1.3.3.1Vertical

Capital Structure Advisory

Advisors helping companies optimize debt/equity mix and recapitalization.

Market snapshot

These figures describe Corporate Finance Advisory (1.3.3), the segment that Capital Structure Advisory sits within. They are not figures for Capital Structure Advisory on its own.

FragmentationFragmentedEstimate

No discrete Census NAICS code: corporate-finance advisory sits inside management-consulting and accounting classifications, so it is not separately sized by the Census Bureau.

Business model & economics

Revenue model

Retainers and project fees, some fractional-CFO engagements

Key economics

Recurring revenue
Moderate

retainers and fractional roles recur

EBITDA margin
20–30%
Capex intensity
Low

Characteristics

  • Sits between management consulting and investment banking.
  • Fractional and interim-CFO models add recurring engagement revenue.
  • Mid-market professionalization of finance functions drives demand.

M&A deal context

Deal activityModerate

Who’s acquiring

  • CFO-advisory & finance-consulting platforms
  • Accounting firms extending advisory
  • PE-backed roll-ups

What’s driving deals

  • Consolidation of fractional-CFO and finance-advisory providers.
  • Mid-market demand for outsourced corporate-finance capability.
  • Overlap with FP&A and finance-transformation advisory.

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