The Excellence Circle eG

Name

The Excellence Circle eG

Legal name

The Excellence Circle eG

Website

https://excellence-circle.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

The Excellence Circle eG is a Munich-headquartered German cooperative (eingetragene Genossenschaft) uniting seven owner-managed consulting firms to deliver management advisory across customer centricity, analytics/AI/data, and organizational development, with 600 permanent consultants serving mid-market, enterprise, and public sector clients across 8 countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Munich

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices18 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Management Consulting Services: The Excellence Circle eG operates as a network of seven owner-managed consulting firms providing professional consulting services. Revenue is generated through client engagements across strategy consulting, implementation, and operational support. Projects are delivered by the 600 permanently employed consultants across the member firms. The network offers holistic solutions in brand & customer centricity, analytics/AI/data/digitalization, and organizational development, covering all project phases from strategy through to implementation and ongoing operations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

The Excellence Circle eG is a Munich-based cooperative network of seven owner-managed consulting firms that provides holistic management consulting services across three practice areas: Brand & Customer Centricity, Analytics/AI/Data & Digitalization, and Steering & Organizational Development. Engagements span the full project lifecycle from analysis and strategy through implementation to operational support, delivered by 600 permanently employed consultants. Clients benefit from a single contracting party, single point of contact, and single invoice covering multi-specialty consulting needs.

Product overview

The Excellence Circle eG is a German consulting cooperative network comprising seven independent, owner-managed consulting firms united to provide holistic consulting services. The network offers three core consulting focus areas: (1) Brand & Customer Centricity, (2) Analytics, AI, Data & Digitalization, and (3) Steering & Organizational Development. The seven member firms—prosma (organizational development), CPC (change management), Envolved (customer experience), Iskander Business Partner (customer centricity & digital), HRpepper (HR transformation), L&B Solutions (IT consulting), and b.telligent (analytics & data management)—collectively provide access to 600 permanent experts. Each member firm operates as a distinct brand with specialized competencies, and clients benefit from a single point of contact while accessing the combined expertise across the network. The network serves industries including Automotive, Finance & Insurance, Energy, Consumer Goods, E-Commerce, Technology, Public Sector, and Transport & Logistics.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Brand & Customer Centricity Consulting

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• prosmacoreStrategic or Co-development Partnerprosma is a member firm of The Excellence Circle eG, specializing in strategic and methodological organizational development. Founded in 2014, the owner-managed company has 25 consultants focused on organizational change including leadership development, organizational restructuring, Future of Work/New Work, and associated change processes. Prosma also provides operational project execution support in product development projects and transformation/reorganization programs. Locations: Aschaffenburg (headquarters), Berlin, Munich. 2 owners.
• CPCcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCPC is a member firm of The Excellence Circle eG, specializing in change management and transformation consulting. The company believes that change management succeeds when employees see the opportunity in transformation and are actively involved. CPC works with clients to design transformation so that leaders and employees at all levels experience and co-create the change. The company has 92 employees and 35 shareholders. Locations: Frankfurt am Main, Istanbul, Beijing, Shanghai.
• EnvolvedcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnvolved is a member firm of The Excellence Circle eG, providing independent, cross-industry customer-oriented management consulting. Core competencies include Customer Experience, CRM & Loyalty, Sales & Marketing Automation, Data Integrated Business, Omni-Channel Marketing, and Innovation & Change — from strategy development to implementation. Founded in 1999, Envolved's founders were pioneers in customer centricity long before it became a mainstream consulting concept. The company has 30 employees. Locations: Munich, London, Krakow (Poland).
• Iskander Business PartnercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIskander Business Partner is a member firm of The Excellence Circle eG, an owner-managed management consulting firm with focus areas in Customer Centricity, Data Based Marketing & Sales, Digital Excellence, and Smart Products & Innovations. Recognized as a Hidden Champion for Innovation and Growth 2018–2023, it has become a leading consulting firm in Telecommunications, Media, and Automotive. Develops result- and implementation-oriented concepts with full project responsibility from start to completion. Has 60 employees and 1 owner. Locations: Munich, Düsseldorf, Zürich.
• HRpeppercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHRpepper is a member firm of The Excellence Circle eG, a transformation consultancy based in Berlin with the goal of making tomorrow's work environments more humane and sustainable. HRpepper transforms organizations effectively using long-term experience, scientific findings, and people-centered methods. Named best consulting firm in the Human Resources category by brand eins in 2024, and a top consulting firm in Change Management/Transformation and Organization. Serves DAX and MDAX companies, large mid-sized companies, and public organizations. All 60 employees are owners. Locations: Berlin, Frankfurt.
• L&B Solutions GmbHcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerL&B Solutions GmbH is a member firm of The Excellence Circle eG, specializing in resolving crisis situations in IT projects and organizations for IT customers, or preventing them from occurring in the first place. With high leadership competence and long-term experience, L&B helps customers successfully implement projects and optimize process value creation. Deep understanding of the telecommunications and IT business, combined with long-developed and tested analysis methods, helps quickly identify core problem causes. Has 16 employees. Location: Starnberg.
• b.telligentcoreStrategic or Co-development Partnerb.telligent is a member firm of The Excellence Circle eG, a technology-independent consulting firm specializing in analytics and data management. With over 300 employees at ten locations, b.telligent supports companies across all project phases from strategy through analysis, conception, and implementation to operation and further development. Focus on optimizing digital and data-driven processes as well as customer and supplier relationships. Named among Germany's best consultants in the Data Analytics & Big Data category by brand eins Wissen for 7 consecutive years. Has 300+ employees and 3 owners. Locations: Munich, Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt a. Main, Hamburg, Hannover, Zürich, Basel, Vienna, Cluj (Romania).

