Q5

What Q5 does

Q5 (Q5 Ltd) is a global management consultancy headquartered in London, United Kingdom, specializing in organizational performance. The firm is registered in England and Wales (Registration No. 15266902) and operates from offices in the UK, US, and Australia, with a newer Arabic-language presence addressing the Middle East. Founded in 2009 and operating with a headcount band of 101-250 employees, Q5 has remained privately held, with no disclosed funding rounds or external investors, consistent with a founder- or partner-owned model. The firm is positioned as an 'award-winning organisational performance consultancy' targeting enterprise clients and senior leadership across twelve verticals: Defence, Nuclear & Industrials; Education & Learning; Energy, Utilities & Natural Resources; Entertainment & Sports; Financial & Professional Services; Health & Social Care; Media; Not For Profit; Public Sector; Retail & Consumer Goods; Telecoms & Technology; and Transport, Construction & Critical Services.

Q5's service portfolio comprises eight pillars: Strategy; Organisation Design; Transformation & Change; Development & Culture; Sustainability; Technology Consulting; Q5 Analytics (an organisational analytics platform leveraging proprietary data assets); and OrgMaps (an organizational mapping and visualization tool). The two productized tooling offerings — Q5 Analytics and OrgMaps — represent the most differentiated components of the stack, while the remaining six are delivered as project-based consulting engagements. Revenue is generated exclusively through professional services fees tied to project scope and engagement type, with pricing not publicly disclosed. The go-to-market motion is enterprise field sales: direct C-suite engagement with senior decision-makers, supported by thought leadership content (insights articles, a podcast featuring senior leaders and defence figures such as General Sir Richard Barrons CBE), global events (the Q5 Future World Tour), and active social presence on X (@q5partners). Named clients span Shell, BP, NHS, Barclays, Warner Music, NBC, News Corp, Selfridges, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Aesop, Coles, and Premium Credit — reflecting a diversified, senior-led book of enterprise work across regulated and consumer-facing sectors.

Name

Q5

Legal name

Q5 Ltd

Website

https://Q5partners.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Q5 (Q5 Ltd) is a London-headquartered global management consultancy specializing in organizational performance, serving enterprise and public-sector clients across twelve verticals including defence, energy, financial services, healthcare, media, and retail through project-based strategy, design, transformation, and analytics engagements.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Management Consulting Services: Professional consulting services focused on organizational performance including strategy, organization design, transformation delivery, and culture development. Revenue is generated through project-based engagements with enterprise clients.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Q5 is a global management consultancy that helps enterprise and government clients improve organisational performance. Its core service lines cover strategy, organisation design, transformation and change, development and culture, sustainability, and technology consulting, supported by proprietary analytics tools Q5 Analytics and OrgMaps. Engagements are project-based, sold directly to senior leaders across multiple sectors globally.

Product overview

Q5 is a global management consultancy focused on organizational performance, offering a portfolio of specialized service offerings rather than a unified software platform. The core offerings include Strategy, Organisation Design, Transformation & Change, Development & Culture, Sustainability, Technology Consulting, Q5 Analytics (data analytics), and OrgMaps (organizational mapping). These services are delivered through consulting engagements rather than licensed software products, with Q5 Analytics and OrgMaps representing the most productized offerings within the portfolio.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Q5 Analytics: Organisational analytics offering focused on unlocking an organisation's potential through the power of data.
• OrgMaps

Products and services

• Strategy Services Consulting service that helps organisations decide what they want to achieve and how to make it happen, covering purpose and strategic direction. Targeted at enterprise and government clients undertaking strategic planning.
• Organisation Design Services Delivers organisational purpose and ambition by designing a healthy organisation structure and operating model for enterprise clients.
• Transformation & Change Services Provides the support organisations need to make change happen, including transformation delivery and change management for enterprise and government clients.
• Development & Culture Services Builds leadership behaviours and a healthy working culture within organisations through consulting engagements.
• Sustainability Services Advisory services helping organisations address sustainability and environmental responsibilities.
• Technology Consulting Helps clients build a market-winning technology strategy and operating model, addressing technology transformation needs for enterprise organisations.
• Q5 Analytics Organisational analytics platform that unlocks organisational potential through the power of data, helping organisations measure and improve performance.
• OrgMaps Organisational mapping and visualisation tool that helps organisations visualise and analyse company structures, enabling better organisational design decisions.

Named customers12 records

Segments12 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Korn Ferry: Global organizational consulting firm with dedicated practices in organization strategy, talent & rewards, and org design. Directly comparable to Q5's Strategy, Org Design and Development & Culture offerings, and is the closest scaled peer in organizational performance consulting.
• Heidrick & Struggles: Leadership-focused consultancy combining executive search with organizational consulting and culture/leadership advisory. Comparable to Q5 across senior-level advisory, culture and leadership development, and transformation engagements.
• RHR International: Boutique firm specializing in leadership effectiveness, executive team development and organizational health assessment. Closely comparable to Q5's Development & Culture and organizational analytics offerings targeting C-suite outcomes.
• DDI (Development Dimensions International): Global leadership and talent consulting firm with proprietary assessment and analytics tools for organizational development. Comparable to Q5 in culture, leadership behavior development, and the use of proprietary diagnostics like OrgMaps/Q5 Analytics.
• Egon Zehnder: Executive search and advisory firm with a leadership advisory and organizational transformation practice serving global enterprises. Directly comparable to Q5 on senior advisory, org design and culture transformation.
• PA Consulting: UK-headquartered global management, technology and strategy consultancy with strong organizational transformation and culture practices. Same UK heritage and comparable enterprise consulting footprint to Q5, often bidding on the same mandates.
• Elixirr International: UK-founded challenger management consultancy serving enterprise clients across multiple sectors with strategy, transformation and digital offerings. Closely matches Q5's boutique-to-mid-size, multi-vertical, enterprise-focused profile.
• Newton (European Consulting): European management consultancy specializing in operational improvement and organizational change for enterprise clients. Comparable to Q5 on transformation delivery and change implementation services.

Broad incumbents

• Spencer Stuart: Large global executive search and board advisory firm with a corporate consulting practice covering leadership, governance and organizational effectiveness. Comparable capability set to Q5 but at materially larger scale and primarily anchored in executive search.
• McKinsey & Company (People & Organizational Performance Practice): Global management consulting incumbent with a dedicated People & Organizational Performance practice covering org design, transformation and culture. Competes with Q5 for senior-level transformation mandates but at dramatically larger scale and brand recognition.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/q5partners
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/q5

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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