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Best Consulting Firms to Work For

Which firms fare best on these individual rankings of key employment factors?
Survey Methodology

When it comes to a satisfying work experience, there are many different factors that come into play—everything from a job's ability to challenge an employee and the training and mentoring to the number of hours spent working or travelling each week, and the compensation that the employee takes home for doing their job. All told, we have identified 20 separate "Best to Work For" factors—each of which is represented by its own ranking. These rankings help to build a picture of the firms consultants find the most amenable to a fulfilling, satisfying work experience.

Survey respondents were asked to rate their own firm across a variety of factors that affect their daily working lives. Those factors are:

  • Benefits
  • Compensation
  • Firm Culture
  • Firm Leadership
  • Formal Training
  • Health & Wellness
  • Hours in the Office
  • Informal Training
  • Innovation
  • Interaction with Clients
  • Internal Mobility
  • International Opportunities
  • Level of Challenge
  • Overall Business Outlook
  • Promotion Policies
  • Relationships with Supervisors
  • Satisfaction
  • Selectivity
  • Work/Life Balance

Firms were then ranked in each category based on the average rating assigned by their own consultants.

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2026 Best Consulting Firms for Internal Mobility

#1
SCORE 8.721
2025 Rank 4

Inizio Ignite, Putnam

Inizio Ignite is a global advisory partner that serves the health and life sciences industry. The firm operates though the following main units: Research Partnership, Putnam, Vynamic, and STEM. The firm collaborates with clients to ignite...

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#2
SCORE 8.650
2025 Rank 1

Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

With 33,000 employees in more than 100 offices in more than 50 countries and regions, Boston Consulting Group ranks as one of America’s largest private companies, according to Forbes. The firm partners with leaders in business and society to...

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#3
SCORE 8.636
2025 Rank 5

Bain & Company

Bain & Company is a global consultancy that helps the world’s most ambitious change-makers define the future. Across 62 cities in 40 countries, the firm works alongside clients as one team with a shared ambition to achieve extraordinary...

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#4
SCORE 8.606
2025 Rank 2

ghSMART

For 30 years, ghSMART has been a trusted advisor to large private equity investors, as well as to CEOs and boards of Fortune 500s and nonprofits. Combining rigorous assessments with analytics, ghSMART supports its clients in building exceptional...

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#5
SCORE 8.480
2025 Not Ranked

Aberdeen Advisors LLC

Founded as the brainchild as a diverse group of business leaders with expertise across startups, private equity firms, and Fortune 500 companies, Aberdeen Advisors guides clients through the organizational changes and operational challenges that...

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#6
SCORE 8.404
2025 Rank 8

Roland Berger

From its humble beginnings as a one-man consulting firm, Roland Berger has grown forcefully and developed a sizable global footprint. The market leader in Germany and the only native European consultancy to boast an international presence, its...

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#7
SCORE 8.255
2025 Rank 6

Arthur D. Little

An acknowledged thought leader in linking strategy, innovation and transformation in technology-intensive and converging industries, Arthur D. Little helps clients navigate changing business ecosystems to uncover new growth opportunities; in so...

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#8
SCORE 8.220
2025 Rank 21

Applied Value Consulting

Applied Value Consulting was founded in 1997 by Bruce Grant and Jan Stenbeck as an action-oriented management consultancy focused on enhancing clients’ financial value and delivering lean, expedient growth solutions. Established on a combination...

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#9
SCORE 8.174
2025 Not Ranked

DayBlink Consulting

Founded in 2013, DayBlink Consulting is a boutique management consulting firm that has achieved incredible growth and established a strong reputation for consistently delivering strategic advisory, execution, and transformative solutions in...

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#10
SCORE 8.172
2025 Not Ranked

Metis Strategy

Metis Strategy is a boutique strategy and management consulting firm focused on advising Fortune 500 and Global 1000 organizations on topics at the intersection of business, technology, and innovation. Since 2001, the firm has established itself...

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