Sterling Associates is a boutique business research firm operating out of Cleveland, OH. The company began in 2005 to meet the under-served and unmet research and consulting needs of firms across a variety of markets. Sterling supplies a diverse national client base with custom research intelligence in order to inform critical business decisions. We help firms identify, prioritize, and answer the key questions that accompany strategy development, the evaluation of potential acquisitions/divestitures, and other business initiatives. We structure and execute focused primary and secondary research designed to offer actionable insight. The proprietary research we generate helps assess the validity of client hypotheses and drive decision-making. Each Sterling project is custom designed to address the specific and unique business problems that each of our clients face.