PA Consulting

Innovation and transformation consultancy combining strategy, science, engineering, digital, and design.

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Highlights

Founded 1943

Originally established as Personnel Administration.

~4,000 people

PA's current published workforce figure.

19 global locations

Across the UK, US, Ireland, Nordics, and Netherlands.

8 industries

Including defence and security, government, health, life sciences, energy, and financial services.

$1.27bn FY2025 revenue

Jacobs-reported revenue for its PA Consulting segment, up 7.5% year on year.

100% Jacobs-owned from March 2026

Jacobs completed its acquisition of PA's remaining equity interest.

About PA Consulting

PA Consulting began as Personnel Administration in 1943 and has grown into a multidisciplinary consultancy operating across the UK, US, Ireland, the Nordics, and the Netherlands. Its teams include strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers, and technologists.

The firm helps clients set strategy, develop products and services, modernise operations, and deliver complex change. Its eight industries include defence and security, government and public services, health, life sciences, energy and utilities, financial services, transport, and consumer and manufacturing.

PA is particularly differentiated by combining advisory work with technical and delivery capability. Its recent growth has been driven significantly by public services, defence and security, and health and life sciences. Jacobs completed its acquisition of the remaining equity interest in March 2026, making PA part of the Jacobs group.