Vault Consulting 50
The Vault Consulting 50 is our signature list of the best consulting firms to work for in North America. For rankings in other regions, including EMEA and Asia-Pacific, please visit our consulting rankings page.
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 9.379
2024 Ranking
#2
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 9.221
2024 Ranking
#1
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 8.050
2024 Ranking
#3
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 8.049
2024 Ranking
#7
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 7.986
2024 Ranking
#10
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 7.909
2024 Ranking
#4
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 7.886
2024 Ranking
#9
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 7.882
2024 Ranking
#13
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 7.756
2024 Ranking
#18
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 7.663
2024 Ranking
#16
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 7.653
2024 Ranking
#28
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 7.579
2024 Ranking
#17
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 7.511
2024 Ranking
#14
The Brattle Group
The Brattle group is an economic consulting firm that answers complex economic, regulatory, and financial questions for corporations, law firms, and governments around the world. Built on a foundation of respect, performance, collaboration, and integrity, its consultants bring high-quality expertise to high-profile projects.
SCORE 7.483
2024 Ranking
#Not Ranked
The Cambridge Group, LLC
The Cambridge Group is a boutique strategy consulting firm that helps clients identify profitable new growth opportunities, optimize portfolios of products or services, unearth breakthrough innovation, reinvent categories, enhance brand equity, and optimize pricing. Services include mergers and acquisitions, corporate and business unit strategy, go-to-market activation, digital strategy, marketing strategy, innovation and design and pricing and promotion.
SCORE 7.467
2024 Ranking
#15
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 7.380
2024 Ranking
#22
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 7.377
2024 Ranking
#36
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 7.374
2024 Ranking
#19
The Bridgespan Group
Formed as a social sector-focused offshoot of Bain, The Bridgespan Group has emerged as the leading provider of services in its field. And with good reason: Top talent from both the consulting and nonprofit worlds beat a path to Bridgespan’s door every year, hoping to join its ranks. While it can’t take them all, it does ensure that the firm continues to go from strength to strength.
SCORE 7.368
2024 Ranking
#8
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 7.351
2024 Ranking
#27
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 7.310
2024 Ranking
#23
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 7.288
2024 Ranking
#49
Simon-Kucher
Simon-Kucher is a global pricing, sales and marketing consultancy. Growth is at the center of everything Simon-Kucher does. As a trusted consulting partner, the firm harnesses its people’s specialized, state-of-the-art monetization skills to sustainably grow clients’ profitability. As an employer, the firm invests heavily in growing its people’s skills and providing myriad development opportunities.
SCORE 7.244
2024 Ranking
#Not Ranked
Charles River Associates
A storied name in the consulting industry, Charles River Associates provides specialist economic, financial, and management consulting services. Clients engage CRA for their litigation- and regulatory-related cases, as well as for its strategic advice and problem-solving capabilities.
SCORE 7.185
2024 Ranking
#20
FTI Consulting, Inc.
FTI Consulting is a global consulting firm that works with organizations facing crises and transformative periods. It primarily helps organizations like multinational corporations, law firms, banks, and private equity firms manage and mitigate financial, legal, operational, political & regulatory, reputational, and transactional risks. The firm has been an advisor in some of the most headline-grabbing moments in history, including the Bernie Madoff investigation, the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy, the Bush vs. Gore dispute, the Major League Baseball steroid case, the Ed Sheeran copyright infringement case, and many more.
SCORE 7.094
2024 Ranking
#Not Ranked
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 7.068
2024 Ranking
#12
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 7.005
2024 Ranking
#40
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 6.955
2024 Ranking
#Not Ranked
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 6.928
2024 Ranking
#26
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 6.898
2024 Ranking
#25
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 6.893
2024 Ranking
#29
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 6.890
2024 Ranking
#Not Ranked
ClearView Healthcare Partners
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.
SCORE 6.864
2024 Ranking
#24
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 6.849
2024 Ranking
#34
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 6.828
2024 Ranking
#Not Ranked
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 6.791
2024 Ranking
#44
Health Advances
The professionals at Health Advances consult about one thing and one thing only: health care. Established in 1992, the firm's core belief is that focusing on just one industry allows it to provide clients with greater resources and focused insight. This means that the professionals at HA are not mere consultants, with most having worked within the healthcare industry at some point in their careers.
SCORE 6.778
2024 Ranking
#45
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 6.764
2024 Ranking
#46
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 6.736
2024 Ranking
#Not Ranked
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 6.728
2024 Ranking
#41
LifeSci Consulting, LLC
LifeSci Consulting provides global strategy, operations and transactions advisory services to clients in the life sciences sector. Headquartered in New York, the firm has supported more than 250 client organizations around the globe, with a total deal value in excess of $8 billion.
SCORE 6.714
2024 Ranking
#31
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 6.670
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 6.648
2024 Ranking
#39
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 6.644
2024 Ranking
#37
BPM LLP
BPM’s Advisory practice group provides services related to business transformation, managed services, and technology solutions.
SCORE 6.612
2024 Ranking
#35
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 6.582
2024 Ranking
#33
Coherent Economics, LLC
Coherent Economics is an economic consulting firm that aims to deliver data-driven insights and strategic guidance to businesses, policymakers, and legal professionals. Its clients include such prestigious law firms as Wachtell Lipton, Kirkland & Ellis, and Latham & Watkins, and government entities like the U.S. Department of Justice.
SCORE 6.579
2024 Ranking
#38
Potomac Point Group
Potomac Point Group is a boutique management consulting firm. Since 2011, the firm has worked closely together with its clients to help them innovate, tackle change, and make lasting enhancements to their businesses. Some of Potomac Point Group’s clients have included large and small banks, hedge funds, and government-sponsored enterprises in the single-family and multifamily mortgage industry.
SCORE 6.572
2024 Ranking
#Not Ranked
Advancy
Advancy offers a range of consulting services, from corporate strategy to private equity. With its team of more than 280 consultants, the firm has an entrepreneurial spirit to go along with its services, offering its clients the jumpstart and guidance their businesses need.
SCORE 6.567
2024 Ranking
#Not Ranked
EVERSANA CONSULTING
EVERSANA CONSULTING, the strategic advisory arm of EVERSANA, is a global consulting services firm serving large and small biopharma, med tech, and digital therapeutics companies. The firm integrates strategic planning with launch excellence and commercialization execution to provide end-to-end commercialization support to clients. The firm’s solutions are driven by its practice areas, including market entry strategy, portfolio strategy, brand strategy/marketing, launch strategy and commercialization, product innovation, corporate strategy, partnering and licensing, business development, and more.
SCORE 6.536
2024 Ranking
#49
