Most Prestigious Consulting Firms in Asia-Pacific
Which consulting firms in the region are the most prestigious?
McKinsey & Company APAC
McKinsey consultants work in collaborative teams, have opportunities to make meaningful impact, and engage in challenges to stretch their abilities and further their expertise. McKinsey provides a culture that is distinctive and inclusive, focused on a personalized, flexible, dynamic environment that delivers high-performing and sustainable results. The firm is creating conditions for its colleagues to author their own journey and advance based on individual skills and impact.
SCORE 8.879
2024 Ranking
#1
Boston Consulting Group APAC
Founded in 1995, BCG Singapore has a diverse, local, regional and global team of 170 serving a client mix of top Singapore and Southeast Asian companies, government agencies, and multinational corporations. Purpose-driven, the firm strives to drive lasting impact for its employees, clients, and society. Its social impact work in the Asia-Pacific region includes partnerships in China, Saudi Arabia, Australia, and India.
SCORE 8.739
2024 Ranking
#2
Bain & Company APAC
The consulting industry might be inherently global, but it was Bain & Company that broke ground in the Chinese market in 1993 by becoming the first global strategic consultancy to establish an office in Beijing. Today, the firm is a standard-bearer of the industry in the Asia-Pacific markets, with offices in more than a dozen countries in the region.
SCORE 8.566
2024 Ranking
#3
Kearney APAC
Kearney—one of the original global management consulting firms—has long specialized in operations and supports clients through large transformations. The firm works with more than three-quarters of the Fortune Global 500, as well as governmental and nonprofit organizations. A solid midsize firm with a strong international reputation, Kearney is poised to offer consultants the best of both worlds: the flexibility and opportunities for exposure of a boutique supported by the infrastructure of a much larger firm. The result is a great balance of collaboration and independence—the benefits of scale with the ability to individualize.
SCORE 7.217
2024 Ranking
#4
Oliver Wyman APAC
Oliver Wyman established its Asia-Pacific presence in 1996 and has become a valued partner to businesses in the region, with strategically located offices in cities like Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tokyo, Sydney, and others. While its footprint in this part of the world represents its smaller contingent of international offices, Oliver Wyman’s talent-first staffing model—where the best consultants are put on the job, regardless of where they’re located—suggests a wealth of opportunities for those interested in the region.
SCORE 6.934
2024 Ranking
#5
L.E.K. Consulting APAC
L.E.K. Consulting is a global management consultancy with clients ranging from large global corporations and major private equity firms to growth-stage entrepreneurial firms. Although the firm’s roots are firmly planted in British soil (it began with the establishment of its London office in 1983), L.E.K.’s reach spans almost every major market around the globe. That—coupled with deep industry expertise across a breadth of clients and capabilities—creates a wealth of “big firm” opportunities at a relatively midsize firm.
SCORE 6.582
2024 Ranking
#9
Roland Berger APAC
Roland Berger—the first European consultancy to expand internationally—entered the Asia-Pacific regions with the establishment of its Tokyo office in 1991. More than three decades later, the firm operates in Greater China, South Korea, India, and throughout Southeast Asia as a critical partner to some of the biggest players in these markets. Consider Roland Berger for a rare chance to join a well-established institution in one of the world’s fastest-growing regions.
SCORE 6.523
2024 Ranking
#8
EY-Parthenon APAC
EY-Parthenon—the strategy consulting arm of the prestigious EY (Ernst & Young, to drop a name that industry outsiders will immediately spark to)—is one of the largest global strategy consultancies, with more than 700 offices worldwide. By harnessing the infrastructure of its parent organization and its international network of talented professionals. EY-Parthenon offers a near-unparalleled learning experience for jobseekers looking to deepen their expertise while expanding their skillsets.
SCORE 6.512
2024 Ranking
#6
Deloitte (APAC Consulting Practice)
Deloitte is a global provider of audit, tax, financial services and consulting. The firm is one of the Big Four accounting organizations. Services include corporate strategy, marketing and sales strategy, mergers and acquisitions, and innovation; manufacturing operations including supply chain; sector-specific service operations; infrastructure operations including outsourcing advisory and shared services; and financial management.
SCORE 6.423
2024 Ranking
#10
Strategy&, Part of the PwC Network, APAC
Strategy& is the consulting business of professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, aka PwC, one of largest professional services networks in the world and one of the Big Four accounting firms. Combining strategy consulting expertise with the capabilities of the PwC network, Strategy& helps clients solve issues—from devising a corporate strategy to building capabilities by transforming functions and business units—from strategy through execution.
SCORE 6.411
2024 Ranking
#7
Accenture APAC
Accenture works at the intersection of business and technology to help clients improve performance and create sustainable value for stakeholders. The company fosters a “culture of cultures” where its people experience a sense of belonging and can be their best professionally and personally. Creating this inclusive workplace means ensuring people feel comfortable engaging in honest, open dialogue about difficult topics—such as bias and inclusion—without judgment or career limitation.
SCORE 6.363
2024 Ranking
#12
Mercer Limited APAC
Mercer delivers advice and technology-driven solutions that help organizations meet the health, wealth and career needs of a changing workforce. Mercer’s more than 25,000 employees are based in 44 countries and the firm operates in over 130 countries. Mercer organizes its business around three key areas: Health, Wealth, and Career, each with distinct areas of practice.
