What Harmonic Analytics does

Harmonic Analytics (now trading as WSP Harmonic following its December 2025 acquisition by WSP) is a specialist data science and decision analytics consultancy headquartered in Wellington, New Zealand, with a second office in Auckland. Founded in 2003 and operating continuously for over two decades, the firm delivers advanced analytics, bespoke software, and data science capability-building to infrastructure-heavy organisations and public-sector agencies across New Zealand, Australia, and the United Kingdom. Client rosters span water utilities (Watercare, Tauranga City Council, Wellington City Council, the WSAA consortium), energy transmission and distribution (Transpower, Contact Energy, ElectraNet, CS Energy, Top Energy, Mercury, AEMO), telecommunications (Spark), air navigation services (Airways New Zealand), and government departments (NZ Treasury, MBIE, MPI, Waka Kotahi, Banking Ombudsman Scheme). The firm also delivers to non-asset verticals such as insurance (Aon), environmental planning (Boffa Miskell), agriculture (Beef + Lamb NZ), and tourism (NZ Ministry of Tourism).

The technical stack is anchored in R and R Shiny for statistical modelling, Monte Carlo simulation, operations research, and interactive dashboards, supplemented by Python (with Snowflake for HydroBalance's water network data), Power BI for executive and public-facing reporting, and SQL-based data pipelines. The firm has built and productised a portfolio of named analytical tools: the Harmonic Scale Assessment Framework for data quality; the Three Waters Data Quality R Package (developed with the Building Innovation Partnership); LeakSense (anomaly-detection-driven water leakage detection); HydroBalance (Sankey-based water balance visualisation); Streamline (30+ year asset renewal forecasting with geospatial overlays); the Avifauna Collision Risk Model (Monte Carlo simulation for wind farm consenting); the Alarm Analytics Dashboard (ML-based alarm triage and genetic-sequencing mutation detection for electrical infrastructure); the Geomagnetic Storm Early Warning System (GIC prediction up to 120 minutes ahead at >70% accuracy); the Staff Retention Propensity Model; the Bulk Supply Point Forecasting Model (deployed in Watercare's operational control room); the SCADA Network Analytics Solution; and the LSF Dashboard for NZ Treasury's Living Standards Framework.

The business model is professional-services and project-based: revenue is generated through custom consulting engagements with enterprise and government clients, scoped around specific business problems such as data quality remediation, custom analytics, ML/predictive model development, productionised dashboards, and long-term data science team development. Pricing is quote-based on a project fee; R training courses (Introduction to R, Data Analysis in R, Introduction to Shiny) are offered as fee-for-service engagements for teams of three or more and also serve as a lead-generation tool for larger capability-building programmes. Distribution is direct, with no reseller or marketplace channel pre-acquisition, and the firm is not venture-backed — historical R&D was co-funded via small Callaghan Innovation grants, with the WSP acquisition in December 2025 representing the primary structural change to date and creating an embedded global distribution channel through WSP's worldwide professional services network.

Name

Harmonic Analytics

Legal name

Harmonic Analytics

Website

https://harmonic.co.nz

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

WSP Harmonic (acquired by WSP in December 2025) is a New Zealand data science and decision analytics consultancy that delivers bespoke advanced analytics, ML, and software tools to infrastructure-heavy and government clients across New Zealand, Australia, and the UK.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Data Analytics & Decision Science Consulting

NAICS

Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518210), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (51821)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming Services (7371), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation (7374), Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Grid Analytics, Forecasting & Decision Support (Load/DER/Outage) (EUADAEAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Grid Data & Analytics Enablement (MDM, Data Integration, Hosting) (EUAEANAI), Data Strategy & Governance Services (BPAEAHAA)

Keywords

• Data science consulting
• Advanced analytics services
• Infrastructure asset analytics
• Data quality assessment
• Predictive modelling solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Wellington

HQ country

New Zealand

HQ region

Oceania

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Professional Services and Analytics Consulting: WSP Harmonic generates revenue primarily through custom analytics and software solution engagements with enterprise and government clients. Engagements are project-based, typically scoped for specific business problems, and include data quality assessments, advanced analytics, custom software development, and data science team development programmes. Revenue is earned through consulting fees for project delivery, technical mentoring, and solution support.
2. R Training Courses: Harmonic offers instructor-led R training courses including Introduction to R, Data Analysis in R, and Introduction to Shiny. These are delivered to teams of 3 or more, priced as fee-for-service training engagements. Training is marketed as part of data science team development and generates revenue through course fees.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Harmonic Analytics is a specialist data science and decision analytics consultancy that delivers custom analytics and software solutions, data quality assessments, advanced analytics (Operations Research, Machine Learning, and Predictive Analytics), data visualisation dashboards, and data science team development programmes to infrastructure-heavy and asset-intensive organisations across New Zealand, Australia, and the UK. Services are project-based and span the full data and analytics lifecycle, from data quality assessment through to productionised software development and predictive modelling.

