The 2006 prestige rankings of the top management and strategy consulting
firms have arrived! This year's survey is based on surveys of more than
2,100 consultants[@more@]2007RANK FIRM SCORE 2006RANK HEADQUARTERS/LARGEST OFFICE
1 McKinsey & Company 8.401 1 New York, NY
2 Boston Consulting Group 8.095 2 Boston, MA
3 Bain & Company 7.756 3 Boston, MA
4 Booz Allen Hamilton 6.593 4 McLean, VA
5 Monitor Group 6.398 5 Cambridge, MA
6 Mercer Management Consulting 6.261 6 New York, NY
7 Mercer Oliver Wyman 6.112 7 New York, NY
8 Mercer Human Resource Consulting 5.752 8 New York, NY
9 The Parthenon Group 5.729 9 Boston, MA
10 Deloitte Consulting LLP 5.563 15 New York, NY
11 L.E.K. Consulting 5.539 12 Boston, MA/London
12 Marakon Associates 5.491 10 New York, NY
13 IBM Global Business Services 5.388 13 Armonk, NY
14 A.T. Kearney 5.286 14 Chicago, IL
15 Accenture 5.266 20 New York, NY
16 Gartner, Inc. 5.256 17 Stamford, CT
17 Roland Berger Strategy Consultants 5.238 11 New York, NY/Munich
18 Hewitt Associates 5.102 16 Lincolnshire, IL
19 Katzenbach Partners LLC 5.049 18 New York, NY
20 Towers Perrin 5.029 19 Stamford, CT
21 Watson Wyatt Worldwide 4.978 25 Arlington, VA
22 NERA Economic Consulting 4.947 23 White Plains, NY
23 Cambridge Associates LLC 4.929 31 Boston, MA
24 CRA International 4.819 21 Boston, MA
25 Mars & Co 4.814 28 Greenwich, CT

26 Diamond* 4.714 26 Chicago, IL
27 Capgemini 4.646 30 New York, NY/Paris
28 ZS Associates 4.644 24 Evanston, IL
29 LECG 4.626 35 Emeryville, CA
30 Arthur D. Little 4.575 32 Boston, MA
31 Navigant Consulting, Inc. 4.513 45 Chicago, IL
32 BearingPoint 4.502 29 McLean, VA
33 Cornerstone Research 4.459 37 New York, NY/Menlo Park, CA
34 Corporate Executive Board 4.321 43 Washington, DC
35 First Manhattan Consulting Group 4.299 34 New York, NY
36 Kurt Salmon Associates 4.253 33 Atlanta, GA
37 Stern Stewart & Co. 4.219 22 New York, NY
38 The Advisory Board Company 4.184 36 Washington, DC
39 Analysis Group, Inc. 4.172 48 Boston, MA
40 Gallup Consulting 4.165 27 Washington, DC
41 Dean & Company 4.119 38 Vienna, VA
42 Giuliani Partners LLC 4.095 44 New York, NY
43 PRTM 3.982 40 Waltham, MA/Mountain View, CA
44 Strategic Decisions Group 3.944 50 Palo Alto, CA
45 OC&C Strategy Consultants 3.890 46 New York, NY/London
46 Huron Consulting Group 3.880 NR Chicago, IL
47 Putnam Associates 3.866 41 Burlington, MA
48 Mitchell Madison Group 3.844 42 New York, NY
49 PA Consulting Group 3.755 47 Arlington, VA/London
50 FTI Consulting 3.703 NR Baltimore, MD