Flury & Giuliani

What Flury & Giuliani does

Flury & Giuliani GmbH is a privately held, founder-owned Swiss consulting and research company founded in 2003 and headquartered at Sonneggstrasse 30, Zürich. The firm specializes in agricultural and regional economics, providing independent analytical and advisory services to Swiss federal and cantonal government agencies, agricultural organizations, cooperatives, and international development clients. Core service lines include regional development projects (PRE), agricultural planning, evaluations, structural and impact analyses, development strategies, applied research, process moderation, and teaching.

The company's underlying technology stack centers on quantitative methods — dynamic simulation modeling, system dynamics, optimization models, and spatial analysis — encapsulated in proprietary tools including the REDES simulation framework (Swiss 2050 horizon trade-off analysis), the OPSOL interactive decision platform (3D visualization of spatial soil, economic, ecological, and social effects of land use), T21 (Threshold 21) modeling for national development planning, and a resilience assessment methodology developed for ETH Zurich's World Food System Center. Publications appear in Nature Sustainability, Land Use Policy, Ecology and Society, and Swiss agricultural research outlets.

Commercially, Flury & Giuliani operates a sales-led, project-based fee-for-service model with no publicly disclosed pricing. Engagements are multi-year and scope-driven, sourced through Swiss government procurement, academic partnerships (ETH Zurich, Agroscope, University of Bergen), and international development organizations (UNIDO, WWF Cambodia, Kenya Markets Trust, Burkina Faso). The firm employs nine people across Zürich and a Ticino office, with most senior staff holding PhDs and dual affiliations with Swiss or Norwegian universities.

Name

Flury & Giuliani

Legal name

Flury & Giuliani GmbH

Website

https://flury-giuliani.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Flury & Giuliani is a Zürich-based Swiss consulting firm founded in 2003, providing project-based agricultural and regional economics advisory to federal, cantonal, and international clients using quantitative simulation, optimization, and spatial analysis methodologies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural and Regional Economics Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Program & Project Implementation (TA Delivery) (BPADAEAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Geospatial Data Management & Enterprise GIS (Geodatabases, Web GIS, Spatial Analytics) (EUAHAKAC)

Keywords

• Agricultural economics consulting
• Regional development consulting
• Agricultural policy evaluation
• System dynamics modeling
• Rural development planning

Headquarters

HQ city

Zürich

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Agricultural and Regional Economic Consulting: Project-based consulting engagements for government agencies (cantonal and federal), agricultural organizations, and international development clients. Services include evaluations, structural analyses, development strategies, and applied research. Revenue is derived from fee-for-service contracts with public and private sector clients in Switzerland and internationally.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Flury & Giuliani is an independent consulting and research company providing services in agricultural and regional economics, including accompanying regional development projects (e.g., PRE), agricultural planning, ex-ante and ex-post evaluations, international development projects, structural and impact analyses using simulation and optimization models, development strategies, applied research, workshop moderation, and teaching. Deliverables are produced using both quantitative methods (system dynamics simulation, optimization, spatial analysis) and qualitative approaches for public and private sector clients.

Product overview

Flury & Giuliani is an independent consulting and research company specializing in agricultural and regional economics. The company offers a comprehensive portfolio of consulting services organized around nine core offerings: regional development projects, agricultural planning, evaluations, international development projects, structural and impact analyses, development strategies, applied research, process support and moderation, and teaching/knowledge transfer. These services are delivered using both quantitative methods (including simulation and optimization models) and qualitative approaches. The company works with both private and public clients and focuses on sustainability challenges in agriculture and regional development.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Regional Development Projects (Projekte Regionale Entwicklung / PRE)
• Agricultural Planning (Landwirtschaftliche Planung / LP)
• Evaluations (Evaluationen)
• International Development Projects (Internationale Entwicklungsprojekte)
• Structural and Impact Analyses (Struktur- und Wirkungsanalysen)
• Development Strategies (Entwicklungsstrategien)
• Applied Research (Angewandte Forschung)
• Process Facilitation and Moderation (Prozessbegleitung und Moderation)
• Teaching and Knowledge Transfer (Lehre und Wissensvermittlung)

