There are thousands of consulting firms worldwide, serving numerous industries and specializing in every conceivable niche and expertise. But only a select handful can claim to be the best in the business. Which consulting firms make the top of the list in 2019? In this guide, we’ll break down the world’s top consulting firms by revenue, prestige, growth, and employee satisfaction. Here are the Top 50 Consulting Firms In 2019.

Top 50 Consulting Firms By Revenue In 2019 When it comes to measuring the top businesses in an industry, revenue is king. Interestingly enough, we couldn’t find any other organizations tracking consulting revenue across industries and countries. There is no existing “Fortune 500” type list that tracks top consulting firms by revenue. There have been several attempts to track the top management consulting firms, but this is only a narrow slice of the consulting industry and completely leaves out IT consulting, which is becoming the largest slice in the modern consulting pie. So we compiled our own list. Our goal here was to measure actual consulting revenues, not the overall revenue of any company that hosts a consulting division. This was fairly difficult to do and impossible to do with 100% accuracy. We had to dig through annual reports, private estimates, and numerous sources to try and estimate a company’s consulting revenue while leaving out stuff like accounting services, technology infrastructure, cloud services, etc. We’ve given it our best shot, however, because we believe a list of the top 50 consulting firms by revenue in 2019 is something worth having. Here are our findings below. Scroll right to see the full table of data Rank Firm Consulting Revenue 1 Accenture Consulting $17,310,000,000 2 Capgemini Consulting $15,460,000,000 3 Tata Consultancy Services $14,930,000,000 4 Cognizant Technology Solutions $14,810,000,000 5 Deloitte Consulting $13,350,000,000 6 PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory $12,253,000,000 7 Cisco Systems Consulting $12,000,000,000 8 Ernst & Young Advisory $11,600,000,000 9 Infosys Consulting $10,210,000,000 10 KPMG Advisory $10,180,000,000 11 McKinsey & Company $8,800,000,000 12 CGI Group $8,500,000,000 13 HP Enterprise Technology Services $7,882,000,000 14 The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. $6,300,000,000 15 Booz Allen Hamilton $6,100,000,000 16 Mercer LLC $4,300,000,000 17 IBM Global Services $4,200,000,000 18 Bain & Company $3,870,000,000 19 SAP Services Consulting $3,566,000,000 20 Oracle Consulting $3,358,000,000 21 Gartner, Inc. $3,300,000,000 22 Altran $2,813,000,000 23 Oliver Wyman $2,000,000,000 24 Aon Hewitt $1,800,000,000 25 FTI Consulting, Inc. $1,800,000,000 26 Grant Thornton $1,700,000,000 27 BDO Consulting $1,410,000,000 28 A.T. Kearney $1,400,000,000 29 Sapient Corporation $1,305,000,000 30 Strategy&, part of the PwC network $1,300,000,000 31 Hitachi Consulting $1,300,000,000 32 ICF International $1,190,000,000 33 Navigant Consulting, Inc. $1,000,000,000 34 AlixPartners, LLP $1,000,000,000 35 Slalom Consulting $1,000,000,000 36 Protiviti $816,000,000 37 Huron $797,700,000 38 The Advisory Board Company $781,800,000 39 Bearingpoint $767,000,000 40 Alvarez & Marsal $600,000,000 41 Berkeley Research Group, LLC $600,000,000 42 PA Consulting Group $556,000,000 43 ZS $525,000,000 44 L.E.K. Consulting $500,000,000 45 Perficient $487,000,000 46 Simon-Kucher & Partners $311,000,000 47 Arthur D. Little $239,200,000 48 Analysis Group, Inc. $200,000,000 49 Horváth & Partners $162,000,000 50 West Monroe Partners $160,000,000 If you have additional data applicable to this list that you’d like to submit our way, click here.

