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CPAmerica International
PKF North America
SurePayroll
Thomson Reuters
2014 TOP 100 FIRMS
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overview
4
Things are looking pretty good for
this yearrsquos Top 100 Firms and Re-
gional Leaders
There mdash we said it Things are
looking pretty good Not perfect but pretty
good They face some issues sure (wersquoll get
into those later) but for the most part and
by most of the measures we include in this
report things are looking up and moving
in the right direction
First off this year marks the third
year of positive overall growth for the
T100 since the miserable low points
of 2009 and 2010 when their revenues
actually shrank That growth has been
relatively consistent around the 8 per-
cent mark (this yearrsquos is 781 percent)
and has also been relatively evenly
distributed among the three tiers into
which we divide the Top 100
And thatrsquos where we find the first
of the statistics that make us think that
maybe things are just a little bit better
than OK In the top tier of the Top 100
we still have the six firms with revenuesof over $1 billion But in the second tier
of firms with between $100 million and
$1 billion we have 25 firms mdash three
more than last year (See Databank
page 5 ) Yes mergers and acquisitions
and inflation played a role in growing that
number but so did the natural expansion
of strong firms And while that only left
69 firms for the third tier with less than
$100 million our Firms to Watch list of up-
and-comers who are hovering just below
the Top 100 matched last yearrsquos record 35members even as we continued to leave
out those that were eligible by revenue but
didnrsquot show growth in 2013 (See Firms to
Watch page 6 )
Therersquos more While roughly the same
number of T100 Firms reported flat or
declining revenues for this yearrsquos report
as for last yearrsquos (10 in 2013 versus 11 in
2012) the number that grew by more than
20 percent jumped to 10 from six the year
before and the number that grew by more
than 10 percent was a whopping 37 versus
27 in the prior year
Among our Regional Leaders too
there were higher rates of growth with
three regions posting double-digit per-
centage gains against none in our report
last year At the same time though we
should note that there was at least one
outlier on the other side with growth that
slowed in 2013 mdash though it didnrsquot decline
(See Regional Leaders page 20 )
Thatrsquos the kind of thing we mean when
we say ldquopretty goodrdquo mdash a fair number oftrends look positive and then just when
yoursquore starting to feel a little too positive
another less happy trend will come along
and bring you back to earth
Last year it was the difficulty of scrap-
ing out growth in a highly competitive
environment And while our T100 and
Regional Leader firms are still pursuing
growth in all sorts of niches and with all
sorts of clients (see Niches and Clients page
10 ) the main trend thatrsquos keeping T100
Firm leaders up at night this year is the
ldquoWar for Talentrdquo mdash the intense difficulty
many are experiencing in finding and re-
taining qualified staff
While itrsquos true that the number of
T100 Firms reporting flat or declining staff
numbers was down to 14 from 19 last
year thatrsquos likely only because firms
have been stepping up their efforts
mdash hiring recruiting directors offering
hiring incentives developing learn-
ing and training offerings and gen-
erally going way out of their way to
get and keep the staff theyrsquoll need
to succeed going forward (See Firm
Strategiesrdquopage 8)
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
While there were no major shake-ups
on the lines of the CohnReznick merger
in the T100 list this year there were lots
of small moves and MampA definitelyplayed its role
Long-time Top 100 fixtures Al-
pern Rosenthal and Holtz Rubenstein
Reminick both left the list merging
into BDO USA and Baker Tilly Virchow
Krause respectively Many other firms got
a boost from MampA this year including Con-
necticutrsquos BlumShapiro which jumped 11
spots on the list and Ohiorsquos Hill Barth amp
King which jumped a whopping 22 spots
Only Pennsylvaniarsquos Reinsel Kuntz Lesher
managed a double-digit move up 11 posi-tions from last year
Thatrsquos not counting the spectacular
entrance of Ohio-based Skoda Minotti to
the Top 100 at No 80 with the highest
growth rate of any firm on the list (and
itrsquos worth noting a much higher growth
rate than any firm on last yearrsquos list) Also
Third timersquos the charmB Y D A N I E L H O O D
lsquo10
lsquo08 lsquo12lsquo02 lsquo04 lsquo062000
-5
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
lsquo94 lsquo96 lsquo98
Compiled from individual firm resultsas reported at yearrsquos end includes some estimates
Cautiously optimisticRevenue growth of the Top 100 Firms in percent
See OVERVIEW on
6
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databank
5
Leaders in AampARanked by revenue
Rev share Fee
Top 6 firms ($ mn) split1 PwC 41 452681
2 Deloitte 31 430714
3 Ernst amp Young 37 336700
4 KPMG 37 227180
5 McGladrey 42 57086
6 Grant Thornton 42 54719
Firms over $100 mn
1 BDO 60 40980
2 CohnReznick 52 26416
3 CliftonLarsonAllen 41 23106
4 BKD 49 20502
5 Crowe Horwath 28 18609
Firms under $100 mn
1 OrsquoConnor Davies 65 64682 Marks Paneth 63 6174
3 Kearney amp Co 72 5590
4 Novogradac amp Co 59 5456
5 Friedman 60 4350
Leaders in TaxRanked by revenue
Rev share Fee
Top 6 firms ($ mn) split1 PwC 28 309148
2 Ernst amp Young 30 273000
3 Deloitte 18 250092
4 KPMG 27 165780
5 McGladrey 36 49137
6 Grant Thornton 29 37782
Firms over $100 mn
1 BDO 30 20490
2 CliftonLarsonAllen 34 19161
3 CohnReznick 33 16764
4 CBIZ MHM 35 16748
5 Moss Adams 38 15314
Firms under $100 mn
1 Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt 76 66062 Anchin Block amp Anchin 43 3999
3 Frank Rimerman + Co 62 3850
4 MBAF CPAs 44 3674
5 WithumSmith+Brown 37 3588
Leaders in MASRanked by revenue
Rev share Fee
Top 6 firms ($ mn) split1 Deloitte 46 639124
2 PwC 31 342271
3 Ernst amp Young 26 236600
4 KPMG 36 221040
5 Grant Thornton 29 37782
6 McGladrey 21 28961
Firms over $100 mn
1 Crowe Horwath 35 23262
2 CBIZ MHM 35 16748
3 Plante Moran 33 13574
4 Baker Tilly Virchow Krause 30 9039
5 Dixon Hughes Goodman 29 8990
Firms under $100 mn
1 Sikich 51 49472 Horne 45 3032
3 Watkins Meegan 56 2744
4 SCampH Group Inc 40 2304
5 Kearney amp Co 28 2174
2014 TOP 100 FIRMS DATABANK
Overview Top 6 Firms over Firms under Total Top
firms chg $100 mn chg $100 mn chg 100 Firms chg
Revenue (in $mn) $4284442 790 $726792 677 $382178 888 $5393412 781
Partners 11127 278 4077 419 2221 325 17425 317Professionals 128367 641 26865 1360 14694 848 169926 752
Total employees 168788 525 37667 652 20796 705 227251 547
Rev share Rev share Rev share Rev share
Fee split (in $mn) of rev (in $mn) of rev (in $mn) of rev (in $mn) of rev
Audit amp Attest $1559391 3640 $312296 4297 $145430 3805 $2017117 3740
Tax $1084999 2532 $239936 3301 $128111 3352 $1453046 2694
MAS (consulting) $1505515 3514 $138706 1908 $50367 1318 $1694588 3142
Other $134537 314 $35854 493 $58270 1525 $228661 424
Notes Some figures may not correspond due to rounding
Pacesetters in growthRanked by chg
Revenue Firms over $100 mn ($mn) chg
1 Carr Riggs amp Ingram 16131 4489
2 Marcum 35010 2708
3 Plante Moran 41132 2427
4 Moss Adams 40300 1715
5 Baker Tilly Virchow Krause 30130 1633
Revenue Firms under $100 mn ($mn) chg
1 Skoda Minotti amp Co 4001 4325
2 Hill Barth amp King 4930 3927
3 BlumShapiro 6130 2824
4 Sikich 9700 2696
5 The Bonadio Group 6629 2231
Revenue Overall Top 100 Firms ($mn) chg
1 Carr Riggs amp Ingram 16131 4489
2 Skoda Minotti amp Co 4001 4325
3 Hill Barth amp Kingrdquo 4930 3927
4 BlumShapiro 6130 2824
5 Marcum 35010 2708
6 Sikich 9700 2696
7Plante Moran 41132 24278 The Bonadio Group 6629 2231
9 Reinsel Kuntz Lesher 4521 2183
10 Frazier amp Deeter 5300 2018
11 Whitley Penn 5871 1984
12 OrsquoConnor Davies 9950 1888
13 Kaufman Rossin Group 6320 1857
14 Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt 8692 1724
15 Moss Adams 40300 1715
16 Clark Schaefer Hackett 5233 1673
17 Doeren Mayhew 5320 1667
18 Prager Metis 3599 1659
19 Honkamp Krueger amp Co 4370 1647
20 Baker Tilly Virchow Krause 30130 1633
21 Montgomery Coscia Greilich 3354 1614
22 Rehmann 10400 1504
23 Citrin Cooperman amp Co 14300 1440
24 Frank Rimerman + Co 6210 139925 SSampG 9000 1392
26 Weaver 8340 1332
27 Armanino 11284 1311
28 Kahn Litwin Renza amp Co 3532 1284
29 Marks Paneth 9800 1264
30 Postlethwaithe amp Netterville 4707 1247
Notes Firm estimate or projection
All Big Four revenue figures are gross not net
For more details see pages 15-18
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6
graduating from last yearrsquos Firms to Watch
list to join the T100 this year was New York-
based Prager Metis International while
the third new T100 Firm this year Texasrsquo
Montgomery Coscia Greilich was one that
hadnrsquot previously been part of our survey
A number of firms joined our Re-
gional Leaders list in the same way this
year from Virginiarsquos PBMares and Wash-
ington DCrsquos Tate amp Tryon to Atlanta-
based Windham Brannon the Mid-Atlan-
ticrsquos Perelson Weiner and Untracht amp Early
St Louisrsquo Mueller Prost Houstonrsquos Melton
amp Melton Oregonrsquos Perkins amp Co and
Californiarsquos NSBN
If you think your firm should be one of
our Top 100 Firms or our Regional Leaders
drop us an e-mail at AcTodaySourceMe-
diacom and wersquoll add you to our contact
database
After all things are starting to look
pretty good out there for accounting firms
If you can keep finding ways to grow mdash and
the staff to support that growth mdash next year
should be even better
There we said it AT
OVERVIEWfrom page 4
BEYOND THE TOP 100 FIRMS TO WATCHOur Firms to Watch list is all about movement New firms are constantly moving in and others are moving up In fact the tier of firms with between
roughly $20 and $30 million seems to be growing apace forming a deep and wide pool of strong candidates for joining the Top 100 either as members
in their own right like this yearrsquos FTW graduates Prager Metis International and Skoda Minotti or by acquisition into a T100 Firm as with last yearrsquos
merger of former FTW Gainer Donnelly into Southeast mega-regional Carr Riggs amp Ingram
Year Revenue Total
Firm Headquarters Managing partner end ($ mn) chg Offices Partners employees Yeo amp Yeo Saginaw Mich Thomas Hollerback Dec 3198 1462 8 17 185
Rea amp Associates New Philadelphia Ohio Lee Beall Oct 3156 148 11 23 204
Wolf amp Co Boston Mark OrsquoConnell Sept 3149 725 3 19 189
Brown Smith Wallace St Louis Harvey Wallace Dec 3100 616 3 23 210
Clark Nuber Bellevue Wash David Katri Dec 3096 614 1 18 168
Padgett Stratemann amp Co San Antonio John Wright July 3007 301 2 17 179
Bennett Thrasher Atlanta Michael Dukes June 2988 1418 1 23 151
Kreischer Miller Horsham Pa Stephen Christian Dec 2950 1078 1 16 183
PBMares Newport News Va Alan Witt Dec 2892 144 8 34 177
Gursey | Schneider Los Angeles Stephan Wasserman Dec 2820 682 3 10 129
RBZ Los Angeles John Schweisberger Dec 2800 1327 1 14 136
Baker Newman amp Noyes Portland Maine Eleanor Baker Dec 2770 NC 4 30 182
Lurie Besikof Lapidus amp Co Minneapolis Beth Kieffer Leonard April 2730 500 1 14 125
Brady Martz amp Associates Grand Forks ND Ronald Johnke Sept 2710 292 5 33 172
Somerset CPAs Indianapolis Pat Early Dec 2682 942 1 26 163
REDW Albuquerque NM Ron Rivera Dec 2645 3352 2 17 181
Briggs amp Veselka Co Houston John Flatowicz Sept 2617 1842 2 19 194
Jackson Thornton amp Co Montgomery Ala Ned Sheffield Dec 2615 669 6 22 176
Anders St Louis Robert Minkler Dec 2579 062 1 20 155
Anderson ZurMuehlen Helena Mont Donald Laine Sept 2557 277 7 27 204
Hutchinson and Bloodgood Glendale Calif Richard Preciado Sept 2543 1559 4 33 115
Brown Edwards amp Codagger Bluefield WVa Domenic Pellillo May 2542 201 7 25 182
Feeley amp Driscoll Boston T Feeley M Poirier March 2422 302 1 12 103
Lutz amp Co Omaha Neb Gary Witt June 2390 1659 1 26 132
Wolf amp Co Oakbrook Terrace Ill Russell Romanelli Dec 2335 755 2 13 146
Boulay Minneapolis Mark DeNucci May 2318 756 1 30 138
Green Hasson Janks Los Angeles Leon Janks Dec 2310 500 1 13 116
Johnson Lambert Falls Church Va Deborah Lambert Dec 2268 593 8 13 149
Dean Dorton Allen Ford Lexington Ky David Bundy June 2212 179 2 33 150
Mize Houser amp Co Topeka Kansas NA Dec 2192 134 3 21 208
ORBA Chicago Mark Thomson May 2180 531 1 17 109
Gelman Rosenberg amp Freedman Bethesda Md NA Dec 2160 385 1 12 94
PKF Texas Houston Kenneth Guidry Dec 2155 553 1 10 108
Windham Brannon Atlanta David Kloess Sept 2146 1073 1 14 139
Keiter Glen Allen Va L Michael Gracik Dec 2143 328 1 12 143
Firm estimate NC No change NA Not available or not applicable dagger Accounting Today estimate
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firm strategies
The Top 100 Firms are all over the
map in many ways Literally to
start they span the country to
say nothing of a wide range of
industry niches management models
growth strategies and cultures But no
matter their size whether they offer exotic
advisory services or the plainest of vanilla
audits and tax work and regardless of their
stance on value pricing they do all share
one common binding thread Theyrsquore
freaking out about finding qualified staff
ldquoThe war for talent is back onrdquo warned
Armanino LLP managing partner Andy Ar-
manino ldquoWe are seeing more and more
competition from outside our profession
and we need to plan accordingly We also
know that change is a constant in todayrsquos
world Merger mania is real New compa-
nies are being launched New information
is coming at us faster than we can compre-
hend We need more than ever before a
workforce that can engage with and adapt
to this new reality Hiring and retaining the
best and brightest talent is the new com-petitive advantagerdquo
ldquoQualified professionals are being
sought after by a number of good firmsrdquo
said Louis Grassi managing partner and
chief executive officer of New York-based
Grassi amp Co ldquoAs such typical efforts of
recruiting including the utilization of re-
cruiters have become less effective in find-
ing experienced quality professionalsrdquo Be-
sides establishing a supportive culture and
a healthy work-life balance Grassirsquos firm
has put in palce a ldquovery robustrdquo employeereferral program that accounted for more
than 50 percent of new hires in 2013
Firms across the country are employ-
ing a wide range of strategies to attract and
retain qualified staff mdash and some firms
are going so far as to hire people solely to
manage them California-based Gallina
for instance hired its first-ever director of
recruitment and development last year
with responsibility for multiple new initia-
tives according to MP Larry Taylor
At Kentuckyrsquos Mountjoy Chilton Med-
ley MP Diane Medley said ldquoWe are very
focused on our talent We are starting a
formal leadership development program
this year selecting our rising stars with
the most potential for equity partnership
to participate We also actively engage our
Next Generation Committee in critical is-
sues to help us consider growth attraction
and retention for the futurerdquo
Recruitment and retention can bene-
fit enormously from a less-frequently citedR mdash recognition National firm McGladrey
made a point of highlighting its top tal-
ent in a series of videos on its Web site as
part of its ldquoPersonalities Wantedrdquo recruit-
ing campaign (the messaging for which
was embedded in all of its social media)
and has seen the results Thatrsquos not its only
personnel-related investment of course
and merely making the investments is
not enough ldquoInvesting in recruitment
professional development and work-life
programs is essentialrdquo said national pub-lic relations director Terri Andrews ldquoWe
are continuously re-assessing practice
and processes to create the best possible
experience for our current and potential
employees And our people tell us wersquore
focused on the right thingsrdquo They did that
through the McGladrey People Survey
which assesses a broad range of employee
engagement and satisfaction measures
Several firms highlighted efforts at
building up their staff with educational and
career development offerings with some
developing their own internal institutions
of higher learning BKD CEO Ted Dickman
pointed to his firmrsquos BKD University a vir-
tual on-demand learning and leadership
development platform that landed the firm
on Training magazinersquos Training Top 125
list while Sikich LLP CEO and MP James
Sikich touted the investment made in his
firmrsquos Sikich University an internal learn-
ing and development program that trains
staff in technical and soft skills
For its part Big Four firm KPMG went
to the source ldquoThe need for highly skilled
talent is a top priorityrdquo said chair and CEO
John Veihmeyer In addition making a stra-
tegic priority of diversity ldquoWe work close-
ly with universities our main workforce
pipeline to promote learning and skillsets
our professionals need and emphasize the
importance of global and diverse perspec-
tives and technological savvyrdquo At Louisianarsquos Postlethwaite amp Netter-
ville meanwhile CEO (and current Ameri-
can Institute of CPAs chair) William Balhoff
noted the firmrsquos increased focus on leader-
ship development and soft skills training
at all levels mdash but also highlighted its busi-
ness development training curriculum
After all hiring and keeping a great
staff only makes sense if you can bring in
work for them do
GETTING COMPETITIVEldquoAccounting firms are operating in a highly
competitive environmentrdquo noted Weiser-
Mazars chair and managing partner Doug-
las Phillips Besides the pressures around
staffing ldquoFirms are under continuing fee
pressure from clients which intensifies
market competitionrdquo
Hanging out the help wanted signB Y D A N I E L H O O D
See STRATEGIES on
10
lsquoOur peopletell us wersquorefocused on theright thingsrsquo
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Armanino is alive to these concerns
ldquoThe dynamics of our profession require
constant change Our products and serv-
ices need to keep pace with those of our
clients Providing traditional accounting
services will only prove ineffectual Whatrsquos
needed is a best-of-breed approach to tak-
ing on current and future tax and account-
ing challenges if wersquore to succeed and our
clients are to prosper While wersquoll alwaysneed to maintain our core competencies
there should be no lack of acceleration in
our ability to integrate cutting-edge solu-
tions mdash strategic and technological mdash into
our products and services offerings The
long-term viability of our firm relies on itrdquo
Other firms are aiming to stay on the
cutting-edge mdash though not always specifi-
cally through technology Wayne BersonCEO of BDO USA is concerned about
enhancing the value of the audit ldquoIt is
clear that in order for the professionrsquos core
element to remain relevant there will have
to be an expansion of the auditorrsquos role in
providing greater insight into the clientsrsquo
financial statements and perhaps varying
degrees of assurance on areas outside of
the financial statements This will affect
firms of all size by requiring substantially
more business and analytical skills and
may also result in a demand for more spe-cialists to be involved in auditsrdquo
Big Four firm KPMG is engaged in a
similar pursuit of the new and improved
ldquoWe continue to focus on innovation and
the enhancement of our offerings and ca-
pabilities for specific industries and growth
areasrdquo said chairman and CEO John Veih-
meyer ldquoWersquore also continuing to build out
our alliance ecosystem to help create newservices enhance existing services and
extend the KPMG brand promise to meet
the needs of clients in new waysrdquo Last year
the firm rolled out a number of ldquoalliance-
based offeringsrdquo created in conjunction
with various partners to offer clients more
focused services and solutions
Crowe Horwath meanwhile took in-
novation even one step further mdash by nam-
ing its own chief innovation officer ldquoWe
are most focused on and are investing
in innovation as a driver of growth where we can bring together functional exper-
tise industry knowledge along with proc-
ess and technology to provide high-value
solutionsrdquo explained CEO Charles Allen
ldquoMany of these solutions will be focused in
broader assurance services that the inves-
tor community and stakeholders in public
interest entities are requestingrdquo AT
10
top tax firms
THE TOP TAX FIRMS Rev
from tax from Total Total Firm Headquarters Chief executive ($mn) tax revenue chg Offices staff
PwCsect New York City Robert Moritz 309148 28 1104100 870 72 39158HampR BlockP1 Kansas City Mo William Cobb 287797 99 290594 042 11000+ 100000+
Ernst amp Youngsect New York City Steve Howe 273000 30 910000 1098 80 30900
Deloittesect New York City Joe Echevarria 250092 18 1389400 633 104 60951
KPMGsect New York City John Veihmeyer 165780 27 614000 673 90 24618
McGladrey2 Chicago Joe Adams 49137 36 136659 626 75 6723
Ryan Dallas G Brint Ryan 39037 100 39037 1059 59 1711
Liberty Tax Services Virginia Beach Va John Hewitt 38120 100 38120 615 4262 798
Grant Thornton Chicago Stephen Chipman 37782 29 130283 461 56 6438
BDO Chicago Wayne Berson 20490 30 68300 1052 49 3248
CliftonLarsonAllen Minneapolis Gordy Viere 19161 34 56355 -078 29 3660
CohnReznick New York City T Marino K Baggett 16764 33 50800 410 24 2521
CBIZ Mayer Hoffman McCann Cleveland C Spurio B Hancock 16748 35 47850 -2220 100 2862
Moss Adams Seattle Chris Schmidt 15314 38 40300 1715 22 2072
Crowe Horwath Chicago Charles Allen 14622 22 66462 1168 28 3006
WTAS San Francisco Mark Vorsatz 14509 100 14509 1344 16 621
BKD Springfield Mo Theodore Dickman 12970 31 41840 400 32 2013
Marcum New York City Jeffrey Weiner 12604 36 35010 2708 17 1300
Dixon Hughes Goodman Charlotte NC Ken Hughes 10850 35 31000 197 26 1661
Plante Moran Southfield Mich Gordon Krater 10694 26 41132 2427 19 1947
Notes P Figures compiled from public company reports Firm estimate or projection NA Not availableapplicable
sect Gross revenue 1 Staff figures include seasonal workers 2 Reported fee split as both dollar amount (given here) and percentage
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International tax remained the highest
growing niche service this year for the
2014 Top 100 Firms increasing 6 per-
centage points over 2013 reports ac-
cording to this yearrsquos 77 responding firms
State and local taxes grew 7 percent-
age points to be the second-most common
area of growth and bringing it even at 82
percent with business valuations which
similarly expanded 8 percentage points in
2014 Rounding out the top four again this
year was attest services growing 2 percent-
age points to 75 percent
Leading the pack in year-over-year
growth unsurprisingly was mergers and
acquisition which saw an 11-point uptick
in 2014 with 70 percent of firms reporting
increased business
Below that many services saw double-
digit increases in firms reporting growth
most notably SOX compliancerisk man-
agement saw a list-high rise of 16 percent-
age points to bring it to 53 percent Tech-
nology consulting and personal financial
planning also had strong 2014 gains of 12and 11 percentage points respectively
ON THE GROUND
Doug Wright partner-in-charge of inter-
national tax and transfer pricing services
at California-based firm Burr Pilger Mayer
attributes the continued growth in inter-
national tax services to an unusual conflu-
ence of economic recovery globalization
and the tax and regulatory issues of about
a dozen years ago that brought the niche
to prominenceldquoBasically itrsquos navigating the perfect
stormrdquo he said ldquoWersquove had a lot of changes
in the way in which not just the US but
foreign countries monitor and scrutinize
international business transactions from a
tax perspective The kind of international
tax and accounting standards that the US
has applied for some time now have been
adopted increasingly by countries outside
the USrdquo
Along with the tightening accounting
standards that followed corporate scandals
like Enron these regulatory concerns have
led companies to take more initiative in
their overseas business Wright explained
ldquoTherersquos a kind of heightened sense of cor-
porate responsibility wersquore seeing where
companies want to make sure theyrsquore do-
ing things in the appropriate way and are
not going to be attacked by the IRS or
foreign taxing authorities or are not viewed
as unethical We frequently see situations
where before companies engage us to do
a major global project they talk to other
companies that have done it Not to get a
referral on us but to talk to other compa-
nies They didnrsquot do similar planning in
the past so [they want] to understand how
that planning was ultimately viewed by the
IRS and foreign tax authoritiesrdquo
This kind of due diligence tends to
be pre-emptive Wright continued ldquoThey
donrsquot want to see their names in the news-
paper as caught up in substantial litigation
in the US and outside the US Corporate
executives have a heightened awareness
that they need to do things properly and
do them upfront Companies [used to]
just expand internationally and deal with
some of these issues after the fact mdash the
International tax work in demand B Y D A N I E L L E L E E
0 20 40 60 80 100
International Tax
Business Valuations
State and Local Taxes
Attest ServicesLitigation Support
EstateTrustGift Tax Planning
Industry Specializations
Mergers and Acquisitions
ForensicsFraud
Nonpro1047297t Organizations
Employee Bene1047297ts
Biz Mgmt for Wealthy Individuals
Succession PlanningFamily office
Retirement Plans
SOX ComplianceRisk Mgmt
Strategic PlanningBusiness Plans
Technology Consulting
Cost Segregation
Personal Financial Planning
Biz Mgmt for Small Businesses
Investment AdviceServices
CFOProject Staffi
ng ServicesCash Flow ForecastingManagement
Financing Arrangements
BankruptcyInsolvency
Employment Search
ExportImport
1031 Like-Kind
IFRS consulting
Business RecoveryRecession Advice
Payroll ServicesConsulting
Lease vs Buy Analysis
Top niche servicesPercentage of firms increasing their business in these areas
(of 77 firms responding)
niches and clients
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cart leading the horse Now therersquos much
more awareness and sensitivity tax and
otherwise hellip At our firm we have a phe-
nomenal amount of new international tax
planning and consulting work and new
clients coming our way including very
early-stage companies as they expandrdquo
When Wright joined BPM more than
five years ago he was the firmrsquos first and
only full-time international tax special-
ist and while he has grown that practice
to the largest in the firm for the last three
years the now roughly 12 full-time tax
professionals in the practice canrsquot keep up
with all the new work He estimates that
his group can only serve half of the op-
portunities that come their way but shares
that finding experienced specialists in the
extremely complex area of international
tax is ldquoexceedingly difficultrdquo
Atlanta firm Habif Arogeti amp Wynne
has been doing international work of all
sorts particularly with their manufactur-
ing and technology clients since the early
1990s and now has roughly 70 people in
that service line who speak 26 different
languages among them
Though HAampW is also a member firm
of global accountancy and business ad-
visory network Baker Tilly International
chief executive officer Richard Kopelman
credits most of the firmrsquos growth in this
niche to the ldquoinbound grass-roots effort
with the people from those countriesrdquo
ldquoInternational tax aligns with our
manufacturing and technology niche and
dovetails really wellrdquo he explained ldquoWe do
as much business inbound as outboundrdquo
ADDING VALUE
Nearly all of the client categories for this
yearrsquos Top 100 Firms displayed strong
growth this year with manufacturing lead-
ing the list at 82 percent a 9 percentage
point gain over last year
Manufacturing overtook 2013rsquos lead-
er midsized businesses in general by only
one percentage point Midsized businesses
saw a modest 4 percentage point increase
this year though real estate ranked behind
it recorded a big 12 percentage point rise
to bring it to 77 percent
Only two other categories on the list
surpassed that gain this year construction
which increased 14 percentage points to
66 percent of responding firms and much
farther down the list small businesses
which at 44 percent also recorded a 14
percent increase over last year
Central Pennsylvania-based Rein-
sel Kuntz Lesherrsquos location gives it an
advantage in this market according to
Steve Fisher a partner in the firmrsquos audit
services group and leader of the manu-
facturing and distribution services group
ldquoIn the past ten to 20 years companies
were leaving that were not as involved in
manufacturing but some of that is com-
ing back now with longstanding compa-
nies in manufacturing in that regionrdquo he
explained ldquoAnd a lot of them arenrsquot in
manufacturing but in bringing good over-seas and distribution channels There are
a lot of opportunitiesrdquo
RKL has capitalized on them Fisher
continued by evaluating specific client
needs ldquoOne thing wersquove done in the past
year is a focus group with financial folks
owners consultants that touch consum-
ers in the manufacturing and distribution
area We said lsquoWhat do you need what
are your expectations of people provid-
ing tax and audit servicesrsquo And whether
we can do it and align with them to helpfulfill their needs and bring value When
you hand them a financial statement or tax
return it looks the same no matter who did
it Wersquore responding communicating and
trying to educate folks and arm them to do
these things and help across the market
We go through the proposals and differen-
tiate ourselvesrdquo AT
niches and clients
0 20 40 60 80 100
Manufacturing
Midsized Businesses
Real Estate
TechnologyIndividuals
Construction
Healthcare Facilities
Nonpro1047297t Organizations
Professional Services
Wholesale Distributors
Large Businesses
Pension Plans
State and Local Government
Hotels amp Restaurants
Small Businesses
Retail Trade
Banking amp Thrift Companies
Entertainment
BrokersDealers in Securities amp Commodities
Colleges and Universities
Investment Companies amp Mutual Funds
Auto Dealerships
Government Contractors
Franchising
Finance CompaniesMortgage Banks
School Districts
PublishingBroadcastingMedia
Insurance CarriersCompanies
Insurance Agents amp Brokers
Gaming
AgricultureFarmingForestryFishing
Leasing Companies
Top client categoriesPercentage of firms increasing their business with these types of clients
(of 77 firms responding)
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Since our Regional Leaders both repre-
sent a broader range of firms in terms of
size and bring with them the particular
economic conditions of their geographic
regions the trends here tend to be less clear than
among our Top 100 Firms
One anti-trend that wersquove noticed is the lack
of correlation between the size of a region in terms
of its overall firm revenues and its growth rate
The Mid-Atlantic Regional Leaders for instance
have combined revenues almost twice as large
as the Great Lakes Regional Leaders mdash but an
average growth rate thatrsquos around half while the
Southwest has revenues that are slightly less than
those of the Capitol Region but is growing five
times as fast Local economic conditions make all
the difference of course but the point that size is
not everything is worth making
Unless of course yoursquore talking about the
size of our lists for each region Wersquove been grow-
ing them steadily over the past few years and are
happy to report a large number of new additions
this year many of which are highlighted in the
introductions to their individual regions
If your firm should be on one of our Regional
Leaders lists send us an e-mail at AcToday
SourceMediacom and wersquoll include you in next
yearrsquos survey AT
regional overview
Regions see uneven growth
20
THE 2014 REGIONAL LEADERS
Top Firms Capital RegionDelaware Maryland Virginia Washington DC and West Virginia
Revenue $56257 million up 206
While the Capital Region displayed the weakest revenue growth among the regions in 2013 it did display
major growth in another way the number of firms represented This yearrsquos list includes a number of strong
new players like Virginiarsquos PBMares West Virginiarsquos Arnett Foster Toothman and Washington DCrsquos Tate amp
Tryon
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Kearney amp Co Alexandria Va 7764 -282 2 13 287 401 72 0 28 0
SCampH Group Inc Sparks Md 5760 627 3 21 217 282 17 43 40 0
Watkins Meegan Bethesda Md 4900 145 4 15 196 224 22 22 56 0
Aronson Rockville Md 4900 101 1 31 154 224 43 33 22 2
Raffa Washington DC 3692 371 2 18 192 243 53 15 32 0
PBMares Newport News Va 2892 144 8 34 105 177 40 43 9 8
Cotton amp Co Alexandria Va 2566 -104 1 10 138 155 44 0 16 40
Brown Edwards amp Codagger Bluefield WVa 2542 201 7 25 NA 182 NA NA NA NA
Johnson Lambert Falls Church Va 2268 593 8 13 119 149 82 15 3 0
Yount Hyde amp Barbour Winchester Va 2252 -570 6 20 84 127 45 41 11 3
Gelman Rosenberg amp Freedman Bethesda Md 2160 385 1 12 60 94 76 23 1 0
Keiter Glen Allen Va 2143 328 1 12 104 143 26 62 4 8
Arnett Foster Toothman Charleston WVa 1961 283 6 23 86 136 47 28 25 0
Ellin amp Tucker Chartered Baltimore 1933 -515 4 11 77 114 38 38 16 8
Tate amp Tryon Washington DC 1860 550 1 11 90 110 69 7 24 0
Calibre CPA Group Bethesda Md 1830 2340 3 15 107 143 81 8 0 11
Gross Mendelsohn Baltimore 1674 1020 1 15 69 103 49 30 21 0
Smith Elliott Kearns amp Co Hagerstown Md 1660 122 5 20 97 142 48 30 17 5
KatzAbosch Timonium Md 1500 NC 3 21 42 83 37 55 8 0
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
REGIONSThe Capital Region 20
The Southeast 21
New England 21
The Mid-Atlantic 22
The Great Lakes 24
The Gulf Coast 24
The Midwest 25
The Mountain States 26
The Southwest 26
The West 27
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regional leaders
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdash
Firm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Dixon Hughes Goodman Charlotte NC 31000 197 26 178 1129 1661 36 35 29 0
Cherry Bekaert Richmond Va 12590 186 22 55 559 778 44 47 9 0
Lattimore Black Morgan amp Cain Brentwood Tenn 7091 906 3 46 287 409 24 34 14 28
Habif Arogeti amp Wynne Atlanta 6428 662 1 26 232 305 45 39 8 8
Elliott Davis Greenville SC 6410 505 8 51 265 392 47 35 14 4
Frazier amp Deeter Atlanta 5300 2018 4 11 158 201 32 40 0 28
Mauldin amp Jenkins Atlanta 3880 078 5 34 125 198 59 30 2 9
Mountjoy Chilton Medley Louisville Ky 3831 100 5 37 171 246 40 36 9 15
Joseph Decosimo amp Co Chattanooga Tenn 3820 550 8 29 177 265 47 39 7 7Bennett Thrasher Atlanta 2988 1418 1 23 104 151 27 57 7 9
Dean Dorton Allen Ford Lexington Ky 2212 179 2 33 90 150 33 42 25 0
Windham Brannon Atlanta 2146 1073 1 14 100 139 39 59 2 0
WebsterRogers Florence SC 1750 697 9 24 91 138 42 46 4 8
Top Firms Southeast Arkansas Georgia Kentucky North Carolina South Carolina and Tennessee
Revenue $89446 million up 470
Growth moderated in the Southeast in 2013 coming in a few percentage points lower
than in 2012 but that didnrsquot stop individual firms from posting some strong results like Atlantarsquos Frazier amp Deeter or new Regional Leader Windham Brannon
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdash
Firm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
BlumShapiro West Hartford Ct 6130 2824 4 30 251 341 56 32 1 11
BerryDunn Portland Maine 4312 740 5 18 154 204 47 18 28 7
Kahn Litwin Renza amp Co Providence RI 3532 1284 3 11 153 195 30 35 35 0
Wolf amp Co Boston 3149 725 3 19 142 189 50 21 0 29
Baker Newman amp Noyes Portland Maine 2770 NC 4 30 121 182 48 40 12 0
Feeley amp Driscoll Boston 2422 302 1 12 66 103 61 29 10 0
DiCicco Gulman amp Co Woburn Mass 1800 588 2 14 65 97 42 43 15 0
Alexander Aronson Finningdagger Westborough Mass 1769 249 5 18 NA NA NA NA NA NA
Whittlesey amp Hadley Hartford Ct 1570 753 1 15 83 105 60 20 20 0
Gray Gray amp Gray Westwood Mass 1380 222 3 8 64 86 45 35 20 0Edelstein amp Co Boston 1360 1826 1 9 45 64 21 54 0 25
Macdonald Page amp Co South Portland Maine 1300 442 3 21 75 112 42 31 13 14
OrsquoConnor amp Drew Braintree Mass 1200 2000 2 15 60 87 81 17 0 2
Melanson Heath amp Co Nashua NH 1048 264 5 9 66 88 74 22 2 2
Meyers Brothers Kalicka Holyoke Mass 1040 612 1 7 40 59 47 39 4 10
DiSanto Priest amp Co Warwick RI 959 435 1 8 37 57 39 55 6 0
Gallagher Flynn amp Co South Burlington Vt 920 -316 2 10 NA 75 NA NA NA NA
Notes Firm estimate or projection dagger Accounting Today estimate NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms New EnglandConnecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island and Vermont
Revenue $36661 million up 949
After a lackluster 2012 things picked up significantly for the region in 2013 MampA played a major part with firms of all
sizes getting into local and regional hookups and large firms like Connecticutrsquos BlumShapiro and Rhode Islandrsquos Kahn
Litwin Renza amp Co leading the way Going forward it will reshape the list in other ways following the January 2014
merger of Massachusetts Regional Leader Braver PC into Top 100 Firm Marcum LLP
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Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
CohnReznick New York City 50800 410 24 274 1716 2521 52 33 6 9
Marcum New York City 35010 2708 17 160 844 1300 45 36 7 12
EisnerAmper New York City 27690 779 9 177 976 1185 56 35 9 0
Rothstein Kass Roseland NJ 20200 688 8 76 780 1002 60 35 5 0
ParenteBeard Philadelphia 15800 -651 18 116 544 861 53 31 16 0
Citrin Cooperman amp Co New York City 14300 1440 5 120 302 503 47 37 8 8
WeiserMazars New York City 14240 772 6 104 393 625 47 39 14 0
Berdon New York City 10100 391 2 39 334 398 33 40 27 0
OrsquoConnor Davies New York City 9950 1888 7 82 340 501 65 21 14 0
Marks Paneth New York City 9800 1264 3 64 390 539 63 27 3 7
WithumSmith+Brown Princeton NJ 9698 931 12 77 258 431 37 37 2 24
Anchin Block amp Anchin New York City 9300 NC 1 56 215 354 44 43 13 0
Friedman New York City 7250 821 6 57 244 349 60 35 5 0
The Bonadio Group Pittsford NY 6629 2231 11 61 352 470 48 21 13 18
Schneider Downs Pittsburgh 5756 407 2 36 284 354 45 35 20 0
Reinsel Kuntz Lesher Lancaster Pa 4521 2183 4 39 228 300 33 35 10 22
Freed Maxick CPAs Buffalo NY 4150 964 4 35 203 283 36 37 27 0
Raich Ende Malter amp Co New York City 4100 789 5 33 120 191 40 60 0 0
Grassi amp Co New York City 4095 500 2 23 136 197 48 41 9 2
Margolin Winer amp Evens Garden City NY 4000 256 2 25 167 207 60 30 10 0
Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin amp Co New York City 4000 -1837 3 24 106 165 46 46 8 0
Prager Metis International New York City 3599 1659 7 30 129 199 30 45 25 0
Wiss amp Co Livingston NJ 3300 377 4 28 114 172 56 32 0 12Kreischer Miller Horsham Pa 2950 1078 1 16 137 183 46 36 11 7
Perelson Weiner New York City 1950 NA 1 8 45 70 40 50 10 0
Janover Garden City NY 1944 NA 2 13 78 108 30 62 5 3
Untracht Early Florham Park NJ 1900 544 3 8 79 102 29 64 4 3
Gettry Marcus CPA Woodbury NY 1700 303 2 16 47 81 48 35 0 17
Buchbinder Tunick amp Co New York City 1600 NC 2 18 53 90 50 25 15 10
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms Mid-AtlanticNew Jersey New York and Pennsylvania
Revenue $290332 million up 831
The Mid-Atlantic continues to post generally strong results helped by the strength of many of the industries its firms
serve particularly in the financial services and financial institutions areas It also remains a seedbed for new and grow-
ing firms like new Top 100 entry Prager Metis International and new Regional Leaders Perelson Weiner Janover Un-tracht Early and Buchbinder Tunick
22
regional leaders
Where the growth is Pt 1Average firm growth rate in percent by region
Mid-Atlantic
GreatLakes
West Midwest CapitalRegion
SoutheastGulf Coast
Southwest NewEngland
Mountain0
5
10
15
20
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26
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
EKSampH Denver 7046 1119 3 38 308 427 45 42 13 0
Hein amp Associates Denver 5071 445 4 33 191 266 48 47 4 1
RGL Forensics Denver 3765 606 17 23 124 190 0 0 0 100
Anderson ZurMuehlen Helena Mont 2557 277 7 27 128 204 35 38 10 17
GHP Horwath Denver 2480 -040 1 10 82 106 41 26 0 33
Anton Collins Mitchell Denver 1600 191 3 12 69 97 50 40 10 0
Tanner Salt Lake City 1430 1085 1 10 54 72 62 23 13 2
Junkermier ClarkCampanella Stevens Great Falls Mont 1420 085 7 25 69 120 39 43 7 11
Dalby Wendland amp Co Grand Junction Colo 1195 373 4 16 52 90 25 53 9 13McGee Hearne amp Paiz Cheyenne Wyo 973 485 2 9 52 70 55 38 7 0
Top Firms MountainColorado Idaho Montana Utah and Wyoming
Revenue $27537 million up 566
The region seems in some ways to have turned the corner It reported its second year in a row of respectable
growth after a few difficult years That may explain the interest from Top 100 Firms Eide Bailly in particular made
a number of acquisitions in the region particularly in the Salt Lake City area
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Weaver Fort Worth Texas 8340 1332 7 36 354 471 34 43 12 11
Whitley Penn Fort Worth Texas 5871 1984 5 38 206 294 43 43 0 14
Montgomery Coscia Greilich Plano Texas 3354 1614 2 16 203 231 28 41 24 7
Padgett Stratemann amp Co San Antonio 3007 301 2 17 127 179 51 37 12 0
REDW Albuquerque NM 2645 3352 2 17 129 181 52 24 10 14
Briggs amp Veselka Co Houston 2617 1842 2 19 151 194 41 50 8 1
PKF Texas Houston 2155 553 1 10 85 108 50 46 4 0
Cain Watters amp Associates Plano Texas 2080 930 1 7 55 108 10 15 0 75
BeachFleischman Tuscon Ariz 2030 2378 2 25 81 140 27 57 2 14
Johnson Miller amp Co CPAs Odessa Texas 1954 868 3 14 76 103 30 50 7 13
PMB Helin Donovan Austin Texas 1900 1377 8 28 88 136 55 45 0 0Lane Gorman Trubitt Dallas 1900 497 1 15 62 92 57 37 0 6
Henry amp Horne Tempe Ariz 1850 571 3 14 70 102 33 58 9 0
Maxwell Locke amp Ritter Austin Texas 1834 969 2 21 61 92 38 41 0 21
TravisWolff Dallas 1830 -054 1 8 76 104 32 54 14 0
Melton amp Melton Houston 1790 770 1 14 79 103 50 50 0 0
Brown Graham amp Co Amarillo Texas 1287 404 7 23 61 113 35 50 5 10
Hartman Leito amp Bolt Fort Worth Texas 1100 -795 1 10 47 69 45 46 8 1
MaloneBailey Houston 897 -2220 2 5 31 41 98 2 0 0
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms Southwest Arizona New Mexico Oklahoma and Texas
Revenue $48441 million up 1103
As with the Gulf Coast booming revenues from oil and gas no doubt played a part in the
Southwestrsquos strong performance this year (the third best of the regions) with many of the
largest firms recording growth in energy and related services Wersquore also happy to note a
number of new Regional Leaders including Planorsquos Montgomery Coscia Greilich (which also
joined the T100) Houstonrsquos Melton amp Melton and Amarillorsquos Brown Graham amp Co
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regional leaders
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Moss Adams Seattle 40300 1715 22 263 1340 2072 45 38 17 0
Armanino San Ramon Calif 11284 1311 5 37 301 394 21 26 49 4
Novogradac amp Co San Francisco 9248 1003 15 35 311 408 59 27 2 12
Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt W Los Angeles Calif 8692 1724 8 36 263 362 18 76 0 6
Burr Pilger Mayer Inc San Francisco 6850 -087 6 40 225 330 38 50 12 0
Frank Rimerman + Co Palo Alto Calif 6120 1233 5 21 229 267 27 62 11 0
Nigro Karlin Segal Feldstein amp Bolno Los Angeles 5608 1167 2 21 262 314 17 17 2 64
Squar Milner Newport Beach Calif 4530 295 4 22 171 229 40 53 0 7SingerLewak Los Angeles 3850 -080 6 33 NA NA NA NA NA NA
AKT CPAs Salem Ore 3824 1039 6 15 176 235 28 33 11 28
Miller Kaplan Arase North Hollywood Calif 3800 270 5 24 117 175 58 17 17 8
Gallina Roseville Calif 3639 505 9 26 155 226 45 52 3 0
Seiler Redwood City Calif 3610 587 2 11 116 152 10 75 0 15
Macias Gini amp OrsquoConnell Sacramento Calif 3340 -773 9 10 164 258 63 12 7 18
Vavrinek Trine Day amp Codagger Rancho Cucamonga Calif 3231 199 7 33 NA 200 NA NA NA NA
Clark Nuber Bellevue Wash 3096 614 1 18 119 168 49 48 0 3
Gursey | Schneider Los Angeles 2820 682 3 10 85 129 0 30 0 70
RBZ Los Angeles 2800 1327 1 14 89 136 17 52 17 14
Hutchinson and Bloodgood Glendale Calif 2543 1559 4 33 58 115 38 46 16 0
Windes Inc Long Beach Calif 2361 -215 3 16 76 121 44 46 4 6
Green Hasson Janks Los Angeles 2310 500 1 13 88 116 32 33 13 22
Hemming Morse San Francisco 2069 827 7 13 76 96 33 0 0 67Perkins amp Co Portland Ore 2017 1034 2 19 87 132 27 40 24 9
Matson amp Isom Chico Calif 1768 400 4 21 81 128 41 46 5 8
Gumbiner Savett Santa Monica Calif 1728 601 1 10 80 110 40 50 8 2
Peterson Sullivan Seattle 1646 457 1 13 84 97 52 47 1 0
Sensiba San Filippo Pleasanton Calif 1620 588 4 14 61 103 NA NA NA NA
NSBN Beverly Hills Calif 1500 1111 1 13 53 74 35 49 5 11
Notes Firm estimate or projection dagger Accounting Today estimate NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms WestCalifornia Nevada Oregon and Washington
Revenue $146204 million up 989
Growth is spread a little more evenly among the firms in the West this year with strong rates at the top firms but equally
good performances scattered up and down the range While some of the other regions saw re-arrangements and even
shortenings of their rosters due to mergers and acquisitions firm combinations didnrsquot change the list for the West muchat all In fact the list itself grew a little longer with the addition of new Regional Leaders Perkins amp Co in Portland Ore
Peterson Sullivan in Seattle and NSBN in Beverly Hills
Where the money isCombined 2013 revenues in millions of dollars by region
Mid-Atlantic
GreatLakes
West Midwest CapitalRegion
Southeast Gulf Coast
Southwest NewEngland
Mountain0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
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AKT CPAs Acquired firm with a dental
professional practice
Anchin Block amp Anchin In February
2013 lost $50 million judgment to author Pa-
tricia Cornwell over financial management
Armanino In January 2013 rebranded
from Armanino McKenna Launched business
intelligence dashboard for private schools
and Dynamic Insights BI tool Acquired Dy-
namics VAR Rose Business Solutions
Aronson Organized two new service
groups IT audit and wealth management
consulting for choosing and assessing advi-
sor performance Baker Tilly Virchow Krause In June 2013
acquired New York-based Top 100 Firm Holtz
Rubenstein Reminick Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
BDO In June 2013 acquired Alaska-based
Mikunda Cottrell and Minneapolis-based
Moquist Thorvilson Kaufmann and brought
on members of banking practice of T100
Firm ParenteBeard In August expanded in
San Antonio by adding some partners and
staff from TravisWolff In December acquired
Pittsburgh T100 Firm Alpern Rosenthal
Berdon Joined TIAG alliance Expanded
use of CRM system and instituted Best Place
to Work Committee to propose community
social and charitable initiatives for the firm
In November 2013 merged with Northport
NY-based Beck amp Co
Berkowitz Pollack Brant Expanded stra-
tegic planning task force to include ldquoup and
comersrdquo Began celebrating its 35th anniver-
sary Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best
Firm to Work For
BerryDunn Grew revenue by over 7 per-
cent and overall staff by over 10 percent
BKD In 2013 marked its 90th anniver-
sary Opened offices in Des Moines Iowa
and Nashville Tenn In September acquired
Pittsburgh-based Malin Bergquist
Blue amp Co All figures are Accounting To-
day estimates
BlumShapiro Merged with Newton
Mass-based Friedman Suvalle amp Salomon
Added a dedicated hospitality group
The Bonadio Group In April 2013 merged
in Rutland Vt-based Independent Audit As-
sociates In September merged in Buffalo
NY-based Gaines Kriner Elliott In Novem-
ber merged in Albany NY-based Stulmaker
Kohn amp Richardson Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Burr Pilger Mayer Inc In January 2013
named new CEO In November opened new
office in Napa Valley
Carr Riggs amp Ingram In January 2013merged in Atlanta-based Peterson Coleman
amp Marett In July merged with North Caro-
lina-based accounting firm Pittard Perry amp
Crone Inc In August merged in Atlanta-
based Laney Boteler amp Killinger In Septem-
ber merged in Texas Regional Leader Gainer
Donnelly
CBIZ Mayer Hoffman McCann In No-
vember 2013 acquired Denver-based Knight
Field Fabry In January 2013 named Chris
Spurio president of CBIZ Financial Services
In February announced acquisition of Tam-pa Bay Fla-based Lewis Birch amp Ricardo
Cherry Bekaert In January 2013 re-
branded from Cherry Bekaert amp Holland
Formed benefits consulting group expanded
international tax team and advisory services
Citrin Cooperman amp Co In November
2013 merged in Leon M Reimer amp Co
Clark Schaefer Hackett amp Co Marked its
75th anniversary Having ldquoactive discussionsrdquo
on acquisitions
CliftonLarsonAllen Sold health care reg-ulatory and compliance group
Cohen amp Co Divested nearly $10 mil-
lion in business during the year that was not
meeting growth and profitability expecta-
tions Implemented a second tier of owner-
ship Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best
Firm to Work For
CohnReznick Named first national direc-
firm highlights
2014 firm highlightstor of governmental affairs Relocated offices
in Chicago Los Angeles and Austin Texas
Crowe Horwath In August 2013 acquired
a majority interest in Missouri-based Chan
Healthcare Integrated staff and acquired in-
tellectual property of ExtOrg In November
named its first chief innovation officer
Deloitte in January 2014 acquired sub-
stantially all of the business of strategy con-
sulting firm the Monitor Group In June ac-
quired investment bank McColl Partners In
July acquired SAP consulting firm Quattro
Integration Group In September acquired
TMA Construction Consultants In October
acquired substantially all of the assets of digi-
tal and social media agency Banyan Branch
In October agreed to pay $2 million to settle
charges with the PCAOB for violating Sar-
banes-Oxley Act and PCAOB rules In No-
vember launched CloudMix a preconfigured
mixture of cloud applications from different
vendors for clients
Dixon Hughes Goodman In June 2013
added Crossfire Advisory to its national health
care practice
Doeren Mayhew Grew revenue over 16
percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash international tax Fastest growing client
category mdash manufacturing
Eide Bailly In May 2013 installed new
CEO In June and August merged in two Salt
Lake City CPA firms Lake Hill amp Myers and
Hansen Barnett amp Maxwell In November
2013 acquired Denver NetSuite solutions pro-
vider Next Business Systems In December
launched private insurance exchange
EisnerAmper Had an ldquooutstandingrdquo year
Added several new services including CFO
outsourcing human capital cloud technol-
ogy and family office services
EKSampH Rebranded from Ehrhardt KeefeSteiner amp Hottman Saw revenue growth of
over 11 percent
Elliott Davis In April merged in Raleigh
NC-based Lunsford amp Strickland Relocated
office from Galax Va to Richmond Hired a
corporate strategies officer
Ernst amp Young In March paid $123 million
to resolve a federal tax shelter investigation
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In June launched EYTaxSpace Powered by
Thomson Reuters for corporate tax clients
In August donated its archives going back to
the early 1900s to Case Western Reserve Uni-
versity In December agreed to pay investors
$99 million to settle litigation over LehmanBrothers audit and acquired the US tax
preparation and court accounting outsourc-
ing businesses of Thomson Reuters
Frank Rimerman + Co Saw revenue
growth of over 12 percent
Frazier amp Deeter Saw revenue growth of
over 20 percent
Freed Maxick Saw revenue growth of over
9 percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash health care Fastest growing client cat-
egory mdash consulting
Friedman Saw revenue growth of over
8 percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash international tax Fastest growing client
category mdash real estate Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Gallina Expanded service lines including
international tax state and local tax and es-
tate trust retirement and succession services
Hired a director of recruitment and develop-
ment Joined TIAG alliance In February 2014
acquired Mercer Island Wash-based Tuef-
fers Guckian amp Gamon
Grant Thornton Redesigned external
Web site Hired a chief people and culture
officer In September 2013 acquired Oracle
Solutions business unit MarketSphere In No-
vember extended tenure of current CEO
Grassi amp Co In May 2013 added in David
C Sobel CPA and his staff In December
launched Grassi Technology Consultants
Habif Arogeti amp Wynne In May merged
in boutique tax consulting firm JRZ Launched
efforts to ldquodefine refine and embrace the
firmrsquos culturerdquo Hein amp Associates Expanded cloud solu-
tions service line Saw staff growth of over 11
percent
Hill Barth amp King Launched HbK Corpo-
rate Finance division Created new Web site
and YouTube channel In November 2013
merged in Lawrenceville NJ-based Bartolo-
mei Pucciarelli CPAs
Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt Saw ldquosig-
nificant growthrdquo in MampA private equity pro-
fessional services international tax and en-
tertainment practices Launched a business
development training program
Honkamp Krueger amp Co In Augustmerged in Madison Wis-based The Brem-
ser Group In October opened practice in
Davenport Iowa Added medical practice
consulting and talent outsourcing to its ser-
vices list
Horne Saw overall staff growth of over 11
percent Named an Accounting Today 2013
Best Firm to Work For
Joseph Decosimo amp Co In March 2013
acquired Huntsville Ala-based cost account-
ing and federal compliance solutions group
Solvability In December merged in Larry
Hyatt amp Associates
Kahn Litwin Renza amp Co In January
2013 merged with Waltham Mass-based Fay
amp Associates In May opened KLR Emerging
Business Center to offer co-working office
space to start-ups
Katz Sapper amp Miller Saw revenue
growth of over 7 percent and overall staff
growth of over 9 percent
Kaufman Rossin Group Saw revenue
growth of over 18 percent Named the No1 Accounting Today 2013 Best Firm to Work
For in the Large Firm Category for the third
year in a row
Kearney amp Co Saw staff growth of over
2 percent
Kemper Fastest growing service area mdash
investment advisory services
Kennedy and Coe Installed new CEO
KPMG Completed acquisition of Ora-
cle ERP practice of The Hackett Group
Launched alliance-based offering in indirect
tax with Thomson Reuters In May 2013
agreed with Fannie Mae to pay $153 million
to settle class-action suit over Fannie Mae
audit In July launched market alliance with
cloud-based procurement solution provider
Coupa Software In September Denver office
achieved LEED-CI certification In Decem-
ber announced plans to acquire analytical
applications company Link Analytics In Jan-
uary 2014 agreed to pay $82 million to settle
SEC charges over auditor independence
Lattimore Black Morgan amp Cain Re-
ported organic growth of over 9 percent
across all service lines Added a health care
consulting company
Macias Gini amp OrsquoConnell Saw overall staff
growth of over 7 percent
Marcum In January 2013 merged in
Massachusetts-based Parent McLaughlin amp
Nangle In April merged in Cornerstone Ac-
counting Group In July merged in Irvine
Calif-based WilsonMorgan In January 2014
merged in three units of New England Re-
gional Leader Braver
Margolin Winer amp Evens Saw revenue
growth of over 2 percent
Marks Paneth Rebranded from Marks
Paneth amp Shron In February 2013 merged
in New York City-based Rosenberg Neuwirth
amp Kuchner
Mauldin amp Jenkins In June acquired Ten-
nessee-based Hazlett Lewis amp Bieter
MBAF CPAs Worked to achieve ldquogreater
consolidation of the Northeast Region op-
erations with the rest of the firmrdquo Enhanced
cross-utilization of staff and skills among
various regions Designed and implemented
cost controls
McGladrey In August launched a strat-
egy to serve middle-market companies Late
in 2013 acquired Wilmington NC-Lanier
Whaley Craft amp Co and Houston-based
Margolis Phipps amp Wright
Miller Kaplan Arase Appointed a new
managing partner Expanded Seattle office
Saw ldquosignificant growthrdquo in business manage-
ment and entertainment group
Montgomery Coscia Greilich New to the
list In March 2013 joined the Alliott Group
alliance In May opened new office in AustinTexas In June launched strategy and man-
agement consulting practice In September
marked 10th anniversary
Moss Adams Marked its 100th anniver-
sary Installed new chairmanCEO
Mountjoy Chilton Medley Transitioned
in operations of Jeffersonville Ind-based
firm Expanded Cincinnati office Saw ldquostrong
firm highlights
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increaserdquo in regulated industry work such as
insurance financial institutions and health
care In December 2013 launched IT consult-
ing amp strategy services
Nigro Karlin Segal Feldstein amp Bolno
Changed name from Nigro Karlin Segal ampFeldstein Sold a 245 percent minority stake
in the firm to First Republic Bank
Novogradac amp Co Saw revenue growth of
over 10 percent
OrsquoConnor Davies In October announced
merger with Cranford NJ-based Fazio Man-
nuzza Roche Tankel LaPilusa In January
2014 merged with New York City-based Mer-
sel Klein amp Co
ParenteBeard In January 2013 merged
in Connecticut-based health care manage-
ment consulting firm Presscott Associates In
November closed its technology practice In
February 2014 added team members from
insurance consulting firm Invotex
Plante Moran In April 2013 launched
Women in Leadership initiative In July
launched a Web site offering ACA guidance
In November opened an office in Detroit
Postlethwaite amp Netterville Implement-
ed a formal shareholder evaluation process
a formal pipeline process a business de-
velopment training curriculum and growthmanagement software
Prager Metis International New to the
list Formed from January 2013 merger of
Prager amp Fenton and Metis Group Added a
number of new service lines including SALT
cost segregation and research tax incentives
PwC In July 2013 reshuffled US leader-
ship team In October announced plans to
merge in consulting firm Booz amp Co
Raffa In November 2013 launched Raffa
Nonprofit Fraud Prevention Institute
Raich Ende Malter In March 2013 estab-
lished Raich Ende Malter (Cayman)
Rehmann Saw revenue growth of over 15
percent
Reinsel Kuntz Lesher Saw growth in rev-
enue of over 21 percent
RGL Forensics Opened an office in San-
tiago Chile Introduced registered broker-
dealer RGL Advisors to offer MampA transac-
tion advisory services in the US
Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin amp Co
Fastest growing specialty service mdash large
private equity transactions Fastest growing
client category mdash private equity companies
Rothstein Kass Saw revenue growth of
almost 7 percent
RubinBrown Launched national prac-
tices to serve private equity firms and gaming
companies
SCampH Group Inc Joined firm network
Moore Stephens Fastest growing specialty
service mdash technology consulting Fastest
growing client category mdash health care
Schenck In January 2013 acquired ma-
jority stake in Milwaukee-based Bonfield amp
Co Installed new MP and CFO Changed
practice management system
Schneider Downs Relocated corporate
headquarters within Pittsburgh
Seiler Share of revenue derived from tax
increased from 70 to 75 percent
Sikich In January 2013 merged in Il-
linois-based supply chain consulting firm
Achieve Consulting In August announced
merger with Brookfield Wis firm Kolb+Co
In September merged in St Louis-based
OrsquoDonnell Bonebrake amp Co Also mergedin S2 Consulting and PKF Texas Technology
Added eight services PR insurance lean
back office business intelligence SALT and
international tax Restructured executive and
compensation committees Revised partner
compensation plan
SingerLewak In January 2013 merged in
San Francisco office of Acquavell Chiarelli
Shuster Berkower amp Co
Skoda Minotti amp Co New to the list
In May 2013 merged Skoda Minotti Technol-
ogy Partners with Westlake Ohio-based Da-taServ In June 2013 merged in Tampa Fla-
based Dowell amp Perez In August merged
in Tampa-based national assurance solu-
tions and compliance company Assurance
Concepts
Squar Milner ldquoSignificantly expandingrdquo
Los Angeles offices
SSampG In May 2013 named new CEO Saw
revenue growth of almost 14 percent
SVA CPAs In June 2013 installed new
CEO In January 2014 merged in Wisconsin-
based practice of William P Merrick CPA
UHY Advisors Inc Saw overall staff
growth of over 10 percent
Vavrinek Trine Day amp Co All figures are
Accounting Today estimates
Warren Averett In January 2013 merged
in Atlanta-based Gifford Hillegass amp Ingwers-
en and Tampa Fla-based Pender Newkirk
Rebranded firm with new visual identity
Developed new and expanded services in
SALT business valuation forensic account-
ing and litigation support health care reform
economic settlement claims processing and
alternative investments
Watkins Meegan Expanded hospitality
practice and increased government contract-
ing practice Started health care consulting
practice Hired business developmentmar-
keting director
Weaver Saw revenue growth of over 13
percent and growth in all four of its largest
niches mdash energy financial services the pub-
lic sector and manufacturing In February
2014 merged in Connecticut-based RIN At-
test and Advisory Services
WeiserMazarsIn November 2013 merged
in New York-based Resnick Druckman Group
Expanded health care consulting group
Whitley Penn Expanded transaction ser-
vices practice and forensic litigation and
valuation services statewide Named an Ac-
counting Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Wipfli Formalized fresh-water industry
services opened office in Milwaukeersquos Global
Water Center Launched Wipfli Connect for
Manufacturing software solution In January
2014 merged in Tinley Park Ill-based The
Condon Group and Chicago-based practiceRegulatory Compliance Associates Inc
Wiss amp Co More than half of revenues (56
percent) derived from AampA services
WithumSmith+Brown Consolidated two
New Jersey offices Invested in international
tax practice and financial services practice
Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best Firm
to Work For
firm highlights
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overview
4
Things are looking pretty good for
this yearrsquos Top 100 Firms and Re-
gional Leaders
There mdash we said it Things are
looking pretty good Not perfect but pretty
good They face some issues sure (wersquoll get
into those later) but for the most part and
by most of the measures we include in this
report things are looking up and moving
in the right direction
First off this year marks the third
year of positive overall growth for the
T100 since the miserable low points
of 2009 and 2010 when their revenues
actually shrank That growth has been
relatively consistent around the 8 per-
cent mark (this yearrsquos is 781 percent)
and has also been relatively evenly
distributed among the three tiers into
which we divide the Top 100
And thatrsquos where we find the first
of the statistics that make us think that
maybe things are just a little bit better
than OK In the top tier of the Top 100
we still have the six firms with revenuesof over $1 billion But in the second tier
of firms with between $100 million and
$1 billion we have 25 firms mdash three
more than last year (See Databank
page 5 ) Yes mergers and acquisitions
and inflation played a role in growing that
number but so did the natural expansion
of strong firms And while that only left
69 firms for the third tier with less than
$100 million our Firms to Watch list of up-
and-comers who are hovering just below
the Top 100 matched last yearrsquos record 35members even as we continued to leave
out those that were eligible by revenue but
didnrsquot show growth in 2013 (See Firms to
Watch page 6 )
Therersquos more While roughly the same
number of T100 Firms reported flat or
declining revenues for this yearrsquos report
as for last yearrsquos (10 in 2013 versus 11 in
2012) the number that grew by more than
20 percent jumped to 10 from six the year
before and the number that grew by more
than 10 percent was a whopping 37 versus
27 in the prior year
Among our Regional Leaders too
there were higher rates of growth with
three regions posting double-digit per-
centage gains against none in our report
last year At the same time though we
should note that there was at least one
outlier on the other side with growth that
slowed in 2013 mdash though it didnrsquot decline
(See Regional Leaders page 20 )
Thatrsquos the kind of thing we mean when
we say ldquopretty goodrdquo mdash a fair number oftrends look positive and then just when
yoursquore starting to feel a little too positive
another less happy trend will come along
and bring you back to earth
Last year it was the difficulty of scrap-
ing out growth in a highly competitive
environment And while our T100 and
Regional Leader firms are still pursuing
growth in all sorts of niches and with all
sorts of clients (see Niches and Clients page
10 ) the main trend thatrsquos keeping T100
Firm leaders up at night this year is the
ldquoWar for Talentrdquo mdash the intense difficulty
many are experiencing in finding and re-
taining qualified staff
While itrsquos true that the number of
T100 Firms reporting flat or declining staff
numbers was down to 14 from 19 last
year thatrsquos likely only because firms
have been stepping up their efforts
mdash hiring recruiting directors offering
hiring incentives developing learn-
ing and training offerings and gen-
erally going way out of their way to
get and keep the staff theyrsquoll need
to succeed going forward (See Firm
Strategiesrdquopage 8)
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
While there were no major shake-ups
on the lines of the CohnReznick merger
in the T100 list this year there were lots
of small moves and MampA definitelyplayed its role
Long-time Top 100 fixtures Al-
pern Rosenthal and Holtz Rubenstein
Reminick both left the list merging
into BDO USA and Baker Tilly Virchow
Krause respectively Many other firms got
a boost from MampA this year including Con-
necticutrsquos BlumShapiro which jumped 11
spots on the list and Ohiorsquos Hill Barth amp
King which jumped a whopping 22 spots
Only Pennsylvaniarsquos Reinsel Kuntz Lesher
managed a double-digit move up 11 posi-tions from last year
Thatrsquos not counting the spectacular
entrance of Ohio-based Skoda Minotti to
the Top 100 at No 80 with the highest
growth rate of any firm on the list (and
itrsquos worth noting a much higher growth
rate than any firm on last yearrsquos list) Also
Third timersquos the charmB Y D A N I E L H O O D
lsquo10
lsquo08 lsquo12lsquo02 lsquo04 lsquo062000
-5
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
lsquo94 lsquo96 lsquo98
Compiled from individual firm resultsas reported at yearrsquos end includes some estimates
Cautiously optimisticRevenue growth of the Top 100 Firms in percent
See OVERVIEW on
6
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databank
5
Leaders in AampARanked by revenue
Rev share Fee
Top 6 firms ($ mn) split1 PwC 41 452681
2 Deloitte 31 430714
3 Ernst amp Young 37 336700
4 KPMG 37 227180
5 McGladrey 42 57086
6 Grant Thornton 42 54719
Firms over $100 mn
1 BDO 60 40980
2 CohnReznick 52 26416
3 CliftonLarsonAllen 41 23106
4 BKD 49 20502
5 Crowe Horwath 28 18609
Firms under $100 mn
1 OrsquoConnor Davies 65 64682 Marks Paneth 63 6174
3 Kearney amp Co 72 5590
4 Novogradac amp Co 59 5456
5 Friedman 60 4350
Leaders in TaxRanked by revenue
Rev share Fee
Top 6 firms ($ mn) split1 PwC 28 309148
2 Ernst amp Young 30 273000
3 Deloitte 18 250092
4 KPMG 27 165780
5 McGladrey 36 49137
