diff --git a/cli/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/cli/gui/JConsoleCLIPlugin.java b/cli/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/cli/gui/JConsoleCLIPlugin.java
index 4e565c27be5..735e238a386 100644
--- a/cli/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/cli/gui/JConsoleCLIPlugin.java
+++ b/cli/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/cli/gui/JConsoleCLIPlugin.java
@@ -187,10 +187,9 @@ private boolean connectUsingRemoting(CommandContext cmdCtx, RemotingMBeanServerC
     }
 
     private ExecutorService createExecutor() {
-        final ThreadGroup group = new ThreadGroup("management-client-thread");
         final ThreadFactory threadFactory = doPrivileged(new PrivilegedAction<JBossThreadFactory>() {
             public JBossThreadFactory run() {
-                return new JBossThreadFactory(group, Boolean.FALSE, null, "%G " + executorCount.incrementAndGet() + "-%t", null, null);
+                return new JBossThreadFactory(ThreadGroupHolder.THREAD_GROUP, Boolean.FALSE, null, "%G " + executorCount.incrementAndGet() + "-%t", null, null);
             }
         });
         return EnhancedQueueExecutor.DISABLE_HINT ?
@@ -246,4 +245,9 @@ private void configureMyJInternalFrame() {
             }
         }
     }
+
+    // Wrapper class to delay thread group creation until when it's needed.
+    private static class ThreadGroupHolder {
+        private static final ThreadGroup THREAD_GROUP = new ThreadGroup("management-client-thread");
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/controller/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/controller/remote/AbstractModelControllerOperationHandlerFactoryService.java b/controller/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/controller/remote/AbstractModelControllerOperationHandlerFactoryService.java
index a8c1c07b094..9aec8c3ba33 100644
--- a/controller/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/controller/remote/AbstractModelControllerOperationHandlerFactoryService.java
+++ b/controller/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/controller/remote/AbstractModelControllerOperationHandlerFactoryService.java
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ public synchronized void start(StartContext context) throws StartException {
 
         final ThreadFactory threadFactory = doPrivileged(new PrivilegedAction<JBossThreadFactory>() {
             public JBossThreadFactory run() {
-                return new JBossThreadFactory(new ThreadGroup("management-handler-thread"), Boolean.FALSE, null, "%G - %t", null, null);
+                return new JBossThreadFactory(ThreadGroupHolder.THREAD_GROUP, Boolean.FALSE, null, "%G - %t", null, null);
             }
         });
         if (EnhancedQueueExecutor.DISABLE_HINT) {
@@ -161,4 +161,9 @@ protected final ExecutorService getClientRequestExecutor() {
         return clientRequestExecutor;
     }
 