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Bain & Company: Global management consulting firm with strong presence in automotive, financial services, and consumer goods—the same verticals The Excellence Circle serves. Bain represents the type of "large, anonymous consulting house" The Excellence Circle explicitly positions against in its marketing.
• McKinsey & Company: Global management consulting leader and the primary incumbent The Excellence Circle explicitly positions against. While much larger and broader in scope, McKinsey competes for the same large enterprise strategy and transformation mandates in automotive, finance, and technology verticals.
• The Boston Consulting Group: Global management consulting leader serving large enterprises across strategy, operations, and digital transformation. A primary incumbent competitor where The Excellence Circle's automotive, financial services, and technology verticals overlap with BCG practice areas.

Direct peers

• Porsche Consulting: Bietigheim-Bissingen-headquartered German management consulting subsidiary of Porsche AG specializing in automotive, industrial, and digital transformation. Comparable mid-to-large enterprise client focus and overlapping automotive vertical—the strongest industry exposure for The Excellence Circle.
• Roland Berger: Munich-headquartered global management consulting firm with German mid-market and large enterprise focus across automotive, financial services, and industrial sectors. Roland Berger is the leading "European alternative" to McKinsey/BCG/Bain—precisely the positioning The Excellence Circle adopts—making it a direct structural peer in capability mix and target buyer.
• Camelot Management Consultants: Mannheim-headquartered German management consulting firm specializing in supply chain, ERP, and digital transformation. Comparable in size (~1,000+ employees), German mid-market orientation, and capability mix spanning strategy and implementation—directly overlapping with The Excellence Circle's analytics/data practice.
• Q_Perior: Munich-headquartered management and IT consulting firm focused on digital transformation and IT strategy. Similar DACH geography and capability mix with direct overlap to b.telligent's analytics/data management practice within The Excellence Circle network.
• hkp group: Frankfurt-headquartered HR transformation and compensation consulting firm. Directly comparable to The Excellence Circle's HRpepper member firm in HR consulting capability and overlapping DAX/MDAX client base served.
• Senacor: German IT and analytics consulting firm with ~1,000+ employees focused on data platforms, banking technology, and digital transformation. Strong overlap with b.telligent's analytics/data management specialization—the largest member firm of The Excellence Circle.
• Horvath: Stuttgart-headquartered international management consulting firm specializing in finance, performance management, and digital transformation. Similar partner-led ownership structure, German mid-market focus, and mid-size scale make Horvath a close organizational peer with substantial capability overlap.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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