Best Consulting Firms for Diversity
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Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
Boston Consulting Group (BCG) is the second largest consulting firm by revenue and consistently ranks high in our top consulting firms. The firm’s diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise to organizations, helping them to grow, build sustainable competitive advantage, and drive positive societal impact. Purpose-driven, the firm strives to drive lasting impact for its employees, clients, and society. "You will be challenged... and rewarded," say insiders.
SCORE 9.776
2024 Ranking
#6
Aminad Consulting
Aminad is a boutique management consulting firm dedicated to generating realistic and implementable change. The firm works with federal agencies, with a specific focus on the Department of Defense. Aminad (pronounced ah-min-odd) is a portmanteau that that firm says “represents determination, generosity, and kindness.”
SCORE 9.760
2024 Ranking
#2
ScottMadden, Inc.
ScottMadden is a generalist boutique with deep expertise in the Energy and Corporate and Shared Services sectors. The result is a combination of strategic focus and a diversified approach to consulting across a range of capabilities and services—perfect for jobseekers searching for the unique benefits of working at a smaller firm while still leveraging a wide array of skillsets and experiences. If the prospect of working ‘on the ground’ with your clients excites you, then ScottMadden might be a fit.
SCORE 9.731
2024 Ranking
#3
Iberia Advisory
Iberia Advisory helps federal agencies deliver superior outcomes for the American public. Based in Washington, DC, this consultancy specializes in financial and strategic management, ranging from audit support and remediation to internal controls and enterprise risk management, from budget planning and execution to data strategy and governance.
SCORE 9.727
2024 Ranking
#Not Ranked
Bain & Company
Arguably the most employee-focused of the Big 3 strategy players, Bain is a name that will open doors for the rest of your career. That’s if you’re interested in leaving, of course: The firm invests a lot of time and energy in training and development. Couple that with a glittering client roster and top-of-the-market compensation, and it’s easy to make a case for staying at Bain for the long term.
SCORE 9.592
2024 Ranking
#4
ghSMART
Boards, CEOs and investors seek ghSMART’s advice for their most high-stake leadership challenges. And often, ghSMART’s clients see them as the most influential professional relationships they have. Those who aspire to be trusted advisors who have a background in management consulting, private equity, and organizational psychology should take a closer look at ghSMART.
SCORE 9.433
2024 Ranking
#1
Putnam
Beyond Putnam's commitment and expertise to revolutionizing life sciences consulting is a determination to “bring out the best in each other.” Putnam’s commitment to development makes it a great choice for anybody looking to acquire practical knowledge of the industry by training alongside an enthusiastic team of like-minded professionals while delivering exceptional value to clients.
SCORE 9.173
2024 Ranking
#8
Insigniam
Acquired by U.K. consulting firm Elixirr in 2023, Insigniam is a management consulting firm that specializes in enterprise-wide transformation, transformational leadership, and managing change. A core value proposition of Insigniam’s organization transformation services is empowering clients to “build a bond and collaboration” among their people. Knowing that culture fuels strategy, Insigniam invests heavily in training and fostering entrepreneurship in the firm's own employees, so they can bring the most impactful solutions to clients.
SCORE 9.136
2024 Ranking
#5
Clarkston Consulting
Clarkston Consulting has focused on the consumer products, retail, and life sciences industries for over 30 years. Reflecting this targeted approach, the firm has never pursued aggressive expansion, instead applying energy to the careful cultivation of its client base.
SCORE 8.959
2024 Ranking
#13
Kearney
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 solidly 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 8.811
2024 Ranking
#21
LeapPoint, an OPMG Company
LeapPoint, an Omnicom Precision Marketing Group (OPMG) company, is a digital advisory firm to watch in the years ahead. Providing clients with transformational support to streamline, upgrade, and organize processes and marketing technology, LeapPoint's enterprise-level innovation and cross-functional expertise covers a range of industries, including financial services, healthcare and life sciences, retail, travel and hospitality, media and entertainment, higher education, government, and more.
SCORE 8.667
2024 Ranking
#7
Stax
Stax is a global strategy consulting firm specializing in commercial due diligence, value creation, and exit planning for private equity firms, PE-backed companies, hedge funds, and investment banks across a broad range of industries. The firm partners with clients to provide data-driven, actionable insights designed to drive growth, enhance profits, increase value, and make better investment decisions.
