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Top 25 Sports franchise acquisition consulting firms based in the United Kingdom
RevenueBase identified 120 sports franchise acquisition consulting firms headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 543 professional contacts across them, including 243 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.
This list covers sports franchise acquisition consulting firms headquartered in the United Kingdom, 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 21, 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 sports franchise acquisition consulting firms based in the United Kingdom
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
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| 1 | 63 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We believe that successful sport is founded on the pillars of quality performance, compelling competition, and the passion of fans.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 52 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Futures is a leading global sports and entertainment strategy consultancy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 49 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “SportBusiness works with sports organisations around the world to provide the intelligence they need to unlock value and grow their businesses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 19 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Tifosy is a fully integrated global sports advisory and capital solutions firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 18 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded by Joe Colgan and Christian Bauer, colganbauer is a strategy consultancy utilising the sharpest analytical techniques to solve complex problems in the business of sport…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 16 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Chiron Sports Group is a fully integrated sports investment & advisory group.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “International Sports Consulting provides management, marketing, and consulting services within the sports industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “A sports consultancy founded by Sir Elton John.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Sports Advisory” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “23 Capital is a dedicated sports finance and asset management platform, focused exclusively on the global sports sector.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Performance54 is a global leader in sports advisory and strategy, working with major investors, global governing bodies, rights holders, non-governmental organisations and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “A&W Capital was established in 2016 to identify, service and execute cross border transactions in the sport, leisure, media and entertainment sectors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded by Andrew Umbers and Doug Harmer, Oakwell Sports Advisory sits at the convergence between sport, media & technology, underpinned by first-class investor and rights-holder…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Oakvale Capital is a leading M&A and Strategic Advisory Boutique focusing on Gaming, Gambling and Sports” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “REFRESH IS A BOUTIQUE SPORTS CONSULTANCY AND PRODUCTION COMPANY.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Advantage is a boutique sports & entertainment agency that serves brands, rights holders and properties globally.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Franchise Resales provide a total 'end to end' process that includes exit planning, preparing the business for sale, due diligence, independent valuation, sourcing and gaining…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Our unique blend of strategic, financial, operational and digital expertise helps owners protect and enhance value before and during a change in ownership, funding structure or…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Regulus Partners is a global strategic advisory business focussed on the sports and leisure sectors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “ORIGIN is uniquely positioned at the crossroads of finance and the realms of sports, media, and entertainment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We're an advisory company that does things differently.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Sillsport Group provides high level professional services to the sports industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “SBC ADVISORY PARTNERS is the consulting and intermediary service for sports, fintech, betting & gaming organisations that is best connected to market insight and information…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “GSV (Global Sporting Ventures) Sports Management is a UK based sports consultancy with a global reach, specialising in several areas by bringing the world of business and sport…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 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: sports franchise acquisition 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 sports franchise acquisition consulting firms.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of sports franchise acquisition consulting firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name sports franchise acquisition 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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Sports franchise acquisition consulting firms based in the United Kingdom at a glance
As of Sep 21, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Kingdom, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Kingdom, over 120 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 sports franchise acquisition 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 the United Kingdom whose own description of what they do matches “sports franchise acquisition 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 sports franchise acquisition 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 sports franchise acquisition consulting firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Kingdom 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, 243 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 21, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
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Sports franchise acquisition consulting firms by metro
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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 sports franchise acquisition 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 sports franchise acquisition consulting firms are there based in the United Kingdom?
RevenueBase identified 120 sports franchise acquisition consulting firms headquartered in the United Kingdom 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?
Twenty First Group, headquartered in London, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most sports franchise acquisition consulting firms?
London leads with 72 headquartered companies, followed by Manchester (4) and Ashtead (1).
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 243 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 120 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 21, 2026.
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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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