Konsulenthuset ballisager A/S

What Konsulenthuset ballisager A/S does

Konsulenthuset ballisager A/S is a privately held Danish HR consulting firm headquartered in Aabyhøj (Aarhus), founded in 2008 by Morten Ballisager, who remains CEO and Chairman. The company operates across the full employee lifecycle through four core service lines: Rekruttering (executive and specialist recruitment), HR-services (outsourced HR department, salary transparency compliance, team development), Outplacement (career transition for terminated employees, including executive-level Ballisager Executive), and Arbejdsmarked & beskæftigelse (labour-market programmes delivered to municipal job centres). It serves approximately 750 Danish job centres and a roster of enterprise clients including Arla, Arbejdernes Landsbank, ASSA ABLOY, Bauhaus, Dagrofa, Danish Crown, DSB, JYSK, Maersk Drilling, and Oticon, with 12 local departments across Denmark and a Nordic extension via the Arbora Nordic partnership.

The technology stack is consulting-led rather than product-led: delivery runs on HubSpot (CRM), Teamtailor (recruitment ATS), Microsoft (Outlook, SharePoint), RIT (hosting), E-stimate, and SurveyXact, supplemented by two AI integrations — Aiba (a CV-feedback chatbot built on the Lovable platform) and Klang.ai (speech-to-text for meeting notes) — wrapped into the proprietary Jobspot candidate platform. The company publishes two annual research products, Kandidatanalysen (a ~2,000-respondent worker survey conducted with Voxmeter) and Rekrutteringsanalysen (employer survey), which function as thought-leadership and lead-capture assets with 30,000+ downloads.

Commercially, Ballisager runs a sales-led model with custom engagement-based pricing (no public rates, though a recruitment price calculator exists on the website), selling multi-year enterprise contracts to private companies, B2G frame agreements with municipal job centres, and direct-to-consumer private career counselling through a self-service portal. Six revenue streams are identifiable across recruitment fees, outplacement programmes, HR retainers, public-sector labour-market programmes, private career counselling, and free research publications (the last monetized indirectly via lead capture). The firm has no disclosed funding, no parent company, and operates entirely as an independent Danish A/S.

Name

Konsulenthuset ballisager A/S

Legal name

Konsulenthuset ballisager A/S

Website

https://ballisager.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Konsulenthuset ballisager A/S is a Danish HR consulting firm founded in 2008, providing recruitment, outplacement, outsourced HR services, and labour-market programmes to enterprises, municipal job centres, and individual job seekers across Denmark and the Nordics.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

HR Consulting Services

NAICS

Human Resources Consulting Services (541612), Employment Services (5613), Management Consulting Services (54161)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Recruiting Administration Outsourcing (Recruitment Support, Scheduling, Onboarding Ops) (BPACAKAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

HR Service Delivery & Employee Contact Centers (HR Helpdesk) (BPACAKAI), Workforce Time, Attendance & Scheduling Administration (BPAAAIAI)

Keywords

• HR consulting services
• Executive recruitment
• Outplacement services
• Career counselling
• Employer branding

Headquarters

HQ city

Aarhus

HQ country

Denmark

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. Recruitment Services: Fee-based executive search and recruitment services for managers and specialists. Billed per assignment or per engagement. Services include search-based recruitment and a recruitment training course.
2. Outplacement Services: Outplacement programmes for employees and executives who have been terminated. Billed to the former employer. Includes executive outplacement and executive leadership coaching.
3. HR Services: External HR department services, salary transparency compliance, HR education, team development workshops, and organisational analysis. Typically billed as retainer or project-based engagements to corporate clients.
4. Arbejdsmarked & Beskæftigelse (Labour Market Services): Career counselling, competence development, and organisational development services delivered to job centres (public sector) and educational institutions. Billed per programme or per participant.
5. Private Career Counselling: Individual career coaching and guidance for private individuals, billed per programme or session.
6. Research & Analysis Publications: Annual analyses (Kandidatanalysen, Rekrutteringsanalysen) and e-books distributed free in exchange for lead capture, supporting demand generation for core services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Konsulenthuset ballisager A/S is a Danish HR consulting firm that provides recruitment of managers and specialists, outsourced HR department services, outplacement programmes for terminated employees, and career counselling for job seekers. The firm also delivers public-sector labour market services to municipal job centres, executive coaching through Ballisager Executive, and publishes annual labour market analyses (Kandidatanalysen and Rekrutteringsanalysen). Service delivery is supported by the proprietary Jobspot online platform and AI tools for CV feedback and meeting transcription.

