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The third annual FT rating of the country’s leading management consultants is based on recommendations by their clients and peers. Compiled with Statista, the data company, it assesses consultancies’ work in 29 categories.

The results are based on two Statista surveys — one giving feedback from clients and the other of consultants evaluating their peers. Consultancies are awarded gold, silver and bronze ratings according to how often they are recommended (see methodology, after the tables). A total of 203 consultancies are listed this year, including 40 newcomers.

• Sectoral expertise

Aerospace & Defence
NameNotesRating
BAE Systems Applied Intelligence 🥇 Gold
Accenture 🥈 Silver
AtkinsPart of SNC-Lavalin Group🥈 Silver
Deloitte Consulting 🥈 Silver
McKinsey & Company  🥈 Silver
PA Consulting 🥈 Silver
PwC Consulting 🥈 Silver
Vendigital 🥈 Silver
Altran Consulting 🥉 Bronze  
BCG - Boston Consulting Group 🥉 Bronze  
KPMG Advisory 🥉 Bronze  
Raytheon 🥉 Bronze  
Roland Berger 🥉 Bronze  
Automotive
NameNotesRating
Accenture 🥇 Gold
BCG - Boston Consulting Group 🥈 Silver
Deloitte Consulting 🥈 Silver
Vendigital 🥈 Silver
AT Kearney 🥉 Bronze  
Bain & Company  🥉 Bronze  
BearingPoint  🥉 Bronze  
IBM Global Business Services 🥉 Bronze  
KPMG Advisory 🥉 Bronze  
McKinsey & Company  🥉 Bronze  
Proudfoot 🥉 Bronze  
PwC Consulting 🥉 Bronze  
Quick Release_ 🥉 Bronze  
Roland Berger 🥉 Bronze  
Unipart Group 🥉 Bronze  
Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals
NameNotesRating
Accenture 🥇 Gold
McKinsey & Company  🥇 Gold
AT Kearney 🥈 Silver
BCG - Boston Consulting Group 🥈 Silver
Deloitte Consulting  🥈 Silver
PwC Consulting 🥈 Silver
Arthur D. Little  🥉 Bronze  
Bain & Company  🥉 Bronze  
CRA - Charles River Associates  🥉 Bronze  
EFESO Consulting 🥉 Bronze  
ERM 🥉 Bronze  
KPMG Advisory 🥉 Bronze  
L.E.K Consulting 🥉 Bronze  
Roland Berger 🥉 Bronze  
Vynamic 🥉 Bronze
Construction & Infrastructure
NameNotesRating
AT Kearney 🥇 Gold
AtkinsPart of SNC-Lavalin Group🥇 Gold
Deloitte Consulting 🥇 Gold
KPMG Advisory 🥇 Gold
PwC Consulting 🥇 Gold
Arcadis 🥈 Silver
Arup 🥈 Silver
BCG - Boston Consulting Group 🥈 Silver
Mace 🥈 Silver
Mott MacDonald 🥈 Silver
Savills 🥈 Silver
Bourton Group 🥉 Bronze  
Costain 🥉 Bronze  
CPC Project Services 🥉 Bronze  
Curzon Consulting 🥉 Bronze  
EY Advisory Services 🥉 Bronze  
Faithful+Gould 🥉 Bronze  
Gardiner & Theobald 🥉 Bronze  
Grant Thornton 🥉 Bronze  
JLL 🥉 Bronze  
KPMG Boxwood 🥉 Bronze  
McKinsey & Company  🥉 Bronze  
OC&C Strategy Consultants 🥉 Bronze  
SLR Consulting 🥉 Bronze  
Stern Stewart & Co 🥉 Bronze  
Turner & Townsend 🥉 Bronze  
Watts 🥉 Bronze  
WSP  🥉 Bronze  
Consumer Goods & Retail
NameNotesRating
Accenture 🥇 Gold
Bain & Company  🥇 Gold
BCG - Boston Consulting Group 🥇 Gold
Deloitte Consulting  🥇 Gold
KPMG Advisory 🥇 Gold
PwC Consulting 🥇 Gold
AlixPartners 🥈 Silver
AT Kearney 🥈 Silver
BDO Advisory 🥈 Silver
BearingPoint  🥈 Silver
Capgemini Invent 🥈 Silver
Crimson & Co 🥈 Silver
EY Advisory Services 🥈 Silver
Grant Thornton 🥈 Silver
KantarFormerly Kantar Added Value🥈 Silver
McKinsey & Company  🥈 Silver
?What If!Part of Accenture🥉 Bronze  
Baringa Partners 🥉 Bronze  
BJSS 🥉 Bronze  
Cognizant  🥉 Bronze  
CRA - Charles River Associates  🥉 Bronze  
Egremont Group 🥉 Bronze  
Ipsos Business Consulting 🥉 Bronze  