6 Grant Thornton 29 37782
Firms over $100 mn
1 BDO 30 20490
2 CliftonLarsonAllen 34 19161
3 CohnReznick 33 16764
4 CBIZ MHM 35 16748
5 Moss Adams 38 15314
Firms under $100 mn
1 Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt 76 66062 Anchin Block amp Anchin 43 3999
3 Frank Rimerman + Co 62 3850
4 MBAF CPAs 44 3674
5 WithumSmith+Brown 37 3588
Leaders in MASRanked by revenue
Rev share Fee
Top 6 firms ($ mn) split1 Deloitte 46 639124
2 PwC 31 342271
3 Ernst amp Young 26 236600
4 KPMG 36 221040
5 Grant Thornton 29 37782
6 McGladrey 21 28961
Firms over $100 mn
1 Crowe Horwath 35 23262
2 CBIZ MHM 35 16748
3 Plante Moran 33 13574
4 Baker Tilly Virchow Krause 30 9039
5 Dixon Hughes Goodman 29 8990
Firms under $100 mn
1 Sikich 51 49472 Horne 45 3032
3 Watkins Meegan 56 2744
4 SCampH Group Inc 40 2304
5 Kearney amp Co 28 2174
2014 TOP 100 FIRMS DATABANK
Overview Top 6 Firms over Firms under Total Top
firms chg $100 mn chg $100 mn chg 100 Firms chg
Revenue (in $mn) $4284442 790 $726792 677 $382178 888 $5393412 781
Partners 11127 278 4077 419 2221 325 17425 317Professionals 128367 641 26865 1360 14694 848 169926 752
Total employees 168788 525 37667 652 20796 705 227251 547
Rev share Rev share Rev share Rev share
Fee split (in $mn) of rev (in $mn) of rev (in $mn) of rev (in $mn) of rev
Audit amp Attest $1559391 3640 $312296 4297 $145430 3805 $2017117 3740
Tax $1084999 2532 $239936 3301 $128111 3352 $1453046 2694
MAS (consulting) $1505515 3514 $138706 1908 $50367 1318 $1694588 3142
Other $134537 314 $35854 493 $58270 1525 $228661 424
Notes Some figures may not correspond due to rounding
Pacesetters in growthRanked by chg
Revenue Firms over $100 mn ($mn) chg
1 Carr Riggs amp Ingram 16131 4489
2 Marcum 35010 2708
3 Plante Moran 41132 2427
4 Moss Adams 40300 1715
5 Baker Tilly Virchow Krause 30130 1633
Revenue Firms under $100 mn ($mn) chg
1 Skoda Minotti amp Co 4001 4325
2 Hill Barth amp King 4930 3927
3 BlumShapiro 6130 2824
4 Sikich 9700 2696
5 The Bonadio Group 6629 2231
Revenue Overall Top 100 Firms ($mn) chg
1 Carr Riggs amp Ingram 16131 4489
2 Skoda Minotti amp Co 4001 4325
3 Hill Barth amp Kingrdquo 4930 3927
4 BlumShapiro 6130 2824
5 Marcum 35010 2708
6 Sikich 9700 2696
7Plante Moran 41132 24278 The Bonadio Group 6629 2231
9 Reinsel Kuntz Lesher 4521 2183
10 Frazier amp Deeter 5300 2018
11 Whitley Penn 5871 1984
12 OrsquoConnor Davies 9950 1888
13 Kaufman Rossin Group 6320 1857
14 Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt 8692 1724
15 Moss Adams 40300 1715
16 Clark Schaefer Hackett 5233 1673
17 Doeren Mayhew 5320 1667
18 Prager Metis 3599 1659
19 Honkamp Krueger amp Co 4370 1647
20 Baker Tilly Virchow Krause 30130 1633
21 Montgomery Coscia Greilich 3354 1614
22 Rehmann 10400 1504
23 Citrin Cooperman amp Co 14300 1440
24 Frank Rimerman + Co 6210 139925 SSampG 9000 1392
26 Weaver 8340 1332
27 Armanino 11284 1311
28 Kahn Litwin Renza amp Co 3532 1284
29 Marks Paneth 9800 1264
30 Postlethwaithe amp Netterville 4707 1247
Notes Firm estimate or projection
All Big Four revenue figures are gross not net
For more details see pages 15-18
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6
graduating from last yearrsquos Firms to Watch
list to join the T100 this year was New York-
based Prager Metis International while
the third new T100 Firm this year Texasrsquo
Montgomery Coscia Greilich was one that
hadnrsquot previously been part of our survey
A number of firms joined our Re-
gional Leaders list in the same way this
year from Virginiarsquos PBMares and Wash-
ington DCrsquos Tate amp Tryon to Atlanta-
based Windham Brannon the Mid-Atlan-
ticrsquos Perelson Weiner and Untracht amp Early
St Louisrsquo Mueller Prost Houstonrsquos Melton
amp Melton Oregonrsquos Perkins amp Co and
Californiarsquos NSBN
If you think your firm should be one of
our Top 100 Firms or our Regional Leaders
drop us an e-mail at AcTodaySourceMe-
diacom and wersquoll add you to our contact
database
After all things are starting to look
pretty good out there for accounting firms
If you can keep finding ways to grow mdash and
the staff to support that growth mdash next year
should be even better
There we said it AT
OVERVIEWfrom page 4
BEYOND THE TOP 100 FIRMS TO WATCHOur Firms to Watch list is all about movement New firms are constantly moving in and others are moving up In fact the tier of firms with between
roughly $20 and $30 million seems to be growing apace forming a deep and wide pool of strong candidates for joining the Top 100 either as members
in their own right like this yearrsquos FTW graduates Prager Metis International and Skoda Minotti or by acquisition into a T100 Firm as with last yearrsquos
merger of former FTW Gainer Donnelly into Southeast mega-regional Carr Riggs amp Ingram
Year Revenue Total
Firm Headquarters Managing partner end ($ mn) chg Offices Partners employees Yeo amp Yeo Saginaw Mich Thomas Hollerback Dec 3198 1462 8 17 185
Rea amp Associates New Philadelphia Ohio Lee Beall Oct 3156 148 11 23 204
Wolf amp Co Boston Mark OrsquoConnell Sept 3149 725 3 19 189
Brown Smith Wallace St Louis Harvey Wallace Dec 3100 616 3 23 210
Clark Nuber Bellevue Wash David Katri Dec 3096 614 1 18 168
Padgett Stratemann amp Co San Antonio John Wright July 3007 301 2 17 179
Bennett Thrasher Atlanta Michael Dukes June 2988 1418 1 23 151
Kreischer Miller Horsham Pa Stephen Christian Dec 2950 1078 1 16 183
PBMares Newport News Va Alan Witt Dec 2892 144 8 34 177
Gursey | Schneider Los Angeles Stephan Wasserman Dec 2820 682 3 10 129
RBZ Los Angeles John Schweisberger Dec 2800 1327 1 14 136
Baker Newman amp Noyes Portland Maine Eleanor Baker Dec 2770 NC 4 30 182
Lurie Besikof Lapidus amp Co Minneapolis Beth Kieffer Leonard April 2730 500 1 14 125
Brady Martz amp Associates Grand Forks ND Ronald Johnke Sept 2710 292 5 33 172
Somerset CPAs Indianapolis Pat Early Dec 2682 942 1 26 163
REDW Albuquerque NM Ron Rivera Dec 2645 3352 2 17 181
Briggs amp Veselka Co Houston John Flatowicz Sept 2617 1842 2 19 194
Jackson Thornton amp Co Montgomery Ala Ned Sheffield Dec 2615 669 6 22 176
Anders St Louis Robert Minkler Dec 2579 062 1 20 155
Anderson ZurMuehlen Helena Mont Donald Laine Sept 2557 277 7 27 204
Hutchinson and Bloodgood Glendale Calif Richard Preciado Sept 2543 1559 4 33 115
Brown Edwards amp Codagger Bluefield WVa Domenic Pellillo May 2542 201 7 25 182
Feeley amp Driscoll Boston T Feeley M Poirier March 2422 302 1 12 103
Lutz amp Co Omaha Neb Gary Witt June 2390 1659 1 26 132
Wolf amp Co Oakbrook Terrace Ill Russell Romanelli Dec 2335 755 2 13 146
Boulay Minneapolis Mark DeNucci May 2318 756 1 30 138
Green Hasson Janks Los Angeles Leon Janks Dec 2310 500 1 13 116
Johnson Lambert Falls Church Va Deborah Lambert Dec 2268 593 8 13 149
Dean Dorton Allen Ford Lexington Ky David Bundy June 2212 179 2 33 150
Mize Houser amp Co Topeka Kansas NA Dec 2192 134 3 21 208
ORBA Chicago Mark Thomson May 2180 531 1 17 109
Gelman Rosenberg amp Freedman Bethesda Md NA Dec 2160 385 1 12 94
PKF Texas Houston Kenneth Guidry Dec 2155 553 1 10 108
Windham Brannon Atlanta David Kloess Sept 2146 1073 1 14 139
Keiter Glen Allen Va L Michael Gracik Dec 2143 328 1 12 143
Firm estimate NC No change NA Not available or not applicable dagger Accounting Today estimate
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8
firm strategies
The Top 100 Firms are all over the
map in many ways Literally to
start they span the country to
say nothing of a wide range of
industry niches management models
growth strategies and cultures But no
matter their size whether they offer exotic
advisory services or the plainest of vanilla
audits and tax work and regardless of their
stance on value pricing they do all share
one common binding thread Theyrsquore
freaking out about finding qualified staff
ldquoThe war for talent is back onrdquo warned
Armanino LLP managing partner Andy Ar-
manino ldquoWe are seeing more and more
competition from outside our profession
and we need to plan accordingly We also
know that change is a constant in todayrsquos
world Merger mania is real New compa-
nies are being launched New information
is coming at us faster than we can compre-
hend We need more than ever before a
workforce that can engage with and adapt
to this new reality Hiring and retaining the
best and brightest talent is the new com-petitive advantagerdquo
ldquoQualified professionals are being
sought after by a number of good firmsrdquo
said Louis Grassi managing partner and
chief executive officer of New York-based
Grassi amp Co ldquoAs such typical efforts of
recruiting including the utilization of re-
cruiters have become less effective in find-
ing experienced quality professionalsrdquo Be-
sides establishing a supportive culture and
a healthy work-life balance Grassirsquos firm
has put in palce a ldquovery robustrdquo employeereferral program that accounted for more
than 50 percent of new hires in 2013
Firms across the country are employ-
ing a wide range of strategies to attract and
retain qualified staff mdash and some firms
are going so far as to hire people solely to
manage them California-based Gallina
for instance hired its first-ever director of
recruitment and development last year
with responsibility for multiple new initia-
tives according to MP Larry Taylor
At Kentuckyrsquos Mountjoy Chilton Med-
ley MP Diane Medley said ldquoWe are very
focused on our talent We are starting a
formal leadership development program
this year selecting our rising stars with
the most potential for equity partnership
to participate We also actively engage our
Next Generation Committee in critical is-
sues to help us consider growth attraction
and retention for the futurerdquo
Recruitment and retention can bene-
fit enormously from a less-frequently citedR mdash recognition National firm McGladrey
made a point of highlighting its top tal-
ent in a series of videos on its Web site as
part of its ldquoPersonalities Wantedrdquo recruit-
ing campaign (the messaging for which
was embedded in all of its social media)
and has seen the results Thatrsquos not its only
personnel-related investment of course
and merely making the investments is
not enough ldquoInvesting in recruitment
professional development and work-life
programs is essentialrdquo said national pub-lic relations director Terri Andrews ldquoWe
are continuously re-assessing practice
and processes to create the best possible
experience for our current and potential
employees And our people tell us wersquore
focused on the right thingsrdquo They did that
through the McGladrey People Survey
which assesses a broad range of employee
engagement and satisfaction measures
Several firms highlighted efforts at
building up their staff with educational and
career development offerings with some
developing their own internal institutions
of higher learning BKD CEO Ted Dickman
pointed to his firmrsquos BKD University a vir-
tual on-demand learning and leadership
development platform that landed the firm
on Training magazinersquos Training Top 125
list while Sikich LLP CEO and MP James
Sikich touted the investment made in his
firmrsquos Sikich University an internal learn-
ing and development program that trains
staff in technical and soft skills
For its part Big Four firm KPMG went
to the source ldquoThe need for highly skilled
talent is a top priorityrdquo said chair and CEO
John Veihmeyer In addition making a stra-
tegic priority of diversity ldquoWe work close-
ly with universities our main workforce
pipeline to promote learning and skillsets
our professionals need and emphasize the
importance of global and diverse perspec-
tives and technological savvyrdquo At Louisianarsquos Postlethwaite amp Netter-
ville meanwhile CEO (and current Ameri-
can Institute of CPAs chair) William Balhoff
noted the firmrsquos increased focus on leader-
ship development and soft skills training
at all levels mdash but also highlighted its busi-
ness development training curriculum
After all hiring and keeping a great
staff only makes sense if you can bring in
work for them do
GETTING COMPETITIVEldquoAccounting firms are operating in a highly
competitive environmentrdquo noted Weiser-
Mazars chair and managing partner Doug-
las Phillips Besides the pressures around
staffing ldquoFirms are under continuing fee
pressure from clients which intensifies
market competitionrdquo
Hanging out the help wanted signB Y D A N I E L H O O D
See STRATEGIES on
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Armanino is alive to these concerns
ldquoThe dynamics of our profession require
constant change Our products and serv-
ices need to keep pace with those of our
clients Providing traditional accounting
services will only prove ineffectual Whatrsquos
needed is a best-of-breed approach to tak-
ing on current and future tax and account-
ing challenges if wersquore to succeed and our
clients are to prosper While wersquoll alwaysneed to maintain our core competencies
there should be no lack of acceleration in
our ability to integrate cutting-edge solu-
tions mdash strategic and technological mdash into
our products and services offerings The
long-term viability of our firm relies on itrdquo
Other firms are aiming to stay on the
cutting-edge mdash though not always specifi-
cally through technology Wayne BersonCEO of BDO USA is concerned about
enhancing the value of the audit ldquoIt is
clear that in order for the professionrsquos core
element to remain relevant there will have
to be an expansion of the auditorrsquos role in
providing greater insight into the clientsrsquo
financial statements and perhaps varying
degrees of assurance on areas outside of
the financial statements This will affect
firms of all size by requiring substantially
more business and analytical skills and
may also result in a demand for more spe-cialists to be involved in auditsrdquo
Big Four firm KPMG is engaged in a
similar pursuit of the new and improved
ldquoWe continue to focus on innovation and
the enhancement of our offerings and ca-
pabilities for specific industries and growth
areasrdquo said chairman and CEO John Veih-
meyer ldquoWersquore also continuing to build out
our alliance ecosystem to help create newservices enhance existing services and
extend the KPMG brand promise to meet
the needs of clients in new waysrdquo Last year
the firm rolled out a number of ldquoalliance-
based offeringsrdquo created in conjunction
with various partners to offer clients more
focused services and solutions
Crowe Horwath meanwhile took in-
novation even one step further mdash by nam-
ing its own chief innovation officer ldquoWe
are most focused on and are investing
in innovation as a driver of growth where we can bring together functional exper-
tise industry knowledge along with proc-
ess and technology to provide high-value
solutionsrdquo explained CEO Charles Allen
ldquoMany of these solutions will be focused in
broader assurance services that the inves-
tor community and stakeholders in public
interest entities are requestingrdquo AT
10
top tax firms
THE TOP TAX FIRMS Rev
from tax from Total Total Firm Headquarters Chief executive ($mn) tax revenue chg Offices staff
PwCsect New York City Robert Moritz 309148 28 1104100 870 72 39158HampR BlockP1 Kansas City Mo William Cobb 287797 99 290594 042 11000+ 100000+
Ernst amp Youngsect New York City Steve Howe 273000 30 910000 1098 80 30900
Deloittesect New York City Joe Echevarria 250092 18 1389400 633 104 60951
KPMGsect New York City John Veihmeyer 165780 27 614000 673 90 24618
McGladrey2 Chicago Joe Adams 49137 36 136659 626 75 6723
Ryan Dallas G Brint Ryan 39037 100 39037 1059 59 1711
Liberty Tax Services Virginia Beach Va John Hewitt 38120 100 38120 615 4262 798
Grant Thornton Chicago Stephen Chipman 37782 29 130283 461 56 6438
BDO Chicago Wayne Berson 20490 30 68300 1052 49 3248
CliftonLarsonAllen Minneapolis Gordy Viere 19161 34 56355 -078 29 3660
CohnReznick New York City T Marino K Baggett 16764 33 50800 410 24 2521
CBIZ Mayer Hoffman McCann Cleveland C Spurio B Hancock 16748 35 47850 -2220 100 2862
Moss Adams Seattle Chris Schmidt 15314 38 40300 1715 22 2072
Crowe Horwath Chicago Charles Allen 14622 22 66462 1168 28 3006
WTAS San Francisco Mark Vorsatz 14509 100 14509 1344 16 621
BKD Springfield Mo Theodore Dickman 12970 31 41840 400 32 2013
Marcum New York City Jeffrey Weiner 12604 36 35010 2708 17 1300
Dixon Hughes Goodman Charlotte NC Ken Hughes 10850 35 31000 197 26 1661
Plante Moran Southfield Mich Gordon Krater 10694 26 41132 2427 19 1947
Notes P Figures compiled from public company reports Firm estimate or projection NA Not availableapplicable
sect Gross revenue 1 Staff figures include seasonal workers 2 Reported fee split as both dollar amount (given here) and percentage
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International tax remained the highest
growing niche service this year for the
2014 Top 100 Firms increasing 6 per-
centage points over 2013 reports ac-
cording to this yearrsquos 77 responding firms
State and local taxes grew 7 percent-
age points to be the second-most common
area of growth and bringing it even at 82
percent with business valuations which
similarly expanded 8 percentage points in
2014 Rounding out the top four again this
year was attest services growing 2 percent-
age points to 75 percent
Leading the pack in year-over-year
growth unsurprisingly was mergers and
acquisition which saw an 11-point uptick
in 2014 with 70 percent of firms reporting
increased business
Below that many services saw double-
digit increases in firms reporting growth
most notably SOX compliancerisk man-
agement saw a list-high rise of 16 percent-
age points to bring it to 53 percent Tech-
nology consulting and personal financial
planning also had strong 2014 gains of 12and 11 percentage points respectively
ON THE GROUND
Doug Wright partner-in-charge of inter-
national tax and transfer pricing services
at California-based firm Burr Pilger Mayer
attributes the continued growth in inter-
national tax services to an unusual conflu-
ence of economic recovery globalization
and the tax and regulatory issues of about
a dozen years ago that brought the niche
to prominenceldquoBasically itrsquos navigating the perfect
stormrdquo he said ldquoWersquove had a lot of changes
in the way in which not just the US but
foreign countries monitor and scrutinize
international business transactions from a
tax perspective The kind of international
tax and accounting standards that the US
has applied for some time now have been
adopted increasingly by countries outside
the USrdquo
Along with the tightening accounting
standards that followed corporate scandals
like Enron these regulatory concerns have
led companies to take more initiative in
their overseas business Wright explained
ldquoTherersquos a kind of heightened sense of cor-
porate responsibility wersquore seeing where
companies want to make sure theyrsquore do-
ing things in the appropriate way and are
not going to be attacked by the IRS or
foreign taxing authorities or are not viewed
as unethical We frequently see situations
where before companies engage us to do
a major global project they talk to other
companies that have done it Not to get a
referral on us but to talk to other compa-
nies They didnrsquot do similar planning in
the past so [they want] to understand how
that planning was ultimately viewed by the
IRS and foreign tax authoritiesrdquo
This kind of due diligence tends to
be pre-emptive Wright continued ldquoThey
donrsquot want to see their names in the news-
paper as caught up in substantial litigation
in the US and outside the US Corporate
executives have a heightened awareness
that they need to do things properly and
do them upfront Companies [used to]
just expand internationally and deal with
some of these issues after the fact mdash the
International tax work in demand B Y D A N I E L L E L E E
0 20 40 60 80 100
International Tax
Business Valuations
State and Local Taxes
Attest ServicesLitigation Support
EstateTrustGift Tax Planning
Industry Specializations
Mergers and Acquisitions
ForensicsFraud
Nonpro1047297t Organizations
Employee Bene1047297ts
Biz Mgmt for Wealthy Individuals
Succession PlanningFamily office
Retirement Plans
SOX ComplianceRisk Mgmt
Strategic PlanningBusiness Plans
Technology Consulting
Cost Segregation
Personal Financial Planning
Biz Mgmt for Small Businesses
Investment AdviceServices
CFOProject Staffi
ng ServicesCash Flow ForecastingManagement
Financing Arrangements
BankruptcyInsolvency
Employment Search
ExportImport
1031 Like-Kind
IFRS consulting
Business RecoveryRecession Advice
Payroll ServicesConsulting
Lease vs Buy Analysis
Top niche servicesPercentage of firms increasing their business in these areas
(of 77 firms responding)
niches and clients
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cart leading the horse Now therersquos much
more awareness and sensitivity tax and
otherwise hellip At our firm we have a phe-
nomenal amount of new international tax
planning and consulting work and new
clients coming our way including very
early-stage companies as they expandrdquo
When Wright joined BPM more than
five years ago he was the firmrsquos first and
only full-time international tax special-
ist and while he has grown that practice
to the largest in the firm for the last three
years the now roughly 12 full-time tax
professionals in the practice canrsquot keep up
with all the new work He estimates that
his group can only serve half of the op-
portunities that come their way but shares
that finding experienced specialists in the
extremely complex area of international
tax is ldquoexceedingly difficultrdquo
Atlanta firm Habif Arogeti amp Wynne
has been doing international work of all
sorts particularly with their manufactur-
ing and technology clients since the early
1990s and now has roughly 70 people in
that service line who speak 26 different
languages among them
Though HAampW is also a member firm
of global accountancy and business ad-
visory network Baker Tilly International
chief executive officer Richard Kopelman
credits most of the firmrsquos growth in this
niche to the ldquoinbound grass-roots effort
with the people from those countriesrdquo
ldquoInternational tax aligns with our
manufacturing and technology niche and
dovetails really wellrdquo he explained ldquoWe do
as much business inbound as outboundrdquo
ADDING VALUE
Nearly all of the client categories for this
yearrsquos Top 100 Firms displayed strong
growth this year with manufacturing lead-
ing the list at 82 percent a 9 percentage
point gain over last year
Manufacturing overtook 2013rsquos lead-
er midsized businesses in general by only
one percentage point Midsized businesses
saw a modest 4 percentage point increase
this year though real estate ranked behind
it recorded a big 12 percentage point rise
to bring it to 77 percent
Only two other categories on the list
surpassed that gain this year construction
which increased 14 percentage points to
66 percent of responding firms and much
farther down the list small businesses
which at 44 percent also recorded a 14
percent increase over last year
Central Pennsylvania-based Rein-
sel Kuntz Lesherrsquos location gives it an
advantage in this market according to
Steve Fisher a partner in the firmrsquos audit
services group and leader of the manu-
facturing and distribution services group
ldquoIn the past ten to 20 years companies
were leaving that were not as involved in
manufacturing but some of that is com-
ing back now with longstanding compa-
nies in manufacturing in that regionrdquo he
explained ldquoAnd a lot of them arenrsquot in
manufacturing but in bringing good over-seas and distribution channels There are
a lot of opportunitiesrdquo
RKL has capitalized on them Fisher
continued by evaluating specific client
needs ldquoOne thing wersquove done in the past
year is a focus group with financial folks
owners consultants that touch consum-
ers in the manufacturing and distribution
area We said lsquoWhat do you need what
are your expectations of people provid-
ing tax and audit servicesrsquo And whether
we can do it and align with them to helpfulfill their needs and bring value When
you hand them a financial statement or tax
return it looks the same no matter who did
it Wersquore responding communicating and
trying to educate folks and arm them to do
these things and help across the market
We go through the proposals and differen-
tiate ourselvesrdquo AT
niches and clients
0 20 40 60 80 100
Manufacturing
Midsized Businesses
Real Estate
TechnologyIndividuals
Construction
Healthcare Facilities
Nonpro1047297t Organizations
Professional Services
Wholesale Distributors
Large Businesses
Pension Plans
State and Local Government
Hotels amp Restaurants
Small Businesses
Retail Trade
Banking amp Thrift Companies
Entertainment
BrokersDealers in Securities amp Commodities
Colleges and Universities
Investment Companies amp Mutual Funds
Auto Dealerships
Government Contractors
Franchising
Finance CompaniesMortgage Banks
School Districts
PublishingBroadcastingMedia
Insurance CarriersCompanies
Insurance Agents amp Brokers
Gaming
AgricultureFarmingForestryFishing
Leasing Companies
Top client categoriesPercentage of firms increasing their business with these types of clients
(of 77 firms responding)
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Since our Regional Leaders both repre-
sent a broader range of firms in terms of
size and bring with them the particular
economic conditions of their geographic
regions the trends here tend to be less clear than
among our Top 100 Firms
One anti-trend that wersquove noticed is the lack
of correlation between the size of a region in terms
of its overall firm revenues and its growth rate
The Mid-Atlantic Regional Leaders for instance
have combined revenues almost twice as large
as the Great Lakes Regional Leaders mdash but an
average growth rate thatrsquos around half while the
Southwest has revenues that are slightly less than
those of the Capitol Region but is growing five
times as fast Local economic conditions make all
the difference of course but the point that size is
not everything is worth making
Unless of course yoursquore talking about the
size of our lists for each region Wersquove been grow-
ing them steadily over the past few years and are
happy to report a large number of new additions
this year many of which are highlighted in the
introductions to their individual regions
If your firm should be on one of our Regional
Leaders lists send us an e-mail at AcToday
SourceMediacom and wersquoll include you in next
yearrsquos survey AT
regional overview
Regions see uneven growth
20
THE 2014 REGIONAL LEADERS
Top Firms Capital RegionDelaware Maryland Virginia Washington DC and West Virginia
Revenue $56257 million up 206
While the Capital Region displayed the weakest revenue growth among the regions in 2013 it did display
major growth in another way the number of firms represented This yearrsquos list includes a number of strong
new players like Virginiarsquos PBMares West Virginiarsquos Arnett Foster Toothman and Washington DCrsquos Tate amp
Tryon
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Kearney amp Co Alexandria Va 7764 -282 2 13 287 401 72 0 28 0
SCampH Group Inc Sparks Md 5760 627 3 21 217 282 17 43 40 0
Watkins Meegan Bethesda Md 4900 145 4 15 196 224 22 22 56 0
Aronson Rockville Md 4900 101 1 31 154 224 43 33 22 2
Raffa Washington DC 3692 371 2 18 192 243 53 15 32 0
PBMares Newport News Va 2892 144 8 34 105 177 40 43 9 8
Cotton amp Co Alexandria Va 2566 -104 1 10 138 155 44 0 16 40
Brown Edwards amp Codagger Bluefield WVa 2542 201 7 25 NA 182 NA NA NA NA
Johnson Lambert Falls Church Va 2268 593 8 13 119 149 82 15 3 0
Yount Hyde amp Barbour Winchester Va 2252 -570 6 20 84 127 45 41 11 3
Gelman Rosenberg amp Freedman Bethesda Md 2160 385 1 12 60 94 76 23 1 0
Keiter Glen Allen Va 2143 328 1 12 104 143 26 62 4 8
Arnett Foster Toothman Charleston WVa 1961 283 6 23 86 136 47 28 25 0
Ellin amp Tucker Chartered Baltimore 1933 -515 4 11 77 114 38 38 16 8
Tate amp Tryon Washington DC 1860 550 1 11 90 110 69 7 24 0
Calibre CPA Group Bethesda Md 1830 2340 3 15 107 143 81 8 0 11
Gross Mendelsohn Baltimore 1674 1020 1 15 69 103 49 30 21 0
Smith Elliott Kearns amp Co Hagerstown Md 1660 122 5 20 97 142 48 30 17 5
KatzAbosch Timonium Md 1500 NC 3 21 42 83 37 55 8 0
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
REGIONSThe Capital Region 20
The Southeast 21
New England 21
The Mid-Atlantic 22
The Great Lakes 24
The Gulf Coast 24
The Midwest 25
The Mountain States 26
The Southwest 26
The West 27
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regional leaders
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdash
Firm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Dixon Hughes Goodman Charlotte NC 31000 197 26 178 1129 1661 36 35 29 0
Cherry Bekaert Richmond Va 12590 186 22 55 559 778 44 47 9 0
Lattimore Black Morgan amp Cain Brentwood Tenn 7091 906 3 46 287 409 24 34 14 28
Habif Arogeti amp Wynne Atlanta 6428 662 1 26 232 305 45 39 8 8
Elliott Davis Greenville SC 6410 505 8 51 265 392 47 35 14 4
Frazier amp Deeter Atlanta 5300 2018 4 11 158 201 32 40 0 28
Mauldin amp Jenkins Atlanta 3880 078 5 34 125 198 59 30 2 9
Mountjoy Chilton Medley Louisville Ky 3831 100 5 37 171 246 40 36 9 15
Joseph Decosimo amp Co Chattanooga Tenn 3820 550 8 29 177 265 47 39 7 7Bennett Thrasher Atlanta 2988 1418 1 23 104 151 27 57 7 9
Dean Dorton Allen Ford Lexington Ky 2212 179 2 33 90 150 33 42 25 0
Windham Brannon Atlanta 2146 1073 1 14 100 139 39 59 2 0
WebsterRogers Florence SC 1750 697 9 24 91 138 42 46 4 8
Top Firms Southeast Arkansas Georgia Kentucky North Carolina South Carolina and Tennessee
Revenue $89446 million up 470
Growth moderated in the Southeast in 2013 coming in a few percentage points lower
than in 2012 but that didnrsquot stop individual firms from posting some strong results like Atlantarsquos Frazier amp Deeter or new Regional Leader Windham Brannon
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdash
Firm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
BlumShapiro West Hartford Ct 6130 2824 4 30 251 341 56 32 1 11
BerryDunn Portland Maine 4312 740 5 18 154 204 47 18 28 7
Kahn Litwin Renza amp Co Providence RI 3532 1284 3 11 153 195 30 35 35 0
Wolf amp Co Boston 3149 725 3 19 142 189 50 21 0 29
Baker Newman amp Noyes Portland Maine 2770 NC 4 30 121 182 48 40 12 0
Feeley amp Driscoll Boston 2422 302 1 12 66 103 61 29 10 0
DiCicco Gulman amp Co Woburn Mass 1800 588 2 14 65 97 42 43 15 0
Alexander Aronson Finningdagger Westborough Mass 1769 249 5 18 NA NA NA NA NA NA
Whittlesey amp Hadley Hartford Ct 1570 753 1 15 83 105 60 20 20 0
Gray Gray amp Gray Westwood Mass 1380 222 3 8 64 86 45 35 20 0Edelstein amp Co Boston 1360 1826 1 9 45 64 21 54 0 25
Macdonald Page amp Co South Portland Maine 1300 442 3 21 75 112 42 31 13 14
OrsquoConnor amp Drew Braintree Mass 1200 2000 2 15 60 87 81 17 0 2
Melanson Heath amp Co Nashua NH 1048 264 5 9 66 88 74 22 2 2
Meyers Brothers Kalicka Holyoke Mass 1040 612 1 7 40 59 47 39 4 10
DiSanto Priest amp Co Warwick RI 959 435 1 8 37 57 39 55 6 0
Gallagher Flynn amp Co South Burlington Vt 920 -316 2 10 NA 75 NA NA NA NA
Notes Firm estimate or projection dagger Accounting Today estimate NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms New EnglandConnecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island and Vermont
Revenue $36661 million up 949
After a lackluster 2012 things picked up significantly for the region in 2013 MampA played a major part with firms of all
sizes getting into local and regional hookups and large firms like Connecticutrsquos BlumShapiro and Rhode Islandrsquos Kahn
Litwin Renza amp Co leading the way Going forward it will reshape the list in other ways following the January 2014
merger of Massachusetts Regional Leader Braver PC into Top 100 Firm Marcum LLP
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Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
CohnReznick New York City 50800 410 24 274 1716 2521 52 33 6 9
Marcum New York City 35010 2708 17 160 844 1300 45 36 7 12
EisnerAmper New York City 27690 779 9 177 976 1185 56 35 9 0
Rothstein Kass Roseland NJ 20200 688 8 76 780 1002 60 35 5 0
ParenteBeard Philadelphia 15800 -651 18 116 544 861 53 31 16 0
Citrin Cooperman amp Co New York City 14300 1440 5 120 302 503 47 37 8 8
WeiserMazars New York City 14240 772 6 104 393 625 47 39 14 0
Berdon New York City 10100 391 2 39 334 398 33 40 27 0
OrsquoConnor Davies New York City 9950 1888 7 82 340 501 65 21 14 0
Marks Paneth New York City 9800 1264 3 64 390 539 63 27 3 7
WithumSmith+Brown Princeton NJ 9698 931 12 77 258 431 37 37 2 24
Anchin Block amp Anchin New York City 9300 NC 1 56 215 354 44 43 13 0
Friedman New York City 7250 821 6 57 244 349 60 35 5 0
The Bonadio Group Pittsford NY 6629 2231 11 61 352 470 48 21 13 18
Schneider Downs Pittsburgh 5756 407 2 36 284 354 45 35 20 0
Reinsel Kuntz Lesher Lancaster Pa 4521 2183 4 39 228 300 33 35 10 22
Freed Maxick CPAs Buffalo NY 4150 964 4 35 203 283 36 37 27 0
Raich Ende Malter amp Co New York City 4100 789 5 33 120 191 40 60 0 0
Grassi amp Co New York City 4095 500 2 23 136 197 48 41 9 2
Margolin Winer amp Evens Garden City NY 4000 256 2 25 167 207 60 30 10 0
Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin amp Co New York City 4000 -1837 3 24 106 165 46 46 8 0
Prager Metis International New York City 3599 1659 7 30 129 199 30 45 25 0
Wiss amp Co Livingston NJ 3300 377 4 28 114 172 56 32 0 12Kreischer Miller Horsham Pa 2950 1078 1 16 137 183 46 36 11 7
Perelson Weiner New York City 1950 NA 1 8 45 70 40 50 10 0
Janover Garden City NY 1944 NA 2 13 78 108 30 62 5 3
Untracht Early Florham Park NJ 1900 544 3 8 79 102 29 64 4 3
Gettry Marcus CPA Woodbury NY 1700 303 2 16 47 81 48 35 0 17
Buchbinder Tunick amp Co New York City 1600 NC 2 18 53 90 50 25 15 10
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms Mid-AtlanticNew Jersey New York and Pennsylvania
Revenue $290332 million up 831
The Mid-Atlantic continues to post generally strong results helped by the strength of many of the industries its firms
serve particularly in the financial services and financial institutions areas It also remains a seedbed for new and grow-
ing firms like new Top 100 entry Prager Metis International and new Regional Leaders Perelson Weiner Janover Un-tracht Early and Buchbinder Tunick
22
regional leaders
Where the growth is Pt 1Average firm growth rate in percent by region
Mid-Atlantic
GreatLakes
West Midwest CapitalRegion
SoutheastGulf Coast
Southwest NewEngland
Mountain0
5
10
15
20
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regional leaders
26
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
EKSampH Denver 7046 1119 3 38 308 427 45 42 13 0
Hein amp Associates Denver 5071 445 4 33 191 266 48 47 4 1
RGL Forensics Denver 3765 606 17 23 124 190 0 0 0 100
Anderson ZurMuehlen Helena Mont 2557 277 7 27 128 204 35 38 10 17
GHP Horwath Denver 2480 -040 1 10 82 106 41 26 0 33
Anton Collins Mitchell Denver 1600 191 3 12 69 97 50 40 10 0
Tanner Salt Lake City 1430 1085 1 10 54 72 62 23 13 2
Junkermier ClarkCampanella Stevens Great Falls Mont 1420 085 7 25 69 120 39 43 7 11
Dalby Wendland amp Co Grand Junction Colo 1195 373 4 16 52 90 25 53 9 13McGee Hearne amp Paiz Cheyenne Wyo 973 485 2 9 52 70 55 38 7 0
Top Firms MountainColorado Idaho Montana Utah and Wyoming
Revenue $27537 million up 566
The region seems in some ways to have turned the corner It reported its second year in a row of respectable
growth after a few difficult years That may explain the interest from Top 100 Firms Eide Bailly in particular made
a number of acquisitions in the region particularly in the Salt Lake City area
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Weaver Fort Worth Texas 8340 1332 7 36 354 471 34 43 12 11
Whitley Penn Fort Worth Texas 5871 1984 5 38 206 294 43 43 0 14
Montgomery Coscia Greilich Plano Texas 3354 1614 2 16 203 231 28 41 24 7
Padgett Stratemann amp Co San Antonio 3007 301 2 17 127 179 51 37 12 0
REDW Albuquerque NM 2645 3352 2 17 129 181 52 24 10 14
Briggs amp Veselka Co Houston 2617 1842 2 19 151 194 41 50 8 1
PKF Texas Houston 2155 553 1 10 85 108 50 46 4 0
Cain Watters amp Associates Plano Texas 2080 930 1 7 55 108 10 15 0 75
BeachFleischman Tuscon Ariz 2030 2378 2 25 81 140 27 57 2 14
Johnson Miller amp Co CPAs Odessa Texas 1954 868 3 14 76 103 30 50 7 13
PMB Helin Donovan Austin Texas 1900 1377 8 28 88 136 55 45 0 0Lane Gorman Trubitt Dallas 1900 497 1 15 62 92 57 37 0 6
Henry amp Horne Tempe Ariz 1850 571 3 14 70 102 33 58 9 0
Maxwell Locke amp Ritter Austin Texas 1834 969 2 21 61 92 38 41 0 21
TravisWolff Dallas 1830 -054 1 8 76 104 32 54 14 0
Melton amp Melton Houston 1790 770 1 14 79 103 50 50 0 0
Brown Graham amp Co Amarillo Texas 1287 404 7 23 61 113 35 50 5 10
Hartman Leito amp Bolt Fort Worth Texas 1100 -795 1 10 47 69 45 46 8 1
MaloneBailey Houston 897 -2220 2 5 31 41 98 2 0 0
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms Southwest Arizona New Mexico Oklahoma and Texas
Revenue $48441 million up 1103
As with the Gulf Coast booming revenues from oil and gas no doubt played a part in the
Southwestrsquos strong performance this year (the third best of the regions) with many of the
largest firms recording growth in energy and related services Wersquore also happy to note a
number of new Regional Leaders including Planorsquos Montgomery Coscia Greilich (which also
joined the T100) Houstonrsquos Melton amp Melton and Amarillorsquos Brown Graham amp Co
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regional leaders
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Moss Adams Seattle 40300 1715 22 263 1340 2072 45 38 17 0
Armanino San Ramon Calif 11284 1311 5 37 301 394 21 26 49 4
Novogradac amp Co San Francisco 9248 1003 15 35 311 408 59 27 2 12
Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt W Los Angeles Calif 8692 1724 8 36 263 362 18 76 0 6
Burr Pilger Mayer Inc San Francisco 6850 -087 6 40 225 330 38 50 12 0
Frank Rimerman + Co Palo Alto Calif 6120 1233 5 21 229 267 27 62 11 0
Nigro Karlin Segal Feldstein amp Bolno Los Angeles 5608 1167 2 21 262 314 17 17 2 64
Squar Milner Newport Beach Calif 4530 295 4 22 171 229 40 53 0 7SingerLewak Los Angeles 3850 -080 6 33 NA NA NA NA NA NA
AKT CPAs Salem Ore 3824 1039 6 15 176 235 28 33 11 28
Miller Kaplan Arase North Hollywood Calif 3800 270 5 24 117 175 58 17 17 8
Gallina Roseville Calif 3639 505 9 26 155 226 45 52 3 0
Seiler Redwood City Calif 3610 587 2 11 116 152 10 75 0 15
Macias Gini amp OrsquoConnell Sacramento Calif 3340 -773 9 10 164 258 63 12 7 18
Vavrinek Trine Day amp Codagger Rancho Cucamonga Calif 3231 199 7 33 NA 200 NA NA NA NA
Clark Nuber Bellevue Wash 3096 614 1 18 119 168 49 48 0 3
Gursey | Schneider Los Angeles 2820 682 3 10 85 129 0 30 0 70
RBZ Los Angeles 2800 1327 1 14 89 136 17 52 17 14
Hutchinson and Bloodgood Glendale Calif 2543 1559 4 33 58 115 38 46 16 0
Windes Inc Long Beach Calif 2361 -215 3 16 76 121 44 46 4 6
Green Hasson Janks Los Angeles 2310 500 1 13 88 116 32 33 13 22
Hemming Morse San Francisco 2069 827 7 13 76 96 33 0 0 67Perkins amp Co Portland Ore 2017 1034 2 19 87 132 27 40 24 9
Matson amp Isom Chico Calif 1768 400 4 21 81 128 41 46 5 8
Gumbiner Savett Santa Monica Calif 1728 601 1 10 80 110 40 50 8 2
Peterson Sullivan Seattle 1646 457 1 13 84 97 52 47 1 0
Sensiba San Filippo Pleasanton Calif 1620 588 4 14 61 103 NA NA NA NA
NSBN Beverly Hills Calif 1500 1111 1 13 53 74 35 49 5 11
Notes Firm estimate or projection dagger Accounting Today estimate NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms WestCalifornia Nevada Oregon and Washington
Revenue $146204 million up 989
Growth is spread a little more evenly among the firms in the West this year with strong rates at the top firms but equally
good performances scattered up and down the range While some of the other regions saw re-arrangements and even
shortenings of their rosters due to mergers and acquisitions firm combinations didnrsquot change the list for the West muchat all In fact the list itself grew a little longer with the addition of new Regional Leaders Perkins amp Co in Portland Ore
Peterson Sullivan in Seattle and NSBN in Beverly Hills
Where the money isCombined 2013 revenues in millions of dollars by region
Mid-Atlantic
GreatLakes
West Midwest CapitalRegion
Southeast Gulf Coast
Southwest NewEngland
Mountain0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
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AKT CPAs Acquired firm with a dental
professional practice
Anchin Block amp Anchin In February
2013 lost $50 million judgment to author Pa-
tricia Cornwell over financial management
Armanino In January 2013 rebranded
from Armanino McKenna Launched business
intelligence dashboard for private schools
and Dynamic Insights BI tool Acquired Dy-
namics VAR Rose Business Solutions
Aronson Organized two new service
groups IT audit and wealth management
consulting for choosing and assessing advi-
sor performance Baker Tilly Virchow Krause In June 2013
acquired New York-based Top 100 Firm Holtz
Rubenstein Reminick Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
BDO In June 2013 acquired Alaska-based
Mikunda Cottrell and Minneapolis-based
Moquist Thorvilson Kaufmann and brought
on members of banking practice of T100
Firm ParenteBeard In August expanded in
San Antonio by adding some partners and
staff from TravisWolff In December acquired
Pittsburgh T100 Firm Alpern Rosenthal
Berdon Joined TIAG alliance Expanded
use of CRM system and instituted Best Place
to Work Committee to propose community
social and charitable initiatives for the firm
In November 2013 merged with Northport
NY-based Beck amp Co
Berkowitz Pollack Brant Expanded stra-
tegic planning task force to include ldquoup and
comersrdquo Began celebrating its 35th anniver-
sary Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best
Firm to Work For
BerryDunn Grew revenue by over 7 per-
cent and overall staff by over 10 percent
BKD In 2013 marked its 90th anniver-
sary Opened offices in Des Moines Iowa
and Nashville Tenn In September acquired
Pittsburgh-based Malin Bergquist
Blue amp Co All figures are Accounting To-
day estimates
BlumShapiro Merged with Newton
Mass-based Friedman Suvalle amp Salomon
Added a dedicated hospitality group
The Bonadio Group In April 2013 merged
in Rutland Vt-based Independent Audit As-
sociates In September merged in Buffalo
NY-based Gaines Kriner Elliott In Novem-
ber merged in Albany NY-based Stulmaker
Kohn amp Richardson Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Burr Pilger Mayer Inc In January 2013
named new CEO In November opened new
office in Napa Valley
Carr Riggs amp Ingram In January 2013merged in Atlanta-based Peterson Coleman
amp Marett In July merged with North Caro-
lina-based accounting firm Pittard Perry amp
Crone Inc In August merged in Atlanta-
based Laney Boteler amp Killinger In Septem-
ber merged in Texas Regional Leader Gainer
Donnelly
CBIZ Mayer Hoffman McCann In No-
vember 2013 acquired Denver-based Knight
Field Fabry In January 2013 named Chris
Spurio president of CBIZ Financial Services
In February announced acquisition of Tam-pa Bay Fla-based Lewis Birch amp Ricardo
Cherry Bekaert In January 2013 re-
branded from Cherry Bekaert amp Holland
Formed benefits consulting group expanded
international tax team and advisory services
Citrin Cooperman amp Co In November
2013 merged in Leon M Reimer amp Co
Clark Schaefer Hackett amp Co Marked its
75th anniversary Having ldquoactive discussionsrdquo
on acquisitions
CliftonLarsonAllen Sold health care reg-ulatory and compliance group
Cohen amp Co Divested nearly $10 mil-
lion in business during the year that was not
meeting growth and profitability expecta-
tions Implemented a second tier of owner-
ship Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best
Firm to Work For
CohnReznick Named first national direc-
firm highlights
2014 firm highlightstor of governmental affairs Relocated offices
in Chicago Los Angeles and Austin Texas
Crowe Horwath In August 2013 acquired
a majority interest in Missouri-based Chan
Healthcare Integrated staff and acquired in-
tellectual property of ExtOrg In November
named its first chief innovation officer
Deloitte in January 2014 acquired sub-
stantially all of the business of strategy con-
sulting firm the Monitor Group In June ac-
quired investment bank McColl Partners In
July acquired SAP consulting firm Quattro
Integration Group In September acquired
TMA Construction Consultants In October
acquired substantially all of the assets of digi-
tal and social media agency Banyan Branch
In October agreed to pay $2 million to settle
charges with the PCAOB for violating Sar-
banes-Oxley Act and PCAOB rules In No-
vember launched CloudMix a preconfigured
mixture of cloud applications from different
vendors for clients
Dixon Hughes Goodman In June 2013
added Crossfire Advisory to its national health
care practice
Doeren Mayhew Grew revenue over 16
percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash international tax Fastest growing client
category mdash manufacturing
Eide Bailly In May 2013 installed new
CEO In June and August merged in two Salt
Lake City CPA firms Lake Hill amp Myers and
Hansen Barnett amp Maxwell In November
2013 acquired Denver NetSuite solutions pro-
vider Next Business Systems In December
launched private insurance exchange
EisnerAmper Had an ldquooutstandingrdquo year
Added several new services including CFO
outsourcing human capital cloud technol-
ogy and family office services
EKSampH Rebranded from Ehrhardt KeefeSteiner amp Hottman Saw revenue growth of
over 11 percent
Elliott Davis In April merged in Raleigh
NC-based Lunsford amp Strickland Relocated
office from Galax Va to Richmond Hired a
corporate strategies officer
Ernst amp Young In March paid $123 million
to resolve a federal tax shelter investigation
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In June launched EYTaxSpace Powered by
Thomson Reuters for corporate tax clients
In August donated its archives going back to
the early 1900s to Case Western Reserve Uni-
versity In December agreed to pay investors
$99 million to settle litigation over LehmanBrothers audit and acquired the US tax
preparation and court accounting outsourc-
ing businesses of Thomson Reuters
Frank Rimerman + Co Saw revenue
growth of over 12 percent
Frazier amp Deeter Saw revenue growth of
over 20 percent
Freed Maxick Saw revenue growth of over
9 percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash health care Fastest growing client cat-
egory mdash consulting
Friedman Saw revenue growth of over
8 percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash international tax Fastest growing client
category mdash real estate Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Gallina Expanded service lines including
international tax state and local tax and es-
tate trust retirement and succession services
Hired a director of recruitment and develop-
ment Joined TIAG alliance In February 2014
acquired Mercer Island Wash-based Tuef-
fers Guckian amp Gamon
Grant Thornton Redesigned external
Web site Hired a chief people and culture
officer In September 2013 acquired Oracle
Solutions business unit MarketSphere In No-
vember extended tenure of current CEO
Grassi amp Co In May 2013 added in David
C Sobel CPA and his staff In December
launched Grassi Technology Consultants
Habif Arogeti amp Wynne In May merged
in boutique tax consulting firm JRZ Launched
efforts to ldquodefine refine and embrace the
firmrsquos culturerdquo Hein amp Associates Expanded cloud solu-
tions service line Saw staff growth of over 11
percent
Hill Barth amp King Launched HbK Corpo-
rate Finance division Created new Web site
and YouTube channel In November 2013
merged in Lawrenceville NJ-based Bartolo-
mei Pucciarelli CPAs
Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt Saw ldquosig-
nificant growthrdquo in MampA private equity pro-
fessional services international tax and en-
tertainment practices Launched a business
development training program
Honkamp Krueger amp Co In Augustmerged in Madison Wis-based The Brem-
ser Group In October opened practice in
Davenport Iowa Added medical practice
consulting and talent outsourcing to its ser-
vices list
Horne Saw overall staff growth of over 11
percent Named an Accounting Today 2013
Best Firm to Work For
Joseph Decosimo amp Co In March 2013
acquired Huntsville Ala-based cost account-
ing and federal compliance solutions group
Solvability In December merged in Larry
Hyatt amp Associates
Kahn Litwin Renza amp Co In January
2013 merged with Waltham Mass-based Fay
amp Associates In May opened KLR Emerging
Business Center to offer co-working office
space to start-ups
Katz Sapper amp Miller Saw revenue
growth of over 7 percent and overall staff
growth of over 9 percent
Kaufman Rossin Group Saw revenue
growth of over 18 percent Named the No1 Accounting Today 2013 Best Firm to Work
For in the Large Firm Category for the third
year in a row
Kearney amp Co Saw staff growth of over
2 percent
Kemper Fastest growing service area mdash
investment advisory services
Kennedy and Coe Installed new CEO
KPMG Completed acquisition of Ora-
cle ERP practice of The Hackett Group
Launched alliance-based offering in indirect
tax with Thomson Reuters In May 2013
agreed with Fannie Mae to pay $153 million
to settle class-action suit over Fannie Mae
audit In July launched market alliance with
cloud-based procurement solution provider
Coupa Software In September Denver office
achieved LEED-CI certification In Decem-
ber announced plans to acquire analytical
applications company Link Analytics In Jan-
uary 2014 agreed to pay $82 million to settle
SEC charges over auditor independence
Lattimore Black Morgan amp Cain Re-
ported organic growth of over 9 percent
across all service lines Added a health care
consulting company
Macias Gini amp OrsquoConnell Saw overall staff
growth of over 7 percent
Marcum In January 2013 merged in
Massachusetts-based Parent McLaughlin amp
Nangle In April merged in Cornerstone Ac-
counting Group In July merged in Irvine
Calif-based WilsonMorgan In January 2014
merged in three units of New England Re-
gional Leader Braver
Margolin Winer amp Evens Saw revenue
growth of over 2 percent
Marks Paneth Rebranded from Marks
Paneth amp Shron In February 2013 merged
in New York City-based Rosenberg Neuwirth
amp Kuchner
Mauldin amp Jenkins In June acquired Ten-
nessee-based Hazlett Lewis amp Bieter
MBAF CPAs Worked to achieve ldquogreater
consolidation of the Northeast Region op-
erations with the rest of the firmrdquo Enhanced
cross-utilization of staff and skills among
various regions Designed and implemented
cost controls
McGladrey In August launched a strat-
egy to serve middle-market companies Late
in 2013 acquired Wilmington NC-Lanier
Whaley Craft amp Co and Houston-based
Margolis Phipps amp Wright
Miller Kaplan Arase Appointed a new
managing partner Expanded Seattle office
Saw ldquosignificant growthrdquo in business manage-
ment and entertainment group
Montgomery Coscia Greilich New to the
list In March 2013 joined the Alliott Group
alliance In May opened new office in AustinTexas In June launched strategy and man-
agement consulting practice In September
marked 10th anniversary
Moss Adams Marked its 100th anniver-
sary Installed new chairmanCEO
Mountjoy Chilton Medley Transitioned
in operations of Jeffersonville Ind-based
firm Expanded Cincinnati office Saw ldquostrong
firm highlights
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increaserdquo in regulated industry work such as
insurance financial institutions and health
care In December 2013 launched IT consult-
ing amp strategy services
Nigro Karlin Segal Feldstein amp Bolno
Changed name from Nigro Karlin Segal ampFeldstein Sold a 245 percent minority stake
in the firm to First Republic Bank
Novogradac amp Co Saw revenue growth of
over 10 percent
OrsquoConnor Davies In October announced
merger with Cranford NJ-based Fazio Man-
nuzza Roche Tankel LaPilusa In January
2014 merged with New York City-based Mer-
sel Klein amp Co
ParenteBeard In January 2013 merged
in Connecticut-based health care manage-
ment consulting firm Presscott Associates In
November closed its technology practice In
February 2014 added team members from
insurance consulting firm Invotex
Plante Moran In April 2013 launched
Women in Leadership initiative In July
launched a Web site offering ACA guidance
In November opened an office in Detroit
Postlethwaite amp Netterville Implement-
ed a formal shareholder evaluation process
a formal pipeline process a business de-
velopment training curriculum and growthmanagement software
Prager Metis International New to the
list Formed from January 2013 merger of
Prager amp Fenton and Metis Group Added a
number of new service lines including SALT
cost segregation and research tax incentives
PwC In July 2013 reshuffled US leader-
ship team In October announced plans to
merge in consulting firm Booz amp Co
Raffa In November 2013 launched Raffa
Nonprofit Fraud Prevention Institute
Raich Ende Malter In March 2013 estab-
lished Raich Ende Malter (Cayman)
Rehmann Saw revenue growth of over 15
percent
Reinsel Kuntz Lesher Saw growth in rev-
enue of over 21 percent
RGL Forensics Opened an office in San-
tiago Chile Introduced registered broker-
dealer RGL Advisors to offer MampA transac-
tion advisory services in the US
Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin amp Co
Fastest growing specialty service mdash large
private equity transactions Fastest growing
client category mdash private equity companies
Rothstein Kass Saw revenue growth of
almost 7 percent
RubinBrown Launched national prac-
tices to serve private equity firms and gaming
companies
SCampH Group Inc Joined firm network
Moore Stephens Fastest growing specialty
service mdash technology consulting Fastest
growing client category mdash health care
Schenck In January 2013 acquired ma-
jority stake in Milwaukee-based Bonfield amp
Co Installed new MP and CFO Changed
practice management system
Schneider Downs Relocated corporate
headquarters within Pittsburgh
Seiler Share of revenue derived from tax
increased from 70 to 75 percent
Sikich In January 2013 merged in Il-
linois-based supply chain consulting firm
Achieve Consulting In August announced
merger with Brookfield Wis firm Kolb+Co
In September merged in St Louis-based
OrsquoDonnell Bonebrake amp Co Also mergedin S2 Consulting and PKF Texas Technology
Added eight services PR insurance lean
back office business intelligence SALT and
international tax Restructured executive and
compensation committees Revised partner
compensation plan
SingerLewak In January 2013 merged in
San Francisco office of Acquavell Chiarelli
Shuster Berkower amp Co
Skoda Minotti amp Co New to the list
In May 2013 merged Skoda Minotti Technol-
ogy Partners with Westlake Ohio-based Da-taServ In June 2013 merged in Tampa Fla-
based Dowell amp Perez In August merged
in Tampa-based national assurance solu-
tions and compliance company Assurance
Concepts
Squar Milner ldquoSignificantly expandingrdquo
Los Angeles offices
SSampG In May 2013 named new CEO Saw
revenue growth of almost 14 percent
SVA CPAs In June 2013 installed new
CEO In January 2014 merged in Wisconsin-
based practice of William P Merrick CPA
UHY Advisors Inc Saw overall staff
growth of over 10 percent
Vavrinek Trine Day amp Co All figures are
Accounting Today estimates
Warren Averett In January 2013 merged
in Atlanta-based Gifford Hillegass amp Ingwers-
en and Tampa Fla-based Pender Newkirk
Rebranded firm with new visual identity
Developed new and expanded services in
SALT business valuation forensic account-
ing and litigation support health care reform
economic settlement claims processing and
alternative investments
Watkins Meegan Expanded hospitality
practice and increased government contract-
ing practice Started health care consulting
practice Hired business developmentmar-
keting director
Weaver Saw revenue growth of over 13
percent and growth in all four of its largest
niches mdash energy financial services the pub-
lic sector and manufacturing In February
2014 merged in Connecticut-based RIN At-
test and Advisory Services
WeiserMazarsIn November 2013 merged
in New York-based Resnick Druckman Group
Expanded health care consulting group
Whitley Penn Expanded transaction ser-
vices practice and forensic litigation and
valuation services statewide Named an Ac-
counting Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Wipfli Formalized fresh-water industry
services opened office in Milwaukeersquos Global
Water Center Launched Wipfli Connect for
Manufacturing software solution In January
2014 merged in Tinley Park Ill-based The
Condon Group and Chicago-based practiceRegulatory Compliance Associates Inc
Wiss amp Co More than half of revenues (56
percent) derived from AampA services
WithumSmith+Brown Consolidated two
New Jersey offices Invested in international
tax practice and financial services practice
Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best Firm
to Work For
firm highlights
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overview
4
Things are looking pretty good for
this yearrsquos Top 100 Firms and Re-
gional Leaders
There mdash we said it Things are
looking pretty good Not perfect but pretty
good They face some issues sure (wersquoll get
into those later) but for the most part and
by most of the measures we include in this
report things are looking up and moving
in the right direction
First off this year marks the third
year of positive overall growth for the
T100 since the miserable low points
of 2009 and 2010 when their revenues
actually shrank That growth has been
relatively consistent around the 8 per-
cent mark (this yearrsquos is 781 percent)
and has also been relatively evenly
distributed among the three tiers into
which we divide the Top 100
And thatrsquos where we find the first
of the statistics that make us think that
maybe things are just a little bit better
than OK In the top tier of the Top 100
we still have the six firms with revenuesof over $1 billion But in the second tier
of firms with between $100 million and
$1 billion we have 25 firms mdash three
more than last year (See Databank
page 5 ) Yes mergers and acquisitions
and inflation played a role in growing that
number but so did the natural expansion
of strong firms And while that only left
69 firms for the third tier with less than
$100 million our Firms to Watch list of up-
and-comers who are hovering just below
the Top 100 matched last yearrsquos record 35members even as we continued to leave
out those that were eligible by revenue but
didnrsquot show growth in 2013 (See Firms to
Watch page 6 )
Therersquos more While roughly the same
number of T100 Firms reported flat or
declining revenues for this yearrsquos report
as for last yearrsquos (10 in 2013 versus 11 in
2012) the number that grew by more than
20 percent jumped to 10 from six the year
before and the number that grew by more
than 10 percent was a whopping 37 versus
27 in the prior year
Among our Regional Leaders too
there were higher rates of growth with
three regions posting double-digit per-
centage gains against none in our report
last year At the same time though we
should note that there was at least one
outlier on the other side with growth that
slowed in 2013 mdash though it didnrsquot decline
(See Regional Leaders page 20 )
Thatrsquos the kind of thing we mean when
we say ldquopretty goodrdquo mdash a fair number oftrends look positive and then just when
yoursquore starting to feel a little too positive
another less happy trend will come along
and bring you back to earth
Last year it was the difficulty of scrap-
ing out growth in a highly competitive
environment And while our T100 and
Regional Leader firms are still pursuing
growth in all sorts of niches and with all
sorts of clients (see Niches and Clients page
10 ) the main trend thatrsquos keeping T100
Firm leaders up at night this year is the
ldquoWar for Talentrdquo mdash the intense difficulty
many are experiencing in finding and re-
taining qualified staff
While itrsquos true that the number of
T100 Firms reporting flat or declining staff
numbers was down to 14 from 19 last
year thatrsquos likely only because firms
have been stepping up their efforts
mdash hiring recruiting directors offering
hiring incentives developing learn-
ing and training offerings and gen-
erally going way out of their way to
get and keep the staff theyrsquoll need
to succeed going forward (See Firm
Strategiesrdquopage 8)
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
While there were no major shake-ups
on the lines of the CohnReznick merger
in the T100 list this year there were lots
of small moves and MampA definitelyplayed its role
Long-time Top 100 fixtures Al-
pern Rosenthal and Holtz Rubenstein
Reminick both left the list merging
into BDO USA and Baker Tilly Virchow
Krause respectively Many other firms got
a boost from MampA this year including Con-
necticutrsquos BlumShapiro which jumped 11
spots on the list and Ohiorsquos Hill Barth amp
King which jumped a whopping 22 spots
Only Pennsylvaniarsquos Reinsel Kuntz Lesher
managed a double-digit move up 11 posi-tions from last year
Thatrsquos not counting the spectacular
entrance of Ohio-based Skoda Minotti to
the Top 100 at No 80 with the highest
growth rate of any firm on the list (and
itrsquos worth noting a much higher growth
rate than any firm on last yearrsquos list) Also
Third timersquos the charmB Y D A N I E L H O O D
lsquo10
lsquo08 lsquo12lsquo02 lsquo04 lsquo062000
-5
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
lsquo94 lsquo96 lsquo98
Compiled from individual firm resultsas reported at yearrsquos end includes some estimates
Cautiously optimisticRevenue growth of the Top 100 Firms in percent
See OVERVIEW on
6
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databank
5
Leaders in AampARanked by revenue
Rev share Fee
Top 6 firms ($ mn) split1 PwC 41 452681
2 Deloitte 31 430714
3 Ernst amp Young 37 336700
4 KPMG 37 227180
5 McGladrey 42 57086
6 Grant Thornton 42 54719
Firms over $100 mn
1 BDO 60 40980
2 CohnReznick 52 26416
3 CliftonLarsonAllen 41 23106
4 BKD 49 20502
5 Crowe Horwath 28 18609
Firms under $100 mn
1 OrsquoConnor Davies 65 64682 Marks Paneth 63 6174
3 Kearney amp Co 72 5590
4 Novogradac amp Co 59 5456
5 Friedman 60 4350
Leaders in TaxRanked by revenue
Rev share Fee
Top 6 firms ($ mn) split1 PwC 28 309148
2 Ernst amp Young 30 273000
3 Deloitte 18 250092
4 KPMG 27 165780
5 McGladrey 36 49137
6 Grant Thornton 29 37782
Firms over $100 mn
1 BDO 30 20490
2 CliftonLarsonAllen 34 19161
3 CohnReznick 33 16764
4 CBIZ MHM 35 16748
5 Moss Adams 38 15314
Firms under $100 mn
1 Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt 76 66062 Anchin Block amp Anchin 43 3999
3 Frank Rimerman + Co 62 3850
4 MBAF CPAs 44 3674
5 WithumSmith+Brown 37 3588
Leaders in MASRanked by revenue
Rev share Fee
Top 6 firms ($ mn) split1 Deloitte 46 639124
2 PwC 31 342271
3 Ernst amp Young 26 236600
4 KPMG 36 221040
5 Grant Thornton 29 37782
6 McGladrey 21 28961
Firms over $100 mn
1 Crowe Horwath 35 23262
2 CBIZ MHM 35 16748
3 Plante Moran 33 13574
4 Baker Tilly Virchow Krause 30 9039
5 Dixon Hughes Goodman 29 8990
Firms under $100 mn
1 Sikich 51 49472 Horne 45 3032
3 Watkins Meegan 56 2744
4 SCampH Group Inc 40 2304
5 Kearney amp Co 28 2174
2014 TOP 100 FIRMS DATABANK
Overview Top 6 Firms over Firms under Total Top
firms chg $100 mn chg $100 mn chg 100 Firms chg
Revenue (in $mn) $4284442 790 $726792 677 $382178 888 $5393412 781
Partners 11127 278 4077 419 2221 325 17425 317Professionals 128367 641 26865 1360 14694 848 169926 752
Total employees 168788 525 37667 652 20796 705 227251 547
Rev share Rev share Rev share Rev share
Fee split (in $mn) of rev (in $mn) of rev (in $mn) of rev (in $mn) of rev
Audit amp Attest $1559391 3640 $312296 4297 $145430 3805 $2017117 3740
Tax $1084999 2532 $239936 3301 $128111 3352 $1453046 2694
MAS (consulting) $1505515 3514 $138706 1908 $50367 1318 $1694588 3142
Other $134537 314 $35854 493 $58270 1525 $228661 424
Notes Some figures may not correspond due to rounding
Pacesetters in growthRanked by chg
Revenue Firms over $100 mn ($mn) chg
1 Carr Riggs amp Ingram 16131 4489
2 Marcum 35010 2708
3 Plante Moran 41132 2427
4 Moss Adams 40300 1715
5 Baker Tilly Virchow Krause 30130 1633
Revenue Firms under $100 mn ($mn) chg
1 Skoda Minotti amp Co 4001 4325
2 Hill Barth amp King 4930 3927
3 BlumShapiro 6130 2824
4 Sikich 9700 2696
5 The Bonadio Group 6629 2231
Revenue Overall Top 100 Firms ($mn) chg
1 Carr Riggs amp Ingram 16131 4489
2 Skoda Minotti amp Co 4001 4325
3 Hill Barth amp Kingrdquo 4930 3927
4 BlumShapiro 6130 2824
5 Marcum 35010 2708
6 Sikich 9700 2696
7Plante Moran 41132 24278 The Bonadio Group 6629 2231
9 Reinsel Kuntz Lesher 4521 2183
10 Frazier amp Deeter 5300 2018
11 Whitley Penn 5871 1984
12 OrsquoConnor Davies 9950 1888
13 Kaufman Rossin Group 6320 1857
14 Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt 8692 1724
15 Moss Adams 40300 1715
16 Clark Schaefer Hackett 5233 1673
17 Doeren Mayhew 5320 1667
18 Prager Metis 3599 1659
19 Honkamp Krueger amp Co 4370 1647
20 Baker Tilly Virchow Krause 30130 1633
21 Montgomery Coscia Greilich 3354 1614
22 Rehmann 10400 1504
23 Citrin Cooperman amp Co 14300 1440
24 Frank Rimerman + Co 6210 139925 SSampG 9000 1392
26 Weaver 8340 1332
27 Armanino 11284 1311
28 Kahn Litwin Renza amp Co 3532 1284
29 Marks Paneth 9800 1264
30 Postlethwaithe amp Netterville 4707 1247
Notes Firm estimate or projection
All Big Four revenue figures are gross not net
For more details see pages 15-18
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overview
6
graduating from last yearrsquos Firms to Watch
list to join the T100 this year was New York-
based Prager Metis International while
the third new T100 Firm this year Texasrsquo
Montgomery Coscia Greilich was one that
hadnrsquot previously been part of our survey
A number of firms joined our Re-
gional Leaders list in the same way this
year from Virginiarsquos PBMares and Wash-
ington DCrsquos Tate amp Tryon to Atlanta-
based Windham Brannon the Mid-Atlan-
ticrsquos Perelson Weiner and Untracht amp Early
St Louisrsquo Mueller Prost Houstonrsquos Melton
amp Melton Oregonrsquos Perkins amp Co and
Californiarsquos NSBN
If you think your firm should be one of
our Top 100 Firms or our Regional Leaders
drop us an e-mail at AcTodaySourceMe-
diacom and wersquoll add you to our contact
database
After all things are starting to look
pretty good out there for accounting firms
If you can keep finding ways to grow mdash and
the staff to support that growth mdash next year
should be even better
There we said it AT
OVERVIEWfrom page 4
BEYOND THE TOP 100 FIRMS TO WATCHOur Firms to Watch list is all about movement New firms are constantly moving in and others are moving up In fact the tier of firms with between
roughly $20 and $30 million seems to be growing apace forming a deep and wide pool of strong candidates for joining the Top 100 either as members
in their own right like this yearrsquos FTW graduates Prager Metis International and Skoda Minotti or by acquisition into a T100 Firm as with last yearrsquos
merger of former FTW Gainer Donnelly into Southeast mega-regional Carr Riggs amp Ingram
Year Revenue Total
Firm Headquarters Managing partner end ($ mn) chg Offices Partners employees Yeo amp Yeo Saginaw Mich Thomas Hollerback Dec 3198 1462 8 17 185
Rea amp Associates New Philadelphia Ohio Lee Beall Oct 3156 148 11 23 204
Wolf amp Co Boston Mark OrsquoConnell Sept 3149 725 3 19 189
Brown Smith Wallace St Louis Harvey Wallace Dec 3100 616 3 23 210
Clark Nuber Bellevue Wash David Katri Dec 3096 614 1 18 168
Padgett Stratemann amp Co San Antonio John Wright July 3007 301 2 17 179
Bennett Thrasher Atlanta Michael Dukes June 2988 1418 1 23 151
Kreischer Miller Horsham Pa Stephen Christian Dec 2950 1078 1 16 183
PBMares Newport News Va Alan Witt Dec 2892 144 8 34 177
Gursey | Schneider Los Angeles Stephan Wasserman Dec 2820 682 3 10 129
RBZ Los Angeles John Schweisberger Dec 2800 1327 1 14 136
Baker Newman amp Noyes Portland Maine Eleanor Baker Dec 2770 NC 4 30 182
Lurie Besikof Lapidus amp Co Minneapolis Beth Kieffer Leonard April 2730 500 1 14 125