Top 50 Consulting Firms By Prestige In 2019 Prestige is defined as “widespread respect and admiration felt for someone or something on the basis of a perception of their achievements or quality.” As a metric, it is relatively vague, yet it remains a prominent consideration when businesses are deliberating on which consulting firm to hire. Business want to hire firms that have been around the block, who have worked with prominent business in their industry, and who have a reputation for excellent work, all of which factors into the concept of prestige. So which consulting firms are the most prestigious in 2019? To answer that question, we turned to Vault.com who surveyed more than 17,000 practicing consultants to determine which firms were considered the most prestigious by those in the industry. “Survey respondents where asked to rate each consulting firm in the survey on a scale from 1 to 10 based on prestige, with 10 being the most prestigious. Consultants were unable to rate their own firm, and they were asked to rate only those firms with which they were familiar.” Here is the resulting list of the 50 most prestigious consulting firms in 2019. Rank Firm 1 McKinsey & Company 2 The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. 3 Bain & Company 4 Deloitte Consulting LLP 5 PricewaterhouseCoopers 6 Booz Allen Hamilton 7 EY (Ernst & Young) LLP 8 Accenture 9 KPMG LLP 10 A.T. Kearney 11 Oliver Wyman 12 IBM Global Services 13 L.E.K. Consulting 14 EY-Parthenon 15 Strategy&, part of the PwC network 16 Gartner, Inc. 17 Mercer LLC 18 Lockheed Martin Corp (IT Consulting) 19 GE Healthcare Partners 20 Capgemini 21 Oracle Consulting 22 Cisco Systems, Inc. (IT Consulting) 23 SAP Services (IT Consulting) 24 Grant Thornton 25 Huron 26 Navigant Consulting, Inc. 27 Gallup Consulting 28 The Bridgespan Group 29 Northrop Grumman Corporation 30 Aon Hewitt 31 Willis Towers Watson 32 ZS 33 Charles River Associates 34 FTI Consulting, Inc. 35 Alvarez & Marsal 36 Roland Berger 37 NERA Economic Consulting 38 The Advisory Board Company 39 Kurt Salmon 40 AlixPartners, LLP 41 Slalom Consulting 42 Analysis Group, Inc. 43 Cornerstone Research 44 Cognizant 45 The Brattle Group 46 Arthur D. Little 47 The Cambridge Group 48 HP Enterprise 49 Infosys Consulting 50 BDO Consulting

Top 50 Consulting Firms By Growth In 2019 While revenue is king, there is another big metric that all businesses care about. Growth. In business, you are either growing or you are failing, and recurring growth is one of the most critical performance metrics for both privately owned and publicly owned businesses. Accordingly, we wanted to look at the top consulting firms by growth over the last year. Which firms are growing the fastest? For this information, we looked to data compiled by Consulting Magazine. The following firms are ranked based on growth from 2013 to 2016. Since the three-year mark is considered the initial milestone for building a successful business, only firms that had started generating revenue by 2013 were included. Here are the top 50 consulting companies by growth in 2019. Scroll right to see the full table of data Rank Firm Location Growth 1 Blueprint Consulting Services, LLC Washington 2538% 2 OnPrem Solution Partners California 1412% 3 CoreCompete North Carolina 1190% 4 CirrusOne California 740% 5 Propeller Oregon 689% 6 RedCloud Consulting Washington 605% 7 Summus Group North Carolina 554% 8 CSI Specialty Group Florida 543% 9 Press Ganey Strategic Consulting Indiana 531% 10 The Spur Group Washington 502% 11 COPE Health Solutions California 471% 12 L4 Digital Washington 443% 13 DeciBio Consulting, LLC California 420% 14 Finix Michigan 399% 15 BlueLine Associates North Carolina 377% 16 Stoneridge Software Minnesota 365% 17 Exactus Advisors Illinois 358% 18 Triangle Insights Group, LLC North Carolina 352% 19 Pivot Point