1.6.8Segment

Risk & Resilience Consulting

Risk management consultancies helping enterprises design, implement, and mature risk frameworks and resilience programs.

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Overview

Risk & Resilience Consulting firms help enterprises design, implement, and mature risk frameworks and resilience programs — enterprise risk, operational resilience, business continuity, and increasingly cyber and climate risk. Demand has grown structurally as risk landscapes broaden and boards demand resilience.

The work blends advisory with recurring risk-program support, and it overlaps with cybersecurity, regulatory, and insurance advisory. It is a growing specialty within general management consulting.

Market snapshot

FragmentationFragmented

Specialty within general management consulting (NAICS 541611/541618); the Census Bureau does not separately size it.

Business model & economics

Revenue model
Advisory project fees with recurring risk-program support
Recurring revenue
Moderate — ongoing risk-program relationships recur
EBITDA margin
18–30%
Capex intensity
Low
  • Structural growth as cyber and climate risk broaden the agenda.
  • Recurring risk-program support adds a durable revenue layer.
  • Overlaps cybersecurity, regulatory, and insurance advisory.

M&A deal context

Moderate deal activity

Who’s acquiring

Consulting & risk-advisory platformsCyber and resilience specialists' acquirersPE-backed roll-ups

What’s driving deals

  • Broadening risk landscapes (cyber, climate) driving demand.
  • Boards demanding mature resilience programs.
  • Consolidation across risk, cyber, and regulatory advisory.

Verticals in this segment

  • 1.6.8.1Business Continuity Planning

    Consultancies developing business continuity and disaster recovery plans.

  • 1.6.8.2Cyber Risk Advisory

    Firms assessing and advising on enterprise cybersecurity risk.

  • 1.6.8.3Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)

    Consultancies designing and implementing ERM frameworks.

  • 1.6.8.4Third-Party Risk Management

    Firms building vendor risk assessment and due diligence programs.

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