A history of success
Over 60 years, the world’s largest custom market information and insight group has built a reputation for credibility, trust and expertise. We now have TNS offices across 80 countries in all the key markets globally.
A Distinguished Heritage
The 1960s saw the creation of five of the market research companies that are at the heart of the Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS) group today:
- Intersearch in the USA in1960.
- AGB in UK in 1962.
- Sofres in France in 1963.
- Frank Small Associates in Australia in 1964.
- Taylor Nelson in UK in 1965.
But the very first seeds had been sown in the USA in 1946, when NFO (National Family Opinion) opened for business.
Credibility and Trust
In the 60s, 70s and 80s, all these companies grew significantly, introducing a wide and increasingly sophisticated range of research solutions and using the latest technological developments. And as they and their clients grew, they started to create their international networks:
- Sofres opened offices in six European countries, the US and 12 countries in Asia Pacific
- Taylor Nelson and AGB each developed a UK network of offices and began to acquire businesses in Europe
- NFO grew to become the by-word for managed access panels in the USA
Vision and global scope
It soon became clear that brands were becoming global, and brand owners would need global market information partners.
In the 1990s, the market research industry started to consolidate, as major clients demanded an increasingly international service.
NFO made a series of acquistions around the world and the companies that now form TNS responded to the changing market by joining forces, enabling them to deliver consistently high quality services to customers around the world.
- Sofres acquired Secodip (1992)
- Taylor Nelson joined with AGB (1992)
- Sofres combined with FSA (1995)
- Sofres acquired Intersearch (1997)
- Taylor Nelson AGB and Sofres merged (1997)
- TNS acquired NFO (2003)
Today, many of the world's leading Market Research Consultants work for TNS.
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