Quantifiable outcome

• 95% organic farming coverage achieved in Valposchiavo through regional development project
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• EBPminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Collaborated with EBP on the intermediate evaluation of Projekte zur regionalen Entwicklung (PRE) instrument in 2018. Both companies contributed to the evaluation report and recommendations for instrument improvement.
• Regione ValposchiavocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-term partnership supporting the 100% (bio) Valposchiavo regional development project. Regione Valposchiavo provides funding and political support for the initiative coordinated by Flury & Giuliani.
• ETH Zurich - Agricultural Economics and Policy GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOngoing academic collaboration with ETH Zurich through team members (Dr. Christian Flury at Agroscope, Dr. Robert Huber as Oberassistent). Provides research collaboration, teaching, and knowledge exchange.
• University of Bergen - System Dynamics GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership through Dr. Birgit Kopainsky who is a professor at University of Bergen and serves on the management team of Flury & Giuliani. Enables international system dynamics expertise and collaboration.
• Millennium InstituteminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on T21 (Threshold 21) system dynamics modeling. Partnership involves capacity building workshops and joint projects for national development planning.
• Swiss Nature Park BeverinminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on PRE BEVERIN project for marketing regional products and promoting agrotourism in the park area and surrounding region.
• Agricultural Center Salez (Landwirtschaftliches Zentrum Salez)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on agricultural planning (LP) for St.Galler Rheintal, accompanying the Rhesi flood protection project.
• Swiss Mountain Aid (Schweizer Berghilfe)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on various projects including feasibility study for slaughter facilities in Southern Graubünden and business plan for Käserei Savognin.
• econcept AGminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with econcept on studies including cost analysis of ecological and landscape services for Swiss Federal Office for Agriculture.
• AgroscopeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch collaboration on agricultural economics studies. Dr. Christian Flury works at Agroscope alongside his role at Flury & Giuliani.
• bemeprominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on agricultural structural analysis including SAK system evaluation and land transfer studies.
• webermanagementminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on LaRes project analyzing future development of Zurich agriculture and landscape impacts.
• WWF CambodiaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProject to develop training materials and facilitate systems thinking discussions with farming communities in Cambodia.
• United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSystems mapping workshops conducted in various sub-Saharan African countries for policy analysis and governance design.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Agroscope: Agroscope is the Swiss federal agricultural research institution with broad research mandate across agriculture, food, and environment. Comparable as a Swiss agricultural research and policy entity; Dr. Christian Flury holds a dual role across both organizations.
• KPMG Switzerland (Agriculture practice): KPMG Switzerland operates a dedicated agriculture and food industry practice serving Swiss and international agribusiness. Comparable as a broad incumbent with overlapping government and agricultural sector advisory capabilities, though operating at significantly larger scale and scope.

Direct peers

• INFRAS: INFRAS is a Swiss research and consulting firm focused on transport, environment, and energy policy with strong academic links. Comparable as a similar-sized niche consultancy combining applied economic research with public sector consulting.
• Ecoplan AG: Ecoplan is a Swiss research and consulting firm covering transport, environment, and economics with deep government engagement. Comparable as a similarly-sized niche Swiss consultancy serving federal and cantonal agencies with quantitative policy analysis.
• EBP Schweiz AG: EBP is a Swiss consulting firm specializing in environment, energy, transport, and regional development. It is a direct peer, having partnered with Flury & Giuliani on the 2018 PRE (regional development projects) evaluation, and serves overlapping Swiss government and cantonal clients.
• econcept AG: econcept is a Zurich-based research and consulting firm covering economics, energy, environment, and society. Direct peer that has actually collaborated with Flury & Giuliani on cost analysis studies for the Swiss Federal Office for Agriculture.
• Rütter + Partner: Rütter + Partner is a Swiss consulting firm with focus on regional economics, tourism, and cultural sector analysis. Comparable as a similar-sized niche consultancy combining regional economic research with public and private sector engagements.
• webermanagement: webermanagement is a Swiss consulting firm specializing in agriculture and food economy with focus on productivity and sustainability analysis. Direct peer that has collaborated with Flury & Giuliani on the LaRes project for Canton of Zürich.
• BAK Economics AG: BAK Economics is a Basel-based economic research and consulting firm specializing in regional economics and forecasting. Comparable as a Swiss economic consultancy serving government and industry with quantitative modeling capabilities.

Others

• ETH Zurich - Agricultural Economics and Policy Group: ETH Zurich is the primary academic partner through the Agricultural Economics and Policy Group. Relevant as an adjacent ecosystem player providing talent pipeline, research collaboration, and methodological credibility rather than direct consulting competition.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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