+    // Wrapper class to delay thread group creation until when it's needed.
+    private static class ThreadGroupHolder {
+        private static final ThreadGroup THREAD_GROUP = new ThreadGroup("management-handler-thread");
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/deployment-scanner/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/server/deployment/scanner/DeploymentScannerAdd.java b/deployment-scanner/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/server/deployment/scanner/DeploymentScannerAdd.java
index 5826ccdbf09..d54c4001be1 100644
--- a/deployment-scanner/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/server/deployment/scanner/DeploymentScannerAdd.java
+++ b/deployment-scanner/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/server/deployment/scanner/DeploymentScannerAdd.java
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ private void recordCapabilitiesAndRequirements(final OperationContext context, R
     static ScheduledExecutorService createScannerExecutorService() {
         final ThreadFactory threadFactory = doPrivileged(new PrivilegedAction<ThreadFactory>() {
             public ThreadFactory run() {
-                return new JBossThreadFactory(new ThreadGroup("DeploymentScanner-threads"), Boolean.FALSE, null, "%G - %t", null, null);
+                return new JBossThreadFactory(ThreadGroupHolder.THREAD_GROUP, Boolean.FALSE, null, "%G - %t", null, null);
             }
         });
         return Executors.newScheduledThreadPool(2, threadFactory);
@@ -303,4 +303,9 @@ public Set<String> getUnrelatedDeployments(ModelNode owner) {
             return Collections.emptySet();
         }
     }
+
+    // Wrapper class to delay thread group creation until when it's needed.
+    private static class ThreadGroupHolder {
+        private static final ThreadGroup THREAD_GROUP = new ThreadGroup("DeploymentScanner-threads");
+    }
 }
diff --git a/host-controller/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/host/controller/DomainModelControllerService.java b/host-controller/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/host/controller/DomainModelControllerService.java
index ba13252f164..1845ec332c4 100644
--- a/host-controller/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/host/controller/DomainModelControllerService.java
+++ b/host-controller/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/host/controller/DomainModelControllerService.java
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ public void start(StartContext context) throws StartException {
         prepareStepHandler.setExecutorService(executorService);
         ThreadFactory pingerThreadFactory = doPrivileged(new PrivilegedAction<JBossThreadFactory>() {
             public JBossThreadFactory run() {
-                return new JBossThreadFactory(new ThreadGroup("proxy-pinger-threads"), Boolean.TRUE, null, "%G - %t", null, null);
+                return new JBossThreadFactory(ThreadGroupHolder.THREAD_GROUP, Boolean.TRUE, null, "%G - %t", null, null);
             }
         });
         pingScheduler = Executors.newScheduledThreadPool(PINGER_POOL_SIZE, pingerThreadFactory);
@@ -1799,4 +1799,10 @@ public void propertyChange(PropertyChangeEvent evt) {
             }
         }
     }
+
+    // Wrapper class to delay thread group creation until when it's needed.
+    private static class ThreadGroupHolder {
+        private static final ThreadGroup THREAD_GROUP = new ThreadGroup("proxy-pinger-threads");
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/host-controller/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/host/controller/HostControllerService.java b/host-controller/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/host/controller/HostControllerService.java
index d8fc394e405..e0e5bb3b456 100644
--- a/host-controller/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/host/controller/HostControllerService.java
+++ b/host-controller/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/host/controller/HostControllerService.java
@@ -84,10 +84,10 @@ public class HostControllerService implements Service<AsyncFuture<ServiceContain
     public static final ServiceName HC_EXECUTOR_SERVICE_NAME = HC_SERVICE_NAME.append("executor");
     public static final ServiceName HC_SCHEDULED_EXECUTOR_SERVICE_NAME = HC_SERVICE_NAME.append("scheduled", "executor");
 
-    private final ThreadGroup threadGroup = new ThreadGroup("Host Controller Service Threads");
+    private static final ThreadGroup THREAD_GROUP = new ThreadGroup("Host Controller Service Threads");
     private final ThreadFactory threadFactory = doPrivileged(new PrivilegedAction<JBossThreadFactory>() {
         public JBossThreadFactory run() {
-            return new JBossThreadFactory(threadGroup, Boolean.FALSE, null, "%G - %t", null, null);
+            return new JBossThreadFactory(THREAD_GROUP, Boolean.FALSE, null, "%G - %t", null, null);
         }
     });
     private final HostControllerEnvironment environment;
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ public void start(StartContext context) throws StartException {
         ConsoleAvailabilityService.addService(serviceTarget, bootstrapListener::logAdminConsole);
 
         DomainModelControllerService.addService(serviceTarget, environment, runningModeControl, processState,
-                bootstrapListener, hostPathManagerService, capabilityRegistry, threadGroup);
+                bootstrapListener, hostPathManagerService, capabilityRegistry, THREAD_GROUP);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/host-controller/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/host/controller/ProcessControllerConnectionService.java b/host-controller/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/host/controller/ProcessControllerConnectionService.java
index 25425403d6e..b5d95b74d87 100644
--- a/host-controller/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/host/controller/ProcessControllerConnectionService.java
+++ b/host-controller/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/host/controller/ProcessControllerConnectionService.java
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ public synchronized void start(StartContext context) throws StartException {
         try {
             final ThreadFactory threadFactory = doPrivileged(new PrivilegedAction<JBossThreadFactory>() {
                 public JBossThreadFactory run() {
-                    return new JBossThreadFactory(new ThreadGroup("ProcessControllerConnection-thread"), Boolean.FALSE, null, "%G - %t", null, null);
+                    return new JBossThreadFactory(ThreadGroupHolder.THREAD_GROUP, Boolean.FALSE, null, "%G - %t", null, null);
                 }
             });
             final ExecutorService executorService;
@@ -216,4 +216,8 @@ public synchronized ProcessControllerClient getClient() throws IllegalStateExcep
         return client;
     }
 
