What BVA Group does

BVA Group is a boutique professional services firm founded in 1975 and headquartered in Plano, Texas, with additional offices in Houston and New York City. The firm delivers three core practice areas — litigation consulting, business and intellectual property valuation, and financial advisory — to law firms, publicly traded corporations, private companies, partnerships, and private equity sponsors. Industry coverage spans financial services, engineering and construction, healthcare, industrial manufacturing, oil and gas, media and entertainment, technology, foodservice, and real estate development, with named engagement experience extending into artificial intelligence, semiconductors, and clean energy. Services include economic damages quantification, expert testimony preparation and trial support, IP and business valuation for M&A and financial reporting, ESOP valuations, fairness opinions, and financial forensic work involving the DOJ and SEC.

The practice is staffed by credentialed experts holding CPA, CFA, CFE, CIRA, and ASA designations, with senior leadership drawn from firms such as Grant Thornton, Duff & Phelps, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Stifel, Enron, and Apollo Global Management. The firm is not a CPA firm despite employing CPAs. There are no proprietary technology platforms or software products; service delivery is human-expert and engagement-based, with revenue generated through billable hours and project-based fees rather than subscriptions or product licensing.

Distribution is exclusively direct client engagement supported by relationship-based, referral-driven business development typical of litigation and valuation advisory. The firm actively recruits from Texas universities (Baylor, Texas A&M, SMU, UT Austin) through structured internship-to-hire programs, and markets primarily through its website, LinkedIn presence, and participation in career fairs and industry events. BVA is privately held with no disclosed institutional investors, parent company, subsidiaries, funding rounds, or M&A activity, and operates exclusively within the United States.

Name

BVA Group

Legal name

BVA Group

Website

https://bvagroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1975

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

BVA Group is a boutique, U.S.-based professional services firm founded in 1975 that provides litigation consulting, business and IP valuation, and financial advisory services to law firms, corporations, private companies, partnerships, and private equity sponsors across multiple industries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Plano

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Advisory Services: BVA Group generates revenue through professional advisory and consulting engagements related to litigation support, business valuation, and financial advisory services. As a boutique firm serving law firms, organizations, and enterprises across various industries, revenue is derived from billable hours and project-based engagements rather than software products or subscription services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

BVA Group is a boutique professional services firm that provides litigation consulting, business and intellectual property valuation, and financial advisory services to law firms, public and private corporations, partnerships, and private equity firms. Its experts deliver economic damages analyses, expert testimony, fairness opinions, ESOP valuations, and transaction/financial reporting advisory across a wide range of industries. The firm employs credentialed professionals (CPAs, CFAs, CFEs, ASA, CIRA) but is explicitly not a CPA firm.

Product overview

BVA Group is a boutique litigation, valuation, and financial advisory firm providing expert services to law firms, organizations, and enterprises. The company offers a unified suite of professional services organized around two core practice areas: Dispute Consulting and Valuation & Advisory. Dispute Consulting includes litigation support, economic damages analysis, and expert testimony, while Valuation & Advisory encompasses business valuations for M&A, financial reporting, tax, ESOP transactions, and fairness opinions. All services are delivered by credentialed experts including CPAs, CFAs, and CFEs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Litigation Consulting Services
• Valuation & Advisory Services
• Financial Advisory Services
• ESOP Services
• Fairness Opinions

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• FTI Consulting: FTI Consulting is a global advisory firm with a dedicated Forensic & Litigation Consulting segment and Corporate Finance & Restructuring practice that includes valuation and expert services. It directly competes with BVA in expert witness, damages analysis, and business valuation engagements, but at vastly larger scale and geographic reach.
• Kroll: Kroll (formerly Duff & Phelps, where BVA's SVP Ted Barlow previously worked) is a major provider of valuation, expert services, and forensic investigations. It is one of the largest dedicated competitors in business valuation and litigation support, with global scale that significantly exceeds BVA's boutique footprint.
• Alvarez & Marsal: Alvarez & Marsal's Disputes and Investigations practice provides forensic accounting, expert testimony, and damages quantification services, while its Corporate Finance group offers valuation and transaction advisory. It competes with BVA across both dispute and valuation service lines but operates at significantly larger scale.
• BDO USA: BDO USA's Valuation & Business Analytics practice offers business and intangible asset valuations, ESOP services, and litigation support. It competes with BVA across both valuation/advisory and dispute consulting lines but as part of a much larger global accounting and advisory network.
• Crowe LLP: Crowe LLP's Valuation Services and Forensic Services practices provide business valuation, ESOP valuations, and litigation support. As a top-10 accounting firm, Crowe offers overlapping services to BVA's enterprise and law firm clients but with significantly broader geographic reach.

Direct peers

• Cornerstone Research: Cornerstone Research is a specialist economic and financial consulting firm that provides expert testimony, damages analysis, and litigation support — a near-direct match to BVA's Dispute Consulting practice. Like BVA, it serves as a testifying expert for complex commercial litigation and securities matters.
• Analysis Group: Analysis Group is one of the largest private economic consulting firms providing expert testimony and analytical support in litigation, regulation, and finance. It directly competes with BVA in economic damages, IP valuation, and financial analysis for complex disputes.
• NERA Economic Consulting: NERA Economic Consulting provides economic analysis and expert testimony for litigation, regulatory, and policy matters. It directly competes with BVA's litigation economics and damages quantification services, particularly in antitrust, IP, and securities litigation.
• Stout: Stout is a global advisory firm specializing in valuation, financial advisory, and disputes/litigation support. Its valuation practice (including business, IP, and ESOP valuations) and Disputes practice closely mirror BVA's service offerings, making it a strong direct competitor.

Emerging players

• Houlihan Lokey: Houlihan Lokey's Transaction Advisory Services and Strategic Alternatives practices include valuation, fairness opinions, and transaction-related disputes advisory. While primarily an investment bank, it competes for the same enterprise and PE clients seeking valuation and fairness opinion services BVA provides.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bva-group

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles22 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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