What E15 Group does

E15 Group is a Chicago-based data analytics and consulting firm founded in 2014, operating as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Compass Group USA, Inc. The company provides data-driven insights, primary research, predictive analytics, and consulting services to a diverse client base that includes championship sports teams, Fortune 100 companies, world-renowned universities, leading senior living communities, and cutting-edge hospitals across North America (United States and Canada).

The firm's core technology offering is the AI-powered Appetite Intelligence Platform, launched in December 2025 in partnership with Chartwells K12, which combines E15's proprietary research data with daily student feedback to identify food trends and shape menu strategies for institutional foodservice. Supporting this product is a portfolio of service pillars: in-venue revenue and fan experience consulting for sports/entertainment venues, operations and guest satisfaction optimization, predictive analytics and forecasting, primary research and guest insights, and interactive data visualization dashboards. Underlying these offerings is a proprietary data asset exceeding 201 TB, accumulated across foodservice, sports, education, healthcare, and senior living verticals over more than a decade of operations.

E15 Group operates as a B2B professional services and consultancy, generating revenue through project-based engagements and ongoing advisory relationships with enterprise clients. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. The company completes more than 420 projects per year across 168+ clients, leveraging a sales-led go-to-market motion anchored by its position within the Compass Group USA ecosystem. Geographic reach spans the United States and Canada, served from a headquarters at 980 N. Michigan Avenue in Chicago with employees distributed across 45 cities.

Name

E15 Group

Legal name

E15 Group

Website

https://e15group.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

E15 Group is a Chicago-based analytics and consulting firm, founded in 2014 and wholly owned by Compass Group USA, that delivers AI-powered data analytics, predictive modeling, primary research, and visualization dashboards to foodservice operators, sports venues, universities, hospitals, and senior living communities across North America.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Chicago

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Analytics and Consulting Services: E15 Group provides data analytics, research, and consulting services to foodservice operators and hospitality clients. Revenue appears to be generated through project-based engagements and ongoing advisory relationships with enterprise clients.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

E15 Group provides data analytics, primary research, predictive forecasting, and interactive dashboard services to hospitality and foodservice operators across North America. The firm also operates the proprietary Appetite Intelligence Platform, an AI-powered tool that combines its research data with daily end-user feedback to identify food trends and shape menu strategies, currently powering Chartwells K12's menu development nationwide.

Product overview

E15 Group is a data analytics and consulting firm that operates as a single unified service offering rather than a traditional software platform. Their core product is the Appetite Intelligence Platform, an AI-powered research tool that combines proprietary research data with real-time feedback. Supporting this are five service pillars: In-Venue Revenue & Fan Experience Services (driving profitability in sports/entertainment venues), Operations & Guest Satisfaction Optimization, Predictive Analytics & Forecasting (transforming AI into actionable insights), Primary Research & Guest Insights (discovering preferences and trends), and Data Visualization & Dashboard Services. The company serves championship sports teams, Fortune 100 companies, universities, senior living communities, and hospitals across North America, leveraging 201+ TB of data assets and completing 420+ projects annually.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Appetite Intelligence Platform An AI-powered research platform that combines E15's proprietary research data with daily student feedback to identify food trends and shape menu strategies for educational foodservice operations. Currently deployed with Chartwells K12 to inform menu development across U.S. school districts.
• In-Venue Revenue & Fan Experience Services

Quantifiable outcome

• 420+ projects per year across 168+ clients
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability4 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Chartwells K12coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 December 2025E15 Group partnered with Chartwells K12 to power their Appetite Intelligence platform, combining E15 research data with daily student feedback to identify food trends and shape menus nationwide. This partnership enables data-driven menu development for school meals across the United States.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Circana (formerly IRI): Circana (formerly IRI/NielsenIQ foodservice) is a major consumer and foodservice analytics firm providing market measurement, consumer insights, and predictive analytics. Operates at much larger scale but competes with E15's consumer insights and trend analytics offerings.
• Toast: Toast is a leading restaurant management platform with built-in analytics, POS, and increasingly AI-driven insights. While broader in scope (full POS ecosystem), Toast's expanding analytics features compete with E15's restaurant/foodservice BI capabilities.
• Lightspeed Restaurant: Lightspeed provides restaurant and retail POS with integrated analytics and reporting. While broader (covering retail too), its restaurant analytics capabilities overlap with E15's BI/dashboard offerings for hospitality operators.

Direct peers

• Datassential: Datassential provides food and beverage trend forecasting, menu intelligence, and consumer insights to the foodservice industry. Highly comparable to E15's Appetite Intelligence Platform and primary research capabilities targeting the same operator/chain customers.
• Fourth: Fourth provides hospitality operations software and analytics, including inventory, labor, and forecasting tools for restaurants and hotels. Comparable to E15's operations and guest satisfaction optimization offerings with similar hospitality customer base.
• CHD Expert: CHD Expert provides foodservice operator and chain intelligence, menu data, and market research globally. Comparable to E15's data-driven foodservice intelligence offering and serves overlapping operator/chain customer base.
• Blackbox Intelligence: Blackbox Intelligence (formerly TDn2K) provides restaurant industry performance analytics, benchmarking, and workforce intelligence. Directly comparable to E15's foodservice/hospitality analytics offering with similar BI dashboard and benchmarking focus.
• Technomic (Winsight): Technomic, now part of Winsight, is a longstanding foodservice market research and consulting firm providing operator insights, consumer trends, and competitive intelligence. Directly competes with E15's research and consulting offerings to foodservice operators.

Others

• Deloitte Consulting: Deloitte's Consumer and Industrial Products practice includes a foodservice/hospitality analytics consulting arm serving enterprise operators. Larger consulting firm with adjacent offerings, occasionally competing with E15 for enterprise analytics engagements.

Emerging players

• Restaurant365: Restaurant365 provides cloud-based restaurant ERP, accounting, and analytics software for multi-unit operators. Smaller and emerging but its analytics capabilities overlap with E15's BI offerings, particularly for multi-location operators and chains.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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