LKS Next is set to exceed 85 million in 2025 following 15 per cent growth, and is forecast to grow by 19 per cent in 2026

Consolidated turnover for 2025 reached nearly 85 million euros, 15 per cent higher than in the previous financial year, placing LKS Next amongst the leading consultancy groups in the north of the country and amongst the top 100 technology companies. This also marks the seventh consecutive year of double-digit growth, having tripled its revenue since 2021.

LKS Next, with its integrated offering combining expertise in consultancy, technology, legal advice and cybersecurity, had a workforce of 854 professionals in 2025

These figures place the group on track to meet the targets of the 2025–2028 Strategic Plan, which aims to exceed €100 million in turnover by the end of the period, excluding any potential acquisitions also envisaged in the plan. Two other notable milestones during the financial year were the growth in the workforce and the improvement in profitability. LKS Next, with its integrated offering combining expertise in consultancy, technology, legal advice and cybersecurity, reached a total of 854 professionals in 2025, having created 47 new jobs during the year, representing a 6 per cent increase compared with 2024.

The General Meeting coincides with the company’s 35th anniversary; it was founded in Mondragón in 1991 as the business division of Laboral Kutxa.

Furthermore, these are high-quality jobs, as 97 per cent of the workforce are on permanent contracts. In terms of profitability, LKS Next has achieved a consolidated pre-tax net profit of 5.8 million euros, after allocating – in line with its cooperative model – a further 2 million to collective variable remuneration, distributed amongst members and non-members of the cooperative group.

EBITDA reached €7.9 million, representing a 23% increase compared with 2024. The start of 2026 reinforces this upward trend. Between January and April, turnover grew by 19% year-on-year and profit improved by 27.5% compared with the same period in 2025, well above the forecasts set out in the annual plan.

The Chief Executive of LKS Next, Elena Zárraga, has emphasised that the group is approaching the financial year with “the same dynamism with which it ended 2025”. This growth is underpinned by advances in digitalisation and disruptive technologies — AI, quantum computing, cybersecurity, process automation and advanced software engineering — areas in which LKS Next has strengthened its position over the past financial year.

Against this backdrop, LKS Next Legal now ranks among the top 30 law firms in Spain by turnover. During the Annual General Meeting, the group announced the integration of its subsidiaries Prospektiker and Zamundi into the main structure through a merger by absorption, with no job cuts. Prospektiker, acquired in the late 1990s, specialises in prospective and strategic studies for the public and private sectors. Zamundi, which joined the group in 2021, focuses on the development and implementation of Microsoft solutions, a technology in which LKS Next is now a leading partner.

The move fulfils one of the commitments set out in the Strategic Plan to simplify and streamline the group’s structure, with the aim of improving efficiency, competitiveness and profitability, and consolidating the LKS Next brand. The management team has not ruled out carrying out similar operations with other subsidiaries in the coming years.

35 years: from 47 people to over 850 professionals

Founded in Mondragón in 1991 as a spin-off from the business division of Laboral Kutxa, LKS Next began with 47 employees and the aim of providing management consultancy to companies and institutions in the region. Three and a half decades later, the group has over 850 professionals based in the Basque Country, Madrid, Cantabria and France. Its presence in Madrid is particularly notable, with three offices and 150 staff, reflecting the group’s consolidation as a nationwide player whilst maintaining its deep roots in the Basque business community. 

LKS Next is affiliated with the MONDRAGON Corporation and has a cooperative at the head of the group, an ownership model that shapes the way it grows and distributes its profits. The master plan sets a target of creating more than 1,000 high-quality jobs before the end of the strategic period. “Those 47 people have now grown into an advanced professional services company, with a unique purpose and set of values, headed by a cooperative, which brings together a nationwide business group of more than 850 people and is moving steadily towards creating more than 1,000 high-quality jobs,” said Elena Zárraga.