Rated 4.9★ on Google
South Africa's Leading Business Plan Consultants.
Investor-Ready Business Plans, Financial Models & Feasibility Studies.
For South African and international clients.
Since 2006 • 3,000+ Projects • 125+ Industries • 25+ Countries
What Does JTB Consulting Do?
JTB Consulting is a specialist business plan consultancy, financial modelling and strategic advisory firm founded in South Africa in 2006 by Dr Thommie Burger (PhD, MBA, FMVA, FPWM).
We help startups, SMEs, established businesses, corporate project sponsors, and investors prepare bankable, investor-ready business plans, Excel financial models, feasibility studies, market research, company valuations, and investor documentation for funding, investment, acquisition, and strategic decisions.
Our work is used in applications and decision processes involving commercial banks, development finance institutions, private investors, venture capital firms, boards and transaction counterparties in South Africa and international markets.
Every engagement is bespoke, developed around the client’s industry, operating model, funding objective and risk profile, and personally overseen by Dr Burger.
Why Clients Choose JTB Consulting
- Established in 2006 with more than 20 years of specialist business planning and advisory experience.
- 3,000+ projects completed across 125+ industries and 25+ countries.
- 4.9★ Google rating from more than 100 verified client reviews.
- 98% client recommendation rate based on completed engagements and client feedback.
- JTB Consulting reports an approximately 80% funding approval rate across reviewed client outcomes.
- Every engagement is bespoke and personally overseen by Dr Thommie Burger.
- Dr Burger holds the FMVA® and FPWM® certifications issued by the Corporate Finance Institute.
- No generic business plan templates are used. Business plans, market research and financial models are developed as one internally consistent investment case.
Business Planning, Financial Modelling and Advisory Services
JTB Consulting provides integrated business planning, financial modelling and strategic advisory services for businesses seeking funding, evaluating investments, entering new markets, acquiring companies or making major capital decisions.
Each service can be delivered independently or combined into a single engagement, in which the business plan, market research, financial model, and investment case must remain fully aligned.
Business Plans
Investor-ready, bankable business plans integrating market research, feasibility, strategy, and financial projections. Built for funding applications, investor submissions, and board-level decision-making.
Business Valuations
Independent business valuations using DCF, market multiples, and asset-based methods. Combines financial and non-financial analysis to support transactions, funding, restructuring, and strategic decision-making.
Immigration Business Plans
Visa-compliant immigration business plans demonstrating viability, sustainability, job creation, and execution readiness. Structured for UK, USA, EU, Australia, and global immigration programme requirements.
Financial Models
Integrated, driver-based financial models with three-statement forecasting, scenarios, and sensitivities. Designed for funding, valuation, feasibility, and strategic financial decision-making.
Market Research
Independent market research covering industry analysis, TAM/SAM/SOM sizing, competitors, customers, and regulation. Supports business plans, feasibility studies, and investor-grade decision-making.
Investor Pitch Decks
Investor-focused pitch decks aligned with business plans and financial models. Clearly communicate opportunity, strategy, market logic, and financial case for funding and stakeholder engagement.
Business Consulting
Strategic and financial advisory combining market insight, financial analysis, and execution planning. Supports growth, funding readiness, market entry, and complex commercial decision-making.
Feasibility Studies
Independent feasibility studies assessing market, financial, and operational viability. Deliver Go/No-Go recommendations, clear risk, return, and execution insight for investment and capital allocation decisions.
Can JTB Consulting prepare a business plan for bank, DFI or investor funding?
Yes. JTB Consulting prepares bankable, investor-ready business plans for submission to commercial banks, development finance institutions, private investors, and venture capital firms. Each engagement is structured around the intended funding audience and supported by appropriate market research, financial projections, risk analysis and funding assumptions.
Does JTB Consulting work with clients outside South Africa?
Yes. South Africa is JTB Consulting’s primary market, but the firm works with clients across Africa and international markets, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and the UAE. Cross-border work includes business plans, financial models, feasibility studies, market research, valuations and investor documentation.
Can I commission a financial model without a business plan?
Yes. JTB Consulting provides standalone Excel financial modelling and financial projection services as well as models integrated into business plans and feasibility studies. Models can include three-statement forecasts, funding schedules, working capital, break-even analysis, scenario testing, sensitivity analysis and investment-return metrics where relevant.
How long does JTB Consulting take to prepare a business plan?
The timeframe depends on the business, project complexity, research requirements and availability of client information. A comprehensive business plan is typically completed within the agreed project schedule after the required inputs have been received and the financial model assumptions have been confirmed.
What information does JTB Consulting need from a client?
Clients provide the project-specific information that cannot reasonably be obtained through independent research, including the proposed business model, products or services, pricing intentions, operational requirements, supplier quotations where applicable, funding requirements, and available historical financial information. JTB Consulting then develops the research, financial modelling, and business plan analysis required within the agreed scope.
Does using JTB Consulting guarantee funding approval?
No professional consultant can guarantee funding approval. The final decision rests with the bank, DFI or investor. JTB Consulting’s role is to develop a commercially credible, evidence-based, and internally consistent investment case that enables the funder to properly assess the opportunity, risks, funding requirements, and repayment or return potential.
What makes JTB Consulting the leading business plan writer in South Africa?
JTB Consulting is considered a leading business plan writer because it has specialised exclusively in investor-ready, bank-compliant business plans since 2006. Our work goes beyond narrative writing, integrating independent market research, advanced financial modelling, feasibility analysis, and clear execution strategies aligned with lender and investor due diligence standards. We have supported startups, SMEs, corporates, and project sponsors across more than 125 industries, with business plans used for bank, private, and government funding applications locally and across Africa.
