Supply chain consulting firms: AI search visibility ranking (2026)
How AI search engines rank supply chain 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. Supply chain consulting firms helping businesses redesign networks, optimize planning, improve logistics, and modernize supply chain operations and resilience. Composite score: 70% visibility (% of AI answers naming the brand) + 30% citation rate (% citing the brand's domain). Full methodology →
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When AI engines like ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Gemini answer questions about supply chain consulting firms, EY comes up most consistently, appearing in 87.5% of AI-generated responses across the engines tracked. Deloitte and Accenture round out the top three, making the traditional Big Four and major strategy consultancies the dominant names buyers encounter when researching this category through AI.
The rankings reflect where AI engines find their information. The most cited sources include linkedin.com, supplychaindigital.com, consulting.us, bcg.com, and praxichain.com. That mix of trade publications, aggregator directories, and firm-owned thought leadership means brands with strong third-party coverage and active professional profiles earn more AI visibility. Firms that publish supply chain content on their own domains also benefit directly.
For buyers using this page, AI visibility is a useful but incomplete signal. A firm ranking high here has strong third-party validation and broad name recognition across sources AI engines trust. Still, supply chain consulting spans sourcing, logistics, technology, and risk, so check whether a firm has topical authority in your specific subcategory. Visibility in general queries does not always translate to depth in a niche area.
At a glance
What we observed in this categoryauto-generated
EY leads this category by a wide margin, with 87.5% visibility against a category average of 10.6%. That gap is substantial: the second-ranked brand, Deloitte, sits at 37.5%, and every other brand falls below 26%. EY also grew its visibility by 12.5 percentage points in the current period, reinforcing rather than narrowing its lead. For any brand outside the top two, the distance to the category leader represents a structural disadvantage in AI-generated responses about supply chain consulting.
A sharp divergence between visibility and citation appears in the data. EY, Deloitte, and Accenture hold the top three visibility ranks yet carry 0% citation rates. Boston Consulting Group, Gartner, and Bain each show 0% visibility but 37.5% citation rates, meaning AI responses reference their content as sources without naming them as recommended firms. GEP is the only brand in the top five that registers on both measures, with 12.5% on each, making it the sole brand achieving balanced presence.
Google AI Mode is the top engine for every brand in this dataset without exception. Among the top cited sources, linkedin.com and third-party directories such as consulting.us, supplychaindigital.com, umbrex.com, and managementconsulted.com appear prominently. Brand-owned domains like bcg.com also feature in the citation list. This pattern suggests AI is anchoring on aggregator and directory content rather than primary brand content for sourcing, even when it names large firms like EY in its generated responses.
Movers & shakers since last refresh
Biggest visibility risers
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EY 75% → 88% · rank #1 → #1+12pp
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Capgemini 0% → 12% · rank #14 → #11+12pp
Biggest visibility fallers
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Accenture 38% → 25% · rank #2 → #3-12pp
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GEP 25% → 12% · rank #4 → #4-12pp
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Boston Consulting Group 12% → 0% · rank #5 → #5-12pp
The ranking
| # | Brand | Visibility | Citation | Top engine |
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| 1 |
ey.com
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88% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
EY's 87.5% visibility is 8.2 times the category average of 10.6%, yet its 0% citation rate means it is named but never sourced by Google AI Mode. |
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| 2 |
deloitte.com
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38% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Deloitte sits at 37.5% visibility and 0% citations, placing it well above the 10.6% average but 50 percentage points behind EY with no citation presence. |
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| 3 |
accenture.com
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25% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Accenture fell from 37.5% to 25% visibility this period, dropping one rank to third, while its citation rate remains at 0% matching Deloitte and EY. |
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| 4 |
gep.com
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12% | 12% | Google AI Mode |
GEP is the only top-five brand with matching visibility and citation rates, both at 12.5%, making it uniquely balanced despite declining from 25% visibility last period. |
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| 5 |
bcg.com
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0% | 38% | Google AI Mode |
BCG records 0% visibility but 37.5% citations, the joint-highest citation rate in the dataset, indicating AI treats bcg.com as a source rather than a recommended brand. |
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| 6 |
gartner.com
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0% | 38% | Google AI Mode |
| 7 |
bain.com
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0% | 38% | Google AI Mode |
| 8 |
mckinsey.com
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12% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 9 |
pwc.com
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12% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 10 |
kpmg.com
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12% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 11 |
capgemini.com
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12% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 12 |
kearney.com
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0% | 12% | Google AI Mode |
| 13 |
miebach.com
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0% | 12% | Google AI Mode |
| 14 |
blueridgeglobal.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 15 |
infosys.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 16 |
wipro.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 17 |
slalom.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 18 |
paconsulting.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 19 |
alvarezandmarsal.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 20 |
nttdata.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 supply chain 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. More on visibility →
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. More on citation rate →
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. How AI engines pick sources →
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. How AI search ranking works →
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Frequently asked about supply chain consulting firms AI visibility
Who leads AI visibility among supply chain consulting firms?
EY leads with 87.5% visibility, more than double the second-ranked Deloitte at 37.5% and well above the category average of 10.6%.
Which brands are cited most as sources in AI responses about supply chain consulting?
Boston Consulting Group, Gartner, and Bain each hold a 37.5% citation rate, the highest in the dataset, despite all three recording 0% visibility in AI-generated responses.
Is there a brand that achieves both high visibility and high citation in this category?
GEP is the only top-five brand with non-zero scores on both measures, registering 12.5% visibility and 12.5% citation rate simultaneously.
What external sources does Google AI Mode anchor on for supply chain consulting queries?
The top cited sources include linkedin.com, consulting.us, supplychaindigital.com, umbrex.com, and managementconsulted.com, alongside bcg.com as the only brand-owned domain in the top citation list.
Which brands showed the largest visibility movement in the most recent period?
EY gained 12.5 percentage points and Capgemini entered from 0% to 12.5%, while Accenture, GEP, and Boston Consulting Group each fell by 12.5 percentage points.
How concentrated is AI visibility in this category?
The top two brands, EY at 87.5% and Deloitte at 37.5%, hold the majority of visibility while 13 of the 20 tracked brands likely sit at or near the 10.6% category average or below.