repositioning
In short: when clarity, confidence, and external proof are critical.

What You’ll Receive
You’ll walk away with:
✅ A strategic report with prioritised recommendations
✅ Competitive positioning maps and visual analysis
✅ Customer and segment insights
✅ Optional leadership workshop to align decisions
✅ Investor and board-ready outputs for funding or GTM plans
This is market analysis built for action — not for boardroom filing.

Modular Market Analysis Options
Choose a single area of focus for a targeted scan, or combine modules for a full-market view:
- Competitor Intelligence - Positioning, GTM strategies, pricing, messaging, and channel tactics
- Customer Insight - Pain points, value drivers, and buying journeys via primary and secondary research
- Market Sizing & Segmentation - TAM/SAM/SOM, growth hotspots, and segment prioritisation
- Trend & Disruption Mapping - Tech shifts, regulation, macro forces, and evolving buyer behaviours
- Strategic Frameworks - Porter’s Five Forces, SWOT, positioning grids and opportunity maps
We don’t just present the data. We interpret it through a commercial lens so you can move with clarity.
Pricing - Fixed Fee, No Surprises
Each market analysis is scoped to the complexity of your business, market, and goals.
Important notes:
Scope Confirmation: Final scope is agreed following a discovery call to ensure objectives and deliverables are clearly defined.
Inclusive Fees: All fees cover discovery, diagnosis, delivery, and actionable recommendations.
Fixed Scope: A clear Statement of Work is confirmed before any project begins, giving you certainty on cost and outcomes.
Additional Research: Where qualitative customer research or third-party market intelligence is required, external costs may apply. These will always be confirmed upfront during scoping.

When an External Marketing Perspective Makes the Difference
Our Market Analysis Service is right for you if:
- You value objective insight from a Chartered Marketer with board-level experience
- Your internal resources are stretched or lack specialist capability
- You’re under investor, market, or competitive pressure to move quickly and decisively
We partner with business leaders who want clarity, confidence, and a commercial edge. Many who begin with Market Analysis continue with us as Fractional CMOs — embedding leadership for long-term impact.
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Related Services
Alongside our market analysis support, we offer targeted services — from marketing audits and advisory to mentoring and fully embedded Fractional CMOs — providing focused interventions that build capability, insight, and investor confidence.
FAQ’s
Yes — many of our clients use our findings and visual frameworks to strengthen investor conversations, funding applications, or strategic board discussions. We can tailor deliverables to suit these audiences.
Yes — where reliable data is available. We can benchmark competitors across areas such as positioning, GTM strategy, and visible campaigns or channels. Pricing and deeper commercial intelligence can be harder to obtain, but we use trusted sources and triangulation to give a clear, evidence-based view of their market approach compared to yours.
Yes — especially if your strategy hasn’t been pressure-tested externally, or receently (last 12 months). Market conditions evolve fast. A fresh market analysis ensures your strategy reflects real-world dynamics, not outdated assumptions.
Both. We use a combination of secondary research (public sources, databases, competitor assets) and, where relevant, primary insight (qual interviews, customer surveys) depending on your objectives and budget.
Most projects take between 4–8 weeks depending on scope, market complexity, and access to existing data. We offer clear timelines at the proposal stage, and all work is milestone-driven to avoid unnecessary delays.
Our audits are led by Chartered strategic marketers, not junior analysts. We don’t just present data — we interpret it through a commercial lens and connect it to your strategy, positioning, and growth decisions.
Market analysis is a strategic overview of your external environment — including competitors, customer behaviour, market forces, and trends — to inform business decisions. Market research typically refers to primary data gathering (e.g. surveys, interviews). Our service often includes both.
Every market analysis is led by a Fractional CMO — Chartered Marketer, SOSTAC® Certified Planner, and proven operator in high-growth, high-stakes contexts. You’re not buying research. You’re buying strategic clarity from someone who has delivered on it.
Are you ready to replace market assumption with advantage?
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