PM & Partner Marketing Consulting GmbH (PM&P) is an independent consulting and market research firm with offices in Frankfurt and Chicago. The company has operated internationally since 1974. PM&P provides strategic and operational marketing and business development support to public economic development and investment promotion organizations as well as to private companies.


Public Sector Organizations

PM&P is one of the world’s most experienced economic development consultancies, providing support to local, regional, state and country level economic development organizations (EDOs). This also includes marketing support for investment promotion agencies as well as trade agencies. We have more than 50-years track record in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) and accelerating growth for agencies worldwide.

  • Within the scope of location development, we help EDOs with location studies, analyses, and strategies. We also help to develop retention and aftercare programs and strategize approaches to cluster development.
  • PM&P is also specialized in restructuring services for EDOs. Our unique consulting approach helps organizations to evolve their structure with audits, capacity building, reorganization, and training.
  • We are experts in FDI consulting. We help investment promotion agencies develop and execute their FDI strategies through efforts with lead generation, PR and online marketing.
  • We also consider trade and export promotion as core strengths. We help trade promotion agencies organize foreign trade and sales missions, provide market studies and market information, and assist with matchmaking and business development opportunities.

Corporate Work

PM&P assists corporations with market research, market entry consultation, and business development.

  • PM&P is a full-service specialist for B2B market research and offers complete project management from one single source, nationally as well as internationally.
  • As the leading IVD specialist in Europe, we support diagnostics manufacturers of all disciplines in carrying out quantitative and qualitative market research projects.
  • Our tailored market analysis and market entry strategies optimize foreign activities for large corporations and SMEs.
  • With our vast experience in supporting M&A projects, PM&P assists buyers and sellers with identifying M&A targets. Furthermore, we assist companies in identifying investors for a site to be closed (Revitalization).
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  • David Fisken
    West Midlands Growth Company through our Business Birmingham inward investment programme has worked with PM & Partner for lead generation services since 2011. Through this time, we have valued PM & Partner’s approach to supporting Business Birmingham, whereby PM&P have demonstrated their comprehensive knowledge of market drivers and opportunities for investment promotion, aligned to a thorough understanding of our region’s investment offer, giving a consistent, customised and highly intelligence-led focus to lead generation.
    David Fisken
    Head of Business Attraction West Midlands Growth Company
  • Darrell Voelker
    We have contracted with PM&P for several years now to set appointments at trade shows in Europe. PM&P always works hard to arrange more appointments than we expected, and they are generous with their time in offering on-the-ground support.
    Darrell Voelker
    President, South Central Indiana Economic Development Region
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We look forward to assisting you in your project.