ILG

What ILG does

ILG (Innovative Learning Group) is a privately held, women-owned custom corporate training and performance improvement consulting firm founded in 2004 and headquartered in Troy, Michigan. The company designs and delivers custom learning solutions — spanning instructor-led training, eLearning, performance support, and emerging AR/VR modalities — for Fortune 1000 organizations across 25+ industries, including named relationships with Ford, Volkswagen, Corteva, Midmark, and Kaiser Permanente. Its service portfolio covers needs analysis, instructional design, content development, and outcome measurement, with a 2020 vertical push into MedTech formalized through a dedicated microsite.

The firm operates a hybrid delivery model anchored by a compact core team of approximately 10 employees with 30+ years of average industry experience and advanced degrees, augmented by a network of 250+ vetted freelance specialists. ILG has completed 3,235+ learning projects cumulatively, is Women's Business Enterprise certified (since 2008), and has accumulated 30+ industry awards including a Gold Brandon Hall Group award (2025) and ISPI recognition (2026), alongside historical Inc. 5000 placement (2016). Revenue mechanics are project-based enterprise consulting, with engagement values implied by Fortune 1000 buyer norms rather than publicly disclosed pricing. The model is asset-light and human-capital-intensive, with no recurring SaaS or platform revenue disclosed.

Name

ILG

Legal name

Innovative Learning Group

Website

https://innovativelg.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ILG (Innovative Learning Group) is a privately held, women-owned custom corporate training and performance improvement consultancy founded in 2004, serving Fortune 1000 clients across 25+ industries with a core staff of 10 and a 250+ freelancer network from Troy, Michigan.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Troy

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Training Development: Project-based consulting engagements for custom learning and performance solutions development. Engagements include performance analysis, curriculum architecture, design and development, implementation support, and evaluation services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

ILG is a custom corporate training development firm that creates learning and performance solutions for employees of Fortune 1000 companies. The company delivers consulting engagements spanning learning strategy, e-learning strategy, AR/VR strategy, LMS selection, and curriculum design, then designs and develops custom training content across modalities including instructor-led, virtual instructor-led, e-learning, microlearning, AR/VR, video, and gamification. Services cover performance analysis through implementation and evaluation, with end-to-end project management.

Product overview

Innovative Learning Group (ILG) is a performance-first corporate training company that provides a comprehensive portfolio of consulting services and learning and performance solutions. The consulting services layer includes Learning Strategy Development, E-Learning Strategy, Augmented and Virtual Reality Strategy, LMS and Learning Technology Platform Selection Support, Portal Design and Development, and Processes, Standards, and Tools Support. The Learning and Performance Solutions layer provides Performance Analysis, Curriculum Architecture, Design and Development, Implementation Support, and Evaluation. The company also offers supplementary tools (Learning Delivery Advisor, mobile apps), content resources (white papers, podcasts, webinars), and historically developed standalone apps. Rather than a unified software platform, ILG operates as a professional services firm delivering custom training solutions across multiple delivery formats including instructor-led, virtual, e-learning, augmented reality, and virtual reality.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Custom Training Consulting Services Strategic consulting services in which ILG experts collaborate with client teams to identify, define, and document enterprise-wide processes for effective decision-making and learning function support, targeted at Fortune 1000 companies.
• Learning Strategy Development Facilitates and guides development of comprehensive, flexible learning strategies tailored to organizational needs, including tactics for implementation and measurement of learning impact.
• E-Learning Strategy Guides organizations in determining e-learning viability and creates comprehensive strategies for engaging employees, improving performance, and measuring business impact of e-learning initiatives.
• Augmented and Virtual Reality Strategy Consulting for incorporating AR and VR technologies into learning programs, including guidance on when and how to use immersive technologies appropriately for organizational performance improvement.
• LMS and Learning Technology Platform Selection Support Assists organizations in selecting appropriate technology platforms including Learning Management Systems, Learning Experience Platforms, Learning Record Stores, and Knowledge Management systems.
• Portal Design and Development Creates customized online gateways to company learning and performance resources, combining information architecture, design, and technology expertise for organization-specific learning portals.
• Processes, Standards, and Tools Support Documents training development processes, standards, and creates tools such as design document templates and pilot observation checklists to make training departments more efficient and effective.
• Performance Analysis Identifies results needed from employees, maps to critical performance requirements, and determines effective interventions to bridge gaps between current and desired organizational performance.
• Curriculum Architecture Determines appropriate delivery methods, sequences learning solutions, identifies existing versus needed training, and creates roadmaps for building employee knowledge and skills.
• Design and Development Creates custom learning and performance support solutions using various delivery methods including instructor-led, virtual, e-learning, AR, VR, microlearning, video, and gamification, focused on engaging employees and improving performance.
• Implementation Support Supports launch and delivery of learning programs including material reproduction, trainer preparation, learner registration, course delivery, and technology troubleshooting.
• Evaluation Provides measurement solutions including questionnaires, assessments, impact evaluations, and case studies to measure learning effectiveness and organizational results.
• Learning Delivery Advisor Mobile application launched in 2012 that helps determine appropriate learning delivery methods for specific training needs.
• Using Gilbert's Model App Mobile application launched in 2012 implementing Gilbert's performance improvement model to help practitioners apply the framework.
• mLearning Decision Maker Mobile application launched in 2012 to assist in determining when mobile learning is appropriate.

