Name

ClearBox Consulting

Legal name

ClearBox Consulting Ltd.

Website

https://clearbox.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital Workplace Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Other Management Consulting Services (541618)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Integration, API & Middleware Consulting (BPAHAEAJ)

Keywords

• Intranet consulting services
• Digital workplace advisory
• SharePoint consulting
• Employee experience platforms
• Internal communications training

Headquarters

HQ city

Chester

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Consulting Services: Core revenue stream from intranet strategy, SharePoint, digital workplace, and employee adoption consulting engagements. Services include expert intranet reviews, vendor selection assistance, governance planning, and workshop facilitation.
2. Vendor Assessment Services: Paid evaluation services for software vendors seeking independent expert review of their platforms. Includes Full Reviews (three-hour demo, detailed analysis, scenario-based scoring) and Product Overviews (concise overview with key information).
3. Training Services: Revenue from training offerings including writing for intranet, SharePoint for internal communicators, governance design, and intranet launch and adoption workshops.
4. Free Report Distribution: Annual free report serves as primary marketing/lead generation tool rather than direct revenue source. Report builds trust and attracts organizations to consulting services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

ClearBox Consulting is a vendor-neutral independent consultancy that helps organizations plan, select, and implement intranet, SharePoint, and digital workplace platforms. Their flagship product is the annual Intranet and Employee Experience Platforms Report, an 800+ page independent evaluation of 37 leading platforms against real-world business scenarios, which is offered as a free download and serves as a primary lead generation tool. They supplement the report with expert advisory engagements, training workshops, and paid vendor assessment services for software providers.

Product overview

ClearBox Consulting is a specialist independent consultancy offering a range of advisory and training services focused on intranets, digital workplaces, and internal communications. Their primary offering is the annual Intranet and Employee Experience Platforms Report, an independent review of 37 leading platforms reviewed against real-world business scenarios. They provide consulting services including intranet strategy, SharePoint/Microsoft 365 advisory, digital workplace roadmap development, and vendor selection assistance. Additionally, they offer training services covering intranet writing, SharePoint governance, and intranet launch/adoption. Their vendor assessment services provide independent evaluation for software providers, and they operate the annual ClearBox Choice Awards recognizing top-performing products in their reviews.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Intranet Consulting Services Advisory services covering intranet strategy, SharePoint, Office 365, employee adoption, governance, and effective communication for enterprise organisations.
• SharePoint and Microsoft 365 Services Consulting engagements to help ensure Microsoft 365, Viva, and SharePoint projects deliver desired business outcomes for internal communications and digital workplace teams.
• Digital Workplace Services Roadmap development and advisory for the evolution of digital workplaces in complex global companies.
• Intranet and Comms Advisory Strategic advisory for intranets and internal communications to help organisations make confident, informed platform choices.
• Collaboration Services Design of collaboration tools and support processes to ensure productive team working.
• One-Week Intranet Review Expert intranet review delivering a custom improvement roadmap within one to two weeks.
• Intranet Software Vendor Selection Assistance Assistance in choosing the right intranet software through independent evaluation and expert guidance.
• Express Strategy Service Focused strategy service that helps organisations cut through competing priorities and define an evidence-backed intranet plan.
• Vendor Assessment Service Independent, expert assessment of intranet and employee experience platform strengths and gaps, providing constructive feedback that supports product improvement and clearer positioning. Includes Full Reviews and Product Overviews for software vendors.
• SharePoint Intranet Homepage Build Custom intranet homepage build service for SharePoint environments.
• Writing for Your Intranet Training Training introducing content design techniques via video or on-site workshops for intranet content creators.
• SharePoint for Internal Communicators Training Training course for internal communicators on using SharePoint effectively.
• Intranet Governance Training Training on designing and planning intranet governance frameworks.
• SharePoint Governance Training Training on designing and planning SharePoint governance frameworks.
• Intranet Launch and Adoption Training Techniques for improving intranet launch and adoption.
• SharePoint Metadata and Information Architecture Training Training on SharePoint metadata and information architecture best practices.
• Intranet and Employee Experience Platforms Report Annual independent review report evaluating 37 leading intranet, employee app, and internal communications platforms against real-world business scenarios. The 2026 edition spans over 800 pages and is offered free of charge.

Quantifiable outcome

• Thousands of organizations globally use the report for pre-procurement and due diligence, with downloaders including Gartner, Forrester, Deloitte, Accenture, and EY.
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Intranet and Employee Experience Platform VendorscoreOthersClearBox maintains working relationships with various vendors for reviewing platforms, webinars, and industry events. They emphasize vendor neutrality and evaluate all participating vendors fairly and independently.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Avanade: Joint Accenture-Microsoft venture specializing in Microsoft 365, SharePoint, and digital workplace implementations. Represents the scale end of the enterprise intranet services market where ClearBox competes on neutrality and vendor breadth.
• Centric Consulting: Full-service business and technology consultancy with Microsoft 365 and digital workplace practices. Competes at the enterprise end of the market where intranet strategy is bundled into broader modernization programs.
• Slalom: Global consulting firm with a dedicated digital workplace practice covering intranet strategy, Microsoft 365, and employee experience. Competes with ClearBox for enterprise mandates but offers broader transformation services.

Emerging players

• WAVE Workplace: Specialist digital workplace advisory firm offering intranet strategy, platform selection, and governance services with an emphasis on Microsoft 365 environments. Comparable niche focus with smaller scale than ClearBox.

Direct peers

• Digital Workplace Group (DWG): Membership-based digital workplace consultancy offering benchmarking, research, and advisory across intranet, collaboration, and employee experience. Operates a comparable content-plus-consulting model targeting enterprise digital workplace leaders.
• REFFIND: Digital employee experience consultancy specializing in intranet strategy, SharePoint implementation, and content design. Offers services that directly overlap with ClearBox's core consulting portfolio for enterprise and mid-market buyers.
• Step Two: Australia-based specialist digital workplace and intranet consultancy that helps organizations design, select, and implement intranet and employee experience platforms. Directly competes with ClearBox on vendor selection and strategy advisory engagements.
• Prescient Digital Media: North American intranet and digital workplace consultancy providing strategy, governance, and vendor selection services. Comparable in offering independent advisory focused on intranet and employee experience platform selection.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/clearbox-consulting
• Xx.com/ClearBox

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 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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