Consulting Tennessee 328% 20 Motiv, Inc. Washington 277% 21 1Rivet Virginia 265% 22 HRpepper Management Consultants Berlin 236% 23 InRhythm New York 226% 24 The HCI Group Florida 225% 25 Global Conductor California 212% 26 GearsCRM, Inc. Massachusetts 197% 27 Chief Outsiders Texas 191% 28 Attain Virginia 187% 29 Germane Solutions Ohio 174% 30 Focal Point Data Risk, LLC Florida 174% 31 Antenna Minnesota 174% 32 Clearwater Compliance Tennessee 170% 33 Egremont Group London 167% 34 Persistent Systems California 164% 35 AG Consulting Partners, Inc. Washington 157% 36 Efficio Consulting New York 151% 37 Aarete, LLC. Illinois 149% 38 Lorven Technologies, Inc New Jersey 142% 39 Acquis Consulting Group New York 137% 40 FluidEdge Consulting Pennsylvania 132% 41 Lyons Consulting Group Illinois 132% 42 Bridge Partners Washington 129% 43 Intellinet Georgia 121% 44 TITAN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Pennsylvania 117% 45 Maven Wave Illinois 114% 46 M2 Strategy, Inc. Virginia 113% 47 TCG Consulting North Carolina 113% 48 Strativity Group, Inc. New Jersey 104% 49 Cumberland Consulting Group Tennessee 100% 50 Pace Harmon Virginia 98%

Top 50 Consulting Firms By Employee Satisfaction While our focus here at Consulting.com is helping consultants launch their own consulting businesses, we take great interest in tracking employee satisfaction across the consulting industry. Entrepreneurship isn’t for everyone, and being able to recommend great firms to those wishing to pursue in-house positions is something we value. It’s also why we monitor consulting salaries. There are a number of great organizations gathering this type of data and regularly interviewing consultants in the industry, but our go-to source remains Vault.com. Their annual survey of 17,000+ working consultants provides unparalleled qualitative data on a wide range of firm attributes. Here are the 50 best consulting firms to work for in 2019. Rank Firm Name 2019 Score 1 McKinsey & Company 9.296 2 The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. 9.218 3 Bain & Company 9.192 4 Deloitte Consulting LLP 8.258 5 Oliver Wyman 7.73 6 The Bridgespan Group 7.689 7 Putnam Associates 7.649 8 The Parthenon Group 7.589 9 L.E.K. Consulting 7.52 10 The Brattle Group 7.487 11 PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory Services LLC (PwC Advisory Services) 7.455 12 A.T. Kearney 7.414 13 Insight Sourcing Group 7.379 14 Accenture 7.339 15 Clearview Healthcare Partners 7.316 16 KPMG LLP (Consulting Practice) 7.275 17 Roland Berger Strategy Consultants 7.189 18 Strategy&, part of the PwC network 7.143 19 Alvarez & Marsal 7.106 20 Ignyte Group 7.102 21 Health Advances, LLC 6.993 22 Simon-Kucher & Partners 6.991 23 Cornerstone Research 6.973 24 The Cambridge Group 6.924 25 Eagle Hill Consulting LLC 6.894 26 Jabian Consulting 6.865 27 Marakon 6.836 28 The Chartis Group 6.832 29 Clarkston Consulting 6.801 30 ZS Associates 6.788 31 DayBlink Consulting 6.785 32 Charles River Associates 6.774 33 Bates White Economic Consulting 6.77 34 Edgeworth Economics 6.751 35 Protiviti Inc. 6.736 36 Trinity Partners, LLC 6.728 37 NERA Economic Consulting 6.697 38 CapTech 6.682 39 Pace Harmon 6.68 40 Huron Consulting Group 6.674 41 Innosight 6.635 42 Novantas LLC 6.629 43 Arthur D. Little 6.598 44 Excella Consulting 6.591 45 Keystone Strategy, LLC 6.577 46 FTI Consulting, Inc. 6.528 47 LeapPoint 6.526 48 Everest Group 6.52 49 Crowe Horwath LLP (Consulting Practice) 6.506 50 ScottMadden, Inc. 6.471 Now, of course, there are a lot of factors that go into employee satisfaction, and what makes one person satisfied at their current job might not do anything to satisfy another employee with a different set of goals or values. Accordingly, we’re going to utilize Vault’s data to further break down the top firms in a number of key categories. Top 10 Consulting Firms By Compensation Compensation remains the number #1 factor influencing employee satisfaction. Employees who feel like they are being adequately or generously compensated are much more motivated and satisfied in their work. Here are the top 10 consulting firms by employee compensation. Rank Firm Name 2019 Score 1 Putnam Associates 9.654 2 Ignyte Group 9.556 3 Bain & Company 9.494 4 The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. 