Javelin GroupPart of Accenture🥉 Bronze  
KPMG Boxwood 🥉 Bronze  
Netcel 🥉 Bronze  
OC&C Strategy Consultants 🥉 Bronze  
PA Consulting 🥉 Bronze  
Simon-Kucher & Partners 🥉 Bronze  
Tata Consultancy Services 🥉 Bronze  
Vendigital 🥉 Bronze  
Energy, Utilities & Environment
NameNotesRating
Accenture 🥇 Gold
Baringa Partners 🥇 Gold
AT Kearney 🥈 Silver
AtkinsPart of SNC-Lavalin Group🥈 Silver
BCG - Boston Consulting Group 🥈 Silver
Deloitte Consulting  🥈 Silver
EY Advisory Services 🥈 Silver
McKinsey & Company  🥈 Silver
PwC Consulting 🥈 Silver
4C Associates 🥉 Bronze  
Bain & Company  🥉 Bronze  
Capgemini Invent 🥉 Bronze  
Cornwall Insight 🥉 Bronze  
CRA - Charles River Associates  🥉 Bronze  
Efficio 🥉 Bronze  
Egremont Group 🥉 Bronze  
Grant Thornton 🥉 Bronze  
Jacobs Consulting 🥉 Bronze  
L.E.K Consulting 🥉 Bronze  
Mott MacDonald 🥉 Bronze  
PA Consulting 🥉 Bronze  
The Brattle Group  🥉 Bronze  
Financial Institutions & Services
NameNotesRating
Accenture 🥇 Gold
Deloitte Consulting 🥇 Gold
EY Advisory Services 🥇 Gold
KPMG Advisory 🥇 Gold
McKinsey & Company  🥇 Gold
PwC Consulting 🥇 Gold
AT Kearney 🥈 Silver
BAE Systems Applied Intelligence 🥈 Silver
Bain & Company  🥈 Silver
Baringa Partners 🥈 Silver
BCG - Boston Consulting Group 🥈 Silver
BDO Advisory 🥈 Silver
Capgemini Invent 🥈 Silver
Grant Thornton 🥈 Silver
IBM Global Business Services 🥈 Silver
Oliver Wyman  🥈 Silver
11:FS 🥉 Bronze  
Alpha 🥉 Bronze  
Alvarez & Marsal 🥉 Bronze  
AtkinsPart of SNC-Lavalin Group🥉 Bronze  
BCS Consulting 🥉 Bronze  
BearingPoint  🥉 Bronze  
BJSS 🥉 Bronze  
Citihub Consulting 🥉 Bronze  
Curzon Consulting 🥉 Bronze  
Enterprise Learning 🥉 Bronze  
Frontier Economics 🥉 Bronze  
FTI Consulting  🥉 Bronze  
Gartner 🥉 Bronze  
KPMG Boxwood 🥉 Bronze  
PA Consulting 🥉 Bronze  
Savills 🥉 Bronze  
The Berkeley Partnership 🥉 Bronze  
Healthcare & Life Sciences
NameNotesRating
Accenture 🥇 Gold
Apex Healthcare Consulting 🥇 Gold
Deloitte Consulting 🥇 Gold
KPMG Advisory 🥇 Gold
PwC Consulting 🥇 Gold
Ashfield 🥈 Silver
BCG - Boston Consulting Group 🥈 Silver
GE Healthcare Partners 🥈 Silver
IBM Global Business Services 🥈 Silver
Korn FerryFormerly Hay Group🥈 Silver
McKinsey & Company  🥈 Silver
AdviseInc 🥉 Bronze  
Akeso & Co. 🥉 Bronze  
Attain 🥉 Bronze  
Bain & Company  🥉 Bronze  
BDO Advisory 🥉 Bronze  
Candesic 🥉 Bronze  
Capgemini Invent 🥉 Bronze  
Chaucer 🥉 Bronze  
CIL 🥉 Bronze  
Cogentia Healthcare Consulting 🥉 Bronze  
CRA - Charles River Associates  🥉 Bronze  
Edge Health 🥉 Bronze  
Infinity Works 🥉 Bronze  
L.E.K Consulting 🥉 Bronze  
MoorhousePart of Expleo🥉 Bronze  
OHE - Office of Health Economics 🥉 Bronze  
PA Consulting 🥉 Bronze  
Philips Healthcare Consulting 🥉 Bronze  
The King's Fund  🥉 Bronze  
Insurance
NameNotesRating
Deloitte Consulting 🥇 Gold
KPMG Advisory 🥇 Gold
PwC Consulting 🥇 Gold
Accenture 🥈 Silver
Bain & Company  🥉 Bronze  
Baringa Partners 🥉 Bronze  
BCG - Boston Consulting Group 🥉 Bronze  
EY Advisory Services 🥉 Bronze  
Grant Thornton 🥉 Bronze  
McKinsey & Company  🥉 Bronze  
Oliver Wyman   🥉 Bronze  
Internet, Media & Entertainment
NameNotesRating
Accenture 🥇 Gold
Deloitte Consulting  🥇 Gold
IBM Global Business Services 🥇 Gold
BCG - Boston Consulting Group 🥈 Silver
BDO Advisory 🥈 Silver
KPMG Advisory 🥈 Silver
McKinsey & Company  🥈 Silver
Vendigital 🥈 Silver
Agility in Mind 🥉 Bronze  
Bain & Company  🥉 Bronze  
