Founder & Senior Strategic Advisor — more than five decades in the pawn industry and more than a quarter-century advising pawn businesses.
A Career Built Across the Pawn Industry
Jerry Whitehead’s experience spans family pawn operations, multi-store growth, senior operating leadership, acquisitions, dispositions, consulting, valuations, recruiting, financial analysis, peer groups, international education and industry leadership.
His professional work has included single-store operators, multi-store organizations, investors and publicly traded pawn companies.
Operating & Leadership Background
Whitehead’s career developed through hands-on pawn operations before evolving into senior operating leadership and consulting. His experience includes growing and managing multi-location pawn organizations, participating in major transactions, and advising owners and management teams on performance, people, financial metrics and strategic decisions.
Pawnshop Consulting Group was developed to bring that operating perspective to pawn businesses that need experienced outside analysis without generic small-business consulting.
Professional Focus
- Operational consulting
- Pawn business valuations
- Mergers & acquisitions
- Financial and KPI analysis
- Management recruiting and placement
- Compensation and productivity systems
- Industry education and speaking
- Strategic owner advisory
Industry Leadership & Recognition
Jerry Whitehead has served and participated in pawn-industry organizations, education, peer groups and international advisory work over multiple decades. Recognition includes National Pawnbrokers Association Industry Partner of the Year honors in 2006 and 2026 and the Midwest Pawnbrokers Lifetime Achievement Award in 2023.
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