Economic Insight

What Economic Insight does

Economic Insight Limited is a London-based economics consultancy founded in 2011 by James Harvey and Sam Williams, providing expert economic analysis to law firms, regulated utilities, regulators, and UK government departments. The firm operates across five practice areas: Competition, Regulation, Dispute Resolution, Collective & Class Action, and Policy Evaluation & Impact Assessment. Its work centres on econometric modelling, cost assessment, damages quantification, and experimental economics, with notable proprietary methodologies including a 25-30 year cost-benefit assessment tool for water-sector price controls (developed for Severn Trent Water), econometric cost models, and randomised controlled trial platforms for consumer research. The firm has secured marquee outcomes such as £463m of additional revenues for appellant water companies in CMA PR24 final determinations, a £63m uplift for NATS in a CAA redetermination, and expert testimony in the landmark DAF Trucks cartel damages case. Economic Insight reaches clients through a sales-led model built on thought leadership (100+ publications, conference sponsorships at events such as ThoughtLeaders4 Competition and the Beesley Lectures) and direct engagement, with multi-year project mandates for clients including Yorkshire Water, Thames Water, Severn Trent, EE, National Grid, Centrica, SRA, and HM Treasury. The firm is privately held by its founders and senior team, with no external investment, and was recently expanded to a 5-person board in May 2026 to support continued growth.

Name

Economic Insight

Legal name

Economic Insight Limited

Website

https://economic-insight.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Economic Insight is a London-based economics consultancy founded in 2011 that provides competition, regulatory, dispute resolution, and policy evaluation services to law firms, regulated utilities, regulators, and UK government departments, with deep expertise in water, energy, and telecom price controls.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Economic Consulting Services

NAICS

Administration of Economic Programs (926)

SIC

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Economic & Macroeconomic Research (BPAHALAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Economic Damages & Lost Profits Analysis (BPAHANAI)

Keywords

• Economics consultancy
• Competition economics
• Regulatory economics
• Dispute resolution
• Policy evaluation

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

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. Economic Consulting Services: Professional consulting fees for competition economics, regulatory economics, dispute resolution, and policy evaluation services provided to businesses, law firms, regulators, and government departments on a project basis

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Economic Insight is an economics consultancy that provides expert advisory services across five practice areas: Competition, Regulation, Dispute Resolution, Collective & Class Action, and Policy Evaluation & Impact Assessment. The firm delivers econometric modelling, expert economic witness testimony, damages quantification, regulatory price control analysis, and policy impact assessments to law firms, regulated utilities, regulators, and government departments on a project basis.

Product overview

Economic Insight is an economics consultancy providing expert advisory services across five practice areas: Collective & Class Action, Competition, Dispute Resolution, Regulation, and Policy Evaluation & Impact Assessment. The firm offers economic consulting, expert witness testimony, regulatory advisory, and research services to clients including regulated companies, law firms, government departments, and regulators.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Competition Practice
• Regulation Practice
• Dispute Resolution Practice
• Collective & Class Action Practice
• Policy Evaluation & Impact Assessment Practice

Quantifiable outcome

• Secured £463m of additional revenues for appellant water companies in CMA PR24 final determinations
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers15 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

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Mishcon de ReyacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2026Joint publication of practical guide to help retail businesses navigate CMA's evolving consumer protection and greenwashing rules under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024
• Bevan BrittanminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 May 2024Joint webinar on achieving objectives within UK's new subsidy control regime, covering legal and economics perspectives on key compliance requirements, pitfalls, and risks
• ThoughtLeaders4 CompetitioncoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 5 April 202412-month partnership across a range of competition law and competition litigation initiatives. Economic Insight will work with TL4C on conferences and knowledge sharing in the competition space.
• NERA Economic ConsultingminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 April 2023Co-organised inaugural Economics All-Stars Cup, a 16-team football tournament at Powerleague Shoreditch with participation from multiple consultancies and regulators
• University of OxfordminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2016Collaborative laboratory experiment on how different types of social information can influence consumer behaviour, contributing to research on the placebo effect in consumer decision-making

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• AlixPartners: Global consulting firm with a strong economic and damages consulting practice following LECG integration. Competes on expert witness, damages and competition matters across multiple regulated sectors.
• Berkeley Research Group: Global expert services and consulting firm with significant competition economics capability. Overlaps with Economic Insight on damages quantification and competition litigation.
• Frontier Economics: European-headquartered economics consultancy comparable across competition, regulation and policy evaluation. Larger scale and international footprint make it a broader incumbent competing for similar mandates.
• Charles River Associates: Global consulting firm with a strong Antitrust & Competition Economics practice. Competes head-to-head with Economic Insight for expert witness and competition litigation mandates.
• NERA Economic Consulting: Large global economics consultancy within a major professional services group. Directly comparable in competition, regulatory and dispute work; Economic Insight already co-markets with NERA (All-Stars Cup partnership).
• PwC Economics: Big 4 economics practice where Principal Madeleine Matos previously worked. Direct overlap in competition economics and economic consulting, with broader resource base and international reach.

Direct peers

• Compass Lexecon: Global leader in competition economics and expert witness work - Aastha Mantri moved to Economic Insight from Compass Lexecon. Directly comparable in expert testimony, cartel damages and competition litigation.
• Oxera: UK-headquartered economics consultancy comparable in size, practice mix (competition, regulation, dispute resolution) and client base (UK regulators and regulated utilities). Economic Insight's closest direct competitor in the UK regulatory economics niche.
• RBB Economics: Specialist competition economics firm with comparable practice areas (mergers, cartels, damages). Highly relevant peer for Economic Insight's Competition and Dispute Resolution practices.
• Europe Economics: London-based economics consultancy with strong overlap in competition and regulatory economics. Christopher Pickard joined Economic Insight from Europe Economics, evidencing direct talent and practice-level overlap.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/economic-insight-limited

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

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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