What DECA Consulting does

DECA Consulting is a privately held, Ohio-based engineering consulting firm founded in 2001 (originally as David E. Campbell & Associates) that specializes in design, compliance, and safety engineering for children's products, child restraint systems, and select consumer products. The firm is led by President Corey Campbell, with founder David Campbell serving as Senior Technical Advisor, and operates with a headcount of 1-10 employees out of Wadsworth, Ohio. Core service lines include Design and Engineering (new product development, design reviews, prototyping), Compliance and Safety (custom compliance management programs, regulatory interpretation), Legal and IP (expert witness, regulatory agency support, intellectual property), and Instructions and Labels (artwork, registration cards, packaging). The firm derives its competitive position from deep participation in voluntary standards development — including leadership roles across 30+ ASTM juvenile product standards, the SAE Child Restraint Systems Committee, and the ISO Working Group for Child Restraint Systems.

Revenue is generated through customized professional services engagements sold directly to manufacturers of juvenile products (cribs, strollers, feeding items, toys), car seat and child restraint producers subject to FMVSS 213 and Transport Canada requirements, broader consumer product manufacturers navigating CPSC and Health Canada self-certification, and legal/insurance firms requiring expert witness support. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. Go-to-market is enterprise field sales targeting both early-stage entrepreneurs and large industry incumbents, supported by top-of-funnel visibility through industry association memberships (ASTM, SAE, JPMA, Toy Association) and content marketing via recurring regulatory update publications. The firm serves clients across the United States and Canada, with no disclosed funding rounds, acquisitions, or institutional investors.

Name

DECA Consulting

Legal name

Deca Consulting Inc.

Website

https://deca-inc.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

DECA Consulting is an Ohio-based engineering consultancy providing design, compliance, safety, and expert witness services to manufacturers of children's products, child restraints, and select consumer products across North America, leveraging deep ASTM/SAE/ISO standards-committee participation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Engineering Consulting Services for Children's Products

NAICS

Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169), Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (541)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Instrumentation, Controls & Automation Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAM)

Keywords

• Engineering consulting services
• Children product compliance
• Child restraint consulting
• Juvenile product safety
• Product design services

Headquarters

HQ city

Wadsworth

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Engineering Consulting Services: Professional consulting services provided to children's product manufacturers including design engineering, compliance reviews, legal support, and artwork development. Services are highly flexible and customized to client needs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

DECA Consulting is an engineering consulting firm that helps manufacturers of children's products, child restraints, and consumer products with design, engineering, safety, and compliance work. Core services span new product development, design reviews, soft goods development, prototyping, compliance management, FMVSS 213 / CPSC / Health Canada compliance, legal and IP support (expert witness, regulatory interaction), and artwork development for instructions, labels, registration cards, and packaging.

Product overview

DECA Consulting is an engineering consulting company offering a portfolio of specialized services focused on design, engineering, safety, and compliance for children's products and child restraint systems. Their core service offerings include Design and Engineering Services (new product development, design reviews, product improvement, soft goods development, prototyping), Compliance and Safety Services (custom compliance management, compliance reviews, requirement interpretation), Legal and IP Services (regulatory agency support, expert witness, intellectual property), and Instructions and Labels Services (artwork development, review, packaging). These services are applied across three main product categories: Car Seats/Child Restraints (infant car seats, convertibles, boosters, all-in-ones), Children's Products (juvenile products, toys, playground equipment, furniture, feeding items), and Consumer Products (electric scooters, exercise equipment, rocker/gliders).

