Worldwide Business Research
Worldwide Business Research (WBR) is a global B2B events and content company that runs over 100 annual senior-level conferences and networking events for business leaders.
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Overview
Worldwide Business Research (WBR) is a business-to-business events and content organization that produces senior-level conferences, intimate networking events, and custom content for industry leaders. Founded in 1996, the company launched with 12 conferences in its first year and has since grown into a global operation running more than 100 annual conferences worldwide. Its stated mission is to educate, support, and connect the leadership of the world's core industries, bringing together executives from Fortune 500 institutions as well as smaller startups. WBR's offering spans three main areas. Its flagship conferences are senior-level forums that combine formal presentations, informal interactive sessions, and networking activities. Its Connect Events are smaller, curated gatherings designed to help buyers source and evaluate solution providers efficiently. WBR Insights, the company's research and content arm, produces market research reports and webinars — with more than 300 research reports and 400 webinars delivered in a recent five-year period — and offers content marketing services to client partners. The company operates internationally, with offices in New York (Midtown), London (Victoria), Singapore, and Toronto, reflecting a footprint that serves North American, European, and Asia-Pacific markets. Its events cover a range of core industries, and the company positions itself as a trusted partner of B2B leaders seeking demand generation, thought leadership, and high-value networking. WBR remains a privately held company. It does not disclose detailed financials publicly, and no parent company or ultimate owner is identified in the available evidence. Its brand is built around the quality and focus of its executive-level events and the depth of its research content.
History
Worldwide Business Research was founded in 1996. According to the company's own account, it launched with 12 conferences in its first year, responding to what it saw as a clear lack of highly focused, quality conferences aimed specifically at business leadership. The founding premise was to fill that gap by creating events that would educate, support, and connect the leadership of the world's core industries. Over the following two decades, WBR expanded its conference portfolio and geographic reach. By the 2020s it was running over 100 industry-leading annual conferences worldwide, complemented by content marketing services and intimate networking events. The company reports having collaborated with hundreds of companies — from Fortune 500 institutions to small startups — and having delivered growth to over 100,000 business leaders. WBR's operations became international, with offices in New York (Midtown), London (Victoria), Singapore, and Toronto. This distributed team structure supports events across North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. The company also developed WBR Insights, its research and webinar division, which produced over 300 research reports and 400 successful webinars in a recent five-year span, and offers demand-generation and content marketing services to client partners. As of the available evidence, WBR remains a privately held company with no disclosed parent or ultimate owner. Its brand identity centers on senior-level executive events and high-quality research content.
- 1996
Worldwide Business Research founded; launches with 12 conferences in its first year.
Expands to over 100 annual conferences worldwide.
Establishes international offices in New York, London, Singapore, and Toronto.
WBR Insights produces over 300 research reports and 400 webinars in a five-year period.
Products and positioning
A trusted partner of B2B leaders, delivering highly focused, senior-level conferences and research that connect and educate industry leadership.
Senior-level conferences
Over 100 annual industry-leading conferences combining formal presentations, informal interactive sessions, and networking.
Connect Events
Intimate networking and solutions events that put buyers in an exclusive environment with relevant partners and peers.
WBR Insights
Market research and webinar division offering over 300 research reports and 400 webinars in five years, plus content marketing services.
Recent events
Agency Mania Solutions sponsors ProcureCon Marketing 2021[4]
Reported:
Agency Mania Solutions announced its sponsorship of the ProcureCon Marketing 2021 conference, where it would serve as mobile app sponsor and day two general chair.
SERVICE 800 to sponsor Field Service Medical Conference[5]
Reported:
SERVICE 800 announced that it had committed to sponsor Worldwide Business Research's Field Service Medical Conference.
SERVICE 800 commits to sponsor Field Service Medical Conference[6]
SERVICE 800 announced that it had committed to sponsor Worldwide Business Research's Field Service Medical Conference.
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