Product overview

Harmonic Analytics (now WSP Harmonic, acquired December 2025) is a specialist data science and decision analytics consultancy offering a portfolio of professional services and named analytical tools. The core service offering spans five service lines: Data Quality Assessment (using the Harmonic Scale Assessment Framework), Custom Analytics and Software Solutions, Advanced Analytics (Operations Research, Machine Learning, and Predictive Analytics), Data Visualisation and Reporting Solutions, and Data Science Team Development (including R training courses). These service offerings are delivered alongside a growing suite of named analytical products and tools developed for specific client and sector needs. Named products include: LeakSense (night flow anomaly detection for water networks), HydroBalance (Sankey-based water network visualisation in Python/Snowflake), Streamline (30+ year asset renewal forecasting for water distribution), Alarm Analytics Dashboard (ML-driven alarm triage and root-cause analysis for electrical infrastructure), Crash Analytics Dashboard (geospatial road safety analytics), Geomagnetic Storm Early Warning System (GIC prediction for power grids), Staff Retention Propensity Model (R Shiny dashboard for HR analytics), Avifauna Collision Risk Model (R-based ecological risk model for wind farms), and the Bulk Supply Point Forecasting Model (water demand forecasting for Watercare). Additional named solutions include the LSF Dashboard (R Shiny for NZ Treasury well-being metrics), Asset Lifecycle Management Solution (statistical forecasting for Spark telecommunications assets), and SCADA Network Analytics Solution (predictive modelling for Transpower's electricity transmission network). The company also delivers R training programmes (Introduction to R, Data Analysis in R, Introduction to Shiny) as a capability-building offering. The portfolio is delivered across New Zealand, Australia, and the UK, with solutions hosted in Harmonic's own secure cloud environment.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Data Quality Assessment A service that inspects, cleans, and standardises data assets, evaluating dimensions including completeness, accuracy, consistency, and timeliness against industry benchmarks, and producing an actionable report with prioritised recommendations for data improvement and migration readiness. Targeted at organisations undertaking data-driven transformation or new projects.
• Custom Analytics + Software Solutions Tailored analytical and software solutions designed and implemented in partnership with clients across the full data and analytics lifecycle, from solution design and data engineering through to software development and cloud hosting. Delivered using R, Python, and Shiny to address diverse industry problems.
• Advanced Analytics Advanced analytics services spanning Operations Research, Machine Learning, and Predictive Analytics, including development and productionisation of forecasting models, statistical modelling, ML model development, Monte Carlo simulation, and scenario planning for infrastructure, energy, water, and government sectors.
• Data Visualisation + Reporting Solutions Interactive dashboards and reporting solutions built with R Shiny, Power BI, and Python, providing 360-degree views of business performance with executive strategy, operational monitoring, and public-facing transparency capabilities including drill-down, filtering, geospatial mapping, and scenario planning.
• Data Science Team Development Programme Structured programme to develop internal data science capabilities within client organisations, covering R programming, dashboard development, reproducible analytics, software architecture design, mentoring, and peer review. Aimed at growing client data science teams from initial to advanced levels.
• R Training Courses Instructor-led R training programme comprising three courses (Introduction to R, Data Analysis in R, and Introduction to Shiny) delivered to client teams of 3 or more, either on-site or virtually. Course fees based on duration and team size.
• LeakSense Interactive dashboard tool for early detection of water leakage through analysis of night flows, featuring three time-series flow data visualisations at metro, local, and suburb levels, and an anomaly detection algorithm that automatically flags unusual flow behaviour at individual meters.
