Investment case

Columbus is a proven digital transformation partner with a unique, market-leading position among global IT consultancies. With over 35 years’ experience and more than 1,500 experts across 10+ countries, we deliver lasting value to medium and large enterprises through a robust portfolio of core services, deep industry expertise, and strategic alliances with leading technology providers.

Market with strong structural growth

The IT consulting market is expanding rapidly, driven by cloud adoption, AI, automation, and cybersecurity. Our core markets; the Nordics, UK, and US, are forecasted to grow at a 9% CAGR in IT spending through 2028.

Leading position in target markets

Columbus stands out in a fragmented landscape, combining a broad, complementary service portfolio with international reach—an edge matched by few competitors in our key markets

Columbus has diversified revenue streams from consulting, product, and recurring managed services, ensuring strong revenue visibility and resilience, with long-term customer partnerships driving repeat business and upselling. A diverse service portfolio and customer base with a global footprint help ensure stable revenue, even in volatile market conditions.

Efficient operating platform

Recent years’ investment into a modern operating platform delivers a versatile and scalable backbone for efficient operations. Our matrix organisation leverages global delivery capacity and access to top talent, while maintaining local market proximity and fostering cross-selling. This model set us up for further margin expansion.

Buy-and-Build Platform

Columbus has a proven buy-and-build platform, with an extensive M&A track record, robust pipeline, and strong integration capabilities. Our unified operating platform enables seamless integration with acquired businesses. Significant upside exists from further M&A and service portfolio expansion.

Columbus serves over 1,100 medium and large enterprises across four strategic industries: manufacturing, food & beverage, retail & distribution, and life science, working globally with bases in Scandinavia, the UK, and the US.

Focused customer portfolio

Our consistent focus on industries with high digitalisation needs, global footprint, operational complexity, and regulatory requirements supports premium pricing and long-term engagements.

High customer retention

We maintain an annual customer retention rate of approximately 85%, reflecting our deep industry expertise and customer-centric approach. This allows us to expand with customers and increase share-of-wallet.

Columbus is a trusted partner to the world’s leading technology platforms. By offering an integrated range of services, we deliver end-to-end solutions for complex customer needs.

Stronghold with leading platforms

We are a Microsoft Solutions Partner with all six designations and a repeat Inner Circle participant, as well as Infor’s largest global partner. These relationships form the backbone of our services, enabling us to deliver proven ERP and business applications tailored to customer needs.

Point solutions enable end-to-end transformation

We work with specialised partners in e-commerce, AI & data management, security, document management, and customer loyalty, enabling us to deliver end-to-end digital transformation and early access to innovation.

AI is set to drive the next decade of IT consulting demand, following the cloud migration wave. Columbus is uniquely positioned to capture this opportunity.

Deep insight into tech backbone

Having spent the past decade transforming our customers’ digital backbones in the cloud, we have deep insight into their operations, risks, and potential for AI-driven value creation.

From experimentation to integration

Our close partnerships with AI technology leaders and expertise in enterprise-grade AI allow us to help customers move from experimentation to tangible business outcomes through an integrated approach.

Significant value upside We invest to help customers mature from personal AI productivity gains, through functional process automation, to autonomous “agentic” capabilities—unlocking new value. This generates value upside for both customers and shareholders.