Product overview

Konsulenthuset Ballisager is a Danish HR consulting firm offering a portfolio of interconnected services centered on the entire employee journey. The core offering spans four main service lines: Rekruttering (recruitment of managers and specialists), HR-services (outsourced HR department), Outplacement (career transition support), and Arbejdsmarked & beskæftigelse (job center and labor market services). These are supplemented by specialized sub-products including Ballisager Executive for C-level coaching, Employer Branding services, the Kandidatanalysen and Rekrutteringsanalysen annual research publications, Løngennemsigtighed (salary transparency compliance), Gurubeam (team development), RelationIQ (organizational analysis), and the online platform Jobspot. The platform integrates AI tools including Aiba (CV feedback chatbot) and a CV-builder built on Lovable, as well as AI-powered speech-to-text via Klang.ai for automated meeting notes. The Arbora Nordic sub-brand handles international cross-border HR assistance.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Arbora: Nordic HR Assistance across borders - international HR solutions and outplacement services
• Ballisager Executive
• Jobspot

Products and services

• Rekruttering (Recruitment)

Quantifiable outcome

• 20,000 candidates successfully placed in new jobs
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration19 records

AI capability6 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Arbora NordiccoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerArbora Nordic provides cross-border HR assistance across the Nordic region. Ballisager offers this partnership under the 'Internationale løsninger' (International solutions) brand, enabling Ballisager to serve multinational clients with outplacement and HR needs across multiple countries.
• VoxmetercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBallisager conducts its annual Kandidatanalysen (Candidate Analysis) in cooperation with Voxmeter, a Danish polling and research institute that conducts approximately 2,000 interviews for the survey.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Hartmanns: Danish HR consultancy providing recruitment, outplacement, and HR advisory services to enterprises. Directly overlaps Ballisager's core services and operates in the same Danish market with comparable client segments.
• Mercuri Urval: Swedish-headquartered global executive search and talent advisory firm with deep Nordic roots. Directly comparable to Ballisager's executive search and HR consulting offering, particularly Ballisager Executive, serving similar enterprise clients across Scandinavia.
• Nigel Wright Group: Leading Nordic and UK executive search and recruitment firm focused on senior management and specialist hires. Closely comparable to Ballisager's Rekruttering service line, serving enterprise clients across the Nordics and Northern Europe with similar fee-based search engagements.
• Human Capital Group: Danish HR consultancy offering HR outsourcing, recruitment, and HR advisory to Danish enterprises. Direct competitor in the Danish market with overlapping service portfolio focused on SMB and mid-market enterprise clients.

Broad incumbents

• Right Management (ManpowerGroup): Global outplacement and talent development subsidiary of ManpowerGroup. Competes directly with Ballisager's outplacement and executive services but at significantly larger global scale, with broader geographic reach and deeper corporate relationships.
• Lee Hecht Harrison: Global career transition and talent development firm (part of Adecco Group) offering outplacement, coaching, and leadership development. Comparable to Ballisager Executive and outplacement services, though operating at much larger international scale.
• Hays: Global professional recruitment firm with operations across the Nordics including Denmark. Overlaps with Ballisager's recruitment services for managers and specialists, but operates at much larger scale across multiple geographies and disciplines.
• Michael Page: Global specialist recruitment firm operating in Denmark and the Nordics. Comparable to Ballisager's Rekruttering service for mid-to-senior professional roles, though with broader sector and geographic coverage.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Konsulenthusetballisager
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/743802

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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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