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 slides1266
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 survey_sentiment
· function appendix
· clear
Where in the narrative
| analyze_data | 741 |
| establish_context | 157 |
| diagnose | 76 |
| appendix | 72 |
| benchmark_peers | 57 |
| frame_problem | 51 |
| decompose_segments | 23 |
| illustrate_case | 21 |
| recommend | 18 |
| present_framework | 11 |
| quantify_impact | 8 |
| front_matter | 8 |
Number shape
| percent | 967 |
| plain | 290 |
| multiplier | 6 |
| money | 2 |
| other | 1 |
72 examples
n=5,000
We determined the impact of leaving workers Net Better Off on their gen AI sentiment and readiness by comparing survey responses of highly supported workers versus those with less support.
“We tapped into our own experimental approach to gen AI to understand the impact these tools can have on people.”
346
We leveraged a combination of generative AI, natural language processing (NLP) and semantic text analysis to identify:
“Accenture Research filtered through unique applicants who participated in the DEI survey between 2015-2022 to identify 346 leading DEI-inclusive companies who h…”
33
Consumers were surveyed in 33 countries:
1,516
We took a multi-method approach
4,053
We then investigated how being in each group correlates to measures of performance.
“Each group had roughly a third of the respondents (~33%, or 1330).”
149
Our 149 C-Suite survey participants span global High Tech companies
“Our 149 C-Suite survey participants span global High Tech companies”
6,800 consumers across 15 countries
“Our multi-method research approach integrates a primary survey, expert interviews and case studies, enriched further by industry-related insights from the Accen…”
N=6,800
1,500
“The survey of 1,500 global C-Level IT executives was completed in November 2023.”
700
“The research utilized data from Accenture's global survey of 700 leaders responsible for large-scale infrastructure and capital projects.”
650
“We surveyed 650 senior dealmakers from Corporate Development (M&A) and Private Equity (PE), across 12 industries and 27 countries (January 2025).”
1,500
105
“% represents the share of companies in a given industry that scaled a given strategic bet”
2,835
375 companies
1,982
25,000
“We surveyed 25,000 consumers in January 2023 across 22 countries”
3,400
“A global survey of more than 3,400 C-suite executives, conducted from October 10 to November 14, 2023 across 20 countries, 19 industries and a full range of cor…”
68
“In total, 68 financial institutions across 15 countries participated.”
252
“We rolled out the survey to 252 CSP senior executives and decision makers across the world to assess the challenges CSPs face on their IT transformation journey…”
700
“The top 14.5% of total scores are then defined as leaders and the bottom 14.5% as having less mature capabilities.”
19
29,911
“We surveyed 29,911 highly skilled workers across Asia Pacific, Africa and Latin America. We defined highly skilled workers as those who were at least 18 years o…”
346
49,000
“The findings of our Financial Services Global Consumer Study are based on an online survey of 49,000 consumers around the world.”
176
211
“We conducted two C-suite surveys to get a well-rounded perspective. In the first, we surveyed 211 bank and payments provider executives to understand the compet…”
16%
1,230
“Accenture developed a framework of the 31 key capabilities that foster resiliency. We then deployed a global survey to evaluate companies' maturity in strengthe…”
83%
76%
543
1292
“The Accenture survey, completed in Spring 2022, collected data on: A) Technology ecosystem footprint B) Business landscape C) Financial and operational performa…”
1292
“5% - the average proportion of IT employees in your global workforce”
4,053
“In Growth Markets, each group had roughly a third of the respondents (~33%, or ~430).”
35
“Through this process, we aimed to surface the practices that are top-of-mind for C-suite executives as a collaborative effort and enrich our storyline.”
1000
“We conducted an online study of 1,000 global enterprise senior technology and business executives across 15 industries and 10 countries in November 2022”
21% / 25% / 54%
“The companies in our sample that were not clearly tech-forward (21%), were either tech-amplified (25%) or tech-enabled/other (54%)”
47%
170
“Accenture surveyed 170 private equity leaders from North America (55%), Europe (34%) and Asia Pacific (11%) who engage in strategy and execution for portfolio c…”
4,668
4053
“The Accenture survey, completed in Spring 2022, collected data on technology ecosystem footprint, business landscape, and financial and operational performance …”
4053
“5% - the average proportion of IT employees in your global workforce”
5,800
“The survey refers to two research samples: The N100 and The G250.”
N100
250
1,615
“Accenture surveyed 1,615 executives (including CEOs, C-Suite, CAIO's and Data Science Leaders) from the world's largest organizations (with revenues greater tha…”
550
“Accenture Research surveyed 550 finance executives of companies with over US $1B in revenue in Australia, France, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom and the Uni…”
1,174
“We conducted an extensive survey with 1,174 senior business leaders across 14 countries in Asia Pacific, Latin America and Middle East.”
24
“In total, 24 Nordic manufacturing companies replied to the survey. The responses were collected in workshops in August – October 2022.”
9
“Products are not used to the fullest possible working life (e.g., due to new models and features or lack of repair and maintenance)”
10
“Valuable components, materials and energy is not recovered at disposal (e.g., not recycled or recovered at end of life)”
7
“Material and energy that cannot be continually regenerated (e.g., direct and indirect material is not renewable or bio-based)”
7,104
370
“We grouped the companies by region and industry, based on the Accenture G2000 company list (original sample, before exclusion criteria)”
35%
“The survey was conducted from March to July 2021. The demographics of companies we surveyed in the C-suite survey included:”
27%
30%
1,100
748
“From June to September 2020, Accenture conducted a comprehensive and representative online survey with 748 industrial executives in senior positions in the serv…”
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“Willingness to pay is the preferred method of measuring consumer value for free or low-cost digital products because it can capture the intangible, non-monetary…”
4,744
“The State of Cybersecurity Resilience 2021 research surveyed 4,744 executives in March and April of 2021 to understand the extent to which organizations priorit…”
3,455
“We created a formula to assess the cost of cyber crime for a company: the average cost per attack, multiplied by the total number of attacks.”
4,300
“We employed a multi-method research approach. The research program included surveys, interviews, case study research, and economic modelling for diagnostics. Th…”
1,325
57%
“The seventh wave of this survey was conducted from June 16th-22nd and includes 8,852 consumers in 20 markets around the globe.”
47,000
“Accenture surveyed 47,000 respondents across 28 markets including Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong (SAR), Indonesia, Italy, J…”
128
n=1350
46%
8356
“The Accenture Future Systems Survey, 2019, is the largest survey of C-Suite executives on enterprise systems.”
89