Kroll

What Kroll does

Kroll is a global financial and risk advisory firm headquartered in New York, operating across more than 30 countries and territories with approximately 6,500 professionals. The firm positions itself as the independent authority called for complex, contested decisions involving material capital at risk, and reports serving 6 of 10 Fortune 500 companies. Its services span three pillars: Financial Advisory (valuation, M&A advisory, financial reporting, expert services and dispute resolution, tax and transfer pricing), Risk Advisory (cyber risk, compliance and regulation, investigations and due diligence, enterprise security risk management, financial crime), and Business Services (restructuring administration, settlement administration, claims and noticing, agency and trustee services). Customer segments include Fortune 500 enterprises, financial services firms, global corporations, and investment funds/capital structures, with engagement-based and multi-year enterprise contracts.

The firm operates a hybrid professional services and technology platform model. Proprietary technology includes the Kroll Private Capital Markets Platform and Kroll Economics benchmarking tools, augmented by two acquired product lines: Resolver's cloud-based Risk Intelligence software (acquired March 2022) covering risk management, audit, compliance, incidents, investigations, security operations, and information security; and Crisp's AI-powered real-time risk intelligence technology (acquired May 2022), which uses models trained over 16 years to detect risk signals embedded in digital chatter for trust, safety, security, and compliance use cases. Revenue is generated primarily through professional services engagements, with a growing recurring software component from Resolver and Crisp. Distribution is enterprise field sales with senior-level relationship management, supported by content marketing, events, and government procurement channels such as the UK Crown Commercial Service framework.

Kroll, LLC is the operating entity, incorporated in New York and ultimately owned by Delta Parent Holdings Inc.; the firm is privately held with no current public stock listing. The firm traces its origins to a financial and risk advisory practice with nearly 100 years of history, and was rebranded from Duff & Phelps to Kroll in 2020 following the combination of the two businesses. Continued M&A — including Madison Pacific, Kirby Healy, Global Project Strategy, and ABC Economics between 2025 and mid-2026 — points to ongoing platform expansion across geographies and product lines.

Name

Kroll

Legal name

Kroll, LLC

Website

https://kroll.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1920

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

Kroll is a global financial and risk advisory firm with 6,500 experts across 30+ countries serving Fortune 500 enterprises. It delivers valuation, risk advisory, and business services, augmented by proprietary platforms including acquired AI-powered real-time risk intelligence technology.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Financial and Risk Advisory Services

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940), Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (52394)

SIC

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700), Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Portfolio Valuation (PE/VC funds, LP reporting) (FSAEAHAH)

Keywords

• Financial advisory services
• Risk advisory consulting
• Valuation services
• Cyber risk management
• Restructuring administration

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Financial Advisory Services: Kroll provides valuation advisory, financial reporting, expert services, dispute resolution, and tax and transfer pricing services. Revenue is generated through professional services engagements, typically on a project or retainer basis for complex advisory work.
2. Risk Advisory Services: Comprehensive risk management including cyber risk, compliance and regulation, investigations, and enterprise security risk management services delivered through expert consultants.
3. Business Services: Administrative services including restructuring administration, settlement administration, claims and noticing administration, and agency and trustee services for capital events.
4. Risk Intelligence Software: Following the acquisition of Resolver, Kroll offers cloud-based Risk Intelligence software addressing risk management, audit, compliance, incidents, investigations, security operations and information security.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Kroll provides independent financial advisory, risk advisory, and business administration services to large enterprises and Fortune 500 companies. Its offerings span valuation services, M&A and capital markets advisory, cyber risk, compliance and regulation, investigations and due diligence, restructuring and settlement administration, tax and transfer pricing, expert testimony, and proprietary risk intelligence software (Resolver, Crisp).

