Disrupt Consultants

What Disrupt Consultants does

Disrupt Consultants is a women-owned and operated real estate consulting firm headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, founded in 2017 by Emily and Sam. The firm delivers three core services: Real Estate Strategy (broker selection, lease negotiations, portfolio management), Project Management (location selection, workletter development, value engineering), and Workplace Consulting (office relocation, workplace operations, team restructuring), plus custom packages for clients with specialized needs. The firm's go-to-market is a direct, founder-led enterprise consulting motion anchored by a free 30-minute consultation, with all delivery performed by an internal team of 1-10 employees. Client engagements follow a project-based professional services model with quote-based pricing, and the firm positions itself explicitly as a non-broker model with no dual representation, differentiating from traditional full-service brokerages whose fees are tied to transaction outcomes.

The firm's customer base spans multiple verticals and includes Opendoor (workplace and real estate transformation during the pandemic), Sendoso (12,000 SF operations penthouse, 2019 NAIOP Best Office Tenant Improvement Project winner), Align Technology (34,186 SF executive headquarters, 2021), Arctic Slope Regional Corporation (8,869 SF executive headquarters, 2020), and Food for the Hungry (29,179 SF headquarters, 2023). Across these engagements, the firm has built out more than 1 million square feet. The competitive advantage rests on the founders' combined 30+ years of experience, including eight years of licensed brokerage and direct experience running global real estate operations during a tech startup hyper-growth phase. The business operates with no external institutional funding, no disclosed investors, and no parent company, with both founders maintaining ownership and management control. Marketing and lead generation run primarily through the firm website and direct email outreach.

Name

Disrupt Consultants

Legal name

Disrupt Consultants

Website

https://disruptconsultants.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Disrupt Consultants is a women-owned Phoenix, AZ-based real estate consulting firm providing strategy, project management, and workplace consulting to technology, enterprise, and non-profit clients including Opendoor, Sendoso, and Food for the Hungry.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Real Estate Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (541611), Other Management Consulting Services (541618)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Organization Design & Operating Model Consulting (BPAHAGAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Organization Design & Change Management Consulting (BPAHACAD)

Keywords

• Real estate consulting
• Workplace consulting
• Project management services
• Lease negotiation services
• Portfolio management

Headquarters

HQ city

Phoenix

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Real Estate Consulting Services: Professional consulting fees for real estate strategy, project management, and workplace consulting services. They offer custom packages tailored to client needs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Disrupt Consultants is a women-owned real estate consulting firm that provides advisory and project management services across three core areas: Real Estate Strategy (broker selection, lease negotiations, portfolio management, and business strategy alignment), Project Management (location selection, workletter development, and value engineering), and Workplace Consulting (office relocation, workplace operations optimization, and team building/restructuring). The firm also assembles custom consulting packages for clients with unique needs, delivered as quote-based professional engagements beginning with a free 30-minute consultation.

Product overview

Disrupt Consultants is a women-owned real estate consulting firm offering a unified suite of advisory services rather than a software product. Their core offerings include Real Estate Strategy (broker selection, lease negotiations, portfolio management), Project Management (location selection, workletter development, value engineering), and Workplace Consulting (office relocation, workplace operations, team restructuring). The company also provides Custom Packages for clients with unique requirements. These services are delivered as consulting engagements rather than software products or modules.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Real Estate Strategy Strategic consulting services for businesses covering broker selection, lease negotiations, portfolio management, and alignment of real estate decisions with business strategy. Intended for companies needing senior-level guidance on real estate decisions without traditional broker conflicts of interest.
• Project Management
• Workplace Consulting
• Custom Consulting Packages

Named customers5 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

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Kelsey Lynn CreativeminorOthersCreative design partner responsible for site design of the Disrupt Consultants website.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Cresa: Cresa is the largest corporate real estate advisory firm in the world that exclusively represents tenants, with no dual representation. It is the closest large-scale analog to Disrupt's non-broker tenant-only consulting model, serving similar enterprise clients with brokerage, project management, and workplace strategy services.
• M Moser Associates: M Moser is a workplace strategy and design firm that helps enterprises design, build, and manage offices, similar to Disrupt's workplace consulting and project management offerings. It serves enterprise clients globally with a comparable integrated consulting-led approach.
• IA Interior Architects: IA Interior Architects is a global design firm specializing in workplace strategy and interior architecture for enterprise clients. It overlaps with Disrupt on workplace consulting and project execution, particularly for tech and corporate headquarters projects.
• Unispace: Unispace is a workplace strategy and design consultancy providing real estate strategy, project management, and workplace experience services to enterprise clients. It is a comparable boutique-to-mid-market peer to Disrupt with similar service offerings.

Broad incumbents

• JLL (Jones Lang LaSalle): JLL is a global commercial real estate services firm offering tenant representation, project management, and workplace consulting as part of a broader portfolio. It competes with Disrupt for enterprise real estate strategy engagements but at vastly larger scale and with full-service brokerage capabilities.
• Newmark: Newmark provides commercial real estate advisory, leasing, and project management services to enterprise occupiers. It offers similar tenant-side consulting capabilities to Disrupt but as part of a much larger national platform with capital markets and valuation services.
• Colliers: Colliers is a global commercial real estate services and investment management firm offering project management, workplace strategy, and tenant advisory. It overlaps with Disrupt on enterprise real estate consulting engagements while operating a much broader service portfolio.
• Cushman & Wakefield: Cushman & Wakefield is a major global real estate services firm providing tenant representation, project management, and workplace strategy. Like JLL and CBRE, it competes with Disrupt for enterprise real estate consulting work but at significantly larger scale.
• CBRE: CBRE is the world's largest commercial real estate services firm, offering advisory, project management, and workplace consulting alongside brokerage. It competes with Disrupt on enterprise real estate engagements but operates globally with thousands of professionals.
• Gensler: Gensler is a global architecture and design firm with a major workplace consulting practice serving enterprise clients. While primarily a design firm, its workplace strategy and project management services overlap with Disrupt's offerings for large corporate occupiers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/disrupt-consultants

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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