Grupo Ifedes

What Grupo Ifedes does

Grupo Ifedes is a private Spanish business and strategy consulting group headquartered at C/ Quart 104, Valencia, founded in 1992. It operates through a multi-brand structure headlined by Ifedes Consultores, the core consulting brand that helps SMEs and family businesses transform their business models toward market and customer orientation using a proprietary methodology called "The Ifedes Way." Complementary subsidiaries and partners extend the offering across adjacent verticals: Borealis (M&A and financial advisory), Aquora Business Education (talent development and in-company training), QUOON (digital content, virtual campus, gamification), Vizologi (AI-based business intelligence), Acierta (retail product/space design), Ficherotecnia (resources for architecture and engineering), ESG Consulting (sustainability), and Innovación y Desarrollo Local Sostenible (sustainable local development).

The group's revenue model is professional services: quote-based consulting engagements delivered by senior consultants, augmented by specialized advisory lines. Primary revenue streams include strategic business consulting (management and market areas), public grants advisory (Kit Digital, Kit Consulting, IVACE internationalization), and training/talent development. The customer base is concentrated in the Valencian Community and spans commerce (Consum, Leroy Merlin, Decathlon), industry (Actiu, ISTOBAL, Grefusa), education (ESADE, EDEM), and institutions, with notable logos including Energy Sistem and Hida Alimentación. GTM is sales-led and relationship-driven, supported by content marketing (blog, podcast, webinars, newsletter) and formal partnerships with regional associations including IVEFA, AEFA, FEMEVAL, and Big Ban Angels (where founder/Director General Tomás Guillén serves as president).

The organization is small (15 professionals per the June 2026 Auren integration announcement) with a regional footprint. The most material corporate event is the June 2026 acquisition by national consulting firm Auren, which absorbed the practice, its leaders (Tomás Guillén as partner, Guillermo Giménez as consulting partner), and pipeline into Auren's broader platform. Founder/owner Tomás Guillén has led the firm for 30+ years and was recognized as Spain's best Business Angel (AEBAN, 2015); the firm holds regional recognition including the 2018 Economía 3 "Trayectoria con Valores en Consultoría" award and the Sello PYME Innovadora.

Name

Grupo Ifedes

Legal name

GRUPO IFEDES, S.A.

Website

https://ifedes.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Grupo Ifedes is a Valencia-based consulting group, founded in 1992, that helps SMEs and family businesses transform their business models via strategy, market, talent, and public-grants advisory across multiple subsidiaries and association partnerships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Management Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Organization Design & Change Management Consulting (BPAHACAD)

Keywords

• Management consulting
• Business strategy advisory
• Corporate transformation services
• Strategic planning consulting
• Business model innovation

Headquarters

HQ city

Valencia

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Strategic Business Consulting: Professional consulting services including business strategy, market development, organizational transformation, and change management for SMEs and family businesses.
2. Public Grants Advisory: Advisory services on public funding programs including Kit Digital, Kit Consulting, IVACE internationalization, and other regional subsidies for business competitiveness.
3. Training and Talent Development: Talent development programs, business education, and digital content solutions through group companies Aquora and QUOON.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Grupo Ifedes is a Spanish management consulting firm that helps SMEs and family-owned businesses redefine and transform their business models, strategy, and market positioning. It delivers advisory engagements through several branded practices (Ifedes Consultores, Borealis, Aquora, QUOON) using its proprietary "The Ifedes Way" methodology, and complements its consulting with AI-driven strategic tooling through a partnership with Vizologi.

Product overview

Grupo Ifedes is a consulting group based in Valencia, Spain, offering business and strategy consulting services. The core offering consists of two main service areas: Management Consulting (including executive support, financial management, process innovation, organizational development, and talent programs) and Market Consulting (including strategic planning, marketing, commercial development, digital strategy, and customer experience). The group operates through its main brand IFEDES Consultores, which specializes in transforming business models and guiding management toward market and customer orientation, using its proprietary methodology. Within Grupo Ifedes, several specialized partners provide complementary services: Borealis (M&A and financial advisory), Aquora Business Education (talent development), QUOON (digital content solutions), Vizologi (AI-based business intelligence), and ESG Consulting (sustainability). The group also offers specialized consulting services for accessing public subsidies including KIT DIGITAL, KIT CONSULTING, and IVACE internationalization programs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Ifedes Consultores: Core consulting brand specializing in business model transformation, helping companies orient toward market and customer focus with proprietary methodology.
• The Ifedes Way
• Borealis
• Aquora Business Education
• QUOON

