What ACIL Allen does

ACIL Allen is an Australian independent economics, policy, and strategy advisory firm headquartered in Perth, with operations across six offices in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Canberra, Perth, and Adelaide. The firm was formed through a 2013 merger of equals between ACIL Tasman and the Allen Consulting Group, with lineage tracing back to economics consulting brands established in the early 1980s. ACIL Allen serves federal, state, and territory government agencies, private corporations, industry bodies, and not-for-profit organisations, delivering six interconnected service lines: economic modelling and analysis, program and systemic evaluation, public policy consulting, regulation, strategy consulting, and pro bono services.

The firm's technical differentiator is a suite of proprietary analytical models that have been developed and refined over decades. These include the Tasman Global computable general equilibrium (CGE) model covering all sectors and global economies, PowerMark for electricity market simulation across the Australian NEM and SWIS plus Singapore and the Philippines, GasMark for gas market projections including LNG interactions, and demographic and workforce models covering 114 international regions and 41 Australian urban areas. The firm's ~60 senior consultants typically have backgrounds as former senior government officials, central bank staff, treasury economists, and sector specialists, representing a deep talent moat.

ACIL Allen operates on a project-based professional services model, with fees negotiated individually per engagement based on scope and complexity. Revenue is generated through consulting fees across government tenders, RFPs, direct corporate engagements, expert witness work, and thought-leadership-driven business development. The firm's 2020 brand refresh consolidated identity to 'ACIL Allen', and recent high-profile engagements include Amazon Australia's robotics economics research and NSW Environmental Trust biocontrol evaluation. The firm maintains active content marketing through newsletters (notably the quarterly Energy Market Newsletter) and sector-specific insights to drive inbound demand.

Name

ACIL Allen

Legal name

ACIL Allen Pty Ltd

Website

https://acilallen.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ACIL Allen is an Australian independent economics, policy, and strategy advisory firm serving federal, state, and territory governments, corporations, and not-for-profit clients through economic modelling, program evaluation, public policy consulting, regulation, and strategy services across six offices.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Melbourne

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Consulting Services: ACIL Allen generates revenue by providing economic, policy and strategy advisory services to government agencies, corporations, and not-for-profit organisations. Fees are charged for consulting engagements including economic modelling, program evaluation, policy analysis, regulatory advice, market studies, and expert witness services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

ACIL Allen is an independent economics, policy and strategy advisory consulting firm that delivers professional services to government agencies, corporations, and not-for-profit organisations. Its core offerings span economic modelling and analysis, program and systemic evaluation, public policy consulting, regulation, strategy consulting, and pro bono consulting, supported by proprietary analytical models such as Tasman Global CGE, PowerMark, and GasMark.

Product overview

ACIL Allen is a leading independent economics, policy and strategy advisory consulting firm offering professional advisory services rather than a software product platform. Its core service offering comprises six interconnected consulting service lines: Economic Modelling & Analysis (which includes proprietary models such as Tasman Global CGE, PowerMark, and GasMark), Program and Systemic Evaluation, Public Policy Consulting, Regulation services, Strategy consulting, and Pro Bono Consulting Services. These services work together to provide clients with evidence-based economic analysis, policy development, program evaluation, and strategic advisory across sectors including energy, agribusiness, resources, infrastructure, education, health, and justice. The firm does not offer a software-as-a-product model but rather delivers consulting engagements using its analytical tools and expertise.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Economic Modelling & Analysis

Quantifiable outcome

• AU$201 billion potential GDP addition by 2040 through robotics investment (per Amazon research commission)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 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

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016ACIL Allen was engaged by the NSW Environmental Trust to independently evaluate a CSIRO-led consortium initiative for biocontrol research targeting priority environmental weeds in NSW. The project, funded at $1 million from 2016 to 2021, involved CSIRO as the primary research organisation with ACIL Allen providing independent evaluation.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Charles River Associates: Global consulting firm focused on economics, regulation, and litigation support, including energy and infrastructure economics — directly comparable offering to ACIL Allen's regulation and energy market modelling practices.
• Frontier Economics: Global economics consultancy with strong Asia-Pacific practice delivering competition, regulatory, and energy market advisory — comparable in deep quantitative economic modelling applied to public policy and energy/utility clients.
• NERA Economic Consulting: Global economics consultancy specialising in regulatory economics, competition policy, and litigation support — directly comparable to ACIL Allen's Regulation service line and expert witness work.
• Nous Group: Australian-headquartered management and public policy consultancy with similar scale, government focus, and program evaluation / strategy offering — directly competes for the same Australian public-sector advisory mandates.
• Deloitte Access Economics: Economics advisory practice within Deloitte Australia providing CGE modelling, policy analysis, and program evaluation to federal/state governments — the closest direct competitor to ACIL Allen in Australia.
• KPMG Australia Economics: KPMG's Australian economics and infrastructure advisory practice (including the former Econtech) competes head-to-head with ACIL Allen on regulatory economics, market modelling, and public policy mandates; comparable service portfolio and government client base.

Broad incumbents

• EY (Ernst & Young): Big 4 firm with EY-Parthenon and economics policy advisory arms that compete with mid-tier firms like ACIL Allen on government policy and program evaluation mandates.
• PwC Australia: Big 4 professional services firm with a substantial economics, policy and infrastructure advisory capability serving Australian governments; competes with ACIL Allen as part of a broader portfolio including audit and consulting.
• Boston Consulting Group: Global strategy consultancy with a public sector practice in Australia; competes for higher-end strategy and economic policy mandates at federal/state level where ACIL Allen also operates.
• McKinsey & Company: Global management consulting firm with a public sector/social sector practice serving Australian governments; competes for top-end economics and policy strategy mandates.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/acil_allen
• LinkedInau.linkedin.com/company/the-allen-consulting-group

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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