Brady Martz amp Associates Grand Forks ND Ronald Johnke Sept 2710 292 5 33 172
Somerset CPAs Indianapolis Pat Early Dec 2682 942 1 26 163
REDW Albuquerque NM Ron Rivera Dec 2645 3352 2 17 181
Briggs amp Veselka Co Houston John Flatowicz Sept 2617 1842 2 19 194
Jackson Thornton amp Co Montgomery Ala Ned Sheffield Dec 2615 669 6 22 176
Anders St Louis Robert Minkler Dec 2579 062 1 20 155
Anderson ZurMuehlen Helena Mont Donald Laine Sept 2557 277 7 27 204
Hutchinson and Bloodgood Glendale Calif Richard Preciado Sept 2543 1559 4 33 115
Brown Edwards amp Codagger Bluefield WVa Domenic Pellillo May 2542 201 7 25 182
Feeley amp Driscoll Boston T Feeley M Poirier March 2422 302 1 12 103
Lutz amp Co Omaha Neb Gary Witt June 2390 1659 1 26 132
Wolf amp Co Oakbrook Terrace Ill Russell Romanelli Dec 2335 755 2 13 146
Boulay Minneapolis Mark DeNucci May 2318 756 1 30 138
Green Hasson Janks Los Angeles Leon Janks Dec 2310 500 1 13 116
Johnson Lambert Falls Church Va Deborah Lambert Dec 2268 593 8 13 149
Dean Dorton Allen Ford Lexington Ky David Bundy June 2212 179 2 33 150
Mize Houser amp Co Topeka Kansas NA Dec 2192 134 3 21 208
ORBA Chicago Mark Thomson May 2180 531 1 17 109
Gelman Rosenberg amp Freedman Bethesda Md NA Dec 2160 385 1 12 94
PKF Texas Houston Kenneth Guidry Dec 2155 553 1 10 108
Windham Brannon Atlanta David Kloess Sept 2146 1073 1 14 139
Keiter Glen Allen Va L Michael Gracik Dec 2143 328 1 12 143
Firm estimate NC No change NA Not available or not applicable dagger Accounting Today estimate
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firm strategies
The Top 100 Firms are all over the
map in many ways Literally to
start they span the country to
say nothing of a wide range of
industry niches management models
growth strategies and cultures But no
matter their size whether they offer exotic
advisory services or the plainest of vanilla
audits and tax work and regardless of their
stance on value pricing they do all share
one common binding thread Theyrsquore
freaking out about finding qualified staff
ldquoThe war for talent is back onrdquo warned
Armanino LLP managing partner Andy Ar-
manino ldquoWe are seeing more and more
competition from outside our profession
and we need to plan accordingly We also
know that change is a constant in todayrsquos
world Merger mania is real New compa-
nies are being launched New information
is coming at us faster than we can compre-
hend We need more than ever before a
workforce that can engage with and adapt
to this new reality Hiring and retaining the
best and brightest talent is the new com-petitive advantagerdquo
ldquoQualified professionals are being
sought after by a number of good firmsrdquo
said Louis Grassi managing partner and
chief executive officer of New York-based
Grassi amp Co ldquoAs such typical efforts of
recruiting including the utilization of re-
cruiters have become less effective in find-
ing experienced quality professionalsrdquo Be-
sides establishing a supportive culture and
a healthy work-life balance Grassirsquos firm
has put in palce a ldquovery robustrdquo employeereferral program that accounted for more
than 50 percent of new hires in 2013
Firms across the country are employ-
ing a wide range of strategies to attract and
retain qualified staff mdash and some firms
are going so far as to hire people solely to
manage them California-based Gallina
for instance hired its first-ever director of
recruitment and development last year
with responsibility for multiple new initia-
tives according to MP Larry Taylor
At Kentuckyrsquos Mountjoy Chilton Med-
ley MP Diane Medley said ldquoWe are very
focused on our talent We are starting a
formal leadership development program
this year selecting our rising stars with
the most potential for equity partnership
to participate We also actively engage our
Next Generation Committee in critical is-
sues to help us consider growth attraction
and retention for the futurerdquo
Recruitment and retention can bene-
fit enormously from a less-frequently citedR mdash recognition National firm McGladrey
made a point of highlighting its top tal-
ent in a series of videos on its Web site as
part of its ldquoPersonalities Wantedrdquo recruit-
ing campaign (the messaging for which
was embedded in all of its social media)
and has seen the results Thatrsquos not its only
personnel-related investment of course
and merely making the investments is
not enough ldquoInvesting in recruitment
professional development and work-life
programs is essentialrdquo said national pub-lic relations director Terri Andrews ldquoWe
are continuously re-assessing practice
and processes to create the best possible
experience for our current and potential
employees And our people tell us wersquore
focused on the right thingsrdquo They did that
through the McGladrey People Survey
which assesses a broad range of employee
engagement and satisfaction measures
Several firms highlighted efforts at
building up their staff with educational and
career development offerings with some
developing their own internal institutions
of higher learning BKD CEO Ted Dickman
pointed to his firmrsquos BKD University a vir-
tual on-demand learning and leadership
development platform that landed the firm
on Training magazinersquos Training Top 125
list while Sikich LLP CEO and MP James
Sikich touted the investment made in his
firmrsquos Sikich University an internal learn-
ing and development program that trains
staff in technical and soft skills
For its part Big Four firm KPMG went
to the source ldquoThe need for highly skilled
talent is a top priorityrdquo said chair and CEO
John Veihmeyer In addition making a stra-
tegic priority of diversity ldquoWe work close-
ly with universities our main workforce
pipeline to promote learning and skillsets
our professionals need and emphasize the
importance of global and diverse perspec-
tives and technological savvyrdquo At Louisianarsquos Postlethwaite amp Netter-
ville meanwhile CEO (and current Ameri-
can Institute of CPAs chair) William Balhoff
noted the firmrsquos increased focus on leader-
ship development and soft skills training
at all levels mdash but also highlighted its busi-
ness development training curriculum
After all hiring and keeping a great
staff only makes sense if you can bring in
work for them do
GETTING COMPETITIVEldquoAccounting firms are operating in a highly
competitive environmentrdquo noted Weiser-
Mazars chair and managing partner Doug-
las Phillips Besides the pressures around
staffing ldquoFirms are under continuing fee
pressure from clients which intensifies
market competitionrdquo
Hanging out the help wanted signB Y D A N I E L H O O D
See STRATEGIES on
10
lsquoOur peopletell us wersquorefocused on theright thingsrsquo
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Armanino is alive to these concerns
ldquoThe dynamics of our profession require
constant change Our products and serv-
ices need to keep pace with those of our
clients Providing traditional accounting
services will only prove ineffectual Whatrsquos
needed is a best-of-breed approach to tak-
ing on current and future tax and account-
ing challenges if wersquore to succeed and our
clients are to prosper While wersquoll alwaysneed to maintain our core competencies
there should be no lack of acceleration in
our ability to integrate cutting-edge solu-
tions mdash strategic and technological mdash into
our products and services offerings The
long-term viability of our firm relies on itrdquo
Other firms are aiming to stay on the
cutting-edge mdash though not always specifi-
cally through technology Wayne BersonCEO of BDO USA is concerned about
enhancing the value of the audit ldquoIt is
clear that in order for the professionrsquos core
element to remain relevant there will have
to be an expansion of the auditorrsquos role in
providing greater insight into the clientsrsquo
financial statements and perhaps varying
degrees of assurance on areas outside of
the financial statements This will affect
firms of all size by requiring substantially
more business and analytical skills and
may also result in a demand for more spe-cialists to be involved in auditsrdquo
Big Four firm KPMG is engaged in a
similar pursuit of the new and improved
ldquoWe continue to focus on innovation and
the enhancement of our offerings and ca-
pabilities for specific industries and growth
areasrdquo said chairman and CEO John Veih-
meyer ldquoWersquore also continuing to build out
our alliance ecosystem to help create newservices enhance existing services and
extend the KPMG brand promise to meet
the needs of clients in new waysrdquo Last year
the firm rolled out a number of ldquoalliance-
based offeringsrdquo created in conjunction
with various partners to offer clients more
focused services and solutions
Crowe Horwath meanwhile took in-
novation even one step further mdash by nam-
ing its own chief innovation officer ldquoWe
are most focused on and are investing
in innovation as a driver of growth where we can bring together functional exper-
tise industry knowledge along with proc-
ess and technology to provide high-value
solutionsrdquo explained CEO Charles Allen
ldquoMany of these solutions will be focused in
broader assurance services that the inves-
tor community and stakeholders in public
interest entities are requestingrdquo AT
10
top tax firms
THE TOP TAX FIRMS Rev
from tax from Total Total Firm Headquarters Chief executive ($mn) tax revenue chg Offices staff
PwCsect New York City Robert Moritz 309148 28 1104100 870 72 39158HampR BlockP1 Kansas City Mo William Cobb 287797 99 290594 042 11000+ 100000+
Ernst amp Youngsect New York City Steve Howe 273000 30 910000 1098 80 30900
Deloittesect New York City Joe Echevarria 250092 18 1389400 633 104 60951
KPMGsect New York City John Veihmeyer 165780 27 614000 673 90 24618
McGladrey2 Chicago Joe Adams 49137 36 136659 626 75 6723
Ryan Dallas G Brint Ryan 39037 100 39037 1059 59 1711
Liberty Tax Services Virginia Beach Va John Hewitt 38120 100 38120 615 4262 798
Grant Thornton Chicago Stephen Chipman 37782 29 130283 461 56 6438
BDO Chicago Wayne Berson 20490 30 68300 1052 49 3248
CliftonLarsonAllen Minneapolis Gordy Viere 19161 34 56355 -078 29 3660
CohnReznick New York City T Marino K Baggett 16764 33 50800 410 24 2521
CBIZ Mayer Hoffman McCann Cleveland C Spurio B Hancock 16748 35 47850 -2220 100 2862
Moss Adams Seattle Chris Schmidt 15314 38 40300 1715 22 2072
Crowe Horwath Chicago Charles Allen 14622 22 66462 1168 28 3006
WTAS San Francisco Mark Vorsatz 14509 100 14509 1344 16 621
BKD Springfield Mo Theodore Dickman 12970 31 41840 400 32 2013
Marcum New York City Jeffrey Weiner 12604 36 35010 2708 17 1300
Dixon Hughes Goodman Charlotte NC Ken Hughes 10850 35 31000 197 26 1661
Plante Moran Southfield Mich Gordon Krater 10694 26 41132 2427 19 1947
Notes P Figures compiled from public company reports Firm estimate or projection NA Not availableapplicable
sect Gross revenue 1 Staff figures include seasonal workers 2 Reported fee split as both dollar amount (given here) and percentage
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International tax remained the highest
growing niche service this year for the
2014 Top 100 Firms increasing 6 per-
centage points over 2013 reports ac-
cording to this yearrsquos 77 responding firms
State and local taxes grew 7 percent-
age points to be the second-most common
area of growth and bringing it even at 82
percent with business valuations which
similarly expanded 8 percentage points in
2014 Rounding out the top four again this
year was attest services growing 2 percent-
age points to 75 percent
Leading the pack in year-over-year
growth unsurprisingly was mergers and
acquisition which saw an 11-point uptick
in 2014 with 70 percent of firms reporting
increased business
Below that many services saw double-
digit increases in firms reporting growth
most notably SOX compliancerisk man-
agement saw a list-high rise of 16 percent-
age points to bring it to 53 percent Tech-
nology consulting and personal financial
planning also had strong 2014 gains of 12and 11 percentage points respectively
ON THE GROUND
Doug Wright partner-in-charge of inter-
national tax and transfer pricing services
at California-based firm Burr Pilger Mayer
attributes the continued growth in inter-
national tax services to an unusual conflu-
ence of economic recovery globalization
and the tax and regulatory issues of about
a dozen years ago that brought the niche
to prominenceldquoBasically itrsquos navigating the perfect
stormrdquo he said ldquoWersquove had a lot of changes
in the way in which not just the US but
foreign countries monitor and scrutinize
international business transactions from a
tax perspective The kind of international
tax and accounting standards that the US
has applied for some time now have been
adopted increasingly by countries outside
the USrdquo
Along with the tightening accounting
standards that followed corporate scandals
like Enron these regulatory concerns have
led companies to take more initiative in
their overseas business Wright explained
ldquoTherersquos a kind of heightened sense of cor-
porate responsibility wersquore seeing where
companies want to make sure theyrsquore do-
ing things in the appropriate way and are
not going to be attacked by the IRS or
foreign taxing authorities or are not viewed
as unethical We frequently see situations
where before companies engage us to do
a major global project they talk to other
companies that have done it Not to get a
referral on us but to talk to other compa-
nies They didnrsquot do similar planning in
the past so [they want] to understand how
that planning was ultimately viewed by the
IRS and foreign tax authoritiesrdquo
This kind of due diligence tends to
be pre-emptive Wright continued ldquoThey
donrsquot want to see their names in the news-
paper as caught up in substantial litigation
in the US and outside the US Corporate
executives have a heightened awareness
that they need to do things properly and
do them upfront Companies [used to]
just expand internationally and deal with
some of these issues after the fact mdash the
International tax work in demand B Y D A N I E L L E L E E
0 20 40 60 80 100
International Tax
Business Valuations
State and Local Taxes
Attest ServicesLitigation Support
EstateTrustGift Tax Planning
Industry Specializations
Mergers and Acquisitions
ForensicsFraud
Nonpro1047297t Organizations
Employee Bene1047297ts
Biz Mgmt for Wealthy Individuals
Succession PlanningFamily office
Retirement Plans
SOX ComplianceRisk Mgmt
Strategic PlanningBusiness Plans
Technology Consulting
Cost Segregation
Personal Financial Planning
Biz Mgmt for Small Businesses
Investment AdviceServices
CFOProject Staffi
ng ServicesCash Flow ForecastingManagement
Financing Arrangements
BankruptcyInsolvency
Employment Search
ExportImport
1031 Like-Kind
IFRS consulting
Business RecoveryRecession Advice
Payroll ServicesConsulting
Lease vs Buy Analysis
Top niche servicesPercentage of firms increasing their business in these areas
(of 77 firms responding)
niches and clients
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13
cart leading the horse Now therersquos much
more awareness and sensitivity tax and
otherwise hellip At our firm we have a phe-
nomenal amount of new international tax
planning and consulting work and new
clients coming our way including very
early-stage companies as they expandrdquo
When Wright joined BPM more than
five years ago he was the firmrsquos first and
only full-time international tax special-
ist and while he has grown that practice
to the largest in the firm for the last three
years the now roughly 12 full-time tax
professionals in the practice canrsquot keep up
with all the new work He estimates that
his group can only serve half of the op-
portunities that come their way but shares
that finding experienced specialists in the
extremely complex area of international
tax is ldquoexceedingly difficultrdquo
Atlanta firm Habif Arogeti amp Wynne
has been doing international work of all
sorts particularly with their manufactur-
ing and technology clients since the early
1990s and now has roughly 70 people in
that service line who speak 26 different
languages among them
Though HAampW is also a member firm
of global accountancy and business ad-
visory network Baker Tilly International
chief executive officer Richard Kopelman
credits most of the firmrsquos growth in this
niche to the ldquoinbound grass-roots effort
with the people from those countriesrdquo
ldquoInternational tax aligns with our
manufacturing and technology niche and
dovetails really wellrdquo he explained ldquoWe do
as much business inbound as outboundrdquo
ADDING VALUE
Nearly all of the client categories for this
yearrsquos Top 100 Firms displayed strong
growth this year with manufacturing lead-
ing the list at 82 percent a 9 percentage
point gain over last year
Manufacturing overtook 2013rsquos lead-
er midsized businesses in general by only
one percentage point Midsized businesses
saw a modest 4 percentage point increase
this year though real estate ranked behind
it recorded a big 12 percentage point rise
to bring it to 77 percent
Only two other categories on the list
surpassed that gain this year construction
which increased 14 percentage points to
66 percent of responding firms and much
farther down the list small businesses
which at 44 percent also recorded a 14
percent increase over last year
Central Pennsylvania-based Rein-
sel Kuntz Lesherrsquos location gives it an
advantage in this market according to
Steve Fisher a partner in the firmrsquos audit
services group and leader of the manu-
facturing and distribution services group
ldquoIn the past ten to 20 years companies
were leaving that were not as involved in
manufacturing but some of that is com-
ing back now with longstanding compa-
nies in manufacturing in that regionrdquo he
explained ldquoAnd a lot of them arenrsquot in
manufacturing but in bringing good over-seas and distribution channels There are
a lot of opportunitiesrdquo
RKL has capitalized on them Fisher
continued by evaluating specific client
needs ldquoOne thing wersquove done in the past
year is a focus group with financial folks
owners consultants that touch consum-
ers in the manufacturing and distribution
area We said lsquoWhat do you need what
are your expectations of people provid-
ing tax and audit servicesrsquo And whether
we can do it and align with them to helpfulfill their needs and bring value When
you hand them a financial statement or tax
return it looks the same no matter who did
it Wersquore responding communicating and
trying to educate folks and arm them to do
these things and help across the market
We go through the proposals and differen-
tiate ourselvesrdquo AT
niches and clients
0 20 40 60 80 100
Manufacturing
Midsized Businesses
Real Estate
TechnologyIndividuals
Construction
Healthcare Facilities
Nonpro1047297t Organizations
Professional Services
Wholesale Distributors
Large Businesses
Pension Plans
State and Local Government
Hotels amp Restaurants
Small Businesses
Retail Trade
Banking amp Thrift Companies
Entertainment
BrokersDealers in Securities amp Commodities
Colleges and Universities
Investment Companies amp Mutual Funds
Auto Dealerships
Government Contractors
Franchising
Finance CompaniesMortgage Banks
School Districts
PublishingBroadcastingMedia
Insurance CarriersCompanies
Insurance Agents amp Brokers
Gaming
AgricultureFarmingForestryFishing
Leasing Companies
Top client categoriesPercentage of firms increasing their business with these types of clients
(of 77 firms responding)
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Since our Regional Leaders both repre-
sent a broader range of firms in terms of
size and bring with them the particular
economic conditions of their geographic
regions the trends here tend to be less clear than
among our Top 100 Firms
One anti-trend that wersquove noticed is the lack
of correlation between the size of a region in terms
of its overall firm revenues and its growth rate
The Mid-Atlantic Regional Leaders for instance
have combined revenues almost twice as large
as the Great Lakes Regional Leaders mdash but an
average growth rate thatrsquos around half while the
Southwest has revenues that are slightly less than
those of the Capitol Region but is growing five
times as fast Local economic conditions make all
the difference of course but the point that size is
not everything is worth making
Unless of course yoursquore talking about the
size of our lists for each region Wersquove been grow-
ing them steadily over the past few years and are
happy to report a large number of new additions
this year many of which are highlighted in the
introductions to their individual regions
If your firm should be on one of our Regional
Leaders lists send us an e-mail at AcToday
SourceMediacom and wersquoll include you in next
yearrsquos survey AT
regional overview
Regions see uneven growth
20
THE 2014 REGIONAL LEADERS
Top Firms Capital RegionDelaware Maryland Virginia Washington DC and West Virginia
Revenue $56257 million up 206
While the Capital Region displayed the weakest revenue growth among the regions in 2013 it did display
major growth in another way the number of firms represented This yearrsquos list includes a number of strong
new players like Virginiarsquos PBMares West Virginiarsquos Arnett Foster Toothman and Washington DCrsquos Tate amp
Tryon
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Kearney amp Co Alexandria Va 7764 -282 2 13 287 401 72 0 28 0
SCampH Group Inc Sparks Md 5760 627 3 21 217 282 17 43 40 0
Watkins Meegan Bethesda Md 4900 145 4 15 196 224 22 22 56 0
Aronson Rockville Md 4900 101 1 31 154 224 43 33 22 2
Raffa Washington DC 3692 371 2 18 192 243 53 15 32 0
PBMares Newport News Va 2892 144 8 34 105 177 40 43 9 8
Cotton amp Co Alexandria Va 2566 -104 1 10 138 155 44 0 16 40
Brown Edwards amp Codagger Bluefield WVa 2542 201 7 25 NA 182 NA NA NA NA
Johnson Lambert Falls Church Va 2268 593 8 13 119 149 82 15 3 0
Yount Hyde amp Barbour Winchester Va 2252 -570 6 20 84 127 45 41 11 3
Gelman Rosenberg amp Freedman Bethesda Md 2160 385 1 12 60 94 76 23 1 0
Keiter Glen Allen Va 2143 328 1 12 104 143 26 62 4 8
Arnett Foster Toothman Charleston WVa 1961 283 6 23 86 136 47 28 25 0
Ellin amp Tucker Chartered Baltimore 1933 -515 4 11 77 114 38 38 16 8
Tate amp Tryon Washington DC 1860 550 1 11 90 110 69 7 24 0
Calibre CPA Group Bethesda Md 1830 2340 3 15 107 143 81 8 0 11
Gross Mendelsohn Baltimore 1674 1020 1 15 69 103 49 30 21 0
Smith Elliott Kearns amp Co Hagerstown Md 1660 122 5 20 97 142 48 30 17 5
KatzAbosch Timonium Md 1500 NC 3 21 42 83 37 55 8 0
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
REGIONSThe Capital Region 20
The Southeast 21
New England 21
The Mid-Atlantic 22
The Great Lakes 24
The Gulf Coast 24
The Midwest 25
The Mountain States 26
The Southwest 26
The West 27
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Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdash
Firm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Dixon Hughes Goodman Charlotte NC 31000 197 26 178 1129 1661 36 35 29 0
Cherry Bekaert Richmond Va 12590 186 22 55 559 778 44 47 9 0
Lattimore Black Morgan amp Cain Brentwood Tenn 7091 906 3 46 287 409 24 34 14 28
Habif Arogeti amp Wynne Atlanta 6428 662 1 26 232 305 45 39 8 8
Elliott Davis Greenville SC 6410 505 8 51 265 392 47 35 14 4
Frazier amp Deeter Atlanta 5300 2018 4 11 158 201 32 40 0 28
Mauldin amp Jenkins Atlanta 3880 078 5 34 125 198 59 30 2 9
Mountjoy Chilton Medley Louisville Ky 3831 100 5 37 171 246 40 36 9 15
Joseph Decosimo amp Co Chattanooga Tenn 3820 550 8 29 177 265 47 39 7 7Bennett Thrasher Atlanta 2988 1418 1 23 104 151 27 57 7 9
Dean Dorton Allen Ford Lexington Ky 2212 179 2 33 90 150 33 42 25 0
Windham Brannon Atlanta 2146 1073 1 14 100 139 39 59 2 0
WebsterRogers Florence SC 1750 697 9 24 91 138 42 46 4 8
Top Firms Southeast Arkansas Georgia Kentucky North Carolina South Carolina and Tennessee
Revenue $89446 million up 470
Growth moderated in the Southeast in 2013 coming in a few percentage points lower
than in 2012 but that didnrsquot stop individual firms from posting some strong results like Atlantarsquos Frazier amp Deeter or new Regional Leader Windham Brannon
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdash
Firm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
BlumShapiro West Hartford Ct 6130 2824 4 30 251 341 56 32 1 11
BerryDunn Portland Maine 4312 740 5 18 154 204 47 18 28 7
Kahn Litwin Renza amp Co Providence RI 3532 1284 3 11 153 195 30 35 35 0
Wolf amp Co Boston 3149 725 3 19 142 189 50 21 0 29
Baker Newman amp Noyes Portland Maine 2770 NC 4 30 121 182 48 40 12 0
Feeley amp Driscoll Boston 2422 302 1 12 66 103 61 29 10 0
DiCicco Gulman amp Co Woburn Mass 1800 588 2 14 65 97 42 43 15 0
Alexander Aronson Finningdagger Westborough Mass 1769 249 5 18 NA NA NA NA NA NA
Whittlesey amp Hadley Hartford Ct 1570 753 1 15 83 105 60 20 20 0
Gray Gray amp Gray Westwood Mass 1380 222 3 8 64 86 45 35 20 0Edelstein amp Co Boston 1360 1826 1 9 45 64 21 54 0 25
Macdonald Page amp Co South Portland Maine 1300 442 3 21 75 112 42 31 13 14
OrsquoConnor amp Drew Braintree Mass 1200 2000 2 15 60 87 81 17 0 2
Melanson Heath amp Co Nashua NH 1048 264 5 9 66 88 74 22 2 2
Meyers Brothers Kalicka Holyoke Mass 1040 612 1 7 40 59 47 39 4 10
DiSanto Priest amp Co Warwick RI 959 435 1 8 37 57 39 55 6 0
Gallagher Flynn amp Co South Burlington Vt 920 -316 2 10 NA 75 NA NA NA NA
Notes Firm estimate or projection dagger Accounting Today estimate NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms New EnglandConnecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island and Vermont
Revenue $36661 million up 949
After a lackluster 2012 things picked up significantly for the region in 2013 MampA played a major part with firms of all
sizes getting into local and regional hookups and large firms like Connecticutrsquos BlumShapiro and Rhode Islandrsquos Kahn
Litwin Renza amp Co leading the way Going forward it will reshape the list in other ways following the January 2014
merger of Massachusetts Regional Leader Braver PC into Top 100 Firm Marcum LLP
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Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
CohnReznick New York City 50800 410 24 274 1716 2521 52 33 6 9
Marcum New York City 35010 2708 17 160 844 1300 45 36 7 12
EisnerAmper New York City 27690 779 9 177 976 1185 56 35 9 0
Rothstein Kass Roseland NJ 20200 688 8 76 780 1002 60 35 5 0
ParenteBeard Philadelphia 15800 -651 18 116 544 861 53 31 16 0
Citrin Cooperman amp Co New York City 14300 1440 5 120 302 503 47 37 8 8
WeiserMazars New York City 14240 772 6 104 393 625 47 39 14 0
Berdon New York City 10100 391 2 39 334 398 33 40 27 0
OrsquoConnor Davies New York City 9950 1888 7 82 340 501 65 21 14 0
Marks Paneth New York City 9800 1264 3 64 390 539 63 27 3 7
WithumSmith+Brown Princeton NJ 9698 931 12 77 258 431 37 37 2 24
Anchin Block amp Anchin New York City 9300 NC 1 56 215 354 44 43 13 0
Friedman New York City 7250 821 6 57 244 349 60 35 5 0
The Bonadio Group Pittsford NY 6629 2231 11 61 352 470 48 21 13 18
Schneider Downs Pittsburgh 5756 407 2 36 284 354 45 35 20 0
Reinsel Kuntz Lesher Lancaster Pa 4521 2183 4 39 228 300 33 35 10 22
Freed Maxick CPAs Buffalo NY 4150 964 4 35 203 283 36 37 27 0
Raich Ende Malter amp Co New York City 4100 789 5 33 120 191 40 60 0 0
Grassi amp Co New York City 4095 500 2 23 136 197 48 41 9 2
Margolin Winer amp Evens Garden City NY 4000 256 2 25 167 207 60 30 10 0
Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin amp Co New York City 4000 -1837 3 24 106 165 46 46 8 0
Prager Metis International New York City 3599 1659 7 30 129 199 30 45 25 0
Wiss amp Co Livingston NJ 3300 377 4 28 114 172 56 32 0 12Kreischer Miller Horsham Pa 2950 1078 1 16 137 183 46 36 11 7
Perelson Weiner New York City 1950 NA 1 8 45 70 40 50 10 0
Janover Garden City NY 1944 NA 2 13 78 108 30 62 5 3
Untracht Early Florham Park NJ 1900 544 3 8 79 102 29 64 4 3
Gettry Marcus CPA Woodbury NY 1700 303 2 16 47 81 48 35 0 17
Buchbinder Tunick amp Co New York City 1600 NC 2 18 53 90 50 25 15 10
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms Mid-AtlanticNew Jersey New York and Pennsylvania
Revenue $290332 million up 831
The Mid-Atlantic continues to post generally strong results helped by the strength of many of the industries its firms
serve particularly in the financial services and financial institutions areas It also remains a seedbed for new and grow-
ing firms like new Top 100 entry Prager Metis International and new Regional Leaders Perelson Weiner Janover Un-tracht Early and Buchbinder Tunick
22
regional leaders
Where the growth is Pt 1Average firm growth rate in percent by region
Mid-Atlantic
GreatLakes
West Midwest CapitalRegion
SoutheastGulf Coast
Southwest NewEngland
Mountain0
5
10
15
20
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Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
EKSampH Denver 7046 1119 3 38 308 427 45 42 13 0
Hein amp Associates Denver 5071 445 4 33 191 266 48 47 4 1
RGL Forensics Denver 3765 606 17 23 124 190 0 0 0 100
Anderson ZurMuehlen Helena Mont 2557 277 7 27 128 204 35 38 10 17
GHP Horwath Denver 2480 -040 1 10 82 106 41 26 0 33
Anton Collins Mitchell Denver 1600 191 3 12 69 97 50 40 10 0
Tanner Salt Lake City 1430 1085 1 10 54 72 62 23 13 2
Junkermier ClarkCampanella Stevens Great Falls Mont 1420 085 7 25 69 120 39 43 7 11
Dalby Wendland amp Co Grand Junction Colo 1195 373 4 16 52 90 25 53 9 13McGee Hearne amp Paiz Cheyenne Wyo 973 485 2 9 52 70 55 38 7 0
Top Firms MountainColorado Idaho Montana Utah and Wyoming
Revenue $27537 million up 566
The region seems in some ways to have turned the corner It reported its second year in a row of respectable
growth after a few difficult years That may explain the interest from Top 100 Firms Eide Bailly in particular made
a number of acquisitions in the region particularly in the Salt Lake City area
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Weaver Fort Worth Texas 8340 1332 7 36 354 471 34 43 12 11
Whitley Penn Fort Worth Texas 5871 1984 5 38 206 294 43 43 0 14
Montgomery Coscia Greilich Plano Texas 3354 1614 2 16 203 231 28 41 24 7
Padgett Stratemann amp Co San Antonio 3007 301 2 17 127 179 51 37 12 0
REDW Albuquerque NM 2645 3352 2 17 129 181 52 24 10 14
Briggs amp Veselka Co Houston 2617 1842 2 19 151 194 41 50 8 1
PKF Texas Houston 2155 553 1 10 85 108 50 46 4 0
Cain Watters amp Associates Plano Texas 2080 930 1 7 55 108 10 15 0 75
BeachFleischman Tuscon Ariz 2030 2378 2 25 81 140 27 57 2 14
Johnson Miller amp Co CPAs Odessa Texas 1954 868 3 14 76 103 30 50 7 13
PMB Helin Donovan Austin Texas 1900 1377 8 28 88 136 55 45 0 0Lane Gorman Trubitt Dallas 1900 497 1 15 62 92 57 37 0 6
Henry amp Horne Tempe Ariz 1850 571 3 14 70 102 33 58 9 0
Maxwell Locke amp Ritter Austin Texas 1834 969 2 21 61 92 38 41 0 21
TravisWolff Dallas 1830 -054 1 8 76 104 32 54 14 0
Melton amp Melton Houston 1790 770 1 14 79 103 50 50 0 0
Brown Graham amp Co Amarillo Texas 1287 404 7 23 61 113 35 50 5 10
Hartman Leito amp Bolt Fort Worth Texas 1100 -795 1 10 47 69 45 46 8 1
MaloneBailey Houston 897 -2220 2 5 31 41 98 2 0 0
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms Southwest Arizona New Mexico Oklahoma and Texas
Revenue $48441 million up 1103
As with the Gulf Coast booming revenues from oil and gas no doubt played a part in the
Southwestrsquos strong performance this year (the third best of the regions) with many of the
largest firms recording growth in energy and related services Wersquore also happy to note a
number of new Regional Leaders including Planorsquos Montgomery Coscia Greilich (which also
joined the T100) Houstonrsquos Melton amp Melton and Amarillorsquos Brown Graham amp Co
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regional leaders
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Moss Adams Seattle 40300 1715 22 263 1340 2072 45 38 17 0
Armanino San Ramon Calif 11284 1311 5 37 301 394 21 26 49 4
Novogradac amp Co San Francisco 9248 1003 15 35 311 408 59 27 2 12
Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt W Los Angeles Calif 8692 1724 8 36 263 362 18 76 0 6
Burr Pilger Mayer Inc San Francisco 6850 -087 6 40 225 330 38 50 12 0
Frank Rimerman + Co Palo Alto Calif 6120 1233 5 21 229 267 27 62 11 0
Nigro Karlin Segal Feldstein amp Bolno Los Angeles 5608 1167 2 21 262 314 17 17 2 64
Squar Milner Newport Beach Calif 4530 295 4 22 171 229 40 53 0 7SingerLewak Los Angeles 3850 -080 6 33 NA NA NA NA NA NA
AKT CPAs Salem Ore 3824 1039 6 15 176 235 28 33 11 28
Miller Kaplan Arase North Hollywood Calif 3800 270 5 24 117 175 58 17 17 8
Gallina Roseville Calif 3639 505 9 26 155 226 45 52 3 0
Seiler Redwood City Calif 3610 587 2 11 116 152 10 75 0 15
Macias Gini amp OrsquoConnell Sacramento Calif 3340 -773 9 10 164 258 63 12 7 18
Vavrinek Trine Day amp Codagger Rancho Cucamonga Calif 3231 199 7 33 NA 200 NA NA NA NA
Clark Nuber Bellevue Wash 3096 614 1 18 119 168 49 48 0 3
Gursey | Schneider Los Angeles 2820 682 3 10 85 129 0 30 0 70
RBZ Los Angeles 2800 1327 1 14 89 136 17 52 17 14
Hutchinson and Bloodgood Glendale Calif 2543 1559 4 33 58 115 38 46 16 0
Windes Inc Long Beach Calif 2361 -215 3 16 76 121 44 46 4 6
Green Hasson Janks Los Angeles 2310 500 1 13 88 116 32 33 13 22
Hemming Morse San Francisco 2069 827 7 13 76 96 33 0 0 67Perkins amp Co Portland Ore 2017 1034 2 19 87 132 27 40 24 9
Matson amp Isom Chico Calif 1768 400 4 21 81 128 41 46 5 8
Gumbiner Savett Santa Monica Calif 1728 601 1 10 80 110 40 50 8 2
Peterson Sullivan Seattle 1646 457 1 13 84 97 52 47 1 0
Sensiba San Filippo Pleasanton Calif 1620 588 4 14 61 103 NA NA NA NA
NSBN Beverly Hills Calif 1500 1111 1 13 53 74 35 49 5 11
Notes Firm estimate or projection dagger Accounting Today estimate NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms WestCalifornia Nevada Oregon and Washington
Revenue $146204 million up 989
Growth is spread a little more evenly among the firms in the West this year with strong rates at the top firms but equally
good performances scattered up and down the range While some of the other regions saw re-arrangements and even
shortenings of their rosters due to mergers and acquisitions firm combinations didnrsquot change the list for the West muchat all In fact the list itself grew a little longer with the addition of new Regional Leaders Perkins amp Co in Portland Ore
Peterson Sullivan in Seattle and NSBN in Beverly Hills
Where the money isCombined 2013 revenues in millions of dollars by region
Mid-Atlantic
GreatLakes
West Midwest CapitalRegion
Southeast Gulf Coast
Southwest NewEngland
Mountain0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
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AKT CPAs Acquired firm with a dental
professional practice
Anchin Block amp Anchin In February
2013 lost $50 million judgment to author Pa-
tricia Cornwell over financial management
Armanino In January 2013 rebranded
from Armanino McKenna Launched business
intelligence dashboard for private schools
and Dynamic Insights BI tool Acquired Dy-
namics VAR Rose Business Solutions
Aronson Organized two new service
groups IT audit and wealth management
consulting for choosing and assessing advi-
sor performance Baker Tilly Virchow Krause In June 2013
acquired New York-based Top 100 Firm Holtz
Rubenstein Reminick Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
BDO In June 2013 acquired Alaska-based
Mikunda Cottrell and Minneapolis-based
Moquist Thorvilson Kaufmann and brought
on members of banking practice of T100
Firm ParenteBeard In August expanded in
San Antonio by adding some partners and
staff from TravisWolff In December acquired
Pittsburgh T100 Firm Alpern Rosenthal
Berdon Joined TIAG alliance Expanded
use of CRM system and instituted Best Place
to Work Committee to propose community
social and charitable initiatives for the firm
In November 2013 merged with Northport
NY-based Beck amp Co
Berkowitz Pollack Brant Expanded stra-
tegic planning task force to include ldquoup and
comersrdquo Began celebrating its 35th anniver-
sary Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best
Firm to Work For
BerryDunn Grew revenue by over 7 per-
cent and overall staff by over 10 percent
BKD In 2013 marked its 90th anniver-
sary Opened offices in Des Moines Iowa
and Nashville Tenn In September acquired
Pittsburgh-based Malin Bergquist
Blue amp Co All figures are Accounting To-
day estimates
BlumShapiro Merged with Newton
Mass-based Friedman Suvalle amp Salomon
Added a dedicated hospitality group
The Bonadio Group In April 2013 merged
in Rutland Vt-based Independent Audit As-
sociates In September merged in Buffalo
NY-based Gaines Kriner Elliott In Novem-
ber merged in Albany NY-based Stulmaker
Kohn amp Richardson Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Burr Pilger Mayer Inc In January 2013
named new CEO In November opened new
office in Napa Valley
Carr Riggs amp Ingram In January 2013merged in Atlanta-based Peterson Coleman
amp Marett In July merged with North Caro-
lina-based accounting firm Pittard Perry amp
Crone Inc In August merged in Atlanta-
based Laney Boteler amp Killinger In Septem-
ber merged in Texas Regional Leader Gainer
Donnelly
CBIZ Mayer Hoffman McCann In No-
vember 2013 acquired Denver-based Knight
Field Fabry In January 2013 named Chris
Spurio president of CBIZ Financial Services
In February announced acquisition of Tam-pa Bay Fla-based Lewis Birch amp Ricardo
Cherry Bekaert In January 2013 re-
branded from Cherry Bekaert amp Holland
Formed benefits consulting group expanded
international tax team and advisory services
Citrin Cooperman amp Co In November
2013 merged in Leon M Reimer amp Co
Clark Schaefer Hackett amp Co Marked its
75th anniversary Having ldquoactive discussionsrdquo
on acquisitions
CliftonLarsonAllen Sold health care reg-ulatory and compliance group
Cohen amp Co Divested nearly $10 mil-
lion in business during the year that was not
meeting growth and profitability expecta-
tions Implemented a second tier of owner-
ship Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best
Firm to Work For
CohnReznick Named first national direc-
firm highlights
2014 firm highlightstor of governmental affairs Relocated offices
in Chicago Los Angeles and Austin Texas
Crowe Horwath In August 2013 acquired
a majority interest in Missouri-based Chan
Healthcare Integrated staff and acquired in-
tellectual property of ExtOrg In November
named its first chief innovation officer
Deloitte in January 2014 acquired sub-
stantially all of the business of strategy con-
sulting firm the Monitor Group In June ac-
quired investment bank McColl Partners In
July acquired SAP consulting firm Quattro
Integration Group In September acquired
TMA Construction Consultants In October
acquired substantially all of the assets of digi-
tal and social media agency Banyan Branch
In October agreed to pay $2 million to settle
charges with the PCAOB for violating Sar-
banes-Oxley Act and PCAOB rules In No-
vember launched CloudMix a preconfigured
mixture of cloud applications from different
vendors for clients
Dixon Hughes Goodman In June 2013
added Crossfire Advisory to its national health
care practice
Doeren Mayhew Grew revenue over 16
percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash international tax Fastest growing client
category mdash manufacturing
Eide Bailly In May 2013 installed new
CEO In June and August merged in two Salt
Lake City CPA firms Lake Hill amp Myers and
Hansen Barnett amp Maxwell In November
2013 acquired Denver NetSuite solutions pro-
vider Next Business Systems In December
launched private insurance exchange
EisnerAmper Had an ldquooutstandingrdquo year
Added several new services including CFO
outsourcing human capital cloud technol-
ogy and family office services
EKSampH Rebranded from Ehrhardt KeefeSteiner amp Hottman Saw revenue growth of
over 11 percent
Elliott Davis In April merged in Raleigh
NC-based Lunsford amp Strickland Relocated
office from Galax Va to Richmond Hired a
corporate strategies officer
Ernst amp Young In March paid $123 million
to resolve a federal tax shelter investigation
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In June launched EYTaxSpace Powered by
Thomson Reuters for corporate tax clients
In August donated its archives going back to
the early 1900s to Case Western Reserve Uni-
versity In December agreed to pay investors
$99 million to settle litigation over LehmanBrothers audit and acquired the US tax
preparation and court accounting outsourc-
ing businesses of Thomson Reuters
Frank Rimerman + Co Saw revenue
growth of over 12 percent
Frazier amp Deeter Saw revenue growth of
over 20 percent
Freed Maxick Saw revenue growth of over
9 percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash health care Fastest growing client cat-
egory mdash consulting
Friedman Saw revenue growth of over
8 percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash international tax Fastest growing client
category mdash real estate Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Gallina Expanded service lines including
international tax state and local tax and es-
tate trust retirement and succession services
Hired a director of recruitment and develop-
ment Joined TIAG alliance In February 2014
acquired Mercer Island Wash-based Tuef-
fers Guckian amp Gamon
Grant Thornton Redesigned external
Web site Hired a chief people and culture
officer In September 2013 acquired Oracle
Solutions business unit MarketSphere In No-
vember extended tenure of current CEO
Grassi amp Co In May 2013 added in David
C Sobel CPA and his staff In December
launched Grassi Technology Consultants
Habif Arogeti amp Wynne In May merged
in boutique tax consulting firm JRZ Launched
efforts to ldquodefine refine and embrace the
firmrsquos culturerdquo Hein amp Associates Expanded cloud solu-
tions service line Saw staff growth of over 11
percent
Hill Barth amp King Launched HbK Corpo-
rate Finance division Created new Web site
and YouTube channel In November 2013
merged in Lawrenceville NJ-based Bartolo-
mei Pucciarelli CPAs
Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt Saw ldquosig-
nificant growthrdquo in MampA private equity pro-
fessional services international tax and en-
tertainment practices Launched a business
development training program
Honkamp Krueger amp Co In Augustmerged in Madison Wis-based The Brem-
ser Group In October opened practice in
Davenport Iowa Added medical practice
consulting and talent outsourcing to its ser-
vices list
Horne Saw overall staff growth of over 11
percent Named an Accounting Today 2013
Best Firm to Work For
Joseph Decosimo amp Co In March 2013
acquired Huntsville Ala-based cost account-
ing and federal compliance solutions group
Solvability In December merged in Larry
Hyatt amp Associates
Kahn Litwin Renza amp Co In January
2013 merged with Waltham Mass-based Fay
amp Associates In May opened KLR Emerging
Business Center to offer co-working office
space to start-ups
Katz Sapper amp Miller Saw revenue
growth of over 7 percent and overall staff
growth of over 9 percent
Kaufman Rossin Group Saw revenue
growth of over 18 percent Named the No1 Accounting Today 2013 Best Firm to Work
For in the Large Firm Category for the third
year in a row
Kearney amp Co Saw staff growth of over
2 percent
Kemper Fastest growing service area mdash
investment advisory services
Kennedy and Coe Installed new CEO
KPMG Completed acquisition of Ora-
cle ERP practice of The Hackett Group
Launched alliance-based offering in indirect
tax with Thomson Reuters In May 2013
agreed with Fannie Mae to pay $153 million
to settle class-action suit over Fannie Mae
audit In July launched market alliance with
cloud-based procurement solution provider
Coupa Software In September Denver office
achieved LEED-CI certification In Decem-
ber announced plans to acquire analytical
applications company Link Analytics In Jan-
uary 2014 agreed to pay $82 million to settle
SEC charges over auditor independence
Lattimore Black Morgan amp Cain Re-
ported organic growth of over 9 percent
across all service lines Added a health care
consulting company
Macias Gini amp OrsquoConnell Saw overall staff
growth of over 7 percent
Marcum In January 2013 merged in
Massachusetts-based Parent McLaughlin amp
Nangle In April merged in Cornerstone Ac-
counting Group In July merged in Irvine
Calif-based WilsonMorgan In January 2014
merged in three units of New England Re-
gional Leader Braver
Margolin Winer amp Evens Saw revenue
growth of over 2 percent
Marks Paneth Rebranded from Marks
Paneth amp Shron In February 2013 merged
in New York City-based Rosenberg Neuwirth
amp Kuchner
Mauldin amp Jenkins In June acquired Ten-
nessee-based Hazlett Lewis amp Bieter
MBAF CPAs Worked to achieve ldquogreater
consolidation of the Northeast Region op-
erations with the rest of the firmrdquo Enhanced
cross-utilization of staff and skills among
various regions Designed and implemented
cost controls
McGladrey In August launched a strat-
egy to serve middle-market companies Late
in 2013 acquired Wilmington NC-Lanier
Whaley Craft amp Co and Houston-based
Margolis Phipps amp Wright
Miller Kaplan Arase Appointed a new
managing partner Expanded Seattle office
Saw ldquosignificant growthrdquo in business manage-
ment and entertainment group
Montgomery Coscia Greilich New to the
list In March 2013 joined the Alliott Group
alliance In May opened new office in AustinTexas In June launched strategy and man-
agement consulting practice In September
marked 10th anniversary
Moss Adams Marked its 100th anniver-
sary Installed new chairmanCEO
Mountjoy Chilton Medley Transitioned
in operations of Jeffersonville Ind-based
firm Expanded Cincinnati office Saw ldquostrong
firm highlights
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increaserdquo in regulated industry work such as
insurance financial institutions and health
care In December 2013 launched IT consult-
ing amp strategy services
Nigro Karlin Segal Feldstein amp Bolno
Changed name from Nigro Karlin Segal ampFeldstein Sold a 245 percent minority stake
in the firm to First Republic Bank
Novogradac amp Co Saw revenue growth of
over 10 percent
OrsquoConnor Davies In October announced
merger with Cranford NJ-based Fazio Man-
nuzza Roche Tankel LaPilusa In January
2014 merged with New York City-based Mer-
sel Klein amp Co
ParenteBeard In January 2013 merged
in Connecticut-based health care manage-
ment consulting firm Presscott Associates In
November closed its technology practice In
February 2014 added team members from
insurance consulting firm Invotex
Plante Moran In April 2013 launched
Women in Leadership initiative In July
launched a Web site offering ACA guidance
In November opened an office in Detroit
Postlethwaite amp Netterville Implement-
ed a formal shareholder evaluation process
a formal pipeline process a business de-
velopment training curriculum and growthmanagement software
Prager Metis International New to the
list Formed from January 2013 merger of
Prager amp Fenton and Metis Group Added a
number of new service lines including SALT
cost segregation and research tax incentives
PwC In July 2013 reshuffled US leader-
ship team In October announced plans to
merge in consulting firm Booz amp Co
Raffa In November 2013 launched Raffa
Nonprofit Fraud Prevention Institute
Raich Ende Malter In March 2013 estab-
lished Raich Ende Malter (Cayman)
Rehmann Saw revenue growth of over 15
percent
Reinsel Kuntz Lesher Saw growth in rev-
enue of over 21 percent
RGL Forensics Opened an office in San-
tiago Chile Introduced registered broker-
dealer RGL Advisors to offer MampA transac-
tion advisory services in the US
Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin amp Co
Fastest growing specialty service mdash large
private equity transactions Fastest growing
client category mdash private equity companies
Rothstein Kass Saw revenue growth of
almost 7 percent
RubinBrown Launched national prac-
tices to serve private equity firms and gaming
companies
SCampH Group Inc Joined firm network
Moore Stephens Fastest growing specialty
service mdash technology consulting Fastest
growing client category mdash health care
Schenck In January 2013 acquired ma-
jority stake in Milwaukee-based Bonfield amp
Co Installed new MP and CFO Changed
practice management system
Schneider Downs Relocated corporate
headquarters within Pittsburgh
Seiler Share of revenue derived from tax
increased from 70 to 75 percent
Sikich In January 2013 merged in Il-
linois-based supply chain consulting firm
Achieve Consulting In August announced
merger with Brookfield Wis firm Kolb+Co
In September merged in St Louis-based
OrsquoDonnell Bonebrake amp Co Also mergedin S2 Consulting and PKF Texas Technology
Added eight services PR insurance lean
back office business intelligence SALT and
international tax Restructured executive and
compensation committees Revised partner
compensation plan
SingerLewak In January 2013 merged in
San Francisco office of Acquavell Chiarelli
Shuster Berkower amp Co
Skoda Minotti amp Co New to the list
In May 2013 merged Skoda Minotti Technol-
ogy Partners with Westlake Ohio-based Da-taServ In June 2013 merged in Tampa Fla-
based Dowell amp Perez In August merged
in Tampa-based national assurance solu-
tions and compliance company Assurance
Concepts
Squar Milner ldquoSignificantly expandingrdquo
Los Angeles offices
SSampG In May 2013 named new CEO Saw
revenue growth of almost 14 percent
SVA CPAs In June 2013 installed new
CEO In January 2014 merged in Wisconsin-
based practice of William P Merrick CPA
UHY Advisors Inc Saw overall staff
growth of over 10 percent
Vavrinek Trine Day amp Co All figures are
Accounting Today estimates
Warren Averett In January 2013 merged
in Atlanta-based Gifford Hillegass amp Ingwers-
en and Tampa Fla-based Pender Newkirk
Rebranded firm with new visual identity
Developed new and expanded services in
SALT business valuation forensic account-
ing and litigation support health care reform
economic settlement claims processing and
alternative investments
Watkins Meegan Expanded hospitality
practice and increased government contract-
ing practice Started health care consulting
practice Hired business developmentmar-
keting director
Weaver Saw revenue growth of over 13
percent and growth in all four of its largest
niches mdash energy financial services the pub-
lic sector and manufacturing In February
2014 merged in Connecticut-based RIN At-
test and Advisory Services
WeiserMazarsIn November 2013 merged
in New York-based Resnick Druckman Group
Expanded health care consulting group
Whitley Penn Expanded transaction ser-
vices practice and forensic litigation and
valuation services statewide Named an Ac-
counting Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Wipfli Formalized fresh-water industry
services opened office in Milwaukeersquos Global
Water Center Launched Wipfli Connect for
Manufacturing software solution In January
2014 merged in Tinley Park Ill-based The
Condon Group and Chicago-based practiceRegulatory Compliance Associates Inc
Wiss amp Co More than half of revenues (56
percent) derived from AampA services
WithumSmith+Brown Consolidated two
New Jersey offices Invested in international
tax practice and financial services practice
Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best Firm
to Work For
firm highlights
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overview
4
Things are looking pretty good for
this yearrsquos Top 100 Firms and Re-
gional Leaders
There mdash we said it Things are
looking pretty good Not perfect but pretty
good They face some issues sure (wersquoll get
into those later) but for the most part and
by most of the measures we include in this
report things are looking up and moving
in the right direction
First off this year marks the third
year of positive overall growth for the
T100 since the miserable low points
of 2009 and 2010 when their revenues
actually shrank That growth has been
relatively consistent around the 8 per-
cent mark (this yearrsquos is 781 percent)
and has also been relatively evenly
distributed among the three tiers into
which we divide the Top 100
And thatrsquos where we find the first
of the statistics that make us think that
maybe things are just a little bit better
than OK In the top tier of the Top 100
we still have the six firms with revenuesof over $1 billion But in the second tier
of firms with between $100 million and
$1 billion we have 25 firms mdash three
more than last year (See Databank
page 5 ) Yes mergers and acquisitions
and inflation played a role in growing that
number but so did the natural expansion
of strong firms And while that only left
69 firms for the third tier with less than
$100 million our Firms to Watch list of up-
and-comers who are hovering just below
the Top 100 matched last yearrsquos record 35members even as we continued to leave
out those that were eligible by revenue but
didnrsquot show growth in 2013 (See Firms to
Watch page 6 )
Therersquos more While roughly the same
number of T100 Firms reported flat or
declining revenues for this yearrsquos report
as for last yearrsquos (10 in 2013 versus 11 in
2012) the number that grew by more than
20 percent jumped to 10 from six the year
before and the number that grew by more
than 10 percent was a whopping 37 versus
27 in the prior year
Among our Regional Leaders too
there were higher rates of growth with
three regions posting double-digit per-
centage gains against none in our report
last year At the same time though we
should note that there was at least one
outlier on the other side with growth that
slowed in 2013 mdash though it didnrsquot decline
(See Regional Leaders page 20 )
Thatrsquos the kind of thing we mean when
we say ldquopretty goodrdquo mdash a fair number oftrends look positive and then just when
yoursquore starting to feel a little too positive
another less happy trend will come along
and bring you back to earth
Last year it was the difficulty of scrap-
ing out growth in a highly competitive
environment And while our T100 and
Regional Leader firms are still pursuing
growth in all sorts of niches and with all
sorts of clients (see Niches and Clients page
10 ) the main trend thatrsquos keeping T100
Firm leaders up at night this year is the
ldquoWar for Talentrdquo mdash the intense difficulty
many are experiencing in finding and re-
taining qualified staff
While itrsquos true that the number of
T100 Firms reporting flat or declining staff
numbers was down to 14 from 19 last
year thatrsquos likely only because firms
have been stepping up their efforts
mdash hiring recruiting directors offering
hiring incentives developing learn-
ing and training offerings and gen-
erally going way out of their way to
get and keep the staff theyrsquoll need
to succeed going forward (See Firm
Strategiesrdquopage 8)
MOVERS AND SHAKERS
While there were no major shake-ups
on the lines of the CohnReznick merger
in the T100 list this year there were lots
of small moves and MampA definitelyplayed its role
Long-time Top 100 fixtures Al-
pern Rosenthal and Holtz Rubenstein
Reminick both left the list merging
into BDO USA and Baker Tilly Virchow
Krause respectively Many other firms got
a boost from MampA this year including Con-
necticutrsquos BlumShapiro which jumped 11
spots on the list and Ohiorsquos Hill Barth amp
King which jumped a whopping 22 spots
Only Pennsylvaniarsquos Reinsel Kuntz Lesher
managed a double-digit move up 11 posi-tions from last year
Thatrsquos not counting the spectacular
entrance of Ohio-based Skoda Minotti to
the Top 100 at No 80 with the highest
growth rate of any firm on the list (and
itrsquos worth noting a much higher growth
rate than any firm on last yearrsquos list) Also
Third timersquos the charmB Y D A N I E L H O O D
lsquo10
lsquo08 lsquo12lsquo02 lsquo04 lsquo062000
-5
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
lsquo94 lsquo96 lsquo98
Compiled from individual firm resultsas reported at yearrsquos end includes some estimates
Cautiously optimisticRevenue growth of the Top 100 Firms in percent
See OVERVIEW on
6
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databank
5
Leaders in AampARanked by revenue
Rev share Fee
Top 6 firms ($ mn) split1 PwC 41 452681
2 Deloitte 31 430714
3 Ernst amp Young 37 336700
4 KPMG 37 227180
5 McGladrey 42 57086
6 Grant Thornton 42 54719
Firms over $100 mn
1 BDO 60 40980
2 CohnReznick 52 26416
3 CliftonLarsonAllen 41 23106
4 BKD 49 20502
5 Crowe Horwath 28 18609
Firms under $100 mn
1 OrsquoConnor Davies 65 64682 Marks Paneth 63 6174
3 Kearney amp Co 72 5590
4 Novogradac amp Co 59 5456
5 Friedman 60 4350
Leaders in TaxRanked by revenue
Rev share Fee
Top 6 firms ($ mn) split1 PwC 28 309148
2 Ernst amp Young 30 273000
3 Deloitte 18 250092
4 KPMG 27 165780
5 McGladrey 36 49137
6 Grant Thornton 29 37782
Firms over $100 mn
1 BDO 30 20490
2 CliftonLarsonAllen 34 19161
3 CohnReznick 33 16764
4 CBIZ MHM 35 16748
5 Moss Adams 38 15314
Firms under $100 mn
1 Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt 76 66062 Anchin Block amp Anchin 43 3999
3 Frank Rimerman + Co 62 3850
4 MBAF CPAs 44 3674
5 WithumSmith+Brown 37 3588
Leaders in MASRanked by revenue
Rev share Fee
Top 6 firms ($ mn) split1 Deloitte 46 639124
2 PwC 31 342271
3 Ernst amp Young 26 236600
4 KPMG 36 221040
5 Grant Thornton 29 37782
6 McGladrey 21 28961
Firms over $100 mn
1 Crowe Horwath 35 23262
2 CBIZ MHM 35 16748
3 Plante Moran 33 13574
4 Baker Tilly Virchow Krause 30 9039
5 Dixon Hughes Goodman 29 8990
Firms under $100 mn
1 Sikich 51 49472 Horne 45 3032
3 Watkins Meegan 56 2744
4 SCampH Group Inc 40 2304
5 Kearney amp Co 28 2174
2014 TOP 100 FIRMS DATABANK
Overview Top 6 Firms over Firms under Total Top
firms chg $100 mn chg $100 mn chg 100 Firms chg
Revenue (in $mn) $4284442 790 $726792 677 $382178 888 $5393412 781
Partners 11127 278 4077 419 2221 325 17425 317Professionals 128367 641 26865 1360 14694 848 169926 752
Total employees 168788 525 37667 652 20796 705 227251 547
Rev share Rev share Rev share Rev share
Fee split (in $mn) of rev (in $mn) of rev (in $mn) of rev (in $mn) of rev
Audit amp Attest $1559391 3640 $312296 4297 $145430 3805 $2017117 3740
Tax $1084999 2532 $239936 3301 $128111 3352 $1453046 2694
MAS (consulting) $1505515 3514 $138706 1908 $50367 1318 $1694588 3142
Other $134537 314 $35854 493 $58270 1525 $228661 424
Notes Some figures may not correspond due to rounding
Pacesetters in growthRanked by chg
Revenue Firms over $100 mn ($mn) chg
1 Carr Riggs amp Ingram 16131 4489
2 Marcum 35010 2708
3 Plante Moran 41132 2427
4 Moss Adams 40300 1715
5 Baker Tilly Virchow Krause 30130 1633
Revenue Firms under $100 mn ($mn) chg
1 Skoda Minotti amp Co 4001 4325
2 Hill Barth amp King 4930 3927
3 BlumShapiro 6130 2824
4 Sikich 9700 2696
5 The Bonadio Group 6629 2231
Revenue Overall Top 100 Firms ($mn) chg
1 Carr Riggs amp Ingram 16131 4489
2 Skoda Minotti amp Co 4001 4325
3 Hill Barth amp Kingrdquo 4930 3927
4 BlumShapiro 6130 2824
5 Marcum 35010 2708
6 Sikich 9700 2696
7Plante Moran 41132 24278 The Bonadio Group 6629 2231
9 Reinsel Kuntz Lesher 4521 2183
10 Frazier amp Deeter 5300 2018
11 Whitley Penn 5871 1984
12 OrsquoConnor Davies 9950 1888
13 Kaufman Rossin Group 6320 1857
14 Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt 8692 1724
15 Moss Adams 40300 1715
16 Clark Schaefer Hackett 5233 1673
17 Doeren Mayhew 5320 1667
18 Prager Metis 3599 1659
19 Honkamp Krueger amp Co 4370 1647
20 Baker Tilly Virchow Krause 30130 1633
21 Montgomery Coscia Greilich 3354 1614
22 Rehmann 10400 1504
23 Citrin Cooperman amp Co 14300 1440
24 Frank Rimerman + Co 6210 139925 SSampG 9000 1392
26 Weaver 8340 1332
27 Armanino 11284 1311
28 Kahn Litwin Renza amp Co 3532 1284
29 Marks Paneth 9800 1264
30 Postlethwaithe amp Netterville 4707 1247
Notes Firm estimate or projection
All Big Four revenue figures are gross not net
For more details see pages 15-18
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6
graduating from last yearrsquos Firms to Watch
list to join the T100 this year was New York-
based Prager Metis International while
the third new T100 Firm this year Texasrsquo
Montgomery Coscia Greilich was one that
hadnrsquot previously been part of our survey
A number of firms joined our Re-
gional Leaders list in the same way this
year from Virginiarsquos PBMares and Wash-
ington DCrsquos Tate amp Tryon to Atlanta-
based Windham Brannon the Mid-Atlan-
ticrsquos Perelson Weiner and Untracht amp Early
St Louisrsquo Mueller Prost Houstonrsquos Melton
amp Melton Oregonrsquos Perkins amp Co and
Californiarsquos NSBN
If you think your firm should be one of
our Top 100 Firms or our Regional Leaders
drop us an e-mail at AcTodaySourceMe-
diacom and wersquoll add you to our contact
database
After all things are starting to look
pretty good out there for accounting firms
If you can keep finding ways to grow mdash and
the staff to support that growth mdash next year
should be even better
There we said it AT
OVERVIEWfrom page 4
BEYOND THE TOP 100 FIRMS TO WATCHOur Firms to Watch list is all about movement New firms are constantly moving in and others are moving up In fact the tier of firms with between
roughly $20 and $30 million seems to be growing apace forming a deep and wide pool of strong candidates for joining the Top 100 either as members
in their own right like this yearrsquos FTW graduates Prager Metis International and Skoda Minotti or by acquisition into a T100 Firm as with last yearrsquos
merger of former FTW Gainer Donnelly into Southeast mega-regional Carr Riggs amp Ingram
Year Revenue Total
Firm Headquarters Managing partner end ($ mn) chg Offices Partners employees Yeo amp Yeo Saginaw Mich Thomas Hollerback Dec 3198 1462 8 17 185
Rea amp Associates New Philadelphia Ohio Lee Beall Oct 3156 148 11 23 204
Wolf amp Co Boston Mark OrsquoConnell Sept 3149 725 3 19 189
Brown Smith Wallace St Louis Harvey Wallace Dec 3100 616 3 23 210
Clark Nuber Bellevue Wash David Katri Dec 3096 614 1 18 168
Padgett Stratemann amp Co San Antonio John Wright July 3007 301 2 17 179
Bennett Thrasher Atlanta Michael Dukes June 2988 1418 1 23 151
Kreischer Miller Horsham Pa Stephen Christian Dec 2950 1078 1 16 183
PBMares Newport News Va Alan Witt Dec 2892 144 8 34 177
Gursey | Schneider Los Angeles Stephan Wasserman Dec 2820 682 3 10 129
RBZ Los Angeles John Schweisberger Dec 2800 1327 1 14 136
Baker Newman amp Noyes Portland Maine Eleanor Baker Dec 2770 NC 4 30 182
Lurie Besikof Lapidus amp Co Minneapolis Beth Kieffer Leonard April 2730 500 1 14 125
Brady Martz amp Associates Grand Forks ND Ronald Johnke Sept 2710 292 5 33 172
Somerset CPAs Indianapolis Pat Early Dec 2682 942 1 26 163
REDW Albuquerque NM Ron Rivera Dec 2645 3352 2 17 181
Briggs amp Veselka Co Houston John Flatowicz Sept 2617 1842 2 19 194
Jackson Thornton amp Co Montgomery Ala Ned Sheffield Dec 2615 669 6 22 176
Anders St Louis Robert Minkler Dec 2579 062 1 20 155
Anderson ZurMuehlen Helena Mont Donald Laine Sept 2557 277 7 27 204
Hutchinson and Bloodgood Glendale Calif Richard Preciado Sept 2543 1559 4 33 115
Brown Edwards amp Codagger Bluefield WVa Domenic Pellillo May 2542 201 7 25 182
Feeley amp Driscoll Boston T Feeley M Poirier March 2422 302 1 12 103
Lutz amp Co Omaha Neb Gary Witt June 2390 1659 1 26 132
Wolf amp Co Oakbrook Terrace Ill Russell Romanelli Dec 2335 755 2 13 146
Boulay Minneapolis Mark DeNucci May 2318 756 1 30 138
Green Hasson Janks Los Angeles Leon Janks Dec 2310 500 1 13 116
Johnson Lambert Falls Church Va Deborah Lambert Dec 2268 593 8 13 149
Dean Dorton Allen Ford Lexington Ky David Bundy June 2212 179 2 33 150
Mize Houser amp Co Topeka Kansas NA Dec 2192 134 3 21 208
ORBA Chicago Mark Thomson May 2180 531 1 17 109
Gelman Rosenberg amp Freedman Bethesda Md NA Dec 2160 385 1 12 94
PKF Texas Houston Kenneth Guidry Dec 2155 553 1 10 108
Windham Brannon Atlanta David Kloess Sept 2146 1073 1 14 139
Keiter Glen Allen Va L Michael Gracik Dec 2143 328 1 12 143
Firm estimate NC No change NA Not available or not applicable dagger Accounting Today estimate
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8
firm strategies
The Top 100 Firms are all over the
map in many ways Literally to
start they span the country to
say nothing of a wide range of
industry niches management models
growth strategies and cultures But no
matter their size whether they offer exotic
advisory services or the plainest of vanilla
audits and tax work and regardless of their
stance on value pricing they do all share
one common binding thread Theyrsquore
freaking out about finding qualified staff
ldquoThe war for talent is back onrdquo warned
Armanino LLP managing partner Andy Ar-
manino ldquoWe are seeing more and more
competition from outside our profession
and we need to plan accordingly We also
know that change is a constant in todayrsquos
world Merger mania is real New compa-
nies are being launched New information
is coming at us faster than we can compre-
hend We need more than ever before a
workforce that can engage with and adapt
to this new reality Hiring and retaining the
best and brightest talent is the new com-petitive advantagerdquo
ldquoQualified professionals are being
sought after by a number of good firmsrdquo
said Louis Grassi managing partner and
chief executive officer of New York-based
Grassi amp Co ldquoAs such typical efforts of
recruiting including the utilization of re-
cruiters have become less effective in find-
ing experienced quality professionalsrdquo Be-
sides establishing a supportive culture and
a healthy work-life balance Grassirsquos firm
has put in palce a ldquovery robustrdquo employeereferral program that accounted for more
than 50 percent of new hires in 2013
Firms across the country are employ-
ing a wide range of strategies to attract and
retain qualified staff mdash and some firms
are going so far as to hire people solely to
manage them California-based Gallina
for instance hired its first-ever director of
recruitment and development last year
with responsibility for multiple new initia-
tives according to MP Larry Taylor
At Kentuckyrsquos Mountjoy Chilton Med-
ley MP Diane Medley said ldquoWe are very
focused on our talent We are starting a
formal leadership development program
this year selecting our rising stars with
the most potential for equity partnership
to participate We also actively engage our
Next Generation Committee in critical is-
sues to help us consider growth attraction
and retention for the futurerdquo
Recruitment and retention can bene-
fit enormously from a less-frequently citedR mdash recognition National firm McGladrey
made a point of highlighting its top tal-
ent in a series of videos on its Web site as
part of its ldquoPersonalities Wantedrdquo recruit-
ing campaign (the messaging for which
was embedded in all of its social media)
and has seen the results Thatrsquos not its only
personnel-related investment of course
and merely making the investments is
not enough ldquoInvesting in recruitment
professional development and work-life
programs is essentialrdquo said national pub-lic relations director Terri Andrews ldquoWe
are continuously re-assessing practice
and processes to create the best possible
experience for our current and potential
employees And our people tell us wersquore
focused on the right thingsrdquo They did that
through the McGladrey People Survey
which assesses a broad range of employee
engagement and satisfaction measures
Several firms highlighted efforts at
building up their staff with educational and
career development offerings with some
developing their own internal institutions
of higher learning BKD CEO Ted Dickman
pointed to his firmrsquos BKD University a vir-
tual on-demand learning and leadership
development platform that landed the firm
on Training magazinersquos Training Top 125
list while Sikich LLP CEO and MP James
Sikich touted the investment made in his
firmrsquos Sikich University an internal learn-
ing and development program that trains
staff in technical and soft skills
For its part Big Four firm KPMG went
to the source ldquoThe need for highly skilled
talent is a top priorityrdquo said chair and CEO
John Veihmeyer In addition making a stra-
