FP&A consulting firms: AI search visibility ranking (2026)
How AI search engines rank fp&a consulting firms by visibility and citations. 20 brands measured monthly across Google AI Mode: which brands the AI names in answers, which domains it cites as sources, and how the leaders compare. FP&A consulting firms that help finance teams with planning, forecasting, reporting, scenario modeling, and enterprise performance improvement. Composite score: 70% visibility (% of AI answers naming the brand) + 30% citation rate (% citing the brand's domain). Full methodology →
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At a glance
What we observed in this categoryauto-generated
EY holds the only meaningful AI visibility score in this category at 87.5%, against a category average of just 4.4%. Every other brand in the top 10, including Deloitte, PwC, KPMG, and Accenture, records 0.0% visibility. That gap is not marginal, it is effectively a winner-takes-all situation in the current snapshot. EY also gained 12.5 percentage points since the previous period, widening its lead further while peers lost ground or stayed flat.
The citation picture is uniformly hollow: every brand in the dataset carries a 0.0% citation rate, including EY despite its 87.5% visibility score. EY is named by Google AI Mode but its domain is not being cited as a source. This named-but-not-trusted pattern means AI mentions EY in responses without linking to ey.com as evidence. Deloitte and Embark both fell from 12.5% visibility to 0.0%, and Embark also lost its previous 12.5% citation rate, the only non-zero citation movement in the data.
The top cited sources in this category are not brand-owned domains. Google AI Mode anchors on cbh.com, vault.com, reddit.com, seidmanfinancial.com, thehackettgroup.com, gartner.com, youtube.com, and gmac.com. Third-party review, research, and community platforms dominate the citation layer entirely. No FP&A consulting firm domain appears in the cited sources list, confirming that AI treats external editorial and community content as the authoritative layer for this category.
Movers & shakers since last refresh
Biggest visibility risers
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EY 75% → 88% · rank #1 → #1+12pp
Biggest visibility fallers
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Deloitte 12% → 0% · rank #3 → #2-12pp
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PwC 12% → 0% · rank #4 → #3-12pp
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Embark 12% → 0% · rank #2 → #4-12pp
The ranking
| # | Brand | Visibility | Citation | Top engine |
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| 1 |
ey.com
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88% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
EY leads with 87.5% visibility and a composite score of 61.2, roughly 83 points above the category average visibility of 4.4%, yet records 0.0% citation rate. |
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| 2 |
deloitte.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Deloitte fell from 12.5% visibility to 0.0% this period, a drop of 12.5 points, leaving it with a composite score of 0.0 despite holding rank 2. |
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| 3 |
pwc.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
PwC mirrors Deloitte exactly, dropping 12.5 points to 0.0% visibility and 0.0% citation, matching the floor score shared by ranks 3 through 10. |
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| 4 |
embarkwithus.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Embark dropped two rank positions and lost both its 12.5% visibility and 12.5% citation rate, making it the only brand to record a citation decline this period. |
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| 5 |
cfgi.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
CFGI sits at rank 5 with 0.0% visibility, 0.0% citation, and a composite score of 0.0, indistinguishable in AI performance from ranks 6 through 10. |
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| 6 |
alvarezandmarsal.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 7 |
accenture.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 8 |
kpmg.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 9 |
riveron.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 10 |
crosscountry-consulting.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 11 |
rsmus.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 12 |
grantthornton.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 13 |
bakertilly.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 14 |
bpm.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 15 |
connorgp.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 16 |
rgp.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 17 |
citrincooperman.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 18 |
bdo.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 19 |
armanino.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 20 |
e78partners.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Sources AI engines trust in this category
Across the 8 buyer-intent queries we ran on fp&a consulting firms, these are the domains Google AI Mode cited most often. If you're not on this list — or if your competitors are — that's a concrete PR / linkbuilding target.
How to read this ranking
Four things worth knowing before you act on the numbers above. These are the same definitions across every industry page — for category-specific observations, see the What we observed section above (where available) and the per-brand insights inline in the ranking.
Visibility = being named
A brand's visibility % is the share of AI answers that mention it by name in the response prose. This is who AI engines actively recommend to the buyer.
Citation rate = being trusted
Citation rate is the share of AI answers that include the brand's domain as a clickable source link. This is what the AI treats as authoritative evidence — different from being named.
Top engine differs by brand
The "top engine" column shows which AI surface each brand performs best on. Big gaps between a brand's score across engines usually points to specific content or schema gaps.
Rankings move month to month
AI engines re-crawl and re-rank on shorter cycles than classical search. We re-audit every brand on this list at least every 30 days and refresh this page automatically.
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Frequently asked about fp&a consulting firms AI visibility
Who leads AI visibility among FP&A consulting firms right now?
EY leads with 87.5% visibility and a composite score of 61.2. Every other tracked brand, including Deloitte, PwC, and KPMG, currently records 0.0% visibility.
What is the average AI visibility score across FP&A consulting firms?
The category average is 4.4% visibility and 0.0% citation rate, reflecting how concentrated and shallow AI coverage is across the 20 tracked brands.
Which FP&A consulting brands are being cited by Google AI Mode as sources?
No FP&A consulting firm domain appears in the top cited sources list. Google AI Mode cites third-party sites including cbh.com, vault.com, reddit.com, and gartner.com instead.
Can a brand have high AI visibility but no citations in this category?
Yes. EY has 87.5% visibility but a 0.0% citation rate, meaning Google AI Mode mentions EY in responses without linking to ey.com as a source.
Which brands have lost the most AI visibility recently in this category?
Deloitte, PwC, and Embark each fell 12.5 percentage points to 0.0% visibility. Embark also lost its 12.5% citation rate, the only citation decline recorded in the dataset.
What types of sources does Google AI Mode anchor on for FP&A consulting queries?
The cited sources are third-party editorial and community platforms such as vault.com, reddit.com, thehackettgroup.com, and gartner.com. No consulting firm's own domain is cited.