St. Louis’s Premier Business Advisory Firm

Strategy.
Operations.
Growth.
Delivered.

Acapello Enterprise Group is a St. Louis-based business consulting and advisory firm helping mid-market companies across the Midwest sharpen their strategy, optimize their operations, and accelerate measurable growth. We embed alongside your leadership team and stay accountable to outcomes — not just recommendations.

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240+
Clients Served
$380M
Value Created
92%
Client Retention
Modern St. Louis office environment — Acapello Enterprise Group
$380M
Client Value Created · Since 2010
Why Acapello

Results You Can
Measure. Partners
Who Stay.

The difference between advice that transforms a business and advice that gathers dust is not the quality of the analysis — it is the quality of the partnership. Acapello consultants embed with your team, build real relationships with your leaders, and stay engaged until the work is done and the results are in the numbers.

01

Embedded Advisory

We do not hand off a deck and disappear. Acapello consultants work alongside your leadership team — inside your business, learning your culture, understanding your constraints, and helping you execute the strategies we develop together. The result is advice that actually sticks.

02

Outcome Accountability

Every engagement is scoped around a measurable outcome: a revenue target, a cost reduction goal, an efficiency milestone. We track those metrics throughout the engagement and hold ourselves accountable to them. If the outcome is not achieved, we stay until it is.

03

St. Louis Roots, National Reach

We were founded in St. Louis and have served 240+ businesses across Missouri, Illinois, and nationally. Our deep knowledge of the Midwest business landscape — its industries, its talent, its capital markets — gives our advice a local credibility that national firms cannot match.

Our Services

Five Services.
All Tied to Your Numbers.

Every Acapello service is structured around a specific, measurable business outcome. We do not sell generic consulting engagements — we solve specific business problems with specific, accountable results.

🎯

Business Strategy

Competitive strategy, market positioning, and strategic planning for mid-market businesses at inflection points. Whether you are entering a new market, defending against competitive pressure, or setting a three-year growth direction, we bring analytical rigor and operator judgment to the decisions that define your trajectory. Deliverable: a clear, actionable strategy your leadership team believes in and can execute.

Market analysis · Competitive positioning · Strategic planning · Growth strategy · M&A advisory
⚙️

Operational Improvement

Process optimization, cost reduction, and performance management for businesses where operational inefficiency is limiting growth or margin. We map your current-state operations, identify the highest-impact improvement opportunities, and implement changes that stick. Average client outcome: 18–28% improvement in targeted operational metrics within 12 months.

Process optimization · Cost reduction · Performance management · Supply chain · Lean operations
📈

Growth Advisory

Revenue growth strategy, sales force effectiveness, pricing optimization, and customer acquisition and retention programs for businesses ready to scale. We have helped 80+ St. Louis mid-market businesses build repeatable growth engines — increasing revenue by an average of 34% in the first 24 months of engagement.

Revenue strategy · Sales effectiveness · Pricing · Customer retention · Digital growth
💰

Financial Advisory

Financial planning and analysis, working capital optimization, capital structure advisory, and M&A transaction support for mid-market businesses. We help business owners and CFOs make better financial decisions — whether that means optimizing cash flow, evaluating an acquisition, or preparing for a capital raise or exit.

FP&A · Working capital · M&A support · Capital structure · Exit preparation
🏆

Executive Coaching

One-on-one coaching and leadership development for CEOs, founders, and senior executives navigating growth, transition, or personal leadership development. Our executive coaches are former operators with experience leading businesses through exactly the challenges your leaders are facing today.

CEO coaching · Leadership development · Team alignment · Succession planning · Board advisory
🔍

Business Diagnostics

Rapid 30–60 day diagnostic assessments that identify your business’s most significant strategic, operational, and financial improvement opportunities. Ideal for businesses that know something needs to change but need an independent outside perspective to identify what. Delivered as a clear prioritized roadmap with estimated ROI for each initiative.

Performance assessment · Opportunity mapping · ROI prioritization · Roadmap development
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240+
Clients Served
$380M
Value Created
92%
Client Retention
14yr
St. Louis Based
St. Louis Gateway Arch and city skyline
4741 Delmar Blvd · St. Louis, MO
Fourteen years helping St. Louis and Midwest businesses grow faster, operate better, and compete harder.
Our St. Louis Roots

Built Here.
Invested Here.
Accountable Here.

Acapello was founded in St. Louis in 2010 because we believed the Midwest’s mid-market businesses deserved the same quality of strategic and operational advisory that their larger competitors in coastal markets were getting — delivered by people who understood the specific dynamics of Midwest business culture, capital, and talent.

Fourteen years later, we have served 240+ businesses across St. Louis, the Midwest, and nationally. Our Delmar Blvd location in the heart of St. Louis keeps us close to the businesses, industries, and community we serve — and our consultants are accountable to this community in a way that a firm parachuting in from Chicago or New York simply cannot be.

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Client Results

What St. Louis
Businesses Achieve With Us.

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“Acapello helped us identify $2.4M in annual cost savings we had been leaving on the table for years. But the bigger impact was the operational discipline they instilled in our management team. We now run a fundamentally better business. Revenue is up 41% in two years. I attribute a significant portion of that to the work Acapello did with us.”

CEO
Regional Distribution Company · St. Louis, MO · 185 Employees · Client Since 2021
“

“We engaged Acapello to help us develop a three-year growth strategy after a period of flat revenue. The strategy they developed was clear, credible, and executable. Eighteen months into executing it, we are tracking 22% above our growth targets. The investment in the engagement has returned more than 15:1.”

President & Founder
Professional Services Firm · St. Louis Metro · Business Strategy Engagement · 2022
“

“What separates Acapello from every other consulting firm I have worked with is that they do not leave when the presentation is done. They stayed with us through 14 months of execution, helped us navigate the implementation challenges, and did not declare success until the metrics confirmed it. That accountability model changed everything.”

COO
Manufacturing Company · Missouri · Operational Improvement Program · $3.1M Margin Recovery
“

“Acapello’s financial advisory team helped us structure and close a $28M acquisition that we had been struggling to execute for eight months. They brought the financial modeling expertise, the M&A process knowledge, and the deal management discipline that our internal team simply did not have. The acquisition closed on time and on terms.”

CEO
Healthcare Services Company · St. Louis, MO · M&A Advisory · $28M Transaction
Industries We Serve

Deep Industry
Knowledge Across
Six Verticals.

Fourteen years of St. Louis advisory work has given Acapello deep operational knowledge across the industries that drive the Midwest economy. We bring industry-specific insight — not generic frameworks — to every engagement.

Distribution & Logistics
65+ clients · Supply chain, ops improvement
Healthcare Services
45+ clients · Revenue cycle, operations
Manufacturing
55+ clients · Lean, cost reduction
Professional Services
40+ clients · Growth, capacity, pricing
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Professional business meeting — Acapello Enterprise consulting session
Industry Expertise
Six industry verticals. 240+ clients. Fourteen years of deep Midwest business knowledge.

Ready to Grow
Your Business
Faster?

Start with a free consultation. We will assess your current situation, identify your biggest growth and improvement opportunities, and tell you exactly how Acapello can help — no obligation.

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