The top management and digital consulting firms in Germany

Over 3,500 executives and consultants have casted their vote on what they believe are Germany’s top management and digital consulting firms to work with. Meet the country’s 200 leading consultancies for 2021.

With a market value of over €34 billion, Germany’s consulting industry is one of the five largest markets in the world. According to data from the German association for consulting firms – the BDU – the country is home to over 4,000 ‘respectable’ consultancies – players with revenues of over €1 million, with 175 of these firms generating more than €50 million in fee income.

These consulting firms advise and support their clients across any conceivable sector and area of expertise, meaning that leaders in the private and public sector face an enormous pool of consultancies to choose from. However, only a small group of consulting firms can crown themselves as the best in their segment, and according to decision makers and consultants surveyed by Brand Eins and Statista, a select group of 200 firms stand out from the crowd.

An overview of Germany’s top consulting firms across eighteen management and digital consulting segments:

Strategy

McKinsey & Company
Boston Consulting Group
Roland Berger
Bain & Company
Accenture
Capgemini
Deloitte Consulting
EY-Parthenon
Porsche Consulting
BearingPoint
Horváth & Partners
HPP Consulting
Innovative Management Partner
Kearney
Kienbaum Consultants
KPMG Advisory
m3 management consulting
PwC
Simon-Kucher & Partners
SMP Strategy Consulting
67rockwell Consulting
Accoda
Advyce
Arthur D. Little
Berylls Strategy Advisors
ConMendo
CTcon
Eurogroup Consulting
Flowcon
h&z Unternehmensberatung
Horn & Company
Infront Consulting & Management
KEYLENS Management Consultants
OC&C Strategy Consultants
Oliver Wyman
Strategy&
T. K. Hamann
Zeb
P3 group
Umlaut

Organization

Boston Consulting Group
McKinsey & Company
Kienbaum Consultants
Roland Berger
Acondas
STAUFEN.
Undconsorten
Accenture
Arthur D. Little
CPC Unternehmensmanagement
Deloitte Consulting
EY
FINCON
Korn Ferry
KPMG Advisory
Nordlicht Management Consultants
Oliver Wyman
Pawlik Consultants
Porsche Consulting
PwC
Rosenberger + Company
c.con Management Consulting
Capgemini
Cormens
Deutsche Consulting Partner
Horváth & Partners
ICG Integrated Consulting Group
Strategy&
Teamplan
Rambøll Management Consulting
Selected Advisory

Operations

Porsche Consulting
STAUFEN.
Accenture
McKinsey & Company
Höveler Holzmann
Kearney
Boston Consulting Group
Deloitte Consulting
IBM Business Consulting
PwC
Roland Berger
Strategy&
BearingPoint
EY
Oliver Wyman
ROI-EFESO
Arthur D. Little
Bain & Company
Capgemini
Horváth & Partners
P3 group
Targus
Valantic

Supply Chain & Procurement

Kerkhoff Consulting
Kearney
Accenture
McKinsey & Company
STAUFEN.
4flow
Barkawi Management Consultants
h&z Unternehmensberatung
Höveler Holzmann
Inverto
Kloepfel Consulting
Capgemini
Horváth & Partners
Maexpartners
Porsche Consulting
prius consult
Roland Berger
SAP Consulting
Boston Consulting Group
Camelot Management Consultants
CNX Consulting Partners
Deloitte Consulting
ebp-consulting
KPMG Advisory
Miebach Consulting
Bain & Company
BearingPoint
Oliver Wyman
PwC
Strategy&
Efficio
Targus

Finance & Risk

KPMG Advisory
PwC
Deloitte Consulting
EY
Horváth & Partners
d-fine
Oliver Wyman
Boston Consulting Group
Roland Berger
Accenture
Bain & Company
Capgemini
McKinsey & Company
4C GROUP
accuratus business consulting
barisco Risikomanagement
BearingPoint
ConVista Consulting
CTcon
FAS
Ifb
Industrial Management Group
RFC Professionals
Roland Eller Consulting
Strategy&
Zeb

