Headcount: 89 (+86%)
Specialism: Microsoft-focused MSSP
HQ: Bristol
Founded in 1999 and a Microsoft partner since 2004, Chorus IT claims to “still live and breathe” Microsoft technology today.
The MSSP attributes its recent growth – which saw average monthly headcount almost double to 80 between its fiscal 2019 and 2022 – to “embracing cybersecurity early” (see below). Its headcount now stands at 106, it told us.
Chorus IT is also “one of the few female-led MSPs in the UK, which is unfortunately still quite rare”, MD Nicola Saner remarked.
Q&A with MD Nicola Saner
What lies behind Chorus IT’s lightning headcount growth?
As a company, we are not afraid of evolving and adapting to changes in the market – while staying true to our values and culture. We embraced cyber security early by building a Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC) and launching our managed security services on Microsoft technologies, which has been key to our growth.
What do you see as your biggest growth opportunity for the next 12 months?
We’ve built a partner model to help MSPs quickly deliver managed security (MDR & MXDR) services through our CSOC. Building an internal CSOC to deliver managed security is a huge challenge for MSPs – our partner model removes that challenge and risk. We’ve had some great partner success stories and expect that this will be our biggest growth area.
2024 would be a successful year if… we double our partner base and hit our internal targets, such as planting 10,000 trees and reaching our community fundraising target.
What’s a strange or interesting fact about Chorus most people won’t know?
Here’s three –
We are one of the few female-led MSPs in the UK, which is unfortunately still quite rare, ten of our employees have been here for over ten years and we used to be called ‘Xiquest’.
