Best Consulting Firms to Work For
Which firms fare best on these individual rankings of key employment factors?
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2025 Best Consulting Firms for Interaction with Clients
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 9.879
2024 Ranking
#1
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 9.838
2024 Ranking
#8
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 9.761
2024 Ranking
#2
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 9.667
2024 Ranking
#7
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 9.607
2024 Ranking
#12
Stern Value Management
Best known for its Value Based Management services, Stern Value Management (SVM) is known for generating superior growth and long-term capital returns for its global client base.
SCORE 9.600
2024 Ranking
#Not Ranked
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 9.534
2024 Ranking
#18
Level5 Strategy
Level5 Strategy is a boutique management consulting firm. Since its inception in 2002, it has built a strong reputation in Canada's management consulting industry, and has worked over 450 clients across B2B, B2C, government, and not-for-profit sectors in Canada, U.S., and other parts of the globe, helping many grow their businesses and thrive in their chosen markets.
SCORE 9.516
2024 Ranking
#Not Ranked
Kaiser Associates
Kaiser Associates is a global growth consulting firm that translates original insights into strategy for ambitious organizations around the world. Since its founding in 1981, the firm has grown substantially while continuing to stay true to its founding ethos of “fact-based” strategy. The firm’s global client portfolio, collegial community, and wide-ranging opportunities make Kaiser Associates a great place to work.
SCORE 9.515
2024 Ranking
#Not Ranked
DayBlink Consulting
DayBlink Consulting provides cybersecurity, cloud, applied automation, and strategic execution and operations consulting to Fortune 500 companies, fast-start advisory services to early-stage startups, and pro bono consulting to nonprofits. The firm's diverse team of consultants provide insights and resources to help business leaders overcome challenges, attain quick wins, and produce sustainable growth. The firm offers competitive salary and benefits, along with a commitment to maintaining a healthy work-life balance that insiders note it follows through on.
SCORE 9.500
2024 Ranking
#5
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 9.480
2024 Ranking
#4
Roland Berger
As the first consultancy native to Europe to expand internationally, Roland Berger’s identity is deeply entwined with the concept of global community. The firm operates on the idea that businesses must focus on the long play: sustainable economic, environmental, and social change on a global scale instead. Jobseekers who lead with heart and future-forward priorities should seek out a firm working actively to bring meaning to the consulting industry.
SCORE 9.476
2024 Ranking
#Not Ranked
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 9.393
2024 Ranking
#15
Arthur D. Little
It may boast the oldest name in consulting, but Arthur D. Little is a firm that feels fresh and vital, with a growing footprint in every major global market. While its work product and client list rival the biggest consulting shops, ADL’s focus on retaining and developing employees for long-term careers sets it apart as an employer and seems set to equip it for success in the years ahead.
SCORE 9.385
2024 Ranking
#Not Ranked
The Poirier Group
The Poirier Group is a boutique management consulting firm based in Toronto that delivers sustainable processes and productivity improvements for its clients. The firm hires consultants with backgrounds in engineering, commerce, information technology, strategy, change management, and general business. Insiders at the firm say they value their flexibility and the supportive working environment.
SCORE 9.258
2024 Ranking
#9
Applied Value Consulting
Applied Value Consulting is a management consulting and investment firm that is focused on enhancing clients’ financial value and delivering lean, expedient growth solutions. Management consulting has been the firm’s core business since inception, but they also invest in other companies and maintain a strong commitment to social impact work. The firm provides the tools and knowledge to empower communities to achieve sustainable prosperity.
SCORE 9.242
2024 Ranking
#3
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 9.234
2024 Ranking
#20
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 9.216
2024 Ranking
#17
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 9.213
2024 Ranking
#13
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 9.170
2024 Ranking
#Not Ranked
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 9.156
2024 Ranking
#Not Ranked
Kepler Cannon
Kepler Cannon is a boutique management consulting firm that helps financial institutions adapt to market disruptions, including rapidly changing digital technologies, heightened fintech competition, and emerging market opportunities. Established in 2013, it offers an entrepreneurial environment with diverse project exposure and global clients, from London to Hong Kong and everywhere in between.
SCORE 9.148
2024 Ranking
#10
Epsilon Economics and Epsilon Life Sciences
Epsilon Economics and Life Sciences provides specialist economics, litigation and governance services, with a strong focus on the life sciences sector. The firm currently operates two separate but connected consulting units in economics and life sciences.
SCORE 9.136
2024 Ranking
#16
Kx Advisors
Kx Advisors is a boutique healthcare strategy consultancy. Growing out of Kaiser Associates’ healthcare practice, the firm was spun off in 2019, then acquired by BGB Group in September 2023. The firm brings data-driven analysis at all stages of the product lifecycle to inform the decision making of marketing, strategy, medical and sales executives. Clients include leaders in pharma, biotech, and medical devices.
SCORE 9.121
2024 Ranking
#Not Ranked
ECG Management Consultants Inc.
ECG Management Consultants is a healthcare-focused firm that serves more than 3,000 hospital systems across the United States. Working alongside both healthcare providers and payers, the firm’s mission is to improve the U.S. healthcare system and make a healthier future for every patient. ECG Management Consultants has offices in Atlanta, San Diego, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Seattle, St. Louis, Minneapolis, and Washington, DC.
SCORE 9.110
2024 Ranking
#Not Ranked