Hayes Group LLC

Market entry, flight access, and payload compliance & Space Ecosystem Intelligence

Hayes Group LLC is a North Carolina-based strategy, education, and business development company helping organizations turn bold ideas into practical, credible, and commercially useful action.

From our home base in Eastern North Carolina, we work with companies, universities, associations, and partners exploring opportunities in the space economy, workforce development, technology, education, and cross-border collaboration.

We bring together space research, law, education, business operations, leadership, and real-world execution to help clients move from possibility to plan.

 Hayes Group LLC is a family-led North Carolina company founded by Kim Ellis-Hayes and Craig Hayes. We combine space-sector expertise with hands-on business experience to help clients think strategically, act practically, and build pathways into emerging opportunities.  Our work spans space strategy, space law and policy, workforce development, education programs, leadership, business development, international stakeholder engagement, and practical operations. 

Pictured above as part of the Office of Space Commerce panel in the USA - Here's what the US Department of Commerce said about the panel; 

" Great info sharing today at #SelectUSASummit in our panel about #econdev in the US #aerospace sector. We touched on a variety of topics like regulations, benefits of working with (and in) the US, investment viewpoints and driving advancements and new opportunities. Thank you to our panelists Jordan Noone (Embedded Ventures), Kim G Ellis Hayes (Hayes Group LLC) and Andrew Bunker (Rocket Lab). And a big thank you to SelectUSA for making it all happen. "