Yes. We work with owner-led, mid-market and private-equity-backed companies across the Los Angeles–Long Beach–Anaheim metro area, including Long Beach, Irvine, Pasadena and Burbank.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
Strategy and operations consulting in Los Angeles.
Greater Los Angeles combines film, television and music production with the San Pedro Bay ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the country's busiest container gateway, plus aerospace, apparel, food manufacturing and Orange County's medical-device makers.
THE LOCAL ECONOMY
What drives business in Los Angeles.
Entertainment, ports and logistics, aerospace and defense, and healthcare form the base, with a large network of small manufacturers in apparel, food and metal fabrication across the basin. Orange County adds medical devices, software and consumer products. Studio production has shifted toward other states and countries, the ports face competition from East and Gulf Coast gateways, and the January 2025 wildfires raised insurance and rebuilding costs across the region.
Notable employers
- The Walt Disney Company
- Kaiser Permanente
- Cedars-Sinai
- Northrop Grumman
- Edwards Lifesciences
Institutions
- University of California, Los Angeles
- University of Southern California
- Port of Los Angeles
- Port of Long Beach
WHAT COMPANIES HERE FACE
The decisions in front of Los Angeles management teams.
Owner-led companies here face California labor rules, high local minimum wages and steep industrial rents, which push manufacturers and distributors to automate or move work to the Inland Empire, Nevada or Arizona. Importers live with port congestion swings and tariff changes. Production-services and media suppliers are adjusting to fewer local shoots and tighter studio budgets.
WHERE TO START
Where Los Angeles engagements usually begin.
8–12 weeks
Capacity & footprint planning
Rising rents and labor costs make plant and warehouse location, whether in the LA basin, the Inland Empire or out of state, a recurring decision.
See the service 8–14 weeksSupply chain, inventory & S&OP
Importers that rely on the San Pedro Bay ports need inventory buffers and routing options that hold up through congestion and tariff changes.
See the service 6–8 weeksPortfolio & product-line review
Production-services and media suppliers facing fewer local shoots need to decide which service lines to keep investing in.
See the serviceINDUSTRIES
Industries that anchor Los Angeles.
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Working with Aryo in Los Angeles.
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