How We Work with Clients

Our Amsterdam office serves both Dutch multinationals and a variety of medium-size companies, institutions, and governmental organizations. Our consulting staff works on projects ranging from corporate development to operations in industries such as consumer goods, energy and utilities, financial services, and technology and communications.

Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we work closely with clients to embrace a transformational approach aimed at benefiting all stakeholders—empowering organizations to grow, build sustainable competitive advantage, and drive positive societal impact.

Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives that question the status quo and spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting, technology and design, and corporate and digital ventures. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, fueled by the goal of helping our clients thrive and enabling them to make the world a better place.

To learn more about our core areas of expertise, please select from the topics below.

Our Industries

  • Aerospace and Defense +
  • Automotive Industry +
  • Consumer Products Industry +
  • Education +
  • Energy +
  • Financial Institutions +
  • Health Care Industry +
  • Industrial Goods +
  • Insurance Industry +
  • Principal Investors and Private Equity +
  • Public Sector +
  • Retail Industry +
  • Technology, Media, and Telecommunications +
  • Transportation and Logistics +
  • Travel and Tourism +
Aerospace and Defense
Our aerospace and defense experts help industry players navigate their day-to-day operations and identify ways they can innovate for the future.
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Automotive Industry
Breakthroughs in automotive technologies and emerging business models are changing the world. We help the leading game changers stay ahead of the curve.
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Consumer Products Industry
Brands around the world must master digital to survive. We have the expertise and capabilities to power consumer-centric innovation grounded in data, analytics, and AI.
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Education
We partner with effective organizations and educators to improve student outcomes and learning models—from K-12 through higher education—locally, nationally, and globally.
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Energy
BCG’s energy consultants work with business leaders, governments, and ecosystems to create energy solutions for a net-zero pathway and beyond - that are practical, equitable, and just.
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Financial Institutions
BCG helps global and regional financial institutions build for the future using digital innovations and an ESG focus to drive fundamental change and deliver on evolving customer demands.
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Health Care Industry
We work with organizations around the globe to transform health care operating models enabling them to deliver medical breakthroughs, innovative cures, and transformative patient experiences.
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Industrial Goods
Our experts provide industrial goods clients with the skills they need to adapt to change and rethink their business models in their rapidly evolving industries.
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Insurance Industry
Customers increasingly expect more from insurers. BCG helps companies rise to the challenge and equips them to lead in the digital future.
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Principal Investors and Private Equity
The rapid growth of private capital brings unprecedented opportunities to unlock value while making a positive difference in the world. BCG advises leading investors on how to stay ahead.
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Public Sector
BCG’s Public Sector practice joins forces with global organizations and governments to transform how they operate so they can better meet increasingly challenging and complex societal problems.
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Retail Industry
We help the world's leading retailers compete in the digital era by developing and delivering cutting-edge tech strategies and identifying new sources of growth.
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Technology, Media, and Telecommunications
BCG collaborates with technology, media, and telecommunications companies to solve problems and pursue new strategies as they continue to shape the future.
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Transportation and Logistics
We empower clients to boldly reinvent themselves and embrace digital innovation so they can better serve their customers amid today's volatility.
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Travel and Tourism
The industry has suffered an unprecedented shock. BCG collaborates with travel and tourism providers as they navigate this turbulence and build resilience for the future.
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Our Capabilities

  • Artificial Intelligence +
  • Business and Organizational Purpose +
  • Business Resilience +
  • Business Transformation +
  • Climate Change and Sustainability +
  • Corporate Finance and Strategy +
  • Cost Management +
  • Customer Insights +
  • Digital, Technology, and Data +
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion +
  • Innovation Strategy and Delivery +
  • International Business +
  • M&A, Transactions, and PMI +
  • Manufacturing +
  • Marketing and Sales +
  • Operations +
  • Organization Strategy +
  • People Strategy +
  • Pricing and Revenue Management +
  • Risk Management and Compliance +
Artificial Intelligence
Scaling artificial intelligence can create a massive competitive advantage. Learn how our AI-driven initiatives have helped clients extract value.
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Business and Organizational Purpose
Excavating purpose is among the rewarding journeys companies can take. BCG BrightHouse helps organizations embrace purpose to achieve higher returns, employee engagement, and customer satisfaction.
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Business Resilience
Leaders face an uncertain landscape. The impact of each decision feels impossible to predict, which is why they need strategies that are proactive, resilient, and competitive. No matter their starting point, BCG can help.
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Business Transformation
Even today's leading companies could benefit from an always-on transformation capability—the kind that engenders resilience and leads to long-term value creation. BCG knows what it takes to build this muscle.
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Climate Change and Sustainability
The time for global climate action is now. BCG helps clients accelerate their climate and sustainability journey and seize new opportunities to build competitive advantage.
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Corporate Finance and Strategy
The rules of business and for maintaining competitive advantage are changing. We help companies reimagine strategy and value creation in a fast-paced world.
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Cost Management
BCG’s cost advantage approach resets costs within a framework that is customized, precise, and thorough.
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Customer Insights
Having rich customer insights allows companies to solve pressing business problems and capture growth opportunities. BCG’s Center for Customer Insight arms companies with the tools they need to unlock this advantage.
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Digital, Technology, and Data
BCG identifies and delivers high-impact programs to build companies of the future that will outperform the competition in the future.
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Our work enables clients to build teams that fully reflect the diversity in the world and the communities they serve—and empowers them to advance their businesses and our society.
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Innovation Strategy and Delivery
Innovation is extremely difficult—but also necessary. We collaborate closely with organizations on holistic innovation journeys to help them secure long-term competitive advantage.
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International Business
We stand side by side with our clients, offering expertise and strategy as they look to expand the boundaries of their businesses in an uncertain and sometimes tumultuous world.
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M&A, Transactions, and PMI
BCG provides the strategic decision-making capabilities and proactive portfolio management companies need to create value from M&A, transactions, and PMI.
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Manufacturing
We ask three guiding questions: when, where, and how will you manufacture in an era of emerging technologies and economic uncertainty? We're committed to helping our clients arrive at answers that are right for them.
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Marketing and Sales
Customer centricity is key and made possible through analytics, agile processes, and a test-and-learn culture. BCG partners with marketing and sales organizations to make it happen.
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Operations
We help clients unlock value from every aspect of their operations, maximizing efficiency and effectiveness in procurement, service operations, supply chains, and beyond.
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Organization Strategy
Organization is at the core of nearly everything we do at BCG. We believe that when clients have the right organization design, the possibilities are endless.
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People Strategy
Any company's most important asset is its people. Our experts in leadership, culture, talent, reskilling, and HR help businesses respond to current and future challenges.
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Pricing and Revenue Management
We bring expertise and data-driven strategies to help clients unleash the power of effective pricing—and unlock its potential to increase the bottom line.
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Risk Management and Compliance
BCG's Risk and Compliance consulting supports their client's growth ambition with strategic, transformational, and technical functional offerings in Finance.
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