There is always room for improvement: we were able to improve on last year's results in the "Best Management Consultants 2026" awards presented by the renowned business magazine "brand eins" and Statista. In addition to our long-standing success in advising the automotive and supplier, banking, insurance, energy and environment, healthcare and life sciences, public sector/infrastructure, and consumer goods and retail industries, our colleagues from the industrial goods and services sector received the highest rating of three stars in this year's ranking.
In three consulting fields for the first time in the brand-eins ranking
The improvement is even more pronounced in the consulting areas: customers were impressed by our support services in supply chain management, IT strategies and restructuring projects – they gave us three stars in all categories. This means that we achieved the best customer rating in these consulting areas on our first appearance in the ranking.
Improvements in customer and colleague ratings
However, it is not only the first-time awards that are noteworthy, but also the improvements in consulting services, with which we have been represented in the ranking for several years: our colleagues from the consumer goods and retail sector were able to increase their customer rating from two to three stars – a sign that we are always striving to improve our work and that customers appreciate this.
In addition to customer ratings, the brand-eins ranking also reflects the results of an expert survey. Our public sector consulting services are also recognised by colleagues from other companies, who have upgraded us from two to three stars in their ratings.
About the "Best Management Consultants" ranking
The awards are based on a two-stage survey – one of business clients and one of experts from other management consultancies. For the client survey, senior executives from DAX, M-DAX, S-DAX and Tec-DAX companies, among others, are asked to cast their votes.
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