Global Procurement Group

What Global Procurement Group does

Global Procurement Group (GPG) is a privately-held UK energy services group founded in 2012 (originally as Northern Gas and Power) and headquartered in Gateshead. The group operates across business energy procurement, price comparison, energy technology, and net zero consultancy, serving nearly 25,000 customers through its NGP subsidiary (the UK's largest business energy procurement specialist by volume), BusinessEnergyQuotes.com for SMBs, and Energies France for French business consumers. Its group-level energy under management exceeds 29TWhs globally.

GPG's technology stack is built around a proprietary R&D Energy Lab in India and Malta, employing 100+ senior data scientists and engineers who develop cloud-connected IoT metering devices, non-intrusive load monitoring (NILM) meters, the Alpha.Lite energy analysis platform, and the ClearVUE.Zero carbon accounting platform. The technology division (ClearVUE.Business) holds ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certification and underpins pricing engines powering BusinessEnergyQuotes.com and EnergieSupermarche.fr, as well as internal CRM systems. GPG's revenue model combines transaction fees on energy procurement, recurring subscription revenue from ClearVUE technology platforms, professional services for net zero consultancy, and affiliate/referral revenue from price comparison switching. Turnover at NGP exceeded £90m as of late 2025, with global headcount above 1,000.

Name

Global Procurement Group

Legal name

Global Procurement Group Limited

Website

https://gpg.international

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Global Procurement Group is a UK-based energy services group founded in 2012 that provides business energy procurement, price comparison, and net zero technology solutions to nearly 25,000 customers across the UK, France, India, Malta, the USA, and the UAE through subsidiaries including Northern Gas and Power and ClearVUE.Business.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Business Energy Procurement

NAICS

Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers (4234), Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing (33331)

SIC

Wholesale-Professional & Commercial Equipment & Supplies (5040)

akta.pro primary industry

Sourcing Support & RFx Administration (RFI/RFP/RFQ) (BPAAAJAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Supply Chain (Scope 3) Emissions & Supplier Engagement Platforms (EUABAEAE), Supplier Engagement & Value-Chain Decarbonization Programs (EUABAKAE), Procurement Systems Administration (ERP/P2P Tools Support) (BPAAAJAO)

Keywords

• Business energy procurement
• Energy management technology
• Carbon accounting software
• Renewable energy consulting
• IoT energy metering

Headquarters

HQ city

Gateshead

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Energy Procurement Services: Core revenue stream from energy procurement services for business customers. NGP is the UK's largest business energy procurement specialist by volume and revenue, managing over 22TWhs of energy for customers.
2. Energy Technology Platforms: Revenue from ClearVUE technology platforms including energy monitoring, metering, and carbon accounting software solutions.
3. Energy Consulting Services: Net zero consultancy, energy efficiency strategies, and advisory services including in-depth energy and carbon audits and strategy-building.
4. Price Comparison Services: BusinessEnergyQuotes.com provides switching services for micro businesses and SMEs, generating revenue through supplier partnerships.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Global Procurement Group provides business energy procurement services across deregulated markets, helping commercial customers source and switch energy suppliers. Its technology arm (ClearVUE.Business) sells energy metering, monitoring, and carbon accounting platforms (including ClearVUE.Zero and Alpha.Lite), while consulting services cover net zero strategy, energy efficiency audits, and carbon reduction advisory for business customers.

Product overview

Global Procurement Group operates as a multi-product energy services company with a platform-plus-modules architecture. The core offerings include Northern Gas and Power (NGP) as the primary UK energy procurement specialist, supported by BusinessEnergyQuotes.com for price comparison services. The technology division encompasses ClearVUE.Business for energy metering and monitoring technology, with its flagship ClearVUE.Zero carbon accounting platform. Alpha.Lite provides energy analysis software without hardware requirements, while NGP Websmart delivers pricing engines and CRM systems. Energies France extends procurement services to the French market. All products interconnect through the group's Energy Lab R&D centers in India and Malta, developing hardware and software innovation including IoT metering devices and AI-powered energy management systems.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Northern Gas and Power (NGP) UK business energy procurement specialist managing over 22TWhs of energy for nearly 25,000 customers; provides energy tariff sourcing, supplier switching, and net zero consultation for UK businesses via inside sales teams.
• BusinessEnergyQuotes.com Self-serve online price comparison site enabling micro businesses and SMEs in the UK to switch energy providers in a few clicks with access to competitive tariffs from the whole market.
• Energies France Provides business energy procurement services and energy technologies for French business consumers operating in the largest deregulated market in Europe.
• ClearVUE.Business Technology subsidiary of GPG developing energy metering, monitoring, and analysis technology including cloud-connected IoT metering devices and non-intrusive load monitoring (NILM) cloud-connected meters; ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certified.
• ClearVUE.Zero Energy and carbon accounting platform under the ClearVUE.Business technology arm that monitors kW, kWh, kVA, Power Factor and emissions in real time and provides early alerts to energy waste and anomalies, guiding companies toward net zero.
• Alpha.Lite World-first energy analysis software platform delivering deep insight into energy fundamentals (kW, kWh, kVA, Power Factor) within minutes of online sign-up without requiring intrusive hardware.
• NGP Websmart Developed by the Malta and India technology arm; provides agile online pricing engines and intuitive internal reporting CRM systems for energy management operations.

Quantifiable outcome

• Manage over 29TWhs of energy globally for tens of thousands of clients
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 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

Feature6 records

Scale indicators15 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Schneider Electric (EcoStruxure): Global energy management and automation leader whose EcoStruxure platform competes with ClearVUE in IoT energy monitoring, analytics, and carbon/energy management software. A much larger incumbent, but overlaps in energy/carbon data platforms for enterprises.
• Centrica (British Gas Business): UK-listed energy giant (parent of British Gas) supplying gas, power and energy management services to business customers. Overlaps with GPG's procurement, supply and energy management services for UK commercial customers, though Centrica also acts as a supplier rather than a pure broker.
• Octopus Energy: Tech-forward UK energy retailer and business energy supplier with proprietary Kraken platform. Competes with NGP on UK commercial energy supply and increasingly on data/analytics-driven energy services.

Emerging players

• Carbon Trust: Global sustainability consultancy advising corporates on carbon reduction, energy efficiency and net-zero strategy. Overlaps with GPG's net-zero consultancy, energy audits and ClearVUE.Zero advisory offering.
• Watershed: Enterprise carbon accounting and climate platform used by corporates for Scope 1-3 emissions measurement and disclosure. Comparable to ClearVUE.Zero for corporate customers needing carbon accounting and net-zero reporting capability.

Direct peers

• Love Energy Savings: UK-based business energy price comparison and procurement specialist serving SMEs and larger commercial customers with switching and managed procurement services. Direct competitor to Northern Gas and Power and BusinessEnergyQuotes.com in the UK business energy broker space.
• Crown Energy Services: UK business energy procurement broker offering comparison and managed contract services to commercial customers. Overlaps directly with Northern Gas and Power's core UK energy procurement proposition.
• Optera Energy Management: Energy management consultancy providing energy procurement, carbon accounting and net-zero advisory services to commercial and industrial customers. Directly comparable to GPG's integrated procurement + ClearVUE.Zero / net-zero consultancy offering.
• Switch Gas and Electric: UK business energy broker and price comparison site focused on SMEs and micro businesses. Operates the same core business model as NGP and BusinessEnergyQuotes.com — sourcing and switching commercial customers across the UK deregulated energy market.

Others

• EDF Energy (Business):

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/gpg_global
• Facebookfacebook.com/globalprocurementgroup
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/globalprocurementgroup

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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