tegic priority of diversity ldquoWe work close-
ly with universities our main workforce
pipeline to promote learning and skillsets
our professionals need and emphasize the
importance of global and diverse perspec-
tives and technological savvyrdquo At Louisianarsquos Postlethwaite amp Netter-
ville meanwhile CEO (and current Ameri-
can Institute of CPAs chair) William Balhoff
noted the firmrsquos increased focus on leader-
ship development and soft skills training
at all levels mdash but also highlighted its busi-
ness development training curriculum
After all hiring and keeping a great
staff only makes sense if you can bring in
work for them do
GETTING COMPETITIVEldquoAccounting firms are operating in a highly
competitive environmentrdquo noted Weiser-
Mazars chair and managing partner Doug-
las Phillips Besides the pressures around
staffing ldquoFirms are under continuing fee
pressure from clients which intensifies
market competitionrdquo
Hanging out the help wanted signB Y D A N I E L H O O D
See STRATEGIES on
10
lsquoOur peopletell us wersquorefocused on theright thingsrsquo
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Armanino is alive to these concerns
ldquoThe dynamics of our profession require
constant change Our products and serv-
ices need to keep pace with those of our
clients Providing traditional accounting
services will only prove ineffectual Whatrsquos
needed is a best-of-breed approach to tak-
ing on current and future tax and account-
ing challenges if wersquore to succeed and our
clients are to prosper While wersquoll alwaysneed to maintain our core competencies
there should be no lack of acceleration in
our ability to integrate cutting-edge solu-
tions mdash strategic and technological mdash into
our products and services offerings The
long-term viability of our firm relies on itrdquo
Other firms are aiming to stay on the
cutting-edge mdash though not always specifi-
cally through technology Wayne BersonCEO of BDO USA is concerned about
enhancing the value of the audit ldquoIt is
clear that in order for the professionrsquos core
element to remain relevant there will have
to be an expansion of the auditorrsquos role in
providing greater insight into the clientsrsquo
financial statements and perhaps varying
degrees of assurance on areas outside of
the financial statements This will affect
firms of all size by requiring substantially
more business and analytical skills and
may also result in a demand for more spe-cialists to be involved in auditsrdquo
Big Four firm KPMG is engaged in a
similar pursuit of the new and improved
ldquoWe continue to focus on innovation and
the enhancement of our offerings and ca-
pabilities for specific industries and growth
areasrdquo said chairman and CEO John Veih-
meyer ldquoWersquore also continuing to build out
our alliance ecosystem to help create newservices enhance existing services and
extend the KPMG brand promise to meet
the needs of clients in new waysrdquo Last year
the firm rolled out a number of ldquoalliance-
based offeringsrdquo created in conjunction
with various partners to offer clients more
focused services and solutions
Crowe Horwath meanwhile took in-
novation even one step further mdash by nam-
ing its own chief innovation officer ldquoWe
are most focused on and are investing
in innovation as a driver of growth where we can bring together functional exper-
tise industry knowledge along with proc-
ess and technology to provide high-value
solutionsrdquo explained CEO Charles Allen
ldquoMany of these solutions will be focused in
broader assurance services that the inves-
tor community and stakeholders in public
interest entities are requestingrdquo AT
10
top tax firms
THE TOP TAX FIRMS Rev
from tax from Total Total Firm Headquarters Chief executive ($mn) tax revenue chg Offices staff
PwCsect New York City Robert Moritz 309148 28 1104100 870 72 39158HampR BlockP1 Kansas City Mo William Cobb 287797 99 290594 042 11000+ 100000+
Ernst amp Youngsect New York City Steve Howe 273000 30 910000 1098 80 30900
Deloittesect New York City Joe Echevarria 250092 18 1389400 633 104 60951
KPMGsect New York City John Veihmeyer 165780 27 614000 673 90 24618
McGladrey2 Chicago Joe Adams 49137 36 136659 626 75 6723
Ryan Dallas G Brint Ryan 39037 100 39037 1059 59 1711
Liberty Tax Services Virginia Beach Va John Hewitt 38120 100 38120 615 4262 798
Grant Thornton Chicago Stephen Chipman 37782 29 130283 461 56 6438
BDO Chicago Wayne Berson 20490 30 68300 1052 49 3248
CliftonLarsonAllen Minneapolis Gordy Viere 19161 34 56355 -078 29 3660
CohnReznick New York City T Marino K Baggett 16764 33 50800 410 24 2521
CBIZ Mayer Hoffman McCann Cleveland C Spurio B Hancock 16748 35 47850 -2220 100 2862
Moss Adams Seattle Chris Schmidt 15314 38 40300 1715 22 2072
Crowe Horwath Chicago Charles Allen 14622 22 66462 1168 28 3006
WTAS San Francisco Mark Vorsatz 14509 100 14509 1344 16 621
BKD Springfield Mo Theodore Dickman 12970 31 41840 400 32 2013
Marcum New York City Jeffrey Weiner 12604 36 35010 2708 17 1300
Dixon Hughes Goodman Charlotte NC Ken Hughes 10850 35 31000 197 26 1661
Plante Moran Southfield Mich Gordon Krater 10694 26 41132 2427 19 1947
Notes P Figures compiled from public company reports Firm estimate or projection NA Not availableapplicable
sect Gross revenue 1 Staff figures include seasonal workers 2 Reported fee split as both dollar amount (given here) and percentage
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12
International tax remained the highest
growing niche service this year for the
2014 Top 100 Firms increasing 6 per-
centage points over 2013 reports ac-
cording to this yearrsquos 77 responding firms
State and local taxes grew 7 percent-
age points to be the second-most common
area of growth and bringing it even at 82
percent with business valuations which
similarly expanded 8 percentage points in
2014 Rounding out the top four again this
year was attest services growing 2 percent-
age points to 75 percent
Leading the pack in year-over-year
growth unsurprisingly was mergers and
acquisition which saw an 11-point uptick
in 2014 with 70 percent of firms reporting
increased business
Below that many services saw double-
digit increases in firms reporting growth
most notably SOX compliancerisk man-
agement saw a list-high rise of 16 percent-
age points to bring it to 53 percent Tech-
nology consulting and personal financial
planning also had strong 2014 gains of 12and 11 percentage points respectively
ON THE GROUND
Doug Wright partner-in-charge of inter-
national tax and transfer pricing services
at California-based firm Burr Pilger Mayer
attributes the continued growth in inter-
national tax services to an unusual conflu-
ence of economic recovery globalization
and the tax and regulatory issues of about
a dozen years ago that brought the niche
to prominenceldquoBasically itrsquos navigating the perfect
stormrdquo he said ldquoWersquove had a lot of changes
in the way in which not just the US but
foreign countries monitor and scrutinize
international business transactions from a
tax perspective The kind of international
tax and accounting standards that the US
has applied for some time now have been
adopted increasingly by countries outside
the USrdquo
Along with the tightening accounting
standards that followed corporate scandals
like Enron these regulatory concerns have
led companies to take more initiative in
their overseas business Wright explained
ldquoTherersquos a kind of heightened sense of cor-
porate responsibility wersquore seeing where
companies want to make sure theyrsquore do-
ing things in the appropriate way and are
not going to be attacked by the IRS or
foreign taxing authorities or are not viewed
as unethical We frequently see situations
where before companies engage us to do
a major global project they talk to other
companies that have done it Not to get a
referral on us but to talk to other compa-
nies They didnrsquot do similar planning in
the past so [they want] to understand how
that planning was ultimately viewed by the
IRS and foreign tax authoritiesrdquo
This kind of due diligence tends to
be pre-emptive Wright continued ldquoThey
donrsquot want to see their names in the news-
paper as caught up in substantial litigation
in the US and outside the US Corporate
executives have a heightened awareness
that they need to do things properly and
do them upfront Companies [used to]
just expand internationally and deal with
some of these issues after the fact mdash the
International tax work in demand B Y D A N I E L L E L E E
0 20 40 60 80 100
International Tax
Business Valuations
State and Local Taxes
Attest ServicesLitigation Support
EstateTrustGift Tax Planning
Industry Specializations
Mergers and Acquisitions
ForensicsFraud
Nonpro1047297t Organizations
Employee Bene1047297ts
Biz Mgmt for Wealthy Individuals
Succession PlanningFamily office
Retirement Plans
SOX ComplianceRisk Mgmt
Strategic PlanningBusiness Plans
Technology Consulting
Cost Segregation
Personal Financial Planning
Biz Mgmt for Small Businesses
Investment AdviceServices
CFOProject Staffi
ng ServicesCash Flow ForecastingManagement
Financing Arrangements
BankruptcyInsolvency
Employment Search
ExportImport
1031 Like-Kind
IFRS consulting
Business RecoveryRecession Advice
Payroll ServicesConsulting
Lease vs Buy Analysis
Top niche servicesPercentage of firms increasing their business in these areas
(of 77 firms responding)
niches and clients
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cart leading the horse Now therersquos much
more awareness and sensitivity tax and
otherwise hellip At our firm we have a phe-
nomenal amount of new international tax
planning and consulting work and new
clients coming our way including very
early-stage companies as they expandrdquo
When Wright joined BPM more than
five years ago he was the firmrsquos first and
only full-time international tax special-
ist and while he has grown that practice
to the largest in the firm for the last three
years the now roughly 12 full-time tax
professionals in the practice canrsquot keep up
with all the new work He estimates that
his group can only serve half of the op-
portunities that come their way but shares
that finding experienced specialists in the
extremely complex area of international
tax is ldquoexceedingly difficultrdquo
Atlanta firm Habif Arogeti amp Wynne
has been doing international work of all
sorts particularly with their manufactur-
ing and technology clients since the early
1990s and now has roughly 70 people in
that service line who speak 26 different
languages among them
Though HAampW is also a member firm
of global accountancy and business ad-
visory network Baker Tilly International
chief executive officer Richard Kopelman
credits most of the firmrsquos growth in this
niche to the ldquoinbound grass-roots effort
with the people from those countriesrdquo
ldquoInternational tax aligns with our
manufacturing and technology niche and
dovetails really wellrdquo he explained ldquoWe do
as much business inbound as outboundrdquo
ADDING VALUE
Nearly all of the client categories for this
yearrsquos Top 100 Firms displayed strong
growth this year with manufacturing lead-
ing the list at 82 percent a 9 percentage
point gain over last year
Manufacturing overtook 2013rsquos lead-
er midsized businesses in general by only
one percentage point Midsized businesses
saw a modest 4 percentage point increase
this year though real estate ranked behind
it recorded a big 12 percentage point rise
to bring it to 77 percent
Only two other categories on the list
surpassed that gain this year construction
which increased 14 percentage points to
66 percent of responding firms and much
farther down the list small businesses
which at 44 percent also recorded a 14
percent increase over last year
Central Pennsylvania-based Rein-
sel Kuntz Lesherrsquos location gives it an
advantage in this market according to
Steve Fisher a partner in the firmrsquos audit
services group and leader of the manu-
facturing and distribution services group
ldquoIn the past ten to 20 years companies
were leaving that were not as involved in
manufacturing but some of that is com-
ing back now with longstanding compa-
nies in manufacturing in that regionrdquo he
explained ldquoAnd a lot of them arenrsquot in
manufacturing but in bringing good over-seas and distribution channels There are
a lot of opportunitiesrdquo
RKL has capitalized on them Fisher
continued by evaluating specific client
needs ldquoOne thing wersquove done in the past
year is a focus group with financial folks
owners consultants that touch consum-
ers in the manufacturing and distribution
area We said lsquoWhat do you need what
are your expectations of people provid-
ing tax and audit servicesrsquo And whether
we can do it and align with them to helpfulfill their needs and bring value When
you hand them a financial statement or tax
return it looks the same no matter who did
it Wersquore responding communicating and
trying to educate folks and arm them to do
these things and help across the market
We go through the proposals and differen-
tiate ourselvesrdquo AT
niches and clients
0 20 40 60 80 100
Manufacturing
Midsized Businesses
Real Estate
TechnologyIndividuals
Construction
Healthcare Facilities
Nonpro1047297t Organizations
Professional Services
Wholesale Distributors
Large Businesses
Pension Plans
State and Local Government
Hotels amp Restaurants
Small Businesses
Retail Trade
Banking amp Thrift Companies
Entertainment
BrokersDealers in Securities amp Commodities
Colleges and Universities
Investment Companies amp Mutual Funds
Auto Dealerships
Government Contractors
Franchising
Finance CompaniesMortgage Banks
School Districts
PublishingBroadcastingMedia
Insurance CarriersCompanies
Insurance Agents amp Brokers
Gaming
AgricultureFarmingForestryFishing
Leasing Companies
Top client categoriesPercentage of firms increasing their business with these types of clients
(of 77 firms responding)
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Since our Regional Leaders both repre-
sent a broader range of firms in terms of
size and bring with them the particular
economic conditions of their geographic
regions the trends here tend to be less clear than
among our Top 100 Firms
One anti-trend that wersquove noticed is the lack
of correlation between the size of a region in terms
of its overall firm revenues and its growth rate
The Mid-Atlantic Regional Leaders for instance
have combined revenues almost twice as large
as the Great Lakes Regional Leaders mdash but an
average growth rate thatrsquos around half while the
Southwest has revenues that are slightly less than
those of the Capitol Region but is growing five
times as fast Local economic conditions make all
the difference of course but the point that size is
not everything is worth making
Unless of course yoursquore talking about the
size of our lists for each region Wersquove been grow-
ing them steadily over the past few years and are
happy to report a large number of new additions
this year many of which are highlighted in the
introductions to their individual regions
If your firm should be on one of our Regional
Leaders lists send us an e-mail at AcToday
SourceMediacom and wersquoll include you in next
yearrsquos survey AT
regional overview
Regions see uneven growth
20
THE 2014 REGIONAL LEADERS
Top Firms Capital RegionDelaware Maryland Virginia Washington DC and West Virginia
Revenue $56257 million up 206
While the Capital Region displayed the weakest revenue growth among the regions in 2013 it did display
major growth in another way the number of firms represented This yearrsquos list includes a number of strong
new players like Virginiarsquos PBMares West Virginiarsquos Arnett Foster Toothman and Washington DCrsquos Tate amp
Tryon
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Kearney amp Co Alexandria Va 7764 -282 2 13 287 401 72 0 28 0
SCampH Group Inc Sparks Md 5760 627 3 21 217 282 17 43 40 0
Watkins Meegan Bethesda Md 4900 145 4 15 196 224 22 22 56 0
Aronson Rockville Md 4900 101 1 31 154 224 43 33 22 2
Raffa Washington DC 3692 371 2 18 192 243 53 15 32 0
PBMares Newport News Va 2892 144 8 34 105 177 40 43 9 8
Cotton amp Co Alexandria Va 2566 -104 1 10 138 155 44 0 16 40
Brown Edwards amp Codagger Bluefield WVa 2542 201 7 25 NA 182 NA NA NA NA
Johnson Lambert Falls Church Va 2268 593 8 13 119 149 82 15 3 0
Yount Hyde amp Barbour Winchester Va 2252 -570 6 20 84 127 45 41 11 3
Gelman Rosenberg amp Freedman Bethesda Md 2160 385 1 12 60 94 76 23 1 0
Keiter Glen Allen Va 2143 328 1 12 104 143 26 62 4 8
Arnett Foster Toothman Charleston WVa 1961 283 6 23 86 136 47 28 25 0
Ellin amp Tucker Chartered Baltimore 1933 -515 4 11 77 114 38 38 16 8
Tate amp Tryon Washington DC 1860 550 1 11 90 110 69 7 24 0
Calibre CPA Group Bethesda Md 1830 2340 3 15 107 143 81 8 0 11
Gross Mendelsohn Baltimore 1674 1020 1 15 69 103 49 30 21 0
Smith Elliott Kearns amp Co Hagerstown Md 1660 122 5 20 97 142 48 30 17 5
KatzAbosch Timonium Md 1500 NC 3 21 42 83 37 55 8 0
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
REGIONSThe Capital Region 20
The Southeast 21
New England 21
The Mid-Atlantic 22
The Great Lakes 24
The Gulf Coast 24
The Midwest 25
The Mountain States 26
The Southwest 26
The West 27
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regional leaders
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdash
Firm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Dixon Hughes Goodman Charlotte NC 31000 197 26 178 1129 1661 36 35 29 0
Cherry Bekaert Richmond Va 12590 186 22 55 559 778 44 47 9 0
Lattimore Black Morgan amp Cain Brentwood Tenn 7091 906 3 46 287 409 24 34 14 28
Habif Arogeti amp Wynne Atlanta 6428 662 1 26 232 305 45 39 8 8
Elliott Davis Greenville SC 6410 505 8 51 265 392 47 35 14 4
Frazier amp Deeter Atlanta 5300 2018 4 11 158 201 32 40 0 28
Mauldin amp Jenkins Atlanta 3880 078 5 34 125 198 59 30 2 9
Mountjoy Chilton Medley Louisville Ky 3831 100 5 37 171 246 40 36 9 15
Joseph Decosimo amp Co Chattanooga Tenn 3820 550 8 29 177 265 47 39 7 7Bennett Thrasher Atlanta 2988 1418 1 23 104 151 27 57 7 9
Dean Dorton Allen Ford Lexington Ky 2212 179 2 33 90 150 33 42 25 0
Windham Brannon Atlanta 2146 1073 1 14 100 139 39 59 2 0
WebsterRogers Florence SC 1750 697 9 24 91 138 42 46 4 8
Top Firms Southeast Arkansas Georgia Kentucky North Carolina South Carolina and Tennessee
Revenue $89446 million up 470
Growth moderated in the Southeast in 2013 coming in a few percentage points lower
than in 2012 but that didnrsquot stop individual firms from posting some strong results like Atlantarsquos Frazier amp Deeter or new Regional Leader Windham Brannon
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdash
Firm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
BlumShapiro West Hartford Ct 6130 2824 4 30 251 341 56 32 1 11
BerryDunn Portland Maine 4312 740 5 18 154 204 47 18 28 7
Kahn Litwin Renza amp Co Providence RI 3532 1284 3 11 153 195 30 35 35 0
Wolf amp Co Boston 3149 725 3 19 142 189 50 21 0 29
Baker Newman amp Noyes Portland Maine 2770 NC 4 30 121 182 48 40 12 0
Feeley amp Driscoll Boston 2422 302 1 12 66 103 61 29 10 0
DiCicco Gulman amp Co Woburn Mass 1800 588 2 14 65 97 42 43 15 0
Alexander Aronson Finningdagger Westborough Mass 1769 249 5 18 NA NA NA NA NA NA
Whittlesey amp Hadley Hartford Ct 1570 753 1 15 83 105 60 20 20 0
Gray Gray amp Gray Westwood Mass 1380 222 3 8 64 86 45 35 20 0Edelstein amp Co Boston 1360 1826 1 9 45 64 21 54 0 25
Macdonald Page amp Co South Portland Maine 1300 442 3 21 75 112 42 31 13 14
OrsquoConnor amp Drew Braintree Mass 1200 2000 2 15 60 87 81 17 0 2
Melanson Heath amp Co Nashua NH 1048 264 5 9 66 88 74 22 2 2
Meyers Brothers Kalicka Holyoke Mass 1040 612 1 7 40 59 47 39 4 10
DiSanto Priest amp Co Warwick RI 959 435 1 8 37 57 39 55 6 0
Gallagher Flynn amp Co South Burlington Vt 920 -316 2 10 NA 75 NA NA NA NA
Notes Firm estimate or projection dagger Accounting Today estimate NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms New EnglandConnecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island and Vermont
Revenue $36661 million up 949
After a lackluster 2012 things picked up significantly for the region in 2013 MampA played a major part with firms of all
sizes getting into local and regional hookups and large firms like Connecticutrsquos BlumShapiro and Rhode Islandrsquos Kahn
Litwin Renza amp Co leading the way Going forward it will reshape the list in other ways following the January 2014
merger of Massachusetts Regional Leader Braver PC into Top 100 Firm Marcum LLP
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Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
CohnReznick New York City 50800 410 24 274 1716 2521 52 33 6 9
Marcum New York City 35010 2708 17 160 844 1300 45 36 7 12
EisnerAmper New York City 27690 779 9 177 976 1185 56 35 9 0
Rothstein Kass Roseland NJ 20200 688 8 76 780 1002 60 35 5 0
ParenteBeard Philadelphia 15800 -651 18 116 544 861 53 31 16 0
Citrin Cooperman amp Co New York City 14300 1440 5 120 302 503 47 37 8 8
WeiserMazars New York City 14240 772 6 104 393 625 47 39 14 0
Berdon New York City 10100 391 2 39 334 398 33 40 27 0
OrsquoConnor Davies New York City 9950 1888 7 82 340 501 65 21 14 0
Marks Paneth New York City 9800 1264 3 64 390 539 63 27 3 7
WithumSmith+Brown Princeton NJ 9698 931 12 77 258 431 37 37 2 24
Anchin Block amp Anchin New York City 9300 NC 1 56 215 354 44 43 13 0
Friedman New York City 7250 821 6 57 244 349 60 35 5 0
The Bonadio Group Pittsford NY 6629 2231 11 61 352 470 48 21 13 18
Schneider Downs Pittsburgh 5756 407 2 36 284 354 45 35 20 0
Reinsel Kuntz Lesher Lancaster Pa 4521 2183 4 39 228 300 33 35 10 22
Freed Maxick CPAs Buffalo NY 4150 964 4 35 203 283 36 37 27 0
Raich Ende Malter amp Co New York City 4100 789 5 33 120 191 40 60 0 0
Grassi amp Co New York City 4095 500 2 23 136 197 48 41 9 2
Margolin Winer amp Evens Garden City NY 4000 256 2 25 167 207 60 30 10 0
Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin amp Co New York City 4000 -1837 3 24 106 165 46 46 8 0
Prager Metis International New York City 3599 1659 7 30 129 199 30 45 25 0
Wiss amp Co Livingston NJ 3300 377 4 28 114 172 56 32 0 12Kreischer Miller Horsham Pa 2950 1078 1 16 137 183 46 36 11 7
Perelson Weiner New York City 1950 NA 1 8 45 70 40 50 10 0
Janover Garden City NY 1944 NA 2 13 78 108 30 62 5 3
Untracht Early Florham Park NJ 1900 544 3 8 79 102 29 64 4 3
Gettry Marcus CPA Woodbury NY 1700 303 2 16 47 81 48 35 0 17
Buchbinder Tunick amp Co New York City 1600 NC 2 18 53 90 50 25 15 10
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms Mid-AtlanticNew Jersey New York and Pennsylvania
Revenue $290332 million up 831
The Mid-Atlantic continues to post generally strong results helped by the strength of many of the industries its firms
serve particularly in the financial services and financial institutions areas It also remains a seedbed for new and grow-
ing firms like new Top 100 entry Prager Metis International and new Regional Leaders Perelson Weiner Janover Un-tracht Early and Buchbinder Tunick
22
regional leaders
Where the growth is Pt 1Average firm growth rate in percent by region
Mid-Atlantic
GreatLakes
West Midwest CapitalRegion
SoutheastGulf Coast
Southwest NewEngland
Mountain0
5
10
15
20
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26
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
EKSampH Denver 7046 1119 3 38 308 427 45 42 13 0
Hein amp Associates Denver 5071 445 4 33 191 266 48 47 4 1
RGL Forensics Denver 3765 606 17 23 124 190 0 0 0 100
Anderson ZurMuehlen Helena Mont 2557 277 7 27 128 204 35 38 10 17
GHP Horwath Denver 2480 -040 1 10 82 106 41 26 0 33
Anton Collins Mitchell Denver 1600 191 3 12 69 97 50 40 10 0
Tanner Salt Lake City 1430 1085 1 10 54 72 62 23 13 2
Junkermier ClarkCampanella Stevens Great Falls Mont 1420 085 7 25 69 120 39 43 7 11
Dalby Wendland amp Co Grand Junction Colo 1195 373 4 16 52 90 25 53 9 13McGee Hearne amp Paiz Cheyenne Wyo 973 485 2 9 52 70 55 38 7 0
Top Firms MountainColorado Idaho Montana Utah and Wyoming
Revenue $27537 million up 566
The region seems in some ways to have turned the corner It reported its second year in a row of respectable
growth after a few difficult years That may explain the interest from Top 100 Firms Eide Bailly in particular made
a number of acquisitions in the region particularly in the Salt Lake City area
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Weaver Fort Worth Texas 8340 1332 7 36 354 471 34 43 12 11
Whitley Penn Fort Worth Texas 5871 1984 5 38 206 294 43 43 0 14
Montgomery Coscia Greilich Plano Texas 3354 1614 2 16 203 231 28 41 24 7
Padgett Stratemann amp Co San Antonio 3007 301 2 17 127 179 51 37 12 0
REDW Albuquerque NM 2645 3352 2 17 129 181 52 24 10 14
Briggs amp Veselka Co Houston 2617 1842 2 19 151 194 41 50 8 1
PKF Texas Houston 2155 553 1 10 85 108 50 46 4 0
Cain Watters amp Associates Plano Texas 2080 930 1 7 55 108 10 15 0 75
BeachFleischman Tuscon Ariz 2030 2378 2 25 81 140 27 57 2 14
Johnson Miller amp Co CPAs Odessa Texas 1954 868 3 14 76 103 30 50 7 13
PMB Helin Donovan Austin Texas 1900 1377 8 28 88 136 55 45 0 0Lane Gorman Trubitt Dallas 1900 497 1 15 62 92 57 37 0 6
Henry amp Horne Tempe Ariz 1850 571 3 14 70 102 33 58 9 0
Maxwell Locke amp Ritter Austin Texas 1834 969 2 21 61 92 38 41 0 21
TravisWolff Dallas 1830 -054 1 8 76 104 32 54 14 0
Melton amp Melton Houston 1790 770 1 14 79 103 50 50 0 0
Brown Graham amp Co Amarillo Texas 1287 404 7 23 61 113 35 50 5 10
Hartman Leito amp Bolt Fort Worth Texas 1100 -795 1 10 47 69 45 46 8 1
MaloneBailey Houston 897 -2220 2 5 31 41 98 2 0 0
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms Southwest Arizona New Mexico Oklahoma and Texas
Revenue $48441 million up 1103
As with the Gulf Coast booming revenues from oil and gas no doubt played a part in the
Southwestrsquos strong performance this year (the third best of the regions) with many of the
largest firms recording growth in energy and related services Wersquore also happy to note a
number of new Regional Leaders including Planorsquos Montgomery Coscia Greilich (which also
joined the T100) Houstonrsquos Melton amp Melton and Amarillorsquos Brown Graham amp Co
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regional leaders
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Moss Adams Seattle 40300 1715 22 263 1340 2072 45 38 17 0
Armanino San Ramon Calif 11284 1311 5 37 301 394 21 26 49 4
Novogradac amp Co San Francisco 9248 1003 15 35 311 408 59 27 2 12
Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt W Los Angeles Calif 8692 1724 8 36 263 362 18 76 0 6
Burr Pilger Mayer Inc San Francisco 6850 -087 6 40 225 330 38 50 12 0
Frank Rimerman + Co Palo Alto Calif 6120 1233 5 21 229 267 27 62 11 0
Nigro Karlin Segal Feldstein amp Bolno Los Angeles 5608 1167 2 21 262 314 17 17 2 64
Squar Milner Newport Beach Calif 4530 295 4 22 171 229 40 53 0 7SingerLewak Los Angeles 3850 -080 6 33 NA NA NA NA NA NA
AKT CPAs Salem Ore 3824 1039 6 15 176 235 28 33 11 28
Miller Kaplan Arase North Hollywood Calif 3800 270 5 24 117 175 58 17 17 8
Gallina Roseville Calif 3639 505 9 26 155 226 45 52 3 0
Seiler Redwood City Calif 3610 587 2 11 116 152 10 75 0 15
Macias Gini amp OrsquoConnell Sacramento Calif 3340 -773 9 10 164 258 63 12 7 18
Vavrinek Trine Day amp Codagger Rancho Cucamonga Calif 3231 199 7 33 NA 200 NA NA NA NA
Clark Nuber Bellevue Wash 3096 614 1 18 119 168 49 48 0 3
Gursey | Schneider Los Angeles 2820 682 3 10 85 129 0 30 0 70
RBZ Los Angeles 2800 1327 1 14 89 136 17 52 17 14
Hutchinson and Bloodgood Glendale Calif 2543 1559 4 33 58 115 38 46 16 0
Windes Inc Long Beach Calif 2361 -215 3 16 76 121 44 46 4 6
Green Hasson Janks Los Angeles 2310 500 1 13 88 116 32 33 13 22
Hemming Morse San Francisco 2069 827 7 13 76 96 33 0 0 67Perkins amp Co Portland Ore 2017 1034 2 19 87 132 27 40 24 9
Matson amp Isom Chico Calif 1768 400 4 21 81 128 41 46 5 8
Gumbiner Savett Santa Monica Calif 1728 601 1 10 80 110 40 50 8 2
Peterson Sullivan Seattle 1646 457 1 13 84 97 52 47 1 0
Sensiba San Filippo Pleasanton Calif 1620 588 4 14 61 103 NA NA NA NA
NSBN Beverly Hills Calif 1500 1111 1 13 53 74 35 49 5 11
Notes Firm estimate or projection dagger Accounting Today estimate NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms WestCalifornia Nevada Oregon and Washington
Revenue $146204 million up 989
Growth is spread a little more evenly among the firms in the West this year with strong rates at the top firms but equally
good performances scattered up and down the range While some of the other regions saw re-arrangements and even
shortenings of their rosters due to mergers and acquisitions firm combinations didnrsquot change the list for the West muchat all In fact the list itself grew a little longer with the addition of new Regional Leaders Perkins amp Co in Portland Ore
Peterson Sullivan in Seattle and NSBN in Beverly Hills
Where the money isCombined 2013 revenues in millions of dollars by region
Mid-Atlantic
GreatLakes
West Midwest CapitalRegion
Southeast Gulf Coast
Southwest NewEngland
Mountain0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
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AKT CPAs Acquired firm with a dental
professional practice
Anchin Block amp Anchin In February
2013 lost $50 million judgment to author Pa-
tricia Cornwell over financial management
Armanino In January 2013 rebranded
from Armanino McKenna Launched business
intelligence dashboard for private schools
and Dynamic Insights BI tool Acquired Dy-
namics VAR Rose Business Solutions
Aronson Organized two new service
groups IT audit and wealth management
consulting for choosing and assessing advi-
sor performance Baker Tilly Virchow Krause In June 2013
acquired New York-based Top 100 Firm Holtz
Rubenstein Reminick Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
BDO In June 2013 acquired Alaska-based
Mikunda Cottrell and Minneapolis-based
Moquist Thorvilson Kaufmann and brought
on members of banking practice of T100
Firm ParenteBeard In August expanded in
San Antonio by adding some partners and
staff from TravisWolff In December acquired
Pittsburgh T100 Firm Alpern Rosenthal
Berdon Joined TIAG alliance Expanded
use of CRM system and instituted Best Place
to Work Committee to propose community
social and charitable initiatives for the firm
In November 2013 merged with Northport
NY-based Beck amp Co
Berkowitz Pollack Brant Expanded stra-
tegic planning task force to include ldquoup and
comersrdquo Began celebrating its 35th anniver-
sary Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best
Firm to Work For
BerryDunn Grew revenue by over 7 per-
cent and overall staff by over 10 percent
BKD In 2013 marked its 90th anniver-
sary Opened offices in Des Moines Iowa
and Nashville Tenn In September acquired
Pittsburgh-based Malin Bergquist
Blue amp Co All figures are Accounting To-
day estimates
BlumShapiro Merged with Newton
Mass-based Friedman Suvalle amp Salomon
Added a dedicated hospitality group
The Bonadio Group In April 2013 merged
in Rutland Vt-based Independent Audit As-
sociates In September merged in Buffalo
NY-based Gaines Kriner Elliott In Novem-
ber merged in Albany NY-based Stulmaker
Kohn amp Richardson Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Burr Pilger Mayer Inc In January 2013
named new CEO In November opened new
office in Napa Valley
Carr Riggs amp Ingram In January 2013merged in Atlanta-based Peterson Coleman
amp Marett In July merged with North Caro-
lina-based accounting firm Pittard Perry amp
Crone Inc In August merged in Atlanta-
based Laney Boteler amp Killinger In Septem-
ber merged in Texas Regional Leader Gainer
Donnelly
CBIZ Mayer Hoffman McCann In No-
vember 2013 acquired Denver-based Knight
Field Fabry In January 2013 named Chris
Spurio president of CBIZ Financial Services
In February announced acquisition of Tam-pa Bay Fla-based Lewis Birch amp Ricardo
Cherry Bekaert In January 2013 re-
branded from Cherry Bekaert amp Holland
Formed benefits consulting group expanded
international tax team and advisory services
Citrin Cooperman amp Co In November
2013 merged in Leon M Reimer amp Co
Clark Schaefer Hackett amp Co Marked its
75th anniversary Having ldquoactive discussionsrdquo
on acquisitions
CliftonLarsonAllen Sold health care reg-ulatory and compliance group
Cohen amp Co Divested nearly $10 mil-
lion in business during the year that was not
meeting growth and profitability expecta-
tions Implemented a second tier of owner-
ship Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best
Firm to Work For
CohnReznick Named first national direc-
firm highlights
2014 firm highlightstor of governmental affairs Relocated offices
in Chicago Los Angeles and Austin Texas
Crowe Horwath In August 2013 acquired
a majority interest in Missouri-based Chan
Healthcare Integrated staff and acquired in-
tellectual property of ExtOrg In November
named its first chief innovation officer
Deloitte in January 2014 acquired sub-
stantially all of the business of strategy con-
sulting firm the Monitor Group In June ac-
quired investment bank McColl Partners In
July acquired SAP consulting firm Quattro
Integration Group In September acquired
TMA Construction Consultants In October
acquired substantially all of the assets of digi-
tal and social media agency Banyan Branch
In October agreed to pay $2 million to settle
charges with the PCAOB for violating Sar-
banes-Oxley Act and PCAOB rules In No-
vember launched CloudMix a preconfigured
mixture of cloud applications from different
vendors for clients
Dixon Hughes Goodman In June 2013
added Crossfire Advisory to its national health
care practice
Doeren Mayhew Grew revenue over 16
percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash international tax Fastest growing client
category mdash manufacturing
Eide Bailly In May 2013 installed new
CEO In June and August merged in two Salt
Lake City CPA firms Lake Hill amp Myers and
Hansen Barnett amp Maxwell In November
2013 acquired Denver NetSuite solutions pro-
vider Next Business Systems In December
launched private insurance exchange
EisnerAmper Had an ldquooutstandingrdquo year
Added several new services including CFO
outsourcing human capital cloud technol-
ogy and family office services
EKSampH Rebranded from Ehrhardt KeefeSteiner amp Hottman Saw revenue growth of
over 11 percent
Elliott Davis In April merged in Raleigh
NC-based Lunsford amp Strickland Relocated
office from Galax Va to Richmond Hired a
corporate strategies officer
Ernst amp Young In March paid $123 million
to resolve a federal tax shelter investigation
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In June launched EYTaxSpace Powered by
Thomson Reuters for corporate tax clients
In August donated its archives going back to
the early 1900s to Case Western Reserve Uni-
versity In December agreed to pay investors
$99 million to settle litigation over LehmanBrothers audit and acquired the US tax
preparation and court accounting outsourc-
ing businesses of Thomson Reuters
Frank Rimerman + Co Saw revenue
growth of over 12 percent
Frazier amp Deeter Saw revenue growth of
over 20 percent
Freed Maxick Saw revenue growth of over
9 percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash health care Fastest growing client cat-
egory mdash consulting
Friedman Saw revenue growth of over
8 percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash international tax Fastest growing client
category mdash real estate Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Gallina Expanded service lines including
international tax state and local tax and es-
tate trust retirement and succession services
Hired a director of recruitment and develop-
ment Joined TIAG alliance In February 2014
acquired Mercer Island Wash-based Tuef-
fers Guckian amp Gamon
Grant Thornton Redesigned external
Web site Hired a chief people and culture
officer In September 2013 acquired Oracle
Solutions business unit MarketSphere In No-
vember extended tenure of current CEO
Grassi amp Co In May 2013 added in David
C Sobel CPA and his staff In December
launched Grassi Technology Consultants
Habif Arogeti amp Wynne In May merged
in boutique tax consulting firm JRZ Launched
efforts to ldquodefine refine and embrace the
firmrsquos culturerdquo Hein amp Associates Expanded cloud solu-
tions service line Saw staff growth of over 11
percent
Hill Barth amp King Launched HbK Corpo-
rate Finance division Created new Web site
and YouTube channel In November 2013
merged in Lawrenceville NJ-based Bartolo-
mei Pucciarelli CPAs
Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt Saw ldquosig-
nificant growthrdquo in MampA private equity pro-
fessional services international tax and en-
tertainment practices Launched a business
development training program
Honkamp Krueger amp Co In Augustmerged in Madison Wis-based The Brem-
ser Group In October opened practice in
Davenport Iowa Added medical practice
consulting and talent outsourcing to its ser-
vices list
Horne Saw overall staff growth of over 11
percent Named an Accounting Today 2013
Best Firm to Work For
Joseph Decosimo amp Co In March 2013
acquired Huntsville Ala-based cost account-
ing and federal compliance solutions group
Solvability In December merged in Larry
Hyatt amp Associates
Kahn Litwin Renza amp Co In January
2013 merged with Waltham Mass-based Fay
amp Associates In May opened KLR Emerging
Business Center to offer co-working office
space to start-ups
Katz Sapper amp Miller Saw revenue
growth of over 7 percent and overall staff
growth of over 9 percent
Kaufman Rossin Group Saw revenue
growth of over 18 percent Named the No1 Accounting Today 2013 Best Firm to Work
For in the Large Firm Category for the third
year in a row
Kearney amp Co Saw staff growth of over
2 percent
Kemper Fastest growing service area mdash
investment advisory services
Kennedy and Coe Installed new CEO
KPMG Completed acquisition of Ora-
cle ERP practice of The Hackett Group
Launched alliance-based offering in indirect
tax with Thomson Reuters In May 2013
agreed with Fannie Mae to pay $153 million
to settle class-action suit over Fannie Mae
audit In July launched market alliance with
cloud-based procurement solution provider
Coupa Software In September Denver office
achieved LEED-CI certification In Decem-
ber announced plans to acquire analytical
applications company Link Analytics In Jan-
uary 2014 agreed to pay $82 million to settle
SEC charges over auditor independence
Lattimore Black Morgan amp Cain Re-
ported organic growth of over 9 percent
across all service lines Added a health care
consulting company
Macias Gini amp OrsquoConnell Saw overall staff
growth of over 7 percent
Marcum In January 2013 merged in
Massachusetts-based Parent McLaughlin amp
Nangle In April merged in Cornerstone Ac-
counting Group In July merged in Irvine
Calif-based WilsonMorgan In January 2014
merged in three units of New England Re-
gional Leader Braver
Margolin Winer amp Evens Saw revenue
growth of over 2 percent
Marks Paneth Rebranded from Marks
Paneth amp Shron In February 2013 merged
in New York City-based Rosenberg Neuwirth
amp Kuchner
Mauldin amp Jenkins In June acquired Ten-
nessee-based Hazlett Lewis amp Bieter
MBAF CPAs Worked to achieve ldquogreater
consolidation of the Northeast Region op-
erations with the rest of the firmrdquo Enhanced
cross-utilization of staff and skills among
various regions Designed and implemented
cost controls
McGladrey In August launched a strat-
egy to serve middle-market companies Late
in 2013 acquired Wilmington NC-Lanier
Whaley Craft amp Co and Houston-based
Margolis Phipps amp Wright
Miller Kaplan Arase Appointed a new
managing partner Expanded Seattle office
Saw ldquosignificant growthrdquo in business manage-
ment and entertainment group
Montgomery Coscia Greilich New to the
list In March 2013 joined the Alliott Group
alliance In May opened new office in AustinTexas In June launched strategy and man-
agement consulting practice In September
marked 10th anniversary
Moss Adams Marked its 100th anniver-
sary Installed new chairmanCEO
Mountjoy Chilton Medley Transitioned
in operations of Jeffersonville Ind-based
firm Expanded Cincinnati office Saw ldquostrong
firm highlights
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increaserdquo in regulated industry work such as
insurance financial institutions and health
care In December 2013 launched IT consult-
ing amp strategy services
Nigro Karlin Segal Feldstein amp Bolno
Changed name from Nigro Karlin Segal ampFeldstein Sold a 245 percent minority stake
in the firm to First Republic Bank
Novogradac amp Co Saw revenue growth of
over 10 percent
OrsquoConnor Davies In October announced
merger with Cranford NJ-based Fazio Man-
nuzza Roche Tankel LaPilusa In January
2014 merged with New York City-based Mer-
sel Klein amp Co
ParenteBeard In January 2013 merged
in Connecticut-based health care manage-
ment consulting firm Presscott Associates In
November closed its technology practice In
February 2014 added team members from
insurance consulting firm Invotex
Plante Moran In April 2013 launched
Women in Leadership initiative In July
launched a Web site offering ACA guidance
In November opened an office in Detroit
Postlethwaite amp Netterville Implement-
ed a formal shareholder evaluation process
a formal pipeline process a business de-
velopment training curriculum and growthmanagement software
Prager Metis International New to the
list Formed from January 2013 merger of
Prager amp Fenton and Metis Group Added a
number of new service lines including SALT
cost segregation and research tax incentives
PwC In July 2013 reshuffled US leader-
ship team In October announced plans to
merge in consulting firm Booz amp Co
Raffa In November 2013 launched Raffa
Nonprofit Fraud Prevention Institute
Raich Ende Malter In March 2013 estab-
lished Raich Ende Malter (Cayman)
Rehmann Saw revenue growth of over 15
percent
Reinsel Kuntz Lesher Saw growth in rev-
enue of over 21 percent
RGL Forensics Opened an office in San-
tiago Chile Introduced registered broker-
dealer RGL Advisors to offer MampA transac-
tion advisory services in the US
Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin amp Co
Fastest growing specialty service mdash large
private equity transactions Fastest growing
client category mdash private equity companies
Rothstein Kass Saw revenue growth of
almost 7 percent
RubinBrown Launched national prac-
tices to serve private equity firms and gaming
companies
SCampH Group Inc Joined firm network
Moore Stephens Fastest growing specialty
service mdash technology consulting Fastest
growing client category mdash health care
Schenck In January 2013 acquired ma-
jority stake in Milwaukee-based Bonfield amp
Co Installed new MP and CFO Changed
practice management system
Schneider Downs Relocated corporate
headquarters within Pittsburgh
Seiler Share of revenue derived from tax
increased from 70 to 75 percent
Sikich In January 2013 merged in Il-
linois-based supply chain consulting firm
Achieve Consulting In August announced
merger with Brookfield Wis firm Kolb+Co
In September merged in St Louis-based
OrsquoDonnell Bonebrake amp Co Also mergedin S2 Consulting and PKF Texas Technology
Added eight services PR insurance lean
back office business intelligence SALT and
international tax Restructured executive and
compensation committees Revised partner
compensation plan
SingerLewak In January 2013 merged in
San Francisco office of Acquavell Chiarelli
Shuster Berkower amp Co
Skoda Minotti amp Co New to the list
In May 2013 merged Skoda Minotti Technol-
ogy Partners with Westlake Ohio-based Da-taServ In June 2013 merged in Tampa Fla-
based Dowell amp Perez In August merged
in Tampa-based national assurance solu-
tions and compliance company Assurance
Concepts
Squar Milner ldquoSignificantly expandingrdquo
Los Angeles offices
SSampG In May 2013 named new CEO Saw
revenue growth of almost 14 percent
SVA CPAs In June 2013 installed new
CEO In January 2014 merged in Wisconsin-
based practice of William P Merrick CPA
UHY Advisors Inc Saw overall staff
growth of over 10 percent
Vavrinek Trine Day amp Co All figures are
Accounting Today estimates
Warren Averett In January 2013 merged
in Atlanta-based Gifford Hillegass amp Ingwers-
en and Tampa Fla-based Pender Newkirk
Rebranded firm with new visual identity
Developed new and expanded services in
SALT business valuation forensic account-
ing and litigation support health care reform
economic settlement claims processing and
alternative investments
Watkins Meegan Expanded hospitality
practice and increased government contract-
ing practice Started health care consulting
practice Hired business developmentmar-
keting director
Weaver Saw revenue growth of over 13
percent and growth in all four of its largest
niches mdash energy financial services the pub-
lic sector and manufacturing In February
2014 merged in Connecticut-based RIN At-
test and Advisory Services
WeiserMazarsIn November 2013 merged
in New York-based Resnick Druckman Group
Expanded health care consulting group
Whitley Penn Expanded transaction ser-
vices practice and forensic litigation and
valuation services statewide Named an Ac-
counting Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Wipfli Formalized fresh-water industry
services opened office in Milwaukeersquos Global
Water Center Launched Wipfli Connect for
Manufacturing software solution In January
2014 merged in Tinley Park Ill-based The
Condon Group and Chicago-based practiceRegulatory Compliance Associates Inc
Wiss amp Co More than half of revenues (56
percent) derived from AampA services
WithumSmith+Brown Consolidated two
New Jersey offices Invested in international
tax practice and financial services practice
Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best Firm
to Work For
firm highlights
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databank
5
Leaders in AampARanked by revenue
Rev share Fee
Top 6 firms ($ mn) split1 PwC 41 452681
2 Deloitte 31 430714
3 Ernst amp Young 37 336700
4 KPMG 37 227180
5 McGladrey 42 57086
6 Grant Thornton 42 54719
Firms over $100 mn
1 BDO 60 40980
2 CohnReznick 52 26416
3 CliftonLarsonAllen 41 23106
4 BKD 49 20502
5 Crowe Horwath 28 18609
Firms under $100 mn
1 OrsquoConnor Davies 65 64682 Marks Paneth 63 6174
3 Kearney amp Co 72 5590
4 Novogradac amp Co 59 5456
5 Friedman 60 4350
Leaders in TaxRanked by revenue
Rev share Fee
Top 6 firms ($ mn) split1 PwC 28 309148
2 Ernst amp Young 30 273000
3 Deloitte 18 250092
4 KPMG 27 165780
5 McGladrey 36 49137
6 Grant Thornton 29 37782
Firms over $100 mn
1 BDO 30 20490
2 CliftonLarsonAllen 34 19161
3 CohnReznick 33 16764
4 CBIZ MHM 35 16748
5 Moss Adams 38 15314
Firms under $100 mn
1 Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt 76 66062 Anchin Block amp Anchin 43 3999
3 Frank Rimerman + Co 62 3850
4 MBAF CPAs 44 3674
5 WithumSmith+Brown 37 3588
Leaders in MASRanked by revenue
Rev share Fee
Top 6 firms ($ mn) split1 Deloitte 46 639124
2 PwC 31 342271
3 Ernst amp Young 26 236600
4 KPMG 36 221040
5 Grant Thornton 29 37782
6 McGladrey 21 28961
Firms over $100 mn
1 Crowe Horwath 35 23262
2 CBIZ MHM 35 16748
3 Plante Moran 33 13574
4 Baker Tilly Virchow Krause 30 9039
5 Dixon Hughes Goodman 29 8990
Firms under $100 mn
1 Sikich 51 49472 Horne 45 3032
3 Watkins Meegan 56 2744
4 SCampH Group Inc 40 2304
5 Kearney amp Co 28 2174
2014 TOP 100 FIRMS DATABANK
Overview Top 6 Firms over Firms under Total Top
firms chg $100 mn chg $100 mn chg 100 Firms chg
Revenue (in $mn) $4284442 790 $726792 677 $382178 888 $5393412 781
Partners 11127 278 4077 419 2221 325 17425 317Professionals 128367 641 26865 1360 14694 848 169926 752
Total employees 168788 525 37667 652 20796 705 227251 547
Rev share Rev share Rev share Rev share
Fee split (in $mn) of rev (in $mn) of rev (in $mn) of rev (in $mn) of rev
Audit amp Attest $1559391 3640 $312296 4297 $145430 3805 $2017117 3740
Tax $1084999 2532 $239936 3301 $128111 3352 $1453046 2694
MAS (consulting) $1505515 3514 $138706 1908 $50367 1318 $1694588 3142
Other $134537 314 $35854 493 $58270 1525 $228661 424
Notes Some figures may not correspond due to rounding
Pacesetters in growthRanked by chg
Revenue Firms over $100 mn ($mn) chg
1 Carr Riggs amp Ingram 16131 4489
2 Marcum 35010 2708
3 Plante Moran 41132 2427
4 Moss Adams 40300 1715
5 Baker Tilly Virchow Krause 30130 1633
Revenue Firms under $100 mn ($mn) chg
1 Skoda Minotti amp Co 4001 4325
2 Hill Barth amp King 4930 3927
3 BlumShapiro 6130 2824
4 Sikich 9700 2696
5 The Bonadio Group 6629 2231
Revenue Overall Top 100 Firms ($mn) chg
1 Carr Riggs amp Ingram 16131 4489
2 Skoda Minotti amp Co 4001 4325
3 Hill Barth amp Kingrdquo 4930 3927
4 BlumShapiro 6130 2824
5 Marcum 35010 2708
6 Sikich 9700 2696
7Plante Moran 41132 24278 The Bonadio Group 6629 2231
9 Reinsel Kuntz Lesher 4521 2183
10 Frazier amp Deeter 5300 2018
11 Whitley Penn 5871 1984
12 OrsquoConnor Davies 9950 1888
13 Kaufman Rossin Group 6320 1857
14 Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt 8692 1724
15 Moss Adams 40300 1715
16 Clark Schaefer Hackett 5233 1673
17 Doeren Mayhew 5320 1667
18 Prager Metis 3599 1659
19 Honkamp Krueger amp Co 4370 1647
20 Baker Tilly Virchow Krause 30130 1633
21 Montgomery Coscia Greilich 3354 1614
22 Rehmann 10400 1504
23 Citrin Cooperman amp Co 14300 1440
24 Frank Rimerman + Co 6210 139925 SSampG 9000 1392
26 Weaver 8340 1332
27 Armanino 11284 1311
28 Kahn Litwin Renza amp Co 3532 1284
29 Marks Paneth 9800 1264
30 Postlethwaithe amp Netterville 4707 1247
Notes Firm estimate or projection
All Big Four revenue figures are gross not net
For more details see pages 15-18
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overview
6
graduating from last yearrsquos Firms to Watch
list to join the T100 this year was New York-
based Prager Metis International while
the third new T100 Firm this year Texasrsquo
Montgomery Coscia Greilich was one that
hadnrsquot previously been part of our survey
A number of firms joined our Re-
gional Leaders list in the same way this
year from Virginiarsquos PBMares and Wash-
ington DCrsquos Tate amp Tryon to Atlanta-
based Windham Brannon the Mid-Atlan-
ticrsquos Perelson Weiner and Untracht amp Early
St Louisrsquo Mueller Prost Houstonrsquos Melton
amp Melton Oregonrsquos Perkins amp Co and
Californiarsquos NSBN
If you think your firm should be one of
our Top 100 Firms or our Regional Leaders
drop us an e-mail at AcTodaySourceMe-
diacom and wersquoll add you to our contact
database
After all things are starting to look
pretty good out there for accounting firms
If you can keep finding ways to grow mdash and
the staff to support that growth mdash next year
should be even better
There we said it AT
OVERVIEWfrom page 4
BEYOND THE TOP 100 FIRMS TO WATCHOur Firms to Watch list is all about movement New firms are constantly moving in and others are moving up In fact the tier of firms with between
roughly $20 and $30 million seems to be growing apace forming a deep and wide pool of strong candidates for joining the Top 100 either as members
in their own right like this yearrsquos FTW graduates Prager Metis International and Skoda Minotti or by acquisition into a T100 Firm as with last yearrsquos
merger of former FTW Gainer Donnelly into Southeast mega-regional Carr Riggs amp Ingram
Year Revenue Total
Firm Headquarters Managing partner end ($ mn) chg Offices Partners employees Yeo amp Yeo Saginaw Mich Thomas Hollerback Dec 3198 1462 8 17 185
Rea amp Associates New Philadelphia Ohio Lee Beall Oct 3156 148 11 23 204
Wolf amp Co Boston Mark OrsquoConnell Sept 3149 725 3 19 189
Brown Smith Wallace St Louis Harvey Wallace Dec 3100 616 3 23 210
Clark Nuber Bellevue Wash David Katri Dec 3096 614 1 18 168
Padgett Stratemann amp Co San Antonio John Wright July 3007 301 2 17 179
Bennett Thrasher Atlanta Michael Dukes June 2988 1418 1 23 151
Kreischer Miller Horsham Pa Stephen Christian Dec 2950 1078 1 16 183
PBMares Newport News Va Alan Witt Dec 2892 144 8 34 177
Gursey | Schneider Los Angeles Stephan Wasserman Dec 2820 682 3 10 129
RBZ Los Angeles John Schweisberger Dec 2800 1327 1 14 136
Baker Newman amp Noyes Portland Maine Eleanor Baker Dec 2770 NC 4 30 182
Lurie Besikof Lapidus amp Co Minneapolis Beth Kieffer Leonard April 2730 500 1 14 125
Brady Martz amp Associates Grand Forks ND Ronald Johnke Sept 2710 292 5 33 172
Somerset CPAs Indianapolis Pat Early Dec 2682 942 1 26 163
REDW Albuquerque NM Ron Rivera Dec 2645 3352 2 17 181
Briggs amp Veselka Co Houston John Flatowicz Sept 2617 1842 2 19 194
Jackson Thornton amp Co Montgomery Ala Ned Sheffield Dec 2615 669 6 22 176
Anders St Louis Robert Minkler Dec 2579 062 1 20 155
Anderson ZurMuehlen Helena Mont Donald Laine Sept 2557 277 7 27 204
Hutchinson and Bloodgood Glendale Calif Richard Preciado Sept 2543 1559 4 33 115
Brown Edwards amp Codagger Bluefield WVa Domenic Pellillo May 2542 201 7 25 182
Feeley amp Driscoll Boston T Feeley M Poirier March 2422 302 1 12 103
Lutz amp Co Omaha Neb Gary Witt June 2390 1659 1 26 132
Wolf amp Co Oakbrook Terrace Ill Russell Romanelli Dec 2335 755 2 13 146
Boulay Minneapolis Mark DeNucci May 2318 756 1 30 138
Green Hasson Janks Los Angeles Leon Janks Dec 2310 500 1 13 116
Johnson Lambert Falls Church Va Deborah Lambert Dec 2268 593 8 13 149
Dean Dorton Allen Ford Lexington Ky David Bundy June 2212 179 2 33 150
Mize Houser amp Co Topeka Kansas NA Dec 2192 134 3 21 208
ORBA Chicago Mark Thomson May 2180 531 1 17 109
Gelman Rosenberg amp Freedman Bethesda Md NA Dec 2160 385 1 12 94
PKF Texas Houston Kenneth Guidry Dec 2155 553 1 10 108
Windham Brannon Atlanta David Kloess Sept 2146 1073 1 14 139
Keiter Glen Allen Va L Michael Gracik Dec 2143 328 1 12 143
Firm estimate NC No change NA Not available or not applicable dagger Accounting Today estimate
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8
firm strategies
The Top 100 Firms are all over the
map in many ways Literally to
start they span the country to
say nothing of a wide range of
industry niches management models
growth strategies and cultures But no
matter their size whether they offer exotic
advisory services or the plainest of vanilla
audits and tax work and regardless of their
stance on value pricing they do all share
one common binding thread Theyrsquore
freaking out about finding qualified staff
ldquoThe war for talent is back onrdquo warned
Armanino LLP managing partner Andy Ar-
manino ldquoWe are seeing more and more
competition from outside our profession
and we need to plan accordingly We also
know that change is a constant in todayrsquos
world Merger mania is real New compa-
nies are being launched New information
is coming at us faster than we can compre-
hend We need more than ever before a
workforce that can engage with and adapt
to this new reality Hiring and retaining the
best and brightest talent is the new com-petitive advantagerdquo
ldquoQualified professionals are being
sought after by a number of good firmsrdquo
said Louis Grassi managing partner and
chief executive officer of New York-based
Grassi amp Co ldquoAs such typical efforts of
recruiting including the utilization of re-
cruiters have become less effective in find-
ing experienced quality professionalsrdquo Be-
sides establishing a supportive culture and
a healthy work-life balance Grassirsquos firm
has put in palce a ldquovery robustrdquo employeereferral program that accounted for more
than 50 percent of new hires in 2013
Firms across the country are employ-
ing a wide range of strategies to attract and
retain qualified staff mdash and some firms
are going so far as to hire people solely to
manage them California-based Gallina
for instance hired its first-ever director of
recruitment and development last year
with responsibility for multiple new initia-
tives according to MP Larry Taylor
At Kentuckyrsquos Mountjoy Chilton Med-
ley MP Diane Medley said ldquoWe are very
focused on our talent We are starting a
formal leadership development program
this year selecting our rising stars with
the most potential for equity partnership
to participate We also actively engage our
Next Generation Committee in critical is-
sues to help us consider growth attraction
and retention for the futurerdquo
Recruitment and retention can bene-
fit enormously from a less-frequently citedR mdash recognition National firm McGladrey
made a point of highlighting its top tal-
ent in a series of videos on its Web site as
part of its ldquoPersonalities Wantedrdquo recruit-
ing campaign (the messaging for which
was embedded in all of its social media)
and has seen the results Thatrsquos not its only
personnel-related investment of course
and merely making the investments is
not enough ldquoInvesting in recruitment
professional development and work-life
programs is essentialrdquo said national pub-lic relations director Terri Andrews ldquoWe
are continuously re-assessing practice
and processes to create the best possible
experience for our current and potential
employees And our people tell us wersquore
focused on the right thingsrdquo They did that
through the McGladrey People Survey
which assesses a broad range of employee
engagement and satisfaction measures
Several firms highlighted efforts at
building up their staff with educational and
career development offerings with some
developing their own internal institutions
of higher learning BKD CEO Ted Dickman
pointed to his firmrsquos BKD University a vir-
tual on-demand learning and leadership
development platform that landed the firm
on Training magazinersquos Training Top 125
list while Sikich LLP CEO and MP James
Sikich touted the investment made in his
firmrsquos Sikich University an internal learn-
ing and development program that trains
staff in technical and soft skills
For its part Big Four firm KPMG went
to the source ldquoThe need for highly skilled
talent is a top priorityrdquo said chair and CEO
John Veihmeyer In addition making a stra-
tegic priority of diversity ldquoWe work close-
ly with universities our main workforce
pipeline to promote learning and skillsets
our professionals need and emphasize the
importance of global and diverse perspec-
tives and technological savvyrdquo At Louisianarsquos Postlethwaite amp Netter-
ville meanwhile CEO (and current Ameri-
can Institute of CPAs chair) William Balhoff
noted the firmrsquos increased focus on leader-
ship development and soft skills training
at all levels mdash but also highlighted its busi-
ness development training curriculum
After all hiring and keeping a great
staff only makes sense if you can bring in
work for them do
GETTING COMPETITIVEldquoAccounting firms are operating in a highly
competitive environmentrdquo noted Weiser-
Mazars chair and managing partner Doug-
las Phillips Besides the pressures around
staffing ldquoFirms are under continuing fee
pressure from clients which intensifies
market competitionrdquo
Hanging out the help wanted signB Y D A N I E L H O O D
See STRATEGIES on
10
lsquoOur peopletell us wersquorefocused on theright thingsrsquo
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Armanino is alive to these concerns
ldquoThe dynamics of our profession require
constant change Our products and serv-
ices need to keep pace with those of our
clients Providing traditional accounting
services will only prove ineffectual Whatrsquos
needed is a best-of-breed approach to tak-
ing on current and future tax and account-
ing challenges if wersquore to succeed and our
clients are to prosper While wersquoll alwaysneed to maintain our core competencies
there should be no lack of acceleration in
our ability to integrate cutting-edge solu-
tions mdash strategic and technological mdash into
our products and services offerings The
long-term viability of our firm relies on itrdquo
Other firms are aiming to stay on the
cutting-edge mdash though not always specifi-
cally through technology Wayne BersonCEO of BDO USA is concerned about
enhancing the value of the audit ldquoIt is
clear that in order for the professionrsquos core
element to remain relevant there will have
to be an expansion of the auditorrsquos role in
providing greater insight into the clientsrsquo
financial statements and perhaps varying
degrees of assurance on areas outside of
the financial statements This will affect
firms of all size by requiring substantially
more business and analytical skills and
may also result in a demand for more spe-cialists to be involved in auditsrdquo
Big Four firm KPMG is engaged in a
similar pursuit of the new and improved
ldquoWe continue to focus on innovation and
the enhancement of our offerings and ca-
pabilities for specific industries and growth
areasrdquo said chairman and CEO John Veih-
meyer ldquoWersquore also continuing to build out
our alliance ecosystem to help create newservices enhance existing services and
extend the KPMG brand promise to meet
the needs of clients in new waysrdquo Last year
the firm rolled out a number of ldquoalliance-
based offeringsrdquo created in conjunction
with various partners to offer clients more
focused services and solutions
Crowe Horwath meanwhile took in-
novation even one step further mdash by nam-
ing its own chief innovation officer ldquoWe
are most focused on and are investing
in innovation as a driver of growth where we can bring together functional exper-
tise industry knowledge along with proc-
ess and technology to provide high-value
solutionsrdquo explained CEO Charles Allen
ldquoMany of these solutions will be focused in
broader assurance services that the inves-
tor community and stakeholders in public
interest entities are requestingrdquo AT
10
top tax firms
THE TOP TAX FIRMS Rev
from tax from Total Total Firm Headquarters Chief executive ($mn) tax revenue chg Offices staff
PwCsect New York City Robert Moritz 309148 28 1104100 870 72 39158HampR BlockP1 Kansas City Mo William Cobb 287797 99 290594 042 11000+ 100000+
Ernst amp Youngsect New York City Steve Howe 273000 30 910000 1098 80 30900
Deloittesect New York City Joe Echevarria 250092 18 1389400 633 104 60951
KPMGsect New York City John Veihmeyer 165780 27 614000 673 90 24618
McGladrey2 Chicago Joe Adams 49137 36 136659 626 75 6723
Ryan Dallas G Brint Ryan 39037 100 39037 1059 59 1711
Liberty Tax Services Virginia Beach Va John Hewitt 38120 100 38120 615 4262 798
Grant Thornton Chicago Stephen Chipman 37782 29 130283 461 56 6438
BDO Chicago Wayne Berson 20490 30 68300 1052 49 3248
CliftonLarsonAllen Minneapolis Gordy Viere 19161 34 56355 -078 29 3660
CohnReznick New York City T Marino K Baggett 16764 33 50800 410 24 2521
CBIZ Mayer Hoffman McCann Cleveland C Spurio B Hancock 16748 35 47850 -2220 100 2862
Moss Adams Seattle Chris Schmidt 15314 38 40300 1715 22 2072
Crowe Horwath Chicago Charles Allen 14622 22 66462 1168 28 3006
WTAS San Francisco Mark Vorsatz 14509 100 14509 1344 16 621
BKD Springfield Mo Theodore Dickman 12970 31 41840 400 32 2013
Marcum New York City Jeffrey Weiner 12604 36 35010 2708 17 1300
Dixon Hughes Goodman Charlotte NC Ken Hughes 10850 35 31000 197 26 1661
Plante Moran Southfield Mich Gordon Krater 10694 26 41132 2427 19 1947
Notes P Figures compiled from public company reports Firm estimate or projection NA Not availableapplicable
sect Gross revenue 1 Staff figures include seasonal workers 2 Reported fee split as both dollar amount (given here) and percentage
STRATEGIESfrom page 8
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International tax remained the highest
growing niche service this year for the
2014 Top 100 Firms increasing 6 per-
centage points over 2013 reports ac-
cording to this yearrsquos 77 responding firms
State and local taxes grew 7 percent-
age points to be the second-most common
area of growth and bringing it even at 82
percent with business valuations which
similarly expanded 8 percentage points in
2014 Rounding out the top four again this
year was attest services growing 2 percent-
age points to 75 percent
Leading the pack in year-over-year
growth unsurprisingly was mergers and
acquisition which saw an 11-point uptick
in 2014 with 70 percent of firms reporting
increased business
Below that many services saw double-
digit increases in firms reporting growth
most notably SOX compliancerisk man-
agement saw a list-high rise of 16 percent-
age points to bring it to 53 percent Tech-
nology consulting and personal financial
planning also had strong 2014 gains of 12and 11 percentage points respectively
ON THE GROUND
Doug Wright partner-in-charge of inter-
national tax and transfer pricing services
at California-based firm Burr Pilger Mayer
attributes the continued growth in inter-
national tax services to an unusual conflu-
ence of economic recovery globalization
and the tax and regulatory issues of about
a dozen years ago that brought the niche
to prominenceldquoBasically itrsquos navigating the perfect
stormrdquo he said ldquoWersquove had a lot of changes
in the way in which not just the US but
foreign countries monitor and scrutinize
international business transactions from a
tax perspective The kind of international
tax and accounting standards that the US
has applied for some time now have been
adopted increasingly by countries outside
the USrdquo
Along with the tightening accounting
standards that followed corporate scandals
like Enron these regulatory concerns have
led companies to take more initiative in
their overseas business Wright explained
ldquoTherersquos a kind of heightened sense of cor-
porate responsibility wersquore seeing where
companies want to make sure theyrsquore do-
ing things in the appropriate way and are
not going to be attacked by the IRS or
foreign taxing authorities or are not viewed
as unethical We frequently see situations
where before companies engage us to do
a major global project they talk to other
companies that have done it Not to get a
referral on us but to talk to other compa-
nies They didnrsquot do similar planning in
the past so [they want] to understand how
that planning was ultimately viewed by the
IRS and foreign tax authoritiesrdquo
This kind of due diligence tends to
be pre-emptive Wright continued ldquoThey
donrsquot want to see their names in the news-
paper as caught up in substantial litigation
in the US and outside the US Corporate
executives have a heightened awareness
that they need to do things properly and
do them upfront Companies [used to]
just expand internationally and deal with
some of these issues after the fact mdash the
International tax work in demand B Y D A N I E L L E L E E
0 20 40 60 80 100
International Tax
Business Valuations
State and Local Taxes
Attest ServicesLitigation Support
EstateTrustGift Tax Planning
Industry Specializations
Mergers and Acquisitions
ForensicsFraud
Nonpro1047297t Organizations
Employee Bene1047297ts
Biz Mgmt for Wealthy Individuals
Succession PlanningFamily office
Retirement Plans
SOX ComplianceRisk Mgmt
Strategic PlanningBusiness Plans
Technology Consulting
Cost Segregation
Personal Financial Planning
Biz Mgmt for Small Businesses
Investment AdviceServices
CFOProject Staffi
ng ServicesCash Flow ForecastingManagement
Financing Arrangements
BankruptcyInsolvency
Employment Search
ExportImport
1031 Like-Kind
IFRS consulting
Business RecoveryRecession Advice
Payroll ServicesConsulting
Lease vs Buy Analysis
Top niche servicesPercentage of firms increasing their business in these areas
(of 77 firms responding)
niches and clients
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cart leading the horse Now therersquos much
more awareness and sensitivity tax and
otherwise hellip At our firm we have a phe-
nomenal amount of new international tax
planning and consulting work and new
clients coming our way including very
early-stage companies as they expandrdquo
When Wright joined BPM more than
five years ago he was the firmrsquos first and
only full-time international tax special-
ist and while he has grown that practice
to the largest in the firm for the last three
years the now roughly 12 full-time tax
professionals in the practice canrsquot keep up
with all the new work He estimates that
his group can only serve half of the op-
portunities that come their way but shares
that finding experienced specialists in the
extremely complex area of international
tax is ldquoexceedingly difficultrdquo
Atlanta firm Habif Arogeti amp Wynne
