consultancy

American  

[kuhn-suhl-tn-see] / kənˈsʌl tn si /

noun

consultancies plural

1. the state of being a consultant; the position of a consultant.

   a consultancy with a government agency.

2. a person or firm that provides consulting advice or services.

3. consultation.

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Etymology

Origin of consultancy

consult + -ancy

Explanation

If it's your job to give advice about how to run a lemonade stand, you've started your own lemonade-selling consultancy, or a business that gives expert information about a particular field. Most consultancies have to do with the business world, as when a company that's trying to avoid harming the environment hires an environmental consultancy to provide expert tips about how to be more environmentally friendly. But any firm that's in the business of giving advice — whether to governments or schools or sports teams — can be described as a consultancy.

Example Sentences

Using forecasts by the energy consultancy Cornwall Insight, from July:

From BBC • May 26, 2026

Drew Benvie, chief executive of social media consultancy Battenhall and founder of the youth safety nonprofit Raise, said creating age limits for features will only go so far to keeping children safe on Roblox.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

After that, he was recruited by Paul Atkins, the current chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, to join Atkins’ risk-management consultancy Patomak Global Partners.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

Gustavo Razzetti is CEO of Fearless Culture, a culture design consultancy.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

His address was easy to find— I Googled him and found www.shipwellconsulting.co.uk, the site where he advertises “a range of consultancy, cloud- and web-based services for business and nonprofit organizations.”

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins