2025: A Year to Navigate with Caution

What once seemed certain is now being called into question.

Often regarded as a reactive indicator of economic trends, the professional services sector is now undergoing a period of adjustment following several years of strong growth. While demand for digital transformation, strategy, and restructuring remains robust, the pace of expansion began to slow in 2024.

Beyond cyclical economic factors, additional challenges are reshaping the market landscape: reduced public procurement due to budgetary pressures, geopolitical instability affecting investment decisions, and the looming prospect of tax increases on consulting services.

As an active part of this industry, working closely with those driving its evolution, we have designed this study as a practical tool for strategic reflection.

We hope you find it insightful.

What you'll find in the report

2024 marked a turning point in the professional services industry.

After a decade of steady growth, the professional services sector’s activity is slowing down. Growth forecasts for 2024 have been revised downwards, budgets have tightened, and strategic decisions are being made with caution.

Once again this year, consulting, audit, and IT services companies are facing a prolonged period of economic and geopolitical uncertainty. In this context, they must rethink their approach. 2025 will be a time for adaptation, between caution and innovation.

In our 2025 report, we help you by answering a number of questions:

How to navigate this new reality?
How can professional services companies adapt?
What strategies will enable competitivity in a market under pressure?
What will be the new growth drivers in 2025?


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Study methodology

QUALITATIVE INTERVIEWS
We conducted 8 interviews with experts and leaders in the consulting, audit and IT services sectors.
Per
Breuer
Global Managing Director
Roland Berger
Isabelle
Chevallier
Group COO
Palo IT
Philippe
Dajean
Partner
Wavestone
Daniel
Jarjoura
Managing Director
AVOLTA
Olivier
Hervo
General manager
mc2i
Sébastien
Huet
Partner
EY
Mathilde
Le Coz
HR Director
Forvis mazars
in france
Stephen
Weber
Group COO
BEARING POINT
quantitative SURVEY
308 professional services players responded to our quantitative survey about the future of the sector.
SECTOR
SIZE
THIS REPORT WAS PRODUCED BY NAPTA

Press contact
Marilyne Dupuy — CMO
‍marilyne.dupuy@napta.io