SCORE 8.640
2024 Ranking
#Not Ranked
Kenway Consulting
Kenway Consulting strives to bring value to clients through tailored business and technology solutions. In keeping with their vision "to transform business by doing what is right," their stated focus is helping businesses achieve their objectives through the enablement/enhancement of process and technology ... by providing clients the right skills at the right time in the right volume for the right duration, resulting in the best possible solution for the lowest cost. The "doing what is right" vision permeates the company culture; the firm is often included at the top of the ranks of the best companies for work-life balance.
SCORE 8.523
2024 Ranking
#15
Alvarez & Marsal
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 8.470
2024 Ranking
#18
L.E.K. Consulting
L.E.K. Consulting is a global management consultancy that advises global companies that are leaders in their industries — including major corporations, private equity firms, and emerging entrepreneurial businesses. Headquartered in Boston, the firm’s reach spans five continents, touching 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”-like opportunities at a relatively midsize firm that can offer its employees a more personalized experience than some of its larger competitors.
SCORE 8.419
2024 Ranking
#14
BPM LLP
BPM’s Advisory practice group provides services related to business transformation, managed services, and technology solutions.
SCORE 8.409
2024 Ranking
#9
Ignyte Group
Tech-savvy jobseekers who live on the cutting edge of digital transformation will spark to Ignyte Group: a fast-paced, DC-based boutique that specializes in the automation and modernization of business processes. At just around 100 employees, Ignyte maintains a close-knit and entrepreneurial culture akin to what you’d find in Silicon Valley. The firm lives and breathes its core values of innovation, cross-functional collaboration, ownership, and creativity, all in service of its niche focus on merging traditional management consulting with professional branding.
SCORE 8.355
2024 Ranking
#Not Ranked
Chartis
Chartis is a comprehensive healthcare advisory firm dedicated to helping clients create a healthcare system that works better for everyone. The firm works across the healthcare continuum serving more than 900 clients annually. In 2024, it received a majority investment from private equity firm Blackstone.
SCORE 8.314
2024 Ranking
#25
The Keystone Group
The Keystone Group provides services related to growth strategy, operational improvement, turnaround, and M&A, across a wide range of industries. Beyond its consulting work, the firm is also committed to giving back in its communities, while also hosting a firm-wide bi-annual service trip to build homes for families in need.
SCORE 8.273
2024 Ranking
#Not Ranked
SciVida
SciVida is a boutique management consulting firm that focuses exclusively on life sciences. Headquartered in Research Triangle Park, NC, the company combines deep industry and functional area knowledge with specialized expertise in market assessment, analytics, and strategy development to provide life science organizations services across brand and portfolio strategy, pricing and market access strategy, business development and medical affairs.
SCORE 8.269
2024 Ranking
#10
Avasant LLC
Avasant is a management consulting firm offering a comprehensive suite of services—including digital transformation, IT price benchmarking, intelligent automation, cutting-edge research and data insights, and governance and strategy. Headquartered in Los Angeles, Avasant maintains a global presence with offices in Washington, DC; Trinidad and Tobago; Mexico; Spain; Europe; Dubai; and India.
SCORE 8.250
2024 Ranking
#Not Ranked
OC&C Strategy Consultants
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 a deep knowledge of its focus sectors and underlying demand drivers to their work with clients.
SCORE 8.213
2024 Ranking
#22
Censeo Consulting Group
A boutique in the government contracting space, Censeo is known as a work-life friendly company, making it the perfect choice for anyone looking for flexibility in their schedule while not compromising on the quality of assignments they get to work on. The firm offers strong on-the-job training as well as a close-knit, collegial environment.
SCORE 8.205
2024 Ranking
#Not Ranked
Eagle Hill Consulting
Eagle Hill is a family-run, woman-owned firm. The firm prides itself on “unconventional consulting”: an outside-the-box, “living lab” approach to client engagement. Innovative ideas and creative solutions are tested and validated within the firm before being brought to market, which puts people at the heart of the process and measures the real impact of business strategies before they are proposed to clients. The result is a working environment that encourages boldness and experimentation.
SCORE 8.178
2024 Ranking
#19
Cirque Analytics
Cirque Analytics is an economic and statistical consulting firm that specializes in empowering individuals and businesses navigate the complex world of litigation and regulatory actions. Its staff provides expert testimony and analysis that shifts the balance of major legal cases in antitrust, intellectual property, labor, employment, commercial disputes, and other areas. The firm has offices in Irvine, CA; Jackson Hole, WY; Los Angeles, CA; and Washington, DC.
SCORE 8.143
2024 Ranking
#Not Ranked
