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Family enterprise
Unlocking ambition in family-owned enterprises from one generation to the next.
Family enterprise owners face unique challenges as they balance their ambition to grow with the effort to build the family legacy.
The EY approach to working with family enterprises is anchored in the EY Family Enterprise DNA Model. This model supports both the personal and business performance agendas of family enterprise leaders by pinpointing four key areas of focus to achieve their ambitions: family, values, business and assets. We combine our understanding of these focus areas with decades of experience working as trusted advisors to the world’s most entrepreneurial families to create a framework for guided conversations on topics that matter most to family enterprise owners.
Our experience, authority and global leadership platforms such as EY NextGen support families as they grow from generation to generation.
Our latest thinking
How the world’s 500 largest family businesses build and sustain value
The 2025 EY and University of St.Gallen Global 500 Family Business Index ranks the world’s largest family businesses. Read more.
12 Mar 2025
Lauri Oinaala
How Baterias Moura enabled success through succession
Family Enterprise case study: How Baterias Moura enabled success through succession. Learn more.
03 Oct 2024
Robert (Bobby) Stover, Jr.
Sustainability and family businesses: the voice of the NextGen
EY survey polled the motivations and concerns of the NextGen.
24 Jun 2024
Eric Van Hoof
VPK Group triumphs as 2024 ambassador of the Family Business Award of Excellence®
VPK Group confirms its position among family businesses as a leader in sustainability, sound governance and growth.
26 Mar 2024
EY Belgium
Generations in dialogue: The Belgian family business in transition
Experts emphasize the importance of open conversations and effective governance for sustainable growth and continuity.
19 Mar 2024
EY Belgium
Decospan is the 2023 ambassador of the Family Business Award of Excellence®
The family-owned company is currently the European market leader in veneer processing.
28 Mar 2023
EY Belgium
Spaas Kaarsen puts candle on the cake of growth trajectory with Family Business Award of Excellence
The family business from Limburg is the proud 2022 Ambassador of the Family Business Award of Excellence.
27 Jun 2022
EY Belgium
How EY can Help
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The EY Family Enterprise DNA Model pinpoints the key areas of focus for family enterprise leaders to achieve their personal and business ambitions.
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Our family office professionals can help you evaluate best practices of leading family offices to support the family’s vision and legacy. Find out more.
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Our private client tax services team can help you maintain your business and personal goals while achieving full reporting compliance. Learn more.
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Our 7 Drivers of Growth framework can help your business successfully execute your growth strategy over the long term. Find out how.
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