Founding Date

December, 1971 (Tulsa, Oklahoma)

(Moved headquarters to Houston, Texas in February, 1992)
 

Market Research (primarily industrial and business-to-business)

• Personal interview surveys

• Telephone interview surveys

• Mail and e-mail surveys

• Focus groups

• Secondary research and investigations

Marketing Consulting

• Marketing plans

• Strategic planning

• Assistance with due diligence efforts

• Acquisition candidate investigations

• Establishment and training of marketing and sales personnel, including recruitment

• Assistance with web site development

• Database management

Supplier Performance Benchmarking

The Welling program allows managers an easy way to track customer-relationship performance vs. competition just as the use of financial reports are utilized to monitor whether profit goals are being met.
 

• Petroleum industry

• Exploration and seismic

• Drilling

• Completion

• Production

• Pipeline and transportation

• Refining and processing

• Chemical and petrochemical processing

• E-commerce

• Software

• Power generation

• Mining

• Transportation

• Marine

• Automotive

• High tech

• Financial services

• Health care

• Trade publishing

Worldwide (including China)
 

Number of professionals and associates: 6
Number of in-house research analyst: 20
Number of support personnel: 5

Joe Welling -- Founder
David Bat -- President (dbat@welling.com)
Mike Stovall -- Senior Vice President (mike@welling.com)
Kevin Huntsman -- Vice President