Human Resources

Kienbaum Consultants
CPC Unternehmensmanagement
Egon Zehnder
Promerit
CEVEYCONSULTING
FourManagement
HRpepper
Loquenz Unternehmensberatung
Undconsorten
Boston Consulting Group
Deloitte Consulting
Haufe Akademie
Horváth & Partners
HR Pioneers
MartinHornConsulting
McKinsey & Company
Mercer
Pawlik Consultants
PwC
Roland Berger
Capgemini
Frischluft-Beratung
KPMG Advisory
PfO Beratungsgesellschaft
von Rundstedt
Cormens
Detego
hkp/// group
LOPREX
Moving Minds
RETURN ON MEANING
Rosenberger + Company
Schubert Management Consultants

Change management

Boston Consulting Group
AXXCON
Kienbaum Consultants
CTcon
CPC Unternehmensmanagement
Roland Berger
Accenture
Capgemini
Deloitte Consulting
McKinsey & Company
Acondas
Cetacea
change factory
Cormens
HRpepper
ICG Integrated Consulting Group
LOPREX
Nordlicht Management Consultants
Oliver Wyman
Strategy&
Bain & Company
Businessforce
CEVEYCONSULTING
ComTeam
Dr. Kraus & Partner
EY
KPMG Advisory
Loquenz Unternehmensberatung
Processline

Innovation

Boston Consulting Group
McKinsey & Company
Accenture
Roland Berger
neueBeratung
Bain & Company
FourManagement
Arthur D. Little
Capgemini
Deloitte Consulting
Innovative Management Partner
Nunatak
prius consult
SMP Strategy Consulting
STAUFEN.
Strategy&
Advyce
Berylls Strategy Advisors
diffferent Strategieagentur
HYVE AG
Iskander Business Partner
Kearney
MHP Management- und IT-Beratung
Oliver Wyman
Ritzenhoefer & Company
Venture Idea
AXXCON
Dark Horse
Etventure
EY
Gezeitenraum
Infront Consulting & Management
m3 management consulting
Mücke Roth & Company
Batten & Company

Marketing, Branding & Pricing

Simon-Kucher & Partners
SMP Strategy Consulting
Batten & Company
Boston Consulting Group
Homburg & Partner
Iskander Business Partner
Prof. Roll & Pastuch - Management Consultants
Deloitte Consulting
ESCH. The Brand Consultants
Future Marketing
PwC
Roland Berger
Strategy&
Vivaldi
Vocatus
Accenture
Bain & Company
HPP Consulting
McKinsey & Company
OC&C Strategy Consultants
Probst & Consorten
Accoda
AIC Group
ANXO Management Consulting
Envolved
Oliver Wyman
Serviceplan Consulting Group

Sales

Simon-Kucher & Partners
Prof. Roll & Pastuch - Management Consultants
T. K. Hamann
Accenture
Boston Consulting Group
FourManagement
Iskander Business Partner
McKinsey & Company
SMP Strategy Consulting
Accoda
Q_Perior
Batten & Company
Capgemini
Deloitte Consulting
HPP Consulting
Porsche Consulting
PSG Perlitz Strategy Group
Roland Berger
SAP Consulting
Vocatus
Bain & Company
Envolved
EY
FINCON
MSR Consulting
MUUUH! Group
Pawlik Consultants
Star Cooperation
ANXO Management Consulting
Barkawi Management Consultants
Cormens
Deutsche Consulting Partner
h&z Unternehmensberatung
Homburg & Partner
The Retail Performance Company

Sustainability

McKinsey & Company
Boston Consulting Group
Sustain Consult
Deloitte Consulting
PwC
Accenture
EY
Kearney
INTENSE
Rambøll Management Consulting

Mergers & Acquisitions

McKinsey & Company
Bain & Company
KPMG Advisory
Boston Consulting Group
EY
PwC
Roland Berger
Deloitte Consulting
Strategy&
Clairfield
Goetzpartners
Lincoln International
Rödl & Partner
Accenture
BDO
Concentro
CVM Capital Value Management
Industrial Management Group
Wdp
EAC Consulting
FalkenSteg
Rothschild & Co

Restructuring

McKinsey & Company
Roland Berger
AlixPartners
Boston Consulting Group
Alvarez & Marsal
FTI-Andersch
Struktur Management Partner
FalkenSteg
Horváth & Partners
KPMG Advisory
PwC
Bain & Company
Deloitte Consulting
Ebner Stolz
enomyc
EY
Hanse Consulting
Mpower
Oliver Wyman
Restrukturierungspartner
Valetis
Accenture
Atreus
Bachert & Partner
Concentro
Dr. Wieselhuber & Partner
Droege Group
EL-NET GROUP
Goetzpartners
Industrial Management Group – IMG
Kearney
Processline
STAUFEN.AG
Targus
TMC Turnaround Management Consult
Stern Stewart & Co.

