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Vault Consulting 50

The Vault Consulting 50 was compiled using a NEW weighted formula that reflects the issues consultants care most about. This ranking combines Vault’s former “Best to Work For” ranking with overall prestige.

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2013 Rank	2012 Rank	Change	Company	Score	Location
1	1	—	Bain & Company	9.181	Boston, MA
2	2	—	McKinsey & Company	8.999	New York, NY
3	3	—	The Boston Consulting Group, Inc.	8.966	Boston, MA
4	10	▲	Strategy&, part of the PwC network (formerly Booz & Company)	7.879	New York, NY
5	4	▼	Deloitte Consulting LLP	7.517	New York, NY
6	7	▲	Oliver Wyman	7.479	New York, NY
7	6	▼	A.T. Kearney	7.328	Chicago, IL
8	12	▲	PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers) LLP (Consulting Practice)	7.264	New York, NY
9	9	—	Analysis Group, Inc.	7.196	Boston, MA
10	16	▲	Censeo Consulting Group	7.118	Washington, DC
11	5	▼	Monitor Group	7.111	Cambridge, MA
12	26	▲	L.E.K. Consulting	7.097	Boston, MA
13	14	▲	Point B	7.031	Seattle, WA
14	18	▲	ZS Associates	7.008	Evanston, IL
15	NR	—	Marakon	6.958	New York, NY
16	8	▼	The Cambridge Group	6.873	Chicago, IL
17	15	▼	Cornerstone Research	6.839	San Francisco, CA
18	28	▲	The Chartis Group	6.822	Chicago, IL
19	11	▼	Accenture	6.817	New York, NY
20	17	▼	Milliman, Inc	6.774	Seattle, WA
21	33	▲	NERA Economic Consulting	6.765	New York, NY
22	20	▼	Alvarez & Marsal	6.741	New York, NY
23	23	—	Putnam Associates	6.718	Burlington, MA
24	19	▼	West Monroe Partners	6.702	Chicago, IL
25	NR	—	ClearView Healthcare Partners	6.652	Newton, MA
26	35	▲	The Brattle Group	6.647	Cambridge, MA
27	48	▲	Mercer LLC	6.638	New York, NY
28	40	▲	Bates White Economic Consulting	6.609	Washington, DC
29	37	▲	Pearl Meyer & Partners, LLC	6.598	New York, NY
30	31	▲	Trinity Partners, LLC	6.589	Waltham, MA
31	34	▲	Simon-Kucher & Partners	6.564	Cambridge, MA
32	30	▼	Triage Consulting Group	6.542	San Francisco, CA
33	13	▼	Jabian Consulting	6.519	Atlanta, GA
34	41	▲	Kaiser Associates	6.512	Washington, DC
35	27	▼	Strategic Decisions Group	6.492	Palo Alto, CA
36	NR	—	Gallup Consulting	6.468	Washington, DC
37	22	▼	OC&C Strategy Consultants	6.447	London
38	36	▼	Navigant Consulting, Inc.	6.436	Chicago, IL
39	38	▼	Charles River Associates	6.433	Boston, MA
40	32	▼	Easton Associates, LLC	6.377	New York, NY
41	24	▼	Health Advances, LLC	6.291	Weston, MA
42	45	▲	FTI Consulting, Inc.	6.262	Washington, DC
43	25	▼	Novantas, Inc.	6.251	New York, NY
44	29	▼	Strategos	6.138	Chicago, IL
45	43	▼	IMS Consulting Group (IMSCG)	6.048	New York, NY
46	NR	—	Vivaldi Partners	5.945	New York, NY
47	NR	—	Campbell Alliance	5.511	New York, NY
48	47	▼	EY (Ernst & Young) LLP Consulting Practice	1.752	New York, NY
49	50	▲	KPMG LLP (Consulting Practice)	1.657	New York, NY
50	49	▼	IBM Global Business Services	1.641	Armonk, NY

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