The Business Overhead Cost Control Experts Group

What The Business Overhead Cost Control Experts Group does

The Business Overhead Cost Control Experts Group (BOCCE Group) is a privately held, Dallas-based business overhead cost consultancy founded in August 2012. The firm operates as a reverse-agent, representing client companies rather than service providers, and conducts competitive bidding and rate negotiation across four service verticals: Merchant Services (payment processing rate review, PCI DSS and EMV compliance), Power (electricity rate negotiation and reverse auctions in deregulated markets), Telecom (internet/data capacity and rate review), and IT Services (setup evaluation, HIPAA compliance, and installation). Underlying technology is not disclosed and there are no proprietary software products; the competitive mechanism is human-driven brokerage, leveraging relationships with over fifty companies, brokers, and agents to source options for clients.

The company's business model is built on a consultative sales motion anchored by free initial consultations. Target customers span small to mid-sized businesses, startups needing cost-efficient service agreements from inception, and enterprise multi-million dollar operations seeking comprehensive overhead optimization across departments. Vertical focus includes healthcare, dental, property management, HOA, and general business, with a notable partnership with United Dental Alliance granting access to dental industry clients. Specific pricing is not publicly disclosed; revenue is inferred to come from fees or commissions tied to savings realized for clients, classified as a professional services revenue model.

Operationally, BOCCE Group is a micro-firm with 1-10 employees, no disclosed funding, no parent company, and no institutional backing. Geographic reach is constrained: Merchant Services are offered nationwide, Power Services are limited to deregulated US states, and IT Services are currently available only in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. The firm relies on direct outreach, referral networks, industry events, and a LinkedIn presence anchored to Tim McCarthy for lead generation.

Name

The Business Overhead Cost Control Experts Group

Legal name

The BOCCE Group

Website

https://theboccegroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The BOCCE Group is a Dallas-based, privately held consulting firm founded in 2012 that helps businesses reduce overhead costs across Merchant Services, Power, Telecom, and IT Services by acting as a reverse broker, representing clients in competitive bid negotiations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Business Cost Consulting

NAICS

Office Administrative Services (5611)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Contract Administration Support (PO/Contract Compliance) (BPAAAJAE)

Keywords

• Business cost consulting
• Merchant services negotiation
• Telecom rate optimization
• Energy procurement services
• IT services consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Dallas

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations

Revenue model

1. Cost Optimization Consulting: The company helps businesses reduce overhead costs in Merchant Services, Power, Telecom, and IT Services by negotiating better rates on behalf of clients. Revenue likely comes from fees or commissions based on savings generated for clients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The BOCCE Group is a business overhead cost control consultancy that acts as a reverse agent on behalf of clients, reviewing current rates and contracts and then soliciting competitive bids from service providers across four categories: Merchant Services, Power, Telecom, and IT Services. It evaluates compliance requirements (PCI DSS, EMV/Smart Card, HIPAA), negotiates better rates or runs reverse auctions, and optionally installs/reconfigures IT systems, phone systems, and websites in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. The goal is to save clients time and money by eliminating the need to deal with multiple vendor sales teams.

Product overview

The BOCCE Group is a business overhead cost control consultancy that offers a suite of four core services: Merchant Services, Power, Telecom, and IT Services. The company operates as a reverse-agent model, representing clients to shop for the best rates from service providers. Merchant Services handles payment processing reviews and compliance (PCI DSS, EMV); Power focuses on energy rate optimization; Telecom manages internet and data service procurement; and IT Services provides technical setup evaluation, compliance assurance, and optional installation services. These services are designed to save businesses time and money by eliminating the need to deal with multiple sales presentations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 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.

• United Dental AllianceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe BOCCE Group is proudly associated with United Dental Alliance, a dental industry alliance. This partnership allows BOCCE to provide cost optimization services to dental practices and related businesses within the United Dental Alliance network.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Emerging players

• Bill.com: Bill.com is a financial operations platform that helps SMBs automate AP/AR, vendor management, and bill payments — overlapping with the broader cost-control and vendor-administration value BOCCE provides.
• Stax (formerly Fattmerchant): Stax is a SaaS-based merchant services provider offering subscription pricing and analytics for SMBs — an emerging player whose transparent, tech-enabled model competes with BOCCE's manual merchant services rate-negotiation service.
• EnergySage for Business: EnergySage is an online marketplace that lets businesses compare deregulated electricity and solar quotes directly — an emerging self-serve alternative to BOCCE's broker-mediated Power Services.

Direct peers

• Cost Reduction Consulting: Cost Reduction Consulting audits and renegotiates vendor bills across telecom, utilities, merchant services, and waste for SMBs and mid-market companies using a similar independent-broker model. Direct comparable to BOCCE in service mix, target customer, and revenue model.
• Payment Depot: Payment Depot is an ISO/merchant services provider offering transparent interchange-plus pricing directly to SMBs — competing with BOCCE's Merchant Services negotiation service by cutting out the broker layer.
• U.S. Energy Services: U.S. Energy Services is an independent energy broker that aggregates bids from retail electricity and natural gas suppliers on behalf of business customers in deregulated markets — directly overlapping BOCCE's Power Services line.

Broad incumbents

• Calero-MDSL (TEM): Calero-MDSL is a leading telecom expense management (TEM) vendor serving enterprise and mid-market clients. It is a broad incumbent in BOCCE's Telecom Services category, operating at significantly larger scale and with proprietary software.
• Tangoe: Tangoe is a global technology expense management platform covering telecom, mobile, and cloud spend. Represents the technology-enabled incumbent that BOCCE's manual telecom cost-review service competes against.
• IGS Energy (commercial broker arm): IGS Energy is a large retail energy provider and broker serving commercial customers in deregulated markets — a broad incumbent that competes with BOCCE's Power Services line in several of the same states.

Others

• Vendor Centric / Cogsdale (now part of mTuitive) procurement consultancies: Independent procurement and vendor-management consultancies that help mid-market clients rationalize vendor portfolios. They overlap with BOCCE's procurement-brokerage model but typically operate at larger contract sizes.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-bocce-group
• Facebookfacebook.com/TheBocceGroup

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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