Private company

Cornerstone Research

Logo: Cornerstone Research, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

American consulting firm

Cornerstone Research is an economic consulting firm with offices in the United States, United Kingdom, and Belgium. It provides economic and financial analysis and expert testimony to attorneys, corporations and government agencies involved in complex litigation and regulatory proceedings.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1989Founded1

Cornerstone Research is an economic consulting firm with offices in the United States, United Kingdom, and Belgium. It provides economic and financial analysis and expert testimony to attorneys, corporations and government agencies involved in complex litigation and regulatory proceedings.2

Timeline

  1. 1989Founded Founded1

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$109.4M 2011–2026
Figures by year
YearFederal contractsTotal
2026$5.3M$5.3M
2025$2.4M$2.4M
2024$12.4M$12.4M
2023$28.0M$28.0M
2022$3.9M$3.9M
2021$11.0M$11.0M
2020$15.2M$15.2M
2019$8.8M$8.8M
2018$9.5M$9.5M
2017$3.4M$3.4M
2016$2.3M$2.3M
2015$2.4M$2.4M
2014$2.7M$2.7M
2013$989.2K$989.2K
2012$814.8K$814.8K
2011$96.4K$96.4K

Federal awards

Obligated amounts from USAspending.gov4, by calendar year, 2011–2026, for its registration. Obligations are what agencies committed, not always what was paid out. Contracts pay for goods and services; grants, loans and direct payments are assistance. Loans are charted at the face value of the loans listed here. An award’s amount below is its lifetime total, and some began before the years charted.

Largest contracts

  1. Sep 20, 2022$10.7M from Offices, Boards and Divisions: Expert witness5 To CORNERSTONE RESEARCH INC Award 15JATR22C00000032
  2. Jan 5, 2023$3.9M from Offices, Boards and Divisions: Expert witness6 To CORNERSTONE RESEARCH INC Award 15JATR23C00000027
  3. Nov 28, 2017$3.7M from Federal Trade Commission: Expert support services.7 To CORNERSTONE RESEARCH INC Award 29FTC118P0009
  4. Apr 22, 2025$3.7M from Internal Revenue Service: Expert witness services - international economics irs80 - approval date 4/3/20258 To CORNERSTONE RESEARCH INC Award 2023H225C00043
  5. Apr 25, 2023$3.5M from Federal Trade Commission: Expert services9 To CORNERSTONE RESEARCH INC Award 29FTC123C0035