9.391 5 Insight Sourcing Group 9.39 6 McKinsey & Company 9.326 7 Clearview Healthcare Partners 9.242 8 The Brattle Group 9.089 9 The Parthenon Group 9.083 10 Cornerstone Research 8.95 Top 10 Consulting Firms By Benefits Benefits are essentially supplemental compensation, and accordingly, they also remain a significant factor in employee compensation. The average benefits package is worth around one-third of the associated annual salary, and substantial benefits packages have been shown to attract talent and increase employee loyalty. Here are the top 10 consulting firms by benefits offered. Rank Firm Name 2019 Score 1 The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. 9.859 2 McKinsey & Company 9.837 3 Bain & Company 9.619 4 Ignyte Group 9.611 5 DayBlink Consulting 9.558 6 Putnam Associates 9.532 7 The Brattle Group 9.475 8 Innosight 9.234 9 Clearview Healthcare Partners 9.21 10 Insight Sourcing Group 9.017 Top 10 Consulting Firms By Culture Company culture is a daily reality for employees. What is the atmosphere in the office? Is it friendly and competitive or cutthroat and toxic? Are your coworkers and supervisors driven, stressed, lazy, intriguing, boring, or collaborative? Every firm develops its own unique company culture, and according to consultants in the industry, the following 10 consulting firms have the best in-house culture. Rank Firm Name 2019 Score 1 Bain & Company 9.826 2 Putnam Associates 9.718 3 Insight Sourcing Group 9.712 4 The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. 9.708 5 DayBlink Consulting 9.577 6 Clearview Healthcare Partners 9.547 7 McKinsey & Company 9.54 8 The Brattle Group 9.461 9 The Bridgespan Group 9.434 10 Edgeworth Economics 9.406 Top 10 Consulting Firms By Relationships With Supervisors There are a number of primary reasons that good employees quit their jobs, and most of them revolve around the employee’s relationship with their immediate supervisor or “boss.” The way that a firm’s supervisors interact with their team members will ultimately make or break the culture and employee experience at that firm. On that note, here are the 10 consulting firms rated by consultants as having the best employee-supervisor dynamics. Rank Firm Name 2019 Score 1 Insight Sourcing Group 9.695 2 The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. 9.656 3 McKinsey & Company 9.608 4 Clearview Healthcare Partners 9.594 5 Bain & Company 9.582 6 Putnam Associates 9.532 7 Health Advances, LLC 9.303 8 Eagle Hill Consulting LLC 9.299 9 Jabian Consulting 9.258 10 The Brattle Group 9.235 Top 10 Consulting Firms By Work-Life Balance The final employee satisfaction metric we’ll look at today is work-life balance. Consulting is a fairly demanding industry, and consultants typically enter the industry with the expectation that they will be working long and hard, but what a firm does with that expectation will determine whether employees end up feeling rewarded or overworked. According to 17,000+ consultants, the following 10 firms do the best at allowing their employees to balance both work and life. Rank Firm Name 2019 Score 1 Ignyte Group 9.688 2 Insight Sourcing Group 9.638 3 Eagle Hill Consulting LLC 9.627 4 Putnam Associates 9.333 5 Jabian Consulting 9.276 6 The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. 9.154 7 Health Advances, LLC 9.114 8 Bain & Company 9.019 9 CapTech 9.011 10 McKinsey & Company 8.981