EY Advisory Services 🥉 Bronze  
Grant Thornton 🥉 Bronze  
KPMG Boxwood 🥉 Bronze  
LiveStrategy 🥉 Bronze  
MTM 🥉 Bronze  
Ovum 🥉 Bronze  
PwC Consulting 🥉 Bronze  
IT, Technology & Telecommunications
NameNotesRating
Accenture 🥇 Gold
BAE Systems Applied Intelligence 🥇 Gold
Deloitte Consulting  🥇 Gold
IBM Global Business Services 🥇 Gold
AT Kearney 🥈 Silver
Bain & Company  🥈 Silver
BCG - Boston Consulting Group 🥈 Silver
Capgemini Invent 🥈 Silver
Cognizant  🥈 Silver
Gartner 🥈 Silver
Hitachi Consulting 🥈 Silver
Infosys 🥈 Silver
Korn FerryFormerly Hay Group🥈 Silver
KPMG Advisory 🥈 Silver
McKinsey & Company  🥈 Silver
PwC Consulting 🥈 Silver
Tata Consultancy Services 🥈 Silver
Altran Consulting 🥉 Bronze  
Analysys Mason 🥉 Bronze  
Arthur D. Little  🥉 Bronze  
ASEPart of Gemserv🥉 Bronze  
Baringa Partners 🥉 Bronze  
BDO Advisory 🥉 Bronze  
Business Information Systems Consulting Ltd 🥉 Bronze  
EY Advisory Services 🥉 Bronze  
Grant Thornton 🥉 Bronze  
KPMG Boxwood 🥉 Bronze  
Solon Management Consulting  🥉 Bronze  
Oil & Gas
NameNotesRating
Accenture 🥇 Gold
Baringa Partners 🥇 Gold
BCG - Boston Consulting Group 🥈 Silver
IBM Global Business Services 🥈 Silver
McKinsey & Company  🥈 Silver
Wood Mackenzie 🥈 Silver
BidPartners 🥉 Bronze  
Deloitte Consulting 🥉 Bronze  
EY Advisory Services 🥉 Bronze  
FTI Consulting  🥉 Bronze  
Genesis 🥉 Bronze  
io consulting 🥉 Bronze  
PwC Consulting  🥉 Bronze  
Other Industrial & Metals
NameNotesRating
Accenture 🥇 Gold
IBM Global Business Services 🥇 Gold
Capgemini Invent 🥈 Silver
Deloitte Consulting  🥈 Silver
KPMG Advisory 🥈 Silver
PwC Consulting 🥈 Silver
AT Kearney 🥉 Bronze  
Bain & Company  🥉 Bronze  
BCG - Boston Consulting Group 🥉 Bronze  
Korn FerryFormerly Hay Group🥉 Bronze  
McKinsey & Company  🥉 Bronze  
Vendigital 🥉 Bronze  
Wood Mackenzie  🥉 Bronze  
Public & Social Sector
NameNotesRating
Accenture 🥇 Gold
BAE Systems Applied Intelligence 🥇 Gold
Deloitte Consulting  🥇 Gold
Korn FerryFormerly Hay Group🥇 Gold
KPMG Advisory 🥇 Gold
PwC Consulting 🥇 Gold
2020 Delivery 🥈 Silver
AtkinsPart of SNC-Lavalin Group🥈 Silver
Capgemini Invent 🥈 Silver
EY Advisory Services 🥈 Silver
Grant Thornton 🥈 Silver
McKinsey & Company  🥈 Silver
PA Consulting 🥈 Silver
31ten 🥉 Bronze  
Actica Consulting 🥉 Bronze  
Arcadis 🥉 Bronze  
ASEPart of Gemserv🥉 Bronze  
Basis 🥉 Bronze  
BCG - Boston Consulting Group 🥉 Bronze  
BDO Advisory 🥉 Bronze  
Clarasys 🥉 Bronze  
Concerto 🥉 Bronze  
Freshwater 🥉 Bronze  
GGI (Good Governance Institute) 🥉 Bronze  
IBM Global Business Services 🥉 Bronze  
Infinity Works 🥉 Bronze  
Mott MacDonald 🥉 Bronze  
PPL 🥉 Bronze  
PrederiPart of BearingPoint🥉 Bronze  
RedQuadrant 🥉 Bronze  
Strategy&Part of PwC - PricewaterhouseCoopers🥉 Bronze  
Travel, Transportation & Logistics
NameNotesRating
Accenture 🥇 Gold
Deloitte Consulting 🥇 Gold
KPMG Advisory 🥇 Gold
PwC Consulting 🥇 Gold
AT Kearney 🥈 Silver
AtkinsPart of SNC-Lavalin Group🥈 Silver
Bain & Company  🥈 Silver
BCG - Boston Consulting Group 🥈 Silver
BearingPoint  🥈 Silver
Grant Thornton 🥈 Silver
McKinsey & Company  🥈 Silver
Vendigital 🥈 Silver
EY Advisory Services 🥉 Bronze  
KPMG Boxwood 🥉 Bronze  
L.E.K Consulting 🥉 Bronze  
LeighFisherPart of Jacobs🥉 Bronze  
MoorhousePart of Expleo🥉 Bronze  
Mott MacDonald 🥉 Bronze  
North Highland 🥉 Bronze  
Oliver Wyman  🥉 Bronze  
Steer 🥉 Bronze  
Triangle  🥉 Bronze  

