Clarkston Consulting

Clarkston Consulting

Clarkston Consulting is a privately held management consultancy based in Durham, North Carolina. The firm serves mid-market and enterprise clients in the life sciences, consumer products, and retail industries, with a stated 95% client satisfaction rate on its website. Its practice covers technology modernization, artificial intelligence, supply chain, sales and marketing, SAP, strategy and innovation, people and change, and quality and compliance. Clarkston's solutions are organized into sub-industry reports for clinical trials, medical devices, lab informatics, wholesale distribution, skincare, pet care, vitamins and supplements, food, beverage, eCommerce, apparel, and luxury retail. The firm describes its approach as using an Align-Embed-Reinforce change management framework, as seen in a case study promoting user adoption for an AI-enabled MLR review platform (per the firm's website). The firm's website does not disclose the number of professionals, founding year, or leadership names. It mentions U.S. office locations and a global business unit called Clarkston Global for international clients. Clarkston emphasizes its culture and diversity, hiring "stewards" rather than employees. A structural differentiator is Clarkston's claim of designing a culture that allows its stewards to assimilate with clients and drive success. The firm also explicitly lists sustainability as a service area and publishes industry trend reports for 2026, indicating forward-looking research capability. However, the lack of disclosed ownership, AUM, or wealth origin suggests this is a professional services firm rather than an investment vehicle.