Compare client key figures with industry benchmarks

Management consultants compare key figures with industry data

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Fits: Leaders & strategy · Sales · Marketing & communications · Finance & accounting · Purchasing

In a short time, you show your client where their company stands out in an industry comparison, with properly sourced benchmark values. The conversation is about causes rather than whether the figures are right.

Is this for you?

  • You work with your clients’ annual financial statements, management accounts (BWA) or key figures.
  • You have access to industry key figures, e.g. from trade association statistics, business comparisons or official statistics.
First step today

Take the key figures of an invented or disguised client, add industry values from a source you know, with source and year, and use the template below to create the comparison. Check two ratios by hand.

How to go about it

  1. Clarify the comparison question with the client
  2. Make client figures and industry values comparable
  3. Have the comparison calculated and the deviations ranked
  4. Cross-check key figures and definitions
  5. Prepare the comparison for the client meeting
  6. Set up the comparison as a standard working template

Templates to copy

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