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recognising our edge

The best consultancy ecosystem in Europe

The UK is Europe's top destination for consultancy services and, globally, second to the US. We got here by delivering high-ROI solutions for global enterprises, and by attracting high-skilled talent to deliver them - at scale. Over the past 40 years, we've seen our firms and talent compound their skills and IP. It's time to unleash that talent, globally.

United States

$100B

United Kingdom

$19B

Germany

$13B

Source: NCI Global (2023 Market Sizing)

£15B

UK Consulting Revenues (Annual)

530,000

UK Management Consultants

£4B

UK Consulting Export Revenue

$300B+

Global Consulting Market Size

It's time to better mobilise our talent to capture more of the existing $300B global market for consulting services.

We're building a movement to back the UK's executive consulting talent with investment and social capital - and launch a slate of independent, AI-driven, consultancy practices focused on markets abroad.

Welcome to the next chapter for UK consulting: the international chapter.

A $300B GLOBAL MARKET

The Global Market for Consulting

Established Consulting Markets

Emerging Consulting Markets

south america

Emerging

$6.4B

Estimated Consulting Market Size (NCI)

Serviceable enterprise-sized markets in South America:

Brazil

70 PLCs with $500M+ revenue

Argentina

30 PLCs with $500M+ revenue

north america

Competitive

$139.1B

Estimated Consulting Market Size (NCI)

Serviceable enterprise-sized markets in North America:

2000 PLCs with $500M+ revenue

Canada

225 PLCs with $500M+ revenue

Mexico

29 PLCs with $500M+ revenue

Oceania

Competitive

$7.8B

Estimated Consulting Market Size (NCI)

Serviceable enterprise-sized markets in Oceania:

Australia

209 PLCs with $500M+ revenue

N. Zealand

30 PLCs with $500M+ revenue

asia

Emerging

$33.0B

Estimated Consulting Market Size (NCI)

Serviceable enterprise-sized markets in Asia:

India

500 PLCs with $500M+ revenue

Indonesia

110 PLCs with $500M+ revenue

GCC

90 PLCs with $500M+ revenue

Turkey

100 PLCs with $500M+ revenue

europe

Competitive

$81.5B

Estimated Consulting Market Size (NCI)

Serviceable enterprise-sized markets in Europe:

France

175 PLCs with $500M+ revenue

Germany

187 PLCs with $500M+ revenue

Italy

90 PLCs with $500M+ revenue

africa

Emerging

$3.8B

Estimated Consulting Market Size (SourceGlobal)

Serviceable enterprise-sized markets in Africa:

Kenya

100 PLCs with $500M+ revenue

SUPPLY

A global supply of consulting talent

The UK suffers no shortage of human capital - across our professional services - and especially within our consultancy sector. The Big Four, MBB and global technology consulting firms together employ tens of thousands of management consultants in the UK. Our Russell Group universities attract the best, are attractive because of their mix of academic rigour, culture and history (which are inherent and unique differentiators) and provide a healthy pipeline of top talent into the industry. We have the human capital - it's time to think about how we mobilise it, to increase our export potential and further develop the sector into a key economic asset in the national interest.

USP

Leaders in enterprise-level service delivery

Over the past 20 years, the UK has welcomed world-leading companies to trade here and access our capital markets. A longer-term consequence of this is that the suite of professional services required to service mid-market and large enterprises has grown too, which is why collectively, professional services contribute over £73B to real UK output (2023). The suite of service-related knowledge, skills and IP that have been developed, at scale, by our workforces across consulting, legal and financial services is second-to-none. Our human capital has been forged by engagements and projects at the most innovative companies the world has seen (working with the Big Four, MBB and global technology consulting firms) - and that experience is a key point of differentiation in the global services market.

DEMAND

The rise of financially-liberal emerging markets

Outside of conventional European and US markets, lie lands of opportunity. The rise of developing nations, with burgeoning domestic markets, high-levels of $500M+ publicly-listed turnover companies, flourishing mid-markets, and existing billion-dollar consulting spends present an attractive opportunity for UK consultants to fill missing domestic skill- and knowledge-gaps. AI and digital transformation remain key growth areas for enterprise re-investment - areas that our blue-chip talent excels in. With significant service trade existing between the UK and countries like India, Singapore, Saudi Arabia and Brazil, our policy proposal sheds light on how UK service firms are primed to take advantage of strong trading relationships and market access to export more high-ROI services.

We’re calling on the Government and British Business Bank to invest in building the next generation of world-leading, British tech and management consulting firms.

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The International Chapter

The International Chapter

The UK’s management and technology consulting sector is a silent powerhouse

The best consultancy ecosystem in Europe

United States

United Kingdom

Germany

£15B

530,000

£4B

$300B+

The Global Market for Consulting

$6.4B

$139.1B

$7.8B

$33.0B

$81.5B

$3.8B

A global supply of consulting talent

Leaders in enterprise-level service delivery

The rise of financially-liberal emerging markets

We’re calling on the Government and British Business Bank to invest in building the next generation of world-leading, British tech and management consulting firms.