Is 2026 The Most Challenging Year To Be Running Your Consulting Firm?

For owners of 5–20 person consulting firms

RESEARCH REPORT 2026

The Current Challenges Facing Small & Medium Sized Consulting Firms

...and what leading firms are doing to overcome them.

Is This Report For You?

This report was written for consulting firm owners who recognize themselves in a few of these:

  • ✓You run a professional services or consulting firm with roughly 5–20 employees.

  • ✓Revenue has plateaued and you're working longer hours without seeing proportional growth.

  • ✓Most new business still comes from referrals — not a predictable marketing system.

  • ✓You're the top rainmaker in the firm, and growth still runs through you.

  • ✓You've tried to "fix" the current challenges facing your business, but haven't made any real headway.

What's Inside The Report

The 3 Most Difficult Challenges Impacting Consulting Firms Today

The Strategies Leading Firms Are Using To Overcome The Challenges

Free Self Assessment Scorecard To Measure How You Stand Up And What To Fix First

About The Author

Greg Roworth, MBA, B. Bus

Founder, Business Flightpath

Greg helps owners of small to medium sized professional service firms become the authority in their markets so they can attract premium clients consistently and predictably — and build a business they could sell.

He has started, grown and sold five businesses of his own, spent time inside a Big 4 accounting firm developing growth strategy, and has worked as a CPA and Chartered Accountant and mentor to the accounting and professional services sector for over 15 years.

Greg has supported and consulted business owners for more than 25 years, with clients across Australia, New Zealand, the USA and the UK. He is the author of Run Your Business on Autopilot and Cracking the Code.

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