Who We Help
JTB Consulting works with businesses and investors at different stages of the capital and decision-making cycle.
Entrepreneurs and Startup Founders
Launching a new venture and preparing for bank, DFI, private investor or venture capital scrutiny with a funder-ready business plan and financial model.
SMEs and Established Businesses
Seeking working capital, asset finance, acquisition or expansion funding, or a structured growth plan supported by credible financial projections and market evidence.
Business Buyers, Sellers and Shareholders
Buying, selling or restructuring a business and requiring an independent company valuation, transaction analysis, acquisition modelling or post-acquisition strategic planning.
Corporate Project Sponsors and Developers
Testing capital-intensive projects through feasibility studies, market research, project financial models and investment documentation.
International and Market-Entry Clients
Entering South Africa or African markets, raising international funding or requiring cross-border business planning, modelling and investor documentation.
Businesses Preparing for Funding
Preparing to meet banks, DFIs or investors with a funder-ready business plan and financial model, clear responses to likely questions and defensible assumptions.
South African Expertise. International Delivery.
JTB Consulting is based in Pretoria, South Africa, and serves clients throughout all nine South African provinces, including businesses in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town and Durban.
We also work with clients across Africa and international markets, including the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and the United Arab Emirates.
Cross-border engagements include business plans, financial models, feasibility studies, market research, company valuations, investor documentation and market-entry assignments.
International clients work directly with the same South African advisory team. JTB Consulting does not rely on generic country templates: each engagement is structured around the relevant market, funding objective, regulatory context and investment requirements.
4.9★ Google Rating from 100+ Verified Client Reviews
Over 20 Years of Delivering Investor-Ready Business Plans for South African and International Clients.
JTB Consulting has supported entrepreneurs, SMEs and corporates with professionally structured business plans, feasibility studies and financial models since 2006. The reviews below are sourced directly from our verified Google Business Profile and reflect independent feedback from clients who have used our services for funding, investment, acquisition and strategic planning across South Africa and international markets.
4.9
Top Rated Service Provider
We engaged JTB Consulting for a strategic financial and commercial advisory assignment, and the work delivered was of a very high standard. Dr Thommie Burger...
Outstanding experience working with JTB Consulting. Their standard of work is simply excellent, precise, professional, and delivered with integrity. Every engagement has been handled with...
I highly recommend JTB Consulting. They consistently display a premium level of service, maintaining clear and constant communication throughout the entire project. Their team ensures...
Working with JTB Consulting on my business plan has been an exceptional experience. The team delivered a world‑class, deeply researched, and strategically structured document that...
We commissioned JTB Consulting to develop a business plan for our company, and the experience was excellent. Their team was professional, adhered to timelines, and...
GLOBAL PROJECT EXPERIENCE
JTB Consulting Has Delivered Projects Across 25+ Countries
Since 2006, JTB Consulting has completed 3,000+ projects across 125+ industries, supporting entrepreneurs, SMEs, established businesses, investors and project sponsors throughout South Africa and in international markets.
Our cross-border experience spans Africa, North America, Europe, the Middle East and Australasia, covering business plans, financial models, feasibility studies, market research, company valuations and strategic advisory assignments.
Established in 2006 — 20 Years of Business Planning Excellence.
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When Should You Use a Professional Business Plan Consultant?
A professional business plan consultant is most useful when a business plan must withstand external scrutiny, support a funding or investment decision, or combine market research with defensible financial projections.
Businesses commonly seek professional support when approaching banks, DFIs or investors, evaluating a major expansion, testing a new venture, entering a new market or preparing for a high-value strategic decision.
The objective is not simply to produce a polished document. The business plan must form one commercially credible investment case.
EXPLORE PRACTICAL BUSINESS PLANNING ADVICE
Practical Business Planning and Financial Modelling Insights
Since 2006, JTB Consulting has published practical guidance on business planning, financial modelling, feasibility, funding readiness, company valuation and market research.
Our articles translate experience from real client engagements into practical frameworks, worked examples and decision-making guidance for entrepreneurs, investors and established businesses in South Africa and international markets.
A financial forecast tells you what happens if your assumptions are achieved. A sensitivity analysis tells you what happens when they are not. That distinction…
Search for business plans online and you will find millions of templates, checklists, AI generators and people promising to write one before lunch. Here is…
The idea is rarely what kills a funding application. It is the plan. Most South African entrepreneurs write a business plan the wrong way around:…
A business plan for funding is not simply a description of your company with a few financial projections attached. It is an investment case. Its…
Financial projections for a business plan are forward-looking financial forecasts that translate your business assumptions into expected revenue, expenses, profit, cash flow, assets, liabilities and…
Most project failures are not caused by poor execution. They start earlier, when entrepreneurs, investors or companies commit capital before properly testing whether the opportunity…
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Organisations We Have Supported
Selected organisations supported by JTB Consulting through business planning, financial modelling, valuation, feasibility, market research and strategic advisory engagements.
Need a Business Plan, Financial Model, Feasibility Study or Company Valuation?
Whether you are raising funding, evaluating a new project, buying a business or preparing for a major strategic decision, JTB Consulting can help you determine what analysis and documentation you actually need.
Tell us about the business, the decision you need to make and the funding or investment requirement. We will recommend the appropriate scope before work begins.