The Glover Park Group

What The Glover Park Group does

FGS Global, formerly The Glover Park Group, is a strategic communications and leadership advisory firm headquartered in Washington, D.C., founded in 2001. The firm serves senior executives, boards, and organizations across multiple sectors during consequential moments, offering five interconnected service lines: Crisis & Issues Management, Global Public Affairs, Strategy & Reputation, Transaction & Financial Communications, and AI + Innovation advisory.

The firm operates as a B2B professional services business rather than a technology product company, with no proprietary software platform or technology stack disclosed. Engagement terms are bespoke and negotiated on a client-by-client basis, and pricing is not publicly disclosed. Distribution relies on direct enterprise sales to senior decision-makers, supplemented by organic social media presence (LinkedIn, Instagram, X), an Insights content blog, and a multilingual corporate website (English, Arabic, German, Dutch, Japanese, Chinese) that signals an international footprint. Ownership structure, investor composition beyond the 2006 capital raise, and revenue figures are not disclosed in the available data.

Name

The Glover Park Group

Legal name

FGS Global Inc

Website

https://gpg.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

FGS Global (formerly The Glover Park Group) is a Washington, D.C.-based strategic communications and leadership advisory firm serving senior executives and multi-sector organizations during high-stakes moments across crisis, public affairs, reputation, transactions, and AI advisory.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Strategic Communications & Public Affairs Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

ESG/Sustainability Reputation & Purpose Communications (MPAAAOAN)

akta.pro secondary industry

Cause, ESG & Sustainability Communications (MPAAADAL)

Keywords

• Strategic communications advisory
• Crisis issues management
• Public affairs consulting
• Transaction financial communications
• Corporate reputation strategy

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Glover Park Group (now FGS Global) is a strategic communications and leadership advisory firm that helps senior executives, boards, and decision-makers navigate consequential moments. The firm delivers five integrated service lines: Crisis & Issues Management, Global Public Affairs, Strategy & Reputation, Transaction & Financial Communications, and AI + Innovation advisory. Engagements are bespoke consulting projects sold directly to enterprise and institutional clients.

Product overview

FGS Global is a strategic communications and leadership advisory firm that offers a unified portfolio of professional services rather than a software product platform. The core offerings include five interconnected service lines: Crisis & Issues Management (for managing reputation crises), Global Public Affairs (for policy and government engagement), Strategy & Reputation (for positioning and image building), Transaction & Financial Communications (for M&A and financial deals), and AI + Innovation (for AI strategy advisory). These services are designed to help influential leaders navigate consequential moments at the intersection of perception, policy, and people.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Crisis & Issues Management Strategic advisory services to help senior executives and corporate leaders manage reputation crises and navigate critical issues effectively during high-stakes situations.
• Global Public Affairs Advisory services helping clients engage with government bodies, regulatory agencies, and public policy stakeholders worldwide on legislative and regulatory matters.
• Strategy & Reputation Reputation management and strategic positioning services to help leaders build and protect their public image and corporate brand over time.
• Transaction & Financial Communications Strategic communications support for mergers, acquisitions, IPOs, and other major corporate financial transactions.
• AI + Innovation Advisory services focused on AI strategy, innovation communications, and navigating the impact of artificial intelligence on business and society.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• APCO Worldwide: Global public affairs and strategic communications consultancy with strong government and corporate advisory practices. Direct peer in global public affairs and reputation advisory, particularly relevant given Glover Park's Washington roots.
• Brunswick Group: Global strategic communications firm with comparable service lines across crisis, public affairs, and transaction communications. Brunswick Square Partners merged with The Glover Park Group in 2017 to form the FGS platform, making Brunswick Group the closest direct comparable in the strategic advisory category.
• Kekst CNC: Private strategic communications firm offering M&A advisory, crisis, and public affairs services to senior executives and boards. Directly comparable in service mix, client profile (C-suite advisory), and project-based fee model.
• Sard Verbinnen & Co (SVC): Specialist strategic communications firm focused on M&A, shareholder activism, crisis, and litigation communications. Direct competitor in the transaction and crisis advisory space with comparable senior-executive client base.

Broad incumbents

• Edelman: World's largest independent PR firm with global crisis, transaction, and public affairs practices. Broad incumbent competing for enterprise-level strategic communications engagements across all of FGS Global's core service lines.
• Hill & Knowlton: Established global public relations and public affairs firm with deep crisis and government affairs practices. Broad incumbent with comparable public affairs capability, particularly in regulated industries and policy-adjacent engagements.
• FTI Consulting: Large global consulting firm with a Strategic Communications segment covering M&A, crisis, public affairs, and investor relations. Larger incumbent with broader portfolio (forensics, economics, healthcare) but directly competes for many of the same enterprise mandates.
• Burson (formerly BCW): Global public relations and communications network formed via the BCW and Burson-Marsteller merger. Competes across public affairs, crisis, and corporate communications with significantly larger bench and geographic footprint than FGS Global.

Emerging players

• Real Chemistry: Healthcare-focused communications and data-driven marketing firm with adjacent AI and analytics capabilities. Emerging player with partial overlap in AI/innovation advisory and growing crisis/transaction communications capability in the healthcare vertical.
• W2O Group: Data- and analytics-driven communications firm with strength in healthcare and technology sectors. Overlaps with FGS Global on strategy/reputation and AI/innovation advisory, but differentiates through proprietary analytics and healthcare specialisation.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/gloverparkgroup
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-glover-park-group
• Instagraminstagram.com/fgsglobal
• Facebookfacebook.com/TheGloverParkGroup

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors2 records

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M&A

Investments

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