Industries

When you join Bain, you'll have the opportunity to work alongside Bain's many respected and influential industry experts in a range of industries.

Like many of our consultants, you will start at Bain as a generalist and enjoy the opportunity to explore multiple industries. Over time, you will build increasing expertise in one sector. The lessons you learn from working in multiple industries, coupled with the problem-solving skills you'll develop tackling their business challenges, will serve as a broad foundation on which you will build increasing expertise in a single sector.

You can learn more about Bain's industry expertise by visiting the practice pages for each of the many industries we serve.

Airlines & Transportation

Few industries are as demanding as transportation services. That's why it is critical to implement high-impact strategies quickly and effectively.

Oil & Gas

Bain supports oil and gas companies' critical decisions across a broad range of strategic and operational functions.

Consumer Products

Complex consumer behavior, retail consolidation and emerging markets are creating new challenges—and opportunities—for consumer products companies.

Private Equity

Bain is the leading consulting partner to the private equity industry and its key stakeholders. We advise investors across the entire investment life cycle.

Financial Services

We help financial institutions, from banking and insurance to wealth management and securities distribution, manage risks and serve customers.

Retail

Digital technology, emerging market opportunities and changing consumer trends are putting more variables in flux for the retail industry than ever before.

Healthcare

Healthcare companies must identify ways to deliver better value for patients, fuel innovation and reduce the cost and complexity of operating systems.

Social & Public Sector

The nonprofit, government and higher education sectors play a significant role in the global economy—and in the lives of people around the world.

Industrial Goods & Services

We are focused on helping our industrial clients, across all sectors, mobilize their organizations to deliver sustainable results.

Technology

As executives in the technology space well know, running software, hardware and technology service businesses presents unique management challenges.

Media

The media industry is in the midst of a sweeping digital transformation—advances in technology and infrastructure are reshaping how content is consumed.

Telecommunications

The challenge for all telecommunications companies is choosing where and how to participate in the evolving markets.

Metals & Mining

We help the world's largest metals and mining companies make critical decisions about strategy, performance improvement, organization and M&A.

Utilities & Alternative Energy

Changes brought on by increasing fuel mix, supply distribution issues, and commodity cost volatility are creating new challenges for utilities companies.