What Data Group does

Data Group Inc. is a privately held IT staffing and technology solutions firm headquartered in Iselin, New Jersey, founded in 1999. The company delivers a portfolio of six service lines — IT Staffing & Staff Augmentation, IT Consulting & Advisory, Application Development & Support, Cloud & Infrastructure Support, Data/Analytics & Reporting, and Outsourcing & Offshore Collaboration — through flexible engagement models that include staff augmentation, project-based consulting, dedicated teams, onshore-offshore hybrid delivery, managed support, and statement-of-work arrangements. It is not a product company: it operates as a pure services firm with no proprietary technology platform, app, or API, and generates revenue through staffing markups, project/SOW fees, and managed-service contracts.

Data Group targets enterprise and mid-market buyers across at least eight verticals, with documented depth in financial services, healthcare, and insurance. Cumulative operating metrics cited by the company include 500+ placements, 150+ active enterprise clients, and a 98% client retention rate over 25+ years. The firm holds MWBE and SBE certifications (since 2016), which provide procurement advantages with diversity-mandated buyers. Customer testimonials indicate engagements spanning contract staffing, EHR migration consulting, and offshore-driven infrastructure cost reduction (cited at 35%).

The go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales, supported by a website-driven inquiry funnel, a client portal for account management, and a careers page that doubles as a talent-acquisition channel. Pricing is custom-quoted per engagement; publicly listed hourly rates for part-time remote roles ($38–$95/hour across WordPress, product management, cloud architecture, IoT, and embedded engineering) suggest a distributed, flexible bench. The company has no disclosed institutional investors, no M&A history, no parent company, and no subsidiaries — it has operated self-sufficiently since founding.

Name

Data Group

Legal name

Data Group Inc.

Website

https://datagroupinc.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Data Group Inc. is a privately held, MWBE/SBE-certified IT staffing and technology solutions firm founded in 1999 in Iselin, NJ, delivering contract staffing, consulting, and offshore hybrid delivery to enterprise and mid-market clients across financial services, healthcare, insurance, manufacturing, and other regulated verticals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Iselin, New Jersey

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. IT Staffing & Staff Augmentation: Provides pre-vetted technology professionals for contract, contract-to-hire, and direct-hire engagements. Revenue is generated through staffing fees, mark-up on consultant rates, and placement fees for direct hires.
2. IT Consulting & Advisory: Strategic technology consulting engagements including technology strategy, project-based delivery, and statement-of-work (SOW) engagements. Revenue earned on a project or time-and-materials basis.
3. Application Development & Support: Custom application development, maintenance, QA, and enhancement services billed through project or SOW engagements.
4. Cloud & Infrastructure Support: Cloud operations and infrastructure management delivered as managed services or project-based consulting.
5. Data, Analytics & Reporting: Data engineering, pipeline support, reporting, dashboard, and database management services billed on a project or managed services basis.
6. Outsourcing & Offshore Collaboration: Cost-effective offshore and hybrid delivery models including dedicated offshore teams, onshore-offshore hybrid, and managed support engagements. Revenue generated through managed service fees and hybrid staffing arrangements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Data Group Inc. is an IT staffing and technology solutions provider that places pre-vetted IT professionals and delivers consulting across application development, cloud/infrastructure, data/analytics, and offshore outsourcing. The firm engages with enterprise and mid-market clients through staff augmentation, project-based consulting, dedicated teams, onshore-offshore hybrid delivery, managed support, and statement-of-work engagements.

Product overview

Data Group Inc. is an IT staffing and technology solutions firm offering a unified portfolio of six core service areas: IT Staffing & Staff Augmentation, IT Consulting & Advisory, Application Development & Support, Cloud & Infrastructure Support, Data Analytics & Reporting, and Outsourcing & Offshore Collaboration. These services are delivered through flexible engagement models including staff augmentation, project-based consulting, dedicated teams, onshore-offshore hybrid, managed support, and statement-of-work arrangements. The company serves enterprise clients across financial services, healthcare, insurance, retail, manufacturing, logistics, telecommunications, and professional services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 500+ successful placements across contract, contract-to-hire, and direct hire engagements
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• RGP (Resources Global Professionals): Resources Global Professionals (RGP) is a publicly traded consulting and project-based professional services firm delivering interim experts and managed solutions across finance, IT, and operations. Its project-based, SOW-driven model closely mirrors Data Group's consulting and dedicated team offerings.
• V-Soft Consulting: V-Soft Consulting is a mid-sized IT staffing and solutions firm headquartered in Louisville, KY that provides staffing, application development, cloud, data, and digital services to enterprise clients. Its scale and service-line breadth are the closest match to Data Group among US-domestic peers.
• Apex Systems: Apex Systems (also part of Allegis Group) is a major IT staffing and consulting firm delivering contract staffing, project services, and managed solutions to Fortune-level enterprises. Its vertical segmentation (financial services, healthcare, federal, etc.) and engagement model structure closely parallel Data Group's six-service delivery approach.
• TEKsystems: TEKsystems is a large-scale IT staffing and services firm within Allegis Group, offering contract staffing, managed services, and consulting across all major verticals Data Group serves (financial services, healthcare, insurance, manufacturing). It is the closest analog at vastly greater scale, competing head-to-head on enterprise IT staffing accounts.
• Kforce Inc. Kforce is a publicly traded professional staffing firm specializing in technology and finance/accounting, with a Flex (contract) and Direct Hire model. Its technology segment covers similar roles, verticals, and engagement types to Data Group's IT staffing and consulting practice.
• Insight Global: Insight Global is one of the largest privately held IT and engineering staffing firms in North America, serving enterprise and mid-market clients with contract, contract-to-hire, and direct-hire placements plus consulting. Its service mix, vertical coverage, and target buyer (enterprise IT leaders) directly mirror Data Group's model.
• Collabera: Collabera is a privately held global IT staffing and solutions provider with deep experience serving financial services, healthcare, and insurance verticals. Like Data Group, it began as a US-focused staffing boutique and scaled into application development, cloud, and data services with hybrid onshore-offshore delivery.

Broad incumbents

• Robert Half International: Robert Half is a global staffing and consulting incumbent operating across IT, finance, accounting, legal, and administrative placements. Its technology segment directly overlaps Data Group's IT staffing core, while its broader portfolio (finance/accounting staffing) places it as a larger incumbent in the same overall staffing category.
• Wipro Limited: Wipro is a global IT services incumbent offering application development, cloud, data analytics, and consulting alongside staff augmentation. While vastly larger and globally delivered, its enterprise IT services and US-mid-market engagements overlap with Data Group's consulting and offshore hybrid offerings.
• Randstad Technologies: Randstad is one of the world's largest staffing firms, with a dedicated Randstad Technologies vertical covering IT staffing, managed services, and consulting globally. It competes with Data Group for the same enterprise IT staffing business but with a much larger geographic and service footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/data-group

Compliance2 records

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Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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