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<ownershipDocument> |
| <schemaVersion> X0306 </schemaVersion> |
| <documentType> 4 </documentType> |
| <periodOfReport> 2020-02-14 </periodOfReport> |
| <notSubjectToSection16> 0 </notSubjectToSection16> |
| <issuer> |
| | <issuerCik> 0000070487 </issuerCik> |
| | <issuerName> NATIONAL RESEARCH CORP </issuerName> |
| | <issuerTradingSymbol> NRC </issuerTradingSymbol> |
| | </issuer> |
| <reportingOwner> |
| | <reportingOwnerId> |
| | | <rptOwnerCik> 0001729470 </rptOwnerCik> |
| | | <rptOwnerName> Amandla MK Trust </rptOwnerName> |
| | | </reportingOwnerId> |
| | <reportingOwnerAddress> |
| | | <rptOwnerStreet1> C/O THE BRYN MAWR TRUST COMPANY OF DELAW </rptOwnerStreet1> |
| | | <rptOwnerStreet2> 20 MONTCHANIN RD, SUITE 100 </rptOwnerStreet2> |
| | | <rptOwnerCity> GREENVILLE </rptOwnerCity> |
| | | <rptOwnerState> DE </rptOwnerState> |
| | | <rptOwnerZipCode> 19807 </rptOwnerZipCode> |
| | | <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription> |
| | | </reportingOwnerAddress> |
| | <reportingOwnerRelationship> |
| | | <isDirector> 0 </isDirector> |
| | | <isOfficer> 0 </isOfficer> |
| | | <isTenPercentOwner> 1 </isTenPercentOwner> |
| | | <isOther> 0 </isOther> |
| | | <officerTitle></officerTitle> |
| | | <otherText></otherText> |
| | | </reportingOwnerRelationship> |
| | </reportingOwner> |
| <nonDerivativeTable> |
| | <nonDerivativeTransaction> |
| | | <securityTitle> |
| <value> Common Stock </value> |
| </securityTitle> |
| | | <transactionDate> |
| <value> 2020-02-14 </value> |
| </transactionDate> |
| | | <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate> |
| | | <transactionCoding> |
| <transactionFormType> 4 </transactionFormType> |
| <transactionCode> S </transactionCode> |
| <equitySwapInvolved> 0 </equitySwapInvolved> |
| </transactionCoding> |
| | | <transactionAmounts> |
| <transactionShares> |
| <value> 3000 </value> |
| </transactionShares> |
| <transactionPricePerShare> |
| <value> 70.1107 </value> |
| <footnoteId id="F1"/> |
| </transactionPricePerShare> |
| <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode> |
| <value> D </value> |
| </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode> |
| </transactionAmounts> |
| | | <postTransactionAmounts> |
| <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction> |
| <value> 6421545 </value> |
| </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction> |
| </postTransactionAmounts> |
| | | <ownershipNature> |
| <directOrIndirectOwnership> |
| <value> I </value> |
| </directOrIndirectOwnership> |
| <natureOfOwnership> |
| <value> By Amandla LLC </value> |
| </natureOfOwnership> |
| </ownershipNature> |
| | | </nonDerivativeTransaction> |
| | </nonDerivativeTable> |
| <derivativeTable></derivativeTable> |
| <footnotes> |
| | <footnote id="F1"> The price in Column 4 is a weighted average price. The prices actually ranged from $70.08 to $70.12, inclusive. The reporting person will provide to the issuer, any security holder of the issuer, or the SEC staff, upon request, information regarding the number of shares sold at each price within the range. </footnote> |
| | </footnotes> |
| <remarks> This Form 4 is being filed by the Amandla MK Trust and by Patrick E. Beans, as Special Holdings Direction Adviser under the Amandla MK Trust. </remarks> |
| <ownerSignature> |
| | <signatureName> /s/ Christopher Kortum, Attorney-in-Fact for Patrick E. Beans, as Special Holdings Direction Adviser under the Amandla MK Trust, pursuant to a POA previously filed </signatureName> |
| | <signatureDate> 2020-02-19 </signatureDate> |
| | </ownerSignature> |
| <ownerSignature> |
| | <signatureName> /s/ Christopher Kortum, Attorney-in-Fact for Patrick E. Beans, as Special Holdings Direction Adviser, pursuant to a POA previously filed </signatureName> |
| | <signatureDate> 2020-02-19 </signatureDate> |
| | </ownerSignature> |
| </ownershipDocument> |