consultancy

noun

con·​sul·​tan·​cy kən-ˈsəl-tᵊn(t)-sē 

plural consultancies

1

: the act or an instance of consulting : consultation

Imagine finding out that you were about to have four children. For Amanda Rogers, that is exactly what she was told during a consultancy in the early part of her pregnancy.

—Michael Sheils McNamee

2

a

: an agency that provides consulting services

The company has hired an excellent marketing consultancy.

b

: the services provided by a consultancy or a consultant

Grants of £500 will also be made available for business support or consultancy [=consultation] for property owners seeking specialist advice on bringing their building back into commercial use.

—Sean Doherty and Andy Robinson

c

chiefly British : the position of a consultant

The doctor was offered a consultancy at the municipal hospital.

She left her position with the company to move into consultancy [=consulting].

Examples of consultancy in a Sentence

The company has hired an excellent marketing consultancy.

Recent Examples on the Web

Brent Daub is the senior founding partner of national law firm Gilson Daub and founder of the Daub Leadership Academy consultancy. —Brent Daub, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026

So, as fuel prices surge, global interest in EVs has been growing, said Mark Wakefield, with the consultancy AlixPartners. —ABC News, 22 June 2026

Daniel Booth, founder of performance consultancy MyoLab and a former head of performance at Watford, has spent more than two decades working with elite athletes across football, Olympic sprinting and motorsport. —Amelie Claydon, New York Times, 17 June 2026

In a separate incident, on Thursday, authorities in Myanmar detained an American businessman who ran a security consultancy there, according to people who were briefed on the incident. —Rebecca Tan, Washington Post, 12 June 2026

Word History

Etymology

see consult entry 1

First Known Use

1909, in the meaning defined at sense 1