QCI Group

What QCI Group does

QCI Group (Quality Consultancy & Inspection Group Ltd) is a Staffordshire, UK-based industrial services firm providing third-party metrology, dimensional inspection, and quality engineering services to manufacturers in aerospace, automotive, medical, rail, power generation, and oil & gas. Its core technical offering centers on coordinate measuring machine (CMM) measurement, first-article inspection, and reverse engineering, executed under controlled laboratory conditions including a temperature-regulated 20°C clean room, with equipment calibrated to UKAS-traceable standards.

The firm's commercial model is project-based inspection and consultancy work, augmented by authorized PC-DMIS training courses that create a recurring, content-based revenue stream independent of physical inspection capacity. It has accumulated a regulatory stack — ISO 9001:2015, AS9100:2018, AS9120, and TS29001 — that qualifies it to serve tier-1 aerospace supply chains, with the company indicating it may be the only UK inspection provider holding the full combined aerospace scope. Adjacent revenue lines include engineering consultancy and a warehousing / 3PL offering that ties QCI into clients' post-production logistics.

Operationally, QCI is a privately held SME of 11-50 employees operating across the UK and Ireland. The lack of disclosed financials, customer logos, or growth metrics caps external visibility into revenue concentration, churn exposure, and forward trajectory, and the company presents as a stable, technically credentialed niche operator rather than a scaling platform.

Name

QCI Group

Legal name

Quality Consultancy & Inspection Group Ltd

Website

https://qci-group.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

QCI Group is a Staffordshire, UK-based metrology and quality inspection services firm serving aerospace, automotive, medical, rail, power generation, and oil & gas manufacturers with CMM measurement, training, and 3PL services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Metrology and Quality Inspection Services

SIC

Services-Testing Laboratories (8734)

akta.pro primary industry

Metrology & Dimensional Measurement (CMMs, laser trackers, gauges, surface/roughness) (IMAGAFAD)

Keywords

• Subcontract CMM measurement
• Industrial metrology services
• Quality inspection containment
• 3D laser scanning
• Contract quality engineering

Headquarters

HQ city

Stafford

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Subcontract CMM Measurement & Metrology Services: Core revenue stream providing subcontract coordinate measuring machine (CMM) measurement, dimensional inspection, and metrology services. Includes CMM programming support, 3D scanning, reverse engineering, FAI, SPC, PPAP, ISIR, and non-contact measurement services. Revenue is project-based, typically quoted per job or batch.
2. Quality Inspection, Containment & Rework Services: On-site and off-site quality inspection, product sorting, containment, and rework services. Includes visual inspection, goods inward inspection, OEM line-side inspection, CSL1 & CSL2 firewall support, manual and mechanical rework, and NCR management. Billed per project or as retainer arrangements.
3. Contract Quality Engineering Consultancy: Expert quality engineering and consultancy services including quality contract engineering, supplier quality engineering, process improvement, quality systems support, audit and compliance services, and Total Quality Management (TQM) solutions. Provided as resident engineers or on-site/remote consultancy.
4. PC-DMIS CMM Training Courses: Bespoke training services covering PC-DMIS operator courses, advanced programming, CAD integration, 3D scan and mesh training, and GD&T courses. Delivered at customer premises or at QCI's Staffordshire facility. Training can be customized to specific components, CAD models, and inspection requirements.
5. Warehousing, Storage & Distribution (3PL): Bespoke warehousing, storage, and distribution solutions including assembly, kitting, third-party logistics (3PL), fulfilment, and direct line feed services. Additional revenue from sub-assembly and kitting support.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

QCI Group provides subcontract coordinate measuring machine (CMM) measurement, 3D laser scanning, on-site and off-site quality inspection, containment and rework, contract quality engineering consultancy, PC-DMIS CMM training, and assembly/kitting/3PL logistics services. Deliveries are made either at the customer's premises or at the company's 22,000+ sqft temperature-controlled Staffordshire facility.

Product overview

QCI Group is a specialist metrology, quality inspection, and engineering services company offering a unified portfolio of interconnected services. Their core offerings include CMM Measurement & Metrology Services (subcontract dimensional inspection using tactile and non-contact optical measurement), 3D Laser Scanning & Portable Measurement Services (for reverse engineering, CAD comparison, and large assembly measurement), PC-DMIS CMM Training Courses (operator and programming training), Quality Inspection, Containment & Rework Services (onsite/offsite inspection, sorting, and rework), Contract Quality Engineering Consultancy (quality systems, FAI, process improvement), and Assembly/Kitting & DLF Services (3PL, fulfillment, line feed). These services are designed to support the full product lifecycle from design and first article inspection through production, containment, and rework, serving aerospace, automotive, medical, rail, power generation, and oil & gas sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Precision measurement to micron-level tolerances with temperature-controlled environment
• +2 more outcomes

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Bowers Group: Bowers Group provides metrology equipment distribution and measurement services in the UK, including CMM and portable measurement solutions. It overlaps with QCI in subcontract metrology and inspection work for industrial clients, though it also sells measurement equipment.
• Trescal Group: Trescal is a global provider of calibration and metrology services for industrial clients across aerospace, automotive, and other regulated sectors. It is directly comparable to QCI as a subcontract measurement and calibration services business, but with significantly broader geographic reach and a larger workforce.
• Precision Measurement Group: Precision Measurement Group provides subcontract CMM measurement, 3D scanning, and reverse engineering services to UK manufacturers. It directly competes with QCI's core CMM measurement and metrology services for industrial customers.
• Avon Metrology: Avon Metrology is a UK-based provider of subcontract CMM measurement, 3D scanning, and inspection services to aerospace, automotive, and industrial clients. It is a near-direct peer to QCI, competing for the same outsource metrology projects in the UK market.
• Euro Quality Services: Euro Quality Services provides outsourced quality inspection, containment, rework, and quality engineering support to UK automotive and aerospace manufacturers. It is a directly comparable peer to QCI's inspection/containment/rework and contract quality engineering lines.

Broad incumbents

• Mitutoyo: Mitutoyo is a global manufacturer of precision measurement instruments (CMMs, calipers, micrometers) and offers associated measurement services. It is a broader incumbent to QCI in metrology hardware and adjacent services for industrial clients in the UK.
• Renishaw: Renishaw is a UK-based global metrology and precision engineering company providing CMM probes, laser scanners, and equator gauges. It is a broader incumbent that overlaps with QCI in industrial measurement technology and supply chain to UK manufacturers, though its primary model is equipment rather than services.
• Carl Zeiss Industrial Metrology: Zeiss is a global metrology equipment manufacturer (CMMs, optical systems, CT scanning) and service provider serving aerospace, automotive, and medical manufacturers. It is a broader incumbent than QCI but overlaps in subcontract measurement, scanning, and quality inspection work.
• Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence: Hexagon MI is a global incumbent in industrial metrology, supplying CMMs, laser scanners, and software, alongside metrology services. It competes broadly with QCI in measurement and inspection but operates at much greater scale and through a wider portfolio of products, software, and services.

Others

• National Physical Laboratory (NPL): NPL is the UK's national metrology institute, providing measurement standards, calibration, and traceability services that underpin industrial metrology. It is an ecosystem/standards participant rather than a direct competitor to QCI, but it shapes the UK metrology landscape in which QCI operates.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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