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

While consultancies bring impressive functional expertise, the work often travels in parallel tracks. —Louisa Loran, Fortune, 29 Nov. 2025

November 27, 2025 Sinéad Burke, chief executive officer of accessibility and inclusion consultancy Tilting the Lens, is pushing forward for adaptive design. —Hikmat Mohammed, Vogue, 27 Nov. 2025

Darkroom presents recently or nearly completed films to the international industry seeking gap or completion funding, sales agents and festivals with the support of expert consultancy. —Leo Barraclough, Variety, 27 Nov. 2025

Unema’s new consultancy, Deep Exploration Solutions, has been given a contract to do the winter maintenance on the NOAA ROVs, and the firm is now on the lookout for more ROV design and upgrade work, as well as piloting jobs. —Edd Gent, IEEE Spectrum, 27 Nov. 2025

Word History

Etymology

see consult entry 1

First Known Use

1909, in the meaning defined at sense 1