IRN Ferry is a standalone ferry market research company which was spun out of IRN Research in 2022. IRN Research was a full-service market research consultancy that was formed in 1991 and had a strong track record in providing market research services to business across all industry sectors. It had produced ferry market insight reports for more than 20 years. In 2022, IRN Research decided to split its operations, with IRN Ferry taking on the responsibility of producing the monthly and annual ferry reports.