ScottMadden, Inc.

What ScottMadden, Inc. does

ScottMadden, Inc. is a privately held US management consulting firm founded in 1983 and headquartered in Atlanta, with additional offices in Raleigh and the greater Boston area. The firm organizes delivery around five practice areas: Strategy Development and Implementation, Business Transformation and Shared Services, Operational Effectiveness, AI-enabled Solutions, and Energy and Utility Solutions. Its primary vertical is Energy and Utilities, where it claims to have served all of the top 20 US utilities and to have analyzed over $1.1 trillion in capital plans across the 30 largest US electric utilities for 2026-2030; a parallel Corporate and Shared Services practice extends into healthcare, higher education, government, retail, and manufacturing.

The firm delivers work through small, partner-led teams with a reported 4:1 consultant-to-partner ratio, supported by a hybrid workforce (~31% remote) and five Employee Resource Groups. Service offerings span functional areas including shared services design, global business services, change enablement, operating model improvement, performance benchmarking, cybersecurity, and rate case management, with proprietary intellectual property centered on benchmarking studies and frameworks such as AI Governance in Shared Services and federal funding support for utility capital projects. The firm completed SOC 2 Type II attestation in 2025 and is a Vault Top 10 midsize consulting firm across leadership, employee satisfaction, veterans, inclusion, and client interaction categories.

Revenue is generated through project-based professional services engagements billed on a quote-by-engagement basis to enterprise and government clients across North America (US, Canada, and Mexico), with relationship-driven, partner-led business development as the primary go-to-market motion. The firm is independent and management/partner-owned; it completed a planned CEO transition from Brad Kitchens to Andy Flores effective January 1, 2026, coinciding with the separation of the CEO and board chairman roles and the launch of a multiyear growth strategy.

Name

ScottMadden, Inc.

Legal name

ScottMadden, Inc.

Website

https://scottmadden.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

ScottMadden is a privately held US management consulting firm founded in 1983 that delivers partner-led strategy, shared services, operational, AI-enabled, and energy and utility consulting to enterprise and government clients across North America, with deep penetration across the top 20 US utilities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Management Consulting Services

NAICS

Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (541611)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Operations & Process Improvement Consulting (BPAHACAB)

Keywords

• Management consulting services
• Energy consulting
• Shared services consulting
• Utility regulatory advisory
• Operational effectiveness consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Atlanta

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Management Consulting Services: Professional consulting fees billed for strategic planning through implementation services across multiple industries and business functions. Revenue is generated through project-based engagements with enterprise clients.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

ScottMadden is a general management consulting firm that delivers strategy-through-implementation consulting services across five practice areas: Strategy Development and Implementation, Business Transformation and Shared Services, Operational Effectiveness, AI-enabled Solutions, and Energy and Utility Solutions. Engagements are led by partners working directly with enterprise clients across North America on issues ranging from corporate strategy and shared services design to clean energy transition, rate case management, and operational improvement.

Product overview

ScottMadden is a general management consulting firm that delivers a broad array of consulting services ranging from strategic planning through implementation. The firm's offerings are organized around five main practice areas: Strategy Development and Implementation (including Company Strategy, Corporate Responsibility, People Strategy, and M&A Due Diligence), Business Transformation and Shared Services (including Shared Services, Global Business Services, Program and Project Management, Change Enablement, and Functional Assessments), Operational Effectiveness (including Cost Reduction, Operating Model Improvement, Performance Benchmarking, and Technology Enablement), AI-enabled Solutions (including Analytics & Data Science, Intelligent Automation, IT Strategy and Delivery, Cybersecurity, and NXT GEN Training), and Energy and Utility Solutions (including Clean Energy Transition, Risk and Compliance, Market Assessments, Utility Operations and Technology, and Rate Case Management). These practice areas work together to provide clients with end-to-end consulting support across strategy, transformation, and implementation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 76% of surveyed SSOs are piloting or implementing at least one automation technology
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Project Just BecauseminorOthersCommunity partner organization supporting the firm's community engagement focus areas. ScottMadden partners with local and national charities to make an impact in communities where they operate.
• American Battle Monuments CommissionminorOthersCommunity partner organization focused on veterans and their families. Aligns with ScottMadden's charitable giving focus on veterans and their families.
• Note in the PocketminorOthersCommunity partner organization addressing poverty alleviation. Supports ScottMadden's focus on helping individuals meet essential needs.
• Ser FamiliaminorOthersCommunity partner organization focused on poverty alleviation. Aligns with ScottMadden's commitment to economic security and well-being.
• Boys & Girls ClubsminorOthersCommunity partner organization supporting education access. Aligns with ScottMadden's focus on broadening access to educational resources.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Huron Consulting Group: Mid-size public management consulting firm operating across healthcare, education, energy, and shared services. Closest scale and structural comparable to ScottMadden — both PE-backed or scaled mid-size consultancies with deep shared-services and energy practices.
• North Highland: Privately held management and technology consulting firm of similar mid-size scale. Competes on transformation, operating model, and digital enablement work, with comparable partner-led delivery and client roster.
• Point B: Employee-owned management consulting firm of comparable mid-size scale with deep operations, shared services, and energy practices. Direct competitor on shared services design, operating model, and program management engagements.
• Guidehouse: Advisory firm (formed from the acquisition of Navigant Consulting) with a deep energy, utilities, and shared services practice. Direct competitor to ScottMadden on utility rate case, regulatory, and corporate shared services engagements.
• ICF International: Public consulting firm with substantial energy, environment, and infrastructure advisory practices. Comparable to ScottMadden's energy regulatory, federal funding, and utility capital planning work, though also operates in government/public sector advisory.

Broad incumbents

• Bain & Company: Global strategy consulting firm with deep energy and operations practices. Overlaps with ScottMadden on corporate strategy, operational effectiveness, and energy sector advisory, though operates at materially larger scale.
• McKinsey & Company: Global top-tier management consulting firm that competes with ScottMadden on enterprise strategy and energy engagements. Significantly larger and broader, but overlaps on shared services, energy, and corporate transformation work where ScottMadden is also active.
• Accenture: Global professional services firm with a large management consulting arm that competes directly with ScottMadden on shared services, intelligent automation, and AI-enabled transformation engagements, particularly with enterprise and utility clients.
• Boston Consulting Group: Global management consulting firm with significant energy, operations, and transformation practices. Comparable on strategic planning, operating model, and energy industry work, though larger and broader in geographic reach.
• Deloitte Consulting: Big Four consultancy with large energy, resources, and shared services practices. Competes with ScottMadden on utility consulting, corporate function transformation, and digital/AI transformation across energy and consumer industries.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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

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