• HydroBalance Interactive Sankey chart visualisation tool tracing water balance from source (dams, rivers) through water treatment plants, bulk supply facilities, and regional supply to domestic and non-domestic customers. Built in Python with Snowflake data storage and featuring date selectors, hover data, flow summaries, and non-revenue water trend analysis.
• Streamline Strategic asset management forecasting tool for water distribution networks implementing age-based and data-driven renewal policy models, producing 30+ year forecasts of annual and cumulative replacement costs, written-off asset values, network age distributions, and expected pipe failure costs under hundreds of future scenarios, with geospatial visualisations including liquefaction, flood, and fault line overlays.
• Alarm Analytics Dashboard Interactive alarm management and root-cause analysis dashboard for electrical infrastructure control rooms that collates alarm data from multiple sources including weather, earthquake, and site information. Uses machine learning algorithms for automatic alarm triaging to responsible business units, predicting successful alarm resolutions, and identifying alarm 'mutations' using genetic sequencing methods.
• Crash Analytics Dashboard Interactive geospatial crash analytics dashboard for road safety analysis featuring comparator views across regions, word clouds identifying crash causes, geospatial visualisations of crash counts and causes nationwide, and data-driven statistical modelling of death and serious injury rates linked to transport network design and socio-economic factors.
• Geomagnetic Storm Early Warning System Advanced predictive and visualisation tool for electricity transmission grid protection against geomagnetic storms, using a statistical model that predicts GIC levels with rolling window statistics up to 120 minutes in advance at over 70% accuracy, with an interactive dashboard visualising observed and predicted GIC levels across New Zealand regions.
• Staff Retention Propensity Model and Dashboard Statistical model and interactive R Shiny dashboard that predicts the likelihood of staff leaving and identifies key retention drivers, classifying current employees as low, medium, or high risk of departure based on attributes including age, gender, location, tenure, salary, and billable utilisation, enabling leadership to prioritise retention initiatives.
• Avifauna Collision Risk Model Wind farm collision risk model for birds developed in R, accounting for species abundance, flight behaviour, wind farm layout, turbine design, and wind speed, applying Monte Carlo simulations across all key variables to produce confidence intervals for collision predictions. Replaced an older 2004 model and draws on updated international guidance.
• Bulk Supply Point Forecasting Model Water demand forecasting model operating at the handover point between transmission and network infrastructure, forecasting total water usage across Auckland using historic data, public holiday data, and weather data. Deployed in Watercare's operational control room after successful proof-of-concept.
• SCADA Network Analytics Solution (Transpower) Innovative software solution for electricity transmission SCADA network performance measurement, optimisation, and predictive capacity planning, featuring a near real-time business impact dashboard, capacity analysis and planning tool, and predictive model enabling network configuration changes to be tested virtually before implementation.
• Asset Lifecycle Management Solution (Spark) Statistical and operations research-based asset lifecycle management solution developed in R predicting repair volumes, forecasting equipment requirements, generating monthly spare holdings reports and purchase recommendations, and supporting failure analysis and disaster recovery planning for telecommunications infrastructure.
• Living Standards Framework (LSF) Dashboard Interactive R Shiny dashboard developed for the New Zealand Treasury to visualise and compare well-being indicators across 'Our country', 'Our future', and 'Our people' dimensions, amalgamating OECD and NZ General Social Survey data and built to be publicly accessible, cross-browser compatible, and optimised for usability and accessibility.

