What Capire Consulting Group does

Capire Consulting Group is Australia's largest specialist community engagement consultancy, founded in 2007 and headquartered in Melbourne with a second office in Brisbane. The firm designs and delivers tailored engagement strategies for policies, projects, and places, organized around five core service lines: Engagement Strategy and Delivery, Facilitation, Strategic Advisory, Communications, and Reporting and Analysis. Its flagship intellectual property is the proprietary Engagement Triangle methodology, which extends the industry-standard IAP2 model by adding two dimensions — engagement to share knowledge and engagement to strengthen relationships — and is recognized internationally as a best-practice framework.

The business operates as a project-based professional services firm. Revenue is generated through consulting engagements acquired via direct business development, referrals, and competitive tendering, with pricing negotiated per project. Customers span all three tiers of Australian government (federal, state, local), corporate sector clients (notably in renewable energy, infrastructure, and aviation), and not-for-profit organisations. Named engagements include work for VicGrid, the Level Crossing Removal Authority, Melbourne Water, Melbourne Airport, Department of Health Victoria, Department of Transport Victoria, Baw Baw Shire Council, Blue Mackerel North, Virya Energy, and Global Power Generation. The firm has been a certified B Corporation since January 2016 with a score of 113.8.

In 2025, Capire joined RSK Group, a global sustainable solutions conglomerate, gaining access to technical expertise across engineering, water, energy, climate, and environmental services. Capire continues to operate as a business unit under its own brand, led by CEO Sandra Jerkovic, with operating geographies spanning Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, and Tasmania. Go-to-market relies on direct enterprise sales supported by thought-leadership content including The Brief blog, the Turn It Up podcast, Learning Labs training, and published toolkits such as the Engagement Framework Guide and Co-Design Guideline.

Name

Capire Consulting Group

Legal name

Capire Consulting Group

Website

https://capire.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Capire Consulting Group is Australia's largest specialist community engagement consultancy, founded in 2007 and now part of RSK Group. It designs and delivers engagement strategies across five service lines for government, corporate, and not-for-profit clients in Australia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Engagement Consulting Services

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (541611)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Sector & Policy Consulting (BPAHACAN)

akta.pro secondary industry

Strategy & Corporate Development Consulting (BPAHACAA)

Keywords

• Community engagement consulting
• Stakeholder engagement services
• Engagement strategy advisory
• Deliberative engagement consulting
• Public participation services

Headquarters

HQ city

Carlton

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Consulting Services: Capire generates revenue through providing professional consulting services including engagement strategy and delivery, facilitation, strategic advisory, communications, and reporting and analysis. Projects are delivered on a contract basis for government agencies, corporate clients, and not-for-profit organisations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Capire Consulting Group is a specialist community engagement consultancy that designs and delivers tailored engagement strategies for policies, projects and places. The firm's services span five core offerings — Engagement Strategy and Delivery, Facilitation, Strategic Advisory, Communications, and Reporting and Analysis — delivered to government, corporate and not-for-profit clients primarily across Australia.

Product overview

Capire Consulting Group is Australia's largest specialist community engagement consultancy offering a portfolio of consulting services centered around five core offerings: Engagement Strategy and Delivery, Facilitation, Strategic Advisory, Communications, and Reporting and Analysis. Their proprietary Engagement Triangle methodology serves as their flagship intellectual property, recognized internationally as a best practice model. The company also offers industry training through Learning Labs sessions and produces thought leadership content through their blog 'The Brief' and podcast 'Turn It Up'. Their work spans diverse sectors including energy transition, urban planning, transport, health, social services, and environmental management. As a certified B Corporation since 2016, the firm operates as a consulting practice rather than a software product company.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Community Engagement Consulting Services Capire's flagship offering: five core consulting services (Engagement Strategy and Delivery, Facilitation, Strategic Advisory, Communications, and Reporting and Analysis) that design and deliver tailored engagement strategies for policies, projects and places across government, corporate, and not-for-profit clients.
• Engagement Triangle Capire's proprietary best-practice community engagement methodology, internationally recognised and used by thousands, extending the standard IAP2 approach by incorporating engagement for knowledge-sharing and relationship-strengthening alongside decision-making.
• Learning Labs Free industry training sessions delivered by Capire featuring tips, best-practice examples and interactive discussion, designed to develop community engagement skills and knowledge for both experienced practitioners and those new to the industry.

Quantifiable outcome

• B Corp certification score of 113.8, above average for Australia, their sector and size
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• RSK GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Capire joined RSK Group, a global leader in sustainable solutions, in 2025. This marked a defining milestone for the company, providing access to deep technical expertise across engineering, water, energy, climate and environmental services. The partnership creates opportunities to bring best-practice engagement into new contexts and geographies.
• Deliberately EngagingminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCapire partnered with Deliberately Engaging to manage the independent recruitment of the Community Panel for the Baw Baw Shire Council deliberative engagement project.
• Engagement InstituteminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCapire worked with the Engagement Institute to develop a toolkit and training session on inclusive and accessible engagement.
• Serious WoominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCapire partnered with Serious Woo, an experiential learning provider, to design and deliver practical workshops on facilitation and conflict management for Council staff training.
• Consortium Partner for Greenline ProjectminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCapire was engaged as exclusive engagement partner for The Greenline Project consortium working with City of Melbourne on the Birrarung Marr Precinct development.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• AECOM: Global infrastructure consulting firm with a substantial community engagement and stakeholder consultation practice supporting major transport, energy, and urban development projects across Australia. Comparable to Capire because both deliver engagement strategy and delivery for government and corporate infrastructure clients.
• Arup: Global engineering and consulting firm with a dedicated social consulting practice spanning community engagement, stakeholder strategy, and participatory planning. Comparable to Capire because both advise public and private sector clients on engagement strategy for major projects and policies.
• GHD: Australian-headquartered engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting firm with community and stakeholder engagement capabilities embedded across infrastructure, water, and energy projects. Comparable to Capire because both serve all three tiers of Australian government on engagement mandates.
• KPMG Australia: Big 4 professional services firm with a public sector and infrastructure advisory practice that includes stakeholder engagement, social license, and community consultation services. Comparable to Capire because both serve government and corporate clients on engagement and policy advisory work in Australia.
• PwC Australia: Big 4 firm with a public sector consulting practice that delivers community engagement, stakeholder strategy, and infrastructure advisory services. Comparable to Capire because both compete for government and corporate mandates involving community consultation and policy/project engagement.
• Mott MacDonald: Global engineering, management, and development consultancy with stakeholder engagement and social performance practices integrated into major infrastructure and energy projects. Comparable to Capire because both deliver engagement strategy alongside infrastructure delivery.
• WSP: Global professional services consultancy with community engagement and stakeholder consultation capabilities across transport, energy, and built environment projects. Comparable to Capire because both serve public and private sector clients on stakeholder engagement for major projects in Australia.
• Jacobs: Global professional services firm delivering infrastructure, water, and environmental advisory with stakeholder and community engagement practices. Comparable to Capire because both compete for government engagement mandates in infrastructure and environmental projects in Australia.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• Instagraminstagram.com/capirecg

Compliance1 record

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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