A nove mesi di distanza, Vault.com ha pubblicato i rankings per quanto riguarda le società di consulenza nel mondo in base a criteri che non siano esclusivamente funzione del Fatturato, della Capitalizzazione (quando quotate), dell'EBITDA e del tasso di crecita/presenza in alcune industry/mercati, lifestyle| 25% firm culture |
| 25% work/life balance |
| 20% compensation |
| 20% prestige |
| 5% overall business outlook |
| 5% transparency |
| 2011 RANK | 2010 RANK | CHANGE | FIRM | PRESTIGE SCORE | LOCATION |
| 1 | 1 | McKinsey & Company | 8,732 | New York, NY | |
| 2 | 2 | The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. | 8,275 | Boston, MA | |
| 3 | 3 | Bain & Company | 8,130 | Boston, MA | |
| 4 | 4 | Booz & Company | 6,637 | New York, NY | |
| 5 | 5 | Deloitte Consulting LLP | 5,999 | New York, NY | |
| 6 | 8 | Mercer LLC | 5,990 | New York, NY | |
| 7 | 6 | Monitor Group | 5,978 | Cambridge, MA | |
| 8 | 7 | PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (Consulting Practice) | 5,869 | New York, NY | |
| 9 | 9 | Ernst & Young LLP (Consulting Practice) | 5,758 | New York, NY | |
| 10 | 10 | Oliver Wyman | 5,616 | New York, NY | |
| 11 | 16 | A.T. Kearney | 5,500 | Chicago, IL | |
| 12 | 11 | Accenture | 5,471 | New York, NY | |
| 13 | 13 | KPMG LLP (Consulting Practice) | 5,416 | New York, NY | |
| 14 | 12 | IBM Global Business Services | 5,366 | Armonk, NY | |
| 15 | 19 | L.E.K. Consulting | 5,072 | Boston, MA | |
| 16 | 17 | The Parthenon Group | 4,892 | Boston, MA | |
| 17 | 14 | Towers Watson | 4,819 | New York, NY | |
| 18 | 15 | AlixPartners, LLP | 4,709 | Southfield, MI | |
| 19 | 24 | Navigant Consulting, Inc. | 4,549 | Chicago, IL | |
| 20 | 21 | Alvarez & Marsal | 4,536 | New York, NY | |
| 21 | 28 | ZS Associates | 4,467 | Evanston, IL | |
| 22 | 23 | Capgemini | 4,446 | New York, NY | |
| 23 | 20 | FTI Consulting, Inc. | 4,312 | West Palm Beach, FL | |
| 24 | 22 | NERA Economic Consulting | 4,293 | New York, NY | |
| 25 | 26 | Hewitt Associates | 4,178 | Lincolnshire, IL |
| 2011 RANK | FIRM | PRESTIGE SCORE | LOCATION |
| 1 | Bain & Company | 8,492 | Boston, MA |
| 2 | The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. | 8,176 | Boston, MA |
| 3 | McKinsey & Company | 8,159 | New York, NY |
| 4 | Analysis Group, Inc. | 7,251 | Boston, MA |
| 5 | The Cambridge Group | 7,178 | Chicago, IL |
| 6 | Deloitte Consulting LLP | 7,162 | New York, NY |
| 7 | Oliver Wyman | 7,123 | New York, NY |
| 8 | A.T. Kearney | 7,089 | Chicago, IL |
| 9 | Triage Consulting Group | 7,024 | San Francisco, CA |
| 10 | Censeo Consulting Group | 6,903 | Washington, DC |
| 11 | West Monroe Partners | 6,899 | Chicago, IL |
| 12 | Cornerstone Research | 6,897 | San Francisco, CA |
| 13 | PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (Consulting Practice) | 6,890 | New York, NY |
| 14 | Alvarez & Marsal | 6,844 | New York, NY |
| 15 | Trinity Partners, LLC | 6,840 | Waltham, MA |
| 16 | Booz & Company | 6,814 | New York, NY |
| 17 | Milliman, Inc | 6,795 | Seattle, WA |
| 18 | Strategic Decisions Group | 6,774 | Palo Alto, CA |
| 19 | PRTM | 6,769 | Waltham, MA |
| 20 | Gallup Consulting | 6,761 | Washington, DC |
| 21 | Diamond Management & Technology Consultants, Inc. | 6,753 | Chicago, IL |
| 22 | Health Advances, LLC | 6,729 | Weston, MA |
| 23 | Strategos | 6,704 | Chicago, IL |
| 24 | The Brattle Group | 6,696 | Cambridge, MA |
| 25 | Monitor Group | 6,694 | Cambridge, MA |