Roland Berger

What Roland Berger does

Roland Berger is a global management consulting firm founded in 1967 and headquartered in Munich, Germany. Operating as a partnership limited by shares (Roland Berger Holding GmbH & Co. KGaA), it is the only leading global consultancy of European origin. The firm serves large enterprises, public-sector clients, and private equity sponsors across 15 industry verticals — including Aerospace & Defense, Automotive, Battery, Chemicals, Consumer Goods, Energy & Utilities, Financial Services, Pharma & Healthcare, Public Sector, and Transportation — and 11 functional service practices including Corporate Performance, Digital, M&A, Operations, Restructuring & Turnaround, and Sustainability. Engagement structures are project-based advisory mandates with senior partners leading delivery for C-suite clients.

The firm's core deliverables are strategic recommendations, transformation roadmaps, due diligence, operational improvement, and proprietary research assets including the Trend Compendium 2050, Automotive Outlook 2040, EV Charging Index, and the annual Global Automotive Supplier Study (covering 600+ suppliers, co-published with Lazard). Distribution is direct-to-client via a 42-office network across all six continents, with regional Managing Partners in every major European market and notable strength in the GCC (20-year Bahrain presence, with offices in UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia). Thought-leadership content — Think:Act Magazine, podcasts, research publications, the Microsoft Intelligent Manufacturing Award co-presented with Microsoft Germany, and an active event/conference program — anchors top-of-funnel demand generation.

Revenue is generated through negotiated professional services fees under multi-year or project-based contracts with enterprise, government, and PE clients; the firm recorded €1.01 billion in revenue in 2025, described as its strongest financial year since founding, with a stated €2 billion target by 2028. Growth has been amplified by acquisitions (Amane Advisors in 2024 for water/sustainability consulting, Alexec Consulting in 2026 for battery/EV consulting) and direct investments into frontier-AI and robotics companies (CNTR, Neura Robotics). The firm employs 1,001–5,000 people and maintains active partnerships with Microsoft, Aleph Alpha, Lazard, COVESA/Geotab, and Worley across mobility, manufacturing, and energy programs.

Name

Roland Berger

Legal name

Roland Berger Holding GmbH & Co. KGaA

Website

https://rolandberger.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1967

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Roland Berger is a European-origin global management consulting firm founded in 1967 and headquartered in Munich, serving large corporations, governments, and private equity clients across 15 industries and 40+ countries with strategic advisory, transformation, and M&A services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Management Consulting Services

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (541611), Other Management Consulting Services (541618)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Operations & Process Improvement Consulting (BPAHACAB)

Keywords

• Management consulting services
• Strategy advisory services
• Operations consulting
• Digital transformation consulting
• Private equity advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Munich

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices23 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Strategic Consulting Services: Roland Berger generates revenue through project-based consulting engagements with enterprise clients. Fees are typically structured around project scope, team composition, and engagement duration. The firm recorded record revenues of €1.01 billion in 2025, marking its strongest financial year since founding in 1967.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Roland Berger is a global management consulting firm that delivers strategy, operations, digital, M&A, restructuring, and sustainability advisory services to large corporations, governments, and private equity sponsors. Its work is organized across 15 industry verticals and 11 functional service practices, delivered through partner-led engagements out of offices worldwide.

Product overview

Roland Berger is a global management consulting firm of European origin headquartered in Munich, Germany, founded in 1967. The firm offers strategic and operational consulting services across 15 industry verticals (including Aerospace & Defense, Automotive, Battery, Chemicals, Construction, Consumer Goods, Energy & Utilities, Financial Services, Infrastructure, Pharma & Healthcare, Private Equity, Public Sector, Technology/Media/Telecom, and Transportation/Tourism/Logistics) and 11 service practice areas (including Corporate Performance, Digital, Interim Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, Operations, People & Organization, Restructuring & Turnaround, Sales & Marketing, Sustainability, and Transaction Services). Key branded offerings include Think:Act Magazine (the firm's award-winning thought leadership publication), the Microsoft Intelligent Manufacturing Award (MIMA) presented jointly with Microsoft Germany, and various industry-specific studies and reports such as the Global Automotive Supplier Study, EV Charging Index, and Automotive Outlook 2040. The firm operates globally across all six continents and generated record revenues of €1.01 billion in 2025.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Think:Act Magazine Roland Berger's editorial publication distributed to clients and prospects as a thought-leadership and brand asset.
• Microsoft Intelligent Manufacturing Award Award program associated with Roland Berger's manufacturing and industrial sector engagement work.