+    // Wrapper class to delay thread group creation until when it's needed.
+    private static class ThreadGroupHolder {
+        private static final ThreadGroup THREAD_GROUP = new ThreadGroup("ProcessControllerConnection-thread");
+    }
 }
diff --git a/host-controller/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/host/controller/mgmt/ServerToHostOperationHandlerFactoryService.java b/host-controller/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/host/controller/mgmt/ServerToHostOperationHandlerFactoryService.java
index f38049f96e4..ee7af3c5405 100644
--- a/host-controller/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/host/controller/mgmt/ServerToHostOperationHandlerFactoryService.java
+++ b/host-controller/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/host/controller/mgmt/ServerToHostOperationHandlerFactoryService.java
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public class ServerToHostOperationHandlerFactoryService implements ManagementCha
 
     private final ThreadFactory threadFactory = doPrivileged(new PrivilegedAction<JBossThreadFactory>() {
         public JBossThreadFactory run() {
-            return new JBossThreadFactory(new ThreadGroup("server-registration-threads"), Boolean.FALSE, null, "%G - %t", null, null);
+            return new JBossThreadFactory(ThreadGroupHolder.THREAD_GROUP, Boolean.FALSE, null, "%G - %t", null, null);
         }
     });
     private volatile ExecutorService registrations;
@@ -123,4 +123,8 @@ public ManagementChannelHandler startReceiving(final Channel channel) {
         return channelHandler;
     }
 
+    // Wrapper class to delay thread group creation until when it's needed.
+    private static class ThreadGroupHolder {
+        private static final ThreadGroup THREAD_GROUP = new ThreadGroup("server-registration-threads");
+    }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/server/ServerService.java b/server/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/server/ServerService.java
index 7600028e079..b7d46c58129 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/server/ServerService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/server/ServerService.java
@@ -232,11 +232,10 @@ public static void addService(final ServiceTarget serviceTarget, final Bootstrap
                                   final SuspendController suspendController) {
 
         // Install Executor services
-        final ThreadGroup threadGroup = new ThreadGroup("ServerService ThreadGroup");
         final String namePattern = "ServerService Thread Pool -- %t";
         final ThreadFactory threadFactory = doPrivileged(new PrivilegedAction<ThreadFactory>() {
             public ThreadFactory run() {
-                return new JBossThreadFactory(threadGroup, Boolean.FALSE, null, namePattern, null, null);
+                return new JBossThreadFactory(ThreadGroupHolder.THREAD_GROUP, Boolean.FALSE, null, namePattern, null, null);
             }
         });
 
@@ -276,7 +275,7 @@ public ThreadFactory run() {
 
         serviceBuilder.install();
 
-        ExternalManagementRequestExecutor.install(serviceTarget, threadGroup, EXECUTOR_CAPABILITY.getCapabilityServiceName());
+        ExternalManagementRequestExecutor.install(serviceTarget, ThreadGroupHolder.THREAD_GROUP, EXECUTOR_CAPABILITY.getCapabilityServiceName());
     }
 
     public synchronized void start(final StartContext context) throws StartException {
@@ -694,4 +693,9 @@ public synchronized ScheduledExecutorService getValue() throws IllegalStateExcep
             return scheduledExecutorService;
         }
     }
+
+    // Wrapper class to delay thread group creation until when it's needed.
+    private static class ThreadGroupHolder {
+        private static final ThreadGroup THREAD_GROUP = new ThreadGroup("ServerService ThreadGroup");
+    }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/server/deployment/DeploymentMountProvider.java b/server/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/server/deployment/DeploymentMountProvider.java
index 29fd6700146..18c0f034ad3 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/server/deployment/DeploymentMountProvider.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/server/deployment/DeploymentMountProvider.java
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ public void start(StartContext context) throws StartException {
                 try {
                     final JBossThreadFactory threadFactory = doPrivileged(new PrivilegedAction<JBossThreadFactory>() {
                         public JBossThreadFactory run() {
-                            return new JBossThreadFactory(new ThreadGroup("ServerDeploymentRepository-temp-threads"), true, null, "%G - %t", null, null);
+                            return new JBossThreadFactory(ThreadGroupHolder.THREAD_GROUP, true, null, "%G - %t", null, null);
                         }
                     });
                     scheduledExecutorService =  Executors.newScheduledThreadPool(2, threadFactory);
@@ -167,5 +167,10 @@ public void run() {
             }
 
