Best Consulting Firms to Work For
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2025 Best Consulting Firms for Overall Business Outlook
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 9.800
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 9.757
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 9.741
2024 Ranking
#4
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 9.704
2024 Ranking
#Not Ranked
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 9.645
2024 Ranking
#11
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 9.596
2024 Ranking
#2
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 9.544
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 9.516
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 9.509
2024 Ranking
#18
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 9.500
2024 Ranking
#Not Ranked
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 9.450
2024 Ranking
#Not Ranked
Cornerstone Research
Cornerstone Research occupies a specialized niche in the consulting world: a firm that provides economic and financial analysis specifically for law firm clients and government agencies. As a Cornerstone Research consultant, you will support expert testimony in commercial litigation and regulatory proceedings. The wide variety of these matters allows consultants to work closely with academic and industry experts in diverse fields. Working at the intersection of the legal and consulting worlds makes Cornerstone Research an exciting, enriching opportunity.
SCORE 9.447
2024 Ranking
#3
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 9.422
2024 Ranking
#5
Analysis Group
As a hub for economic, litigation, and health care consulting specialists, Analysis Group is a rare creature in the consulting world: a firm that is all but immune to the vagaries of the business cycle. As long as there is a need to estimate economic losses and damages and conduct statistical analyses (among other things), there will be a demand for Analysis Group’s services. As a result, it maintains a very stable employee base and recruits at all levels of educational attainment, from those fresh out of undergrad to Ph.D. holders—provided, of course, that you have the analytical chops to cut it!
SCORE 9.364
2024 Ranking
#8
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 9.318
2024 Ranking
#14
NERA Economic Consulting
NERA provides economic advice, analysis, expert testimony, and regulatory insight for global clients in North America, Latin America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific. The firm has been advising government authorities and the world’s leading law firms and corporations for over half a century, bringing academic analysis and rigor, objectivity, and real-world industry experience to bear on issues arising from competition, regulation, public policy, strategy, finance, and litigation.
SCORE 9.300
2024 Ranking
#Not Ranked
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 9.290
2024 Ranking
#21
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 9.275
2024 Ranking
#13
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 9.184
2024 Ranking
#Not Ranked
Bates White Economic Consulting
With a strong reputation in economic and litigation consulting, Bates White is almost immune from the vagaries of the business cycle—a fact that has stood it in good stead over the past few years. Among consultants, the word most often used to describe the firm is “academic”—something that connotes both the type of work it does, and the fact that many of its senior employees are recruited directly out of PhD programs at top colleges. Known for training and development, this is a firm that will appeal to anyone seeking a top-tier economic consulting career.
SCORE 9.177
2024 Ranking
#6
DeciBio Consulting, LLC
An agile life sciences consultancy that is far into its growth stage, DeciBio offers employees the excitement and hands-on learning opportunities of a startup environment merged with the deep content knowledge and professional development opportunities of a larger consulting firm. The entrepreneurial spirit of the firm bodes well for candidates who are self-directed, self-motivated, and intellectually curious.
SCORE 9.147
2024 Ranking
#7
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 9.139
2024 Ranking
#10
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 9.061
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 9.045
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 9.030
2024 Ranking
#Not Ranked