Category Research

Category Research maps the wider landscape a product or brand competes in, looking beyond a single entity to the market category as a whole. It looks across many brands, products, and offerings at once to reveal what actually defines the category from the customer's point of view.

This research type surfaces the motivations that drive people to the category, the pain points that persist across providers, and the unmet needs that represent whitespace for new solutions.

Typical uses include market landscape studies, opportunity sizing, positioning research, and category-entry strategy.