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The most prestigious boutique consulting firms

What are the most prestigious boutique consulting firms out there?

thank you in advance!

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Ian
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on Jul 22, 2020
Top US BCG / MBB Coach - 5,000 sessions |Tech, Platinion, Big 4 | 9/9 personal interviews passed | 95% candidate success

Hi there,

While adding the caveat that this is very geography AND industry-specific, here are some well-respected rankings below.

Essentially anything that's not Big 3 (McKinsey, Bain, BCG) or Big 4 (Deloitte, EY, Accenture, PwC) is bucketed into boutique.

https://www.consulting.com/top-consulting-firms

https://www.vault.com/best-consulting-firms

https://managementconsulted.com/top-25-consulting-firms/

Clara
Coach
on Jul 21, 2020
McKinsey | Awarded professor at Master in Management @ IE | MBA at MIT |+180 students coached | Integrated FIT Guide aut

Hello!

It totally DEPENDS on: 

  • Industry
  • Segment
  • Geography

Can you be a bit more specific?

Hope it helps!

Cheers,

Clara

Pedro
Coach
on Nov 30, 2023
Bain | EY-Parthenon | Former Principal | 1.5h session | 30% discount 1st session

Well, if it is a boutique, it is usually fairly unkown outside it's field of expertise.

Anonymous B
on Jul 22, 2020

Agree with the others. They are called 'boutique' for a reason and will tend to specialise in specific topics so a boutique consultancy that is the most prestiguous for transformation is likely to be different from one that is most prestiguous for digital etc.

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on Jul 23, 2020

Dear A,

It depends highly on the region. But for instance, my pesonal list would be:

1. LEK

2. Arthur D Little

3. Stern& Stuart

To name just 3 of them. But again, in every region there are also hidden champions. There are also good boutique firms, which are highly specialized on one industry or sector. 

Hope, it helps,

Best,

André

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