Curious to poll everybody here on their experiences with various market study firms. I figured it was easiest to group by brand recognition / prestige.
Who have you all worked with in the past and what's your experience been like?
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Premier
Highly Recognized
Mid Tier
| +47 | Independent Sponsor - Path Ahead? | 15 | 1d |
| +34 | 2026 PE Associate Bonus Thread | 40 | 1d |
| +34 | Legacy vs. Up-and-Coming Funds | 16 | 1d |
| +27 | Return Full-Time to EB vs. Lindsay Goldberg FT Analyst | 8 | 5d |
| +21 | Semi-target into IB (London) -> PE | 20 | 4d |
| +19 | Do you regret doing PE? | 6 | 22h |
| +15 | Mid Level Attrition | 9 | 52m |
| +11 | those of you who had an easy banking experience - how f’d were you when you went to PE? | 7 | 3d |
| +9 | PE Junior Summer? As an undergraduate at a target school? | 1 | 3d |
| +8 | Why is every PE firm so top heavy? | 3 | 2d |
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Bain should be in premier, LEK is a rubber stamp factory, IGS is garbage. Have been really impressed by EY-P. Add OW.
what does the comment on LEK mean?
They will say whatever the sponsor paying them tells them to say.
Would add Wolf Den - very good for government services
I'm interested to hear more about Wolf Den-- what was your experience with them / what's their reputation like? They're small but I guess that doesn't matter that much with such a unique niche...
They have a solid reputation within the government services / defense space. I would say the top two are Wolf Den and Avascent, but I've been more impressed by Wolf Den's analysis and quality of work.
Agree adding Bain & Co to premier list and removing LEK
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Maybe I'm a bit slow, what do you mean VDD?
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LEK is okay for the price point but they're kinda meh. You'd think a consulting firm would have better looking slides.
Bain is solid, albeit a bit variable from my experience (have been very impressed with one team but wasn't really floored by another).
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