Market research consulting firms stay in touch with the end consumer. Market research consulting firms help you to determine your research department's budget and scope of duties. It can be difficult to measure the opinion of the average end consumer within a given market. Market research consulting firms have developed different ways of doing so, i.e. of collecting data from a representative sample and deriving conclusions. Market research consulting firms can investigate certain aspects of the current buying behaviour or preferences which are of particular interest to you.