The research centre SKDS is private and independent research company whose major fields of activity include various types of marketing and public opinion research. The research centre is established in 1996 and since then became one of the leading and most well-known research suppliers in Latvia.

Currently the research centre SKDS has 33 skilled full time employees. To carry out certain specific studies, the representatives of other research institutions who are experts in those fields are often involved.

To provide the highest quality research data SKDS has its own network of specially trained interviewers that comply with the requirements of contemporary research. The network of interviewers covers whole territory of Latvia.

Since 2000 SKDS is represented in the E.S.O.M.A.R. (European Society for Opinion and Market Research) and closely follows the ethical and methodological rules and standards for research institutes within opinion and marketing research.

Since 2014 SKDS is a member of WIN (Worldwide Independent Network of Market Research and Opinion Poll).