Accenture
IT services and consulting · Ireland
Accenture is the world’s largest IT services and consulting firm: it designs and builds technology and AI systems for big companies and governments, then runs much of their IT and back-office operations under multi-year contracts.
What makes it different
It signs more new work each year than it bills.
1.1xBook-to-billFY2026
Bookings above revenue mean next year’s work is largely contracted before the year starts.
How big it is
How big is Accenture?
$74.2BRevenueFY2026
814,000People2026
9,000ClientsFY2026
How it makes money FY2026
Half projects, half running operations.
- Managed Services50%$37.3B
- Consulting50%$36.9B
How the business works
Advise, build, then run it for years.
- 1Strategy and AI projects
- 2Cloud, data, ERP systems
- 3Multi-year managed services
Consulting projects open the door to managed-services contracts that keep revenue coming for years.
Who owns it
- The Vanguard Group10.4%
- BlackRock, Inc.7.8%
CEO: Julie Sweet
Who it competes with
Key moments
- 1989Andersen Consulting becomes a separate business unit
- 2000Arbitration ends ties with Arthur Andersen
- 2001Andersen Consulting becomes Accenture
- 2001Listed on the New York Stock Exchange
- 2009Redomiciled from Bermuda to Ireland
Sources
Every number on this page comes from Accenture's own reports.
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What Accenture tracks26 metrics
New bookings
Book-to-bill
Managed Services new bookings
Results, quarter by quarterwith a chart
Revenue
Profit
Margin
Where the money comes from3 regions
Americas
EMEA
Asia Pacific
The full timeline20 moments
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2025
2026
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