• Consulting services

Data Analytics & Big Data
NameNotesRating
Accenture 🥇 Gold
Deloitte Consulting  🥇 Gold
IBM Global Business Services 🥇 Gold
KPMG Advisory 🥇 Gold
PwC Consulting 🥇 Gold
BAE Systems Applied Intelligence 🥈 Silver
Bain & Company  🥈 Silver
BCG - Boston Consulting Group 🥈 Silver
Capgemini Invent 🥈 Silver
EY Advisory Services 🥈 Silver
Fujitsu Consulting 🥈 Silver
Grant Thornton 🥈 Silver
McKinsey & Company  🥈 Silver
Acrotrend 🥉 Bronze  
Arup 🥉 Bronze  
Atos Consulting 🥉 Bronze  
Avanade 🥉 Bronze  
BCS Consulting 🥉 Bronze  
BearingPoint  🥉 Bronze  
Cambridge Econometrics 🥉 Bronze  
Capco 🥉 Bronze  
Cognizant  🥉 Bronze  
Data Consulting 🥉 Bronze  
decisionLab 🥉 Bronze  
MoorhousePart of Expleo🥉 Bronze  
PA Consulting 🥉 Bronze  
Publicis Sapient 🥉 Bronze  
Tata Consultancy Services 🥉 Bronze  
Vendigital  🥉 Bronze  
Digital Transformation
NameNotesRating
Accenture 🥇 Gold
Deloitte Consulting 🥇 Gold
Deloitte DigitalPart of Deloitte🥇 Gold
IBM Global Business Services 🥇 Gold
AT Kearney 🥈 Silver
AtkinsPart of SNC-Lavalin Group🥈 Silver
Atos Consulting 🥈 Silver
Bain & Company  🥈 Silver
BCG - Boston Consulting Group 🥈 Silver
Capgemini Invent 🥈 Silver
EY Advisory Services 🥈 Silver
Grant Thornton 🥈 Silver
KPMG Advisory 🥈 Silver
McKinsey & Company  🥈 Silver
PwC Consulting 🥈 Silver
11:FS 🥉 Bronze  
Agility in Mind 🥉 Bronze  
Alchemmy 🥉 Bronze  
Avanade 🥉 Bronze  
BCG Digital Ventures 🥉 Bronze  
BearingPoint  🥉 Bronze  
Cadence InnovaFormerly Cadence Partnership🥉 Bronze  
Chaucer 🥉 Bronze  
Clarasys 🥉 Bronze  
Cognizant  🥉 Bronze  
Digital Workplace Group 🥉 Bronze  
DXC Technology 🥉 Bronze  
Infosys 🥉 Bronze  
Javelin GroupPart of Accenture🥉 Bronze  
PA Consulting 🥉 Bronze  
Project One 🥉 Bronze  
Publicis Sapient  🥉 Bronze  
Finance, Risk & Compliance
NameNotesRating
Accenture 🥇 Gold
Deloitte Consulting 🥇 Gold
KPMG Advisory 🥇 Gold
PwC Consulting 🥇 Gold
Arcadis 🥈 Silver
Bain & Company  🥈 Silver
BCG - Boston Consulting Group 🥈 Silver
BDO Advisory 🥈 Silver
Capgemini Invent 🥈 Silver
EY Advisory Services 🥈 Silver
Grant Thornton 🥈 Silver
IBM Global Business Services 🥈 Silver
McKinsey & Company  🥈 Silver
Oliver Wyman  🥈 Silver
AlixPartners 🥉 Bronze  
Alvarez & Marsal 🥉 Bronze  
Baringa Partners 🥉 Bronze  
BearingPoint  🥉 Bronze  
Capco 🥉 Bronze  
Consulting People 🥉 Bronze  
Enterprise Learning 🥉 Bronze  
Frontier Economics 🥉 Bronze  
FTI Consulting  🥉 Bronze  
Marsh 🥉 Bronze  
NavigantPart of Guidehouse🥉 Bronze  
RSM UK 🥉 Bronze  
Savills  🥉 Bronze  