         }
+
+        // Wrapper class to delay thread group creation until when it's needed.
+        private static class ThreadGroupHolder {
+            private static final ThreadGroup THREAD_GROUP = new ThreadGroup("ServerDeploymentRepository-temp-threads");
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/server/deployment/module/TempFileProviderService.java b/server/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/server/deployment/module/TempFileProviderService.java
index 9a90b503b03..1062b777645 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/server/deployment/module/TempFileProviderService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/server/deployment/module/TempFileProviderService.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public class TempFileProviderService implements Service<TempFileProvider> {
        try {
            final JBossThreadFactory threadFactory = doPrivileged(new PrivilegedAction<JBossThreadFactory>() {
                public JBossThreadFactory run() {
-                   return new JBossThreadFactory(new ThreadGroup("TempFileProviderService-temp-threads"), Boolean.TRUE, null, "%G - %t", null, null);
+                   return new JBossThreadFactory(ThreadGroupHolder.THREAD_GROUP, Boolean.TRUE, null, "%G - %t", null, null);
                }
            });
            ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor ex = new ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor(0, threadFactory);
@@ -87,4 +87,9 @@ public TempFileProvider getValue() throws IllegalStateException {
     public static TempFileProvider provider() {
         return PROVIDER;
     }
+
+    // Wrapper class to delay thread group creation until when it's needed.
+    private static class ThreadGroupHolder {
+        private static final ThreadGroup THREAD_GROUP = new ThreadGroup("TempFileProviderService-temp-threads");
+    }
 }
diff --git a/testsuite/shared/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/test/integration/domain/management/util/DomainControllerClientConfig.java b/testsuite/shared/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/test/integration/domain/management/util/DomainControllerClientConfig.java
index ebb9f16c6cd..671b4ba8b8b 100644
--- a/testsuite/shared/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/test/integration/domain/management/util/DomainControllerClientConfig.java
+++ b/testsuite/shared/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/test/integration/domain/management/util/DomainControllerClientConfig.java
@@ -54,10 +54,9 @@ public class DomainControllerClientConfig implements Closeable {
 
     private static final AtomicInteger executorCount = new AtomicInteger();
     static ExecutorService createDefaultExecutor() {
-        final ThreadGroup group = new ThreadGroup("domain-mgmt-client-thread");
         final ThreadFactory threadFactory = doPrivileged(new PrivilegedAction<ThreadFactory>() {
             public ThreadFactory run() {
-                return new JBossThreadFactory(group, Boolean.FALSE, null, "%G " + executorCount.incrementAndGet() + "-%t", null, null);
+                return new JBossThreadFactory(ThreadGroupHolder.THREAD_GROUP, Boolean.FALSE, null, "%G " + executorCount.incrementAndGet() + "-%t", null, null);
             }
         });
         return new ThreadPoolExecutor(4, 4, 30L, TimeUnit.SECONDS, new LinkedBlockingQueue<Runnable>(256), threadFactory);
@@ -115,4 +114,8 @@ static DomainControllerClientConfig create(final ExecutorService executorService
         return new DomainControllerClientConfig(endpoint, executorService, destroyExecutor);
     }
 
+    // Wrapper class to delay thread group creation until when it's needed.
+    private static class ThreadGroupHolder {
+        private static final ThreadGroup THREAD_GROUP = new ThreadGroup("domain-mgmt-client-thread");
+    }
 }
diff --git a/threads/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/threads/ThreadFactoryService.java b/threads/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/threads/ThreadFactoryService.java
index 2c85cc6dc82..cbf7bc66b30 100644
--- a/threads/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/threads/ThreadFactoryService.java
+++ b/threads/src/main/java/org/jboss/as/threads/ThreadFactoryService.java
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 package org.jboss.as.threads;
 
 import java.security.PrivilegedAction;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.ThreadFactory;
 import org.jboss.msc.service.Service;
 import org.jboss.msc.service.StartContext;
@@ -36,6 +38,9 @@
  * @author <a href="mailto:david.lloyd@redhat.com">David M. Lloyd</a>
  */
 public final class ThreadFactoryService implements Service<ThreadFactory> {
+
+    private static final Map<String, ThreadGroup> THREAD_GROUP_CACHE = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+
     private String threadGroupName;
     private Integer priority;
     private String namePattern;
@@ -67,7 +72,8 @@ public synchronized void setNamePattern(final String namePattern) {
 
     @Override
     public synchronized void start(final StartContext context) throws StartException {
-        final ThreadGroup threadGroup = (threadGroupName != null) ? new ThreadGroup(threadGroupName) : null;
+        final ThreadGroup threadGroup = THREAD_GROUP_CACHE.computeIfAbsent(threadGroupName, name ->
+                name != null ? new ThreadGroup(name) : null);
         value = doPrivileged(new PrivilegedAction<ThreadFactory>() {
             public ThreadFactory run() {
                 return new JBossThreadFactory(threadGroup, Boolean.FALSE, priority, namePattern, null, null);