Boston Consulting Group

Boston Consulting Group is a global management consulting firm that was founded in Boston in 1963 by Bruce Henderson and is still headquartered in the city. Counted among the largest strategy consultancies in the world, BCG advises corporations, governments and nonprofit organizations on strategy, operations, technology and organizational change. The firm is widely known for business frameworks such as the growth-share matrix, which became a standard tool for analyzing a company’s portfolio of products.

In Boston, the firm consolidated its two former offices, at Exchange Place and One Beacon, into a new 13-story office building in the Pier 4 development in the Seaport, with the move planned for 2018. The building sets aside 202,000 square feet for about 700 BCG employees across seven floors. The relocation put BCG alongside other major employers that chose the Seaport, including General Electric, Fidelity Investments, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Goodwin Procter.

What to Know

• BCG is often grouped with McKinsey and Bain as one of the “Big Three” strategy consulting firms.
• The firm operates offices in dozens of countries around the world.
• It is a member of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce.