The 2009-2010 FEACO survey of the European management consulting market conducted in collaboration with the national management consulting associations in Europe shows that the size of the consulting market decreased from 86.2 billion € in 2008 to 83,7 billion € in 2009, which means a decline of -5%.
Business Consulting services remains the largest segment at a stable 43% followed by Outsourcing, slightly higher than 2008, at 19% and Development and Integration at 18%, which represents a 3% decline from the previous year. Industry and the Public Sector were the dominant client sectors in most countries.
Germany remains the largest consulting market in Europe followed by the United Kingdom, Spain and France. This country ranking has remained stable over the last few years as have annual increases in market size in these leading consulting markets.
For 2010 the forecast for the European consulting market is positive, with an increase by 1.6% to an estimated value of 85 billion euro.
The report contains quantitative information, statistics and charts, on the European Management Consulting market and qualitative information: trends and developments on local European markets: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland and the UK.
*FEACO is the European umbrella organization for 17 national Management Consultancies Associations.
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