Accenture Acquires The Shelby Group

Accenture Acquires The Highlands Consulting Group

August 18, 2025

Consulting

Accenture has acquired The Highlands Consulting Group, a Sacramento-based management consulting firm with expertise in healthcare, transportation, social services and organizational change management. The acquisition strengthens Accenture’s capabilities serving California state agencies and expands its public sector consulting footprint in the state; financial terms were not disclosed.

Accenture to Acquire Maryville Consulting Group

July 23, 2025

IT Services

Accenture has agreed to acquire Maryville Consulting Group, a US-based technology consultancy headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. The deal will add Maryville’s ~100+ professionals and strengthen Accenture’s technology strategy and digital operations capabilities, including product-driven growth strategy and technology business management (TBM).

Accenture to Acquire Insight Sourcing

February 13, 2024

Professional Services

Accenture has agreed to acquire Insight Sourcing, a provider of strategic sourcing and procurement services. The deal will expand Accenture’s sourcing and procurement advisory and execution capabilities for private equity clients and consumer goods, retail, technology, and industrial organizations, including adding approximately 220 sourcing consultants and a suite of technology procurement tools.

Accenture Acquires SKS Group

February 16, 2023

Consulting

Accenture has completed its acquisition of SKS Group, a Germany-based consulting firm that helps banks across Germany, Austria and Switzerland modernize technology and meet regulatory requirements using SAP S/4HANA. Approximately 500 SKS Group professionals join Accenture Technology; financial terms were not disclosed.

Accenture Agrees to Acquire Blue Horseshoe

August 7, 2021

IT Services

Accenture agreed to buy Blue Horseshoe, a supply chain management and strategy consulting firm and systems integrator specializing in fulfillment and distribution solutions. The deal terms were not disclosed, and the acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions. Blue Horseshoe’s 349-person team will join Accenture’s Supply Chain & Operations group, expanding its capabilities in supply chain strategy and execution.

WestView Capital Partners Makes Growth Investment in The Shelby Group

January 7, 2020

Consulting

Boston-based private equity firm WestView Capital Partners has completed a growth investment in The Shelby Group, a Schaumburg, Illinois–based e-procurement transformation and optimization consultancy. The Shelby Group's leadership (CEO John Dreyer and EVP Jim Kandilas) will remain in place and retain significant ownership as the company uses the capital to scale service delivery capabilities and advance its proprietary digital procurement solutions.