Quantifiable outcome

• 3,235+ learning projects completed since 2004
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers21 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Skillsoft: Skillsoft is a large-scale corporate learning platform offering content libraries, leadership development, and AI-powered skill development alongside custom program delivery. Broadly overlaps with ILG's enterprise L&D consulting and content development space, but is anchored in a SaaS/content platform model rather than bespoke professional services.
• Cegos: Cegos is a global training and development group offering a broad portfolio including custom learning, leadership development, e-learning content, and managed training services to multinational enterprises. Operates in the same corporate L&D space as ILG but at much larger scale and across a broader geographic and service footprint.
• Dale Carnegie & Associates: Dale Carnegie & Associates is a long-established training provider offering leadership, sales, communication, and custom corporate training programs globally. Overlaps with ILG in custom corporate training delivery and enterprise customer base, though anchored in proprietary branded content and a global franchise model rather than pure custom development.

Direct peers

• Wilson Learning: Wilson Learning is a global learning and performance improvement company providing sales training, leadership development, and custom learning solutions to large enterprises. Comparable to ILG in performance improvement methodology, enterprise sales training focus, and global Fortune 1000 customer base.
• Float Mobile Learning (Float): Float (formerly Float Mobile Learning) is a custom learning design firm focused on mobile, microlearning, and performance support solutions for enterprise L&D. Comparable to ILG in custom delivery-method expertise, mobile/microlearning capability, and mid-to-large enterprise client base.
• Allen Interactions: Allen Interactions is a custom learning design and development firm that creates bespoke e-learning, simulations, and gamified training for enterprise clients. Directly comparable to ILG in target customer (Fortune 1000 L&D departments), service mix (custom content + strategy consulting), and delivery modalities (e-learning, immersive, instructor-led).
• GP Strategies (Learning Technologies Group): GP Strategies is a large corporate performance improvement and learning services firm offering custom learning solutions, managed learning services, and consulting for Fortune 1000 clients. Directly comparable to ILG in service mix and enterprise customer base, though materially larger in scale and offering a managed services layer ILG does not.
• Designing Digitally: Designing Digitally builds custom e-learning, gamification, and immersive (AR/VR) learning experiences for enterprise clients across regulated and commercial industries. Highly comparable to ILG in custom development focus, AR/VR capability, and Fortune 1000 / mid-market enterprise customer base.
• Bottom-Line Performance: Bottom-Line Performance is a custom learning solutions provider specializing in gamified, scenario-based, and immersive learning content for enterprise customers. Closely comparable to ILG in custom content design, gamification expertise, and mid-to-large enterprise focus, including regulatory/clinical verticals.
• BTS Group: BTS is a global professional services firm focused on business simulation, leadership development, and sales/consulting-skills training for Fortune 500 clients. Comparable to ILG in performance-improvement framing, custom experiential learning design, and Fortune-tier enterprise customers; BTS is materially larger and publicly listed.

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/innovativelg
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/innovative-learning-group
• Xx.com/innovativeLG

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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