1. Traditional strategic consulting company

2. A "big and comprehensive" consulting company

3. Boutique consulting company

4. Other consulting companies (including human resources consulting and economic consulting, etc.). )

The first category: traditional strategic consulting companies.

Most companies have existed for more than 50 years, such as Eliot (Bose, 19 14), McKinsey (1926), Boston Consulting (1963) and so on.

The list of Tier 1 is indisputable MBB: McKinsey, BCG and Bain.

The list of Level 2 has been changed, but it is generally believed that it must include the following:

Kearney (A.T. Kearney), Ai Yikai (L.E.K), roland berger (roland berger), Orwell (Aowei), Eliot (Strategy &; , formerly Booz, acquired by PricewaterhouseCoopers), Monitor (acquired by Deloitte), Arthur D. Little, etc.

Traditional strategic consulting companies are good at strategy-related consulting services, and in recent years, they have gradually expanded their operations and IT business.

The second category: "big and comprehensive" consulting companies.

This kind of consulting company is also called "one-stop shop".

Most of these companies started with IT consulting, but after years of development, they have expanded their business to all consulting services, including both traditional strategic consulting business and management consulting business (business process, organizational structure, performance management, marketing, etc. ) and IT consulting business.

Typical companies include Accenture, Capgemini, IBM and the Big Four: PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, Deloitte Consulting, KPMG Consulting and EY Consulting.

In recent years, attracted by more profitable strategic business, these companies began to form more professional strategic teams to compete with the first type of companies.

The third category: boutique consulting companies.

The biggest feature of boutique firms is that they are small and refined.

The business of these companies may overlap with the former two, but they are more focused on a certain industry or a certain field.

Comprehensive Parthenon (acquired by EY)? Good at education, medical care, consumer goods, industrial products and other industries.

These consulting companies are characterized by their concentration and small scale, but they have a good reputation in the industry.

The fourth category: other consulting companies.

This kind of consulting company often has distinct characteristics, but it is difficult to define, but there are several typical companies.

One is the "Big Four" who focus on human resources consulting: Mercer, Aon Hewitt, Brilliant International and Willis towers watson.

These four companies all started with human resources consulting (salary, incentive, post, organizational structure and other consulting services), while providing other types of services (salary report, executive training, pension and other services).

At present, these four companies have been acquired by listed companies and are gradually preparing to expand into consulting business such as strategy and operation.

The other is an economic consulting company, whose main clients are law firms, providing market and regulatory research and analysis services for commercial litigation.

There are well-known companies in the industry, such as Cornerstone Research and Analysis Group and Brattle Group. Most of these companies have not entered China, or have only a small team.

Mainstream is divided into strategic consulting and non-strategic consulting.

Strategic consultation:? McKinsey, BCG, Bain, Kearney, Lake, roland berger, Accenture Strategic Consulting (different from management consulting), Deloitte & Touche &; O, Ernst & Young Parthenon, Strategy &; Nine thousand.

Non-strategic consulting: Deloitte Consulting, IBM GBS, Accenture, Mercer, Aon Hewitt, Big Four Consulting, etc.