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Top 25 Grassroots consulting firms based in New Zealand
RevenueBase identified 72 grassroots consulting firms headquartered in New Zealand as of September 2026 and tracks 310 professional contacts across them, including 131 with verified work emails. Auckland is the largest hub.
This list covers grassroots consulting firms headquartered in New Zealand, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 28, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest grassroots consulting firms based in New Zealand
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 62 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “For over 20 years, Allen + Clarke has been empowering clients and communities to overcome the challenges facing society.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 60 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We build capability and create connection with organisations' people, markets, communities, customers, and stakeholders.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We’re weaving a sustainable future together, one thread at a time.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We are the Canterbury Branch for the 180 Degrees Consulting organisation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “In a world that is built upon strong foundations of community, relationships, trust, expertise, ambition, and kindness, Sentinel Planning is a rare find.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 2014, GMD Consultants is tailored specifically to meet the needs of the current business environment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At ATCL Search, we are committed to social good.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We're a bunch of creative thinkers, teaming up with community, local and central government, and non-profits to make positive changes across Aotearoa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We change how people work.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We're a team of experienced communication and engagement specialists who support local government, central government and infrastructure organisations to engage their communities…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Enhancing social impact through innovitive solutions, meaningful outcomes & Manaaki Tāngata.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Rākau Tautoko is an Auckland-based social enterprise undertaking community-related projects, community research and development advice, facilitation and leadership.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Two Tides specialise in guiding medium-sized businesses to reach their full growth potential.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “RDC Group Ltd was formed in October 2016 to deliver outstanding consulting services to the public sector in New Zealand and overseas.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We’re here to support you!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Small business consultancy who are professionals within their specialised disciplines working within industries in the public and private sector.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Third Way Forward provides expert advice and quality solutions to help decision makers and delivery agencies have greater impact for people and the planet.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “IresonCo works across many sectors including local government, arts, culture and heritage, tourism, health, education, and community organisations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We get excited about delivering innovative strategic solutions that strengthen the community.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Beginner’s Mind: a catalyst for social innovation – we build strategic direction and leadership; co-design programmes; harness collaboration and capability by “shifting focus” to…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The purpose of Lesslemons is for business owners and their people to gain maximum contribution, satisfaction and reward from the work they do.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Green Consulting Ltd is based in Wellington, New Zealand.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “InsightUnlocked is a boutique consultancy that works with cultural organisations on strategy and organisational development with a focus on audiences.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Working with councils, boards and executives, I help your plans a reality- for a stronger Aotearoa New Zealand.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Fave works with government agencies, not-for-profits and purpose-driven organisations to create insight-led engagement and lasting community change.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: grassroots consulting firms. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names grassroots consulting firms.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of grassroots consulting firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name grassroots consulting firms. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Grassroots consulting firms based in New Zealand at a glance
As of Sep 28, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for New Zealand, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for New Zealand, over 72 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among grassroots consulting firms, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in New Zealand whose own description of what they do matches “grassroots consulting firms”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names grassroots consulting firms), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among grassroots consulting firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside New Zealand are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 131 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 28, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names grassroots consulting firms, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many grassroots consulting firms are there based in New Zealand?
RevenueBase identified 72 grassroots consulting firms headquartered in New Zealand as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Allen Clarke, headquartered in Wellington, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most grassroots consulting firms?
Auckland leads with 22 headquartered companies, followed by Wellington (15) and Christchurch (6).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 131 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 72 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 28, 2026.
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About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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