has been doing international work of all
sorts particularly with their manufactur-
ing and technology clients since the early
1990s and now has roughly 70 people in
that service line who speak 26 different
languages among them
Though HAampW is also a member firm
of global accountancy and business ad-
visory network Baker Tilly International
chief executive officer Richard Kopelman
credits most of the firmrsquos growth in this
niche to the ldquoinbound grass-roots effort
with the people from those countriesrdquo
ldquoInternational tax aligns with our
manufacturing and technology niche and
dovetails really wellrdquo he explained ldquoWe do
as much business inbound as outboundrdquo
ADDING VALUE
Nearly all of the client categories for this
yearrsquos Top 100 Firms displayed strong
growth this year with manufacturing lead-
ing the list at 82 percent a 9 percentage
point gain over last year
Manufacturing overtook 2013rsquos lead-
er midsized businesses in general by only
one percentage point Midsized businesses
saw a modest 4 percentage point increase
this year though real estate ranked behind
it recorded a big 12 percentage point rise
to bring it to 77 percent
Only two other categories on the list
surpassed that gain this year construction
which increased 14 percentage points to
66 percent of responding firms and much
farther down the list small businesses
which at 44 percent also recorded a 14
percent increase over last year
Central Pennsylvania-based Rein-
sel Kuntz Lesherrsquos location gives it an
advantage in this market according to
Steve Fisher a partner in the firmrsquos audit
services group and leader of the manu-
facturing and distribution services group
ldquoIn the past ten to 20 years companies
were leaving that were not as involved in
manufacturing but some of that is com-
ing back now with longstanding compa-
nies in manufacturing in that regionrdquo he
explained ldquoAnd a lot of them arenrsquot in
manufacturing but in bringing good over-seas and distribution channels There are
a lot of opportunitiesrdquo
RKL has capitalized on them Fisher
continued by evaluating specific client
needs ldquoOne thing wersquove done in the past
year is a focus group with financial folks
owners consultants that touch consum-
ers in the manufacturing and distribution
area We said lsquoWhat do you need what
are your expectations of people provid-
ing tax and audit servicesrsquo And whether
we can do it and align with them to helpfulfill their needs and bring value When
you hand them a financial statement or tax
return it looks the same no matter who did
it Wersquore responding communicating and
trying to educate folks and arm them to do
these things and help across the market
We go through the proposals and differen-
tiate ourselvesrdquo AT
niches and clients
0 20 40 60 80 100
Manufacturing
Midsized Businesses
Real Estate
TechnologyIndividuals
Construction
Healthcare Facilities
Nonpro1047297t Organizations
Professional Services
Wholesale Distributors
Large Businesses
Pension Plans
State and Local Government
Hotels amp Restaurants
Small Businesses
Retail Trade
Banking amp Thrift Companies
Entertainment
BrokersDealers in Securities amp Commodities
Colleges and Universities
Investment Companies amp Mutual Funds
Auto Dealerships
Government Contractors
Franchising
Finance CompaniesMortgage Banks
School Districts
PublishingBroadcastingMedia
Insurance CarriersCompanies
Insurance Agents amp Brokers
Gaming
AgricultureFarmingForestryFishing
Leasing Companies
Top client categoriesPercentage of firms increasing their business with these types of clients
(of 77 firms responding)
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Since our Regional Leaders both repre-
sent a broader range of firms in terms of
size and bring with them the particular
economic conditions of their geographic
regions the trends here tend to be less clear than
among our Top 100 Firms
One anti-trend that wersquove noticed is the lack
of correlation between the size of a region in terms
of its overall firm revenues and its growth rate
The Mid-Atlantic Regional Leaders for instance
have combined revenues almost twice as large
as the Great Lakes Regional Leaders mdash but an
average growth rate thatrsquos around half while the
Southwest has revenues that are slightly less than
those of the Capitol Region but is growing five
times as fast Local economic conditions make all
the difference of course but the point that size is
not everything is worth making
Unless of course yoursquore talking about the
size of our lists for each region Wersquove been grow-
ing them steadily over the past few years and are
happy to report a large number of new additions
this year many of which are highlighted in the
introductions to their individual regions
If your firm should be on one of our Regional
Leaders lists send us an e-mail at AcToday
SourceMediacom and wersquoll include you in next
yearrsquos survey AT
regional overview
Regions see uneven growth
20
THE 2014 REGIONAL LEADERS
Top Firms Capital RegionDelaware Maryland Virginia Washington DC and West Virginia
Revenue $56257 million up 206
While the Capital Region displayed the weakest revenue growth among the regions in 2013 it did display
major growth in another way the number of firms represented This yearrsquos list includes a number of strong
new players like Virginiarsquos PBMares West Virginiarsquos Arnett Foster Toothman and Washington DCrsquos Tate amp
Tryon
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Kearney amp Co Alexandria Va 7764 -282 2 13 287 401 72 0 28 0
SCampH Group Inc Sparks Md 5760 627 3 21 217 282 17 43 40 0
Watkins Meegan Bethesda Md 4900 145 4 15 196 224 22 22 56 0
Aronson Rockville Md 4900 101 1 31 154 224 43 33 22 2
Raffa Washington DC 3692 371 2 18 192 243 53 15 32 0
PBMares Newport News Va 2892 144 8 34 105 177 40 43 9 8
Cotton amp Co Alexandria Va 2566 -104 1 10 138 155 44 0 16 40
Brown Edwards amp Codagger Bluefield WVa 2542 201 7 25 NA 182 NA NA NA NA
Johnson Lambert Falls Church Va 2268 593 8 13 119 149 82 15 3 0
Yount Hyde amp Barbour Winchester Va 2252 -570 6 20 84 127 45 41 11 3
Gelman Rosenberg amp Freedman Bethesda Md 2160 385 1 12 60 94 76 23 1 0
Keiter Glen Allen Va 2143 328 1 12 104 143 26 62 4 8
Arnett Foster Toothman Charleston WVa 1961 283 6 23 86 136 47 28 25 0
Ellin amp Tucker Chartered Baltimore 1933 -515 4 11 77 114 38 38 16 8
Tate amp Tryon Washington DC 1860 550 1 11 90 110 69 7 24 0
Calibre CPA Group Bethesda Md 1830 2340 3 15 107 143 81 8 0 11
Gross Mendelsohn Baltimore 1674 1020 1 15 69 103 49 30 21 0
Smith Elliott Kearns amp Co Hagerstown Md 1660 122 5 20 97 142 48 30 17 5
KatzAbosch Timonium Md 1500 NC 3 21 42 83 37 55 8 0
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
REGIONSThe Capital Region 20
The Southeast 21
New England 21
The Mid-Atlantic 22
The Great Lakes 24
The Gulf Coast 24
The Midwest 25
The Mountain States 26
The Southwest 26
The West 27
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regional leaders
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdash
Firm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Dixon Hughes Goodman Charlotte NC 31000 197 26 178 1129 1661 36 35 29 0
Cherry Bekaert Richmond Va 12590 186 22 55 559 778 44 47 9 0
Lattimore Black Morgan amp Cain Brentwood Tenn 7091 906 3 46 287 409 24 34 14 28
Habif Arogeti amp Wynne Atlanta 6428 662 1 26 232 305 45 39 8 8
Elliott Davis Greenville SC 6410 505 8 51 265 392 47 35 14 4
Frazier amp Deeter Atlanta 5300 2018 4 11 158 201 32 40 0 28
Mauldin amp Jenkins Atlanta 3880 078 5 34 125 198 59 30 2 9
Mountjoy Chilton Medley Louisville Ky 3831 100 5 37 171 246 40 36 9 15
Joseph Decosimo amp Co Chattanooga Tenn 3820 550 8 29 177 265 47 39 7 7Bennett Thrasher Atlanta 2988 1418 1 23 104 151 27 57 7 9
Dean Dorton Allen Ford Lexington Ky 2212 179 2 33 90 150 33 42 25 0
Windham Brannon Atlanta 2146 1073 1 14 100 139 39 59 2 0
WebsterRogers Florence SC 1750 697 9 24 91 138 42 46 4 8
Top Firms Southeast Arkansas Georgia Kentucky North Carolina South Carolina and Tennessee
Revenue $89446 million up 470
Growth moderated in the Southeast in 2013 coming in a few percentage points lower
than in 2012 but that didnrsquot stop individual firms from posting some strong results like Atlantarsquos Frazier amp Deeter or new Regional Leader Windham Brannon
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdash
Firm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
BlumShapiro West Hartford Ct 6130 2824 4 30 251 341 56 32 1 11
BerryDunn Portland Maine 4312 740 5 18 154 204 47 18 28 7
Kahn Litwin Renza amp Co Providence RI 3532 1284 3 11 153 195 30 35 35 0
Wolf amp Co Boston 3149 725 3 19 142 189 50 21 0 29
Baker Newman amp Noyes Portland Maine 2770 NC 4 30 121 182 48 40 12 0
Feeley amp Driscoll Boston 2422 302 1 12 66 103 61 29 10 0
DiCicco Gulman amp Co Woburn Mass 1800 588 2 14 65 97 42 43 15 0
Alexander Aronson Finningdagger Westborough Mass 1769 249 5 18 NA NA NA NA NA NA
Whittlesey amp Hadley Hartford Ct 1570 753 1 15 83 105 60 20 20 0
Gray Gray amp Gray Westwood Mass 1380 222 3 8 64 86 45 35 20 0Edelstein amp Co Boston 1360 1826 1 9 45 64 21 54 0 25
Macdonald Page amp Co South Portland Maine 1300 442 3 21 75 112 42 31 13 14
OrsquoConnor amp Drew Braintree Mass 1200 2000 2 15 60 87 81 17 0 2
Melanson Heath amp Co Nashua NH 1048 264 5 9 66 88 74 22 2 2
Meyers Brothers Kalicka Holyoke Mass 1040 612 1 7 40 59 47 39 4 10
DiSanto Priest amp Co Warwick RI 959 435 1 8 37 57 39 55 6 0
Gallagher Flynn amp Co South Burlington Vt 920 -316 2 10 NA 75 NA NA NA NA
Notes Firm estimate or projection dagger Accounting Today estimate NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms New EnglandConnecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island and Vermont
Revenue $36661 million up 949
After a lackluster 2012 things picked up significantly for the region in 2013 MampA played a major part with firms of all
sizes getting into local and regional hookups and large firms like Connecticutrsquos BlumShapiro and Rhode Islandrsquos Kahn
Litwin Renza amp Co leading the way Going forward it will reshape the list in other ways following the January 2014
merger of Massachusetts Regional Leader Braver PC into Top 100 Firm Marcum LLP
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Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
CohnReznick New York City 50800 410 24 274 1716 2521 52 33 6 9
Marcum New York City 35010 2708 17 160 844 1300 45 36 7 12
EisnerAmper New York City 27690 779 9 177 976 1185 56 35 9 0
Rothstein Kass Roseland NJ 20200 688 8 76 780 1002 60 35 5 0
ParenteBeard Philadelphia 15800 -651 18 116 544 861 53 31 16 0
Citrin Cooperman amp Co New York City 14300 1440 5 120 302 503 47 37 8 8
WeiserMazars New York City 14240 772 6 104 393 625 47 39 14 0
Berdon New York City 10100 391 2 39 334 398 33 40 27 0
OrsquoConnor Davies New York City 9950 1888 7 82 340 501 65 21 14 0
Marks Paneth New York City 9800 1264 3 64 390 539 63 27 3 7
WithumSmith+Brown Princeton NJ 9698 931 12 77 258 431 37 37 2 24
Anchin Block amp Anchin New York City 9300 NC 1 56 215 354 44 43 13 0
Friedman New York City 7250 821 6 57 244 349 60 35 5 0
The Bonadio Group Pittsford NY 6629 2231 11 61 352 470 48 21 13 18
Schneider Downs Pittsburgh 5756 407 2 36 284 354 45 35 20 0
Reinsel Kuntz Lesher Lancaster Pa 4521 2183 4 39 228 300 33 35 10 22
Freed Maxick CPAs Buffalo NY 4150 964 4 35 203 283 36 37 27 0
Raich Ende Malter amp Co New York City 4100 789 5 33 120 191 40 60 0 0
Grassi amp Co New York City 4095 500 2 23 136 197 48 41 9 2
Margolin Winer amp Evens Garden City NY 4000 256 2 25 167 207 60 30 10 0
Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin amp Co New York City 4000 -1837 3 24 106 165 46 46 8 0
Prager Metis International New York City 3599 1659 7 30 129 199 30 45 25 0
Wiss amp Co Livingston NJ 3300 377 4 28 114 172 56 32 0 12Kreischer Miller Horsham Pa 2950 1078 1 16 137 183 46 36 11 7
Perelson Weiner New York City 1950 NA 1 8 45 70 40 50 10 0
Janover Garden City NY 1944 NA 2 13 78 108 30 62 5 3
Untracht Early Florham Park NJ 1900 544 3 8 79 102 29 64 4 3
Gettry Marcus CPA Woodbury NY 1700 303 2 16 47 81 48 35 0 17
Buchbinder Tunick amp Co New York City 1600 NC 2 18 53 90 50 25 15 10
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms Mid-AtlanticNew Jersey New York and Pennsylvania
Revenue $290332 million up 831
The Mid-Atlantic continues to post generally strong results helped by the strength of many of the industries its firms
serve particularly in the financial services and financial institutions areas It also remains a seedbed for new and grow-
ing firms like new Top 100 entry Prager Metis International and new Regional Leaders Perelson Weiner Janover Un-tracht Early and Buchbinder Tunick
22
regional leaders
Where the growth is Pt 1Average firm growth rate in percent by region
Mid-Atlantic
GreatLakes
West Midwest CapitalRegion
SoutheastGulf Coast
Southwest NewEngland
Mountain0
5
10
15
20
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26
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
EKSampH Denver 7046 1119 3 38 308 427 45 42 13 0
Hein amp Associates Denver 5071 445 4 33 191 266 48 47 4 1
RGL Forensics Denver 3765 606 17 23 124 190 0 0 0 100
Anderson ZurMuehlen Helena Mont 2557 277 7 27 128 204 35 38 10 17
GHP Horwath Denver 2480 -040 1 10 82 106 41 26 0 33
Anton Collins Mitchell Denver 1600 191 3 12 69 97 50 40 10 0
Tanner Salt Lake City 1430 1085 1 10 54 72 62 23 13 2
Junkermier ClarkCampanella Stevens Great Falls Mont 1420 085 7 25 69 120 39 43 7 11
Dalby Wendland amp Co Grand Junction Colo 1195 373 4 16 52 90 25 53 9 13McGee Hearne amp Paiz Cheyenne Wyo 973 485 2 9 52 70 55 38 7 0
Top Firms MountainColorado Idaho Montana Utah and Wyoming
Revenue $27537 million up 566
The region seems in some ways to have turned the corner It reported its second year in a row of respectable
growth after a few difficult years That may explain the interest from Top 100 Firms Eide Bailly in particular made
a number of acquisitions in the region particularly in the Salt Lake City area
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Weaver Fort Worth Texas 8340 1332 7 36 354 471 34 43 12 11
Whitley Penn Fort Worth Texas 5871 1984 5 38 206 294 43 43 0 14
Montgomery Coscia Greilich Plano Texas 3354 1614 2 16 203 231 28 41 24 7
Padgett Stratemann amp Co San Antonio 3007 301 2 17 127 179 51 37 12 0
REDW Albuquerque NM 2645 3352 2 17 129 181 52 24 10 14
Briggs amp Veselka Co Houston 2617 1842 2 19 151 194 41 50 8 1
PKF Texas Houston 2155 553 1 10 85 108 50 46 4 0
Cain Watters amp Associates Plano Texas 2080 930 1 7 55 108 10 15 0 75
BeachFleischman Tuscon Ariz 2030 2378 2 25 81 140 27 57 2 14
Johnson Miller amp Co CPAs Odessa Texas 1954 868 3 14 76 103 30 50 7 13
PMB Helin Donovan Austin Texas 1900 1377 8 28 88 136 55 45 0 0Lane Gorman Trubitt Dallas 1900 497 1 15 62 92 57 37 0 6
Henry amp Horne Tempe Ariz 1850 571 3 14 70 102 33 58 9 0
Maxwell Locke amp Ritter Austin Texas 1834 969 2 21 61 92 38 41 0 21
TravisWolff Dallas 1830 -054 1 8 76 104 32 54 14 0
Melton amp Melton Houston 1790 770 1 14 79 103 50 50 0 0
Brown Graham amp Co Amarillo Texas 1287 404 7 23 61 113 35 50 5 10
Hartman Leito amp Bolt Fort Worth Texas 1100 -795 1 10 47 69 45 46 8 1
MaloneBailey Houston 897 -2220 2 5 31 41 98 2 0 0
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms Southwest Arizona New Mexico Oklahoma and Texas
Revenue $48441 million up 1103
As with the Gulf Coast booming revenues from oil and gas no doubt played a part in the
Southwestrsquos strong performance this year (the third best of the regions) with many of the
largest firms recording growth in energy and related services Wersquore also happy to note a
number of new Regional Leaders including Planorsquos Montgomery Coscia Greilich (which also
joined the T100) Houstonrsquos Melton amp Melton and Amarillorsquos Brown Graham amp Co
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regional leaders
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Moss Adams Seattle 40300 1715 22 263 1340 2072 45 38 17 0
Armanino San Ramon Calif 11284 1311 5 37 301 394 21 26 49 4
Novogradac amp Co San Francisco 9248 1003 15 35 311 408 59 27 2 12
Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt W Los Angeles Calif 8692 1724 8 36 263 362 18 76 0 6
Burr Pilger Mayer Inc San Francisco 6850 -087 6 40 225 330 38 50 12 0
Frank Rimerman + Co Palo Alto Calif 6120 1233 5 21 229 267 27 62 11 0
Nigro Karlin Segal Feldstein amp Bolno Los Angeles 5608 1167 2 21 262 314 17 17 2 64
Squar Milner Newport Beach Calif 4530 295 4 22 171 229 40 53 0 7SingerLewak Los Angeles 3850 -080 6 33 NA NA NA NA NA NA
AKT CPAs Salem Ore 3824 1039 6 15 176 235 28 33 11 28
Miller Kaplan Arase North Hollywood Calif 3800 270 5 24 117 175 58 17 17 8
Gallina Roseville Calif 3639 505 9 26 155 226 45 52 3 0
Seiler Redwood City Calif 3610 587 2 11 116 152 10 75 0 15
Macias Gini amp OrsquoConnell Sacramento Calif 3340 -773 9 10 164 258 63 12 7 18
Vavrinek Trine Day amp Codagger Rancho Cucamonga Calif 3231 199 7 33 NA 200 NA NA NA NA
Clark Nuber Bellevue Wash 3096 614 1 18 119 168 49 48 0 3
Gursey | Schneider Los Angeles 2820 682 3 10 85 129 0 30 0 70
RBZ Los Angeles 2800 1327 1 14 89 136 17 52 17 14
Hutchinson and Bloodgood Glendale Calif 2543 1559 4 33 58 115 38 46 16 0
Windes Inc Long Beach Calif 2361 -215 3 16 76 121 44 46 4 6
Green Hasson Janks Los Angeles 2310 500 1 13 88 116 32 33 13 22
Hemming Morse San Francisco 2069 827 7 13 76 96 33 0 0 67Perkins amp Co Portland Ore 2017 1034 2 19 87 132 27 40 24 9
Matson amp Isom Chico Calif 1768 400 4 21 81 128 41 46 5 8
Gumbiner Savett Santa Monica Calif 1728 601 1 10 80 110 40 50 8 2
Peterson Sullivan Seattle 1646 457 1 13 84 97 52 47 1 0
Sensiba San Filippo Pleasanton Calif 1620 588 4 14 61 103 NA NA NA NA
NSBN Beverly Hills Calif 1500 1111 1 13 53 74 35 49 5 11
Notes Firm estimate or projection dagger Accounting Today estimate NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms WestCalifornia Nevada Oregon and Washington
Revenue $146204 million up 989
Growth is spread a little more evenly among the firms in the West this year with strong rates at the top firms but equally
good performances scattered up and down the range While some of the other regions saw re-arrangements and even
shortenings of their rosters due to mergers and acquisitions firm combinations didnrsquot change the list for the West muchat all In fact the list itself grew a little longer with the addition of new Regional Leaders Perkins amp Co in Portland Ore
Peterson Sullivan in Seattle and NSBN in Beverly Hills
Where the money isCombined 2013 revenues in millions of dollars by region
Mid-Atlantic
GreatLakes
West Midwest CapitalRegion
Southeast Gulf Coast
Southwest NewEngland
Mountain0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
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AKT CPAs Acquired firm with a dental
professional practice
Anchin Block amp Anchin In February
2013 lost $50 million judgment to author Pa-
tricia Cornwell over financial management
Armanino In January 2013 rebranded
from Armanino McKenna Launched business
intelligence dashboard for private schools
and Dynamic Insights BI tool Acquired Dy-
namics VAR Rose Business Solutions
Aronson Organized two new service
groups IT audit and wealth management
consulting for choosing and assessing advi-
sor performance Baker Tilly Virchow Krause In June 2013
acquired New York-based Top 100 Firm Holtz
Rubenstein Reminick Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
BDO In June 2013 acquired Alaska-based
Mikunda Cottrell and Minneapolis-based
Moquist Thorvilson Kaufmann and brought
on members of banking practice of T100
Firm ParenteBeard In August expanded in
San Antonio by adding some partners and
staff from TravisWolff In December acquired
Pittsburgh T100 Firm Alpern Rosenthal
Berdon Joined TIAG alliance Expanded
use of CRM system and instituted Best Place
to Work Committee to propose community
social and charitable initiatives for the firm
In November 2013 merged with Northport
NY-based Beck amp Co
Berkowitz Pollack Brant Expanded stra-
tegic planning task force to include ldquoup and
comersrdquo Began celebrating its 35th anniver-
sary Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best
Firm to Work For
BerryDunn Grew revenue by over 7 per-
cent and overall staff by over 10 percent
BKD In 2013 marked its 90th anniver-
sary Opened offices in Des Moines Iowa
and Nashville Tenn In September acquired
Pittsburgh-based Malin Bergquist
Blue amp Co All figures are Accounting To-
day estimates
BlumShapiro Merged with Newton
Mass-based Friedman Suvalle amp Salomon
Added a dedicated hospitality group
The Bonadio Group In April 2013 merged
in Rutland Vt-based Independent Audit As-
sociates In September merged in Buffalo
NY-based Gaines Kriner Elliott In Novem-
ber merged in Albany NY-based Stulmaker
Kohn amp Richardson Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Burr Pilger Mayer Inc In January 2013
named new CEO In November opened new
office in Napa Valley
Carr Riggs amp Ingram In January 2013merged in Atlanta-based Peterson Coleman
amp Marett In July merged with North Caro-
lina-based accounting firm Pittard Perry amp
Crone Inc In August merged in Atlanta-
based Laney Boteler amp Killinger In Septem-
ber merged in Texas Regional Leader Gainer
Donnelly
CBIZ Mayer Hoffman McCann In No-
vember 2013 acquired Denver-based Knight
Field Fabry In January 2013 named Chris
Spurio president of CBIZ Financial Services
In February announced acquisition of Tam-pa Bay Fla-based Lewis Birch amp Ricardo
Cherry Bekaert In January 2013 re-
branded from Cherry Bekaert amp Holland
Formed benefits consulting group expanded
international tax team and advisory services
Citrin Cooperman amp Co In November
2013 merged in Leon M Reimer amp Co
Clark Schaefer Hackett amp Co Marked its
75th anniversary Having ldquoactive discussionsrdquo
on acquisitions
CliftonLarsonAllen Sold health care reg-ulatory and compliance group
Cohen amp Co Divested nearly $10 mil-
lion in business during the year that was not
meeting growth and profitability expecta-
tions Implemented a second tier of owner-
ship Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best
Firm to Work For
CohnReznick Named first national direc-
firm highlights
2014 firm highlightstor of governmental affairs Relocated offices
in Chicago Los Angeles and Austin Texas
Crowe Horwath In August 2013 acquired
a majority interest in Missouri-based Chan
Healthcare Integrated staff and acquired in-
tellectual property of ExtOrg In November
named its first chief innovation officer
Deloitte in January 2014 acquired sub-
stantially all of the business of strategy con-
sulting firm the Monitor Group In June ac-
quired investment bank McColl Partners In
July acquired SAP consulting firm Quattro
Integration Group In September acquired
TMA Construction Consultants In October
acquired substantially all of the assets of digi-
tal and social media agency Banyan Branch
In October agreed to pay $2 million to settle
charges with the PCAOB for violating Sar-
banes-Oxley Act and PCAOB rules In No-
vember launched CloudMix a preconfigured
mixture of cloud applications from different
vendors for clients
Dixon Hughes Goodman In June 2013
added Crossfire Advisory to its national health
care practice
Doeren Mayhew Grew revenue over 16
percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash international tax Fastest growing client
category mdash manufacturing
Eide Bailly In May 2013 installed new
CEO In June and August merged in two Salt
Lake City CPA firms Lake Hill amp Myers and
Hansen Barnett amp Maxwell In November
2013 acquired Denver NetSuite solutions pro-
vider Next Business Systems In December
launched private insurance exchange
EisnerAmper Had an ldquooutstandingrdquo year
Added several new services including CFO
outsourcing human capital cloud technol-
ogy and family office services
EKSampH Rebranded from Ehrhardt KeefeSteiner amp Hottman Saw revenue growth of
over 11 percent
Elliott Davis In April merged in Raleigh
NC-based Lunsford amp Strickland Relocated
office from Galax Va to Richmond Hired a
corporate strategies officer
Ernst amp Young In March paid $123 million
to resolve a federal tax shelter investigation
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In June launched EYTaxSpace Powered by
Thomson Reuters for corporate tax clients
In August donated its archives going back to
the early 1900s to Case Western Reserve Uni-
versity In December agreed to pay investors
$99 million to settle litigation over LehmanBrothers audit and acquired the US tax
preparation and court accounting outsourc-
ing businesses of Thomson Reuters
Frank Rimerman + Co Saw revenue
growth of over 12 percent
Frazier amp Deeter Saw revenue growth of
over 20 percent
Freed Maxick Saw revenue growth of over
9 percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash health care Fastest growing client cat-
egory mdash consulting
Friedman Saw revenue growth of over
8 percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash international tax Fastest growing client
category mdash real estate Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Gallina Expanded service lines including
international tax state and local tax and es-
tate trust retirement and succession services
Hired a director of recruitment and develop-
ment Joined TIAG alliance In February 2014
acquired Mercer Island Wash-based Tuef-
fers Guckian amp Gamon
Grant Thornton Redesigned external
Web site Hired a chief people and culture
officer In September 2013 acquired Oracle
Solutions business unit MarketSphere In No-
vember extended tenure of current CEO
Grassi amp Co In May 2013 added in David
C Sobel CPA and his staff In December
launched Grassi Technology Consultants
Habif Arogeti amp Wynne In May merged
in boutique tax consulting firm JRZ Launched
efforts to ldquodefine refine and embrace the
firmrsquos culturerdquo Hein amp Associates Expanded cloud solu-
tions service line Saw staff growth of over 11
percent
Hill Barth amp King Launched HbK Corpo-
rate Finance division Created new Web site
and YouTube channel In November 2013
merged in Lawrenceville NJ-based Bartolo-
mei Pucciarelli CPAs
Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt Saw ldquosig-
nificant growthrdquo in MampA private equity pro-
fessional services international tax and en-
tertainment practices Launched a business
development training program
Honkamp Krueger amp Co In Augustmerged in Madison Wis-based The Brem-
ser Group In October opened practice in
Davenport Iowa Added medical practice
consulting and talent outsourcing to its ser-
vices list
Horne Saw overall staff growth of over 11
percent Named an Accounting Today 2013
Best Firm to Work For
Joseph Decosimo amp Co In March 2013
acquired Huntsville Ala-based cost account-
ing and federal compliance solutions group
Solvability In December merged in Larry
Hyatt amp Associates
Kahn Litwin Renza amp Co In January
2013 merged with Waltham Mass-based Fay
amp Associates In May opened KLR Emerging
Business Center to offer co-working office
space to start-ups
Katz Sapper amp Miller Saw revenue
growth of over 7 percent and overall staff
growth of over 9 percent
Kaufman Rossin Group Saw revenue
growth of over 18 percent Named the No1 Accounting Today 2013 Best Firm to Work
For in the Large Firm Category for the third
year in a row
Kearney amp Co Saw staff growth of over
2 percent
Kemper Fastest growing service area mdash
investment advisory services
Kennedy and Coe Installed new CEO
KPMG Completed acquisition of Ora-
cle ERP practice of The Hackett Group
Launched alliance-based offering in indirect
tax with Thomson Reuters In May 2013
agreed with Fannie Mae to pay $153 million
to settle class-action suit over Fannie Mae
audit In July launched market alliance with
cloud-based procurement solution provider
Coupa Software In September Denver office
achieved LEED-CI certification In Decem-
ber announced plans to acquire analytical
applications company Link Analytics In Jan-
uary 2014 agreed to pay $82 million to settle
SEC charges over auditor independence
Lattimore Black Morgan amp Cain Re-
ported organic growth of over 9 percent
across all service lines Added a health care
consulting company
Macias Gini amp OrsquoConnell Saw overall staff
growth of over 7 percent
Marcum In January 2013 merged in
Massachusetts-based Parent McLaughlin amp
Nangle In April merged in Cornerstone Ac-
counting Group In July merged in Irvine
Calif-based WilsonMorgan In January 2014
merged in three units of New England Re-
gional Leader Braver
Margolin Winer amp Evens Saw revenue
growth of over 2 percent
Marks Paneth Rebranded from Marks
Paneth amp Shron In February 2013 merged
in New York City-based Rosenberg Neuwirth
amp Kuchner
Mauldin amp Jenkins In June acquired Ten-
nessee-based Hazlett Lewis amp Bieter
MBAF CPAs Worked to achieve ldquogreater
consolidation of the Northeast Region op-
erations with the rest of the firmrdquo Enhanced
cross-utilization of staff and skills among
various regions Designed and implemented
cost controls
McGladrey In August launched a strat-
egy to serve middle-market companies Late
in 2013 acquired Wilmington NC-Lanier
Whaley Craft amp Co and Houston-based
Margolis Phipps amp Wright
Miller Kaplan Arase Appointed a new
managing partner Expanded Seattle office
Saw ldquosignificant growthrdquo in business manage-
ment and entertainment group
Montgomery Coscia Greilich New to the
list In March 2013 joined the Alliott Group
alliance In May opened new office in AustinTexas In June launched strategy and man-
agement consulting practice In September
marked 10th anniversary
Moss Adams Marked its 100th anniver-
sary Installed new chairmanCEO
Mountjoy Chilton Medley Transitioned
in operations of Jeffersonville Ind-based
firm Expanded Cincinnati office Saw ldquostrong
firm highlights
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increaserdquo in regulated industry work such as
insurance financial institutions and health
care In December 2013 launched IT consult-
ing amp strategy services
Nigro Karlin Segal Feldstein amp Bolno
Changed name from Nigro Karlin Segal ampFeldstein Sold a 245 percent minority stake
in the firm to First Republic Bank
Novogradac amp Co Saw revenue growth of
over 10 percent
OrsquoConnor Davies In October announced
merger with Cranford NJ-based Fazio Man-
nuzza Roche Tankel LaPilusa In January
2014 merged with New York City-based Mer-
sel Klein amp Co
ParenteBeard In January 2013 merged
in Connecticut-based health care manage-
ment consulting firm Presscott Associates In
November closed its technology practice In
February 2014 added team members from
insurance consulting firm Invotex
Plante Moran In April 2013 launched
Women in Leadership initiative In July
launched a Web site offering ACA guidance
In November opened an office in Detroit
Postlethwaite amp Netterville Implement-
ed a formal shareholder evaluation process
a formal pipeline process a business de-
velopment training curriculum and growthmanagement software
Prager Metis International New to the
list Formed from January 2013 merger of
Prager amp Fenton and Metis Group Added a
number of new service lines including SALT
cost segregation and research tax incentives
PwC In July 2013 reshuffled US leader-
ship team In October announced plans to
merge in consulting firm Booz amp Co
Raffa In November 2013 launched Raffa
Nonprofit Fraud Prevention Institute
Raich Ende Malter In March 2013 estab-
lished Raich Ende Malter (Cayman)
Rehmann Saw revenue growth of over 15
percent
Reinsel Kuntz Lesher Saw growth in rev-
enue of over 21 percent
RGL Forensics Opened an office in San-
tiago Chile Introduced registered broker-
dealer RGL Advisors to offer MampA transac-
tion advisory services in the US
Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin amp Co
Fastest growing specialty service mdash large
private equity transactions Fastest growing
client category mdash private equity companies
Rothstein Kass Saw revenue growth of
almost 7 percent
RubinBrown Launched national prac-
tices to serve private equity firms and gaming
companies
SCampH Group Inc Joined firm network
Moore Stephens Fastest growing specialty
service mdash technology consulting Fastest
growing client category mdash health care
Schenck In January 2013 acquired ma-
jority stake in Milwaukee-based Bonfield amp
Co Installed new MP and CFO Changed
practice management system
Schneider Downs Relocated corporate
headquarters within Pittsburgh
Seiler Share of revenue derived from tax
increased from 70 to 75 percent
Sikich In January 2013 merged in Il-
linois-based supply chain consulting firm
Achieve Consulting In August announced
merger with Brookfield Wis firm Kolb+Co
In September merged in St Louis-based
OrsquoDonnell Bonebrake amp Co Also mergedin S2 Consulting and PKF Texas Technology
Added eight services PR insurance lean
back office business intelligence SALT and
international tax Restructured executive and
compensation committees Revised partner
compensation plan
SingerLewak In January 2013 merged in
San Francisco office of Acquavell Chiarelli
Shuster Berkower amp Co
Skoda Minotti amp Co New to the list
In May 2013 merged Skoda Minotti Technol-
ogy Partners with Westlake Ohio-based Da-taServ In June 2013 merged in Tampa Fla-
based Dowell amp Perez In August merged
in Tampa-based national assurance solu-
tions and compliance company Assurance
Concepts
Squar Milner ldquoSignificantly expandingrdquo
Los Angeles offices
SSampG In May 2013 named new CEO Saw
revenue growth of almost 14 percent
SVA CPAs In June 2013 installed new
CEO In January 2014 merged in Wisconsin-
based practice of William P Merrick CPA
UHY Advisors Inc Saw overall staff
growth of over 10 percent
Vavrinek Trine Day amp Co All figures are
Accounting Today estimates
Warren Averett In January 2013 merged
in Atlanta-based Gifford Hillegass amp Ingwers-
en and Tampa Fla-based Pender Newkirk
Rebranded firm with new visual identity
Developed new and expanded services in
SALT business valuation forensic account-
ing and litigation support health care reform
economic settlement claims processing and
alternative investments
Watkins Meegan Expanded hospitality
practice and increased government contract-
ing practice Started health care consulting
practice Hired business developmentmar-
keting director
Weaver Saw revenue growth of over 13
percent and growth in all four of its largest
niches mdash energy financial services the pub-
lic sector and manufacturing In February
2014 merged in Connecticut-based RIN At-
test and Advisory Services
WeiserMazarsIn November 2013 merged
in New York-based Resnick Druckman Group
Expanded health care consulting group
Whitley Penn Expanded transaction ser-
vices practice and forensic litigation and
valuation services statewide Named an Ac-
counting Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Wipfli Formalized fresh-water industry
services opened office in Milwaukeersquos Global
Water Center Launched Wipfli Connect for
Manufacturing software solution In January
2014 merged in Tinley Park Ill-based The
Condon Group and Chicago-based practiceRegulatory Compliance Associates Inc
Wiss amp Co More than half of revenues (56
percent) derived from AampA services
WithumSmith+Brown Consolidated two
New Jersey offices Invested in international
tax practice and financial services practice
Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best Firm
to Work For
firm highlights
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overview
6
graduating from last yearrsquos Firms to Watch
list to join the T100 this year was New York-
based Prager Metis International while
the third new T100 Firm this year Texasrsquo
Montgomery Coscia Greilich was one that
hadnrsquot previously been part of our survey
A number of firms joined our Re-
gional Leaders list in the same way this
year from Virginiarsquos PBMares and Wash-
ington DCrsquos Tate amp Tryon to Atlanta-
based Windham Brannon the Mid-Atlan-
ticrsquos Perelson Weiner and Untracht amp Early
St Louisrsquo Mueller Prost Houstonrsquos Melton
amp Melton Oregonrsquos Perkins amp Co and
Californiarsquos NSBN
If you think your firm should be one of
our Top 100 Firms or our Regional Leaders
drop us an e-mail at AcTodaySourceMe-
diacom and wersquoll add you to our contact
database
After all things are starting to look
pretty good out there for accounting firms
If you can keep finding ways to grow mdash and
the staff to support that growth mdash next year
should be even better
There we said it AT
OVERVIEWfrom page 4
BEYOND THE TOP 100 FIRMS TO WATCHOur Firms to Watch list is all about movement New firms are constantly moving in and others are moving up In fact the tier of firms with between
roughly $20 and $30 million seems to be growing apace forming a deep and wide pool of strong candidates for joining the Top 100 either as members
in their own right like this yearrsquos FTW graduates Prager Metis International and Skoda Minotti or by acquisition into a T100 Firm as with last yearrsquos
merger of former FTW Gainer Donnelly into Southeast mega-regional Carr Riggs amp Ingram
Year Revenue Total
Firm Headquarters Managing partner end ($ mn) chg Offices Partners employees Yeo amp Yeo Saginaw Mich Thomas Hollerback Dec 3198 1462 8 17 185
Rea amp Associates New Philadelphia Ohio Lee Beall Oct 3156 148 11 23 204
Wolf amp Co Boston Mark OrsquoConnell Sept 3149 725 3 19 189
Brown Smith Wallace St Louis Harvey Wallace Dec 3100 616 3 23 210
Clark Nuber Bellevue Wash David Katri Dec 3096 614 1 18 168
Padgett Stratemann amp Co San Antonio John Wright July 3007 301 2 17 179
Bennett Thrasher Atlanta Michael Dukes June 2988 1418 1 23 151
Kreischer Miller Horsham Pa Stephen Christian Dec 2950 1078 1 16 183
PBMares Newport News Va Alan Witt Dec 2892 144 8 34 177
Gursey | Schneider Los Angeles Stephan Wasserman Dec 2820 682 3 10 129
RBZ Los Angeles John Schweisberger Dec 2800 1327 1 14 136
Baker Newman amp Noyes Portland Maine Eleanor Baker Dec 2770 NC 4 30 182
Lurie Besikof Lapidus amp Co Minneapolis Beth Kieffer Leonard April 2730 500 1 14 125
Brady Martz amp Associates Grand Forks ND Ronald Johnke Sept 2710 292 5 33 172
Somerset CPAs Indianapolis Pat Early Dec 2682 942 1 26 163
REDW Albuquerque NM Ron Rivera Dec 2645 3352 2 17 181
Briggs amp Veselka Co Houston John Flatowicz Sept 2617 1842 2 19 194
Jackson Thornton amp Co Montgomery Ala Ned Sheffield Dec 2615 669 6 22 176
Anders St Louis Robert Minkler Dec 2579 062 1 20 155
Anderson ZurMuehlen Helena Mont Donald Laine Sept 2557 277 7 27 204
Hutchinson and Bloodgood Glendale Calif Richard Preciado Sept 2543 1559 4 33 115
Brown Edwards amp Codagger Bluefield WVa Domenic Pellillo May 2542 201 7 25 182
Feeley amp Driscoll Boston T Feeley M Poirier March 2422 302 1 12 103
Lutz amp Co Omaha Neb Gary Witt June 2390 1659 1 26 132
Wolf amp Co Oakbrook Terrace Ill Russell Romanelli Dec 2335 755 2 13 146
Boulay Minneapolis Mark DeNucci May 2318 756 1 30 138
Green Hasson Janks Los Angeles Leon Janks Dec 2310 500 1 13 116
Johnson Lambert Falls Church Va Deborah Lambert Dec 2268 593 8 13 149
Dean Dorton Allen Ford Lexington Ky David Bundy June 2212 179 2 33 150
Mize Houser amp Co Topeka Kansas NA Dec 2192 134 3 21 208
ORBA Chicago Mark Thomson May 2180 531 1 17 109
Gelman Rosenberg amp Freedman Bethesda Md NA Dec 2160 385 1 12 94
PKF Texas Houston Kenneth Guidry Dec 2155 553 1 10 108
Windham Brannon Atlanta David Kloess Sept 2146 1073 1 14 139
Keiter Glen Allen Va L Michael Gracik Dec 2143 328 1 12 143
Firm estimate NC No change NA Not available or not applicable dagger Accounting Today estimate
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8
firm strategies
The Top 100 Firms are all over the
map in many ways Literally to
start they span the country to
say nothing of a wide range of
industry niches management models
growth strategies and cultures But no
matter their size whether they offer exotic
advisory services or the plainest of vanilla
audits and tax work and regardless of their
stance on value pricing they do all share
one common binding thread Theyrsquore
freaking out about finding qualified staff
ldquoThe war for talent is back onrdquo warned
Armanino LLP managing partner Andy Ar-
manino ldquoWe are seeing more and more
competition from outside our profession
and we need to plan accordingly We also
know that change is a constant in todayrsquos
world Merger mania is real New compa-
nies are being launched New information
is coming at us faster than we can compre-
hend We need more than ever before a
workforce that can engage with and adapt
to this new reality Hiring and retaining the
best and brightest talent is the new com-petitive advantagerdquo
ldquoQualified professionals are being
sought after by a number of good firmsrdquo
said Louis Grassi managing partner and
chief executive officer of New York-based
Grassi amp Co ldquoAs such typical efforts of
recruiting including the utilization of re-
cruiters have become less effective in find-
ing experienced quality professionalsrdquo Be-
sides establishing a supportive culture and
a healthy work-life balance Grassirsquos firm
has put in palce a ldquovery robustrdquo employeereferral program that accounted for more
than 50 percent of new hires in 2013
Firms across the country are employ-
ing a wide range of strategies to attract and
retain qualified staff mdash and some firms
are going so far as to hire people solely to
manage them California-based Gallina
for instance hired its first-ever director of
recruitment and development last year
with responsibility for multiple new initia-
tives according to MP Larry Taylor
At Kentuckyrsquos Mountjoy Chilton Med-
ley MP Diane Medley said ldquoWe are very
focused on our talent We are starting a
formal leadership development program
this year selecting our rising stars with
the most potential for equity partnership
to participate We also actively engage our
Next Generation Committee in critical is-
sues to help us consider growth attraction
and retention for the futurerdquo
Recruitment and retention can bene-
fit enormously from a less-frequently citedR mdash recognition National firm McGladrey
made a point of highlighting its top tal-
ent in a series of videos on its Web site as
part of its ldquoPersonalities Wantedrdquo recruit-
ing campaign (the messaging for which
was embedded in all of its social media)
and has seen the results Thatrsquos not its only
personnel-related investment of course
and merely making the investments is
not enough ldquoInvesting in recruitment
professional development and work-life
programs is essentialrdquo said national pub-lic relations director Terri Andrews ldquoWe
are continuously re-assessing practice
and processes to create the best possible
experience for our current and potential
employees And our people tell us wersquore
focused on the right thingsrdquo They did that
through the McGladrey People Survey
which assesses a broad range of employee
engagement and satisfaction measures
Several firms highlighted efforts at
building up their staff with educational and
career development offerings with some
developing their own internal institutions
of higher learning BKD CEO Ted Dickman
pointed to his firmrsquos BKD University a vir-
tual on-demand learning and leadership
development platform that landed the firm
on Training magazinersquos Training Top 125
list while Sikich LLP CEO and MP James
Sikich touted the investment made in his
firmrsquos Sikich University an internal learn-
ing and development program that trains
staff in technical and soft skills
For its part Big Four firm KPMG went
to the source ldquoThe need for highly skilled
talent is a top priorityrdquo said chair and CEO
John Veihmeyer In addition making a stra-
tegic priority of diversity ldquoWe work close-
ly with universities our main workforce
pipeline to promote learning and skillsets
our professionals need and emphasize the
importance of global and diverse perspec-
tives and technological savvyrdquo At Louisianarsquos Postlethwaite amp Netter-
ville meanwhile CEO (and current Ameri-
can Institute of CPAs chair) William Balhoff
noted the firmrsquos increased focus on leader-
ship development and soft skills training
at all levels mdash but also highlighted its busi-
ness development training curriculum
After all hiring and keeping a great
staff only makes sense if you can bring in
work for them do
GETTING COMPETITIVEldquoAccounting firms are operating in a highly
competitive environmentrdquo noted Weiser-
Mazars chair and managing partner Doug-
las Phillips Besides the pressures around
staffing ldquoFirms are under continuing fee
pressure from clients which intensifies
market competitionrdquo
Hanging out the help wanted signB Y D A N I E L H O O D
See STRATEGIES on
10
lsquoOur peopletell us wersquorefocused on theright thingsrsquo
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CONGRATULATIONS
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All Rights Reserved
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Armanino is alive to these concerns
ldquoThe dynamics of our profession require
constant change Our products and serv-
ices need to keep pace with those of our
clients Providing traditional accounting
services will only prove ineffectual Whatrsquos
needed is a best-of-breed approach to tak-
ing on current and future tax and account-
ing challenges if wersquore to succeed and our
clients are to prosper While wersquoll alwaysneed to maintain our core competencies
there should be no lack of acceleration in
our ability to integrate cutting-edge solu-
tions mdash strategic and technological mdash into
our products and services offerings The
long-term viability of our firm relies on itrdquo
Other firms are aiming to stay on the
cutting-edge mdash though not always specifi-
cally through technology Wayne BersonCEO of BDO USA is concerned about
enhancing the value of the audit ldquoIt is
clear that in order for the professionrsquos core
element to remain relevant there will have
to be an expansion of the auditorrsquos role in
providing greater insight into the clientsrsquo
financial statements and perhaps varying
degrees of assurance on areas outside of
the financial statements This will affect
firms of all size by requiring substantially
more business and analytical skills and
may also result in a demand for more spe-cialists to be involved in auditsrdquo
Big Four firm KPMG is engaged in a
similar pursuit of the new and improved
ldquoWe continue to focus on innovation and
the enhancement of our offerings and ca-
pabilities for specific industries and growth
areasrdquo said chairman and CEO John Veih-
meyer ldquoWersquore also continuing to build out
our alliance ecosystem to help create newservices enhance existing services and
extend the KPMG brand promise to meet
the needs of clients in new waysrdquo Last year
the firm rolled out a number of ldquoalliance-
based offeringsrdquo created in conjunction
with various partners to offer clients more
focused services and solutions
Crowe Horwath meanwhile took in-
novation even one step further mdash by nam-
ing its own chief innovation officer ldquoWe
are most focused on and are investing
in innovation as a driver of growth where we can bring together functional exper-
tise industry knowledge along with proc-
ess and technology to provide high-value
solutionsrdquo explained CEO Charles Allen
ldquoMany of these solutions will be focused in
broader assurance services that the inves-
tor community and stakeholders in public
interest entities are requestingrdquo AT
10
top tax firms
THE TOP TAX FIRMS Rev
from tax from Total Total Firm Headquarters Chief executive ($mn) tax revenue chg Offices staff
PwCsect New York City Robert Moritz 309148 28 1104100 870 72 39158HampR BlockP1 Kansas City Mo William Cobb 287797 99 290594 042 11000+ 100000+
Ernst amp Youngsect New York City Steve Howe 273000 30 910000 1098 80 30900
Deloittesect New York City Joe Echevarria 250092 18 1389400 633 104 60951
KPMGsect New York City John Veihmeyer 165780 27 614000 673 90 24618
McGladrey2 Chicago Joe Adams 49137 36 136659 626 75 6723
Ryan Dallas G Brint Ryan 39037 100 39037 1059 59 1711
Liberty Tax Services Virginia Beach Va John Hewitt 38120 100 38120 615 4262 798
Grant Thornton Chicago Stephen Chipman 37782 29 130283 461 56 6438
BDO Chicago Wayne Berson 20490 30 68300 1052 49 3248
CliftonLarsonAllen Minneapolis Gordy Viere 19161 34 56355 -078 29 3660
CohnReznick New York City T Marino K Baggett 16764 33 50800 410 24 2521
CBIZ Mayer Hoffman McCann Cleveland C Spurio B Hancock 16748 35 47850 -2220 100 2862
Moss Adams Seattle Chris Schmidt 15314 38 40300 1715 22 2072
Crowe Horwath Chicago Charles Allen 14622 22 66462 1168 28 3006
WTAS San Francisco Mark Vorsatz 14509 100 14509 1344 16 621
BKD Springfield Mo Theodore Dickman 12970 31 41840 400 32 2013
Marcum New York City Jeffrey Weiner 12604 36 35010 2708 17 1300
Dixon Hughes Goodman Charlotte NC Ken Hughes 10850 35 31000 197 26 1661
Plante Moran Southfield Mich Gordon Krater 10694 26 41132 2427 19 1947
Notes P Figures compiled from public company reports Firm estimate or projection NA Not availableapplicable
sect Gross revenue 1 Staff figures include seasonal workers 2 Reported fee split as both dollar amount (given here) and percentage
STRATEGIESfrom page 8
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International tax remained the highest
growing niche service this year for the
2014 Top 100 Firms increasing 6 per-
centage points over 2013 reports ac-
cording to this yearrsquos 77 responding firms
State and local taxes grew 7 percent-
age points to be the second-most common
area of growth and bringing it even at 82
percent with business valuations which
similarly expanded 8 percentage points in
2014 Rounding out the top four again this
year was attest services growing 2 percent-
age points to 75 percent
Leading the pack in year-over-year
growth unsurprisingly was mergers and
acquisition which saw an 11-point uptick
in 2014 with 70 percent of firms reporting
increased business
Below that many services saw double-
digit increases in firms reporting growth
most notably SOX compliancerisk man-
agement saw a list-high rise of 16 percent-
age points to bring it to 53 percent Tech-
nology consulting and personal financial
planning also had strong 2014 gains of 12and 11 percentage points respectively
ON THE GROUND
Doug Wright partner-in-charge of inter-
national tax and transfer pricing services
at California-based firm Burr Pilger Mayer
attributes the continued growth in inter-
national tax services to an unusual conflu-
ence of economic recovery globalization
and the tax and regulatory issues of about
a dozen years ago that brought the niche
to prominenceldquoBasically itrsquos navigating the perfect
stormrdquo he said ldquoWersquove had a lot of changes
in the way in which not just the US but
foreign countries monitor and scrutinize
international business transactions from a
tax perspective The kind of international
tax and accounting standards that the US
has applied for some time now have been
adopted increasingly by countries outside
the USrdquo
Along with the tightening accounting
standards that followed corporate scandals
like Enron these regulatory concerns have
led companies to take more initiative in
their overseas business Wright explained
ldquoTherersquos a kind of heightened sense of cor-
porate responsibility wersquore seeing where
companies want to make sure theyrsquore do-
ing things in the appropriate way and are
not going to be attacked by the IRS or
foreign taxing authorities or are not viewed
as unethical We frequently see situations
where before companies engage us to do
a major global project they talk to other
companies that have done it Not to get a
referral on us but to talk to other compa-
nies They didnrsquot do similar planning in
the past so [they want] to understand how
that planning was ultimately viewed by the
IRS and foreign tax authoritiesrdquo
This kind of due diligence tends to
be pre-emptive Wright continued ldquoThey
donrsquot want to see their names in the news-
paper as caught up in substantial litigation
in the US and outside the US Corporate
executives have a heightened awareness
that they need to do things properly and
do them upfront Companies [used to]
just expand internationally and deal with
some of these issues after the fact mdash the
International tax work in demand B Y D A N I E L L E L E E
0 20 40 60 80 100
International Tax
Business Valuations
State and Local Taxes
Attest ServicesLitigation Support
EstateTrustGift Tax Planning
Industry Specializations
Mergers and Acquisitions
ForensicsFraud
Nonpro1047297t Organizations
Employee Bene1047297ts
Biz Mgmt for Wealthy Individuals
Succession PlanningFamily office
Retirement Plans
SOX ComplianceRisk Mgmt
Strategic PlanningBusiness Plans
Technology Consulting
Cost Segregation
Personal Financial Planning
Biz Mgmt for Small Businesses
Investment AdviceServices
CFOProject Staffi
ng ServicesCash Flow ForecastingManagement
Financing Arrangements
BankruptcyInsolvency
Employment Search
ExportImport
1031 Like-Kind
IFRS consulting
Business RecoveryRecession Advice
Payroll ServicesConsulting
Lease vs Buy Analysis
Top niche servicesPercentage of firms increasing their business in these areas
(of 77 firms responding)
niches and clients
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cart leading the horse Now therersquos much
more awareness and sensitivity tax and
otherwise hellip At our firm we have a phe-
nomenal amount of new international tax
planning and consulting work and new
clients coming our way including very
early-stage companies as they expandrdquo
When Wright joined BPM more than
five years ago he was the firmrsquos first and
only full-time international tax special-
ist and while he has grown that practice
to the largest in the firm for the last three
years the now roughly 12 full-time tax
professionals in the practice canrsquot keep up
with all the new work He estimates that
his group can only serve half of the op-
portunities that come their way but shares
that finding experienced specialists in the
extremely complex area of international
tax is ldquoexceedingly difficultrdquo
Atlanta firm Habif Arogeti amp Wynne
has been doing international work of all
sorts particularly with their manufactur-
ing and technology clients since the early
1990s and now has roughly 70 people in
that service line who speak 26 different
languages among them
Though HAampW is also a member firm
of global accountancy and business ad-
visory network Baker Tilly International
chief executive officer Richard Kopelman
credits most of the firmrsquos growth in this
niche to the ldquoinbound grass-roots effort
with the people from those countriesrdquo
ldquoInternational tax aligns with our
manufacturing and technology niche and
dovetails really wellrdquo he explained ldquoWe do
as much business inbound as outboundrdquo
ADDING VALUE
Nearly all of the client categories for this
yearrsquos Top 100 Firms displayed strong
growth this year with manufacturing lead-
ing the list at 82 percent a 9 percentage
point gain over last year
Manufacturing overtook 2013rsquos lead-
er midsized businesses in general by only
one percentage point Midsized businesses
saw a modest 4 percentage point increase
this year though real estate ranked behind
it recorded a big 12 percentage point rise
to bring it to 77 percent
Only two other categories on the list
surpassed that gain this year construction
which increased 14 percentage points to
66 percent of responding firms and much
farther down the list small businesses
which at 44 percent also recorded a 14
percent increase over last year
Central Pennsylvania-based Rein-
sel Kuntz Lesherrsquos location gives it an
advantage in this market according to
Steve Fisher a partner in the firmrsquos audit
services group and leader of the manu-
facturing and distribution services group
ldquoIn the past ten to 20 years companies
were leaving that were not as involved in
manufacturing but some of that is com-
ing back now with longstanding compa-
nies in manufacturing in that regionrdquo he
explained ldquoAnd a lot of them arenrsquot in
manufacturing but in bringing good over-seas and distribution channels There are
a lot of opportunitiesrdquo
RKL has capitalized on them Fisher
continued by evaluating specific client
needs ldquoOne thing wersquove done in the past
year is a focus group with financial folks
owners consultants that touch consum-
ers in the manufacturing and distribution
area We said lsquoWhat do you need what
are your expectations of people provid-
ing tax and audit servicesrsquo And whether
we can do it and align with them to helpfulfill their needs and bring value When
you hand them a financial statement or tax
return it looks the same no matter who did
it Wersquore responding communicating and
trying to educate folks and arm them to do
these things and help across the market
We go through the proposals and differen-
tiate ourselvesrdquo AT
niches and clients
0 20 40 60 80 100
Manufacturing
Midsized Businesses
Real Estate
TechnologyIndividuals
Construction
Healthcare Facilities
Nonpro1047297t Organizations
Professional Services
Wholesale Distributors
Large Businesses
Pension Plans
State and Local Government
Hotels amp Restaurants
Small Businesses
Retail Trade
Banking amp Thrift Companies
Entertainment
BrokersDealers in Securities amp Commodities
Colleges and Universities
Investment Companies amp Mutual Funds
Auto Dealerships
Government Contractors
Franchising
Finance CompaniesMortgage Banks
School Districts
PublishingBroadcastingMedia
Insurance CarriersCompanies
Insurance Agents amp Brokers
Gaming
AgricultureFarmingForestryFishing
Leasing Companies
Top client categoriesPercentage of firms increasing their business with these types of clients
(of 77 firms responding)
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Since our Regional Leaders both repre-
sent a broader range of firms in terms of
size and bring with them the particular
economic conditions of their geographic
regions the trends here tend to be less clear than
among our Top 100 Firms
One anti-trend that wersquove noticed is the lack
of correlation between the size of a region in terms
of its overall firm revenues and its growth rate
The Mid-Atlantic Regional Leaders for instance
have combined revenues almost twice as large
as the Great Lakes Regional Leaders mdash but an
average growth rate thatrsquos around half while the
Southwest has revenues that are slightly less than
those of the Capitol Region but is growing five
times as fast Local economic conditions make all
the difference of course but the point that size is
not everything is worth making
Unless of course yoursquore talking about the
size of our lists for each region Wersquove been grow-
ing them steadily over the past few years and are
happy to report a large number of new additions
this year many of which are highlighted in the
introductions to their individual regions
If your firm should be on one of our Regional
Leaders lists send us an e-mail at AcToday
SourceMediacom and wersquoll include you in next
yearrsquos survey AT
regional overview
Regions see uneven growth
20
THE 2014 REGIONAL LEADERS
Top Firms Capital RegionDelaware Maryland Virginia Washington DC and West Virginia
Revenue $56257 million up 206
While the Capital Region displayed the weakest revenue growth among the regions in 2013 it did display
major growth in another way the number of firms represented This yearrsquos list includes a number of strong
new players like Virginiarsquos PBMares West Virginiarsquos Arnett Foster Toothman and Washington DCrsquos Tate amp
Tryon
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Kearney amp Co Alexandria Va 7764 -282 2 13 287 401 72 0 28 0
SCampH Group Inc Sparks Md 5760 627 3 21 217 282 17 43 40 0
Watkins Meegan Bethesda Md 4900 145 4 15 196 224 22 22 56 0
Aronson Rockville Md 4900 101 1 31 154 224 43 33 22 2
Raffa Washington DC 3692 371 2 18 192 243 53 15 32 0
PBMares Newport News Va 2892 144 8 34 105 177 40 43 9 8
Cotton amp Co Alexandria Va 2566 -104 1 10 138 155 44 0 16 40
Brown Edwards amp Codagger Bluefield WVa 2542 201 7 25 NA 182 NA NA NA NA
Johnson Lambert Falls Church Va 2268 593 8 13 119 149 82 15 3 0
Yount Hyde amp Barbour Winchester Va 2252 -570 6 20 84 127 45 41 11 3
Gelman Rosenberg amp Freedman Bethesda Md 2160 385 1 12 60 94 76 23 1 0
Keiter Glen Allen Va 2143 328 1 12 104 143 26 62 4 8
Arnett Foster Toothman Charleston WVa 1961 283 6 23 86 136 47 28 25 0
Ellin amp Tucker Chartered Baltimore 1933 -515 4 11 77 114 38 38 16 8
Tate amp Tryon Washington DC 1860 550 1 11 90 110 69 7 24 0
Calibre CPA Group Bethesda Md 1830 2340 3 15 107 143 81 8 0 11
Gross Mendelsohn Baltimore 1674 1020 1 15 69 103 49 30 21 0
Smith Elliott Kearns amp Co Hagerstown Md 1660 122 5 20 97 142 48 30 17 5
KatzAbosch Timonium Md 1500 NC 3 21 42 83 37 55 8 0
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
REGIONSThe Capital Region 20
The Southeast 21
New England 21
The Mid-Atlantic 22
The Great Lakes 24
The Gulf Coast 24
The Midwest 25
The Mountain States 26
The Southwest 26
The West 27
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regional leaders
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdash
Firm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Dixon Hughes Goodman Charlotte NC 31000 197 26 178 1129 1661 36 35 29 0
Cherry Bekaert Richmond Va 12590 186 22 55 559 778 44 47 9 0
Lattimore Black Morgan amp Cain Brentwood Tenn 7091 906 3 46 287 409 24 34 14 28
Habif Arogeti amp Wynne Atlanta 6428 662 1 26 232 305 45 39 8 8
Elliott Davis Greenville SC 6410 505 8 51 265 392 47 35 14 4
Frazier amp Deeter Atlanta 5300 2018 4 11 158 201 32 40 0 28
Mauldin amp Jenkins Atlanta 3880 078 5 34 125 198 59 30 2 9
Mountjoy Chilton Medley Louisville Ky 3831 100 5 37 171 246 40 36 9 15
Joseph Decosimo amp Co Chattanooga Tenn 3820 550 8 29 177 265 47 39 7 7Bennett Thrasher Atlanta 2988 1418 1 23 104 151 27 57 7 9
Dean Dorton Allen Ford Lexington Ky 2212 179 2 33 90 150 33 42 25 0
Windham Brannon Atlanta 2146 1073 1 14 100 139 39 59 2 0
WebsterRogers Florence SC 1750 697 9 24 91 138 42 46 4 8
Top Firms Southeast Arkansas Georgia Kentucky North Carolina South Carolina and Tennessee
Revenue $89446 million up 470
Growth moderated in the Southeast in 2013 coming in a few percentage points lower
than in 2012 but that didnrsquot stop individual firms from posting some strong results like Atlantarsquos Frazier amp Deeter or new Regional Leader Windham Brannon
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdash
Firm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
BlumShapiro West Hartford Ct 6130 2824 4 30 251 341 56 32 1 11
BerryDunn Portland Maine 4312 740 5 18 154 204 47 18 28 7
Kahn Litwin Renza amp Co Providence RI 3532 1284 3 11 153 195 30 35 35 0
Wolf amp Co Boston 3149 725 3 19 142 189 50 21 0 29
Baker Newman amp Noyes Portland Maine 2770 NC 4 30 121 182 48 40 12 0
Feeley amp Driscoll Boston 2422 302 1 12 66 103 61 29 10 0
DiCicco Gulman amp Co Woburn Mass 1800 588 2 14 65 97 42 43 15 0
Alexander Aronson Finningdagger Westborough Mass 1769 249 5 18 NA NA NA NA NA NA
Whittlesey amp Hadley Hartford Ct 1570 753 1 15 83 105 60 20 20 0
Gray Gray amp Gray Westwood Mass 1380 222 3 8 64 86 45 35 20 0Edelstein amp Co Boston 1360 1826 1 9 45 64 21 54 0 25
Macdonald Page amp Co South Portland Maine 1300 442 3 21 75 112 42 31 13 14
OrsquoConnor amp Drew Braintree Mass 1200 2000 2 15 60 87 81 17 0 2
Melanson Heath amp Co Nashua NH 1048 264 5 9 66 88 74 22 2 2
Meyers Brothers Kalicka Holyoke Mass 1040 612 1 7 40 59 47 39 4 10
DiSanto Priest amp Co Warwick RI 959 435 1 8 37 57 39 55 6 0
Gallagher Flynn amp Co South Burlington Vt 920 -316 2 10 NA 75 NA NA NA NA
Notes Firm estimate or projection dagger Accounting Today estimate NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms New EnglandConnecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island and Vermont
Revenue $36661 million up 949
After a lackluster 2012 things picked up significantly for the region in 2013 MampA played a major part with firms of all
sizes getting into local and regional hookups and large firms like Connecticutrsquos BlumShapiro and Rhode Islandrsquos Kahn
Litwin Renza amp Co leading the way Going forward it will reshape the list in other ways following the January 2014
merger of Massachusetts Regional Leader Braver PC into Top 100 Firm Marcum LLP
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Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
CohnReznick New York City 50800 410 24 274 1716 2521 52 33 6 9
Marcum New York City 35010 2708 17 160 844 1300 45 36 7 12
EisnerAmper New York City 27690 779 9 177 976 1185 56 35 9 0
Rothstein Kass Roseland NJ 20200 688 8 76 780 1002 60 35 5 0
ParenteBeard Philadelphia 15800 -651 18 116 544 861 53 31 16 0
Citrin Cooperman amp Co New York City 14300 1440 5 120 302 503 47 37 8 8
WeiserMazars New York City 14240 772 6 104 393 625 47 39 14 0
Berdon New York City 10100 391 2 39 334 398 33 40 27 0
OrsquoConnor Davies New York City 9950 1888 7 82 340 501 65 21 14 0
Marks Paneth New York City 9800 1264 3 64 390 539 63 27 3 7
WithumSmith+Brown Princeton NJ 9698 931 12 77 258 431 37 37 2 24
Anchin Block amp Anchin New York City 9300 NC 1 56 215 354 44 43 13 0
Friedman New York City 7250 821 6 57 244 349 60 35 5 0
The Bonadio Group Pittsford NY 6629 2231 11 61 352 470 48 21 13 18
Schneider Downs Pittsburgh 5756 407 2 36 284 354 45 35 20 0
Reinsel Kuntz Lesher Lancaster Pa 4521 2183 4 39 228 300 33 35 10 22
Freed Maxick CPAs Buffalo NY 4150 964 4 35 203 283 36 37 27 0
Raich Ende Malter amp Co New York City 4100 789 5 33 120 191 40 60 0 0
Grassi amp Co New York City 4095 500 2 23 136 197 48 41 9 2
Margolin Winer amp Evens Garden City NY 4000 256 2 25 167 207 60 30 10 0
Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin amp Co New York City 4000 -1837 3 24 106 165 46 46 8 0
Prager Metis International New York City 3599 1659 7 30 129 199 30 45 25 0
Wiss amp Co Livingston NJ 3300 377 4 28 114 172 56 32 0 12Kreischer Miller Horsham Pa 2950 1078 1 16 137 183 46 36 11 7
Perelson Weiner New York City 1950 NA 1 8 45 70 40 50 10 0
Janover Garden City NY 1944 NA 2 13 78 108 30 62 5 3
Untracht Early Florham Park NJ 1900 544 3 8 79 102 29 64 4 3
Gettry Marcus CPA Woodbury NY 1700 303 2 16 47 81 48 35 0 17
Buchbinder Tunick amp Co New York City 1600 NC 2 18 53 90 50 25 15 10
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms Mid-AtlanticNew Jersey New York and Pennsylvania
Revenue $290332 million up 831
The Mid-Atlantic continues to post generally strong results helped by the strength of many of the industries its firms
serve particularly in the financial services and financial institutions areas It also remains a seedbed for new and grow-
ing firms like new Top 100 entry Prager Metis International and new Regional Leaders Perelson Weiner Janover Un-tracht Early and Buchbinder Tunick
22
regional leaders
Where the growth is Pt 1Average firm growth rate in percent by region
Mid-Atlantic
GreatLakes
West Midwest CapitalRegion
SoutheastGulf Coast
Southwest NewEngland
Mountain0
5
10
15
20
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regional leaders
26
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
EKSampH Denver 7046 1119 3 38 308 427 45 42 13 0
Hein amp Associates Denver 5071 445 4 33 191 266 48 47 4 1
RGL Forensics Denver 3765 606 17 23 124 190 0 0 0 100
Anderson ZurMuehlen Helena Mont 2557 277 7 27 128 204 35 38 10 17
GHP Horwath Denver 2480 -040 1 10 82 106 41 26 0 33
Anton Collins Mitchell Denver 1600 191 3 12 69 97 50 40 10 0
Tanner Salt Lake City 1430 1085 1 10 54 72 62 23 13 2
Junkermier ClarkCampanella Stevens Great Falls Mont 1420 085 7 25 69 120 39 43 7 11
Dalby Wendland amp Co Grand Junction Colo 1195 373 4 16 52 90 25 53 9 13McGee Hearne amp Paiz Cheyenne Wyo 973 485 2 9 52 70 55 38 7 0
Top Firms MountainColorado Idaho Montana Utah and Wyoming
Revenue $27537 million up 566
The region seems in some ways to have turned the corner It reported its second year in a row of respectable
growth after a few difficult years That may explain the interest from Top 100 Firms Eide Bailly in particular made
a number of acquisitions in the region particularly in the Salt Lake City area
