Most Prestigious Consulting Firms

Consultants across North America rank the companies they consider to be the most prestigious in their industry.

Survey Methodology

Survey respondents were 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.

Vault collected the survey results and averaged the score for each firm. The firms were then ranked, with the highest score being No. 1, down to No. 50.

We also asked survey respondents to give their perceptions of other consulting firms besides their own. A selection of those comments is featured on each firm profile as The Buzz.

Remember that Vault's top-50 prestigious consulting firms are chosen by practicing consultants at top consulting firms. Vault does not choose or influence these rankings. The rankings measure perceived prestige (as determined by consulting professionals) and not revenue, size or lifestyle.
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2012 Most Prestigious Consulting Firms

1 SCORE 9.049	McKinsey & Company McKinsey & Company is a privately-owned management consulting firm. Roundly considered to be the most prestigious company of its kind, it has... Overview Survey Says Why Work Here Employee Reviews	TRENDING 2011 Rank 1
2 SCORE 8.589	The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. The name may sound local, but The Boston Consulting Group's reach-and expertise-is anything but. With over 14,000 employees in 85 offices in 48... Overview Survey Says Employee Reviews	TRENDING 2011 Rank 2
3 SCORE 8.449	Bain & Company Founded in 1973, Bain is one of the world's most prestigious consulting firms. Today Bain & Company is one of the world's most respected companies.... Overview Survey Says Employee Reviews	TRENDING 2011 Rank 3
4 SCORE 6.681	Strategy&, part of the PwC network Strategy& is the global strategy consulting business of professional services firm PwC. Formerly Booz & Company, the firm was acquired by PwC in... Overview Survey Says Employee Reviews	TRENDING 2011 Rank 4
5 SCORE 6.166	Deloitte Consulting LLP In the United States, subsidiaries of Deloitte LLP provide industry-leading audit, consulting, tax, and advisory services to many of the world's most... Overview Survey Says Why Work Here Employee Reviews	TRENDING 2011 Rank 5

6 SCORE 5.734	PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory Services LLC (PwC Advisory Services) PwC's (PricewaterhouseCoopers) Advisory practice, PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory Services LLC ("PwC Advisory Services"), provides a mix of industry and... Overview Survey Says Why Work Here Employee Reviews	TRENDING 2011 Rank 8
7 SCORE 5.692	Monitor Group	TRENDING 2011 Rank 7
8 SCORE 5.664	EY (Ernst & Young) LLP Consulting Practice For two decades, EY has helped clients stay on the straight and narrow. The world's second-largest accounting firm, Ernst & Young's 144,000... Overview Survey Says Employee Reviews	TRENDING 2011 Rank 9
9 SCORE 5.558	Mercer LLC Mercer delivers advice and technology-driven solutions that help organizations meet the health, wealth and career needs of a changing workforce. Mercer's... Overview Survey Says Employee Reviews	TRENDING 2011 Rank 6
10 SCORE 5.505	Accenture A pioneer of information technology in the 1950s, to defining what success looks like in the 21st century and beyond, Accenture has been a disruptive... Overview Survey Says Employee Reviews	TRENDING 2011 Rank 12

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