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Latest Reports

TRA measures Brand Trust, Brand Desire and Buying Intent in 16 Indian cities every year. The Brand Trust Report and Most Desired Brands listings come from that fieldwork, with the Indian Statistical Institute as method partner.

Trust · BTR 2026
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Desire · MDB 2025
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BrandSpeak

Brand leaders on what Trust and Desire mean in their work. Select a card to read more.

A. D. Padmasingh IsaacA. D. Padmasingh IsaacChairman & MDAACHI Group“This paramount trust is one of the reasons why consumers keep coming back to Aachi…”more Chandrika JainChandrika JainDirector MktgLenovo India“Another important aspect that fosters brand trust is exceptional post-purchase service…”more Sanjay KhannaSanjay KhannaCEO & Country MgrAmex Banking Corp.“We earn that trust by ensuring everything we do is reliable, consistent, and with the highest level of integrity…”more Anuj SharmaAnuj SharmaCMOXiaomi India“Trust has been a foundation pillar of our successful 8-year journey in India…”more

Brand Dialogues

Conversations with brand leaders on TRA's Brand Dialogues channel. Play a video here or open the channel on YouTube.

Beardo & the Business of Desire: Preetham Srinivas on Building a Men’s Grooming Power BrandPreetham SrinivasVP, MktgBeardo
How Paragon Uses AI & Tech to Design Smarter FootwearSachin JosephEVP Mktg & ITParagon Footwear
Inside Honda’s Marketing Engine: Yogesh Mathur on Building India’s Most Trusted Two-Wheeler BrandYogesh MathurDirector, Sales & MktgHonda Motorcycle & Scooter
Kent’s Chairman on the Reality of Entrepreneurship Nobody Talks AboutMahesh GuptaChairman & MDKent RO Systems

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Whitepapers and Discussions

TRA's Coronavirus Mental Wellbeing Impact -II October 2021TRA's Coronavirus Mental Wellbeing Impact -II October 2021
TRA's Diwali 2020 Buying Propensity ReportTRA's Diwali 2020 Buying Propensity Report
TRA's Coronavirus Mental Wellbeing Impact 2020TRA's Coronavirus Mental Wellbeing Impact 2020
TRA's Coronavirus Consumer Insights 2020 - 2TRA's Coronavirus Consumer Insights 2020 - 2
TRA's Coronavirus Corporate Insights 2020TRA's Coronavirus Corporate Insights 2020
Navigating Your Brand Through TurbulenceNavigating Your Brand Through Turbulence
TRA's Coronavirus Consumer Insights 2020TRA's Coronavirus Consumer Insights 2020
Lockdown Effect-Boosting the mental wellbeing of your employeesLockdown Effect-Boosting the mental wellbeing of your employees

Custom reports

Buying Propensity report

Buying Propensity report

The Buying Propensity report compares your brand with any other brand on the Trust and Desire matrices. It shows the traits that people attach to each brand and where the two differ. Brand owners, investors and partners use it to decide where money, people, cities and time go. The report comes as a presentation. A report for one industry or sector is ready within 30 days of your request.

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Introspective Intervention

Introspective Intervention

Introspective Intervention is a study among your own stakeholders on the 61 attributes of Brand Trust, read against your closest competitors. It shows how people respond to what the brand does and says, so the brand can act on specific points. It also works as a benchmark against the best practice inside and outside the industry.

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Licence

Market share, brand value and growth miss the intangible side of a brand. The Brand Trust Report and Most Desired Brands measure that side and give each brand one figure for it. A brand that features in a report can license the symbol and show it in its advertising, in its offices and in reports to shareholders.

Power of Trust symbol

Power of Trust

Licensed brands show the Power of Trust symbol in their advertising, in internal communication and in reports to shareholders. Plaques for outlets and offices are available under the same licence.

Power of Desire symbol

Power of Desire

Brands that feature in Most Desired Brands can license the Power of Desire symbol and show it in their advertising, in internal communication and in reports to shareholders. Plaques and the trophy are available under the same licence.

How brands use the licence

Notice. The Brand Trust Report and Most Desired Brands are syndicated studies by TRA Research Pvt. Ltd. The Power of Trust and Power of Desire symbols are TRA trademarks. Brands use the symbols under licence from TRA. A licence covers every public mention of a rank from these reports. TRA protects this intellectual property and acts on unlicensed use.

About TRA

TRA, part of the Comniscient Group, is a brand intelligence company. We measure Brand Trust and Brand Desire with two proprietary matrices and publish the Brand Trust Report and Most Desired Brands every year. We also run custom studies on the same matrices for brands and their stakeholders.