HISTORICAL VAULT CONSULTING 50 SCORES

Everything went haywire in 2020.

COVID shut everything down. Riots lit everything up. Donald Trump got acquitted. Joe Biden got elected. SpaceX raced to the heavens as Harvey Weinstein was rushed to his cell.

Back then, McKinsey was rounding through its final year atop the Vault Consulting 50, as BCG and Bain nipped at its heels. Booz Allen Hamilton and Clearview Healthcare Partners were on the rise. All the while, PwC, EY-Parthenon, Deloitte and Oliver Wyman duked it out for breathing room below the MBB.

For some, looking back can show us how far some firms have come. For others, it is a humbling reminder of how quickly fortunes can change. Want to see the trajectory of your favorite firms in recent years? Check out the historical table below to see which firms are on the upswing or a downturn.

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