SCORE 6.140
2024 Ranking
#14
Arthur D. Little APAC
The oldest and longest operating consultancy in the world, Arthur D. Little, expanded into the Asia-Pacific markets more than 70 years ago when it began advising India’s first independent cabinet. It began operations in Japan in 1978 and has a proven track record of developing strategies for large corporations and government agencies. The firm remains an influential and ever-expanding presence in the region to this day, where it now operates across more than 10 countries in Asia.
SCORE 6.062
2024 Ranking
#21
PwC APAC (Consulting)
Casual jobseekers are forgiven for wondering, “Is PricewaterhouseCoopers an accounting firm, a consulting firm, or something else entirely?” The answer is “yes”, and therein lie the possibilities. The second-largest professional services firm in the world, PwC offers a wild amount of opportunities for employees and clients to join a global network of problem solvers dedicated to transforming the industries it serves.
SCORE 6.055
2024 Ranking
#11
IBM Global Services APAC
IBM consultants help clients integrate strategy, process, technology and information to increase effectiveness, reduce costs and improve profit and shareholder value. IBM's services and consulting runs the gamut, from AI and automation to big data to networking and cloud services, and more. They've invested heavily in AI. IBM's portfolio of business-ready tools, applications and solutions are designed to reduce the costs and hurdles of AI adoption while optimizing outcomes and responsible use of AI.
SCORE 5.983
2024 Ranking
#15
Gartner APAC
Gartner is one of the most trusted and prestigious research and advisory firms in the world. Gartner’s research doesn’t just analyze trends in the industry—it sets those trends—and Gartner employees believe that the world’s most comprehensive collection of technology, data, and tools is what drives their learning and development as professionals. Thriving on the frontlines of innovation, Gartner is a place for the tech savvy and the business oriented.
SCORE 5.976
2024 Ranking
#18
KPMG (APAC Consulting Practice)
KPMG is a multinational professional services network and one of the Big Four accounting firms. Organized as a network of firms that each bring services to clients, KPMG spans strategy and operations, analytics, business integration, business intelligence, business process management, change management, growth enablement, integrated business planning, organizational design, outsourcing, shared services, talent management, technology enablement, and transformation. On the risk management side, they offer advisory services in financial risk management, forensic, internal audit, risk and compliance, and IT.
SCORE 5.958
2024 Ranking
#17
EY Consulting Practice APAC
Ernst & Young is one of the global Big Four accounting firms. They are best known for providing audit, tax, business risk, technology and security risk services, and human capital services. Through four service lines—assurance, consultancy, strategy, and transactions—they help transform businesses.
SCORE 5.876
2024 Ranking
#13
Alvarez & Marsal APAC
A&M provides global leadership, problem-solving, and value creation for companies across industries and around the world. The firm’s consultants work as advisers, interim leaders, and partners who tell clients what they need to know, not always what they want to hear. The firm is focused on practical, action-oriented advice for its clients, rather than theoretical.
SCORE 5.851
2024 Ranking
#20
ZS APAC
ZS is a management consulting and technology firm focused on transforming global healthcare and beyond. The firm leverages leading-edge analytics, plus the power of data, science, and products, to help their clients make more intelligent decisions, deliver innovative solutions, and improve outcomes for all.
SCORE 5.837
2024 Ranking
#19
IQVIA APAC
IQVIA is a global consulting firm specializing in clinical research services, management consulting, and healthcare intelligence. The firm works to improve patient outcomes and advance the healthcare industry through innovative solutions and actionable insights.
SCORE 5.743
2024 Ranking
#22
Capgemini APAC
Capgemini is a multinational consulting firm that provides consulting, technology, professional, and outsourcing services. The firm helps companies transform and manage their business through technology—from strategy and design to operations—fueled by cloud, data, AI, connectivity, software, digital engineering, and platforms. Capgemini has the resources and expertise to react quickly to client needs.
SCORE 5.660
2024 Ranking
#23
OC&C Strategy Consultants APAC
OC&C Strategy Consultants is an international consulting firm that advises management of major multinational corporations and leading national companies. OC&C also supports world-renowned private equity firms in areas including potential investment scoping, vendor and buyer due diligence, and post-acquisition strategy. The firm brings in-depth knowledge of sectors and the drivers of demand to their work with clients.
SCORE 5.475
2024 Ranking
#16
Tata Consultancy Services APAC
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is a global provider of IT services, business solutions, and outsourcing. Through its network delivery model, TCS offers services in e-business, application development and maintenance, architecture and technology consulting, engineering, security, infrastructure development and management services. Industries include communications and information technology, engineering, materials, services, energy, consumer products and chemicals.
SCORE 5.290
2024 Ranking
#Not Ranked
Grant Thornton Australia
Grant Thornton is one of the world's largest professional services networks. Offering independent audit and insurance, tax, and advisory capabilities, the firm helps businesses grow, operate more effectively, manage risk and regulation, and realize stakeholder value. The consulting unit includes a forensics, investigations, and litigations branch that researches economic foul play and advises corporations involved with criminal abuse lawsuits on how to protect their reputation and avoid costly business interruptions.
SCORE 5.276
2024 Ranking
#Not Ranked
