SDG Group

What SDG Group does

SDG Group is a global management consulting firm founded in 1994 and headquartered in Milan, Italy, specializing in Data, Analytics, and AI services for enterprise and mid-market clients across nine industry verticals — Healthcare & Life Sciences, Financial Services & Insurance, Manufacturing, Telco & Utilities, Travel, Automotive, Consumer Products & Retail, Government & Public Sector, and Fashion & Luxury. The firm operates technology-agnostically, delivering consulting, implementation, and managed analytics across major platforms including Snowflake, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, AWS, Qlik, Tableau, Power BI, Dataiku, SAP, and Board, while layering proprietary accelerators and frameworks such as Orbitae (AI portfolio), InsightsGen (GenAI reporting), XCheck (data integrity), SPICO (planning & control), Booster (ETL migration), and ASSAI (insurance virtual assistant). Named clients include Novartis, Daiichi Sankyo, Almirall, Merck, Generali, Groupama, ENGIE, Aqualia, Afreximbank, CIRA, Palladium Hotel Group, Luxottica, and Amadori.

The company's revenue model is professional services-based: project-based, quote-driven consulting engagements billed against scope, team composition, and duration, with stated multi-year contracts common. Go-to-market is enterprise field sales supported by 25+ offices across Italy, Spain, Portugal, the UK, the Netherlands, the US, Mexico, Egypt, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia, plus co-sell motions with major cloud and analytics technology partners. The firm reports 2,500+ employees, 700+ customers, and 185M+ EUR volume of activity. Since November 2020, SDG Group has operated as a subsidiary of ALTEN Group, a French multinational engineering and IT services company with 57,000+ employees and 4.07B EUR turnover, while retaining its own brand, IP, and operating identity. The firm was recognized as a Leader in the Everest Group Analytics and AI Services Specialists PEAK Matrix Assessment 2024 and holds ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 certifications.

Name

SDG Group

Legal name

SDG Consulting Italia S.p.A.

Website

https://sdggroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

SDG Group is a global Data, Analytics, and AI consulting firm founded in 1994, serving 700+ enterprise clients across healthcare, insurance, manufacturing, telco, travel, and public sector with technology-agnostic advisory, implementation, and proprietary AI accelerators.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Management Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Other Management Consulting Services (541618), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAHAEAF

Data, Analytics & AI Consulting

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Technology & Digital Consulting

SECONDARYBPAHACAI

Data, Analytics & AI Consulting

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Management Consulting

SECONDARYBPAHAEAI

ERP, CRM & Enterprise Applications Consulting

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Technology & Digital Consulting

Keywords

• Data analytics consulting
• AI consulting services
• Business intelligence consulting
• Performance management consulting
• Cloud data migration

Headquarters

HQ city

Milan

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices25 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Consulting and Professional Services: SDG Group generates revenue primarily through consulting engagements, professional services, and advisory work in Data, Analytics & AI. As a consulting firm, engagements are typically project-based, tailored to specific client needs across industries. Revenue is driven by billable consultant hours and project deliveries.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

SDG Group is a global management consulting firm specializing in Data, Analytics, and AI. It delivers end-to-end consulting services across four core practice areas—Data & Analytics, Data Strategy & Governance, Artificial Intelligence, and Business Insights & Performance Management—and complements these engagements with proprietary frameworks and accelerators (Orbitae AI, InsightsGen, XCheck, SPICO, Booster). Engagements span data strategy, cloud migration, BI implementation, predictive analytics, and AI deployment for enterprise clients in industries such as Healthcare & Life Sciences, Financial Services & Insurance, Manufacturing, Telco & Utilities, Travel, Automotive, Retail, and Government.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Orbitae: AI by SDG Group - an AI portfolio and solutions offering developed by SDG Group for enterprise AI transformation.

Products and services

• Data & Analytics Consulting Consulting practice covering data warehousing, BI implementation, cloud analytics, advanced analytics, and modern data platform delivery for enterprise clients across multiple industries.
• Data Strategy & Governance Consulting Consulting engagement service covering enterprise data strategy design, data governance frameworks, data quality, master data management, and regulatory-aligned data operating models for large organizations.
• Artificial Intelligence Consulting Consulting service delivering AI strategy, generative AI solutions, machine learning models, NLP applications, and AI-powered automation for enterprise transformation projects.
• Business Insights & Performance Management Consulting Consulting service for corporate performance management, budgeting, planning, forecasting, KPI design, and decision-support BI implementations for finance and operations leaders.
• Orbitae - AI by SDG Group SDG Group's proprietary AI portfolio and solutions platform designed to guide enterprise clients in deploying AI for measurable business value across industries including Travel & Hospitality, Financial Services, and Healthcare.
• ASSAI - AI Insurance Assistant Generative AI-powered virtual assistant for insurance selection, featuring a Selector Engine to suggest relevant products and an Inspector Engine to answer policy questions by reading complex insurance contracts.

Quantifiable outcome

• 70% reduction in report generation time for NeuronUP's patient follow-up reporting through AI automation
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers22 records

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability11 records

Feature10 records

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Slalom: US-founded technology and data consulting firm with similar focus on Data, Analytics, and AI delivery for enterprise clients. Comparable in vertical specialization, proprietary accelerators, and project-based consulting model.
• Fractal Analytics: AI analytics company delivering data-driven decisioning and AI solutions to Fortune 500 enterprises. Directly comparable in scope of AI consulting, proprietary IP, and vertical go-to-market.
• Tredence: Data science and AI consulting specialist serving CPG, retail, telecom, and healthcare clients. Comparable as a mid-sized boutique competing with Big 4 on advanced analytics delivery.
• Tiger Analytics: AI and analytics consulting firm focused on data engineering, ML, and GenAI solutions for enterprise. Closely comparable to SDG's Orbitae-style AI delivery model and industry-vertical approach.
• LatentView Analytics: India-headquartered data and analytics consulting firm serving global enterprises across BFSI, retail, and tech. Comparable in size, offshore delivery model, and AI/data services focus.

Others

• Capgemini:
• Merkle (dentsu): Data-driven performance marketing and customer analytics consultancy within dentsu. Tangentially comparable in advanced analytics delivery for enterprise marketing teams, similar to SDG's pharma commercial analytics work.

Broad incumbents

• Deloitte: Big 4 advisory firm with global Analytics & AI practice serving regulated industries. Comparable in pharma/insurance analytics consulting and ERP-led transformation engagements, though at much larger scale.
• Accenture: Global consulting and technology services giant with a sizable Data & AI practice. Overlaps with SDG on enterprise analytics, cloud migration, and AI transformation engagements but at vastly larger scale and breadth.

Emerging players

• Absolutdata: AI and analytics services firm focused on CPG, retail, and financial services. Smaller scale but overlapping use cases in AI-driven marketing and sales analytics comparable to SDG's pharma work.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sdg-group
• Xx.com/sdggroup
• Facebookfacebook.com/SDGGroup

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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