North Group Consultants

What North Group Consultants does

North Group Consultants is a privately held, character-driven leadership and organizational consulting firm founded in 1997 by Roger North and headquartered at 15 North Spruce Street, Lititz, Pennsylvania. The firm partners with privately held companies, family businesses, nonprofits, and ministries to develop leaders, align teams, and build enduring organizational cultures, primarily serving clients in Southeast Pennsylvania with a second office opened in March 2021. Its offering is organized around five integrated consulting practices: Organizational Health & Performance Assessments, Leadership & Organizational Development, Transition & Succession Solutions, Private Company Transactions, and Hiring & Talent Selection, complemented by content assets including the "North Points" blog, The North Group Podcast, and an Instant Insights video series.

The firm operates as a pure professional services practice with no proprietary technology platform, no disclosed AI/ML capabilities, and no software product; all services are delivered through human expertise by a team of approximately 10 named senior consultants led by President Jerry Murray (appointed following the December 2020 generational leadership transition from founder Roger North). Revenue is generated through custom-quoted, multi-year engagement-based professional services contracts with no public pricing or ARR disclosure. The November 2017 Legacy Law affiliate partnership extends the firm's offering into specialized legal services (estate planning, business succession), and a long-running community partnership with Power Packs Project (formed at the firm's 15th anniversary in April 2012) reinforces its Lancaster County community positioning.

The firm is privately held with no disclosed external funding, no parent company, and no institutional investors identified. Its go-to-market is sales-led and relationship-driven, relying on referrals within the regional privately-held-company and family-business community, supported by ongoing thought leadership content marketing. The competitive differentiation rests on a "being comes before doing" philosophy emphasizing character-driven leadership over short-term fixes, positioning North Group as a boutique advisory firm rather than a scalable consulting platform.

Name

North Group Consultants

Legal name

North Group Consultants

Website

https://northgroupconsultants.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

North Group Consultants is a privately held leadership and organizational consulting firm founded in 1997, headquartered in Lititz, Pennsylvania, serving privately held companies, family businesses, nonprofits, and ministries across Southeast Pennsylvania with five integrated advisory practices.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Management Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Other Management Consulting Services (541618)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Leadership Development & Executive Coaching (BPAHAGAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Strategy & Corporate Development Consulting (BPAHACAA), Operations & Process Improvement Consulting (BPAHACAB)

Keywords

• Leadership consulting
• Organizational development
• Succession planning
• Family business advisory
• Executive coaching

Headquarters

HQ city

Lititz

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Consulting and Advisory Services: Professional services revenue generated through consulting engagements, leadership development programs, organizational assessments, succession planning advisory, and executive coaching services. Revenue is project-based and relationship-driven.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

North Group Consultants is a professional consulting firm that delivers advisory services focused on developing leaders and organizations toward their highest potential. The firm provides organizational health assessments, leadership development programs, succession and transition planning, private company transaction advisory, and hiring/talent selection services to privately held companies, family businesses, nonprofits, and ministries.

Product overview

North Group Consultants is a leadership and organizational consulting firm offering a portfolio of advisory services centered on developing leaders and organizations toward their highest potential. The core service offering consists of five integrated consulting practices: Organizational Health & Performance Assessments, Leadership & Organizational Development, Transition & Succession Solutions, Private Company Transactions, and Hiring & Talent Selection. These services are complemented by content offerings including podcasts and a blog (North Points). The firm operates as a single unified consulting practice rather than a software platform or modular product architecture, with all services designed to work together to support privately held companies, family businesses, nonprofits, and ministries through organizational assessment, development, and transition processes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Organizational Health & Performance Assessments

Quantifiable outcome

• Companies with structured accountability partners achieve above 70% goal completion vs less than 25% for individuals working alone

Named customers9 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Power Packs ProjectminorOthers · 1 April 2012Community partnership formed in recognition of North Group's 15th anniversary in April 2012. North Group provides financial and volunteer support to this nonprofit addressing weekend nutrition needs for school children in Lancaster County, serving over 650 families weekly.
• Legacy LawcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNorth Group affiliate providing clients with high level comprehensive advisory approach in specialized areas of legal services. Announced November 2017 as a new affiliate to support clients with comprehensive advisory services.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Building Champions: Leadership coaching and consulting firm serving business owners and leadership teams, with similar executive coaching, team development, and owner-advisory offerings aimed at privately held companies.
• The Table Group: Patrick Lencioni's consulting firm specializing in organizational health, leadership team development, and executive advising for private and family-owned companies — directly comparable in philosophy, target customer (owner-led businesses), and core service mix to North Group.
• Family Business Consulting Group: Boutique consultancy dedicated exclusively to family-owned businesses, providing succession planning, governance, and next-generation development — closely mirrors North Group's primary segment and succession/transition service line.
• RHR International: Management consulting firm focused on leadership and talent — including executive assessment, succession, and senior team development — providing comparable advisory services to business owners and leadership teams.
• Trilogy Partners: Consulting firm serving private, family-owned, and middle-market businesses with strategy, succession, and leadership advisory services — comparable segment focus and service mix to North Group's private company transactions and transition work.

Emerging players

• GiANT Worldwide: Leadership development and consulting firm that combines assessments, coaching, and team workshops for owner-led and growth-stage companies — overlapping with North Group's leadership development and hiring/talent selection offerings.
• Eos Group: Provider of the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) — implements structure, accountability, and leadership team development for privately held small and mid-market companies; overlaps with North Group's organizational health and leadership team practices.

Broad incumbents

• Bain & Company (Family Business / Private Equity Practice): Global strategy consulting firm with dedicated practice areas for private equity, family-owned businesses, and organizational consulting — broad incumbent that competes for higher-end private-company transaction and organizational advisory mandates.
• GALLUP (Leadership & Workplace Practice): Large-scale leadership research and consulting practice offering engagement surveys, leadership assessments, and manager development programs that overlap with North Group's organizational health and leadership development services, but at much broader scale.

Regional players

• The Center for Family & Legacy (High Center at Elizabethtown College): Regional family business center serving Lancaster County and broader Pennsylvania, where North Group is a known collaborator (Jerry Murray serves as group facilitator) — directly comparable in family-business audience and adjacent as a regional peer.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/NorthGroupPA
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/northgrouppa

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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