This article discusses consulting services and their features, the essence of their content and the participants in these relationships. A brief history of the existence of advisory and consulting services, the necessity of their existence and the types of consulting services that are currently available are considered. A brief analysis of the features and individual aspects of these services was carried out, with an idea of the types of consulting services currently provided. The issues of the legal status of the participants in these relations and their rights and obligations in the relationship, including the duties and obligations of the service provider, the procedure for providing these services to him and the rules that must be observed in this process, were also discussed. The user of the services also touched upon the actions necessary to achieve the results obtained from these services, and expressed his opinion on the need for a clear definition of the rights and obligations of the parties for the effective regulation of these relations.