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

But some companies won’t survive this triage for long, according to Henning Gloystein of the Eurasia Group consultancy firm, who warned that the pain will spread beyond Asia through global supply chains. —ABC News, 12 May 2026

The OpenAI Development Company is a partnership with 19 investment and consultancy firms, including Bain, Goldman Sachs and SoftBank, and is majority-owned and controlled by OpenAI. —Cj Haddad, CNBC, 11 May 2026

As more consumers move to streaming, advertisers will follow them, says Brian Wieser, who tracks ad spending for Madison & Wall, a consultancy. —Brian Steinberg, Variety, 10 May 2026

The bloc has increased spending on climate and energy consultancies by 433 percent since 2014, according to the Financial Times. —Editorial Board, Washington Post, 10 May 2026

Word History

Etymology

see consult entry 1

First Known Use

1909, in the meaning defined at sense 1