What Input Consulting does

Input Consulting AG is a privately held Swiss management consulting boutique headquartered in Bern at Zeughausgasse 14, founded in 1971 by Prof. Dr. Richard Kühn. The firm operates with approximately 10 permanent staff supplemented by a curated network of specialized freelancers and cooperation partners. Over a 50+ year operating history it has completed more than 1,000 client projects for Swiss enterprises and institutions.

The firm's service portfolio is organized around three practice areas — Business Transformation, Market Performance, and Corporate Performance — covering strategy development, organizational and cultural transformation, positioning, pricing and customer value optimization, and process/IT alignment. These services are delivered through three documented methodologies: Design Thinking (iterative prototyping toward MVPs), Strategy Design (a proprietary blend of strategy work and Design Thinking), and Co-Creation (multi-stakeholder collaborative workshops). The intellectual anchors of the firm include the proprietary Strategy Design framework and Prof. Dr. Kühn's M-Mix pricing model. The firm has no software product, no API, no SDK surface, and does not operate a platform model — engagements are delivered as bespoke consulting work.

Commercial mechanism is direct enterprise sales to Swiss-headquartered clients in five primary verticals: Trade/Retail, Insurance, Healthcare, Public Transport, and Political Organizations/Associations. Named customers span PostFinance, Mobiliar, SUVA, Migros, Emmi, Ricola, Sulzer, Bucherer, Bernmobil, TCS, Swisslos, Valora and others. Pricing is custom, not publicly disclosed, and engagements span project-based and multi-year contract structures. Revenue is generated entirely through professional services fees. The firm holds the 'Beste Berater der Schweiz 2021' recognition from FuW/Bilanz, the ASCO Award 2015 for Best Innovation, and an audited 9.6/10 recommendation rate per Cardea.

Name

Input Consulting

Legal name

Input Consulting AG

Website

https://input-consulting.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

1971

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Input Consulting AG is a privately held Swiss management consulting boutique in Bern that delivers bespoke strategy, transformation, pricing and performance engagements to Swiss enterprise clients in retail, insurance, healthcare, transport and public-sector verticals, using proprietary Design Thinking, Strategy Design and Co-Creation methodologies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Management Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Strategy & Corporate Development Consulting (BPAHACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Customer, Marketing & Sales Consulting (BPAHACAG), Operations & Process Improvement Consulting (BPAHACAB)

Keywords

• Management consulting services
• Business transformation consulting
• Strategy consulting
• Organizational development
• Pricing strategy consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Berne

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. Management Consulting Services: Input Consulting provides strategy development, organizational solutions, transformation and innovation project moderation and management, and operational performance improvement services for Swiss companies. Revenue is generated through professional consulting engagements billed to enterprise clients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Input Consulting is a Swiss management consulting boutique that provides strategy, organizational, and transformation advisory services to enterprise clients. Its offering is structured around three practice areas — Business Transformation, Market Performance, and Corporate Performance — delivered through three proprietary methodologies: Design Thinking, Strategy Design, and Co-Creation.

Product overview

Input Consulting is a Swiss management consulting boutique offering a portfolio of consulting services organized around three core areas: Business Transformation, Market Performance, and Corporate Performance. These services are delivered through three proprietary methodologies — Design Thinking, Strategy Design, and Co-Creation — which serve as the iterative and creative approaches underlying all consulting engagements. The three consulting services are not separate software products but are distinct practice areas that apply the shared methodologies to different aspects of client challenges, from strategy development and organizational change to market positioning, pricing, and process optimization.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Business Transformation Consulting practice area that accompanies organizations in developing and implementing market-oriented business models and effective organizations, covering strategy development, organizational development, cultural development, and transformation support.
• Market Performance
• Corporate Performance

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 1,000 successful customer projects completed
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers19 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Iskander Business PartnerminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of of Input Consulting's network of cooperation partners. Iskander Business Partner provides specialized expertise in consulting projects where their skills add value.
• SFOUR Consulting AGminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of Input Consulting's network of cooperation partners. SFOUR Consulting AG is engaged as an expert in projects where their specific skills add the most value.
• Ramus & CompanyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of Input Consulting's network of cooperation partners. Ramus & Company provides specialized consulting expertise when needed for client projects.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Arthur D. Little: Global strategy and management consulting boutique with European heritage, focused on strategy, innovation, and transformation for large enterprises. Closely comparable in boutique-style, methodology-led positioning vs Big-4 scale, with overlap on Swiss and European insurance/industrial clients.
• Horváth: European management consulting firm specializing in performance improvement, transformation, and corporate performance optimization. Highly comparable to Input's Corporate Performance and Market Performance offerings, especially in German-speaking Switzerland and DACH region.

Broad incumbents

• Kearney: Global management consultancy with European practice focused on strategy, operations, and transformation. Comparable in serving European insurance, industrial, and consumer goods clients on operations and procurement transformation work that overlaps with Input's Corporate Performance offering.
• PwC Switzerland: Big-4 consulting firm with large Swiss practice serving insurance (Mobiliar, SUVA-class clients), banking, healthcare, and retail. Overlaps with Input Consulting on strategy, transformation, and pricing engagements; competes for many of the same Swiss enterprise clients.
• McKinsey & Company: Global management consulting leader with a substantial Swiss office serving PostFinance, Migros, Mobiliar-class enterprises on strategy, transformation, and organizational design. Competes for the same Swiss enterprise consulting mandates as Input Consulting at the larger end of the deal-size spectrum.
• Boston Consulting Group: Global strategy consulting powerhouse with deep Swiss practice across insurance, retail, and healthcare. Overlaps with Input Consulting on transformation, strategy design, and corporate performance mandates for Swiss enterprises.
• Strategy& (PwC strategy): Strategy consulting arm of PwC focused on strategy-through-execution transformation for large enterprises. Comparable to Input Consulting on strategy design, transformation, and corporate performance work for Swiss insurance, healthcare, and industrial clients.
• Roland Berger: European-origin strategy and management consulting firm with strong Swiss presence serving insurance, healthcare, retail, and industrial clients. Directly comparable to Input Consulting on strategy, transformation, and pricing engagements across Swiss enterprise accounts.

Emerging players

• zeb consulting: European consulting firm specialized in financial services, especially insurance and banking. Directly overlaps with Input Consulting's insurance vertical and serves comparable Swiss and German-speaking European insurance clients like those listed (Mobiliar, SUVA, PK SBB, Medpension).

Regional players

• Camptocamp: Swiss-headquartered consulting and open-source technology firm serving Swiss public and private sector. Loosely comparable as another mid-sized Swiss consultancy serving enterprise and public-sector clients, though more technology-focused.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 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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