2026 Most Selective Consulting Firms
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...
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...
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...
Analysis Group
Analysis Group provides expertise in economics, finance, health care analytics, and strategy to top law firms, Fortune Global 500 companies, global health care corporations, and government agencies. Much of the firm’s work is grounded in...
DeciBio Consulting, LLC
As a boutique strategy consulting firm focusing on the life science industry, DeciBio’s mission is to provide strategic insights that accelerate the development, adoption, and accessibility of precision medicine. Headquartered in Los Angeles,...
The Bridgespan Group
Co-founder and former managing partner of The Bridgespan Group, Jeffrey L. Bradach left his post at Harvard Business School’s Organizational Behavior and Social Enterprise Initiative department, where he was a professor, to start the firm....
The Keystone Group
With offices in Atlanta, Chicago, and Los Angeles, Keystone provides services related to growth strategy, operational improvement, turnaround, and M&A, across a wide range of industries. Small wonder, then, that its tagline is “making a...
Kepler Cannon
Kepler Cannon was established in 2013 after its founders decided to leave their respective employers and create a new consulting shop that aligned with their shared values. The company’s name is a combination of the names of two famous...
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...
Bates White Economic Consulting
Bates White is a mid-sized consultancy specializing in advanced economic, financial, and econometric analysis. The company's professional staff—among them consultants, economists, econometricians, financial analysts, and IT specialists—help law...