Innovation & New Ventures
Consultancies supporting corporate innovation and new business development.
Market snapshot
These figures describe Strategy & Corporate Development (1.6.9), the segment that Innovation & New Ventures sits within — not Innovation & New Ventures on its own.
Strategy and corporate-development advice is the premium tip of management consulting, but it has no code of its own and is not separately sized — it sits inside general management consulting (541611/541618) alongside every other specialty. The industry-wide figures live on the sector page above; this node is the strategy lens on them, not a market to add on top.
Business model & economics
Revenue model
Premium project fees plus strategy retainers
Key economics
- Recurring revenue
- Low–Moderate
- EBITDA margin
- 20–35%
- Capex intensity
- Low
C-suite relationships recur; projects are episodic
Characteristics
- Highest-value, most senior-led tier of consulting.
- Sold on intellectual capital and C-suite relationships.
- Some cyclicality with corporate confidence and deal activity.
M&A deal context
Who’s acquiring
- Global consultancies acquiring strategy capability
- PE-backed consulting platforms
- Merging strategy boutiques
What’s driving deals
- Larger firms absorbing premium strategy boutiques.
- Demand tied to capital deployment and M&A cycles.
- Senior partner relationships driving lateral and team moves.
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