Innovation, Growth & New Business Models
NameNotesRating
Accenture 🥇 Gold
Deloitte Consulting 🥇 Gold
McKinsey & Company  🥇 Gold
PwC Consulting 🥇 Gold
AT Kearney 🥈 Silver
BCG - Boston Consulting Group 🥈 Silver
Deloitte DigitalPart of Deloitte🥈 Silver
EY Advisory Services 🥈 Silver
KPMG Advisory 🥈 Silver
Manifesto Growth 🥈 Silver
?What If!Part of Accenture🥉 Bronze  
Arthur D. Little  🥉 Bronze  
Baxendale 🥉 Bronze  
BearingPoint  🥉 Bronze  
CRA - Charles River Associates  🥉 Bronze  
DecidedlyFormerly FreshMinds🥉 Bronze  
Fluxx 🥉 Bronze  
Frog Design 🥉 Bronze  
Human Innovation 🥉 Bronze  
IDEO 🥉 Bronze  
Infinity Works 🥉 Bronze  
Innovation Unit 🥉 Bronze  
KantarFormerly Kantar Added Value🥉 Bronze  
PA Consulting 🥉 Bronze  
IT - Implementation
NameNotesRating
Accenture 🥇 Gold
Deloitte Consulting  🥇 Gold
IBM Global Business Services 🥇 Gold
AtkinsPart of SNC-Lavalin Group🥈 Silver
Bain & Company  🥈 Silver
BMC 🥈 Silver
Capita 🥈 Silver
Cognizant  🥈 Silver
Deloitte DigitalPart of Deloitte🥈 Silver
Fujitsu Consulting 🥈 Silver
KPMG Advisory 🥈 Silver
Tata Consultancy Services 🥈 Silver
BJSS 🥉 Bronze  
CGI 🥉 Bronze  
DXC Technology 🥉 Bronze  
EY Advisory Services 🥉 Bronze  
Infosys 🥉 Bronze  
McKinsey & Company  🥉 Bronze  
North Highland 🥉 Bronze  
Publicis Sapient 🥉 Bronze  
The Berkeley Partnership 🥉 Bronze  
Wipro 🥉 Bronze  
IT - Strategy
NameNotesRating
Accenture 🥇 Gold
Deloitte Consulting  🥇 Gold
IBM Global Business Services 🥇 Gold
AtkinsPart of SNC-Lavalin Group🥈 Silver
Bain & Company  🥈 Silver
BCG - Boston Consulting Group 🥈 Silver
BMC 🥈 Silver
Capgemini Invent 🥈 Silver
Cognizant  🥈 Silver
Deloitte DigitalPart of Deloitte🥈 Silver
EY Advisory Services 🥈 Silver
Gartner 🥈 Silver
KPMG Advisory 🥈 Silver
McKinsey & Company  🥈 Silver
PwC Consulting 🥈 Silver
Tata Consultancy Services 🥈 Silver
ASEPart of Gemserv🥉 Bronze  
Baringa Partners 🥉 Bronze  
BearingPoint  🥉 Bronze  
Business Information Systems Consulting Ltd 🥉 Bronze  
Chaucer 🥉 Bronze  
DMW 🥉 Bronze  
Forrester 🥉 Bronze  
Infosys 🥉 Bronze  
Mason Advisory 🥉 Bronze  
Oliver Wyman  🥉 Bronze  
PA Consulting 🥉 Bronze  
Strategy&Part of PwC - PricewaterhouseCoopers🥉 Bronze  
Marketing, Brand & Pricing
NameNotesRating
Accenture 🥇 Gold
Deloitte Consulting 🥇 Gold
PwC Consulting 🥇 Gold
AT Kearney 🥈 Silver
Bain & Company  🥈 Silver
BCG - Boston Consulting Group 🥈 Silver
KPMG Advisory 🥈 Silver
McKinsey & Company  🥈 Silver
Monitor Deloitte ConsultingPart of Deloitte🥈 Silver
Simon-Kucher & Partners 🥈 Silver
