Best Consulting Firms in EMEA in Each Practice Area
Consultants across the region rate the top firms in their practice areas.
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2025 Best Consulting Firms in EMEA for Health Sciences Consulting
McKinsey & Company EMEA
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.
34.91% of Votes
2024 Ranking
#1
Boston Consulting Group EMEA
BCG operates in 50+ countries worldwide, with half of the locations based in Europe and the Middle East. The firm’s diverse, local, regional and global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise to organizations, helping them to grow, build sustainable competitive advantage, and drive positive societal impact. BCG partnered with almost 1,000 organizations in 2020 on 900+ social impact & sustainability projects and 400+ climate & environment projects.
32.74% of Votes
2024 Ranking
#2
IQVIA EMEA
IQVIA is a management consulting firm in the field of global biotech and pharmaceutical. They bring data assets, advanced analytics, technologies, and domain expertise to clients in the life sciences and healthcare sectors. They are also a provider of biopharmaceutical development and commercial outsourcing services, focused primarily on Phase I-IV clinical trials
25.05% of Votes
2024 Ranking
#3
Bain & Company EMEA
Bain & Company may operate presence in dozens of countries—with 26 offices in Europe, the Middle East & Africa—but that doesn’t keep the “heart” of the Big Three from functioning as one firm. Whichever path you pursue (and there are many), you’re sure to receive the same quintessential Bain experience that Bainies around the world say make this one of the most rewarding and enriching firms to join.
20.12% of Votes
2024 Ranking
#4
L.E.K. Consulting EMEA
L.E.K. Consulting is a global management consultancy that advises companies that are leaders in their industries—including major corporations, private equity firms, and emerging entrepreneurial businesses.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. Consulting’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.
19.72% of Votes
2024 Ranking
#5
ZS EMEA
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.
8.48% of Votes
2024 Ranking
#6
Lifescience Dynamics Ltd EMEA
A small, yet impactful firm that serves biotech and pharmaceutical companies with empathy and integrity, Lifesciences Dynamics operates is headquartered in London. The firm has gained a solid reputation in the U.K. as a leader in health care consulting. Its promise to transform “insight into foresight” positions Lifesciences Dynamics as a forward-thinking client partner, looking to solutions that will transform the healthcare industry for future generations.
7.10% of Votes
2024 Ranking
#7
Alira Health EMEA
A firm that specializes in health care, Alira Health is an exciting place to be for those with a passion for life sciences, looking to deliver true value on client projects that have an impact on the lives of others. While the firm is rapidly growing—it’s recently almost doubled its size—its focus remains in healthcare, although its efforts to vastly expand its services still provide a diverse and enriching experience for
6.31% of Votes
2024 Ranking
#9
ClearView Healthcare Partners EMEA
ClearView is a boutique consulting firm in the life sciences field. The firm has five offices in the U.S. and Europe and has experience across a variety of therapeutic areas and technologies. ClearView offers its consulting services at the product, franchise, or corporate level across pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical devices, and diagnostics.
6.31% of Votes
2024 Ranking
#8
Deloitte (EMEA 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.
6.11% of Votes
2024 Ranking
#9
Syneos Health EMEA
A large consulting firm specializing in organizational transformation for the biopharmaceutical industry, Syneos offers jobseekers the opportunity to leave their mark on an industry that touches countless lives around the world. This is an ideal fit for anyone with a passion for healthcare and achieving quantifiable, sustainable results that change lives.
6.11% of Votes
2024 Ranking
#12
Accenture EMEA
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.
5.52% of Votes
2024 Ranking
#11
Bionest Partners Europe
Bionest Partners is a healthcare and health tech consultancy founded in 2006. Acquired by Accenture in 2023, the firm offers specialized services for businesses focused on rare diseases, gene therapy, and precision medicine. These include capital raising, partnership, M&A, and valuation advisory.
5.52% of Votes
2024 Ranking
#12
Mercer Limited EMEA
Mercer is a business of Marsh & McLennan, a global professional services firm in the areas of risk, strategy, and people. A consistently high-ranking firm for HR consulting, Mercer works on human capital challenges facing some of the world’s best companies. Insiders say that in addition to the collegial and collaborative culture, what Mercer employees value most about working there is their colleagues' "intellectual horsepower, the depth and breadth of their collective knowledge base, and their stellar interpersonal and client-relations skills."
4.34% of Votes
2024 Ranking
#13
EY Consulting Practice EMEA
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.
4.14% of Votes
2024 Ranking
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