36 Examples of Consulting

John Spacey, updated on July 30, 2023

Consulting is the delivery of analysis, advice and knowledge work as a professional service. This is completely customized to the needs of the client. It is also common for a consultant to be assigned to a single customer for a period of weeks, months or years such that a consultant may resemble a temporary employee of the customer. Consulting can be aligned to a profession, an industry or both. The following are common examples of consulting.

IT consulting	Engineering consulting
Design consulting	Financial consulting
Marketing consulting	Market research consulting
Brand consulting	Sales consulting
Change management consulting	Business analysis
Data science and analysis	Project management consulting
Operations consulting	Risk management consulting
Cybersecurity consulting	Security Consulting
Management consulting	Business consulting
Leadership consulting	Startup Consulting
Research consulting	Environmental consulting
Energy consulting	Healthcare consulting
Legal consulting	Compliance consulting
Tax consulting	Real estate consulting
Media consulting	Education consulting
Transportation consulting	Government consulting
Nonprofit consulting	Retail consulting
Hospitality consulting	Manufacturing consulting

Management consulting is a term for consulting at the top level of an organization that deals with strategic executive issues.

In some cases, organizations use consultants as a type of contingent workforce whereby they act as contributors that can be scaled up and down easily by the organization.

36 Examples of Consulting

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