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2009 TOP 100 FIRMS DATABANK
Overview
Firms over %
$100 mn chg.
$5,190.27 9.73
3,041 9.91
20,114 5.79
30,640 6.71
Rev. share %
(in $mn) of rev.
$2,461.29 47.42
1,511.74 29.13
1,080.61 20.82
136.63 2.63
Revenue (in $mn)
Partners
Professionals
Total employees
Fee split
Audit & Attest
Tax
MAS (consulting)
Other
Top 6
firms
$35,147.38
10,612
101,204
138,426
Rev. share
(in $mn)
$18,610.84
9,392.16
5,450.22
1,694.16
%
chg.
7.44
4.26
4.61
4.31
%
of rev.
52.95
26.72
15.51
4.82
Leaders in A&A
Ranked by revenue
Rev. share Fee
Top 6 firms ($ mn) split
1. Ernst & Young† $5,597.83 68
2. Deloitte & Touche§1
4,831.20 44
3. PricewaterhouseCoopers1
4,243.85 56
4. KPMG 2,725.92 48
§
5. RSM/McGladrey & Pullen 631.09 43
6. Grant Thornton1 580.96 48
Firms over $100 mn
1. BDO Seidman 62
2. Crowe Horwath 65
3. BKD 49
4. Moss Adams 49
5. Plante & Moran 48
Firms under $100 mn
1. Cherry, Bekaert & Holland 58
2. Marks Paneth & Shron 57
3. Amper, Politziner & Mattia 54
4. BMC 61
5. Parente Randolph 57
$408.58
320.45
175.42
164.64
140.11
$50.26
48.45
47.39
45.90
42.35
Firms under Total Top
$100 mn chg. 100 Firms chg.
3,762.83 12.51 $44,100.48 8. 12
2,651 7.46 16,304 5.66
15,566 10.88 136,884 5.46
22,823 10. 15 191,889 5.35
Rev. share Rev. share %
(in $mn) of rev. (in $mn) of rev.
1,681.05 44.68 22,753.19 51.59
1,239.23 32.93 12,143.12 27.54
497.80 13.23 7,028.63 15.94
344.75 9. 16 2,175.54 4.93
Note: Some figures may not correspond exactly due to rounding.
Leaders in Tax Leaders in MAS
Ranked by revenue Ranked by revenue
Rev. share Fee Rev. share Fee
Top 6 firms ($ mn) split ($ mn) split
1. Ernst & Young† $2,469.63 30 $3,294.00 30
2. Deloitte & Touche§1 2,415.60 22 1,533.33 27
3.PricewaterhouseCoopers12,273.49 30 314.69 26
4.KPMG 1,419.75 25 308.20 21
§
5. RSM/McGladrey & Pullen 499.00 34 0 0
6. Grant Thornton1 314.69 26 0 0
Firms over $100 mn
1. BDO Seidman 151.57 23 $272.89 50
2.CBIZ/MHM 147.36 27 98.85 15
†
3.BKD 114.56 32 76.57 31
4. Moss Adams 110.88 33 68.02 19
5. Crowe Horwath 108.46 22 64.56 27
Firms under $100 mn
1. Holthouse Carlin & Van Trigt 38.89 66 29
2. Berdon 35.15 37 63
3. Anchin, Block & Anchin 32.98 34 39
4. Goodman & Co. 32.68 38 55
5. Carr, Riggs & Ingram 31.07 40 32
Top 6 firms
1. Deloitte & Touche§1
2. KPMG
§
3. Grant Thornton1
4. RSM/McGladrey & Pullen
5. Ernst & Young†
6. PricewaterhouseCoopers1
Firms over $100 mn
1. CBIZ/MHM†
2. BDO Seidman
3. Clifton Gunderson
4. BKD
5. UHY Advisors*
Firms under $100 mn
1. Berdon $27.55
2. Blue & Co. 24.26
3. Beers & Cutler 23.52
4. Watkins, Meegan, Drury & Co. 23.10
5. Vitale, Caturano & Co.* 21.47
Pacesetters in growth
Ranked by chg.
Revenue
Top 6 firms ($mn)
1. Deloitte & Touche $10,980.00
§
2. RSM/McGladrey & Pullen $1,467.64
3. Ernst & Young $8,232.10
†
4. Grant Thornton $1,210.34
5. KPMG $5,679.00
§
6. PricewaterhouseCoopers $7,578.30
Firms over $100 mn
1. Marcum & Kliegman
2. Rothstein, Kass & Co.
3. Eisner
4. Dixon Hughes
5. LarsonAllen
%
chg.
11.47
9.24
8.88
6.46
6.01
1.53
Firms under $100 mn
1. Kearney & Co.
2. Habif, Arogeti & Wynne
3. Argy, Wiltse & Robinson
4. Elliott Davis
5. Blue & Co.
Overall Top 100 Firms
1. Kearney & Co.
2. Marcum & Kliegman
3. Habif, Arogeti & Wynne
4. Argy, Wiltse & Robinson
5. Elliott Davis
6. Blue & Co.
7. The Bonadio Group*
8. LeMaster Daniels
9. Rothstein, Kass & Co.
Revenue
($mn)
$48.62
$59.08
$41.00
$48.65
$38.50
%
chg.
51.13
30.65
30.08
28.60
27.31
$182.56
$167.00
$123.47
$207.00
$201.00
48.11
26.32
17.32
16.29
16. 18
$48.62
$182.56
$59.08
$41.00
$48.65
$38.50
$38.25
$37.00
$167.00
51.13
48.11
30.65
30.08
28.60
27.31
26.95
26.58
26.32
Revenue
Overall Top100 mn ($mn) chg.
10. Postlethwaite & Netterville $32.31 25.72
11. RGL Forensics $34.70 24.37
12. Amper, Politziner & Mattia $87.76 22.06
13. Weaver and Tidwell $50.79 21.92
14. SC&H Group $50.99 21.64
15. Goodman & Co. $86.00 21. 13
16. Whitley Penn* $32.60 20.47
17. Kaufman, Rossin & Co. $48.94 20.33
18. Horne $53.95 20.08
19. SS&G Financial Services $57.70 18.24
20. Carr, Riggs & Ingram $77.68 17.55
21. Eisner $123.47 17.32
22. WithumSmith+Brown $70.09 16.62
Notes: Firm estimate † Accounting Today
estimate § Gross revenue 1 For fee split
details, see footnotes on page 17