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Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Design and Engineering Services Comprehensive engineering and design services for manufacturers covering new product development, design reviews for compliance and safety, product improvement, soft goods development, and prototyping for proof of concept or show floor samples.
• Compliance and Safety Services Custom compliance management solutions and reviews for new and existing products, guidance on interpretation of requirements, support for innovative designs that may not fit existing standards, and product qualification planning.
• Legal and IP Services Regulatory agency support for information requests, reporting, and investigations; expert witness services for litigation involving children's products and child restraints; and intellectual property development and expert support.
• Instructions and Labels Services Complete artwork development from start to finish including instruction manuals, labels, registration cards, and retail packaging, along with review services for existing or draft artwork to ensure compliance and best practices.
• Children's Products Consulting Consulting for juvenile products including cribs, strollers, changing tables, bassinets, bouncer seats, toys, playground equipment, furniture, and feeding items, including participation in ASTM voluntary standards development.
• Car Seats/Child Restraints Consulting Specialized consulting for child restraint systems including infant car seats, convertibles, boosters, and all-in-one car seats, covering safety analysis, FMVSS 213 and Transport Canada compliance, dynamic testing, and interaction with Child Passenger Safety Technicians.
• Consumer Products Consulting Support for consumer products beyond baby items, including electric scooters, exercise equipment, and rocker/gliders, with compliance assistance through CPSC and Health Canada requirements.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature5 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ASTM InternationalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDECA is highly involved in ASTM voluntary standards development for children's products. Corey Campbell serves as chairman of the Ad-hoc Scope Group for ASTM juvenile product standards. David Campbell previously chaired the Non-Full Size Cribs and High Chairs Committees. The company maintains active participation in standards development processes.
• SAE InternationalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDECA is actively involved in SAE child restraint standards groups. Corey Campbell serves as Co-Chairman of the SAE Child Restraint Systems Committee. David Campbell chaired the SAE Child Restraint Standards Committee from 2000 to 2015. Active participation in developing voluntary standards for child restraint systems.
• International Standards Organization (ISO)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDECA team members are active members of the International Standards Organizations Working Group for Child Restraint Systems. Participation in global standards development for child restraint systems.
• JPMA (Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJPMA logo displayed on website indicating membership/association. David Campbell previously served as JPMA technical consultant for juvenile products and child restraints, and chaired the JPMA Certification committee.
• Toy AssociationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerToy Association logo displayed on website indicating membership/association. Company provides consulting services for toy manufacturers on safety and compliance.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Exponent: Engineering and scientific consulting firm with a strong product-liability, regulatory and expert-witness practice serving consumer-products and transportation clients. Highly comparable on the legal/IP, expert testimony and recall-investigation dimensions of DECA's practice.
• EAS Consulting Group: Regulatory and scientific consulting firm assisting manufacturers with FDA, CPSC and consumer-product compliance strategy. Comparable in providing regulatory-interpretation and compliance-program services to consumer-product manufacturers, particularly on labeling and chemical-substance issues.
• Eastern Research Group (ERG): Scientific and engineering consulting firm supporting consumer-products, chemical-exposure and regulatory-compliance engagements for manufacturers. Comparable on the chemical-risk assessment and regulatory-program development dimensions of DECA's compliance offering.
• Engineering Systems Inc. (ESI): Engineering and scientific consulting firm specializing in failure analysis, product-liability investigations and consumer-product safety testing. Closely comparable on expert-witness, recall support and design-review work, with similar specialty boutique positioning.
• Smithers: Independent provider of testing, certification and regulatory consulting with established consumer-products and child-restraint testing labs in North America. Closely comparable business model to DECA's on the testing-and-advisory side, though with materially more lab capacity and broader service lines.

Broad incumbents

• Intertek: Global testing, inspection and certification giant with a well-established consumer-products and juvenile-products practice. Overlaps with DECA on product-safety testing and compliance advisory, but at vastly greater scale and as part of a much broader TIC portfolio.
• Bureau Veritas: Global TIC firm with consumer-products testing and certification practices that overlap directly with DECA's CPSC and Health Canada compliance work for juvenile and consumer products. Competes in the same buyer conversations as a much larger generalist.
• UL Solutions: Major global safety science and certification organization (formerly Underwriters Laboratories) offering testing, certification and regulatory advisory for consumer goods including juvenile products. Comparable in addressing CPSC, NHTSA and Health Canada compliance, though delivered as part of a much larger standards-and-testing portfolio.
• TÜV SÜD: International TIC provider with consumer-products and automotive/child-restraint testing capabilities. Comparable to DECA in serving manufacturers navigating multi-jurisdictional compliance, albeit at significantly greater geographic and service-line scale.
• Rimkus Consulting Group: Multi-disciplinary engineering and technical consulting firm whose practice covers product-liability investigations, failure analysis and expert testimony for consumer products. Comparable on the litigation and expert-witness overlap with DECA's legal support practice, though broader in scope.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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