IT strategy

Accenture
Capgemini
Deloitte Consulting
IBM Business Consulting
McKinsey & Company
MHP Management- und IT-Beratung
Advyce
AXXCON
BCG Platinion
Ginkgo Management Consulting
Q_Perior
CPC Unternehmensmanagement
DXC.technology
Gartner Consulting
INTENSE AG
noventum consulting
SAP Consulting
Strategy&
Bain & Company
Boston Consulting Group
BearingPoint
CORE
Deutsche Consulting Partner
Detecon
Kearney
MID
msg systems
plenum
PwC
Roland Berger
Sopra Steria
T-Systems Multimedia Solutions
Adesso
c.con Management Consulting
Eurogroup Consulting
Horváth & Partners
KPS
m3 management consulting
MaibornWolff
RheinBrücke IT Consulting
Ritzenhoefer & Company
Senacor
Syracom
ConMendo

Digitalization

Accenture
Boston Consulting Group
Deloitte Consulting
McKinsey & Company
adorsys
advyce
ANXO Management Consulting
Berylls Strategy Advisors
Capgemini
Diconium
IBM Business Consulting
Innovative Management Partner
mm1 Consulting & Management
p.digital
P3 group
Pawlik Consultants
SAP Consulting
Accilium
BCG Platinion
BearingPoint
ConVista Consulting
CTcon
diva-e
elaboratum
Infront Consulting & Management
m3 management consulting
Porsche Consulting
PwC
Sopra Steria
Strategy&
4-advice
Accoda
Acondas
Adesso
Etventure
EY
MHP
MID
Nunatak
Plenum
prius consult
Ritzenhoefer & Company
Roland Berger
SMP Strategy Consulting
TLGG Consulting
Wdp
AXXCON

Data Science

Accenture
IBM Business Consulting
Deloitte Consulting
SAP Consulting
McKinsey & Company
Thaltegos
Infosys
MID
mm1 Consulting & Management
NTT DATA
b.telligent
Capgemini
INFOMOTION
MHP Management- und IT-Beratung
PwC
Roland Berger
Boston Consulting Group
ConVista Consulting
Ginkgo Management Consulting
Q_Perior
T-Systems Multimedia Solutions
Serviceplan Consulting Group

IT implementation

Accenture
Capgemini
Deloitte Consulting
IBM Business Consulting
INTENSE AG
SAP Consulting
ConVista Consulting
Hochfrequenz Unternehmensberatung
MHP
Adesso
Q_Perior
Sop_fbetara Steria
Atos
BCG Platinion
Camelot ITLab
CPRO Industry
GISA
itelligence
McKinsey & Company
noventum consulting
T-Systems Multimedia Solutions
BearingPoint
CGI
Cronos
direkt gruppe
EXXETA
FINCON
it-economics
MaibornWolff
msg systems
NTT DATA
Plenum
PwC
Scheer
accuratus business consulting
blueforte
bridgingIT
Catenate
Deutsche Consulting Partner
Detecon
DXC.technology
Ginkgo Management Consulting
KPS
MID
Natuvion
Senacor
Syracom
Wipro

Interim management

AlixPartners
Alvarez & Marsal
Management Angels
Atreus
Industrial Management Group – IMG
AXXCON
Kienbaum Consultants
McKinsey & Company
Taskforce
Deloitte Consulting
PSG Perlitz Strategy Group
Roland Berger
Struktur Management Partner
ZMM Zeitmanager München
Meritus Business Advisors

About Germany’s top consulting firms

Now in its eighth year, the annual ranking of German business magazine Brand Eins and research house Statista asked executives and senior managers to provide a recommendation score (6-point scale) for consulting firms they had worked with, while consultants were asked to score their peers (self-recommendation was excluded).

Tallying up the two dimensions, the researchers created the ‘Die besten Unternehmensberater Deutschlands’ list.