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Weaver Fort Worth Texas 8340 1332 7 36 354 471 34 43 12 11
Whitley Penn Fort Worth Texas 5871 1984 5 38 206 294 43 43 0 14
Montgomery Coscia Greilich Plano Texas 3354 1614 2 16 203 231 28 41 24 7
Padgett Stratemann amp Co San Antonio 3007 301 2 17 127 179 51 37 12 0
REDW Albuquerque NM 2645 3352 2 17 129 181 52 24 10 14
Briggs amp Veselka Co Houston 2617 1842 2 19 151 194 41 50 8 1
PKF Texas Houston 2155 553 1 10 85 108 50 46 4 0
Cain Watters amp Associates Plano Texas 2080 930 1 7 55 108 10 15 0 75
BeachFleischman Tuscon Ariz 2030 2378 2 25 81 140 27 57 2 14
Johnson Miller amp Co CPAs Odessa Texas 1954 868 3 14 76 103 30 50 7 13
PMB Helin Donovan Austin Texas 1900 1377 8 28 88 136 55 45 0 0Lane Gorman Trubitt Dallas 1900 497 1 15 62 92 57 37 0 6
Henry amp Horne Tempe Ariz 1850 571 3 14 70 102 33 58 9 0
Maxwell Locke amp Ritter Austin Texas 1834 969 2 21 61 92 38 41 0 21
TravisWolff Dallas 1830 -054 1 8 76 104 32 54 14 0
Melton amp Melton Houston 1790 770 1 14 79 103 50 50 0 0
Brown Graham amp Co Amarillo Texas 1287 404 7 23 61 113 35 50 5 10
Hartman Leito amp Bolt Fort Worth Texas 1100 -795 1 10 47 69 45 46 8 1
MaloneBailey Houston 897 -2220 2 5 31 41 98 2 0 0
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms Southwest Arizona New Mexico Oklahoma and Texas
Revenue $48441 million up 1103
As with the Gulf Coast booming revenues from oil and gas no doubt played a part in the
Southwestrsquos strong performance this year (the third best of the regions) with many of the
largest firms recording growth in energy and related services Wersquore also happy to note a
number of new Regional Leaders including Planorsquos Montgomery Coscia Greilich (which also
joined the T100) Houstonrsquos Melton amp Melton and Amarillorsquos Brown Graham amp Co
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27
regional leaders
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Moss Adams Seattle 40300 1715 22 263 1340 2072 45 38 17 0
Armanino San Ramon Calif 11284 1311 5 37 301 394 21 26 49 4
Novogradac amp Co San Francisco 9248 1003 15 35 311 408 59 27 2 12
Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt W Los Angeles Calif 8692 1724 8 36 263 362 18 76 0 6
Burr Pilger Mayer Inc San Francisco 6850 -087 6 40 225 330 38 50 12 0
Frank Rimerman + Co Palo Alto Calif 6120 1233 5 21 229 267 27 62 11 0
Nigro Karlin Segal Feldstein amp Bolno Los Angeles 5608 1167 2 21 262 314 17 17 2 64
Squar Milner Newport Beach Calif 4530 295 4 22 171 229 40 53 0 7SingerLewak Los Angeles 3850 -080 6 33 NA NA NA NA NA NA
AKT CPAs Salem Ore 3824 1039 6 15 176 235 28 33 11 28
Miller Kaplan Arase North Hollywood Calif 3800 270 5 24 117 175 58 17 17 8
Gallina Roseville Calif 3639 505 9 26 155 226 45 52 3 0
Seiler Redwood City Calif 3610 587 2 11 116 152 10 75 0 15
Macias Gini amp OrsquoConnell Sacramento Calif 3340 -773 9 10 164 258 63 12 7 18
Vavrinek Trine Day amp Codagger Rancho Cucamonga Calif 3231 199 7 33 NA 200 NA NA NA NA
Clark Nuber Bellevue Wash 3096 614 1 18 119 168 49 48 0 3
Gursey | Schneider Los Angeles 2820 682 3 10 85 129 0 30 0 70
RBZ Los Angeles 2800 1327 1 14 89 136 17 52 17 14
Hutchinson and Bloodgood Glendale Calif 2543 1559 4 33 58 115 38 46 16 0
Windes Inc Long Beach Calif 2361 -215 3 16 76 121 44 46 4 6
Green Hasson Janks Los Angeles 2310 500 1 13 88 116 32 33 13 22
Hemming Morse San Francisco 2069 827 7 13 76 96 33 0 0 67Perkins amp Co Portland Ore 2017 1034 2 19 87 132 27 40 24 9
Matson amp Isom Chico Calif 1768 400 4 21 81 128 41 46 5 8
Gumbiner Savett Santa Monica Calif 1728 601 1 10 80 110 40 50 8 2
Peterson Sullivan Seattle 1646 457 1 13 84 97 52 47 1 0
Sensiba San Filippo Pleasanton Calif 1620 588 4 14 61 103 NA NA NA NA
NSBN Beverly Hills Calif 1500 1111 1 13 53 74 35 49 5 11
Notes Firm estimate or projection dagger Accounting Today estimate NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms WestCalifornia Nevada Oregon and Washington
Revenue $146204 million up 989
Growth is spread a little more evenly among the firms in the West this year with strong rates at the top firms but equally
good performances scattered up and down the range While some of the other regions saw re-arrangements and even
shortenings of their rosters due to mergers and acquisitions firm combinations didnrsquot change the list for the West muchat all In fact the list itself grew a little longer with the addition of new Regional Leaders Perkins amp Co in Portland Ore
Peterson Sullivan in Seattle and NSBN in Beverly Hills
Where the money isCombined 2013 revenues in millions of dollars by region
Mid-Atlantic
GreatLakes
West Midwest CapitalRegion
Southeast Gulf Coast
Southwest NewEngland
Mountain0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
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AKT CPAs Acquired firm with a dental
professional practice
Anchin Block amp Anchin In February
2013 lost $50 million judgment to author Pa-
tricia Cornwell over financial management
Armanino In January 2013 rebranded
from Armanino McKenna Launched business
intelligence dashboard for private schools
and Dynamic Insights BI tool Acquired Dy-
namics VAR Rose Business Solutions
Aronson Organized two new service
groups IT audit and wealth management
consulting for choosing and assessing advi-
sor performance Baker Tilly Virchow Krause In June 2013
acquired New York-based Top 100 Firm Holtz
Rubenstein Reminick Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
BDO In June 2013 acquired Alaska-based
Mikunda Cottrell and Minneapolis-based
Moquist Thorvilson Kaufmann and brought
on members of banking practice of T100
Firm ParenteBeard In August expanded in
San Antonio by adding some partners and
staff from TravisWolff In December acquired
Pittsburgh T100 Firm Alpern Rosenthal
Berdon Joined TIAG alliance Expanded
use of CRM system and instituted Best Place
to Work Committee to propose community
social and charitable initiatives for the firm
In November 2013 merged with Northport
NY-based Beck amp Co
Berkowitz Pollack Brant Expanded stra-
tegic planning task force to include ldquoup and
comersrdquo Began celebrating its 35th anniver-
sary Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best
Firm to Work For
BerryDunn Grew revenue by over 7 per-
cent and overall staff by over 10 percent
BKD In 2013 marked its 90th anniver-
sary Opened offices in Des Moines Iowa
and Nashville Tenn In September acquired
Pittsburgh-based Malin Bergquist
Blue amp Co All figures are Accounting To-
day estimates
BlumShapiro Merged with Newton
Mass-based Friedman Suvalle amp Salomon
Added a dedicated hospitality group
The Bonadio Group In April 2013 merged
in Rutland Vt-based Independent Audit As-
sociates In September merged in Buffalo
NY-based Gaines Kriner Elliott In Novem-
ber merged in Albany NY-based Stulmaker
Kohn amp Richardson Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Burr Pilger Mayer Inc In January 2013
named new CEO In November opened new
office in Napa Valley
Carr Riggs amp Ingram In January 2013merged in Atlanta-based Peterson Coleman
amp Marett In July merged with North Caro-
lina-based accounting firm Pittard Perry amp
Crone Inc In August merged in Atlanta-
based Laney Boteler amp Killinger In Septem-
ber merged in Texas Regional Leader Gainer
Donnelly
CBIZ Mayer Hoffman McCann In No-
vember 2013 acquired Denver-based Knight
Field Fabry In January 2013 named Chris
Spurio president of CBIZ Financial Services
In February announced acquisition of Tam-pa Bay Fla-based Lewis Birch amp Ricardo
Cherry Bekaert In January 2013 re-
branded from Cherry Bekaert amp Holland
Formed benefits consulting group expanded
international tax team and advisory services
Citrin Cooperman amp Co In November
2013 merged in Leon M Reimer amp Co
Clark Schaefer Hackett amp Co Marked its
75th anniversary Having ldquoactive discussionsrdquo
on acquisitions
CliftonLarsonAllen Sold health care reg-ulatory and compliance group
Cohen amp Co Divested nearly $10 mil-
lion in business during the year that was not
meeting growth and profitability expecta-
tions Implemented a second tier of owner-
ship Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best
Firm to Work For
CohnReznick Named first national direc-
firm highlights
2014 firm highlightstor of governmental affairs Relocated offices
in Chicago Los Angeles and Austin Texas
Crowe Horwath In August 2013 acquired
a majority interest in Missouri-based Chan
Healthcare Integrated staff and acquired in-
tellectual property of ExtOrg In November
named its first chief innovation officer
Deloitte in January 2014 acquired sub-
stantially all of the business of strategy con-
sulting firm the Monitor Group In June ac-
quired investment bank McColl Partners In
July acquired SAP consulting firm Quattro
Integration Group In September acquired
TMA Construction Consultants In October
acquired substantially all of the assets of digi-
tal and social media agency Banyan Branch
In October agreed to pay $2 million to settle
charges with the PCAOB for violating Sar-
banes-Oxley Act and PCAOB rules In No-
vember launched CloudMix a preconfigured
mixture of cloud applications from different
vendors for clients
Dixon Hughes Goodman In June 2013
added Crossfire Advisory to its national health
care practice
Doeren Mayhew Grew revenue over 16
percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash international tax Fastest growing client
category mdash manufacturing
Eide Bailly In May 2013 installed new
CEO In June and August merged in two Salt
Lake City CPA firms Lake Hill amp Myers and
Hansen Barnett amp Maxwell In November
2013 acquired Denver NetSuite solutions pro-
vider Next Business Systems In December
launched private insurance exchange
EisnerAmper Had an ldquooutstandingrdquo year
Added several new services including CFO
outsourcing human capital cloud technol-
ogy and family office services
EKSampH Rebranded from Ehrhardt KeefeSteiner amp Hottman Saw revenue growth of
over 11 percent
Elliott Davis In April merged in Raleigh
NC-based Lunsford amp Strickland Relocated
office from Galax Va to Richmond Hired a
corporate strategies officer
Ernst amp Young In March paid $123 million
to resolve a federal tax shelter investigation
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In June launched EYTaxSpace Powered by
Thomson Reuters for corporate tax clients
In August donated its archives going back to
the early 1900s to Case Western Reserve Uni-
versity In December agreed to pay investors
$99 million to settle litigation over LehmanBrothers audit and acquired the US tax
preparation and court accounting outsourc-
ing businesses of Thomson Reuters
Frank Rimerman + Co Saw revenue
growth of over 12 percent
Frazier amp Deeter Saw revenue growth of
over 20 percent
Freed Maxick Saw revenue growth of over
9 percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash health care Fastest growing client cat-
egory mdash consulting
Friedman Saw revenue growth of over
8 percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash international tax Fastest growing client
category mdash real estate Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Gallina Expanded service lines including
international tax state and local tax and es-
tate trust retirement and succession services
Hired a director of recruitment and develop-
ment Joined TIAG alliance In February 2014
acquired Mercer Island Wash-based Tuef-
fers Guckian amp Gamon
Grant Thornton Redesigned external
Web site Hired a chief people and culture
officer In September 2013 acquired Oracle
Solutions business unit MarketSphere In No-
vember extended tenure of current CEO
Grassi amp Co In May 2013 added in David
C Sobel CPA and his staff In December
launched Grassi Technology Consultants
Habif Arogeti amp Wynne In May merged
in boutique tax consulting firm JRZ Launched
efforts to ldquodefine refine and embrace the
firmrsquos culturerdquo Hein amp Associates Expanded cloud solu-
tions service line Saw staff growth of over 11
percent
Hill Barth amp King Launched HbK Corpo-
rate Finance division Created new Web site
and YouTube channel In November 2013
merged in Lawrenceville NJ-based Bartolo-
mei Pucciarelli CPAs
Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt Saw ldquosig-
nificant growthrdquo in MampA private equity pro-
fessional services international tax and en-
tertainment practices Launched a business
development training program
Honkamp Krueger amp Co In Augustmerged in Madison Wis-based The Brem-
ser Group In October opened practice in
Davenport Iowa Added medical practice
consulting and talent outsourcing to its ser-
vices list
Horne Saw overall staff growth of over 11
percent Named an Accounting Today 2013
Best Firm to Work For
Joseph Decosimo amp Co In March 2013
acquired Huntsville Ala-based cost account-
ing and federal compliance solutions group
Solvability In December merged in Larry
Hyatt amp Associates
Kahn Litwin Renza amp Co In January
2013 merged with Waltham Mass-based Fay
amp Associates In May opened KLR Emerging
Business Center to offer co-working office
space to start-ups
Katz Sapper amp Miller Saw revenue
growth of over 7 percent and overall staff
growth of over 9 percent
Kaufman Rossin Group Saw revenue
growth of over 18 percent Named the No1 Accounting Today 2013 Best Firm to Work
For in the Large Firm Category for the third
year in a row
Kearney amp Co Saw staff growth of over
2 percent
Kemper Fastest growing service area mdash
investment advisory services
Kennedy and Coe Installed new CEO
KPMG Completed acquisition of Ora-
cle ERP practice of The Hackett Group
Launched alliance-based offering in indirect
tax with Thomson Reuters In May 2013
agreed with Fannie Mae to pay $153 million
to settle class-action suit over Fannie Mae
audit In July launched market alliance with
cloud-based procurement solution provider
Coupa Software In September Denver office
achieved LEED-CI certification In Decem-
ber announced plans to acquire analytical
applications company Link Analytics In Jan-
uary 2014 agreed to pay $82 million to settle
SEC charges over auditor independence
Lattimore Black Morgan amp Cain Re-
ported organic growth of over 9 percent
across all service lines Added a health care
consulting company
Macias Gini amp OrsquoConnell Saw overall staff
growth of over 7 percent
Marcum In January 2013 merged in
Massachusetts-based Parent McLaughlin amp
Nangle In April merged in Cornerstone Ac-
counting Group In July merged in Irvine
Calif-based WilsonMorgan In January 2014
merged in three units of New England Re-
gional Leader Braver
Margolin Winer amp Evens Saw revenue
growth of over 2 percent
Marks Paneth Rebranded from Marks
Paneth amp Shron In February 2013 merged
in New York City-based Rosenberg Neuwirth
amp Kuchner
Mauldin amp Jenkins In June acquired Ten-
nessee-based Hazlett Lewis amp Bieter
MBAF CPAs Worked to achieve ldquogreater
consolidation of the Northeast Region op-
erations with the rest of the firmrdquo Enhanced
cross-utilization of staff and skills among
various regions Designed and implemented
cost controls
McGladrey In August launched a strat-
egy to serve middle-market companies Late
in 2013 acquired Wilmington NC-Lanier
Whaley Craft amp Co and Houston-based
Margolis Phipps amp Wright
Miller Kaplan Arase Appointed a new
managing partner Expanded Seattle office
Saw ldquosignificant growthrdquo in business manage-
ment and entertainment group
Montgomery Coscia Greilich New to the
list In March 2013 joined the Alliott Group
alliance In May opened new office in AustinTexas In June launched strategy and man-
agement consulting practice In September
marked 10th anniversary
Moss Adams Marked its 100th anniver-
sary Installed new chairmanCEO
Mountjoy Chilton Medley Transitioned
in operations of Jeffersonville Ind-based
firm Expanded Cincinnati office Saw ldquostrong
firm highlights
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increaserdquo in regulated industry work such as
insurance financial institutions and health
care In December 2013 launched IT consult-
ing amp strategy services
Nigro Karlin Segal Feldstein amp Bolno
Changed name from Nigro Karlin Segal ampFeldstein Sold a 245 percent minority stake
in the firm to First Republic Bank
Novogradac amp Co Saw revenue growth of
over 10 percent
OrsquoConnor Davies In October announced
merger with Cranford NJ-based Fazio Man-
nuzza Roche Tankel LaPilusa In January
2014 merged with New York City-based Mer-
sel Klein amp Co
ParenteBeard In January 2013 merged
in Connecticut-based health care manage-
ment consulting firm Presscott Associates In
November closed its technology practice In
February 2014 added team members from
insurance consulting firm Invotex
Plante Moran In April 2013 launched
Women in Leadership initiative In July
launched a Web site offering ACA guidance
In November opened an office in Detroit
Postlethwaite amp Netterville Implement-
ed a formal shareholder evaluation process
a formal pipeline process a business de-
velopment training curriculum and growthmanagement software
Prager Metis International New to the
list Formed from January 2013 merger of
Prager amp Fenton and Metis Group Added a
number of new service lines including SALT
cost segregation and research tax incentives
PwC In July 2013 reshuffled US leader-
ship team In October announced plans to
merge in consulting firm Booz amp Co
Raffa In November 2013 launched Raffa
Nonprofit Fraud Prevention Institute
Raich Ende Malter In March 2013 estab-
lished Raich Ende Malter (Cayman)
Rehmann Saw revenue growth of over 15
percent
Reinsel Kuntz Lesher Saw growth in rev-
enue of over 21 percent
RGL Forensics Opened an office in San-
tiago Chile Introduced registered broker-
dealer RGL Advisors to offer MampA transac-
tion advisory services in the US
Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin amp Co
Fastest growing specialty service mdash large
private equity transactions Fastest growing
client category mdash private equity companies
Rothstein Kass Saw revenue growth of
almost 7 percent
RubinBrown Launched national prac-
tices to serve private equity firms and gaming
companies
SCampH Group Inc Joined firm network
Moore Stephens Fastest growing specialty
service mdash technology consulting Fastest
growing client category mdash health care
Schenck In January 2013 acquired ma-
jority stake in Milwaukee-based Bonfield amp
Co Installed new MP and CFO Changed
practice management system
Schneider Downs Relocated corporate
headquarters within Pittsburgh
Seiler Share of revenue derived from tax
increased from 70 to 75 percent
Sikich In January 2013 merged in Il-
linois-based supply chain consulting firm
Achieve Consulting In August announced
merger with Brookfield Wis firm Kolb+Co
In September merged in St Louis-based
OrsquoDonnell Bonebrake amp Co Also mergedin S2 Consulting and PKF Texas Technology
Added eight services PR insurance lean
back office business intelligence SALT and
international tax Restructured executive and
compensation committees Revised partner
compensation plan
SingerLewak In January 2013 merged in
San Francisco office of Acquavell Chiarelli
Shuster Berkower amp Co
Skoda Minotti amp Co New to the list
In May 2013 merged Skoda Minotti Technol-
ogy Partners with Westlake Ohio-based Da-taServ In June 2013 merged in Tampa Fla-
based Dowell amp Perez In August merged
in Tampa-based national assurance solu-
tions and compliance company Assurance
Concepts
Squar Milner ldquoSignificantly expandingrdquo
Los Angeles offices
SSampG In May 2013 named new CEO Saw
revenue growth of almost 14 percent
SVA CPAs In June 2013 installed new
CEO In January 2014 merged in Wisconsin-
based practice of William P Merrick CPA
UHY Advisors Inc Saw overall staff
growth of over 10 percent
Vavrinek Trine Day amp Co All figures are
Accounting Today estimates
Warren Averett In January 2013 merged
in Atlanta-based Gifford Hillegass amp Ingwers-
en and Tampa Fla-based Pender Newkirk
Rebranded firm with new visual identity
Developed new and expanded services in
SALT business valuation forensic account-
ing and litigation support health care reform
economic settlement claims processing and
alternative investments
Watkins Meegan Expanded hospitality
practice and increased government contract-
ing practice Started health care consulting
practice Hired business developmentmar-
keting director
Weaver Saw revenue growth of over 13
percent and growth in all four of its largest
niches mdash energy financial services the pub-
lic sector and manufacturing In February
2014 merged in Connecticut-based RIN At-
test and Advisory Services
WeiserMazarsIn November 2013 merged
in New York-based Resnick Druckman Group
Expanded health care consulting group
Whitley Penn Expanded transaction ser-
vices practice and forensic litigation and
valuation services statewide Named an Ac-
counting Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Wipfli Formalized fresh-water industry
services opened office in Milwaukeersquos Global
Water Center Launched Wipfli Connect for
Manufacturing software solution In January
2014 merged in Tinley Park Ill-based The
Condon Group and Chicago-based practiceRegulatory Compliance Associates Inc
Wiss amp Co More than half of revenues (56
percent) derived from AampA services
WithumSmith+Brown Consolidated two
New Jersey offices Invested in international
tax practice and financial services practice
Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best Firm
to Work For
firm highlights
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firm strategies
The Top 100 Firms are all over the
map in many ways Literally to
start they span the country to
say nothing of a wide range of
industry niches management models
growth strategies and cultures But no
matter their size whether they offer exotic
advisory services or the plainest of vanilla
audits and tax work and regardless of their
stance on value pricing they do all share
one common binding thread Theyrsquore
freaking out about finding qualified staff
ldquoThe war for talent is back onrdquo warned
Armanino LLP managing partner Andy Ar-
manino ldquoWe are seeing more and more
competition from outside our profession
and we need to plan accordingly We also
know that change is a constant in todayrsquos
world Merger mania is real New compa-
nies are being launched New information
is coming at us faster than we can compre-
hend We need more than ever before a
workforce that can engage with and adapt
to this new reality Hiring and retaining the
best and brightest talent is the new com-petitive advantagerdquo
ldquoQualified professionals are being
sought after by a number of good firmsrdquo
said Louis Grassi managing partner and
chief executive officer of New York-based
Grassi amp Co ldquoAs such typical efforts of
recruiting including the utilization of re-
cruiters have become less effective in find-
ing experienced quality professionalsrdquo Be-
sides establishing a supportive culture and
a healthy work-life balance Grassirsquos firm
has put in palce a ldquovery robustrdquo employeereferral program that accounted for more
than 50 percent of new hires in 2013
Firms across the country are employ-
ing a wide range of strategies to attract and
retain qualified staff mdash and some firms
are going so far as to hire people solely to
manage them California-based Gallina
for instance hired its first-ever director of
recruitment and development last year
with responsibility for multiple new initia-
tives according to MP Larry Taylor
At Kentuckyrsquos Mountjoy Chilton Med-
ley MP Diane Medley said ldquoWe are very
focused on our talent We are starting a
formal leadership development program
this year selecting our rising stars with
the most potential for equity partnership
to participate We also actively engage our
Next Generation Committee in critical is-
sues to help us consider growth attraction
and retention for the futurerdquo
Recruitment and retention can bene-
fit enormously from a less-frequently citedR mdash recognition National firm McGladrey
made a point of highlighting its top tal-
ent in a series of videos on its Web site as
part of its ldquoPersonalities Wantedrdquo recruit-
ing campaign (the messaging for which
was embedded in all of its social media)
and has seen the results Thatrsquos not its only
personnel-related investment of course
and merely making the investments is
not enough ldquoInvesting in recruitment
professional development and work-life
programs is essentialrdquo said national pub-lic relations director Terri Andrews ldquoWe
are continuously re-assessing practice
and processes to create the best possible
experience for our current and potential
employees And our people tell us wersquore
focused on the right thingsrdquo They did that
through the McGladrey People Survey
which assesses a broad range of employee
engagement and satisfaction measures
Several firms highlighted efforts at
building up their staff with educational and
career development offerings with some
developing their own internal institutions
of higher learning BKD CEO Ted Dickman
pointed to his firmrsquos BKD University a vir-
tual on-demand learning and leadership
development platform that landed the firm
on Training magazinersquos Training Top 125
list while Sikich LLP CEO and MP James
Sikich touted the investment made in his
firmrsquos Sikich University an internal learn-
ing and development program that trains
staff in technical and soft skills
For its part Big Four firm KPMG went
to the source ldquoThe need for highly skilled
talent is a top priorityrdquo said chair and CEO
John Veihmeyer In addition making a stra-
tegic priority of diversity ldquoWe work close-
ly with universities our main workforce
pipeline to promote learning and skillsets
our professionals need and emphasize the
importance of global and diverse perspec-
tives and technological savvyrdquo At Louisianarsquos Postlethwaite amp Netter-
ville meanwhile CEO (and current Ameri-
can Institute of CPAs chair) William Balhoff
noted the firmrsquos increased focus on leader-
ship development and soft skills training
at all levels mdash but also highlighted its busi-
ness development training curriculum
After all hiring and keeping a great
staff only makes sense if you can bring in
work for them do
GETTING COMPETITIVEldquoAccounting firms are operating in a highly
competitive environmentrdquo noted Weiser-
Mazars chair and managing partner Doug-
las Phillips Besides the pressures around
staffing ldquoFirms are under continuing fee
pressure from clients which intensifies
market competitionrdquo
Hanging out the help wanted signB Y D A N I E L H O O D
See STRATEGIES on
10
lsquoOur peopletell us wersquorefocused on theright thingsrsquo
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Armanino is alive to these concerns
ldquoThe dynamics of our profession require
constant change Our products and serv-
ices need to keep pace with those of our
clients Providing traditional accounting
services will only prove ineffectual Whatrsquos
needed is a best-of-breed approach to tak-
ing on current and future tax and account-
ing challenges if wersquore to succeed and our
clients are to prosper While wersquoll alwaysneed to maintain our core competencies
there should be no lack of acceleration in
our ability to integrate cutting-edge solu-
tions mdash strategic and technological mdash into
our products and services offerings The
long-term viability of our firm relies on itrdquo
Other firms are aiming to stay on the
cutting-edge mdash though not always specifi-
cally through technology Wayne BersonCEO of BDO USA is concerned about
enhancing the value of the audit ldquoIt is
clear that in order for the professionrsquos core
element to remain relevant there will have
to be an expansion of the auditorrsquos role in
providing greater insight into the clientsrsquo
financial statements and perhaps varying
degrees of assurance on areas outside of
the financial statements This will affect
firms of all size by requiring substantially
more business and analytical skills and
may also result in a demand for more spe-cialists to be involved in auditsrdquo
Big Four firm KPMG is engaged in a
similar pursuit of the new and improved
ldquoWe continue to focus on innovation and
the enhancement of our offerings and ca-
pabilities for specific industries and growth
areasrdquo said chairman and CEO John Veih-
meyer ldquoWersquore also continuing to build out
our alliance ecosystem to help create newservices enhance existing services and
extend the KPMG brand promise to meet
the needs of clients in new waysrdquo Last year
the firm rolled out a number of ldquoalliance-
based offeringsrdquo created in conjunction
with various partners to offer clients more
focused services and solutions
Crowe Horwath meanwhile took in-
novation even one step further mdash by nam-
ing its own chief innovation officer ldquoWe
are most focused on and are investing
in innovation as a driver of growth where we can bring together functional exper-
tise industry knowledge along with proc-
ess and technology to provide high-value
solutionsrdquo explained CEO Charles Allen
ldquoMany of these solutions will be focused in
broader assurance services that the inves-
tor community and stakeholders in public
interest entities are requestingrdquo AT
10
top tax firms
THE TOP TAX FIRMS Rev
from tax from Total Total Firm Headquarters Chief executive ($mn) tax revenue chg Offices staff
PwCsect New York City Robert Moritz 309148 28 1104100 870 72 39158HampR BlockP1 Kansas City Mo William Cobb 287797 99 290594 042 11000+ 100000+
Ernst amp Youngsect New York City Steve Howe 273000 30 910000 1098 80 30900
Deloittesect New York City Joe Echevarria 250092 18 1389400 633 104 60951
KPMGsect New York City John Veihmeyer 165780 27 614000 673 90 24618
McGladrey2 Chicago Joe Adams 49137 36 136659 626 75 6723
Ryan Dallas G Brint Ryan 39037 100 39037 1059 59 1711
Liberty Tax Services Virginia Beach Va John Hewitt 38120 100 38120 615 4262 798
Grant Thornton Chicago Stephen Chipman 37782 29 130283 461 56 6438
BDO Chicago Wayne Berson 20490 30 68300 1052 49 3248
CliftonLarsonAllen Minneapolis Gordy Viere 19161 34 56355 -078 29 3660
CohnReznick New York City T Marino K Baggett 16764 33 50800 410 24 2521
CBIZ Mayer Hoffman McCann Cleveland C Spurio B Hancock 16748 35 47850 -2220 100 2862
Moss Adams Seattle Chris Schmidt 15314 38 40300 1715 22 2072
Crowe Horwath Chicago Charles Allen 14622 22 66462 1168 28 3006
WTAS San Francisco Mark Vorsatz 14509 100 14509 1344 16 621
BKD Springfield Mo Theodore Dickman 12970 31 41840 400 32 2013
Marcum New York City Jeffrey Weiner 12604 36 35010 2708 17 1300
Dixon Hughes Goodman Charlotte NC Ken Hughes 10850 35 31000 197 26 1661
Plante Moran Southfield Mich Gordon Krater 10694 26 41132 2427 19 1947
Notes P Figures compiled from public company reports Firm estimate or projection NA Not availableapplicable
sect Gross revenue 1 Staff figures include seasonal workers 2 Reported fee split as both dollar amount (given here) and percentage
STRATEGIESfrom page 8
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International tax remained the highest
growing niche service this year for the
2014 Top 100 Firms increasing 6 per-
centage points over 2013 reports ac-
cording to this yearrsquos 77 responding firms
State and local taxes grew 7 percent-
age points to be the second-most common
area of growth and bringing it even at 82
percent with business valuations which
similarly expanded 8 percentage points in
2014 Rounding out the top four again this
year was attest services growing 2 percent-
age points to 75 percent
Leading the pack in year-over-year
growth unsurprisingly was mergers and
acquisition which saw an 11-point uptick
in 2014 with 70 percent of firms reporting
increased business
Below that many services saw double-
digit increases in firms reporting growth
most notably SOX compliancerisk man-
agement saw a list-high rise of 16 percent-
age points to bring it to 53 percent Tech-
nology consulting and personal financial
planning also had strong 2014 gains of 12and 11 percentage points respectively
ON THE GROUND
Doug Wright partner-in-charge of inter-
national tax and transfer pricing services
at California-based firm Burr Pilger Mayer
attributes the continued growth in inter-
national tax services to an unusual conflu-
ence of economic recovery globalization
and the tax and regulatory issues of about
a dozen years ago that brought the niche
to prominenceldquoBasically itrsquos navigating the perfect
stormrdquo he said ldquoWersquove had a lot of changes
in the way in which not just the US but
foreign countries monitor and scrutinize
international business transactions from a
tax perspective The kind of international
tax and accounting standards that the US
has applied for some time now have been
adopted increasingly by countries outside
the USrdquo
Along with the tightening accounting
standards that followed corporate scandals
like Enron these regulatory concerns have
led companies to take more initiative in
their overseas business Wright explained
ldquoTherersquos a kind of heightened sense of cor-
porate responsibility wersquore seeing where
companies want to make sure theyrsquore do-
ing things in the appropriate way and are
not going to be attacked by the IRS or
foreign taxing authorities or are not viewed
as unethical We frequently see situations
where before companies engage us to do
a major global project they talk to other
companies that have done it Not to get a
referral on us but to talk to other compa-
nies They didnrsquot do similar planning in
the past so [they want] to understand how
that planning was ultimately viewed by the
IRS and foreign tax authoritiesrdquo
This kind of due diligence tends to
be pre-emptive Wright continued ldquoThey
donrsquot want to see their names in the news-
paper as caught up in substantial litigation
in the US and outside the US Corporate
executives have a heightened awareness
that they need to do things properly and
do them upfront Companies [used to]
just expand internationally and deal with
some of these issues after the fact mdash the
International tax work in demand B Y D A N I E L L E L E E
0 20 40 60 80 100
International Tax
Business Valuations
State and Local Taxes
Attest ServicesLitigation Support
EstateTrustGift Tax Planning
Industry Specializations
Mergers and Acquisitions
ForensicsFraud
Nonpro1047297t Organizations
Employee Bene1047297ts
Biz Mgmt for Wealthy Individuals
Succession PlanningFamily office
Retirement Plans
SOX ComplianceRisk Mgmt
Strategic PlanningBusiness Plans
Technology Consulting
Cost Segregation
Personal Financial Planning
Biz Mgmt for Small Businesses
Investment AdviceServices
CFOProject Staffi
ng ServicesCash Flow ForecastingManagement
Financing Arrangements
BankruptcyInsolvency
Employment Search
ExportImport
1031 Like-Kind
IFRS consulting
Business RecoveryRecession Advice
Payroll ServicesConsulting
Lease vs Buy Analysis
Top niche servicesPercentage of firms increasing their business in these areas
(of 77 firms responding)
niches and clients
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cart leading the horse Now therersquos much
more awareness and sensitivity tax and
otherwise hellip At our firm we have a phe-
nomenal amount of new international tax
planning and consulting work and new
clients coming our way including very
early-stage companies as they expandrdquo
When Wright joined BPM more than
five years ago he was the firmrsquos first and
only full-time international tax special-
ist and while he has grown that practice
to the largest in the firm for the last three
years the now roughly 12 full-time tax
professionals in the practice canrsquot keep up
with all the new work He estimates that
his group can only serve half of the op-
portunities that come their way but shares
that finding experienced specialists in the
extremely complex area of international
tax is ldquoexceedingly difficultrdquo
Atlanta firm Habif Arogeti amp Wynne
has been doing international work of all
sorts particularly with their manufactur-
ing and technology clients since the early
1990s and now has roughly 70 people in
that service line who speak 26 different
languages among them
Though HAampW is also a member firm
of global accountancy and business ad-
visory network Baker Tilly International
chief executive officer Richard Kopelman
credits most of the firmrsquos growth in this
niche to the ldquoinbound grass-roots effort
with the people from those countriesrdquo
ldquoInternational tax aligns with our
manufacturing and technology niche and
dovetails really wellrdquo he explained ldquoWe do
as much business inbound as outboundrdquo
ADDING VALUE
Nearly all of the client categories for this
yearrsquos Top 100 Firms displayed strong
growth this year with manufacturing lead-
ing the list at 82 percent a 9 percentage
point gain over last year
Manufacturing overtook 2013rsquos lead-
er midsized businesses in general by only
one percentage point Midsized businesses
saw a modest 4 percentage point increase
this year though real estate ranked behind
it recorded a big 12 percentage point rise
to bring it to 77 percent
Only two other categories on the list
surpassed that gain this year construction
which increased 14 percentage points to
66 percent of responding firms and much
farther down the list small businesses
which at 44 percent also recorded a 14
percent increase over last year
Central Pennsylvania-based Rein-
sel Kuntz Lesherrsquos location gives it an
advantage in this market according to
Steve Fisher a partner in the firmrsquos audit
services group and leader of the manu-
facturing and distribution services group
ldquoIn the past ten to 20 years companies
were leaving that were not as involved in
manufacturing but some of that is com-
ing back now with longstanding compa-
nies in manufacturing in that regionrdquo he
explained ldquoAnd a lot of them arenrsquot in
manufacturing but in bringing good over-seas and distribution channels There are
a lot of opportunitiesrdquo
RKL has capitalized on them Fisher
continued by evaluating specific client
needs ldquoOne thing wersquove done in the past
year is a focus group with financial folks
owners consultants that touch consum-
ers in the manufacturing and distribution
area We said lsquoWhat do you need what
are your expectations of people provid-
ing tax and audit servicesrsquo And whether
we can do it and align with them to helpfulfill their needs and bring value When
you hand them a financial statement or tax
return it looks the same no matter who did
it Wersquore responding communicating and
trying to educate folks and arm them to do
these things and help across the market
We go through the proposals and differen-
tiate ourselvesrdquo AT
niches and clients
0 20 40 60 80 100
Manufacturing
Midsized Businesses
Real Estate
TechnologyIndividuals
Construction
Healthcare Facilities
Nonpro1047297t Organizations
Professional Services
Wholesale Distributors
Large Businesses
Pension Plans
State and Local Government
Hotels amp Restaurants
Small Businesses
Retail Trade
Banking amp Thrift Companies
Entertainment
BrokersDealers in Securities amp Commodities
Colleges and Universities
Investment Companies amp Mutual Funds
Auto Dealerships
Government Contractors
Franchising
Finance CompaniesMortgage Banks
School Districts
PublishingBroadcastingMedia
Insurance CarriersCompanies
Insurance Agents amp Brokers
Gaming
AgricultureFarmingForestryFishing
Leasing Companies
Top client categoriesPercentage of firms increasing their business with these types of clients
(of 77 firms responding)
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Since our Regional Leaders both repre-
sent a broader range of firms in terms of
size and bring with them the particular
economic conditions of their geographic
regions the trends here tend to be less clear than
among our Top 100 Firms
One anti-trend that wersquove noticed is the lack
of correlation between the size of a region in terms
of its overall firm revenues and its growth rate
The Mid-Atlantic Regional Leaders for instance
have combined revenues almost twice as large
as the Great Lakes Regional Leaders mdash but an
average growth rate thatrsquos around half while the
Southwest has revenues that are slightly less than
those of the Capitol Region but is growing five
times as fast Local economic conditions make all
the difference of course but the point that size is
not everything is worth making
Unless of course yoursquore talking about the
size of our lists for each region Wersquove been grow-
ing them steadily over the past few years and are
happy to report a large number of new additions
this year many of which are highlighted in the
introductions to their individual regions
If your firm should be on one of our Regional
Leaders lists send us an e-mail at AcToday
SourceMediacom and wersquoll include you in next
yearrsquos survey AT
regional overview
Regions see uneven growth
20
THE 2014 REGIONAL LEADERS
Top Firms Capital RegionDelaware Maryland Virginia Washington DC and West Virginia
Revenue $56257 million up 206
While the Capital Region displayed the weakest revenue growth among the regions in 2013 it did display
major growth in another way the number of firms represented This yearrsquos list includes a number of strong
new players like Virginiarsquos PBMares West Virginiarsquos Arnett Foster Toothman and Washington DCrsquos Tate amp
Tryon
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Kearney amp Co Alexandria Va 7764 -282 2 13 287 401 72 0 28 0
SCampH Group Inc Sparks Md 5760 627 3 21 217 282 17 43 40 0
Watkins Meegan Bethesda Md 4900 145 4 15 196 224 22 22 56 0
Aronson Rockville Md 4900 101 1 31 154 224 43 33 22 2
Raffa Washington DC 3692 371 2 18 192 243 53 15 32 0
PBMares Newport News Va 2892 144 8 34 105 177 40 43 9 8
Cotton amp Co Alexandria Va 2566 -104 1 10 138 155 44 0 16 40
Brown Edwards amp Codagger Bluefield WVa 2542 201 7 25 NA 182 NA NA NA NA
Johnson Lambert Falls Church Va 2268 593 8 13 119 149 82 15 3 0
Yount Hyde amp Barbour Winchester Va 2252 -570 6 20 84 127 45 41 11 3
Gelman Rosenberg amp Freedman Bethesda Md 2160 385 1 12 60 94 76 23 1 0
Keiter Glen Allen Va 2143 328 1 12 104 143 26 62 4 8
Arnett Foster Toothman Charleston WVa 1961 283 6 23 86 136 47 28 25 0
Ellin amp Tucker Chartered Baltimore 1933 -515 4 11 77 114 38 38 16 8
Tate amp Tryon Washington DC 1860 550 1 11 90 110 69 7 24 0
Calibre CPA Group Bethesda Md 1830 2340 3 15 107 143 81 8 0 11
Gross Mendelsohn Baltimore 1674 1020 1 15 69 103 49 30 21 0
Smith Elliott Kearns amp Co Hagerstown Md 1660 122 5 20 97 142 48 30 17 5
KatzAbosch Timonium Md 1500 NC 3 21 42 83 37 55 8 0
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
REGIONSThe Capital Region 20
The Southeast 21
New England 21
The Mid-Atlantic 22
The Great Lakes 24
The Gulf Coast 24
The Midwest 25
The Mountain States 26
The Southwest 26
The West 27
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regional leaders
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdash
Firm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Dixon Hughes Goodman Charlotte NC 31000 197 26 178 1129 1661 36 35 29 0
Cherry Bekaert Richmond Va 12590 186 22 55 559 778 44 47 9 0
Lattimore Black Morgan amp Cain Brentwood Tenn 7091 906 3 46 287 409 24 34 14 28
Habif Arogeti amp Wynne Atlanta 6428 662 1 26 232 305 45 39 8 8
Elliott Davis Greenville SC 6410 505 8 51 265 392 47 35 14 4
Frazier amp Deeter Atlanta 5300 2018 4 11 158 201 32 40 0 28
Mauldin amp Jenkins Atlanta 3880 078 5 34 125 198 59 30 2 9
Mountjoy Chilton Medley Louisville Ky 3831 100 5 37 171 246 40 36 9 15
Joseph Decosimo amp Co Chattanooga Tenn 3820 550 8 29 177 265 47 39 7 7Bennett Thrasher Atlanta 2988 1418 1 23 104 151 27 57 7 9
Dean Dorton Allen Ford Lexington Ky 2212 179 2 33 90 150 33 42 25 0
Windham Brannon Atlanta 2146 1073 1 14 100 139 39 59 2 0
WebsterRogers Florence SC 1750 697 9 24 91 138 42 46 4 8
Top Firms Southeast Arkansas Georgia Kentucky North Carolina South Carolina and Tennessee
Revenue $89446 million up 470
Growth moderated in the Southeast in 2013 coming in a few percentage points lower
than in 2012 but that didnrsquot stop individual firms from posting some strong results like Atlantarsquos Frazier amp Deeter or new Regional Leader Windham Brannon
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdash
Firm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
BlumShapiro West Hartford Ct 6130 2824 4 30 251 341 56 32 1 11
BerryDunn Portland Maine 4312 740 5 18 154 204 47 18 28 7
Kahn Litwin Renza amp Co Providence RI 3532 1284 3 11 153 195 30 35 35 0
Wolf amp Co Boston 3149 725 3 19 142 189 50 21 0 29
Baker Newman amp Noyes Portland Maine 2770 NC 4 30 121 182 48 40 12 0
Feeley amp Driscoll Boston 2422 302 1 12 66 103 61 29 10 0
DiCicco Gulman amp Co Woburn Mass 1800 588 2 14 65 97 42 43 15 0
Alexander Aronson Finningdagger Westborough Mass 1769 249 5 18 NA NA NA NA NA NA
Whittlesey amp Hadley Hartford Ct 1570 753 1 15 83 105 60 20 20 0
Gray Gray amp Gray Westwood Mass 1380 222 3 8 64 86 45 35 20 0Edelstein amp Co Boston 1360 1826 1 9 45 64 21 54 0 25
Macdonald Page amp Co South Portland Maine 1300 442 3 21 75 112 42 31 13 14
OrsquoConnor amp Drew Braintree Mass 1200 2000 2 15 60 87 81 17 0 2
Melanson Heath amp Co Nashua NH 1048 264 5 9 66 88 74 22 2 2
Meyers Brothers Kalicka Holyoke Mass 1040 612 1 7 40 59 47 39 4 10
DiSanto Priest amp Co Warwick RI 959 435 1 8 37 57 39 55 6 0
Gallagher Flynn amp Co South Burlington Vt 920 -316 2 10 NA 75 NA NA NA NA
Notes Firm estimate or projection dagger Accounting Today estimate NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms New EnglandConnecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island and Vermont
Revenue $36661 million up 949
After a lackluster 2012 things picked up significantly for the region in 2013 MampA played a major part with firms of all
sizes getting into local and regional hookups and large firms like Connecticutrsquos BlumShapiro and Rhode Islandrsquos Kahn
Litwin Renza amp Co leading the way Going forward it will reshape the list in other ways following the January 2014
merger of Massachusetts Regional Leader Braver PC into Top 100 Firm Marcum LLP
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Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
CohnReznick New York City 50800 410 24 274 1716 2521 52 33 6 9
Marcum New York City 35010 2708 17 160 844 1300 45 36 7 12
EisnerAmper New York City 27690 779 9 177 976 1185 56 35 9 0
Rothstein Kass Roseland NJ 20200 688 8 76 780 1002 60 35 5 0
ParenteBeard Philadelphia 15800 -651 18 116 544 861 53 31 16 0
Citrin Cooperman amp Co New York City 14300 1440 5 120 302 503 47 37 8 8
WeiserMazars New York City 14240 772 6 104 393 625 47 39 14 0
Berdon New York City 10100 391 2 39 334 398 33 40 27 0
OrsquoConnor Davies New York City 9950 1888 7 82 340 501 65 21 14 0
Marks Paneth New York City 9800 1264 3 64 390 539 63 27 3 7
WithumSmith+Brown Princeton NJ 9698 931 12 77 258 431 37 37 2 24
Anchin Block amp Anchin New York City 9300 NC 1 56 215 354 44 43 13 0
Friedman New York City 7250 821 6 57 244 349 60 35 5 0
The Bonadio Group Pittsford NY 6629 2231 11 61 352 470 48 21 13 18
Schneider Downs Pittsburgh 5756 407 2 36 284 354 45 35 20 0
Reinsel Kuntz Lesher Lancaster Pa 4521 2183 4 39 228 300 33 35 10 22
Freed Maxick CPAs Buffalo NY 4150 964 4 35 203 283 36 37 27 0
Raich Ende Malter amp Co New York City 4100 789 5 33 120 191 40 60 0 0
Grassi amp Co New York City 4095 500 2 23 136 197 48 41 9 2
Margolin Winer amp Evens Garden City NY 4000 256 2 25 167 207 60 30 10 0
Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin amp Co New York City 4000 -1837 3 24 106 165 46 46 8 0
Prager Metis International New York City 3599 1659 7 30 129 199 30 45 25 0
Wiss amp Co Livingston NJ 3300 377 4 28 114 172 56 32 0 12Kreischer Miller Horsham Pa 2950 1078 1 16 137 183 46 36 11 7
Perelson Weiner New York City 1950 NA 1 8 45 70 40 50 10 0
Janover Garden City NY 1944 NA 2 13 78 108 30 62 5 3
Untracht Early Florham Park NJ 1900 544 3 8 79 102 29 64 4 3
Gettry Marcus CPA Woodbury NY 1700 303 2 16 47 81 48 35 0 17
Buchbinder Tunick amp Co New York City 1600 NC 2 18 53 90 50 25 15 10
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms Mid-AtlanticNew Jersey New York and Pennsylvania
Revenue $290332 million up 831
The Mid-Atlantic continues to post generally strong results helped by the strength of many of the industries its firms
serve particularly in the financial services and financial institutions areas It also remains a seedbed for new and grow-
ing firms like new Top 100 entry Prager Metis International and new Regional Leaders Perelson Weiner Janover Un-tracht Early and Buchbinder Tunick
22
regional leaders
Where the growth is Pt 1Average firm growth rate in percent by region
Mid-Atlantic
GreatLakes
West Midwest CapitalRegion
SoutheastGulf Coast
Southwest NewEngland
Mountain0
5
10
15
20
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26
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
EKSampH Denver 7046 1119 3 38 308 427 45 42 13 0
Hein amp Associates Denver 5071 445 4 33 191 266 48 47 4 1
RGL Forensics Denver 3765 606 17 23 124 190 0 0 0 100
Anderson ZurMuehlen Helena Mont 2557 277 7 27 128 204 35 38 10 17
GHP Horwath Denver 2480 -040 1 10 82 106 41 26 0 33
Anton Collins Mitchell Denver 1600 191 3 12 69 97 50 40 10 0
Tanner Salt Lake City 1430 1085 1 10 54 72 62 23 13 2
Junkermier ClarkCampanella Stevens Great Falls Mont 1420 085 7 25 69 120 39 43 7 11
Dalby Wendland amp Co Grand Junction Colo 1195 373 4 16 52 90 25 53 9 13McGee Hearne amp Paiz Cheyenne Wyo 973 485 2 9 52 70 55 38 7 0
Top Firms MountainColorado Idaho Montana Utah and Wyoming
Revenue $27537 million up 566
The region seems in some ways to have turned the corner It reported its second year in a row of respectable
growth after a few difficult years That may explain the interest from Top 100 Firms Eide Bailly in particular made
a number of acquisitions in the region particularly in the Salt Lake City area
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Weaver Fort Worth Texas 8340 1332 7 36 354 471 34 43 12 11
Whitley Penn Fort Worth Texas 5871 1984 5 38 206 294 43 43 0 14
Montgomery Coscia Greilich Plano Texas 3354 1614 2 16 203 231 28 41 24 7
Padgett Stratemann amp Co San Antonio 3007 301 2 17 127 179 51 37 12 0
REDW Albuquerque NM 2645 3352 2 17 129 181 52 24 10 14
Briggs amp Veselka Co Houston 2617 1842 2 19 151 194 41 50 8 1
PKF Texas Houston 2155 553 1 10 85 108 50 46 4 0
Cain Watters amp Associates Plano Texas 2080 930 1 7 55 108 10 15 0 75
BeachFleischman Tuscon Ariz 2030 2378 2 25 81 140 27 57 2 14
Johnson Miller amp Co CPAs Odessa Texas 1954 868 3 14 76 103 30 50 7 13
PMB Helin Donovan Austin Texas 1900 1377 8 28 88 136 55 45 0 0Lane Gorman Trubitt Dallas 1900 497 1 15 62 92 57 37 0 6
Henry amp Horne Tempe Ariz 1850 571 3 14 70 102 33 58 9 0
Maxwell Locke amp Ritter Austin Texas 1834 969 2 21 61 92 38 41 0 21
TravisWolff Dallas 1830 -054 1 8 76 104 32 54 14 0
Melton amp Melton Houston 1790 770 1 14 79 103 50 50 0 0
Brown Graham amp Co Amarillo Texas 1287 404 7 23 61 113 35 50 5 10
Hartman Leito amp Bolt Fort Worth Texas 1100 -795 1 10 47 69 45 46 8 1
MaloneBailey Houston 897 -2220 2 5 31 41 98 2 0 0
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms Southwest Arizona New Mexico Oklahoma and Texas
Revenue $48441 million up 1103
As with the Gulf Coast booming revenues from oil and gas no doubt played a part in the
Southwestrsquos strong performance this year (the third best of the regions) with many of the
largest firms recording growth in energy and related services Wersquore also happy to note a
number of new Regional Leaders including Planorsquos Montgomery Coscia Greilich (which also
joined the T100) Houstonrsquos Melton amp Melton and Amarillorsquos Brown Graham amp Co
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regional leaders
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Moss Adams Seattle 40300 1715 22 263 1340 2072 45 38 17 0
Armanino San Ramon Calif 11284 1311 5 37 301 394 21 26 49 4
Novogradac amp Co San Francisco 9248 1003 15 35 311 408 59 27 2 12
Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt W Los Angeles Calif 8692 1724 8 36 263 362 18 76 0 6
Burr Pilger Mayer Inc San Francisco 6850 -087 6 40 225 330 38 50 12 0
Frank Rimerman + Co Palo Alto Calif 6120 1233 5 21 229 267 27 62 11 0
Nigro Karlin Segal Feldstein amp Bolno Los Angeles 5608 1167 2 21 262 314 17 17 2 64
Squar Milner Newport Beach Calif 4530 295 4 22 171 229 40 53 0 7SingerLewak Los Angeles 3850 -080 6 33 NA NA NA NA NA NA
AKT CPAs Salem Ore 3824 1039 6 15 176 235 28 33 11 28
Miller Kaplan Arase North Hollywood Calif 3800 270 5 24 117 175 58 17 17 8
Gallina Roseville Calif 3639 505 9 26 155 226 45 52 3 0
Seiler Redwood City Calif 3610 587 2 11 116 152 10 75 0 15
Macias Gini amp OrsquoConnell Sacramento Calif 3340 -773 9 10 164 258 63 12 7 18
Vavrinek Trine Day amp Codagger Rancho Cucamonga Calif 3231 199 7 33 NA 200 NA NA NA NA
Clark Nuber Bellevue Wash 3096 614 1 18 119 168 49 48 0 3
Gursey | Schneider Los Angeles 2820 682 3 10 85 129 0 30 0 70
RBZ Los Angeles 2800 1327 1 14 89 136 17 52 17 14
Hutchinson and Bloodgood Glendale Calif 2543 1559 4 33 58 115 38 46 16 0
Windes Inc Long Beach Calif 2361 -215 3 16 76 121 44 46 4 6
Green Hasson Janks Los Angeles 2310 500 1 13 88 116 32 33 13 22
Hemming Morse San Francisco 2069 827 7 13 76 96 33 0 0 67Perkins amp Co Portland Ore 2017 1034 2 19 87 132 27 40 24 9
Matson amp Isom Chico Calif 1768 400 4 21 81 128 41 46 5 8
Gumbiner Savett Santa Monica Calif 1728 601 1 10 80 110 40 50 8 2
Peterson Sullivan Seattle 1646 457 1 13 84 97 52 47 1 0
Sensiba San Filippo Pleasanton Calif 1620 588 4 14 61 103 NA NA NA NA
NSBN Beverly Hills Calif 1500 1111 1 13 53 74 35 49 5 11
Notes Firm estimate or projection dagger Accounting Today estimate NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms WestCalifornia Nevada Oregon and Washington
Revenue $146204 million up 989
Growth is spread a little more evenly among the firms in the West this year with strong rates at the top firms but equally
good performances scattered up and down the range While some of the other regions saw re-arrangements and even
shortenings of their rosters due to mergers and acquisitions firm combinations didnrsquot change the list for the West muchat all In fact the list itself grew a little longer with the addition of new Regional Leaders Perkins amp Co in Portland Ore
Peterson Sullivan in Seattle and NSBN in Beverly Hills
Where the money isCombined 2013 revenues in millions of dollars by region
Mid-Atlantic
GreatLakes
West Midwest CapitalRegion
Southeast Gulf Coast
Southwest NewEngland
Mountain0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
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AKT CPAs Acquired firm with a dental
professional practice
Anchin Block amp Anchin In February
2013 lost $50 million judgment to author Pa-
tricia Cornwell over financial management
Armanino In January 2013 rebranded
from Armanino McKenna Launched business
intelligence dashboard for private schools
and Dynamic Insights BI tool Acquired Dy-
namics VAR Rose Business Solutions
Aronson Organized two new service
groups IT audit and wealth management
consulting for choosing and assessing advi-
sor performance Baker Tilly Virchow Krause In June 2013
acquired New York-based Top 100 Firm Holtz
Rubenstein Reminick Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
BDO In June 2013 acquired Alaska-based
Mikunda Cottrell and Minneapolis-based
Moquist Thorvilson Kaufmann and brought
on members of banking practice of T100
Firm ParenteBeard In August expanded in
San Antonio by adding some partners and
staff from TravisWolff In December acquired
Pittsburgh T100 Firm Alpern Rosenthal
Berdon Joined TIAG alliance Expanded
use of CRM system and instituted Best Place
to Work Committee to propose community
social and charitable initiatives for the firm
In November 2013 merged with Northport
NY-based Beck amp Co
Berkowitz Pollack Brant Expanded stra-
tegic planning task force to include ldquoup and
comersrdquo Began celebrating its 35th anniver-
sary Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best
Firm to Work For
BerryDunn Grew revenue by over 7 per-
cent and overall staff by over 10 percent
BKD In 2013 marked its 90th anniver-
sary Opened offices in Des Moines Iowa
and Nashville Tenn In September acquired
Pittsburgh-based Malin Bergquist
Blue amp Co All figures are Accounting To-
day estimates
BlumShapiro Merged with Newton
Mass-based Friedman Suvalle amp Salomon
Added a dedicated hospitality group
The Bonadio Group In April 2013 merged
in Rutland Vt-based Independent Audit As-
sociates In September merged in Buffalo
NY-based Gaines Kriner Elliott In Novem-
ber merged in Albany NY-based Stulmaker
Kohn amp Richardson Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Burr Pilger Mayer Inc In January 2013
named new CEO In November opened new
office in Napa Valley
Carr Riggs amp Ingram In January 2013merged in Atlanta-based Peterson Coleman
amp Marett In July merged with North Caro-
lina-based accounting firm Pittard Perry amp
Crone Inc In August merged in Atlanta-
based Laney Boteler amp Killinger In Septem-
ber merged in Texas Regional Leader Gainer
Donnelly
CBIZ Mayer Hoffman McCann In No-
vember 2013 acquired Denver-based Knight
Field Fabry In January 2013 named Chris
Spurio president of CBIZ Financial Services
In February announced acquisition of Tam-pa Bay Fla-based Lewis Birch amp Ricardo
Cherry Bekaert In January 2013 re-
branded from Cherry Bekaert amp Holland
Formed benefits consulting group expanded
international tax team and advisory services
Citrin Cooperman amp Co In November
2013 merged in Leon M Reimer amp Co
Clark Schaefer Hackett amp Co Marked its
75th anniversary Having ldquoactive discussionsrdquo
on acquisitions
CliftonLarsonAllen Sold health care reg-ulatory and compliance group
Cohen amp Co Divested nearly $10 mil-
lion in business during the year that was not
meeting growth and profitability expecta-
tions Implemented a second tier of owner-
ship Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best
Firm to Work For
CohnReznick Named first national direc-
firm highlights
2014 firm highlightstor of governmental affairs Relocated offices
in Chicago Los Angeles and Austin Texas
Crowe Horwath In August 2013 acquired
a majority interest in Missouri-based Chan
Healthcare Integrated staff and acquired in-
tellectual property of ExtOrg In November
named its first chief innovation officer
Deloitte in January 2014 acquired sub-
stantially all of the business of strategy con-
sulting firm the Monitor Group In June ac-
quired investment bank McColl Partners In
July acquired SAP consulting firm Quattro
Integration Group In September acquired
TMA Construction Consultants In October
acquired substantially all of the assets of digi-
tal and social media agency Banyan Branch
In October agreed to pay $2 million to settle
charges with the PCAOB for violating Sar-
banes-Oxley Act and PCAOB rules In No-
vember launched CloudMix a preconfigured
mixture of cloud applications from different
vendors for clients
Dixon Hughes Goodman In June 2013
added Crossfire Advisory to its national health
care practice
Doeren Mayhew Grew revenue over 16
percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash international tax Fastest growing client
category mdash manufacturing
Eide Bailly In May 2013 installed new
CEO In June and August merged in two Salt
Lake City CPA firms Lake Hill amp Myers and
Hansen Barnett amp Maxwell In November
2013 acquired Denver NetSuite solutions pro-
vider Next Business Systems In December
launched private insurance exchange
EisnerAmper Had an ldquooutstandingrdquo year
Added several new services including CFO
outsourcing human capital cloud technol-
ogy and family office services
EKSampH Rebranded from Ehrhardt KeefeSteiner amp Hottman Saw revenue growth of
over 11 percent
Elliott Davis In April merged in Raleigh
NC-based Lunsford amp Strickland Relocated
office from Galax Va to Richmond Hired a
corporate strategies officer
Ernst amp Young In March paid $123 million
to resolve a federal tax shelter investigation
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In June launched EYTaxSpace Powered by
Thomson Reuters for corporate tax clients
In August donated its archives going back to
the early 1900s to Case Western Reserve Uni-
versity In December agreed to pay investors
$99 million to settle litigation over LehmanBrothers audit and acquired the US tax
preparation and court accounting outsourc-
ing businesses of Thomson Reuters
Frank Rimerman + Co Saw revenue
growth of over 12 percent
Frazier amp Deeter Saw revenue growth of
over 20 percent
Freed Maxick Saw revenue growth of over
9 percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash health care Fastest growing client cat-
egory mdash consulting
Friedman Saw revenue growth of over
8 percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash international tax Fastest growing client
category mdash real estate Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Gallina Expanded service lines including
international tax state and local tax and es-
tate trust retirement and succession services
Hired a director of recruitment and develop-
ment Joined TIAG alliance In February 2014
acquired Mercer Island Wash-based Tuef-
fers Guckian amp Gamon
Grant Thornton Redesigned external
Web site Hired a chief people and culture
officer In September 2013 acquired Oracle
Solutions business unit MarketSphere In No-
vember extended tenure of current CEO
Grassi amp Co In May 2013 added in David
C Sobel CPA and his staff In December
launched Grassi Technology Consultants
Habif Arogeti amp Wynne In May merged
in boutique tax consulting firm JRZ Launched
efforts to ldquodefine refine and embrace the
firmrsquos culturerdquo Hein amp Associates Expanded cloud solu-
tions service line Saw staff growth of over 11
percent
Hill Barth amp King Launched HbK Corpo-
rate Finance division Created new Web site
and YouTube channel In November 2013
merged in Lawrenceville NJ-based Bartolo-
mei Pucciarelli CPAs
Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt Saw ldquosig-
nificant growthrdquo in MampA private equity pro-
fessional services international tax and en-
tertainment practices Launched a business
development training program
Honkamp Krueger amp Co In Augustmerged in Madison Wis-based The Brem-
ser Group In October opened practice in
Davenport Iowa Added medical practice
consulting and talent outsourcing to its ser-
vices list
Horne Saw overall staff growth of over 11
percent Named an Accounting Today 2013
Best Firm to Work For
Joseph Decosimo amp Co In March 2013
acquired Huntsville Ala-based cost account-
ing and federal compliance solutions group
Solvability In December merged in Larry
Hyatt amp Associates
Kahn Litwin Renza amp Co In January
2013 merged with Waltham Mass-based Fay
amp Associates In May opened KLR Emerging
Business Center to offer co-working office
space to start-ups
Katz Sapper amp Miller Saw revenue
growth of over 7 percent and overall staff
growth of over 9 percent
Kaufman Rossin Group Saw revenue
growth of over 18 percent Named the No1 Accounting Today 2013 Best Firm to Work
For in the Large Firm Category for the third
year in a row
Kearney amp Co Saw staff growth of over
2 percent
Kemper Fastest growing service area mdash
investment advisory services
Kennedy and Coe Installed new CEO
KPMG Completed acquisition of Ora-
cle ERP practice of The Hackett Group
Launched alliance-based offering in indirect
tax with Thomson Reuters In May 2013
agreed with Fannie Mae to pay $153 million
to settle class-action suit over Fannie Mae
audit In July launched market alliance with
cloud-based procurement solution provider
Coupa Software In September Denver office
achieved LEED-CI certification In Decem-
ber announced plans to acquire analytical
applications company Link Analytics In Jan-
uary 2014 agreed to pay $82 million to settle
SEC charges over auditor independence
Lattimore Black Morgan amp Cain Re-
ported organic growth of over 9 percent
across all service lines Added a health care
consulting company
Macias Gini amp OrsquoConnell Saw overall staff
growth of over 7 percent
Marcum In January 2013 merged in
Massachusetts-based Parent McLaughlin amp
Nangle In April merged in Cornerstone Ac-
counting Group In July merged in Irvine
Calif-based WilsonMorgan In January 2014
merged in three units of New England Re-
gional Leader Braver
Margolin Winer amp Evens Saw revenue
growth of over 2 percent
Marks Paneth Rebranded from Marks
Paneth amp Shron In February 2013 merged
in New York City-based Rosenberg Neuwirth
amp Kuchner
Mauldin amp Jenkins In June acquired Ten-
nessee-based Hazlett Lewis amp Bieter
MBAF CPAs Worked to achieve ldquogreater
consolidation of the Northeast Region op-
erations with the rest of the firmrdquo Enhanced
cross-utilization of staff and skills among
various regions Designed and implemented
cost controls
McGladrey In August launched a strat-
egy to serve middle-market companies Late
in 2013 acquired Wilmington NC-Lanier
Whaley Craft amp Co and Houston-based
Margolis Phipps amp Wright
Miller Kaplan Arase Appointed a new
managing partner Expanded Seattle office
Saw ldquosignificant growthrdquo in business manage-
ment and entertainment group
Montgomery Coscia Greilich New to the
list In March 2013 joined the Alliott Group
alliance In May opened new office in AustinTexas In June launched strategy and man-
agement consulting practice In September
marked 10th anniversary
Moss Adams Marked its 100th anniver-
sary Installed new chairmanCEO
Mountjoy Chilton Medley Transitioned
in operations of Jeffersonville Ind-based
firm Expanded Cincinnati office Saw ldquostrong
firm highlights
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increaserdquo in regulated industry work such as
insurance financial institutions and health
care In December 2013 launched IT consult-
ing amp strategy services
Nigro Karlin Segal Feldstein amp Bolno
Changed name from Nigro Karlin Segal ampFeldstein Sold a 245 percent minority stake
in the firm to First Republic Bank
Novogradac amp Co Saw revenue growth of
over 10 percent
OrsquoConnor Davies In October announced
merger with Cranford NJ-based Fazio Man-
nuzza Roche Tankel LaPilusa In January
2014 merged with New York City-based Mer-
sel Klein amp Co
ParenteBeard In January 2013 merged
in Connecticut-based health care manage-
ment consulting firm Presscott Associates In
November closed its technology practice In
February 2014 added team members from
insurance consulting firm Invotex
Plante Moran In April 2013 launched
Women in Leadership initiative In July
launched a Web site offering ACA guidance
In November opened an office in Detroit
Postlethwaite amp Netterville Implement-
ed a formal shareholder evaluation process
a formal pipeline process a business de-
velopment training curriculum and growthmanagement software
Prager Metis International New to the
list Formed from January 2013 merger of
Prager amp Fenton and Metis Group Added a
number of new service lines including SALT
cost segregation and research tax incentives
PwC In July 2013 reshuffled US leader-
ship team In October announced plans to
merge in consulting firm Booz amp Co
Raffa In November 2013 launched Raffa
Nonprofit Fraud Prevention Institute
Raich Ende Malter In March 2013 estab-
lished Raich Ende Malter (Cayman)
Rehmann Saw revenue growth of over 15
percent
Reinsel Kuntz Lesher Saw growth in rev-
enue of over 21 percent
RGL Forensics Opened an office in San-
tiago Chile Introduced registered broker-
dealer RGL Advisors to offer MampA transac-
tion advisory services in the US
Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin amp Co
Fastest growing specialty service mdash large
private equity transactions Fastest growing
client category mdash private equity companies
Rothstein Kass Saw revenue growth of
almost 7 percent
RubinBrown Launched national prac-
tices to serve private equity firms and gaming
companies
SCampH Group Inc Joined firm network
Moore Stephens Fastest growing specialty
service mdash technology consulting Fastest
growing client category mdash health care
Schenck In January 2013 acquired ma-
