Numerator
Consumer purchase data and market intelligence for brands and retailers.
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Company facts
- Entity type
- COMPANY
- Headquarters
- United States
- Company size
- >5,000
- Market role
- Data Provider / Broker
- Official website
- numerator.com
What Numerator does
Numerator operates a data-driven B2B model built on proprietary consumer panels and verified transaction capture. It creates value by collecting omnichannel purchase behaviour, enriching it with demographic, psychographic and survey data, and then selling access through subscription software, licensed data feeds, audience products and research services. The business combines a high-value proprietary data asset with analytics applications that embed the data into customer workflows for insight generation, planning, measurement and activation.
Category differentiation
Numerator is not a general web analytics tool or a retail POS system. It is a consumer panel, purchase-data and market intelligence provider focused on verified shopper behaviour and related enterprise analytics.
Strategic context
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Numerator is a private US-based consumer data and market intelligence company. It collects verified purchase and survey data through proprietary consumer panels and packages that data into analytics software, data feeds, survey tools, market-share measurement, promotion intelligence and purchase-based audience products. Its customers are enterprise teams at consumer packaged goods companies, retailers, agencies and investors that need shopper behaviour, category performance, promotion effectiveness and media measurement data. The company generates revenue through recurring subscriptions, data licensing and managed research engagements. Its core commercial asset is proprietary omnichannel purchase data linked to consumer attributes and surveys, which supports both software-led insight workflows and bespoke consulting work. Following the 2025 acquisition of Kantar's Worldpanel business, Numerator expanded its international footprint and now operates globally in more than 50 countries.
Company news briefing
Briefing updated:
Owned by Bain Capital, Numerator has launched the Nexa Agent and expanded Numerator Connect to integrate trusted consumer data directly into client AI workflows. In commercial developments, Post Consumer Brands has extended its partnership with the firm through 2029 to utilise zero-party data for strategic decision-making. Additionally, Numerator published its Consumer Goods Price Index, reporting decelerating inflation with prices up 2.2% compared to 2025.
Business model & monetisation
Numerator monetises through enterprise subscriptions and licence agreements for its Insights, TruView, Promotions and Verified Voices platforms. OmniPanel and Data Feeds are sold as recurring data-access and data-licensing products. Media Solutions monetises purchase-based audience data and activation-oriented measurement support for advertisers and agencies. Verified Voices Research Consulting and related expert services generate service-fee revenue through bespoke managed research engagements. Pricing is sold through a direct sales process and varies by product scope, geography, data coverage, user count, research volume and integration requirements.
- Insights, TruView, Promotions and Verified Voices platform subscriptions
- Software subscription
- OmniPanel and Data Feeds licensing
- Data licensing and recurring access
- Verified Voices Research Consulting
- Service fee
- Media Solutions audience products and measurement support
- Data product and activation support
Products & capabilities
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Competitors & alternatives
- Dynata
First-party panel and measurement platform for research and advertisers.
- Circana
Retail, consumer and media measurement platform for enterprises.
- YipitData
Alternative-data market intelligence for investors, brands and retailers.
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Recent recorded signals
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Numerator Launches Conversational Consumer Insights In-Platform and Across Client AI Environments
Recorded impact score: 4/5
New Nexa Agent and Numerator Connect Now Live, Expanding Trusted Numerator Data Across In-Platform and Client AI Workflows.
Numerator Consumer Goods Price Index: Inflation Decelerating, Prices Up 2.2% vs. 2025
Recorded impact score: 3.5/5
Consumers Still Feeling Impact: Concern About Rising Prices Hits Record High
Post Consumer Brands Extends Numerator Partnership Through 2029
Recorded impact score: 3.5/5
Zero-Party Consumer Data Drives Strategic Decision Making
Numerator survey: Majority doubts sugar tax effectiveness
Market Research & Consumer Panel · Recorded impact score: 1/5
A Numerator consumer survey published on Lebensmittelzeitung reports a mixed picture around the planned sugar tax. The survey suggests many consumers are price-sensitive and that a majority express doubts about the tax's effectiveness. The article, written by Hans-Jürgen Deglow, presents the survey as an indication but notes uncertainty about how the sugar tax would actually affect purchasing behavior.
- A consumer survey was conducted by Numerator examining the planned sugar tax.
- The survey headline finding: a majority of respondents doubt the effectiveness of the sugar tax.
Always Discreet, NFL Partner to Normalize Bladder Leaks
Sponsorship & Brand Integration · Recorded impact score: 2/5
Always Discreet, the Procter & Gamble-owned adult incontinence brand, has partnered with the National Football League on "Protect the Moment," the largest campaign in the brand's 12-year history. The campaign features real mothers of NFL players and aims to reduce stigma around bladder leaks; the article cites that 60% of women aged 45+ experience bladder leaks. The partnership leverages the NFL's large female viewership and data from Numerator showing football is the most-watched sport among adult incontinence consumers.
- Always Discreet partnered with the National Football League (NFL) on a campaign called "Protect the Moment."
- The campaign is the largest in Always Discreet's 12-year history.
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Questions about Numerator
What is Numerator?
Numerator is a consumer data and market intelligence company that combines proprietary panels, verified purchase data and analytics software for brands, retailers, agencies and investors.
Who uses Numerator?
Its users are enterprise teams at CPG manufacturers, retailers, agencies and investment firms, including category, insights, research, analytics, CRM and media teams.
How does Numerator make money?
Numerator makes money through software subscriptions, recurring data licences, audience and measurement products, and managed custom research services.
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