Brand Vista 🥉 Bronze  
Brandpie 🥉 Bronze  
Caliber 🥉 Bronze  
Capgemini Invent 🥉 Bronze  
Clarasys 🥉 Bronze  
Clear 🥉 Bronze  
Decision Technology 🥉 Bronze  
Distinction Consulting 🥉 Bronze  
EY Advisory Services 🥉 Bronze  
Interbrand 🥉 Bronze  
KantarFormerly Kantar Added Value🥉 Bronze  
L.E.K Consulting 🥉 Bronze  
LippincottPart of Oliver Wyman Group🥉 Bronze  
OC&C Strategy Consultants 🥉 Bronze  
Ogilvy Consulting 🥉 Bronze  
Oliver Wyman  🥉 Bronze  
Oystercatchers 🥉 Bronze  
Pearson Ham 🥉 Bronze  
Propaganda 🥉 Bronze  
Prophet 🥉 Bronze  
Smith+Co 🥉 Bronze  
ZS Associates  🥉 Bronze  
Mergers & Acquisitions
NameNotesRating
Bain & Company  🥇 Gold
Deloitte Consulting 🥇 Gold
KPMG Advisory 🥇 Gold
PwC Consulting 🥇 Gold
Accenture 🥈 Silver
BCG - Boston Consulting Group 🥈 Silver
EY Advisory Services 🥈 Silver
McKinsey & Company  🥈 Silver
Alvarez & Marsal 🥉 Bronze  
Aon 🥉 Bronze  
BDO Advisory 🥉 Bronze  
CRA - Charles River Associates  🥉 Bronze  
FTI Consulting  🥉 Bronze  
IBM Global Business Services 🥉 Bronze  
L.E.K Consulting 🥉 Bronze  
Mercer 🥉 Bronze  
OC&C Strategy Consultants  🥉 Bronze  
Operations & Supply Chain
NameNotesRating
Accenture 🥇 Gold
Deloitte Consulting  🥇 Gold
IBM Global Business Services 🥇 Gold
KPMG Advisory 🥇 Gold
PwC Consulting 🥇 Gold
AT Kearney 🥈 Silver
Capgemini Invent 🥈 Silver
EY Advisory Services 🥈 Silver
McKinsey & Company  🥈 Silver
Vendigital 🥈 Silver
4C Associates 🥉 Bronze  
AlixPartners 🥉 Bronze  
Alpha 🥉 Bronze  
Alvarez & Marsal 🥉 Bronze  
Arup 🥉 Bronze  
AtkinsPart of SNC-Lavalin Group🥉 Bronze  
Bain & Company  🥉 Bronze  
Baringa Partners 🥉 Bronze  
BCG - Boston Consulting Group 🥉 Bronze  
BearingPoint  🥉 Bronze  
Cambridge Consultants 🥉 Bronze  
Curzon Consulting 🥉 Bronze  
PA Consulting 🥉 Bronze  
Organisation & Change
NameNotesRating
Accenture 🥇 Gold
Deloitte Consulting 🥇 Gold
KPMG Advisory 🥇 Gold
McKinsey & Company  🥇 Gold
PwC Consulting 🥇 Gold
AT Kearney 🥈 Silver
AtkinsPart of SNC-Lavalin Group🥈 Silver
Bain & Company  🥈 Silver
BCG - Boston Consulting Group 🥈 Silver
EY Advisory Services 🥈 Silver
Grant Thornton 🥈 Silver
IBM Global Business Services 🥈 Silver
Korn FerryFormerly Hay Group🥈 Silver
KPMG Boxwood 🥈 Silver
PA Consulting 🥈 Silver
31ten 🥉 Bronze  
Accelerating Experience 🥉 Bronze  
Afiniti 🥉 Bronze  
Basis 🥉 Bronze  
Capgemini Invent 🥉 Bronze  
CMG - Change Management Group 🥉 Bronze  
Egremont Group 🥉 Bronze  
Gallup 🥉 Bronze  
MoorhousePart of Expleo🥉 Bronze  
Project One 🥉 Bronze  
Q5 🥉 Bronze  
RedQuadrant 🥉 Bronze  