jority stake in Milwaukee-based Bonfield amp
Co Installed new MP and CFO Changed
practice management system
Schneider Downs Relocated corporate
headquarters within Pittsburgh
Seiler Share of revenue derived from tax
increased from 70 to 75 percent
Sikich In January 2013 merged in Il-
linois-based supply chain consulting firm
Achieve Consulting In August announced
merger with Brookfield Wis firm Kolb+Co
In September merged in St Louis-based
OrsquoDonnell Bonebrake amp Co Also mergedin S2 Consulting and PKF Texas Technology
Added eight services PR insurance lean
back office business intelligence SALT and
international tax Restructured executive and
compensation committees Revised partner
compensation plan
SingerLewak In January 2013 merged in
San Francisco office of Acquavell Chiarelli
Shuster Berkower amp Co
Skoda Minotti amp Co New to the list
In May 2013 merged Skoda Minotti Technol-
ogy Partners with Westlake Ohio-based Da-taServ In June 2013 merged in Tampa Fla-
based Dowell amp Perez In August merged
in Tampa-based national assurance solu-
tions and compliance company Assurance
Concepts
Squar Milner ldquoSignificantly expandingrdquo
Los Angeles offices
SSampG In May 2013 named new CEO Saw
revenue growth of almost 14 percent
SVA CPAs In June 2013 installed new
CEO In January 2014 merged in Wisconsin-
based practice of William P Merrick CPA
UHY Advisors Inc Saw overall staff
growth of over 10 percent
Vavrinek Trine Day amp Co All figures are
Accounting Today estimates
Warren Averett In January 2013 merged
in Atlanta-based Gifford Hillegass amp Ingwers-
en and Tampa Fla-based Pender Newkirk
Rebranded firm with new visual identity
Developed new and expanded services in
SALT business valuation forensic account-
ing and litigation support health care reform
economic settlement claims processing and
alternative investments
Watkins Meegan Expanded hospitality
practice and increased government contract-
ing practice Started health care consulting
practice Hired business developmentmar-
keting director
Weaver Saw revenue growth of over 13
percent and growth in all four of its largest
niches mdash energy financial services the pub-
lic sector and manufacturing In February
2014 merged in Connecticut-based RIN At-
test and Advisory Services
WeiserMazarsIn November 2013 merged
in New York-based Resnick Druckman Group
Expanded health care consulting group
Whitley Penn Expanded transaction ser-
vices practice and forensic litigation and
valuation services statewide Named an Ac-
counting Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Wipfli Formalized fresh-water industry
services opened office in Milwaukeersquos Global
Water Center Launched Wipfli Connect for
Manufacturing software solution In January
2014 merged in Tinley Park Ill-based The
Condon Group and Chicago-based practiceRegulatory Compliance Associates Inc
Wiss amp Co More than half of revenues (56
percent) derived from AampA services
WithumSmith+Brown Consolidated two
New Jersey offices Invested in international
tax practice and financial services practice
Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best Firm
to Work For
firm highlights
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8
firm strategies
The Top 100 Firms are all over the
map in many ways Literally to
start they span the country to
say nothing of a wide range of
industry niches management models
growth strategies and cultures But no
matter their size whether they offer exotic
advisory services or the plainest of vanilla
audits and tax work and regardless of their
stance on value pricing they do all share
one common binding thread Theyrsquore
freaking out about finding qualified staff
ldquoThe war for talent is back onrdquo warned
Armanino LLP managing partner Andy Ar-
manino ldquoWe are seeing more and more
competition from outside our profession
and we need to plan accordingly We also
know that change is a constant in todayrsquos
world Merger mania is real New compa-
nies are being launched New information
is coming at us faster than we can compre-
hend We need more than ever before a
workforce that can engage with and adapt
to this new reality Hiring and retaining the
best and brightest talent is the new com-petitive advantagerdquo
ldquoQualified professionals are being
sought after by a number of good firmsrdquo
said Louis Grassi managing partner and
chief executive officer of New York-based
Grassi amp Co ldquoAs such typical efforts of
recruiting including the utilization of re-
cruiters have become less effective in find-
ing experienced quality professionalsrdquo Be-
sides establishing a supportive culture and
a healthy work-life balance Grassirsquos firm
has put in palce a ldquovery robustrdquo employeereferral program that accounted for more
than 50 percent of new hires in 2013
Firms across the country are employ-
ing a wide range of strategies to attract and
retain qualified staff mdash and some firms
are going so far as to hire people solely to
manage them California-based Gallina
for instance hired its first-ever director of
recruitment and development last year
with responsibility for multiple new initia-
tives according to MP Larry Taylor
At Kentuckyrsquos Mountjoy Chilton Med-
ley MP Diane Medley said ldquoWe are very
focused on our talent We are starting a
formal leadership development program
this year selecting our rising stars with
the most potential for equity partnership
to participate We also actively engage our
Next Generation Committee in critical is-
sues to help us consider growth attraction
and retention for the futurerdquo
Recruitment and retention can bene-
fit enormously from a less-frequently citedR mdash recognition National firm McGladrey
made a point of highlighting its top tal-
ent in a series of videos on its Web site as
part of its ldquoPersonalities Wantedrdquo recruit-
ing campaign (the messaging for which
was embedded in all of its social media)
and has seen the results Thatrsquos not its only
personnel-related investment of course
and merely making the investments is
not enough ldquoInvesting in recruitment
professional development and work-life
programs is essentialrdquo said national pub-lic relations director Terri Andrews ldquoWe
are continuously re-assessing practice
and processes to create the best possible
experience for our current and potential
employees And our people tell us wersquore
focused on the right thingsrdquo They did that
through the McGladrey People Survey
which assesses a broad range of employee
engagement and satisfaction measures
Several firms highlighted efforts at
building up their staff with educational and
career development offerings with some
developing their own internal institutions
of higher learning BKD CEO Ted Dickman
pointed to his firmrsquos BKD University a vir-
tual on-demand learning and leadership
development platform that landed the firm
on Training magazinersquos Training Top 125
list while Sikich LLP CEO and MP James
Sikich touted the investment made in his
firmrsquos Sikich University an internal learn-
ing and development program that trains
staff in technical and soft skills
For its part Big Four firm KPMG went
to the source ldquoThe need for highly skilled
talent is a top priorityrdquo said chair and CEO
John Veihmeyer In addition making a stra-
tegic priority of diversity ldquoWe work close-
ly with universities our main workforce
pipeline to promote learning and skillsets
our professionals need and emphasize the
importance of global and diverse perspec-
tives and technological savvyrdquo At Louisianarsquos Postlethwaite amp Netter-
ville meanwhile CEO (and current Ameri-
can Institute of CPAs chair) William Balhoff
noted the firmrsquos increased focus on leader-
ship development and soft skills training
at all levels mdash but also highlighted its busi-
ness development training curriculum
After all hiring and keeping a great
staff only makes sense if you can bring in
work for them do
GETTING COMPETITIVEldquoAccounting firms are operating in a highly
competitive environmentrdquo noted Weiser-
Mazars chair and managing partner Doug-
las Phillips Besides the pressures around
staffing ldquoFirms are under continuing fee
pressure from clients which intensifies
market competitionrdquo
Hanging out the help wanted signB Y D A N I E L H O O D
See STRATEGIES on
10
lsquoOur peopletell us wersquorefocused on theright thingsrsquo
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All Rights Reserved
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Armanino is alive to these concerns
ldquoThe dynamics of our profession require
constant change Our products and serv-
ices need to keep pace with those of our
clients Providing traditional accounting
services will only prove ineffectual Whatrsquos
needed is a best-of-breed approach to tak-
ing on current and future tax and account-
ing challenges if wersquore to succeed and our
clients are to prosper While wersquoll alwaysneed to maintain our core competencies
there should be no lack of acceleration in
our ability to integrate cutting-edge solu-
tions mdash strategic and technological mdash into
our products and services offerings The
long-term viability of our firm relies on itrdquo
Other firms are aiming to stay on the
cutting-edge mdash though not always specifi-
cally through technology Wayne BersonCEO of BDO USA is concerned about
enhancing the value of the audit ldquoIt is
clear that in order for the professionrsquos core
element to remain relevant there will have
to be an expansion of the auditorrsquos role in
providing greater insight into the clientsrsquo
financial statements and perhaps varying
degrees of assurance on areas outside of
the financial statements This will affect
firms of all size by requiring substantially
more business and analytical skills and
may also result in a demand for more spe-cialists to be involved in auditsrdquo
Big Four firm KPMG is engaged in a
similar pursuit of the new and improved
ldquoWe continue to focus on innovation and
the enhancement of our offerings and ca-
pabilities for specific industries and growth
areasrdquo said chairman and CEO John Veih-
meyer ldquoWersquore also continuing to build out
our alliance ecosystem to help create newservices enhance existing services and
extend the KPMG brand promise to meet
the needs of clients in new waysrdquo Last year
the firm rolled out a number of ldquoalliance-
based offeringsrdquo created in conjunction
with various partners to offer clients more
focused services and solutions
Crowe Horwath meanwhile took in-
novation even one step further mdash by nam-
ing its own chief innovation officer ldquoWe
are most focused on and are investing
in innovation as a driver of growth where we can bring together functional exper-
tise industry knowledge along with proc-
ess and technology to provide high-value
solutionsrdquo explained CEO Charles Allen
ldquoMany of these solutions will be focused in
broader assurance services that the inves-
tor community and stakeholders in public
interest entities are requestingrdquo AT
10
top tax firms
THE TOP TAX FIRMS Rev
from tax from Total Total Firm Headquarters Chief executive ($mn) tax revenue chg Offices staff
PwCsect New York City Robert Moritz 309148 28 1104100 870 72 39158HampR BlockP1 Kansas City Mo William Cobb 287797 99 290594 042 11000+ 100000+
Ernst amp Youngsect New York City Steve Howe 273000 30 910000 1098 80 30900
Deloittesect New York City Joe Echevarria 250092 18 1389400 633 104 60951
KPMGsect New York City John Veihmeyer 165780 27 614000 673 90 24618
McGladrey2 Chicago Joe Adams 49137 36 136659 626 75 6723
Ryan Dallas G Brint Ryan 39037 100 39037 1059 59 1711
Liberty Tax Services Virginia Beach Va John Hewitt 38120 100 38120 615 4262 798
Grant Thornton Chicago Stephen Chipman 37782 29 130283 461 56 6438
BDO Chicago Wayne Berson 20490 30 68300 1052 49 3248
CliftonLarsonAllen Minneapolis Gordy Viere 19161 34 56355 -078 29 3660
CohnReznick New York City T Marino K Baggett 16764 33 50800 410 24 2521
CBIZ Mayer Hoffman McCann Cleveland C Spurio B Hancock 16748 35 47850 -2220 100 2862
Moss Adams Seattle Chris Schmidt 15314 38 40300 1715 22 2072
Crowe Horwath Chicago Charles Allen 14622 22 66462 1168 28 3006
WTAS San Francisco Mark Vorsatz 14509 100 14509 1344 16 621
BKD Springfield Mo Theodore Dickman 12970 31 41840 400 32 2013
Marcum New York City Jeffrey Weiner 12604 36 35010 2708 17 1300
Dixon Hughes Goodman Charlotte NC Ken Hughes 10850 35 31000 197 26 1661
Plante Moran Southfield Mich Gordon Krater 10694 26 41132 2427 19 1947
Notes P Figures compiled from public company reports Firm estimate or projection NA Not availableapplicable
sect Gross revenue 1 Staff figures include seasonal workers 2 Reported fee split as both dollar amount (given here) and percentage
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12
International tax remained the highest
growing niche service this year for the
2014 Top 100 Firms increasing 6 per-
centage points over 2013 reports ac-
cording to this yearrsquos 77 responding firms
State and local taxes grew 7 percent-
age points to be the second-most common
area of growth and bringing it even at 82
percent with business valuations which
similarly expanded 8 percentage points in
2014 Rounding out the top four again this
year was attest services growing 2 percent-
age points to 75 percent
Leading the pack in year-over-year
growth unsurprisingly was mergers and
acquisition which saw an 11-point uptick
in 2014 with 70 percent of firms reporting
increased business
Below that many services saw double-
digit increases in firms reporting growth
most notably SOX compliancerisk man-
agement saw a list-high rise of 16 percent-
age points to bring it to 53 percent Tech-
nology consulting and personal financial
planning also had strong 2014 gains of 12and 11 percentage points respectively
ON THE GROUND
Doug Wright partner-in-charge of inter-
national tax and transfer pricing services
at California-based firm Burr Pilger Mayer
attributes the continued growth in inter-
national tax services to an unusual conflu-
ence of economic recovery globalization
and the tax and regulatory issues of about
a dozen years ago that brought the niche
to prominenceldquoBasically itrsquos navigating the perfect
stormrdquo he said ldquoWersquove had a lot of changes
in the way in which not just the US but
foreign countries monitor and scrutinize
international business transactions from a
tax perspective The kind of international
tax and accounting standards that the US
has applied for some time now have been
adopted increasingly by countries outside
the USrdquo
Along with the tightening accounting
standards that followed corporate scandals
like Enron these regulatory concerns have
led companies to take more initiative in
their overseas business Wright explained
ldquoTherersquos a kind of heightened sense of cor-
porate responsibility wersquore seeing where
companies want to make sure theyrsquore do-
ing things in the appropriate way and are
not going to be attacked by the IRS or
foreign taxing authorities or are not viewed
as unethical We frequently see situations
where before companies engage us to do
a major global project they talk to other
companies that have done it Not to get a
referral on us but to talk to other compa-
nies They didnrsquot do similar planning in
the past so [they want] to understand how
that planning was ultimately viewed by the
IRS and foreign tax authoritiesrdquo
This kind of due diligence tends to
be pre-emptive Wright continued ldquoThey
donrsquot want to see their names in the news-
paper as caught up in substantial litigation
in the US and outside the US Corporate
executives have a heightened awareness
that they need to do things properly and
do them upfront Companies [used to]
just expand internationally and deal with
some of these issues after the fact mdash the
International tax work in demand B Y D A N I E L L E L E E
0 20 40 60 80 100
International Tax
Business Valuations
State and Local Taxes
Attest ServicesLitigation Support
EstateTrustGift Tax Planning
Industry Specializations
Mergers and Acquisitions
ForensicsFraud
Nonpro1047297t Organizations
Employee Bene1047297ts
Biz Mgmt for Wealthy Individuals
Succession PlanningFamily office
Retirement Plans
SOX ComplianceRisk Mgmt
Strategic PlanningBusiness Plans
Technology Consulting
Cost Segregation
Personal Financial Planning
Biz Mgmt for Small Businesses
Investment AdviceServices
CFOProject Staffi
ng ServicesCash Flow ForecastingManagement
Financing Arrangements
BankruptcyInsolvency
Employment Search
ExportImport
1031 Like-Kind
IFRS consulting
Business RecoveryRecession Advice
Payroll ServicesConsulting
Lease vs Buy Analysis
Top niche servicesPercentage of firms increasing their business in these areas
(of 77 firms responding)
niches and clients
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cart leading the horse Now therersquos much
more awareness and sensitivity tax and
otherwise hellip At our firm we have a phe-
nomenal amount of new international tax
planning and consulting work and new
clients coming our way including very
early-stage companies as they expandrdquo
When Wright joined BPM more than
five years ago he was the firmrsquos first and
only full-time international tax special-
ist and while he has grown that practice
to the largest in the firm for the last three
years the now roughly 12 full-time tax
professionals in the practice canrsquot keep up
with all the new work He estimates that
his group can only serve half of the op-
portunities that come their way but shares
that finding experienced specialists in the
extremely complex area of international
tax is ldquoexceedingly difficultrdquo
Atlanta firm Habif Arogeti amp Wynne
has been doing international work of all
sorts particularly with their manufactur-
ing and technology clients since the early
1990s and now has roughly 70 people in
that service line who speak 26 different
languages among them
Though HAampW is also a member firm
of global accountancy and business ad-
visory network Baker Tilly International
chief executive officer Richard Kopelman
credits most of the firmrsquos growth in this
niche to the ldquoinbound grass-roots effort
with the people from those countriesrdquo
ldquoInternational tax aligns with our
manufacturing and technology niche and
dovetails really wellrdquo he explained ldquoWe do
as much business inbound as outboundrdquo
ADDING VALUE
Nearly all of the client categories for this
yearrsquos Top 100 Firms displayed strong
growth this year with manufacturing lead-
ing the list at 82 percent a 9 percentage
point gain over last year
Manufacturing overtook 2013rsquos lead-
er midsized businesses in general by only
one percentage point Midsized businesses
saw a modest 4 percentage point increase
this year though real estate ranked behind
it recorded a big 12 percentage point rise
to bring it to 77 percent
Only two other categories on the list
surpassed that gain this year construction
which increased 14 percentage points to
66 percent of responding firms and much
farther down the list small businesses
which at 44 percent also recorded a 14
percent increase over last year
Central Pennsylvania-based Rein-
sel Kuntz Lesherrsquos location gives it an
advantage in this market according to
Steve Fisher a partner in the firmrsquos audit
services group and leader of the manu-
facturing and distribution services group
ldquoIn the past ten to 20 years companies
were leaving that were not as involved in
manufacturing but some of that is com-
ing back now with longstanding compa-
nies in manufacturing in that regionrdquo he
explained ldquoAnd a lot of them arenrsquot in
manufacturing but in bringing good over-seas and distribution channels There are
a lot of opportunitiesrdquo
RKL has capitalized on them Fisher
continued by evaluating specific client
needs ldquoOne thing wersquove done in the past
year is a focus group with financial folks
owners consultants that touch consum-
ers in the manufacturing and distribution
area We said lsquoWhat do you need what
are your expectations of people provid-
ing tax and audit servicesrsquo And whether
we can do it and align with them to helpfulfill their needs and bring value When
you hand them a financial statement or tax
return it looks the same no matter who did
it Wersquore responding communicating and
trying to educate folks and arm them to do
these things and help across the market
We go through the proposals and differen-
tiate ourselvesrdquo AT
niches and clients
0 20 40 60 80 100
Manufacturing
Midsized Businesses
Real Estate
TechnologyIndividuals
Construction
Healthcare Facilities
Nonpro1047297t Organizations
Professional Services
Wholesale Distributors
Large Businesses
Pension Plans
State and Local Government
Hotels amp Restaurants
Small Businesses
Retail Trade
Banking amp Thrift Companies
Entertainment
BrokersDealers in Securities amp Commodities
Colleges and Universities
Investment Companies amp Mutual Funds
Auto Dealerships
Government Contractors
Franchising
Finance CompaniesMortgage Banks
School Districts
PublishingBroadcastingMedia
Insurance CarriersCompanies
Insurance Agents amp Brokers
Gaming
AgricultureFarmingForestryFishing
Leasing Companies
Top client categoriesPercentage of firms increasing their business with these types of clients
(of 77 firms responding)
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Since our Regional Leaders both repre-
sent a broader range of firms in terms of
size and bring with them the particular
economic conditions of their geographic
regions the trends here tend to be less clear than
among our Top 100 Firms
One anti-trend that wersquove noticed is the lack
of correlation between the size of a region in terms
of its overall firm revenues and its growth rate
The Mid-Atlantic Regional Leaders for instance
have combined revenues almost twice as large
as the Great Lakes Regional Leaders mdash but an
average growth rate thatrsquos around half while the
Southwest has revenues that are slightly less than
those of the Capitol Region but is growing five
times as fast Local economic conditions make all
the difference of course but the point that size is
not everything is worth making
Unless of course yoursquore talking about the
size of our lists for each region Wersquove been grow-
ing them steadily over the past few years and are
happy to report a large number of new additions
this year many of which are highlighted in the
introductions to their individual regions
If your firm should be on one of our Regional
Leaders lists send us an e-mail at AcToday
SourceMediacom and wersquoll include you in next
yearrsquos survey AT
regional overview
Regions see uneven growth
20
THE 2014 REGIONAL LEADERS
Top Firms Capital RegionDelaware Maryland Virginia Washington DC and West Virginia
Revenue $56257 million up 206
While the Capital Region displayed the weakest revenue growth among the regions in 2013 it did display
major growth in another way the number of firms represented This yearrsquos list includes a number of strong
new players like Virginiarsquos PBMares West Virginiarsquos Arnett Foster Toothman and Washington DCrsquos Tate amp
Tryon
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Kearney amp Co Alexandria Va 7764 -282 2 13 287 401 72 0 28 0
SCampH Group Inc Sparks Md 5760 627 3 21 217 282 17 43 40 0
Watkins Meegan Bethesda Md 4900 145 4 15 196 224 22 22 56 0
Aronson Rockville Md 4900 101 1 31 154 224 43 33 22 2
Raffa Washington DC 3692 371 2 18 192 243 53 15 32 0
PBMares Newport News Va 2892 144 8 34 105 177 40 43 9 8
Cotton amp Co Alexandria Va 2566 -104 1 10 138 155 44 0 16 40
Brown Edwards amp Codagger Bluefield WVa 2542 201 7 25 NA 182 NA NA NA NA
Johnson Lambert Falls Church Va 2268 593 8 13 119 149 82 15 3 0
Yount Hyde amp Barbour Winchester Va 2252 -570 6 20 84 127 45 41 11 3
Gelman Rosenberg amp Freedman Bethesda Md 2160 385 1 12 60 94 76 23 1 0
Keiter Glen Allen Va 2143 328 1 12 104 143 26 62 4 8
Arnett Foster Toothman Charleston WVa 1961 283 6 23 86 136 47 28 25 0
Ellin amp Tucker Chartered Baltimore 1933 -515 4 11 77 114 38 38 16 8
Tate amp Tryon Washington DC 1860 550 1 11 90 110 69 7 24 0
Calibre CPA Group Bethesda Md 1830 2340 3 15 107 143 81 8 0 11
Gross Mendelsohn Baltimore 1674 1020 1 15 69 103 49 30 21 0
Smith Elliott Kearns amp Co Hagerstown Md 1660 122 5 20 97 142 48 30 17 5
KatzAbosch Timonium Md 1500 NC 3 21 42 83 37 55 8 0
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
REGIONSThe Capital Region 20
The Southeast 21
New England 21
The Mid-Atlantic 22
The Great Lakes 24
The Gulf Coast 24
The Midwest 25
The Mountain States 26
The Southwest 26
The West 27
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regional leaders
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdash
Firm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Dixon Hughes Goodman Charlotte NC 31000 197 26 178 1129 1661 36 35 29 0
Cherry Bekaert Richmond Va 12590 186 22 55 559 778 44 47 9 0
Lattimore Black Morgan amp Cain Brentwood Tenn 7091 906 3 46 287 409 24 34 14 28
Habif Arogeti amp Wynne Atlanta 6428 662 1 26 232 305 45 39 8 8
Elliott Davis Greenville SC 6410 505 8 51 265 392 47 35 14 4
Frazier amp Deeter Atlanta 5300 2018 4 11 158 201 32 40 0 28
Mauldin amp Jenkins Atlanta 3880 078 5 34 125 198 59 30 2 9
Mountjoy Chilton Medley Louisville Ky 3831 100 5 37 171 246 40 36 9 15
Joseph Decosimo amp Co Chattanooga Tenn 3820 550 8 29 177 265 47 39 7 7Bennett Thrasher Atlanta 2988 1418 1 23 104 151 27 57 7 9
Dean Dorton Allen Ford Lexington Ky 2212 179 2 33 90 150 33 42 25 0
Windham Brannon Atlanta 2146 1073 1 14 100 139 39 59 2 0
WebsterRogers Florence SC 1750 697 9 24 91 138 42 46 4 8
Top Firms Southeast Arkansas Georgia Kentucky North Carolina South Carolina and Tennessee
Revenue $89446 million up 470
Growth moderated in the Southeast in 2013 coming in a few percentage points lower
than in 2012 but that didnrsquot stop individual firms from posting some strong results like Atlantarsquos Frazier amp Deeter or new Regional Leader Windham Brannon
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdash
Firm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
BlumShapiro West Hartford Ct 6130 2824 4 30 251 341 56 32 1 11
BerryDunn Portland Maine 4312 740 5 18 154 204 47 18 28 7
Kahn Litwin Renza amp Co Providence RI 3532 1284 3 11 153 195 30 35 35 0
Wolf amp Co Boston 3149 725 3 19 142 189 50 21 0 29
Baker Newman amp Noyes Portland Maine 2770 NC 4 30 121 182 48 40 12 0
Feeley amp Driscoll Boston 2422 302 1 12 66 103 61 29 10 0
DiCicco Gulman amp Co Woburn Mass 1800 588 2 14 65 97 42 43 15 0
Alexander Aronson Finningdagger Westborough Mass 1769 249 5 18 NA NA NA NA NA NA
Whittlesey amp Hadley Hartford Ct 1570 753 1 15 83 105 60 20 20 0
Gray Gray amp Gray Westwood Mass 1380 222 3 8 64 86 45 35 20 0Edelstein amp Co Boston 1360 1826 1 9 45 64 21 54 0 25
Macdonald Page amp Co South Portland Maine 1300 442 3 21 75 112 42 31 13 14
OrsquoConnor amp Drew Braintree Mass 1200 2000 2 15 60 87 81 17 0 2
Melanson Heath amp Co Nashua NH 1048 264 5 9 66 88 74 22 2 2
Meyers Brothers Kalicka Holyoke Mass 1040 612 1 7 40 59 47 39 4 10
DiSanto Priest amp Co Warwick RI 959 435 1 8 37 57 39 55 6 0
Gallagher Flynn amp Co South Burlington Vt 920 -316 2 10 NA 75 NA NA NA NA
Notes Firm estimate or projection dagger Accounting Today estimate NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms New EnglandConnecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island and Vermont
Revenue $36661 million up 949
After a lackluster 2012 things picked up significantly for the region in 2013 MampA played a major part with firms of all
sizes getting into local and regional hookups and large firms like Connecticutrsquos BlumShapiro and Rhode Islandrsquos Kahn
Litwin Renza amp Co leading the way Going forward it will reshape the list in other ways following the January 2014
merger of Massachusetts Regional Leader Braver PC into Top 100 Firm Marcum LLP
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Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
CohnReznick New York City 50800 410 24 274 1716 2521 52 33 6 9
Marcum New York City 35010 2708 17 160 844 1300 45 36 7 12
EisnerAmper New York City 27690 779 9 177 976 1185 56 35 9 0
Rothstein Kass Roseland NJ 20200 688 8 76 780 1002 60 35 5 0
ParenteBeard Philadelphia 15800 -651 18 116 544 861 53 31 16 0
Citrin Cooperman amp Co New York City 14300 1440 5 120 302 503 47 37 8 8
WeiserMazars New York City 14240 772 6 104 393 625 47 39 14 0
Berdon New York City 10100 391 2 39 334 398 33 40 27 0
OrsquoConnor Davies New York City 9950 1888 7 82 340 501 65 21 14 0
Marks Paneth New York City 9800 1264 3 64 390 539 63 27 3 7
WithumSmith+Brown Princeton NJ 9698 931 12 77 258 431 37 37 2 24
Anchin Block amp Anchin New York City 9300 NC 1 56 215 354 44 43 13 0
Friedman New York City 7250 821 6 57 244 349 60 35 5 0
The Bonadio Group Pittsford NY 6629 2231 11 61 352 470 48 21 13 18
Schneider Downs Pittsburgh 5756 407 2 36 284 354 45 35 20 0
Reinsel Kuntz Lesher Lancaster Pa 4521 2183 4 39 228 300 33 35 10 22
Freed Maxick CPAs Buffalo NY 4150 964 4 35 203 283 36 37 27 0
Raich Ende Malter amp Co New York City 4100 789 5 33 120 191 40 60 0 0
Grassi amp Co New York City 4095 500 2 23 136 197 48 41 9 2
Margolin Winer amp Evens Garden City NY 4000 256 2 25 167 207 60 30 10 0
Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin amp Co New York City 4000 -1837 3 24 106 165 46 46 8 0
Prager Metis International New York City 3599 1659 7 30 129 199 30 45 25 0
Wiss amp Co Livingston NJ 3300 377 4 28 114 172 56 32 0 12Kreischer Miller Horsham Pa 2950 1078 1 16 137 183 46 36 11 7
Perelson Weiner New York City 1950 NA 1 8 45 70 40 50 10 0
Janover Garden City NY 1944 NA 2 13 78 108 30 62 5 3
Untracht Early Florham Park NJ 1900 544 3 8 79 102 29 64 4 3
Gettry Marcus CPA Woodbury NY 1700 303 2 16 47 81 48 35 0 17
Buchbinder Tunick amp Co New York City 1600 NC 2 18 53 90 50 25 15 10
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms Mid-AtlanticNew Jersey New York and Pennsylvania
Revenue $290332 million up 831
The Mid-Atlantic continues to post generally strong results helped by the strength of many of the industries its firms
serve particularly in the financial services and financial institutions areas It also remains a seedbed for new and grow-
ing firms like new Top 100 entry Prager Metis International and new Regional Leaders Perelson Weiner Janover Un-tracht Early and Buchbinder Tunick
22
regional leaders
Where the growth is Pt 1Average firm growth rate in percent by region
Mid-Atlantic
GreatLakes
West Midwest CapitalRegion
SoutheastGulf Coast
Southwest NewEngland
Mountain0
5
10
15
20
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26
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
EKSampH Denver 7046 1119 3 38 308 427 45 42 13 0
Hein amp Associates Denver 5071 445 4 33 191 266 48 47 4 1
RGL Forensics Denver 3765 606 17 23 124 190 0 0 0 100
Anderson ZurMuehlen Helena Mont 2557 277 7 27 128 204 35 38 10 17
GHP Horwath Denver 2480 -040 1 10 82 106 41 26 0 33
Anton Collins Mitchell Denver 1600 191 3 12 69 97 50 40 10 0
Tanner Salt Lake City 1430 1085 1 10 54 72 62 23 13 2
Junkermier ClarkCampanella Stevens Great Falls Mont 1420 085 7 25 69 120 39 43 7 11
Dalby Wendland amp Co Grand Junction Colo 1195 373 4 16 52 90 25 53 9 13McGee Hearne amp Paiz Cheyenne Wyo 973 485 2 9 52 70 55 38 7 0
Top Firms MountainColorado Idaho Montana Utah and Wyoming
Revenue $27537 million up 566
The region seems in some ways to have turned the corner It reported its second year in a row of respectable
growth after a few difficult years That may explain the interest from Top 100 Firms Eide Bailly in particular made
a number of acquisitions in the region particularly in the Salt Lake City area
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Weaver Fort Worth Texas 8340 1332 7 36 354 471 34 43 12 11
Whitley Penn Fort Worth Texas 5871 1984 5 38 206 294 43 43 0 14
Montgomery Coscia Greilich Plano Texas 3354 1614 2 16 203 231 28 41 24 7
Padgett Stratemann amp Co San Antonio 3007 301 2 17 127 179 51 37 12 0
REDW Albuquerque NM 2645 3352 2 17 129 181 52 24 10 14
Briggs amp Veselka Co Houston 2617 1842 2 19 151 194 41 50 8 1
PKF Texas Houston 2155 553 1 10 85 108 50 46 4 0
Cain Watters amp Associates Plano Texas 2080 930 1 7 55 108 10 15 0 75
BeachFleischman Tuscon Ariz 2030 2378 2 25 81 140 27 57 2 14
Johnson Miller amp Co CPAs Odessa Texas 1954 868 3 14 76 103 30 50 7 13
PMB Helin Donovan Austin Texas 1900 1377 8 28 88 136 55 45 0 0Lane Gorman Trubitt Dallas 1900 497 1 15 62 92 57 37 0 6
Henry amp Horne Tempe Ariz 1850 571 3 14 70 102 33 58 9 0
Maxwell Locke amp Ritter Austin Texas 1834 969 2 21 61 92 38 41 0 21
TravisWolff Dallas 1830 -054 1 8 76 104 32 54 14 0
Melton amp Melton Houston 1790 770 1 14 79 103 50 50 0 0
Brown Graham amp Co Amarillo Texas 1287 404 7 23 61 113 35 50 5 10
Hartman Leito amp Bolt Fort Worth Texas 1100 -795 1 10 47 69 45 46 8 1
MaloneBailey Houston 897 -2220 2 5 31 41 98 2 0 0
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms Southwest Arizona New Mexico Oklahoma and Texas
Revenue $48441 million up 1103
As with the Gulf Coast booming revenues from oil and gas no doubt played a part in the
Southwestrsquos strong performance this year (the third best of the regions) with many of the
largest firms recording growth in energy and related services Wersquore also happy to note a
number of new Regional Leaders including Planorsquos Montgomery Coscia Greilich (which also
joined the T100) Houstonrsquos Melton amp Melton and Amarillorsquos Brown Graham amp Co
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regional leaders
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Moss Adams Seattle 40300 1715 22 263 1340 2072 45 38 17 0
Armanino San Ramon Calif 11284 1311 5 37 301 394 21 26 49 4
Novogradac amp Co San Francisco 9248 1003 15 35 311 408 59 27 2 12
Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt W Los Angeles Calif 8692 1724 8 36 263 362 18 76 0 6
Burr Pilger Mayer Inc San Francisco 6850 -087 6 40 225 330 38 50 12 0
Frank Rimerman + Co Palo Alto Calif 6120 1233 5 21 229 267 27 62 11 0
Nigro Karlin Segal Feldstein amp Bolno Los Angeles 5608 1167 2 21 262 314 17 17 2 64
Squar Milner Newport Beach Calif 4530 295 4 22 171 229 40 53 0 7SingerLewak Los Angeles 3850 -080 6 33 NA NA NA NA NA NA
AKT CPAs Salem Ore 3824 1039 6 15 176 235 28 33 11 28
Miller Kaplan Arase North Hollywood Calif 3800 270 5 24 117 175 58 17 17 8
Gallina Roseville Calif 3639 505 9 26 155 226 45 52 3 0
Seiler Redwood City Calif 3610 587 2 11 116 152 10 75 0 15
Macias Gini amp OrsquoConnell Sacramento Calif 3340 -773 9 10 164 258 63 12 7 18
Vavrinek Trine Day amp Codagger Rancho Cucamonga Calif 3231 199 7 33 NA 200 NA NA NA NA
Clark Nuber Bellevue Wash 3096 614 1 18 119 168 49 48 0 3
Gursey | Schneider Los Angeles 2820 682 3 10 85 129 0 30 0 70
RBZ Los Angeles 2800 1327 1 14 89 136 17 52 17 14
Hutchinson and Bloodgood Glendale Calif 2543 1559 4 33 58 115 38 46 16 0
Windes Inc Long Beach Calif 2361 -215 3 16 76 121 44 46 4 6
Green Hasson Janks Los Angeles 2310 500 1 13 88 116 32 33 13 22
Hemming Morse San Francisco 2069 827 7 13 76 96 33 0 0 67Perkins amp Co Portland Ore 2017 1034 2 19 87 132 27 40 24 9
Matson amp Isom Chico Calif 1768 400 4 21 81 128 41 46 5 8
Gumbiner Savett Santa Monica Calif 1728 601 1 10 80 110 40 50 8 2
Peterson Sullivan Seattle 1646 457 1 13 84 97 52 47 1 0
Sensiba San Filippo Pleasanton Calif 1620 588 4 14 61 103 NA NA NA NA
NSBN Beverly Hills Calif 1500 1111 1 13 53 74 35 49 5 11
Notes Firm estimate or projection dagger Accounting Today estimate NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms WestCalifornia Nevada Oregon and Washington
Revenue $146204 million up 989
Growth is spread a little more evenly among the firms in the West this year with strong rates at the top firms but equally
good performances scattered up and down the range While some of the other regions saw re-arrangements and even
shortenings of their rosters due to mergers and acquisitions firm combinations didnrsquot change the list for the West muchat all In fact the list itself grew a little longer with the addition of new Regional Leaders Perkins amp Co in Portland Ore
Peterson Sullivan in Seattle and NSBN in Beverly Hills
Where the money isCombined 2013 revenues in millions of dollars by region
Mid-Atlantic
GreatLakes
West Midwest CapitalRegion
Southeast Gulf Coast
Southwest NewEngland
Mountain0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
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AKT CPAs Acquired firm with a dental
professional practice
Anchin Block amp Anchin In February
2013 lost $50 million judgment to author Pa-
tricia Cornwell over financial management
Armanino In January 2013 rebranded
from Armanino McKenna Launched business
intelligence dashboard for private schools
and Dynamic Insights BI tool Acquired Dy-
namics VAR Rose Business Solutions
Aronson Organized two new service
groups IT audit and wealth management
consulting for choosing and assessing advi-
sor performance Baker Tilly Virchow Krause In June 2013
acquired New York-based Top 100 Firm Holtz
Rubenstein Reminick Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
BDO In June 2013 acquired Alaska-based
Mikunda Cottrell and Minneapolis-based
Moquist Thorvilson Kaufmann and brought
on members of banking practice of T100
Firm ParenteBeard In August expanded in
San Antonio by adding some partners and
staff from TravisWolff In December acquired
Pittsburgh T100 Firm Alpern Rosenthal
Berdon Joined TIAG alliance Expanded
use of CRM system and instituted Best Place
to Work Committee to propose community
social and charitable initiatives for the firm
In November 2013 merged with Northport
NY-based Beck amp Co
Berkowitz Pollack Brant Expanded stra-
tegic planning task force to include ldquoup and
comersrdquo Began celebrating its 35th anniver-
sary Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best
Firm to Work For
BerryDunn Grew revenue by over 7 per-
cent and overall staff by over 10 percent
BKD In 2013 marked its 90th anniver-
sary Opened offices in Des Moines Iowa
and Nashville Tenn In September acquired
Pittsburgh-based Malin Bergquist
Blue amp Co All figures are Accounting To-
day estimates
BlumShapiro Merged with Newton
Mass-based Friedman Suvalle amp Salomon
Added a dedicated hospitality group
The Bonadio Group In April 2013 merged
in Rutland Vt-based Independent Audit As-
sociates In September merged in Buffalo
NY-based Gaines Kriner Elliott In Novem-
ber merged in Albany NY-based Stulmaker
Kohn amp Richardson Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Burr Pilger Mayer Inc In January 2013
named new CEO In November opened new
office in Napa Valley
Carr Riggs amp Ingram In January 2013merged in Atlanta-based Peterson Coleman
amp Marett In July merged with North Caro-
lina-based accounting firm Pittard Perry amp
Crone Inc In August merged in Atlanta-
based Laney Boteler amp Killinger In Septem-
ber merged in Texas Regional Leader Gainer
Donnelly
CBIZ Mayer Hoffman McCann In No-
vember 2013 acquired Denver-based Knight
Field Fabry In January 2013 named Chris
Spurio president of CBIZ Financial Services
In February announced acquisition of Tam-pa Bay Fla-based Lewis Birch amp Ricardo
Cherry Bekaert In January 2013 re-
branded from Cherry Bekaert amp Holland
Formed benefits consulting group expanded
international tax team and advisory services
Citrin Cooperman amp Co In November
2013 merged in Leon M Reimer amp Co
Clark Schaefer Hackett amp Co Marked its
75th anniversary Having ldquoactive discussionsrdquo
on acquisitions
CliftonLarsonAllen Sold health care reg-ulatory and compliance group
Cohen amp Co Divested nearly $10 mil-
lion in business during the year that was not
meeting growth and profitability expecta-
tions Implemented a second tier of owner-
ship Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best
Firm to Work For
CohnReznick Named first national direc-
firm highlights
2014 firm highlightstor of governmental affairs Relocated offices
in Chicago Los Angeles and Austin Texas
Crowe Horwath In August 2013 acquired
a majority interest in Missouri-based Chan
Healthcare Integrated staff and acquired in-
tellectual property of ExtOrg In November
named its first chief innovation officer
Deloitte in January 2014 acquired sub-
stantially all of the business of strategy con-
sulting firm the Monitor Group In June ac-
quired investment bank McColl Partners In
July acquired SAP consulting firm Quattro
Integration Group In September acquired
TMA Construction Consultants In October
acquired substantially all of the assets of digi-
tal and social media agency Banyan Branch
In October agreed to pay $2 million to settle
charges with the PCAOB for violating Sar-
banes-Oxley Act and PCAOB rules In No-
vember launched CloudMix a preconfigured
mixture of cloud applications from different
vendors for clients
Dixon Hughes Goodman In June 2013
added Crossfire Advisory to its national health
care practice
Doeren Mayhew Grew revenue over 16
percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash international tax Fastest growing client
category mdash manufacturing
Eide Bailly In May 2013 installed new
CEO In June and August merged in two Salt
Lake City CPA firms Lake Hill amp Myers and
Hansen Barnett amp Maxwell In November
2013 acquired Denver NetSuite solutions pro-
vider Next Business Systems In December
launched private insurance exchange
EisnerAmper Had an ldquooutstandingrdquo year
Added several new services including CFO
outsourcing human capital cloud technol-
ogy and family office services
EKSampH Rebranded from Ehrhardt KeefeSteiner amp Hottman Saw revenue growth of
over 11 percent
Elliott Davis In April merged in Raleigh
NC-based Lunsford amp Strickland Relocated
office from Galax Va to Richmond Hired a
corporate strategies officer
Ernst amp Young In March paid $123 million
to resolve a federal tax shelter investigation
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In June launched EYTaxSpace Powered by
Thomson Reuters for corporate tax clients
In August donated its archives going back to
the early 1900s to Case Western Reserve Uni-
versity In December agreed to pay investors
$99 million to settle litigation over LehmanBrothers audit and acquired the US tax
preparation and court accounting outsourc-
ing businesses of Thomson Reuters
Frank Rimerman + Co Saw revenue
growth of over 12 percent
Frazier amp Deeter Saw revenue growth of
over 20 percent
Freed Maxick Saw revenue growth of over
9 percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash health care Fastest growing client cat-
egory mdash consulting
Friedman Saw revenue growth of over
8 percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash international tax Fastest growing client
category mdash real estate Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Gallina Expanded service lines including
international tax state and local tax and es-
tate trust retirement and succession services
Hired a director of recruitment and develop-
ment Joined TIAG alliance In February 2014
acquired Mercer Island Wash-based Tuef-
fers Guckian amp Gamon
Grant Thornton Redesigned external
Web site Hired a chief people and culture
officer In September 2013 acquired Oracle
Solutions business unit MarketSphere In No-
vember extended tenure of current CEO
Grassi amp Co In May 2013 added in David
C Sobel CPA and his staff In December
launched Grassi Technology Consultants
Habif Arogeti amp Wynne In May merged
in boutique tax consulting firm JRZ Launched
efforts to ldquodefine refine and embrace the
firmrsquos culturerdquo Hein amp Associates Expanded cloud solu-
tions service line Saw staff growth of over 11
percent
Hill Barth amp King Launched HbK Corpo-
rate Finance division Created new Web site
and YouTube channel In November 2013
merged in Lawrenceville NJ-based Bartolo-
mei Pucciarelli CPAs
Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt Saw ldquosig-
nificant growthrdquo in MampA private equity pro-
fessional services international tax and en-
tertainment practices Launched a business
development training program
Honkamp Krueger amp Co In Augustmerged in Madison Wis-based The Brem-
ser Group In October opened practice in
Davenport Iowa Added medical practice
consulting and talent outsourcing to its ser-
vices list
Horne Saw overall staff growth of over 11
percent Named an Accounting Today 2013
Best Firm to Work For
Joseph Decosimo amp Co In March 2013
acquired Huntsville Ala-based cost account-
ing and federal compliance solutions group
Solvability In December merged in Larry
Hyatt amp Associates
Kahn Litwin Renza amp Co In January
2013 merged with Waltham Mass-based Fay
amp Associates In May opened KLR Emerging
Business Center to offer co-working office
space to start-ups
Katz Sapper amp Miller Saw revenue
growth of over 7 percent and overall staff
growth of over 9 percent
Kaufman Rossin Group Saw revenue
growth of over 18 percent Named the No1 Accounting Today 2013 Best Firm to Work
For in the Large Firm Category for the third
year in a row
Kearney amp Co Saw staff growth of over
2 percent
Kemper Fastest growing service area mdash
investment advisory services
Kennedy and Coe Installed new CEO
KPMG Completed acquisition of Ora-
cle ERP practice of The Hackett Group
Launched alliance-based offering in indirect
tax with Thomson Reuters In May 2013
agreed with Fannie Mae to pay $153 million
to settle class-action suit over Fannie Mae
audit In July launched market alliance with
cloud-based procurement solution provider
Coupa Software In September Denver office
achieved LEED-CI certification In Decem-
ber announced plans to acquire analytical
applications company Link Analytics In Jan-
uary 2014 agreed to pay $82 million to settle
SEC charges over auditor independence
Lattimore Black Morgan amp Cain Re-
ported organic growth of over 9 percent
across all service lines Added a health care
consulting company
Macias Gini amp OrsquoConnell Saw overall staff
growth of over 7 percent
Marcum In January 2013 merged in
Massachusetts-based Parent McLaughlin amp
Nangle In April merged in Cornerstone Ac-
counting Group In July merged in Irvine
Calif-based WilsonMorgan In January 2014
merged in three units of New England Re-
gional Leader Braver
Margolin Winer amp Evens Saw revenue
growth of over 2 percent
Marks Paneth Rebranded from Marks
Paneth amp Shron In February 2013 merged
in New York City-based Rosenberg Neuwirth
amp Kuchner
Mauldin amp Jenkins In June acquired Ten-
nessee-based Hazlett Lewis amp Bieter
MBAF CPAs Worked to achieve ldquogreater
consolidation of the Northeast Region op-
erations with the rest of the firmrdquo Enhanced
cross-utilization of staff and skills among
various regions Designed and implemented
cost controls
McGladrey In August launched a strat-
egy to serve middle-market companies Late
in 2013 acquired Wilmington NC-Lanier
Whaley Craft amp Co and Houston-based
Margolis Phipps amp Wright
Miller Kaplan Arase Appointed a new
managing partner Expanded Seattle office
Saw ldquosignificant growthrdquo in business manage-
ment and entertainment group
Montgomery Coscia Greilich New to the
list In March 2013 joined the Alliott Group
alliance In May opened new office in AustinTexas In June launched strategy and man-
agement consulting practice In September
marked 10th anniversary
Moss Adams Marked its 100th anniver-
sary Installed new chairmanCEO
Mountjoy Chilton Medley Transitioned
in operations of Jeffersonville Ind-based
firm Expanded Cincinnati office Saw ldquostrong
firm highlights
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increaserdquo in regulated industry work such as
insurance financial institutions and health
care In December 2013 launched IT consult-
ing amp strategy services
Nigro Karlin Segal Feldstein amp Bolno
Changed name from Nigro Karlin Segal ampFeldstein Sold a 245 percent minority stake
in the firm to First Republic Bank
Novogradac amp Co Saw revenue growth of
over 10 percent
OrsquoConnor Davies In October announced
merger with Cranford NJ-based Fazio Man-
nuzza Roche Tankel LaPilusa In January
2014 merged with New York City-based Mer-
sel Klein amp Co
ParenteBeard In January 2013 merged
in Connecticut-based health care manage-
ment consulting firm Presscott Associates In
November closed its technology practice In
February 2014 added team members from
insurance consulting firm Invotex
Plante Moran In April 2013 launched
Women in Leadership initiative In July
launched a Web site offering ACA guidance
In November opened an office in Detroit
Postlethwaite amp Netterville Implement-
ed a formal shareholder evaluation process
a formal pipeline process a business de-
velopment training curriculum and growthmanagement software
Prager Metis International New to the
list Formed from January 2013 merger of
Prager amp Fenton and Metis Group Added a
number of new service lines including SALT
cost segregation and research tax incentives
PwC In July 2013 reshuffled US leader-
ship team In October announced plans to
merge in consulting firm Booz amp Co
Raffa In November 2013 launched Raffa
Nonprofit Fraud Prevention Institute
Raich Ende Malter In March 2013 estab-
lished Raich Ende Malter (Cayman)
Rehmann Saw revenue growth of over 15
percent
Reinsel Kuntz Lesher Saw growth in rev-
enue of over 21 percent
RGL Forensics Opened an office in San-
tiago Chile Introduced registered broker-
dealer RGL Advisors to offer MampA transac-
tion advisory services in the US
Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin amp Co
Fastest growing specialty service mdash large
private equity transactions Fastest growing
client category mdash private equity companies
Rothstein Kass Saw revenue growth of
almost 7 percent
RubinBrown Launched national prac-
tices to serve private equity firms and gaming
companies
SCampH Group Inc Joined firm network
Moore Stephens Fastest growing specialty
service mdash technology consulting Fastest
growing client category mdash health care
Schenck In January 2013 acquired ma-
jority stake in Milwaukee-based Bonfield amp
Co Installed new MP and CFO Changed
practice management system
Schneider Downs Relocated corporate
headquarters within Pittsburgh
Seiler Share of revenue derived from tax
increased from 70 to 75 percent
Sikich In January 2013 merged in Il-
linois-based supply chain consulting firm
Achieve Consulting In August announced
merger with Brookfield Wis firm Kolb+Co
In September merged in St Louis-based
OrsquoDonnell Bonebrake amp Co Also mergedin S2 Consulting and PKF Texas Technology
Added eight services PR insurance lean
back office business intelligence SALT and
international tax Restructured executive and
compensation committees Revised partner
compensation plan
SingerLewak In January 2013 merged in
San Francisco office of Acquavell Chiarelli
Shuster Berkower amp Co
Skoda Minotti amp Co New to the list
In May 2013 merged Skoda Minotti Technol-
ogy Partners with Westlake Ohio-based Da-taServ In June 2013 merged in Tampa Fla-
based Dowell amp Perez In August merged
in Tampa-based national assurance solu-
tions and compliance company Assurance
Concepts
Squar Milner ldquoSignificantly expandingrdquo
Los Angeles offices
SSampG In May 2013 named new CEO Saw
revenue growth of almost 14 percent
SVA CPAs In June 2013 installed new
CEO In January 2014 merged in Wisconsin-
based practice of William P Merrick CPA
UHY Advisors Inc Saw overall staff
growth of over 10 percent
Vavrinek Trine Day amp Co All figures are
Accounting Today estimates
Warren Averett In January 2013 merged
in Atlanta-based Gifford Hillegass amp Ingwers-
en and Tampa Fla-based Pender Newkirk
Rebranded firm with new visual identity
Developed new and expanded services in
SALT business valuation forensic account-
ing and litigation support health care reform
economic settlement claims processing and
alternative investments
Watkins Meegan Expanded hospitality
practice and increased government contract-
ing practice Started health care consulting
practice Hired business developmentmar-
keting director
Weaver Saw revenue growth of over 13
percent and growth in all four of its largest
niches mdash energy financial services the pub-
lic sector and manufacturing In February
2014 merged in Connecticut-based RIN At-
test and Advisory Services
WeiserMazarsIn November 2013 merged
in New York-based Resnick Druckman Group
Expanded health care consulting group
Whitley Penn Expanded transaction ser-
vices practice and forensic litigation and
valuation services statewide Named an Ac-
counting Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Wipfli Formalized fresh-water industry
services opened office in Milwaukeersquos Global
Water Center Launched Wipfli Connect for
Manufacturing software solution In January
2014 merged in Tinley Park Ill-based The
Condon Group and Chicago-based practiceRegulatory Compliance Associates Inc
Wiss amp Co More than half of revenues (56
percent) derived from AampA services
WithumSmith+Brown Consolidated two
New Jersey offices Invested in international
tax practice and financial services practice
Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best Firm
to Work For
firm highlights
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Armanino is alive to these concerns
ldquoThe dynamics of our profession require
constant change Our products and serv-
ices need to keep pace with those of our
clients Providing traditional accounting
services will only prove ineffectual Whatrsquos
needed is a best-of-breed approach to tak-
ing on current and future tax and account-
ing challenges if wersquore to succeed and our
clients are to prosper While wersquoll alwaysneed to maintain our core competencies
there should be no lack of acceleration in
our ability to integrate cutting-edge solu-
tions mdash strategic and technological mdash into
our products and services offerings The
long-term viability of our firm relies on itrdquo
Other firms are aiming to stay on the
cutting-edge mdash though not always specifi-
cally through technology Wayne BersonCEO of BDO USA is concerned about
enhancing the value of the audit ldquoIt is
clear that in order for the professionrsquos core
element to remain relevant there will have
to be an expansion of the auditorrsquos role in
providing greater insight into the clientsrsquo
financial statements and perhaps varying
degrees of assurance on areas outside of
the financial statements This will affect
firms of all size by requiring substantially
more business and analytical skills and
may also result in a demand for more spe-cialists to be involved in auditsrdquo
Big Four firm KPMG is engaged in a
similar pursuit of the new and improved
ldquoWe continue to focus on innovation and
the enhancement of our offerings and ca-
pabilities for specific industries and growth
areasrdquo said chairman and CEO John Veih-
meyer ldquoWersquore also continuing to build out
our alliance ecosystem to help create newservices enhance existing services and
extend the KPMG brand promise to meet
the needs of clients in new waysrdquo Last year
the firm rolled out a number of ldquoalliance-
based offeringsrdquo created in conjunction
with various partners to offer clients more
focused services and solutions
Crowe Horwath meanwhile took in-
novation even one step further mdash by nam-
ing its own chief innovation officer ldquoWe
are most focused on and are investing
in innovation as a driver of growth where we can bring together functional exper-
tise industry knowledge along with proc-
ess and technology to provide high-value
solutionsrdquo explained CEO Charles Allen
ldquoMany of these solutions will be focused in
broader assurance services that the inves-
tor community and stakeholders in public
interest entities are requestingrdquo AT
10
top tax firms
THE TOP TAX FIRMS Rev
from tax from Total Total Firm Headquarters Chief executive ($mn) tax revenue chg Offices staff
PwCsect New York City Robert Moritz 309148 28 1104100 870 72 39158HampR BlockP1 Kansas City Mo William Cobb 287797 99 290594 042 11000+ 100000+
Ernst amp Youngsect New York City Steve Howe 273000 30 910000 1098 80 30900
Deloittesect New York City Joe Echevarria 250092 18 1389400 633 104 60951
KPMGsect New York City John Veihmeyer 165780 27 614000 673 90 24618
McGladrey2 Chicago Joe Adams 49137 36 136659 626 75 6723
Ryan Dallas G Brint Ryan 39037 100 39037 1059 59 1711
Liberty Tax Services Virginia Beach Va John Hewitt 38120 100 38120 615 4262 798
Grant Thornton Chicago Stephen Chipman 37782 29 130283 461 56 6438
BDO Chicago Wayne Berson 20490 30 68300 1052 49 3248
CliftonLarsonAllen Minneapolis Gordy Viere 19161 34 56355 -078 29 3660
CohnReznick New York City T Marino K Baggett 16764 33 50800 410 24 2521
CBIZ Mayer Hoffman McCann Cleveland C Spurio B Hancock 16748 35 47850 -2220 100 2862
Moss Adams Seattle Chris Schmidt 15314 38 40300 1715 22 2072
Crowe Horwath Chicago Charles Allen 14622 22 66462 1168 28 3006
WTAS San Francisco Mark Vorsatz 14509 100 14509 1344 16 621
BKD Springfield Mo Theodore Dickman 12970 31 41840 400 32 2013
Marcum New York City Jeffrey Weiner 12604 36 35010 2708 17 1300
Dixon Hughes Goodman Charlotte NC Ken Hughes 10850 35 31000 197 26 1661
Plante Moran Southfield Mich Gordon Krater 10694 26 41132 2427 19 1947
Notes P Figures compiled from public company reports Firm estimate or projection NA Not availableapplicable
sect Gross revenue 1 Staff figures include seasonal workers 2 Reported fee split as both dollar amount (given here) and percentage
STRATEGIESfrom page 8
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International tax remained the highest
growing niche service this year for the
2014 Top 100 Firms increasing 6 per-
centage points over 2013 reports ac-
cording to this yearrsquos 77 responding firms
State and local taxes grew 7 percent-
age points to be the second-most common
area of growth and bringing it even at 82
percent with business valuations which
similarly expanded 8 percentage points in
2014 Rounding out the top four again this
year was attest services growing 2 percent-
age points to 75 percent
Leading the pack in year-over-year
growth unsurprisingly was mergers and
acquisition which saw an 11-point uptick
in 2014 with 70 percent of firms reporting
increased business
Below that many services saw double-
digit increases in firms reporting growth
most notably SOX compliancerisk man-
agement saw a list-high rise of 16 percent-
age points to bring it to 53 percent Tech-
nology consulting and personal financial
planning also had strong 2014 gains of 12and 11 percentage points respectively
ON THE GROUND
Doug Wright partner-in-charge of inter-
national tax and transfer pricing services
at California-based firm Burr Pilger Mayer
attributes the continued growth in inter-
national tax services to an unusual conflu-
ence of economic recovery globalization
and the tax and regulatory issues of about
a dozen years ago that brought the niche
to prominenceldquoBasically itrsquos navigating the perfect
stormrdquo he said ldquoWersquove had a lot of changes
in the way in which not just the US but
foreign countries monitor and scrutinize
international business transactions from a
tax perspective The kind of international
tax and accounting standards that the US
has applied for some time now have been
adopted increasingly by countries outside
the USrdquo
Along with the tightening accounting
standards that followed corporate scandals
like Enron these regulatory concerns have
led companies to take more initiative in
their overseas business Wright explained
ldquoTherersquos a kind of heightened sense of cor-
porate responsibility wersquore seeing where
companies want to make sure theyrsquore do-
ing things in the appropriate way and are
not going to be attacked by the IRS or
foreign taxing authorities or are not viewed
as unethical We frequently see situations
where before companies engage us to do
a major global project they talk to other
companies that have done it Not to get a
referral on us but to talk to other compa-
nies They didnrsquot do similar planning in
the past so [they want] to understand how
that planning was ultimately viewed by the
IRS and foreign tax authoritiesrdquo
This kind of due diligence tends to
be pre-emptive Wright continued ldquoThey
donrsquot want to see their names in the news-
paper as caught up in substantial litigation
in the US and outside the US Corporate
executives have a heightened awareness
that they need to do things properly and
do them upfront Companies [used to]
just expand internationally and deal with
some of these issues after the fact mdash the
International tax work in demand B Y D A N I E L L E L E E
0 20 40 60 80 100
International Tax
Business Valuations
State and Local Taxes
Attest ServicesLitigation Support
EstateTrustGift Tax Planning
Industry Specializations
Mergers and Acquisitions
ForensicsFraud
Nonpro1047297t Organizations
Employee Bene1047297ts
Biz Mgmt for Wealthy Individuals
Succession PlanningFamily office
Retirement Plans
SOX ComplianceRisk Mgmt
Strategic PlanningBusiness Plans
Technology Consulting
Cost Segregation
Personal Financial Planning
Biz Mgmt for Small Businesses
Investment AdviceServices
CFOProject Staffi
ng ServicesCash Flow ForecastingManagement
Financing Arrangements
BankruptcyInsolvency
Employment Search
ExportImport
1031 Like-Kind
IFRS consulting
Business RecoveryRecession Advice
Payroll ServicesConsulting
Lease vs Buy Analysis
Top niche servicesPercentage of firms increasing their business in these areas
(of 77 firms responding)
niches and clients
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13
cart leading the horse Now therersquos much
more awareness and sensitivity tax and
otherwise hellip At our firm we have a phe-
nomenal amount of new international tax
planning and consulting work and new
clients coming our way including very
early-stage companies as they expandrdquo
When Wright joined BPM more than
five years ago he was the firmrsquos first and
only full-time international tax special-
ist and while he has grown that practice
to the largest in the firm for the last three
years the now roughly 12 full-time tax
professionals in the practice canrsquot keep up
with all the new work He estimates that
his group can only serve half of the op-
portunities that come their way but shares
that finding experienced specialists in the
extremely complex area of international
tax is ldquoexceedingly difficultrdquo
Atlanta firm Habif Arogeti amp Wynne
has been doing international work of all
sorts particularly with their manufactur-
ing and technology clients since the early
1990s and now has roughly 70 people in
that service line who speak 26 different
languages among them
Though HAampW is also a member firm
of global accountancy and business ad-
visory network Baker Tilly International
chief executive officer Richard Kopelman
credits most of the firmrsquos growth in this
niche to the ldquoinbound grass-roots effort
with the people from those countriesrdquo
ldquoInternational tax aligns with our
manufacturing and technology niche and
dovetails really wellrdquo he explained ldquoWe do
as much business inbound as outboundrdquo
ADDING VALUE
Nearly all of the client categories for this
yearrsquos Top 100 Firms displayed strong
growth this year with manufacturing lead-
ing the list at 82 percent a 9 percentage
point gain over last year
Manufacturing overtook 2013rsquos lead-
er midsized businesses in general by only
one percentage point Midsized businesses
saw a modest 4 percentage point increase
this year though real estate ranked behind
it recorded a big 12 percentage point rise
to bring it to 77 percent
Only two other categories on the list
surpassed that gain this year construction
which increased 14 percentage points to
66 percent of responding firms and much
farther down the list small businesses
which at 44 percent also recorded a 14
percent increase over last year
Central Pennsylvania-based Rein-
sel Kuntz Lesherrsquos location gives it an
advantage in this market according to
Steve Fisher a partner in the firmrsquos audit
services group and leader of the manu-
facturing and distribution services group
ldquoIn the past ten to 20 years companies
were leaving that were not as involved in
manufacturing but some of that is com-
ing back now with longstanding compa-
nies in manufacturing in that regionrdquo he
explained ldquoAnd a lot of them arenrsquot in
manufacturing but in bringing good over-seas and distribution channels There are
a lot of opportunitiesrdquo
RKL has capitalized on them Fisher
continued by evaluating specific client
needs ldquoOne thing wersquove done in the past
year is a focus group with financial folks
owners consultants that touch consum-
ers in the manufacturing and distribution
area We said lsquoWhat do you need what
are your expectations of people provid-
ing tax and audit servicesrsquo And whether
we can do it and align with them to helpfulfill their needs and bring value When
you hand them a financial statement or tax
return it looks the same no matter who did
it Wersquore responding communicating and
trying to educate folks and arm them to do
these things and help across the market
We go through the proposals and differen-
tiate ourselvesrdquo AT
niches and clients
0 20 40 60 80 100
Manufacturing
Midsized Businesses
Real Estate
TechnologyIndividuals
Construction
Healthcare Facilities
Nonpro1047297t Organizations
Professional Services
Wholesale Distributors
Large Businesses
Pension Plans
State and Local Government
Hotels amp Restaurants
Small Businesses
Retail Trade
Banking amp Thrift Companies
Entertainment
BrokersDealers in Securities amp Commodities
Colleges and Universities
Investment Companies amp Mutual Funds
Auto Dealerships
Government Contractors
Franchising
Finance CompaniesMortgage Banks
School Districts
PublishingBroadcastingMedia
Insurance CarriersCompanies
Insurance Agents amp Brokers
Gaming
AgricultureFarmingForestryFishing
Leasing Companies
Top client categoriesPercentage of firms increasing their business with these types of clients
(of 77 firms responding)
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Since our Regional Leaders both repre-
sent a broader range of firms in terms of
size and bring with them the particular
economic conditions of their geographic
regions the trends here tend to be less clear than
among our Top 100 Firms
One anti-trend that wersquove noticed is the lack
of correlation between the size of a region in terms
of its overall firm revenues and its growth rate
The Mid-Atlantic Regional Leaders for instance
have combined revenues almost twice as large
as the Great Lakes Regional Leaders mdash but an
average growth rate thatrsquos around half while the
Southwest has revenues that are slightly less than
those of the Capitol Region but is growing five
times as fast Local economic conditions make all
the difference of course but the point that size is
not everything is worth making
Unless of course yoursquore talking about the
size of our lists for each region Wersquove been grow-
ing them steadily over the past few years and are
happy to report a large number of new additions
this year many of which are highlighted in the
introductions to their individual regions
If your firm should be on one of our Regional
Leaders lists send us an e-mail at AcToday
SourceMediacom and wersquoll include you in next
yearrsquos survey AT
regional overview
Regions see uneven growth
20
THE 2014 REGIONAL LEADERS
Top Firms Capital RegionDelaware Maryland Virginia Washington DC and West Virginia
Revenue $56257 million up 206
While the Capital Region displayed the weakest revenue growth among the regions in 2013 it did display
major growth in another way the number of firms represented This yearrsquos list includes a number of strong
new players like Virginiarsquos PBMares West Virginiarsquos Arnett Foster Toothman and Washington DCrsquos Tate amp
Tryon
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Kearney amp Co Alexandria Va 7764 -282 2 13 287 401 72 0 28 0
SCampH Group Inc Sparks Md 5760 627 3 21 217 282 17 43 40 0
Watkins Meegan Bethesda Md 4900 145 4 15 196 224 22 22 56 0
Aronson Rockville Md 4900 101 1 31 154 224 43 33 22 2
Raffa Washington DC 3692 371 2 18 192 243 53 15 32 0
PBMares Newport News Va 2892 144 8 34 105 177 40 43 9 8
