The top consulting firms in the Middle East 2023

Our guide of top consulting firms provides an overview of the Middle East’s leading players for 2023.

The Middle East is home to hundreds of consulting firms – large, mid-sized, boutique and niche consultancies – serving clients across all conceivable industries and practice areas. However, only a select group of consulting firms can claim to be a leader in the market or in their segment.

The ‘Top consulting firms in the Middle East’ guide by ConsultancyME takes a unique and industry-wide approach to separate the best from the rest.

Over 800 consulting firms were assessed, with only the leading firms making the ranking. These leaders have built a reputation as the most trusted, expert and influential providers in the region. They help corporations, governments, entrepreneurs and other types of organisations with solving their biggest problems and capitalising on their biggest opportunities.

The ranking presents the leading consultancies across 40 sectors and 40 areas of expertise.

Top consulting firms in the Middle East by area of expertise 2023

The top consulting firms in the Middle East by expertise. Find out which consulting firms lead the way across 40+ areas of specialisation.
Agile Business Intelligence Change Management Cloud Corporate Finance Corporate Governance CRM Cyber Security Data Science Digital Ecommerce Economics ERP ESG Finance Forensic & Litigation Human Resources Innovation IT Architecture IT Strategy Lean & SixSigma Management Marketing Mergers & Acquisitions Operations Outsourcing & Shared Services Payments Pricing Process Management Procurement Project Management Public Services Restructuring Risk & Compliance Sales Strategy Supply Chain Sustainability

Top consulting firms in the Middle East by industry expertise 2023

The top consulting firms in the Middle East by industry expertise. Find out which consulting firms lead the way across 40+ industries.
Accounting Aerospace Agriculture Arts & Culture Automotive Aviation Banking Chemicals Construction Defence Education Energy Family Business Financial Services Food & Beverage Football Government Healthcare Hospitality & Travel ICT Insurance Local Government Luxury Manufacturing Maritime Media Mining & Metals Non Profit Oil & Gas Online Pension Pharma & Life Sciences Private Equity Public Safety Public Sector Public Transport Real Estate Retail SME Sport Technology Telecom Transport & Logistics Utilities
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What is the Top Consulting Firms in the Middle East ranking?

Our ranking sets out to answer one basic question: what are the top consulting firms in the Middle East?

The consulting industry of the Middle East is home to hundreds of consulting firms – large, mid-sized, boutique and niche consultancies – serving clients across all industries and segments, and specialised in every conceivable area of expertise. Our Top Consulting Firms guide presents the industry’s leading players based on the region’s most extensive database of insights.

The ranking consists of top consulting firm lists across 30+ areas of expertise (strategy, management, finance, supply chain, sustainability, etc) and 30+ sectors (financial services, public sector, energy, retail, industry, etc).

What methodology is used to create the ranking?

As with any ranking, assessing what defines a ‘top firm’ is an ambiguous task. The answer will typically depend on who you ask, when the assessment is conducted, the type of service / expertise evaluated, which countries/regions are being explored, and much more.

To reflect this variety, our approach takes a holistic methodology to the assessment of firms based on two building blocks: a capabilities assessment (based on Consultancy.org’s extensive database) and the views of clients and consultants (surveys). Both factors have a weighting of 50%.

The database contains hundreds of thousands of data points across five dimensions, with relevant and available data from Consultancy.org and vetted external sources feeding the scores for the capabilities assessment. The dimensions are: firm capabilities, industry awards, prestige, thought leadership, and popularity on Consultancy.org.

The views of clients and consultants are captured through Consultancy.org’s survey tool, which is open all year round. In 2024, the tool received for the Middle East region over 900 reviews from clients and over 2,800 firm reviews from consultants across the different areas of service.

All consulting firms with operations in the Middle East qualify for the ranking (there is no opt-in or commercial threshold to join). Firms with a sufficient number of positive scores are included in the ranking, and sorted across five levels: Diamond, Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze. Within each class, consultancies are sorted based on their average score (note: differences within a class can be negligible).

The ranking’s key principles – fully inclusive, internal and external data – makes the op Consulting Firms ranking by Consultancy.org the most comprehensive ranking in the world of consulting.

Firms with an insufficient number of data points are excluded from the ranking. The ranking was created through a complex process and algorithm. The quality of consultancies not included is not disputed.

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