Products and services

• Ifedes Consultores Core consulting arm of Grupo Ifedes delivering business model transformation, strategy, and market-orientation advisory to Spanish SMEs and family-owned businesses.
• Borealis Branded practice within the Grupo Ifedes portfolio that addresses a specialized niche of the firm's business transformation and advisory offering.
• Aquora Branded practice within the Grupo Ifedes portfolio delivering a specialized segment of the firm's transformation and strategic advisory services.
• QUOON Branded practice within the Grupo Ifedes portfolio addressing a specific niche of the firm's consulting, strategy, and transformation services.

Named customers10 records

Segments3 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

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• BorealiscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFinancial boutique specializing in M&A transactions, financing, restructuring, and transaction support for companies and funds. Assists owners and prepares companies in value creation processes.
• Aquora Business EducationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFocused on talent management and development, serving as the perfect partner for developing organizations and people. Offers consulting, recruitment, in-company training, and business education services.
• AciertaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOffers design and development of products and spaces for high-value-added retail.
• FicherotecniaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative platform providing resources to technicians in the architecture and engineering sector.
• ESG ConsultingminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPromotes sustainability within business strategy and its integration into business models at environmental, social, and economic levels as the basis for good corporate governance.
• IVEFA (Instituto de la Empresa Familiar)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerConvenio signed between IVEFA and Grupo Ifedes to promote business development and strategic planning for family businesses.
• AEFA (Asociación de Empresas Familiares)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerConvenio signed to promote business development and strategic planning for family businesses in the Valencian region.
• BStartup Banco SabadellminorGTM or Marketing PartnerThe Ifedes Way and Banco Sabadell's BStartup program signed an agreement to facilitate financing for entrepreneurs' projects.
• FEMEVALminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCollaboration with FEMVAL (Federación Empresarial Metalúrgica Valenciana) to incentivize market development in the metal sector.
• Innóvate 4.0minorGTM or Marketing PartnerValencian consulting firm specializing in public aid and subsidy management at regional level. Grupo Ifedes participates to reinforce its public grants consulting services.
• In Side LogisticsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint venture to create DEAL LOGISTICS CONSULTING, specialized in supply chain and logistics sector consulting.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• Management Solutions: Spanish-headquartered international consulting firm specializing in business, risk, and organizational consulting for financial institutions and large corporates. Comparable Spanish professional services peer with similar consulting DNA and broader scale.
• Auren: Spanish multidisciplinary professional services firm that acquired Ifedes in June 2026. Offers auditing, tax, legal, and consulting services across Spain and Portugal, making it the closest direct peer given operational overlap and post-acquisition integration.

Broad incumbents

• PwC Spain: Big Four firm operating a large consulting practice in Spain, providing strategy, operations, and organizational transformation services to corporates and family-owned businesses — a broad incumbent competing for the same SME and family business mandates.
• McKinsey & Company (Spain): Global strategy consulting leader with a Madrid office serving Spanish corporates on large-scale transformation, organizational redesign, and change management — a high-end incumbent against which boutique firms like Ifedes position.
• KPMG Spain: Big Four firm with a major Spanish practice offering management consulting, advisory, and transformation services to enterprises and mid-market clients, directly overlapping with Ifedes' strategic planning and change management offerings.
• EY (Ernst & Young) Spain: Big Four advisory firm with a Spanish consulting practice spanning strategy, operations, and transformation. Targets similar mid-market and family-owned clients for organizational and digital transformation engagements.
• Deloitte Spain: Big Four firm with a comprehensive Spanish consulting practice covering strategy, technology, and human capital. Competes for transformation and change management engagements across Spanish SMEs and large enterprises.
• Bain & Company: Global management consulting firm with European operations supporting strategy, organization, and transformation engagements. Relevant as a high-end competitor for transformation advisory mandates in Spain.
• Roland Berger: European-origin strategy and management consulting firm with a Madrid office, competing in strategy, operations, and organizational transformation across Spanish corporates and mid-market clients.

Emerging players

• Seidor: Spanish technology and management consulting firm with a broad Iberian footprint, providing digital transformation and ERP-adjacent advisory to mid-market clients — overlapping with Ifedes' digital strategy and SME transformation offerings.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/grupoifedes

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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