2015 Vault Consulting 50

Vault Consulting 50

The Vault Consulting 50 was compiled using a weighted formula that reflects the issues consultants care most about. This ranking combines a firm's overall prestige score with several factors from Vault's "Best to Work For” ratings.

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2015 Rank	2014 Rank	Change	Company	Score	Location
1	2	▲	Bain & Company	9.189	Boston, MA
2	1	▼	McKinsey & Company	9.159	New York, NY
3	3	—	The Boston Consulting Group, Inc.	9.009	Boston, MA
4	4	—	Strategy&, part of the PwC network (formerly Booz & Company)	7.977	New York, NY
5	7	▲	Deloitte Consulting LLP	7.869	New York, NY
6	5	▼	PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers) LLP (Consulting Practice)	7.607	New York, NY
7	35	▲	The Brattle Group	7.437	Cambridge, MA
8	6	▼	Oliver Wyman	7.426	New York, NY
9	18	▲	The Cambridge Group	7.414	Chicago, IL
10	10	—	Accenture	7.368	New York, NY
11	8	▼	The Parthenon Group	7.302	Boston, MA
12	12	—	L.E.K. Consulting	7.280	Boston, MA
13	16	▲	Cornerstone Research	7.220	San Francisco, CA
14	14	—	Insight Sourcing Group	7.213	Atlanta, GA
15	20	▲	The Chartis Group	7.209	Chicago, IL
16	22	▲	Point B	7.204	Seattle, WA
17	9	▼	A.T. Kearney	7.199	Chicago, IL
18	23	▲	KPMG LLP (Consulting Practice)	7.161	New York, NY
19	15	▼	ClearView Healthcare Partners	7.087	Newton, MA
20	17	▼	Alvarez & Marsal	7.084	New York, NY
21	19	▼	Censeo Consulting Group	7.076	Washington, DC
22	27	▲	Milliman, Inc	7.071	Seattle, WA
23	11	▼	Analysis Group, Inc.	7.063	Boston, MA
24	NR	—	ScottMadden Management Consultants	6.993	Atlanta, GA
25	32	▲	Roland Berger Strategy Consultants	6.957	Detroit, MI

26	13	▼	Charles River Associates	6.946	Boston, MA
27	26	▼	Clarkston Consulting	6.896	Durham, NC
28	NR	—	CapTech	6.892	Richmond, VA
29	21	▼	Strategic Decisions Group	6.883	Palo Alto, CA
30	31	▲	Health Advances, LLC	6.828	Weston, MA
30	25	▼	Kaiser Associates	6.828	Washington, DC
31	34	▲	Putnam Associates	6.812	Burlington, MA
32	38	▲	Novantas, Inc.	6.807	New York, NY
33	44	▲	OC&C Strategy Consultants	6.758	London
34	29	▼	Bates White Economic Consulting	6.677	Washington, DC
35	33	▼	Jabian Consulting	6.636	Atlanta, GA
35	NR	—	Protiviti Inc.	6.636	Menlo Park, CA
35	45	▲	Triage Consulting Group	6.636	San Francisco, CA
36	50	▲	Smartronix, Inc.	6.629	Hollywood, MD
37	41	▲	Simon-Kucher & Partners	6.616	Cambridge, MA
38	24	▼	Mercer LLC	6.603	New York, NY
39	40	▲	Ricardo Strategic Consulting	6.600	Detroit, MI
40	43	▲	AlixPartners, LLP	6.534	Southfield, MI
41	30	▼	NERA Economic Consulting	6.528	New York, NY
42	43	▲	FTI Consulting, Inc.	6.517	Washington, DC
43	49	▲	Navigant Consulting, Inc.	6.389	Chicago, IL
44	39	▼	Avasant LLC	6.367	Los Angeles, CA
45	NR	—	Daugherty Business Solutions	6.366	St. Louis, MO
46	NR	—	Crowe Horwath LLP (Consulting Practice)	6.284	Chicago, IL
47	42	▼	Trinity Partners, LLC	6.282	Waltham, MA