Pnrr, big data and sustainability as growth levers for consultancies

More than 5,500 valid recommendations from customers and practitioners, certified for quality and veracity by the international analysis company Statista, signalled some seventy companies worthy of inclusion in the list of Consultants of the Year 2025.

The list, like the other rankings launched by Statista and Il Sole 24 Ore (such as Law Firms of the Year, Growth Leaders, Sustainability Leaders, and Stars of the South), is intended to shine a spotlight on excellent companies and organisations in our country, with the aim of understanding the secrets of their success and stimulating emulation and positivity. The consulting sector analysed this time, then, is truly crucial for the sustainable development of the country's system, since the companies in this sector enable - with their advice - the growth of other industries, large and small enterprises, and the public administration.

According to Assoconsult, consultancy will end 2024 with an estimated turnover of more than seven billion euro, which is also growing thanks to the role played in transforming projects and NRP calls into open construction sites and accurately reported operations. The twin transitions, the digital and green transitions, have also driven demand for the services offered by consultants who are trained and constantly updated on regulations, tools and strategies.

Returning to the list of Consultants of the Year, it is not surprising that the big companies in the industry are on the list. But alongside them stand boutiques and companies of professionals who have received rave reviews from clients and colleagues, with whom they evidently collaborate with clear benefits. The complete lists, relating to each functional sector and industry, are published on the Lab24 website of Il Sole 24 Ore, while a global summary is published in this Consulting Report.

"4,500 consultants active in Italy were invited to participate in the research and all companies in the sector were offered the opportunity to self-nominate themselves online and submit to the survey in which clients and colleagues took part," explains Lisa Dei, an analyst at Statista based in Hamburg, Germany. "The rankings were obtained on the basis of the total number of recommendations received in the functional and industry areas considered in the research. Within each list, consulting firms with a sufficient number of recommendations are presented in alphabetical order. The top 10 award-winning consultancies, with evidence of the prevailing functional or industrial area of activity, includes the largest consultancies worldwide. A clearly positive message, given the dominance of large consultancies in the consulting landscape in Italy'.