Consulting Firm Rankings 2012: Vault Consulting 50

The Vault Consulting 50 was compiled using a NEW weighted formula that reflects the issues consultants care most about. This ranking combines Vault’s former “Best to Work For” ranking with overall prestige. See methodology

 

VAULT RANKINGS

1-25 26-50

2012 RANK	2011 RANK	CHANGE	FIRM	PRESTIGE SCORE	LOCATION
1	1		Bain & Company	9.143	Boston, MA
2	3		McKinsey & Company	8.929	New York, NY
3	2		The Boston Consulting Group, Inc.	8.891	Boston, MA
4	6		Deloitte Consulting LLP	7.658	New York, NY
5	25		Monitor Group	7.470	Cambridge, MA
6	8		A.T. Kearney	7.438	Chicago, IL
7	7		Oliver Wyman	7.390	New York, NY
8	5		The Cambridge Group	7.276	Chicago, IL
9	4		Analysis Group, Inc.	7.256	Boston, MA
10	16		Booz & Company	7.213	New York, NY
11	32		Accenture	7.122	New York, NY
12	13		PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (Consulting Practice)	7.119	New York, NY
13	NR		Jabian Consulting	7.083	Atlanta, GA
14	NR		Point B	7.075	Seattle, WA
15	12		Cornerstone Research	7.042	San Francisco, CA
16	10		Censeo Consulting Group	6.981	Washington, DC
17	17		Milliman, Inc	6.937	Seattle, WA
18	34		ZS Associates	6.883	Evanston, IL
19	11		West Monroe Partners	6.880	Chicago, IL
20	14		Alvarez & Marsal	6.877	New York, NY
21	19		PRTM (a PwC Company)	6.858	Waltham, MA
22	28		OC&C Strategy Consultants	6.845	London, United Kingdom
23	30		Putnam Associates	6.842	Burlington, MA
24	22		Health Advances, LLC	6.825	Weston, MA
25	29		Novantas LLC	6.796	New York, NY

 

2012 RANK	2011 RANK	CHANGE	FIRM	PRESTIGE SCORE	LOCATION
26	35		L.E.K. Consulting	6.791	Boston, MA
27	18		Strategic Decisions Group	6.770	Palo Alto, CA
28	NR		The Chartis Group	6.766	New York, NY
29	23		Strategos	6.733	Chicago, IL
30	9		Triage Consulting Group	6.699	San Francisco, CA
31	15		Trinity Partners, LLC	6.663	Waltham, MA
32	31		Easton Associates, LLC	6.622	New York, NY
33	36		NERA Economic Consulting	6.555	New York, NY
34	41		Simon-Kucher & Partners	6.526	Cambridge, MA
35	24		The Brattle Group	6.502	Cambridge, MA
36	44		Navigant Consulting, Inc.	6.445	Chicago, IL
37	39		Pearl Meyer & Partners, LLC	6.436	New York, NY
38	43		Charles River Associates	6.361	Boston, MA
39	NR		Stern Stewart & Co.	6.349	New York, NY
40	38		Bates White	6.234	Washington, DC
41	50		Kaiser Associates	6.204	Washington, DC
42	45		Capgemini	6.187	New York, NY
43	49		IMS Consulting Group	6.161	New York, NY
44	40		Quintiles Consulting	6.123	Hawthorne, NY
45	42		FTI Consulting, Inc.	5.989	West Palm Beach, FL
46	NR		Dean & Company	5.326	Vienna, VA
47	NR		Ernst & Young LLP (Consulting Practice)	1.699	New York, NY
48	47		Mercer LLC	1.667	New York, NY
49	27		IBM Global Business Services	1.645	Armonk, NY
50	NR		KPMG LLP (Consulting Practice)	1.610	New York, NY