Product overview

Kroll is a global financial and risk advisory firm offering a comprehensive suite of professional services and technology products. The portfolio includes valuation and financial advisory services, risk advisory, cyber security, compliance and regulation solutions, business services (including settlement and restructuring administration), and proprietary risk intelligence software. The company operates as a platform-plus-services model, combining expert-led advisory with technology products including the Kroll Private Capital Markets Platform and Managed Compliance Software. Acquired brands Resolver (Risk Intelligence, 2022) and Crisp (Real-time Risk Intelligence, 2022) have been integrated to enhance Kroll's digital services capabilities. Services are delivered through approximately 6,500 experts across more than 30 countries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Prime Clerk: Former branding for Kroll's restructuring administration services, now integrated under Kroll Business Services
• Kroll Private Capital Markets Platform
• Kroll Economics

Products and services

• Valuation Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Saved 70% on due diligence costs over three-year period for a large banking institution

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability1 record

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• University of TokyocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 April 2026Kroll partnered with the University of Tokyo to develop new earthquake risk models for offshore wind farm insurance assessments. This partnership incorporates advanced risk models developed jointly to address cost deviations caused by global inflation that have made original insurance values outdated.
• Sompo Risk Management Inc.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSompo Risk Management Inc. partnered with Kroll to develop new earthquake risk models used in quantitative assessment services for offshore wind farms. The partnership addresses insurance value reassessment needs for the growing offshore wind sector supporting decarbonization goals.
• Freshfields Bruckhaus DeringerminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerKroll co-hosts compliance briefings with Freshfields, including events on FTO designations, geopolitics and compliance risks in Latin America, demonstrating a strategic alliance for thought leadership in the compliance space.
• CrowdStrikeminorGTM or Marketing PartnerKroll partners with CrowdStrike for joint webinars including Next-Gen SIEM & APEX: Reinventing Detection for Modern SOCs, demonstrating a marketing partnership in the cybersecurity space.
• Crown Commercial ServiceminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorKroll joined Crown Commercial Service's Audit and Assurance Framework, enabling UK government agencies to access Kroll's compliance and audit services through a government procurement channel.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• FTI Consulting: FTI Consulting is a global business advisory firm with comparable practices in corporate finance & restructuring, forensic & litigation consulting, and technology-enabled services, serving Fortune 500 clients on complex, contested matters — directly mirroring Kroll's core positioning.
• Alvarez & Marsal: Alvarez & Marsal is a leading global professional services firm specializing in turnaround management, restructuring, performance improvement, and disputes — overlapping with Kroll's restructuring, valuation, and investigations practices on enterprise clients.
• Duff & Phelps (legacy pre-merger entity): Duff & Phelps historically competed with Kroll in valuation, disputes, and compliance advisory, and the two firms combined in 2018 before adopting the Kroll name — making it the closest historical direct peer in scope, talent, and client base.
• Houlihan Lokey: Houlihan Lokey is a global investment bank with deep practices in valuation, M&A, and restructuring — directly competing for the same transaction-driven valuation and financial advisory mandates Kroll services.

Broad incumbents

• Aon: Aon is a large incumbent in global risk advisory, insurance brokerage, and consulting, competing with Kroll's risk advisory and enterprise security risk management practices but at significantly larger scale and broader portfolio.
• Marsh: Marsh is a global risk and insurance brokerage that overlaps with Kroll's risk advisory, claims administration, and cyber risk practices as part of a much broader insurance and consulting platform.
• Deloitte: Deloitte competes with Kroll across valuation, M&A advisory, restructuring, risk advisory, and cyber consulting, but as part of a vastly larger multi-service professional services platform serving the same enterprise clients.
• EY-Parthenon: EY-Parthenon is the strategy and transactions arm of Ernst & Young, competing with Kroll's valuation, financial advisory, and transaction support practices within the constraints of audit independence.
• BDO USA: BDO is a global accounting and advisory network offering valuation, forensic, and risk advisory services that overlap with several Kroll practice areas for mid-market and large-cap clients.

Emerging players

• Stout: Stout is a global advisory firm focused on valuation, financial advisory, disputes, and investigations — a closer-niche competitor to Kroll in valuation and disputes work, smaller in scale but increasingly winning enterprise mandates.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/KrollWire
• YouTubeyoutube.com/c/kroll
• Facebookfacebook.com/wearekroll
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kroll
• Instagraminstagram.com/wearekroll

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles18 records

Subsidiaries26 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors2 records

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M&A26 records

Investments

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