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 Human Resources Consulting
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."
27.09% of Votes
2024 Ranking
#4
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.
25.31% of Votes
2024 Ranking
#3
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.
24.42% of Votes
2024 Ranking
#1
Korn Ferry EMEA
Korn Ferry is a global organizational consulting firm. They work with clients to design optimal organization structures, roles, and responsibilities. The firm offers five core solutions (organizational strategy, assessment and succession, talent acquisition, leadership development, and rewards and benefits) that help clients synchronize strategy and talent to drive performance.
24.42% of Votes
2024 Ranking
#2
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.
19.07% of Votes
2024 Ranking
#5
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.
11.23% of Votes
2024 Ranking
#6
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.
11.05% of Votes
2024 Ranking
#7
PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers) International Ltd.
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.
10.34% of Votes
2024 Ranking
#9
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.
9.98% of Votes
2024 Ranking
#8
Kienbaum Consultants International GmbH
Kienbaum Consultants International is an executive search and management consultancy. They advise clients on everything related to recruitment and development of top-level executives, assessment and development of leadership teams, as well as performance management and salaries, benefits, and staff retention. They also advise company leaders on matters of corporate governance.
8.56% of Votes
2024 Ranking
#12
KPMG (Europe 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.
8.02% of Votes
2024 Ranking
#11
Oliver Wyman EMEA
Oliver Wyman’s European presence spans almost two dozen countries in Europe and the Middle East. A people-focused firm that prides itself on connectedness and collaboration, Oliver Wyman strives to staff consultants on the projects that best suit their talents regardless of their home office. This makes international travel and opportunity the norm—not the exception.
7.66% of Votes
2024 Ranking
#15
Kearney EMEA
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.
7.31% of Votes
2024 Ranking
#10
Heidrick and Struggles EMEA
Heidrick & Struggles specializes in executive search, leadership consulting, and corporate culture shaping. Publicly traded on the NASDAQ (HSII), it boasts a significant international presence with more than 50 offices across six continents. The firm’s extensive history of strategic growth and expansion, along with its data-driven approach, positions it as a notable choice for job seekers looking to engage in transformative leadership and organizational consulting.
6.60% of Votes
2024 Ranking
#13
Capgemini EMEA
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.
6.42% of Votes
2024 Ranking
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