Quantifiable outcome

• Grew a client's data science team from 1 to 50+ data scientists in 3 years
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers32 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability9 records

Feature13 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• WSPcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 December 2025WSP acquired Harmonic Analytics in December 2025, forming WSP Harmonic. The acquisition significantly strengthens WSP's digital and advisory offering in New Zealand, integrating Harmonic's advanced analytics, data science, predictive modelling, and decision optimisation capabilities with WSP's global infrastructure and environmental consulting platform. The team of 18 continues to operate from Wellington and Auckland offices.
• University of AucklandminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHarmonic has partnered with the University of Auckland on talent development and research collaboration. Harmonic presented projects to the University's Statistics and Computer Science students, which led to an internship programme at Watercare and the recruitment of two interns, one of whom converted to a permanent position. This partnership supports Harmonic's data science team development activities and provides a pipeline of graduate talent.
• Boffa MiskellminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBoffa Miskell, a leading New Zealand environmental planning and design consultancy, engaged Harmonic to develop an avifauna collision risk model for wind farms. Harmonic collaborated with Boffa Miskell's senior ecologist to build a replacement collision risk model in R, enabling robust testing of wind farm layout and design scenarios to minimise bird collision risk. Boffa Miskell has worked on 29 wind farms across New Zealand.
• Building Innovation Partnership (BIP)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Building Innovation Partnership (BIP), a research programme based at the Universities of Canterbury and Auckland, partnered with Harmonic to develop a data quality assessment framework and tool for Three Waters asset data. Harmonic developed the framework and an accompanying R package and Shiny dashboard, working from BIP's Code of Practice for Three Waters asset data as the central schema. This solution has been adopted by multiple councils including Wellington region, Christchurch, and Southland.
• Water Services Association of Australia (WSAA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWSAA, representing over 70 water or water-related organisations providing services to 20 million customers in Australia and New Zealand, partnered with WSP and Harmonic to develop statistical predictive models for estimating future failure of asbestos cement (AC) water mains. Harmonic developed data processing pipelines, statistical models, and web tools for 11 participating water utilities, validating existing engineering approaches with data-driven methods.
• New Zealand Plant Producers Incorporated (NZPPI)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerNZPPI engaged Harmonic to design and run a national survey of native plant production capacity to support New Zealand's one billion trees by 2028 goal. Harmonic designed the survey, web-scraped nursery contact information, applied statistical adjustments and imputations, and produced analysis and visualisation outputs for NZPPI's final report.
• Banking Ombudsman Scheme (BOS)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerThe Banking Ombudsman Scheme engaged Harmonic to develop a Power BI complaints dashboard to increase transparency about banking customer complaints. Harmonic created two pages — one public-facing and one for bank internal analysis — tracking complaint volumes, resolution times, and peer comparisons across New Zealand banks.
• Watercare Services LimitedminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerWatercare engaged Harmonic for an enduring multi-year partnership covering data quality assessments, exploratory data analysis, custom algorithm development, forecasting model productionisation, and in-house data science team building, including university liaison and internship programme development.
• National Grid (formerly Western Power Distribution)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerHarmonic developed alarm grouping and correlation analysis software for the UK's Distribution System Operator (DSO) to manage the increasing volume of alarms from Active Network Management (ANM) and System Voltage Optimisation (SVO) systems. The solution includes treemaps, time graphs, maps, and risk lists for root-cause identification and alarm management simplification.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Deloitte (New Zealand): Big-4 firm with analytics and AI consulting practice serving NZ infrastructure, utilities, and government. Overlaps directly with Harmonic on data quality, forecasting, and visualisation engagements.
• KPMG (New Zealand): Big-4 firm with data and analytics capability targeting NZ government and infrastructure sectors. Competes for the same analytics consulting RFPs as Harmonic.
• Accenture (New Zealand): Global professional services firm with a data and analytics practice serving NZ enterprise and government. Competes with Harmonic on larger analytics engagements at the same marquee clients.
• Datacom (New Zealand): Large Australasian IT services provider with data, analytics, and cloud practice serving NZ government and enterprise. Overlaps with Harmonic's analytics, cloud-hosted dashboards, and government data work.
• Palantir Technologies: Enterprise data analytics platform serving large utilities, governments, and infrastructure operators with predictive analytics and operational decision support. Broadly comparable in advanced analytics and forecasting for asset-heavy organisations.

Direct peers

• Datamine: New Zealand-based data analytics consultancy delivering predictive models, dashboards, and data science solutions to enterprise and government clients across NZ and AU. Closest comparable to Harmonic in size, geography, services, and customer profile.
• Quantium: Australian-founded data science and analytics consulting firm combining advanced analytics with industry expertise to serve enterprise clients. Directly comparable in analytics-led consulting model targeting large institutional customers.
• Tessella (now part of Akkodis): Data science and AI consulting firm specialising in advanced analytics, ML, and decision support for asset-intensive and scientific organisations. Highly comparable to Harmonic's bespoke analytics work for utilities and infrastructure operators.
• Slalom: Global technology and business consulting firm with deep data and analytics practice delivering bespoke data science, dashboards, and ML solutions to enterprise and government clients. Comparable in consulting-led analytics service model.
• Thoughtworks: Global technology consultancy combining custom software development with data engineering and advanced analytics for enterprise and government clients. Comparable to Harmonic's custom-software-plus-analytics delivery model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds6 records

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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