CT Group

What CT Group does

CT Group is a privately held global strategic consultancy founded in 2002 in Canberra, Australia, by political strategists Sir Lynton Crosby AO and Mark Textor under the original name Crosby Textor. The firm relocated its headquarters to London in 2011 and now operates from nine staffed offices across the UK, US, Australia, Singapore, UAE, France, Canada and Saudi Arabia, employing 120–150 professionals and delivering engagements in more than 50 countries.

The company's offering is structured around four service pillars — Research, Intelligence, Campaigns and Advisory — supplemented by more than 30 specialised modules spanning crisis communications, government relations, forensic investigations, transaction advisory, defence consulting, cyber services, asset tracing, real-estate advisory, and behavioural-change research. All work is underpinned by 'The CT Way', a proprietary values-based research methodology that combines polling, focus groups and behavioural analysis to identify the drivers of perception and behaviour, and is delivered by a multilingual bench drawn from government, military, intelligence, diplomacy, journalism and investment banking.

CT Group generates revenue through bespoke professional-services engagements — primarily project-based fees and retainers — sold directly by senior consultants to enterprise clients. Target buyers include large corporations, governments and political leaders, law firms, family offices, and real-estate and infrastructure investors. Annual revenue is disclosed at circa £50 million. Distribution is entirely direct-to-client via senior relationship management, with awareness generated through a newsroom, executive briefings, LinkedIn and event-based thought leadership rather than paid marketing.

Name

CT Group

Legal name

CT Group Holdings Limited

Website

https://ctgroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

CT Group is a global political and corporate strategy consultancy founded in 2002, serving large corporations, governments, law firms, family offices and infrastructure investors with research, intelligence, campaigns and advisory services across 50+ countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Strategic Consultancy Services: CT Group generates revenue through providing professional consultancy services including research, intelligence, campaigns, and advisory services to corporate and political clients. Services are delivered through project engagements and ongoing advisory relationships, likely with retainer or project-based fee structures typical of management consulting.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

CT Group is a global strategic consultancy that delivers four core service pillars—Research, Intelligence, Campaigns, and Advisory—to large businesses, governments, law firms, family offices, real estate investors, and world leaders. Services are delivered through customized project engagements and retainer arrangements underpinned by "The CT Way," a proprietary values-based research methodology. The firm combines deep political campaigning expertise with corporate advisory to help clients win elections, transform reputations, navigate regulation, manage crises, and execute complex transactions.

Product overview

CT Group is a global strategic consultancy that operates as a unified service offering rather than a software platform. The core portfolio consists of four main service pillars—Research, Intelligence, Campaigns, and Advisory—supplemented by over 30 specialized service modules including Advanced Analytics, Asset Tracing, AUKUS Advantage, Behaviour Change Research, Board Evaluation, Corporate Advisory, Crisis Communications, Cyber Services, Data Analytics, Defence Consulting, Digital Expertise, Digital Investigations, Dispute Communications, Due Diligence, Field Support, Forensic Investigations, Government Relations, Intelligence and Investigations, Litigation and Arbitration, Mass Action, Multi-channel and Multi-market Evaluation Research, Opinion Research, Qualitative and Quantitative Research, Real Estate and Infrastructure Consulting, Reputation Management, Source of Wealth Authentication, Strategy Development and Analysis, and Transaction Advisory. The CT Way methodology underpins all services, combining research-based insight with strategic campaign execution to deliver outcomes for clients across political, corporate, and regulatory domains.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Research
• Intelligence
• Campaigns
• Advisory

Quantifiable outcome

• Hundreds of successful campaigns in over 50 countries
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Australia-United Kingdom Chamber of CommerceminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 23 April 2025CT Group co-hosted an Australian federal election briefing with the Australia-United Kingdom Chamber of Commerce, demonstrating collaborative GTM efforts with trade associations and business organizations.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Teneo: Global strategic advisory firm combining corporate advisory, public affairs and political consulting; founded by political operatives and now serving many of the same Fortune-grade corporate and government clients as CT Group.
• Brunswick Group: International corporate communications and advisory firm specializing in reputation, regulatory and political-risk advisory for large corporates and law firms; overlaps directly with CT Group's Advisory and Reputation Management services.
• BCW (Burson Cohn & Wolfe): Global communications agency offering public affairs, corporate reputation and crisis advisory; competes with CT Group on political campaigns, regulatory navigation and corporate-reputation engagements.
• APCO Worldwide: Global public affairs and strategic communications firm advising corporates and governments on policy, political risk and crisis; comparable in client mix and service scope to CT Group.
• Mercury (Mercury Public Affairs): US-headquartered public affairs and strategic communications firm serving corporate, advocacy and political clients; comparable to CT Group's government relations and corporate campaigns work.
• Kekst CNC: International strategic communications consultancy advising corporates and investors on M&A, crisis, IPOs and shareholder activism; directly comparable to CT Group's transaction advisory and dispute communications offerings.
• FGS Global: Global strategic communications and advisory firm formed from the merger of Finsbury, Hering Schuppener, The Glover Park Group and Sard Verbinnen; competes directly with CT Group on M&A communications, crisis and public affairs.

Broad incumbents

• FTI Consulting: Large global consulting firm with a substantial Strategic Communications segment covering public affairs, crisis and litigation communications; competes for many of the same enterprise and law-firm mandates.
• Edelman: Largest global communications firm with significant public affairs and corporate advisory capability; competes for enterprise reputation and political-risk mandates at the upper end of CT Group's market.
• Hill & Knowlton: Global public relations and public affairs firm with deep government-relations and crisis communications practices; overlapping with CT Group's campaigns and advisory services.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ctgroup
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCJiATcSF_vK2Rc_p2c2yb1w
• Facebookfacebook.com/TheCTGroup
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ctgroup

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles27 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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