Talik & Co 🥉 Bronze  
The Berkeley Partnership 🥉 Bronze  
People & Performance
NameNotesRating
Accenture 🥇 Gold
Deloitte Consulting  🥇 Gold
Korn FerryFormerly Hay Group🥇 Gold
KPMG Advisory 🥇 Gold
PwC Consulting 🥇 Gold
Aon 🥈 Silver
AtkinsPart of SNC-Lavalin Group🥈 Silver
Bain & Company  🥈 Silver
Capgemini Invent 🥈 Silver
EY Advisory Services 🥈 Silver
GameShift 🥈 Silver
KPMG Boxwood 🥈 Silver
McKinsey & Company  🥈 Silver
Mercer 🥈 Silver
Accelerating Experience 🥉 Bronze  
Amicus 🥉 Bronze  
Basis 🥉 Bronze  
Baxendale 🥉 Bronze  
BCG - Boston Consulting Group 🥉 Bronze  
Gallup 🥉 Bronze  
Human Engine 🥉 Bronze  
Human Innovation 🥉 Bronze  
Metalogue 🥉 Bronze  
Q5 🥉 Bronze  
Talik & Co 🥉 Bronze  
Sales & CRM
NameNotesRating
Accenture 🥇 Gold
Deloitte Consulting 🥇 Gold
KPMG Advisory 🥇 Gold
PwC Consulting 🥇 Gold
Bain & Company  🥈 Silver
Baringa Partners 🥈 Silver
Beyond Philosophy LLC 🥈 Silver
Decision Technology 🥈 Silver
EY Advisory Services 🥈 Silver
McKinsey & Company  🥈 Silver
Arthur D. Little  🥉 Bronze  
BidPartners 🥉 Bronze  
Clarasys 🥉 Bronze  
Egremont Group 🥉 Bronze  
Integration Consulting 🥉 Bronze  
Quantum 🥉 Bronze  
RedQuadrant 🥉 Bronze  
Sales Tec 🥉 Bronze  
Soul Consulting 🥉 Bronze  
ZS Associates 🥉 Bronze  
Strategy
NameNotesRating
Accenture 🥇 Gold
Bain & Company  🥇 Gold
BCG - Boston Consulting Group 🥇 Gold
Deloitte Consulting  🥇 Gold
McKinsey & Company  🥇 Gold
AT Kearney 🥈 Silver
AtkinsPart of SNC-Lavalin Group🥈 Silver
EY Advisory Services 🥈 Silver
KPMG Advisory 🥈 Silver
KPMG Boxwood 🥈 Silver
Strategy&Part of PwC - PricewaterhouseCoopers🥈 Silver
31ten 🥉 Bronze  
Arthur D. Little  🥉 Bronze  
Baringa Partners 🥉 Bronze  
BearingPoint  🥉 Bronze  
Curzon Consulting 🥉 Bronze  
Egremont Group 🥉 Bronze  
GameShift 🥉 Bronze  
L.E.K Consulting 🥉 Bronze  
LiveStrategy 🥉 Bronze  
Oliver Wyman  🥉 Bronze  
Oxford Strategic Consulting 🥉 Bronze  
PA Consulting 🥉 Bronze  
RedQuadrant  🥉 Bronze  
Sustainability
NameNotesRating
Accenture 🥇 Gold
Deloitte Consulting 🥇 Gold
PwC Consulting 🥇 Gold
3keel 🥈 Silver
Arup 🥈 Silver
AtkinsPart of SNC-Lavalin Group🥈 Silver
ERM 🥈 Silver
EY Advisory Services 🥈 Silver
KPMG Advisory 🥈 Silver
McKinsey & Company  🥈 Silver
Mott MacDonald 🥈 Silver
SustainAbilityPart of ERM🥈 Silver
AccountAbility 🥉 Bronze  
Baringa Partners 🥉 Bronze  
Given London 🥉 Bronze  
Human Engine 🥉 Bronze  
Oliver Wyman  🥉 Bronze  
PA Consulting 🥉 Bronze  
Ricardo 🥉 Bronze  
Sustain Value 🥉 Bronze  
twentyfifty 🥉 Bronze  
Volans 🥉 Bronze  
WSP 🥉 Bronze  

