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2025: The Top 10 Professional Services Firms (Revenue + Margins)

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Nicola Stewart
7.1.2025
2025: The Top 10 Professional Services Firms (Revenue + Margins)

These top 10 professional services businesses symbolize the pinnacle of global success.

As of 2025, these professional services firms are leading global revenue generation. Combined, the top 10 firms brought in $315.04 billion USD in 2024, up from $310.97 billion USD in 2023. With an inflation rate of 2.7% for 2024, this 1.31% year-on-year growth has not been able to surpass inflation. In addition to this, half of the companies on this list made less revenue in 2024 than 2023.

This limited growth can be attributed to global economic pressures, which have led companies to tighten spending on consulting services. Additionally, many organizations are opting for smaller, boutique firms that offer targeted expertise.

For 2025, U.S. inflation is expected to stay around 2.0%, so firms will likely need to adjust their prices to keep up. At the same time, with unemployment predicted to rise to 4.4%, companies may cut back on hiring and lean on consultants to help manage their workloads.

This could make 2025 a promising year for professional services, as businesses look for outside expertise.

1. Accenture

Industry: IT

Yearly revenue: $66.36B ↑ (All $ in USD)

Previous year: $64.58B

Location: 🇮🇪 Ireland

Operating margin: 15.23%

Accenture brought in the most revenue in 2024. Making them the number 1 firm of 2024.

2. Schneider Electric

Industry: Digital Automation & Energy Management

Yearly revenue: $39.68B ↑

Previous year: $36.60B

Location: 🇫🇷 France

Operating margin: 15.05%

Schneider Electric brought in 26.60 billion USD dollars in 2024.

3. NTT Data

Industry: IT

Yearly revenue: $29.77B ↓

Previous year: $30.16B

Location: 🇯🇵 Japan

Operating margin: 7.70%

NTT is a Japanese company that made a yearly revenue of 30.16 billion in 2024

4. Tata Consultancy Services

Industry: IT

Yearly revenue: $29.47B ↑

Previous year: $28.90B

Location: 🇮🇳 India

Operating margin: 25.96%

Learn more: Mastering year-round profitability at your consultancy firm

Tata consulting services HQ is in India and in 2024 they brought in 28.90 billion in revenue

5. Randstad

Industry: HR

Yearly revenue: $26.48B ↓

Previous year: $28.25B

Location: 🇳🇱 Netherlands

Operating margin: 2.44%

Randstad is a consulting firm in the Netherlands, they do HR and made 28.25 billion last year

6. Fujitsu

Industry: IT

Yearly revenue: 25.58B ↓

Previous year: $26.31B

Location: 🇯🇵 Japan

Operating margin: 5.00%

7. Adecco Group

Industry: Finance

Yearly revenue: 25.56B ↓

Previous year: $25.89B

Location: 🇨🇭 Switzerland

Operating margin: Unknown (previously 3.1%)

Learn more: How to calculate your margin

The Switzerland finance consultancy Adecco is in 7th most profitable in 2024

8. Capgemini

Industry: IT

Yearly revenue: $24.89B ↑

Previous year: $23.55B

Location: 🇫🇷 France

Operating margin: 10.23%

The French consulting firm Capgemini made 23.55 billion in 2024, making them #9

9. Marsh & McLennan Companies

Industry: Insurance Brokering & Risk Management

Yearly revenue: $23.94B ↑

Previous year: $22.2B

Location: 🇺🇸 USA

Operating margin: 23.04%

MarshMcLennan Building, the #10 most revenue generating professional service firm in 2024

10. Recruit

Industry: HR

Yearly revenue: $23.31B ↓

Previous year: $24.53B

Location: 🇯🇵 Japan

Operating margin: 12.47%

The recruit building in Japan, they made 24.53 in revenue in 2024.

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