Metrics

What numbers consultants lead with.

Every slide that foregrounds a metric — 7,750 in total — classified into families by what's being measured. Drill in to see who uses each family, where in the narrative, and the real examples.

Metric families

7,750 metric-led slides
1266
Survey & sentiment
What people said — respondents, priorities, sentiment, NPS.
16.3%
1110
Market size & value
Scale of the pool — TAM, GMV, AUM, deal value, investment, funding.
14.3%
709
Cost & savings
What's spent or saved — costs, spend, savings, efficiency, abatement.
9.1%
541
Share & penetration
Piece of the pie — market share, adoption, penetration, uptake.
7.0%
491
Growth rate
Speed of change — CAGR, YoY, growth rate.
6.3%
261
Rates & ratios
Other rates — retention, conversion, representation, distress.
3.4%
324
Employment & headcount
People at work — employees, FTEs, productivity, jobs.
4.2%
226
Indices & scores
Composite indicators — confidence indices, rankings, ratings.
2.9%
218
Margin & return
Economic quality — margins, ROI/ROE/ROIC, TSR, profit.
2.8%
212
Environment & emissions
Green metrics — GHG, emissions, hydrogen, renewables.
2.7%
187
Volume & counts
Raw counts — number of X, transactions, deals.
2.4%
141
Revenue & sales
Top line — revenue, sales, GVA.
1.8%
76
Macro indicators
Economy-wide signals — inflation, unemployment, PMI.
1.0%
23
Valuation
Asset worth — present value, pre-money, exit value.
0.3%
1965
Other
Domain-specific or uncategorized long-tail.
25.4%
Filtered by rate_catchall · function compare_options · clear

Where in the narrative

analyze_data 134
establish_context 33
frame_problem 22
benchmark_peers 19
diagnose 16
illustrate_case 15
recommend 7
quantify_impact 6
plan_implementation 2
decompose_segments 2
compare_options 2
transition 1

Number shape

percent 213
plain 36
multiplier 10
money 2

2 examples

40 p.p. or higher
Overall US effective tariff rate increase
Accenture · 2025 · compare_options
Evolution of US tariff policies will depend on how Administration balances its different strategic objectives, its tolerance for inflation and economic disruptions, and degree of trading partner retaliation
“In terms of scenario likelihood, the coming weeks will be informative of how the US administration approaches country negotiations and concessions”
300,000
voluntary separations
McKinsey · 2010 · compare_options
“Improve workforce flexibility by changing the employee mix and taking advantage of over 300,000 voluntary separations over the next 10 years”