Quantifiable outcome

• Record revenue of €1.01 billion in 2025, strongest financial year in firm history
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• VersanaminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 June 2026Versana referenced as existing blockchain platform implementation in Roland Berger's report on modernizing bank settlements with blockchain technology.
• PropyminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 June 2026Propy referenced as existing blockchain platform in Roland Berger's report on modernizing bank settlements, highlighting real estate transaction applications.
• WorleyminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 April 2026Worley serves as technical subcontractor alongside Roland Berger for the Clean Hydrogen Partnership's Project Development Assistance (PDA) program, supporting up to 13 Hydrogen Valleys in EU Member States or associated countries.
• Baker McKenzieminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 27 March 2026Baker McKenzie, working with Roedl, advised Roland Berger Holding on its acquisition of Alexec Consulting in Poland.
• MicrosoftcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 March 2026Roland Berger co-presents the annual Microsoft Intelligent Manufacturing Award (MIMA) with Microsoft Germany, recognizing innovative manufacturing solutions. The partnership includes joint events, award programs, and shared focus on digital transformation in manufacturing.
• Microsoft GermanycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 March 2026Microsoft Germany and Roland Berger jointly awarded the Microsoft Intelligent Manufacturing Award (MIMA) to recognize innovative industrial AI solutions. The 2026 award featured Krones as overall winner for agentic digital twin technology.
• Alexec ConsultingcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 March 2026Roland Berger acquired Alexec Consulting, a Wroclaw-based specialist consultancy focusing on the battery and electric vehicle industries. The acquisition combines Alexec's technical and operational expertise in battery manufacturing and supply chain management with Roland Berger's strategic consulting capabilities, establishing a center of excellence for battery technologies. The deal supports projected worldwide investment of €850-900 billion in the battery value chain by 2035.
• AllseasminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 November 2025Allseas commissioned Roland Berger to study nuclear shipping with small modular reactors, projecting approximately 700 ships could be powered by SMRs by 2050.
• Aleph AlphacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 September 2025Roland Berger partnered with Aleph Alpha to support European industrial leaders in achieving AI sovereignty through compliant and trustworthy AI solutions. The collaboration produced a joint study on AI sovereignty as a strategic imperative for European industry.
• COVESAminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 September 2025Roland Berger collaborated with COVESA and Geotab on a study finding that 7 out of 9 major adoption hurdles for connected vehicle services have been largely overcome since 2015, with technology challenges nearly eliminated.
• GeotabminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 September 2025Joint study with Roland Berger and COVESA on connected vehicle services, finding business models and customer acceptance remain as primary hurdles to adoption.
• LazardcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 May 2025Roland Berger and Lazard jointly published the Global Automotive Supplier Study 2025, analyzing over 600 suppliers worldwide and projecting industry profit margin trends.
• Amane AdvisorscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 March 2024Roland Berger completed acquisition of Amane Advisors, a water, resource, and energy recovery consulting firm. The acquisition enhances Roland Berger's water consulting division and supports the company's goal of embedding sustainability and achieving €2bn in revenues by 2028.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Kearney: Global management consultancy (formerly A.T. Kearney) with comparable practice areas in operations, strategy, and procurement; a direct mid-tier competitor to Roland Berger especially in industrial and consumer goods sectors.
• Bain & Company: Ranked #1 in Vault's 2026 EMEA consulting rankings ahead of Roland Berger; closest peer in size, culture, and sector coverage with particularly strong private equity and consumer goods practices.
• Arthur D. Little: European-origin management consultancy with similar heritage and global ambitions; competes with Roland Berger on strategy and innovation advisory for industrial and technology clients.
• Boston Consulting Group: Global strategy consultancy with comparable practice areas (corporate performance, operations, M&A) and similar client base of large enterprises, governments, and PE firms; directly overlaps with Roland Berger on automotive, industrial, and energy engagements.
• McKinsey & Company: World's largest strategy consulting firm and Roland Berger's most direct competitor across enterprise strategy, transformation, and sector advisory mandates; competes head-to-head on virtually every major C-suite engagement.

Broad incumbents

• Strategy& (PwC): Strategy consulting arm of Big Four PwC; competes with Roland Berger on enterprise strategy engagements but is embedded within a much larger audit and advisory franchise with different economics.
• Accenture Strategy: Strategy arm of Accenture; competes with Roland Berger on large-scale digital and operational transformation mandates where implementation capability matters alongside strategy.
• EY-Parthenon: Strategy and transactions consulting arm of EY; competes with Roland Berger for corporate strategy and M&A advisory work and is actively hiring from Roland Berger's PE value-creation practice (e.g., Raphael Maccagnan).
• Oliver Wyman: Marsh McLennan-owned management consultancy focused on financial services, automotive, and energy; competes with Roland Berger on strategy and operations engagements but is part of a broader professional services portfolio.

Emerging players

• Simon-Kucher: Specialist consultancy focused on pricing, sales, and marketing strategy; overlaps with Roland Berger's Sales & Marketing practice and is increasingly winning share in commercial transformation engagements.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A2 records

Investments3 records

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