OUR STORY
Built from the Inside. Proven in the Field.
Nolan Consulting Group has its roots in Nolan Painting — a company started in 1979 and grown into one of the most respected residential repainting businesses in the country. That experience is the foundation of everything we do.
OUR STORY
Built from the Inside. Proven in the Field.
Nolan Consulting Group has its roots in Nolan Painting — a company started in 1979 and grown into one of the most respected residential repainting businesses in the country. That experience is the foundation of everything we do.
WHERE IT BEGAN
Two People. One Shared Belief. A Business Built to Last.
In 2004, two brothers saw the same gap — contractors who were talented at their trade but underserved when it came to building the business behind it. The tools, systems, and thinking that separate a good business from a great one weren’t being taught. They were being stumbled upon, often too late.
Through 25 years of building Nolan Painting and his deep involvement in the Painting Contractors Association, Kevin Nolan recognized a pattern: talented contractors across the industry were struggling with many of the same challenges he had already solved.
Brian Nolan brought a corporate background in organizational management, business planning, and financial strategy — and an entrepreneurial conviction that those skills could make a real difference in an industry that needed them.
Together they built something neither could have built alone — a coaching organization grounded in real trade business experience, structured around proven organizational frameworks, and committed to helping contractors build businesses that work, not just for their clients, but for themselves.
That’s still what we do today.
WHERE WE ARE NOW
Twenty Years In. Still Building.
NCG started with painting contractors, the industry Kevin knew best and where the proof of concept was strongest. But growth came naturally and organically. A painting contractor we worked with would introduce us to a landscaper. A landscaper would introduce us to a remodeler. Trade by trade, the community grew.
Today, NCG works with contractors across the trades: painting, landscaping, general contracting, roofing, HVAC, concrete and paving, and more. The challenges we help solve are remarkably consistent across every trade. The hourglass doesn’t discriminate. Neither do we.
From Core Principles to a Scalable System
Our Methodology Has Evolved Too.
The 7 Critical Elements of Business Success that anchored our early coaching work laid the foundation for what became the Cascading Planning Cycle™ — our proprietary planning framework that keeps businesses aligned, accountable, and moving forward all year long. Today that framework runs alongside the four core levers every growing business has to get right: strategy, execution, people, and cash.
The team has grown with it. What started as two co-founders has become a full coaching organization with senior coaches, associate coaches, sales coaches, peer group facilitators, and a support team dedicated to making every client engagement count. Brian Nolan continues to lead as Co-Founder and President. Colin Nolan serves as Director of Coaching and Senior Business Coach. Kathryn Freeman leads operations as Director of Operations and Senior Business Coach. Together they lead a team built around one belief: that when contractors build better businesses, everyone around them wins.
Twenty Years of Relationships. The Next One Starts Here.
If you’re serious about building a business that works without you at the center of everything, we’d love to be part of that journey. Business is a game. Let’s talk about how you win.