Methodology

Market Definition
Along with pure management consulting firms, IT consultancies, advisory branches of professional services firms (eg KPMG Advisory) and consultancy branches of technology companies (eg IBM Global Business Services) were all eligible for consideration.

Methodology
The list of the awarded management consultancies is based on two surveys — one among peers (partners and executives from management consultancies) and one among clients of the consultancies. Both surveys were conducted online by Statista.

Peer survey
Building on last year’s methodology, the long list was expanded from just over 1,000 management consulting firms to more than 1,400 and used as a basis for this year’s survey among peers. To update the long list, Statista used recommendations from previous years and also the following sources: lists of associations (eg the Management Consultancies Association), consulting directories (eg Consultingcase101) and company databases (eg Orbis). The list of management consulting partners and executives was compiled through research conducted primarily on the firms’ websites. It was also possible to register for the survey on ft.com, which resulted in additional contacts for the sample. The sample size was extended to 5,100 partners and executives of management consultancies in the UK.

Invitations to the survey were sent in an email containing a personalised link. The field period ran from July 22 to August 30 2019.

As in previous years, 15 sectors and 14 consulting services were identified in which partners and executives could make recommendations. Respondents were also given the opportunity to mention which consultancies they would refrain from recommending.

An autocomplete function was offered to assist respondents in selecting management consultancies and they were also able to recommend any consultancy which did not appear on the list by entering its name.

The recommendations for the management consultancies in each sector and consulting service were then counted. An overall score was given to each company based on the number of positive and negative recommendations they received. Self-recommendations were excluded from the evaluation.

Client survey
Following the survey of peers, an online survey was conducted among about 1,000 senior executives who have used the services of management consultancies. They were recruited through an online access panel. The field phase lasted from September 9 to August 30 2019.

Respondents were asked to indicate the sectors or consulting services in which they had collaborated with a management consultancy in the past four years. They were asked to recommend consultancies by using an autofill list or writing in names. Respondents were given a list of recommended consultancies for evaluation for each sector or service in which they have worked with a consultancy.

The quality of the management consultancies was surveyed using a five-point scale (very good to very poor). For the following classification the evaluations “very good”, “good” and “acceptable” were counted as recommendations (“very good” counted as one recommendation, “good” and “acceptable” were equated with lower weights). The evaluations “poor” and “very poor” counted against the consultancies in question (see below).

Reputation is typically established over several years and it is the aim of this report to reflect such longevity. Therefore last year’s results were also taken into account, but were given a low weighting in the evaluation process.

Recommendations
In each sector and consulting service the consultancies were sorted based on the number of recommendations (the sum of all recommendations for a consultancy, taking into account the reduction for negative ones). The groups were sorted into the classes below. These were based on the average number of recommendations per sector or consulting service as detailed here:

  • Management consultancies that received recommendations from peers and clients well above the average were sorted into the gold class “very frequently recommended”. (The number of recommendations was at least two times larger than the average for each sector or service.)
  • Management consultancies that received recommendations from peers and clients less frequently, but still clearly above average, were sorted into the silver class “frequently recommended”. (The number of recommendations was less than double, but more than the average of each sector or consulting service.)
  • Management consultancies that still received a significant number of recommendations from peers and clients were sorted into the bronze class “recommended” within their industry or sector.
  • Management consultancies with an insufficient number of recommendations were excluded.

The consultancies have been sorted alphabetically within each class.

Disclaimer
The ranking is comprised exclusively of consultancies that have a sufficient number of recommendations; a mention is therefore positive and indicates a vote of confidence from the market. The ranking was created through a complex process. The quality of consultancies that are not included in the list is not disputed.

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