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Hidden Champions 2024/25

In the ninth edition of the Hidden Champions Study, 1,055 executives from major German, Austrian and Swiss companies rate a total of 30 specialist consultancies in 20 functions and eleven sectors as being better than the mainstream firms McKinsey, BCG and Bain & Company.

Hidden Champions by area of expertise

Hidden Champions by function
Function
Hidden Champions

  1.  
  2. Deloitte
  3. Accenture
  4. Oliver Wyman
  5. Kearney

  1.  
  2. McKinsey
  3. Bain
  4. Oliver Wyman
  5. Roland Berger

  1.  
  2. undconsorten
  3. BCG
  4. McKinsey
  5. Strategy&

  1.  
  2. Bain
  3. Batten & Company
  4. McKinsey
  5. BCG

  1.  
  2. Deloitte
  3. Accenture
  4. Oliver Wyman
  5. McKinsey

  1.  
  2. Accenture
  3. BCG
  4. McKinsey
  5. Deloitte

  1.  
  2. BCG
  3. McKinsey
  4. Accenture
  5. Oliver Wyman

  1.  
  2. H&Z
  3. TARGUS
  4. McKinsey
  5. BCG

  1.  
  2. McKinsey
  3. TARGUS
  4. Bain
  5. Staufen

  1.  
  2. McKinsey
  3. BCG
  4. Roland Berger
  5. Bain

  1.  
  2. McKinsey
  3. IMP
  4. BCG
  5. Bain

  1.  
  2. Roland Berger
  3. Accenture
  4. Oliver Wyman
  5. Deloitte

  1.  
  2. McKinsey
  3. Oliver Wyman
  4. Kearney
  5. Roland Berger

  1.  
  2. Simon, Kucher & Partners
  3. Bain
  4. BCG
  5. McKinsey

  1.  
  2. Oliver Wyman
  3. BCG
  4. Accenture
  5. Deloitte

  1.  
  2. Simon, Kucher & Partners
  3. BCG
  4. Deloitte
  5. McKinsey

  1.  
  2. Accenture
  3. Deloitte
  4. BCG
  5. McKinsey

  1.  
  2. Roland Berger
  3. McKinsey
  4. BCG
  5. Deloitte

  1.  
  2. BCG
  3. Bain
  4. McKinsey
  5. Oliver Wyman

  1.  
  2. McKinsey
  3. BCG
  4. AdEx Partners
  5. Bain
Hidden Champions by sector
Sector
Hidden Champions

  1.  
  2. McKinsey
  3. BCG
  4. Roland Berger
  5. Oliver Wyman

  1.  
  2. McKinsey
  3. BCG
  4. Bain
  5. Oliver Wyman

  1.  
  2. McKinsey
  3. Oliver Wyman
  4. BCG
  5. Kearney

  1.  
  2. McKinsey
  3. Roland Berger
  4. BCG
  5. Deloitte

  1.  
  2. McKinsey
  3. BCG
  4. Oliver Wyman
  5. Kearney

  1.  
  2. Roland Berger
  3. Strategy&
  4. McKinsey
  5. Accenture

  1.  
  2. BCG
  3. McKinsey
  4. Bain
  5. Roland Berger

  1.  
  2. McKinsey
  3. Kearney
  4. Accenture
  5. Strategy&

  1.  
  2. Accenture
  3. PwC
  4. KPMG
  5. Roland Berger

  1.  
  2. Roland Berger
  3. McKinsey
  4. BCG
  5. Accenture

  1.  
  2. BCG
  3. McKinsey
  4. Bain
  5. Oliver Wyman

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