Cotton amp Co Alexandria Va 2566 -104 1 10 138 155 44 0 16 40
Brown Edwards amp Codagger Bluefield WVa 2542 201 7 25 NA 182 NA NA NA NA
Johnson Lambert Falls Church Va 2268 593 8 13 119 149 82 15 3 0
Yount Hyde amp Barbour Winchester Va 2252 -570 6 20 84 127 45 41 11 3
Gelman Rosenberg amp Freedman Bethesda Md 2160 385 1 12 60 94 76 23 1 0
Keiter Glen Allen Va 2143 328 1 12 104 143 26 62 4 8
Arnett Foster Toothman Charleston WVa 1961 283 6 23 86 136 47 28 25 0
Ellin amp Tucker Chartered Baltimore 1933 -515 4 11 77 114 38 38 16 8
Tate amp Tryon Washington DC 1860 550 1 11 90 110 69 7 24 0
Calibre CPA Group Bethesda Md 1830 2340 3 15 107 143 81 8 0 11
Gross Mendelsohn Baltimore 1674 1020 1 15 69 103 49 30 21 0
Smith Elliott Kearns amp Co Hagerstown Md 1660 122 5 20 97 142 48 30 17 5
KatzAbosch Timonium Md 1500 NC 3 21 42 83 37 55 8 0
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
REGIONSThe Capital Region 20
The Southeast 21
New England 21
The Mid-Atlantic 22
The Great Lakes 24
The Gulf Coast 24
The Midwest 25
The Mountain States 26
The Southwest 26
The West 27
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Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdash
Firm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Dixon Hughes Goodman Charlotte NC 31000 197 26 178 1129 1661 36 35 29 0
Cherry Bekaert Richmond Va 12590 186 22 55 559 778 44 47 9 0
Lattimore Black Morgan amp Cain Brentwood Tenn 7091 906 3 46 287 409 24 34 14 28
Habif Arogeti amp Wynne Atlanta 6428 662 1 26 232 305 45 39 8 8
Elliott Davis Greenville SC 6410 505 8 51 265 392 47 35 14 4
Frazier amp Deeter Atlanta 5300 2018 4 11 158 201 32 40 0 28
Mauldin amp Jenkins Atlanta 3880 078 5 34 125 198 59 30 2 9
Mountjoy Chilton Medley Louisville Ky 3831 100 5 37 171 246 40 36 9 15
Joseph Decosimo amp Co Chattanooga Tenn 3820 550 8 29 177 265 47 39 7 7Bennett Thrasher Atlanta 2988 1418 1 23 104 151 27 57 7 9
Dean Dorton Allen Ford Lexington Ky 2212 179 2 33 90 150 33 42 25 0
Windham Brannon Atlanta 2146 1073 1 14 100 139 39 59 2 0
WebsterRogers Florence SC 1750 697 9 24 91 138 42 46 4 8
Top Firms Southeast Arkansas Georgia Kentucky North Carolina South Carolina and Tennessee
Revenue $89446 million up 470
Growth moderated in the Southeast in 2013 coming in a few percentage points lower
than in 2012 but that didnrsquot stop individual firms from posting some strong results like Atlantarsquos Frazier amp Deeter or new Regional Leader Windham Brannon
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdash
Firm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
BlumShapiro West Hartford Ct 6130 2824 4 30 251 341 56 32 1 11
BerryDunn Portland Maine 4312 740 5 18 154 204 47 18 28 7
Kahn Litwin Renza amp Co Providence RI 3532 1284 3 11 153 195 30 35 35 0
Wolf amp Co Boston 3149 725 3 19 142 189 50 21 0 29
Baker Newman amp Noyes Portland Maine 2770 NC 4 30 121 182 48 40 12 0
Feeley amp Driscoll Boston 2422 302 1 12 66 103 61 29 10 0
DiCicco Gulman amp Co Woburn Mass 1800 588 2 14 65 97 42 43 15 0
Alexander Aronson Finningdagger Westborough Mass 1769 249 5 18 NA NA NA NA NA NA
Whittlesey amp Hadley Hartford Ct 1570 753 1 15 83 105 60 20 20 0
Gray Gray amp Gray Westwood Mass 1380 222 3 8 64 86 45 35 20 0Edelstein amp Co Boston 1360 1826 1 9 45 64 21 54 0 25
Macdonald Page amp Co South Portland Maine 1300 442 3 21 75 112 42 31 13 14
OrsquoConnor amp Drew Braintree Mass 1200 2000 2 15 60 87 81 17 0 2
Melanson Heath amp Co Nashua NH 1048 264 5 9 66 88 74 22 2 2
Meyers Brothers Kalicka Holyoke Mass 1040 612 1 7 40 59 47 39 4 10
DiSanto Priest amp Co Warwick RI 959 435 1 8 37 57 39 55 6 0
Gallagher Flynn amp Co South Burlington Vt 920 -316 2 10 NA 75 NA NA NA NA
Notes Firm estimate or projection dagger Accounting Today estimate NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms New EnglandConnecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island and Vermont
Revenue $36661 million up 949
After a lackluster 2012 things picked up significantly for the region in 2013 MampA played a major part with firms of all
sizes getting into local and regional hookups and large firms like Connecticutrsquos BlumShapiro and Rhode Islandrsquos Kahn
Litwin Renza amp Co leading the way Going forward it will reshape the list in other ways following the January 2014
merger of Massachusetts Regional Leader Braver PC into Top 100 Firm Marcum LLP
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Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
CohnReznick New York City 50800 410 24 274 1716 2521 52 33 6 9
Marcum New York City 35010 2708 17 160 844 1300 45 36 7 12
EisnerAmper New York City 27690 779 9 177 976 1185 56 35 9 0
Rothstein Kass Roseland NJ 20200 688 8 76 780 1002 60 35 5 0
ParenteBeard Philadelphia 15800 -651 18 116 544 861 53 31 16 0
Citrin Cooperman amp Co New York City 14300 1440 5 120 302 503 47 37 8 8
WeiserMazars New York City 14240 772 6 104 393 625 47 39 14 0
Berdon New York City 10100 391 2 39 334 398 33 40 27 0
OrsquoConnor Davies New York City 9950 1888 7 82 340 501 65 21 14 0
Marks Paneth New York City 9800 1264 3 64 390 539 63 27 3 7
WithumSmith+Brown Princeton NJ 9698 931 12 77 258 431 37 37 2 24
Anchin Block amp Anchin New York City 9300 NC 1 56 215 354 44 43 13 0
Friedman New York City 7250 821 6 57 244 349 60 35 5 0
The Bonadio Group Pittsford NY 6629 2231 11 61 352 470 48 21 13 18
Schneider Downs Pittsburgh 5756 407 2 36 284 354 45 35 20 0
Reinsel Kuntz Lesher Lancaster Pa 4521 2183 4 39 228 300 33 35 10 22
Freed Maxick CPAs Buffalo NY 4150 964 4 35 203 283 36 37 27 0
Raich Ende Malter amp Co New York City 4100 789 5 33 120 191 40 60 0 0
Grassi amp Co New York City 4095 500 2 23 136 197 48 41 9 2
Margolin Winer amp Evens Garden City NY 4000 256 2 25 167 207 60 30 10 0
Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin amp Co New York City 4000 -1837 3 24 106 165 46 46 8 0
Prager Metis International New York City 3599 1659 7 30 129 199 30 45 25 0
Wiss amp Co Livingston NJ 3300 377 4 28 114 172 56 32 0 12Kreischer Miller Horsham Pa 2950 1078 1 16 137 183 46 36 11 7
Perelson Weiner New York City 1950 NA 1 8 45 70 40 50 10 0
Janover Garden City NY 1944 NA 2 13 78 108 30 62 5 3
Untracht Early Florham Park NJ 1900 544 3 8 79 102 29 64 4 3
Gettry Marcus CPA Woodbury NY 1700 303 2 16 47 81 48 35 0 17
Buchbinder Tunick amp Co New York City 1600 NC 2 18 53 90 50 25 15 10
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms Mid-AtlanticNew Jersey New York and Pennsylvania
Revenue $290332 million up 831
The Mid-Atlantic continues to post generally strong results helped by the strength of many of the industries its firms
serve particularly in the financial services and financial institutions areas It also remains a seedbed for new and grow-
ing firms like new Top 100 entry Prager Metis International and new Regional Leaders Perelson Weiner Janover Un-tracht Early and Buchbinder Tunick
22
regional leaders
Where the growth is Pt 1Average firm growth rate in percent by region
Mid-Atlantic
GreatLakes
West Midwest CapitalRegion
SoutheastGulf Coast
Southwest NewEngland
Mountain0
5
10
15
20
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Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
EKSampH Denver 7046 1119 3 38 308 427 45 42 13 0
Hein amp Associates Denver 5071 445 4 33 191 266 48 47 4 1
RGL Forensics Denver 3765 606 17 23 124 190 0 0 0 100
Anderson ZurMuehlen Helena Mont 2557 277 7 27 128 204 35 38 10 17
GHP Horwath Denver 2480 -040 1 10 82 106 41 26 0 33
Anton Collins Mitchell Denver 1600 191 3 12 69 97 50 40 10 0
Tanner Salt Lake City 1430 1085 1 10 54 72 62 23 13 2
Junkermier ClarkCampanella Stevens Great Falls Mont 1420 085 7 25 69 120 39 43 7 11
Dalby Wendland amp Co Grand Junction Colo 1195 373 4 16 52 90 25 53 9 13McGee Hearne amp Paiz Cheyenne Wyo 973 485 2 9 52 70 55 38 7 0
Top Firms MountainColorado Idaho Montana Utah and Wyoming
Revenue $27537 million up 566
The region seems in some ways to have turned the corner It reported its second year in a row of respectable
growth after a few difficult years That may explain the interest from Top 100 Firms Eide Bailly in particular made
a number of acquisitions in the region particularly in the Salt Lake City area
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Weaver Fort Worth Texas 8340 1332 7 36 354 471 34 43 12 11
Whitley Penn Fort Worth Texas 5871 1984 5 38 206 294 43 43 0 14
Montgomery Coscia Greilich Plano Texas 3354 1614 2 16 203 231 28 41 24 7
Padgett Stratemann amp Co San Antonio 3007 301 2 17 127 179 51 37 12 0
REDW Albuquerque NM 2645 3352 2 17 129 181 52 24 10 14
Briggs amp Veselka Co Houston 2617 1842 2 19 151 194 41 50 8 1
PKF Texas Houston 2155 553 1 10 85 108 50 46 4 0
Cain Watters amp Associates Plano Texas 2080 930 1 7 55 108 10 15 0 75
BeachFleischman Tuscon Ariz 2030 2378 2 25 81 140 27 57 2 14
Johnson Miller amp Co CPAs Odessa Texas 1954 868 3 14 76 103 30 50 7 13
PMB Helin Donovan Austin Texas 1900 1377 8 28 88 136 55 45 0 0Lane Gorman Trubitt Dallas 1900 497 1 15 62 92 57 37 0 6
Henry amp Horne Tempe Ariz 1850 571 3 14 70 102 33 58 9 0
Maxwell Locke amp Ritter Austin Texas 1834 969 2 21 61 92 38 41 0 21
TravisWolff Dallas 1830 -054 1 8 76 104 32 54 14 0
Melton amp Melton Houston 1790 770 1 14 79 103 50 50 0 0
Brown Graham amp Co Amarillo Texas 1287 404 7 23 61 113 35 50 5 10
Hartman Leito amp Bolt Fort Worth Texas 1100 -795 1 10 47 69 45 46 8 1
MaloneBailey Houston 897 -2220 2 5 31 41 98 2 0 0
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms Southwest Arizona New Mexico Oklahoma and Texas
Revenue $48441 million up 1103
As with the Gulf Coast booming revenues from oil and gas no doubt played a part in the
Southwestrsquos strong performance this year (the third best of the regions) with many of the
largest firms recording growth in energy and related services Wersquore also happy to note a
number of new Regional Leaders including Planorsquos Montgomery Coscia Greilich (which also
joined the T100) Houstonrsquos Melton amp Melton and Amarillorsquos Brown Graham amp Co
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regional leaders
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Moss Adams Seattle 40300 1715 22 263 1340 2072 45 38 17 0
Armanino San Ramon Calif 11284 1311 5 37 301 394 21 26 49 4
Novogradac amp Co San Francisco 9248 1003 15 35 311 408 59 27 2 12
Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt W Los Angeles Calif 8692 1724 8 36 263 362 18 76 0 6
Burr Pilger Mayer Inc San Francisco 6850 -087 6 40 225 330 38 50 12 0
Frank Rimerman + Co Palo Alto Calif 6120 1233 5 21 229 267 27 62 11 0
Nigro Karlin Segal Feldstein amp Bolno Los Angeles 5608 1167 2 21 262 314 17 17 2 64
Squar Milner Newport Beach Calif 4530 295 4 22 171 229 40 53 0 7SingerLewak Los Angeles 3850 -080 6 33 NA NA NA NA NA NA
AKT CPAs Salem Ore 3824 1039 6 15 176 235 28 33 11 28
Miller Kaplan Arase North Hollywood Calif 3800 270 5 24 117 175 58 17 17 8
Gallina Roseville Calif 3639 505 9 26 155 226 45 52 3 0
Seiler Redwood City Calif 3610 587 2 11 116 152 10 75 0 15
Macias Gini amp OrsquoConnell Sacramento Calif 3340 -773 9 10 164 258 63 12 7 18
Vavrinek Trine Day amp Codagger Rancho Cucamonga Calif 3231 199 7 33 NA 200 NA NA NA NA
Clark Nuber Bellevue Wash 3096 614 1 18 119 168 49 48 0 3
Gursey | Schneider Los Angeles 2820 682 3 10 85 129 0 30 0 70
RBZ Los Angeles 2800 1327 1 14 89 136 17 52 17 14
Hutchinson and Bloodgood Glendale Calif 2543 1559 4 33 58 115 38 46 16 0
Windes Inc Long Beach Calif 2361 -215 3 16 76 121 44 46 4 6
Green Hasson Janks Los Angeles 2310 500 1 13 88 116 32 33 13 22
Hemming Morse San Francisco 2069 827 7 13 76 96 33 0 0 67Perkins amp Co Portland Ore 2017 1034 2 19 87 132 27 40 24 9
Matson amp Isom Chico Calif 1768 400 4 21 81 128 41 46 5 8
Gumbiner Savett Santa Monica Calif 1728 601 1 10 80 110 40 50 8 2
Peterson Sullivan Seattle 1646 457 1 13 84 97 52 47 1 0
Sensiba San Filippo Pleasanton Calif 1620 588 4 14 61 103 NA NA NA NA
NSBN Beverly Hills Calif 1500 1111 1 13 53 74 35 49 5 11
Notes Firm estimate or projection dagger Accounting Today estimate NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms WestCalifornia Nevada Oregon and Washington
Revenue $146204 million up 989
Growth is spread a little more evenly among the firms in the West this year with strong rates at the top firms but equally
good performances scattered up and down the range While some of the other regions saw re-arrangements and even
shortenings of their rosters due to mergers and acquisitions firm combinations didnrsquot change the list for the West muchat all In fact the list itself grew a little longer with the addition of new Regional Leaders Perkins amp Co in Portland Ore
Peterson Sullivan in Seattle and NSBN in Beverly Hills
Where the money isCombined 2013 revenues in millions of dollars by region
Mid-Atlantic
GreatLakes
West Midwest CapitalRegion
Southeast Gulf Coast
Southwest NewEngland
Mountain0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
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AKT CPAs Acquired firm with a dental
professional practice
Anchin Block amp Anchin In February
2013 lost $50 million judgment to author Pa-
tricia Cornwell over financial management
Armanino In January 2013 rebranded
from Armanino McKenna Launched business
intelligence dashboard for private schools
and Dynamic Insights BI tool Acquired Dy-
namics VAR Rose Business Solutions
Aronson Organized two new service
groups IT audit and wealth management
consulting for choosing and assessing advi-
sor performance Baker Tilly Virchow Krause In June 2013
acquired New York-based Top 100 Firm Holtz
Rubenstein Reminick Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
BDO In June 2013 acquired Alaska-based
Mikunda Cottrell and Minneapolis-based
Moquist Thorvilson Kaufmann and brought
on members of banking practice of T100
Firm ParenteBeard In August expanded in
San Antonio by adding some partners and
staff from TravisWolff In December acquired
Pittsburgh T100 Firm Alpern Rosenthal
Berdon Joined TIAG alliance Expanded
use of CRM system and instituted Best Place
to Work Committee to propose community
social and charitable initiatives for the firm
In November 2013 merged with Northport
NY-based Beck amp Co
Berkowitz Pollack Brant Expanded stra-
tegic planning task force to include ldquoup and
comersrdquo Began celebrating its 35th anniver-
sary Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best
Firm to Work For
BerryDunn Grew revenue by over 7 per-
cent and overall staff by over 10 percent
BKD In 2013 marked its 90th anniver-
sary Opened offices in Des Moines Iowa
and Nashville Tenn In September acquired
Pittsburgh-based Malin Bergquist
Blue amp Co All figures are Accounting To-
day estimates
BlumShapiro Merged with Newton
Mass-based Friedman Suvalle amp Salomon
Added a dedicated hospitality group
The Bonadio Group In April 2013 merged
in Rutland Vt-based Independent Audit As-
sociates In September merged in Buffalo
NY-based Gaines Kriner Elliott In Novem-
ber merged in Albany NY-based Stulmaker
Kohn amp Richardson Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Burr Pilger Mayer Inc In January 2013
named new CEO In November opened new
office in Napa Valley
Carr Riggs amp Ingram In January 2013merged in Atlanta-based Peterson Coleman
amp Marett In July merged with North Caro-
lina-based accounting firm Pittard Perry amp
Crone Inc In August merged in Atlanta-
based Laney Boteler amp Killinger In Septem-
ber merged in Texas Regional Leader Gainer
Donnelly
CBIZ Mayer Hoffman McCann In No-
vember 2013 acquired Denver-based Knight
Field Fabry In January 2013 named Chris
Spurio president of CBIZ Financial Services
In February announced acquisition of Tam-pa Bay Fla-based Lewis Birch amp Ricardo
Cherry Bekaert In January 2013 re-
branded from Cherry Bekaert amp Holland
Formed benefits consulting group expanded
international tax team and advisory services
Citrin Cooperman amp Co In November
2013 merged in Leon M Reimer amp Co
Clark Schaefer Hackett amp Co Marked its
75th anniversary Having ldquoactive discussionsrdquo
on acquisitions
CliftonLarsonAllen Sold health care reg-ulatory and compliance group
Cohen amp Co Divested nearly $10 mil-
lion in business during the year that was not
meeting growth and profitability expecta-
tions Implemented a second tier of owner-
ship Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best
Firm to Work For
CohnReznick Named first national direc-
firm highlights
2014 firm highlightstor of governmental affairs Relocated offices
in Chicago Los Angeles and Austin Texas
Crowe Horwath In August 2013 acquired
a majority interest in Missouri-based Chan
Healthcare Integrated staff and acquired in-
tellectual property of ExtOrg In November
named its first chief innovation officer
Deloitte in January 2014 acquired sub-
stantially all of the business of strategy con-
sulting firm the Monitor Group In June ac-
quired investment bank McColl Partners In
July acquired SAP consulting firm Quattro
Integration Group In September acquired
TMA Construction Consultants In October
acquired substantially all of the assets of digi-
tal and social media agency Banyan Branch
In October agreed to pay $2 million to settle
charges with the PCAOB for violating Sar-
banes-Oxley Act and PCAOB rules In No-
vember launched CloudMix a preconfigured
mixture of cloud applications from different
vendors for clients
Dixon Hughes Goodman In June 2013
added Crossfire Advisory to its national health
care practice
Doeren Mayhew Grew revenue over 16
percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash international tax Fastest growing client
category mdash manufacturing
Eide Bailly In May 2013 installed new
CEO In June and August merged in two Salt
Lake City CPA firms Lake Hill amp Myers and
Hansen Barnett amp Maxwell In November
2013 acquired Denver NetSuite solutions pro-
vider Next Business Systems In December
launched private insurance exchange
EisnerAmper Had an ldquooutstandingrdquo year
Added several new services including CFO
outsourcing human capital cloud technol-
ogy and family office services
EKSampH Rebranded from Ehrhardt KeefeSteiner amp Hottman Saw revenue growth of
over 11 percent
Elliott Davis In April merged in Raleigh
NC-based Lunsford amp Strickland Relocated
office from Galax Va to Richmond Hired a
corporate strategies officer
Ernst amp Young In March paid $123 million
to resolve a federal tax shelter investigation
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In June launched EYTaxSpace Powered by
Thomson Reuters for corporate tax clients
In August donated its archives going back to
the early 1900s to Case Western Reserve Uni-
versity In December agreed to pay investors
$99 million to settle litigation over LehmanBrothers audit and acquired the US tax
preparation and court accounting outsourc-
ing businesses of Thomson Reuters
Frank Rimerman + Co Saw revenue
growth of over 12 percent
Frazier amp Deeter Saw revenue growth of
over 20 percent
Freed Maxick Saw revenue growth of over
9 percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash health care Fastest growing client cat-
egory mdash consulting
Friedman Saw revenue growth of over
8 percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash international tax Fastest growing client
category mdash real estate Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Gallina Expanded service lines including
international tax state and local tax and es-
tate trust retirement and succession services
Hired a director of recruitment and develop-
ment Joined TIAG alliance In February 2014
acquired Mercer Island Wash-based Tuef-
fers Guckian amp Gamon
Grant Thornton Redesigned external
Web site Hired a chief people and culture
officer In September 2013 acquired Oracle
Solutions business unit MarketSphere In No-
vember extended tenure of current CEO
Grassi amp Co In May 2013 added in David
C Sobel CPA and his staff In December
launched Grassi Technology Consultants
Habif Arogeti amp Wynne In May merged
in boutique tax consulting firm JRZ Launched
efforts to ldquodefine refine and embrace the
firmrsquos culturerdquo Hein amp Associates Expanded cloud solu-
tions service line Saw staff growth of over 11
percent
Hill Barth amp King Launched HbK Corpo-
rate Finance division Created new Web site
and YouTube channel In November 2013
merged in Lawrenceville NJ-based Bartolo-
mei Pucciarelli CPAs
Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt Saw ldquosig-
nificant growthrdquo in MampA private equity pro-
fessional services international tax and en-
tertainment practices Launched a business
development training program
Honkamp Krueger amp Co In Augustmerged in Madison Wis-based The Brem-
ser Group In October opened practice in
Davenport Iowa Added medical practice
consulting and talent outsourcing to its ser-
vices list
Horne Saw overall staff growth of over 11
percent Named an Accounting Today 2013
Best Firm to Work For
Joseph Decosimo amp Co In March 2013
acquired Huntsville Ala-based cost account-
ing and federal compliance solutions group
Solvability In December merged in Larry
Hyatt amp Associates
Kahn Litwin Renza amp Co In January
2013 merged with Waltham Mass-based Fay
amp Associates In May opened KLR Emerging
Business Center to offer co-working office
space to start-ups
Katz Sapper amp Miller Saw revenue
growth of over 7 percent and overall staff
growth of over 9 percent
Kaufman Rossin Group Saw revenue
growth of over 18 percent Named the No1 Accounting Today 2013 Best Firm to Work
For in the Large Firm Category for the third
year in a row
Kearney amp Co Saw staff growth of over
2 percent
Kemper Fastest growing service area mdash
investment advisory services
Kennedy and Coe Installed new CEO
KPMG Completed acquisition of Ora-
cle ERP practice of The Hackett Group
Launched alliance-based offering in indirect
tax with Thomson Reuters In May 2013
agreed with Fannie Mae to pay $153 million
to settle class-action suit over Fannie Mae
audit In July launched market alliance with
cloud-based procurement solution provider
Coupa Software In September Denver office
achieved LEED-CI certification In Decem-
ber announced plans to acquire analytical
applications company Link Analytics In Jan-
uary 2014 agreed to pay $82 million to settle
SEC charges over auditor independence
Lattimore Black Morgan amp Cain Re-
ported organic growth of over 9 percent
across all service lines Added a health care
consulting company
Macias Gini amp OrsquoConnell Saw overall staff
growth of over 7 percent
Marcum In January 2013 merged in
Massachusetts-based Parent McLaughlin amp
Nangle In April merged in Cornerstone Ac-
counting Group In July merged in Irvine
Calif-based WilsonMorgan In January 2014
merged in three units of New England Re-
gional Leader Braver
Margolin Winer amp Evens Saw revenue
growth of over 2 percent
Marks Paneth Rebranded from Marks
Paneth amp Shron In February 2013 merged
in New York City-based Rosenberg Neuwirth
amp Kuchner
Mauldin amp Jenkins In June acquired Ten-
nessee-based Hazlett Lewis amp Bieter
MBAF CPAs Worked to achieve ldquogreater
consolidation of the Northeast Region op-
erations with the rest of the firmrdquo Enhanced
cross-utilization of staff and skills among
various regions Designed and implemented
cost controls
McGladrey In August launched a strat-
egy to serve middle-market companies Late
in 2013 acquired Wilmington NC-Lanier
Whaley Craft amp Co and Houston-based
Margolis Phipps amp Wright
Miller Kaplan Arase Appointed a new
managing partner Expanded Seattle office
Saw ldquosignificant growthrdquo in business manage-
ment and entertainment group
Montgomery Coscia Greilich New to the
list In March 2013 joined the Alliott Group
alliance In May opened new office in AustinTexas In June launched strategy and man-
agement consulting practice In September
marked 10th anniversary
Moss Adams Marked its 100th anniver-
sary Installed new chairmanCEO
Mountjoy Chilton Medley Transitioned
in operations of Jeffersonville Ind-based
firm Expanded Cincinnati office Saw ldquostrong
firm highlights
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increaserdquo in regulated industry work such as
insurance financial institutions and health
care In December 2013 launched IT consult-
ing amp strategy services
Nigro Karlin Segal Feldstein amp Bolno
Changed name from Nigro Karlin Segal ampFeldstein Sold a 245 percent minority stake
in the firm to First Republic Bank
Novogradac amp Co Saw revenue growth of
over 10 percent
OrsquoConnor Davies In October announced
merger with Cranford NJ-based Fazio Man-
nuzza Roche Tankel LaPilusa In January
2014 merged with New York City-based Mer-
sel Klein amp Co
ParenteBeard In January 2013 merged
in Connecticut-based health care manage-
ment consulting firm Presscott Associates In
November closed its technology practice In
February 2014 added team members from
insurance consulting firm Invotex
Plante Moran In April 2013 launched
Women in Leadership initiative In July
launched a Web site offering ACA guidance
In November opened an office in Detroit
Postlethwaite amp Netterville Implement-
ed a formal shareholder evaluation process
a formal pipeline process a business de-
velopment training curriculum and growthmanagement software
Prager Metis International New to the
list Formed from January 2013 merger of
Prager amp Fenton and Metis Group Added a
number of new service lines including SALT
cost segregation and research tax incentives
PwC In July 2013 reshuffled US leader-
ship team In October announced plans to
merge in consulting firm Booz amp Co
Raffa In November 2013 launched Raffa
Nonprofit Fraud Prevention Institute
Raich Ende Malter In March 2013 estab-
lished Raich Ende Malter (Cayman)
Rehmann Saw revenue growth of over 15
percent
Reinsel Kuntz Lesher Saw growth in rev-
enue of over 21 percent
RGL Forensics Opened an office in San-
tiago Chile Introduced registered broker-
dealer RGL Advisors to offer MampA transac-
tion advisory services in the US
Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin amp Co
Fastest growing specialty service mdash large
private equity transactions Fastest growing
client category mdash private equity companies
Rothstein Kass Saw revenue growth of
almost 7 percent
RubinBrown Launched national prac-
tices to serve private equity firms and gaming
companies
SCampH Group Inc Joined firm network
Moore Stephens Fastest growing specialty
service mdash technology consulting Fastest
growing client category mdash health care
Schenck In January 2013 acquired ma-
jority stake in Milwaukee-based Bonfield amp
Co Installed new MP and CFO Changed
practice management system
Schneider Downs Relocated corporate
headquarters within Pittsburgh
Seiler Share of revenue derived from tax
increased from 70 to 75 percent
Sikich In January 2013 merged in Il-
linois-based supply chain consulting firm
Achieve Consulting In August announced
merger with Brookfield Wis firm Kolb+Co
In September merged in St Louis-based
OrsquoDonnell Bonebrake amp Co Also mergedin S2 Consulting and PKF Texas Technology
Added eight services PR insurance lean
back office business intelligence SALT and
international tax Restructured executive and
compensation committees Revised partner
compensation plan
SingerLewak In January 2013 merged in
San Francisco office of Acquavell Chiarelli
Shuster Berkower amp Co
Skoda Minotti amp Co New to the list
In May 2013 merged Skoda Minotti Technol-
ogy Partners with Westlake Ohio-based Da-taServ In June 2013 merged in Tampa Fla-
based Dowell amp Perez In August merged
in Tampa-based national assurance solu-
tions and compliance company Assurance
Concepts
Squar Milner ldquoSignificantly expandingrdquo
Los Angeles offices
SSampG In May 2013 named new CEO Saw
revenue growth of almost 14 percent
SVA CPAs In June 2013 installed new
CEO In January 2014 merged in Wisconsin-
based practice of William P Merrick CPA
UHY Advisors Inc Saw overall staff
growth of over 10 percent
Vavrinek Trine Day amp Co All figures are
Accounting Today estimates
Warren Averett In January 2013 merged
in Atlanta-based Gifford Hillegass amp Ingwers-
en and Tampa Fla-based Pender Newkirk
Rebranded firm with new visual identity
Developed new and expanded services in
SALT business valuation forensic account-
ing and litigation support health care reform
economic settlement claims processing and
alternative investments
Watkins Meegan Expanded hospitality
practice and increased government contract-
ing practice Started health care consulting
practice Hired business developmentmar-
keting director
Weaver Saw revenue growth of over 13
percent and growth in all four of its largest
niches mdash energy financial services the pub-
lic sector and manufacturing In February
2014 merged in Connecticut-based RIN At-
test and Advisory Services
WeiserMazarsIn November 2013 merged
in New York-based Resnick Druckman Group
Expanded health care consulting group
Whitley Penn Expanded transaction ser-
vices practice and forensic litigation and
valuation services statewide Named an Ac-
counting Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Wipfli Formalized fresh-water industry
services opened office in Milwaukeersquos Global
Water Center Launched Wipfli Connect for
Manufacturing software solution In January
2014 merged in Tinley Park Ill-based The
Condon Group and Chicago-based practiceRegulatory Compliance Associates Inc
Wiss amp Co More than half of revenues (56
percent) derived from AampA services
WithumSmith+Brown Consolidated two
New Jersey offices Invested in international
tax practice and financial services practice
Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best Firm
to Work For
firm highlights
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Armanino is alive to these concerns
ldquoThe dynamics of our profession require
constant change Our products and serv-
ices need to keep pace with those of our
clients Providing traditional accounting
services will only prove ineffectual Whatrsquos
needed is a best-of-breed approach to tak-
ing on current and future tax and account-
ing challenges if wersquore to succeed and our
clients are to prosper While wersquoll alwaysneed to maintain our core competencies
there should be no lack of acceleration in
our ability to integrate cutting-edge solu-
tions mdash strategic and technological mdash into
our products and services offerings The
long-term viability of our firm relies on itrdquo
Other firms are aiming to stay on the
cutting-edge mdash though not always specifi-
cally through technology Wayne BersonCEO of BDO USA is concerned about
enhancing the value of the audit ldquoIt is
clear that in order for the professionrsquos core
element to remain relevant there will have
to be an expansion of the auditorrsquos role in
providing greater insight into the clientsrsquo
financial statements and perhaps varying
degrees of assurance on areas outside of
the financial statements This will affect
firms of all size by requiring substantially
more business and analytical skills and
may also result in a demand for more spe-cialists to be involved in auditsrdquo
Big Four firm KPMG is engaged in a
similar pursuit of the new and improved
ldquoWe continue to focus on innovation and
the enhancement of our offerings and ca-
pabilities for specific industries and growth
areasrdquo said chairman and CEO John Veih-
meyer ldquoWersquore also continuing to build out
our alliance ecosystem to help create newservices enhance existing services and
extend the KPMG brand promise to meet
the needs of clients in new waysrdquo Last year
the firm rolled out a number of ldquoalliance-
based offeringsrdquo created in conjunction
with various partners to offer clients more
focused services and solutions
Crowe Horwath meanwhile took in-
novation even one step further mdash by nam-
ing its own chief innovation officer ldquoWe
are most focused on and are investing
in innovation as a driver of growth where we can bring together functional exper-
tise industry knowledge along with proc-
ess and technology to provide high-value
solutionsrdquo explained CEO Charles Allen
ldquoMany of these solutions will be focused in
broader assurance services that the inves-
tor community and stakeholders in public
interest entities are requestingrdquo AT
10
top tax firms
THE TOP TAX FIRMS Rev
from tax from Total Total Firm Headquarters Chief executive ($mn) tax revenue chg Offices staff
PwCsect New York City Robert Moritz 309148 28 1104100 870 72 39158HampR BlockP1 Kansas City Mo William Cobb 287797 99 290594 042 11000+ 100000+
Ernst amp Youngsect New York City Steve Howe 273000 30 910000 1098 80 30900
Deloittesect New York City Joe Echevarria 250092 18 1389400 633 104 60951
KPMGsect New York City John Veihmeyer 165780 27 614000 673 90 24618
McGladrey2 Chicago Joe Adams 49137 36 136659 626 75 6723
Ryan Dallas G Brint Ryan 39037 100 39037 1059 59 1711
Liberty Tax Services Virginia Beach Va John Hewitt 38120 100 38120 615 4262 798
Grant Thornton Chicago Stephen Chipman 37782 29 130283 461 56 6438
BDO Chicago Wayne Berson 20490 30 68300 1052 49 3248
CliftonLarsonAllen Minneapolis Gordy Viere 19161 34 56355 -078 29 3660
CohnReznick New York City T Marino K Baggett 16764 33 50800 410 24 2521
CBIZ Mayer Hoffman McCann Cleveland C Spurio B Hancock 16748 35 47850 -2220 100 2862
Moss Adams Seattle Chris Schmidt 15314 38 40300 1715 22 2072
Crowe Horwath Chicago Charles Allen 14622 22 66462 1168 28 3006
WTAS San Francisco Mark Vorsatz 14509 100 14509 1344 16 621
BKD Springfield Mo Theodore Dickman 12970 31 41840 400 32 2013
Marcum New York City Jeffrey Weiner 12604 36 35010 2708 17 1300
Dixon Hughes Goodman Charlotte NC Ken Hughes 10850 35 31000 197 26 1661
Plante Moran Southfield Mich Gordon Krater 10694 26 41132 2427 19 1947
Notes P Figures compiled from public company reports Firm estimate or projection NA Not availableapplicable
sect Gross revenue 1 Staff figures include seasonal workers 2 Reported fee split as both dollar amount (given here) and percentage
STRATEGIESfrom page 8
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International tax remained the highest
growing niche service this year for the
2014 Top 100 Firms increasing 6 per-
centage points over 2013 reports ac-
cording to this yearrsquos 77 responding firms
State and local taxes grew 7 percent-
age points to be the second-most common
area of growth and bringing it even at 82
percent with business valuations which
similarly expanded 8 percentage points in
2014 Rounding out the top four again this
year was attest services growing 2 percent-
age points to 75 percent
Leading the pack in year-over-year
growth unsurprisingly was mergers and
acquisition which saw an 11-point uptick
in 2014 with 70 percent of firms reporting
increased business
Below that many services saw double-
digit increases in firms reporting growth
most notably SOX compliancerisk man-
agement saw a list-high rise of 16 percent-
age points to bring it to 53 percent Tech-
nology consulting and personal financial
planning also had strong 2014 gains of 12and 11 percentage points respectively
ON THE GROUND
Doug Wright partner-in-charge of inter-
national tax and transfer pricing services
at California-based firm Burr Pilger Mayer
attributes the continued growth in inter-
national tax services to an unusual conflu-
ence of economic recovery globalization
and the tax and regulatory issues of about
a dozen years ago that brought the niche
to prominenceldquoBasically itrsquos navigating the perfect
stormrdquo he said ldquoWersquove had a lot of changes
in the way in which not just the US but
foreign countries monitor and scrutinize
international business transactions from a
tax perspective The kind of international
tax and accounting standards that the US
has applied for some time now have been
adopted increasingly by countries outside
the USrdquo
Along with the tightening accounting
standards that followed corporate scandals
like Enron these regulatory concerns have
led companies to take more initiative in
their overseas business Wright explained
ldquoTherersquos a kind of heightened sense of cor-
porate responsibility wersquore seeing where
companies want to make sure theyrsquore do-
ing things in the appropriate way and are
not going to be attacked by the IRS or
foreign taxing authorities or are not viewed
as unethical We frequently see situations
where before companies engage us to do
a major global project they talk to other
companies that have done it Not to get a
referral on us but to talk to other compa-
nies They didnrsquot do similar planning in
the past so [they want] to understand how
that planning was ultimately viewed by the
IRS and foreign tax authoritiesrdquo
This kind of due diligence tends to
be pre-emptive Wright continued ldquoThey
donrsquot want to see their names in the news-
paper as caught up in substantial litigation
in the US and outside the US Corporate
executives have a heightened awareness
that they need to do things properly and
do them upfront Companies [used to]
just expand internationally and deal with
some of these issues after the fact mdash the
International tax work in demand B Y D A N I E L L E L E E
0 20 40 60 80 100
International Tax
Business Valuations
State and Local Taxes
Attest ServicesLitigation Support
EstateTrustGift Tax Planning
Industry Specializations
Mergers and Acquisitions
ForensicsFraud
Nonpro1047297t Organizations
Employee Bene1047297ts
Biz Mgmt for Wealthy Individuals
Succession PlanningFamily office
Retirement Plans
SOX ComplianceRisk Mgmt
Strategic PlanningBusiness Plans
Technology Consulting
Cost Segregation
Personal Financial Planning
Biz Mgmt for Small Businesses
Investment AdviceServices
CFOProject Staffi
ng ServicesCash Flow ForecastingManagement
Financing Arrangements
BankruptcyInsolvency
Employment Search
ExportImport
1031 Like-Kind
IFRS consulting
Business RecoveryRecession Advice
Payroll ServicesConsulting
Lease vs Buy Analysis
Top niche servicesPercentage of firms increasing their business in these areas
(of 77 firms responding)
niches and clients
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cart leading the horse Now therersquos much
more awareness and sensitivity tax and
otherwise hellip At our firm we have a phe-
nomenal amount of new international tax
planning and consulting work and new
clients coming our way including very
early-stage companies as they expandrdquo
When Wright joined BPM more than
five years ago he was the firmrsquos first and
only full-time international tax special-
ist and while he has grown that practice
to the largest in the firm for the last three
years the now roughly 12 full-time tax
professionals in the practice canrsquot keep up
with all the new work He estimates that
his group can only serve half of the op-
portunities that come their way but shares
that finding experienced specialists in the
extremely complex area of international
tax is ldquoexceedingly difficultrdquo
Atlanta firm Habif Arogeti amp Wynne
has been doing international work of all
sorts particularly with their manufactur-
ing and technology clients since the early
1990s and now has roughly 70 people in
that service line who speak 26 different
languages among them
Though HAampW is also a member firm
of global accountancy and business ad-
visory network Baker Tilly International
chief executive officer Richard Kopelman
credits most of the firmrsquos growth in this
niche to the ldquoinbound grass-roots effort
with the people from those countriesrdquo
ldquoInternational tax aligns with our
manufacturing and technology niche and
dovetails really wellrdquo he explained ldquoWe do
as much business inbound as outboundrdquo
ADDING VALUE
Nearly all of the client categories for this
yearrsquos Top 100 Firms displayed strong
growth this year with manufacturing lead-
ing the list at 82 percent a 9 percentage
point gain over last year
Manufacturing overtook 2013rsquos lead-
er midsized businesses in general by only
one percentage point Midsized businesses
saw a modest 4 percentage point increase
this year though real estate ranked behind
it recorded a big 12 percentage point rise
to bring it to 77 percent
Only two other categories on the list
surpassed that gain this year construction
which increased 14 percentage points to
66 percent of responding firms and much
farther down the list small businesses
which at 44 percent also recorded a 14
percent increase over last year
Central Pennsylvania-based Rein-
sel Kuntz Lesherrsquos location gives it an
advantage in this market according to
Steve Fisher a partner in the firmrsquos audit
services group and leader of the manu-
facturing and distribution services group
ldquoIn the past ten to 20 years companies
were leaving that were not as involved in
manufacturing but some of that is com-
ing back now with longstanding compa-
nies in manufacturing in that regionrdquo he
explained ldquoAnd a lot of them arenrsquot in
manufacturing but in bringing good over-seas and distribution channels There are
a lot of opportunitiesrdquo
RKL has capitalized on them Fisher
continued by evaluating specific client
needs ldquoOne thing wersquove done in the past
year is a focus group with financial folks
owners consultants that touch consum-
ers in the manufacturing and distribution
area We said lsquoWhat do you need what
are your expectations of people provid-
ing tax and audit servicesrsquo And whether
we can do it and align with them to helpfulfill their needs and bring value When
you hand them a financial statement or tax
return it looks the same no matter who did
it Wersquore responding communicating and
trying to educate folks and arm them to do
these things and help across the market
We go through the proposals and differen-
tiate ourselvesrdquo AT
niches and clients
0 20 40 60 80 100
Manufacturing
Midsized Businesses
Real Estate
TechnologyIndividuals
Construction
Healthcare Facilities
Nonpro1047297t Organizations
Professional Services
Wholesale Distributors
Large Businesses
Pension Plans
State and Local Government
Hotels amp Restaurants
Small Businesses
Retail Trade
Banking amp Thrift Companies
Entertainment
BrokersDealers in Securities amp Commodities
Colleges and Universities
Investment Companies amp Mutual Funds
Auto Dealerships
Government Contractors
Franchising
Finance CompaniesMortgage Banks
School Districts
PublishingBroadcastingMedia
Insurance CarriersCompanies
Insurance Agents amp Brokers
Gaming
AgricultureFarmingForestryFishing
Leasing Companies
Top client categoriesPercentage of firms increasing their business with these types of clients
(of 77 firms responding)
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Since our Regional Leaders both repre-
sent a broader range of firms in terms of
size and bring with them the particular
economic conditions of their geographic
regions the trends here tend to be less clear than
among our Top 100 Firms
One anti-trend that wersquove noticed is the lack
of correlation between the size of a region in terms
of its overall firm revenues and its growth rate
The Mid-Atlantic Regional Leaders for instance
have combined revenues almost twice as large
as the Great Lakes Regional Leaders mdash but an
average growth rate thatrsquos around half while the
Southwest has revenues that are slightly less than
those of the Capitol Region but is growing five
times as fast Local economic conditions make all
the difference of course but the point that size is
not everything is worth making
Unless of course yoursquore talking about the
size of our lists for each region Wersquove been grow-
ing them steadily over the past few years and are
happy to report a large number of new additions
this year many of which are highlighted in the
introductions to their individual regions
If your firm should be on one of our Regional
Leaders lists send us an e-mail at AcToday
SourceMediacom and wersquoll include you in next
yearrsquos survey AT
regional overview
Regions see uneven growth
20
THE 2014 REGIONAL LEADERS
Top Firms Capital RegionDelaware Maryland Virginia Washington DC and West Virginia
Revenue $56257 million up 206
While the Capital Region displayed the weakest revenue growth among the regions in 2013 it did display
major growth in another way the number of firms represented This yearrsquos list includes a number of strong
new players like Virginiarsquos PBMares West Virginiarsquos Arnett Foster Toothman and Washington DCrsquos Tate amp
Tryon
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Kearney amp Co Alexandria Va 7764 -282 2 13 287 401 72 0 28 0
SCampH Group Inc Sparks Md 5760 627 3 21 217 282 17 43 40 0
Watkins Meegan Bethesda Md 4900 145 4 15 196 224 22 22 56 0
Aronson Rockville Md 4900 101 1 31 154 224 43 33 22 2
Raffa Washington DC 3692 371 2 18 192 243 53 15 32 0
PBMares Newport News Va 2892 144 8 34 105 177 40 43 9 8
Cotton amp Co Alexandria Va 2566 -104 1 10 138 155 44 0 16 40
Brown Edwards amp Codagger Bluefield WVa 2542 201 7 25 NA 182 NA NA NA NA
Johnson Lambert Falls Church Va 2268 593 8 13 119 149 82 15 3 0
Yount Hyde amp Barbour Winchester Va 2252 -570 6 20 84 127 45 41 11 3
Gelman Rosenberg amp Freedman Bethesda Md 2160 385 1 12 60 94 76 23 1 0
Keiter Glen Allen Va 2143 328 1 12 104 143 26 62 4 8
Arnett Foster Toothman Charleston WVa 1961 283 6 23 86 136 47 28 25 0
Ellin amp Tucker Chartered Baltimore 1933 -515 4 11 77 114 38 38 16 8
Tate amp Tryon Washington DC 1860 550 1 11 90 110 69 7 24 0
Calibre CPA Group Bethesda Md 1830 2340 3 15 107 143 81 8 0 11
Gross Mendelsohn Baltimore 1674 1020 1 15 69 103 49 30 21 0
Smith Elliott Kearns amp Co Hagerstown Md 1660 122 5 20 97 142 48 30 17 5
KatzAbosch Timonium Md 1500 NC 3 21 42 83 37 55 8 0
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
REGIONSThe Capital Region 20
The Southeast 21
New England 21
The Mid-Atlantic 22
The Great Lakes 24
The Gulf Coast 24
The Midwest 25
The Mountain States 26
The Southwest 26
The West 27
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regional leaders
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdash
Firm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Dixon Hughes Goodman Charlotte NC 31000 197 26 178 1129 1661 36 35 29 0
Cherry Bekaert Richmond Va 12590 186 22 55 559 778 44 47 9 0
Lattimore Black Morgan amp Cain Brentwood Tenn 7091 906 3 46 287 409 24 34 14 28
Habif Arogeti amp Wynne Atlanta 6428 662 1 26 232 305 45 39 8 8
Elliott Davis Greenville SC 6410 505 8 51 265 392 47 35 14 4
Frazier amp Deeter Atlanta 5300 2018 4 11 158 201 32 40 0 28
Mauldin amp Jenkins Atlanta 3880 078 5 34 125 198 59 30 2 9
Mountjoy Chilton Medley Louisville Ky 3831 100 5 37 171 246 40 36 9 15
Joseph Decosimo amp Co Chattanooga Tenn 3820 550 8 29 177 265 47 39 7 7Bennett Thrasher Atlanta 2988 1418 1 23 104 151 27 57 7 9
Dean Dorton Allen Ford Lexington Ky 2212 179 2 33 90 150 33 42 25 0
Windham Brannon Atlanta 2146 1073 1 14 100 139 39 59 2 0
WebsterRogers Florence SC 1750 697 9 24 91 138 42 46 4 8
Top Firms Southeast Arkansas Georgia Kentucky North Carolina South Carolina and Tennessee
Revenue $89446 million up 470
Growth moderated in the Southeast in 2013 coming in a few percentage points lower
than in 2012 but that didnrsquot stop individual firms from posting some strong results like Atlantarsquos Frazier amp Deeter or new Regional Leader Windham Brannon
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdash
Firm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
BlumShapiro West Hartford Ct 6130 2824 4 30 251 341 56 32 1 11
BerryDunn Portland Maine 4312 740 5 18 154 204 47 18 28 7
Kahn Litwin Renza amp Co Providence RI 3532 1284 3 11 153 195 30 35 35 0
Wolf amp Co Boston 3149 725 3 19 142 189 50 21 0 29
Baker Newman amp Noyes Portland Maine 2770 NC 4 30 121 182 48 40 12 0
Feeley amp Driscoll Boston 2422 302 1 12 66 103 61 29 10 0
DiCicco Gulman amp Co Woburn Mass 1800 588 2 14 65 97 42 43 15 0
Alexander Aronson Finningdagger Westborough Mass 1769 249 5 18 NA NA NA NA NA NA
Whittlesey amp Hadley Hartford Ct 1570 753 1 15 83 105 60 20 20 0
Gray Gray amp Gray Westwood Mass 1380 222 3 8 64 86 45 35 20 0Edelstein amp Co Boston 1360 1826 1 9 45 64 21 54 0 25
Macdonald Page amp Co South Portland Maine 1300 442 3 21 75 112 42 31 13 14
OrsquoConnor amp Drew Braintree Mass 1200 2000 2 15 60 87 81 17 0 2
Melanson Heath amp Co Nashua NH 1048 264 5 9 66 88 74 22 2 2
Meyers Brothers Kalicka Holyoke Mass 1040 612 1 7 40 59 47 39 4 10
DiSanto Priest amp Co Warwick RI 959 435 1 8 37 57 39 55 6 0
Gallagher Flynn amp Co South Burlington Vt 920 -316 2 10 NA 75 NA NA NA NA
Notes Firm estimate or projection dagger Accounting Today estimate NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms New EnglandConnecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island and Vermont
Revenue $36661 million up 949
After a lackluster 2012 things picked up significantly for the region in 2013 MampA played a major part with firms of all
sizes getting into local and regional hookups and large firms like Connecticutrsquos BlumShapiro and Rhode Islandrsquos Kahn
Litwin Renza amp Co leading the way Going forward it will reshape the list in other ways following the January 2014
merger of Massachusetts Regional Leader Braver PC into Top 100 Firm Marcum LLP
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Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
CohnReznick New York City 50800 410 24 274 1716 2521 52 33 6 9
Marcum New York City 35010 2708 17 160 844 1300 45 36 7 12
EisnerAmper New York City 27690 779 9 177 976 1185 56 35 9 0
Rothstein Kass Roseland NJ 20200 688 8 76 780 1002 60 35 5 0
ParenteBeard Philadelphia 15800 -651 18 116 544 861 53 31 16 0
Citrin Cooperman amp Co New York City 14300 1440 5 120 302 503 47 37 8 8
WeiserMazars New York City 14240 772 6 104 393 625 47 39 14 0
Berdon New York City 10100 391 2 39 334 398 33 40 27 0
OrsquoConnor Davies New York City 9950 1888 7 82 340 501 65 21 14 0
Marks Paneth New York City 9800 1264 3 64 390 539 63 27 3 7
WithumSmith+Brown Princeton NJ 9698 931 12 77 258 431 37 37 2 24
Anchin Block amp Anchin New York City 9300 NC 1 56 215 354 44 43 13 0
Friedman New York City 7250 821 6 57 244 349 60 35 5 0
The Bonadio Group Pittsford NY 6629 2231 11 61 352 470 48 21 13 18
Schneider Downs Pittsburgh 5756 407 2 36 284 354 45 35 20 0
Reinsel Kuntz Lesher Lancaster Pa 4521 2183 4 39 228 300 33 35 10 22
Freed Maxick CPAs Buffalo NY 4150 964 4 35 203 283 36 37 27 0
Raich Ende Malter amp Co New York City 4100 789 5 33 120 191 40 60 0 0
Grassi amp Co New York City 4095 500 2 23 136 197 48 41 9 2
Margolin Winer amp Evens Garden City NY 4000 256 2 25 167 207 60 30 10 0
Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin amp Co New York City 4000 -1837 3 24 106 165 46 46 8 0
Prager Metis International New York City 3599 1659 7 30 129 199 30 45 25 0
Wiss amp Co Livingston NJ 3300 377 4 28 114 172 56 32 0 12Kreischer Miller Horsham Pa 2950 1078 1 16 137 183 46 36 11 7
Perelson Weiner New York City 1950 NA 1 8 45 70 40 50 10 0
Janover Garden City NY 1944 NA 2 13 78 108 30 62 5 3
Untracht Early Florham Park NJ 1900 544 3 8 79 102 29 64 4 3
Gettry Marcus CPA Woodbury NY 1700 303 2 16 47 81 48 35 0 17
Buchbinder Tunick amp Co New York City 1600 NC 2 18 53 90 50 25 15 10
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms Mid-AtlanticNew Jersey New York and Pennsylvania
Revenue $290332 million up 831
The Mid-Atlantic continues to post generally strong results helped by the strength of many of the industries its firms
serve particularly in the financial services and financial institutions areas It also remains a seedbed for new and grow-
ing firms like new Top 100 entry Prager Metis International and new Regional Leaders Perelson Weiner Janover Un-tracht Early and Buchbinder Tunick
22
regional leaders
Where the growth is Pt 1Average firm growth rate in percent by region
Mid-Atlantic
GreatLakes
West Midwest CapitalRegion
SoutheastGulf Coast
Southwest NewEngland
Mountain0
5
10
15
20
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regional leaders
26
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
EKSampH Denver 7046 1119 3 38 308 427 45 42 13 0
Hein amp Associates Denver 5071 445 4 33 191 266 48 47 4 1
RGL Forensics Denver 3765 606 17 23 124 190 0 0 0 100
Anderson ZurMuehlen Helena Mont 2557 277 7 27 128 204 35 38 10 17
GHP Horwath Denver 2480 -040 1 10 82 106 41 26 0 33
Anton Collins Mitchell Denver 1600 191 3 12 69 97 50 40 10 0
Tanner Salt Lake City 1430 1085 1 10 54 72 62 23 13 2
Junkermier ClarkCampanella Stevens Great Falls Mont 1420 085 7 25 69 120 39 43 7 11
Dalby Wendland amp Co Grand Junction Colo 1195 373 4 16 52 90 25 53 9 13McGee Hearne amp Paiz Cheyenne Wyo 973 485 2 9 52 70 55 38 7 0
Top Firms MountainColorado Idaho Montana Utah and Wyoming
Revenue $27537 million up 566
The region seems in some ways to have turned the corner It reported its second year in a row of respectable
growth after a few difficult years That may explain the interest from Top 100 Firms Eide Bailly in particular made
a number of acquisitions in the region particularly in the Salt Lake City area
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Weaver Fort Worth Texas 8340 1332 7 36 354 471 34 43 12 11
Whitley Penn Fort Worth Texas 5871 1984 5 38 206 294 43 43 0 14
Montgomery Coscia Greilich Plano Texas 3354 1614 2 16 203 231 28 41 24 7
Padgett Stratemann amp Co San Antonio 3007 301 2 17 127 179 51 37 12 0
REDW Albuquerque NM 2645 3352 2 17 129 181 52 24 10 14
Briggs amp Veselka Co Houston 2617 1842 2 19 151 194 41 50 8 1
PKF Texas Houston 2155 553 1 10 85 108 50 46 4 0
Cain Watters amp Associates Plano Texas 2080 930 1 7 55 108 10 15 0 75
BeachFleischman Tuscon Ariz 2030 2378 2 25 81 140 27 57 2 14
Johnson Miller amp Co CPAs Odessa Texas 1954 868 3 14 76 103 30 50 7 13
PMB Helin Donovan Austin Texas 1900 1377 8 28 88 136 55 45 0 0Lane Gorman Trubitt Dallas 1900 497 1 15 62 92 57 37 0 6
Henry amp Horne Tempe Ariz 1850 571 3 14 70 102 33 58 9 0
Maxwell Locke amp Ritter Austin Texas 1834 969 2 21 61 92 38 41 0 21
TravisWolff Dallas 1830 -054 1 8 76 104 32 54 14 0
Melton amp Melton Houston 1790 770 1 14 79 103 50 50 0 0
Brown Graham amp Co Amarillo Texas 1287 404 7 23 61 113 35 50 5 10
Hartman Leito amp Bolt Fort Worth Texas 1100 -795 1 10 47 69 45 46 8 1
MaloneBailey Houston 897 -2220 2 5 31 41 98 2 0 0
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms Southwest Arizona New Mexico Oklahoma and Texas
Revenue $48441 million up 1103
As with the Gulf Coast booming revenues from oil and gas no doubt played a part in the
Southwestrsquos strong performance this year (the third best of the regions) with many of the
largest firms recording growth in energy and related services Wersquore also happy to note a
number of new Regional Leaders including Planorsquos Montgomery Coscia Greilich (which also
joined the T100) Houstonrsquos Melton amp Melton and Amarillorsquos Brown Graham amp Co
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regional leaders
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Moss Adams Seattle 40300 1715 22 263 1340 2072 45 38 17 0
Armanino San Ramon Calif 11284 1311 5 37 301 394 21 26 49 4
Novogradac amp Co San Francisco 9248 1003 15 35 311 408 59 27 2 12
Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt W Los Angeles Calif 8692 1724 8 36 263 362 18 76 0 6
Burr Pilger Mayer Inc San Francisco 6850 -087 6 40 225 330 38 50 12 0
Frank Rimerman + Co Palo Alto Calif 6120 1233 5 21 229 267 27 62 11 0
Nigro Karlin Segal Feldstein amp Bolno Los Angeles 5608 1167 2 21 262 314 17 17 2 64
Squar Milner Newport Beach Calif 4530 295 4 22 171 229 40 53 0 7SingerLewak Los Angeles 3850 -080 6 33 NA NA NA NA NA NA
AKT CPAs Salem Ore 3824 1039 6 15 176 235 28 33 11 28
Miller Kaplan Arase North Hollywood Calif 3800 270 5 24 117 175 58 17 17 8
Gallina Roseville Calif 3639 505 9 26 155 226 45 52 3 0
Seiler Redwood City Calif 3610 587 2 11 116 152 10 75 0 15
Macias Gini amp OrsquoConnell Sacramento Calif 3340 -773 9 10 164 258 63 12 7 18
Vavrinek Trine Day amp Codagger Rancho Cucamonga Calif 3231 199 7 33 NA 200 NA NA NA NA
Clark Nuber Bellevue Wash 3096 614 1 18 119 168 49 48 0 3
Gursey | Schneider Los Angeles 2820 682 3 10 85 129 0 30 0 70
RBZ Los Angeles 2800 1327 1 14 89 136 17 52 17 14
Hutchinson and Bloodgood Glendale Calif 2543 1559 4 33 58 115 38 46 16 0
Windes Inc Long Beach Calif 2361 -215 3 16 76 121 44 46 4 6
Green Hasson Janks Los Angeles 2310 500 1 13 88 116 32 33 13 22
Hemming Morse San Francisco 2069 827 7 13 76 96 33 0 0 67Perkins amp Co Portland Ore 2017 1034 2 19 87 132 27 40 24 9
Matson amp Isom Chico Calif 1768 400 4 21 81 128 41 46 5 8
Gumbiner Savett Santa Monica Calif 1728 601 1 10 80 110 40 50 8 2
Peterson Sullivan Seattle 1646 457 1 13 84 97 52 47 1 0
Sensiba San Filippo Pleasanton Calif 1620 588 4 14 61 103 NA NA NA NA
NSBN Beverly Hills Calif 1500 1111 1 13 53 74 35 49 5 11
Notes Firm estimate or projection dagger Accounting Today estimate NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms WestCalifornia Nevada Oregon and Washington
Revenue $146204 million up 989
Growth is spread a little more evenly among the firms in the West this year with strong rates at the top firms but equally
good performances scattered up and down the range While some of the other regions saw re-arrangements and even
shortenings of their rosters due to mergers and acquisitions firm combinations didnrsquot change the list for the West muchat all In fact the list itself grew a little longer with the addition of new Regional Leaders Perkins amp Co in Portland Ore
Peterson Sullivan in Seattle and NSBN in Beverly Hills
Where the money isCombined 2013 revenues in millions of dollars by region
Mid-Atlantic
GreatLakes
West Midwest CapitalRegion
Southeast Gulf Coast
Southwest NewEngland
Mountain0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
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AKT CPAs Acquired firm with a dental
professional practice
Anchin Block amp Anchin In February
2013 lost $50 million judgment to author Pa-
tricia Cornwell over financial management
Armanino In January 2013 rebranded
from Armanino McKenna Launched business
intelligence dashboard for private schools
and Dynamic Insights BI tool Acquired Dy-
namics VAR Rose Business Solutions
Aronson Organized two new service
groups IT audit and wealth management
consulting for choosing and assessing advi-
sor performance Baker Tilly Virchow Krause In June 2013
acquired New York-based Top 100 Firm Holtz
Rubenstein Reminick Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
BDO In June 2013 acquired Alaska-based
Mikunda Cottrell and Minneapolis-based
Moquist Thorvilson Kaufmann and brought
on members of banking practice of T100
Firm ParenteBeard In August expanded in
San Antonio by adding some partners and
staff from TravisWolff In December acquired
Pittsburgh T100 Firm Alpern Rosenthal
Berdon Joined TIAG alliance Expanded
use of CRM system and instituted Best Place
to Work Committee to propose community
social and charitable initiatives for the firm
In November 2013 merged with Northport
NY-based Beck amp Co
Berkowitz Pollack Brant Expanded stra-
tegic planning task force to include ldquoup and
comersrdquo Began celebrating its 35th anniver-
sary Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best
Firm to Work For
BerryDunn Grew revenue by over 7 per-
cent and overall staff by over 10 percent
BKD In 2013 marked its 90th anniver-
sary Opened offices in Des Moines Iowa
and Nashville Tenn In September acquired
Pittsburgh-based Malin Bergquist
Blue amp Co All figures are Accounting To-
day estimates
BlumShapiro Merged with Newton
Mass-based Friedman Suvalle amp Salomon
Added a dedicated hospitality group
The Bonadio Group In April 2013 merged
in Rutland Vt-based Independent Audit As-
sociates In September merged in Buffalo
NY-based Gaines Kriner Elliott In Novem-
ber merged in Albany NY-based Stulmaker
Kohn amp Richardson Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Burr Pilger Mayer Inc In January 2013
named new CEO In November opened new
office in Napa Valley
Carr Riggs amp Ingram In January 2013merged in Atlanta-based Peterson Coleman
amp Marett In July merged with North Caro-
lina-based accounting firm Pittard Perry amp
Crone Inc In August merged in Atlanta-
based Laney Boteler amp Killinger In Septem-
ber merged in Texas Regional Leader Gainer
Donnelly
CBIZ Mayer Hoffman McCann In No-
vember 2013 acquired Denver-based Knight
Field Fabry In January 2013 named Chris
Spurio president of CBIZ Financial Services
In February announced acquisition of Tam-pa Bay Fla-based Lewis Birch amp Ricardo
Cherry Bekaert In January 2013 re-
branded from Cherry Bekaert amp Holland
Formed benefits consulting group expanded
international tax team and advisory services
Citrin Cooperman amp Co In November
2013 merged in Leon M Reimer amp Co
Clark Schaefer Hackett amp Co Marked its
75th anniversary Having ldquoactive discussionsrdquo
on acquisitions
CliftonLarsonAllen Sold health care reg-ulatory and compliance group
Cohen amp Co Divested nearly $10 mil-
lion in business during the year that was not
meeting growth and profitability expecta-
tions Implemented a second tier of owner-
ship Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best
Firm to Work For
CohnReznick Named first national direc-
firm highlights
2014 firm highlightstor of governmental affairs Relocated offices
in Chicago Los Angeles and Austin Texas
Crowe Horwath In August 2013 acquired
a majority interest in Missouri-based Chan
Healthcare Integrated staff and acquired in-
tellectual property of ExtOrg In November
named its first chief innovation officer
Deloitte in January 2014 acquired sub-
stantially all of the business of strategy con-
sulting firm the Monitor Group In June ac-
quired investment bank McColl Partners In
July acquired SAP consulting firm Quattro
Integration Group In September acquired
TMA Construction Consultants In October
acquired substantially all of the assets of digi-
tal and social media agency Banyan Branch
In October agreed to pay $2 million to settle
charges with the PCAOB for violating Sar-
banes-Oxley Act and PCAOB rules In No-
vember launched CloudMix a preconfigured
mixture of cloud applications from different
vendors for clients
Dixon Hughes Goodman In June 2013
added Crossfire Advisory to its national health
care practice
Doeren Mayhew Grew revenue over 16
percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash international tax Fastest growing client
category mdash manufacturing
Eide Bailly In May 2013 installed new
CEO In June and August merged in two Salt
Lake City CPA firms Lake Hill amp Myers and
Hansen Barnett amp Maxwell In November
2013 acquired Denver NetSuite solutions pro-
vider Next Business Systems In December
launched private insurance exchange
EisnerAmper Had an ldquooutstandingrdquo year
Added several new services including CFO
outsourcing human capital cloud technol-
ogy and family office services
EKSampH Rebranded from Ehrhardt KeefeSteiner amp Hottman Saw revenue growth of
over 11 percent
Elliott Davis In April merged in Raleigh
NC-based Lunsford amp Strickland Relocated
office from Galax Va to Richmond Hired a
corporate strategies officer
Ernst amp Young In March paid $123 million
to resolve a federal tax shelter investigation
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In June launched EYTaxSpace Powered by
Thomson Reuters for corporate tax clients
In August donated its archives going back to
the early 1900s to Case Western Reserve Uni-
versity In December agreed to pay investors
$99 million to settle litigation over LehmanBrothers audit and acquired the US tax
preparation and court accounting outsourc-
ing businesses of Thomson Reuters
Frank Rimerman + Co Saw revenue
growth of over 12 percent
Frazier amp Deeter Saw revenue growth of
over 20 percent
Freed Maxick Saw revenue growth of over
9 percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash health care Fastest growing client cat-
egory mdash consulting
Friedman Saw revenue growth of over
8 percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash international tax Fastest growing client
category mdash real estate Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Gallina Expanded service lines including
international tax state and local tax and es-
tate trust retirement and succession services
Hired a director of recruitment and develop-
ment Joined TIAG alliance In February 2014
acquired Mercer Island Wash-based Tuef-
fers Guckian amp Gamon
Grant Thornton Redesigned external
Web site Hired a chief people and culture
officer In September 2013 acquired Oracle
Solutions business unit MarketSphere In No-
vember extended tenure of current CEO
Grassi amp Co In May 2013 added in David
C Sobel CPA and his staff In December
launched Grassi Technology Consultants
Habif Arogeti amp Wynne In May merged
in boutique tax consulting firm JRZ Launched
efforts to ldquodefine refine and embrace the
firmrsquos culturerdquo Hein amp Associates Expanded cloud solu-
tions service line Saw staff growth of over 11
percent
Hill Barth amp King Launched HbK Corpo-
rate Finance division Created new Web site
and YouTube channel In November 2013
merged in Lawrenceville NJ-based Bartolo-
mei Pucciarelli CPAs
Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt Saw ldquosig-
nificant growthrdquo in MampA private equity pro-
fessional services international tax and en-
tertainment practices Launched a business
development training program
Honkamp Krueger amp Co In Augustmerged in Madison Wis-based The Brem-
ser Group In October opened practice in
Davenport Iowa Added medical practice
consulting and talent outsourcing to its ser-
vices list
Horne Saw overall staff growth of over 11
percent Named an Accounting Today 2013
Best Firm to Work For
Joseph Decosimo amp Co In March 2013
acquired Huntsville Ala-based cost account-
ing and federal compliance solutions group
Solvability In December merged in Larry
Hyatt amp Associates
Kahn Litwin Renza amp Co In January
2013 merged with Waltham Mass-based Fay
amp Associates In May opened KLR Emerging
Business Center to offer co-working office
space to start-ups
Katz Sapper amp Miller Saw revenue
growth of over 7 percent and overall staff
growth of over 9 percent
Kaufman Rossin Group Saw revenue
growth of over 18 percent Named the No1 Accounting Today 2013 Best Firm to Work
For in the Large Firm Category for the third
year in a row
Kearney amp Co Saw staff growth of over
2 percent
Kemper Fastest growing service area mdash
investment advisory services
Kennedy and Coe Installed new CEO
KPMG Completed acquisition of Ora-
cle ERP practice of The Hackett Group
Launched alliance-based offering in indirect
tax with Thomson Reuters In May 2013
agreed with Fannie Mae to pay $153 million
to settle class-action suit over Fannie Mae
audit In July launched market alliance with
cloud-based procurement solution provider
Coupa Software In September Denver office
achieved LEED-CI certification In Decem-
ber announced plans to acquire analytical
applications company Link Analytics In Jan-
uary 2014 agreed to pay $82 million to settle
SEC charges over auditor independence
Lattimore Black Morgan amp Cain Re-
ported organic growth of over 9 percent
across all service lines Added a health care
consulting company
Macias Gini amp OrsquoConnell Saw overall staff
growth of over 7 percent
Marcum In January 2013 merged in
Massachusetts-based Parent McLaughlin amp
Nangle In April merged in Cornerstone Ac-
counting Group In July merged in Irvine
Calif-based WilsonMorgan In January 2014
merged in three units of New England Re-
gional Leader Braver
Margolin Winer amp Evens Saw revenue
growth of over 2 percent
Marks Paneth Rebranded from Marks
Paneth amp Shron In February 2013 merged
in New York City-based Rosenberg Neuwirth
amp Kuchner
Mauldin amp Jenkins In June acquired Ten-
nessee-based Hazlett Lewis amp Bieter
MBAF CPAs Worked to achieve ldquogreater
consolidation of the Northeast Region op-
erations with the rest of the firmrdquo Enhanced
cross-utilization of staff and skills among
various regions Designed and implemented
cost controls
McGladrey In August launched a strat-
egy to serve middle-market companies Late
in 2013 acquired Wilmington NC-Lanier
Whaley Craft amp Co and Houston-based
Margolis Phipps amp Wright
Miller Kaplan Arase Appointed a new
managing partner Expanded Seattle office
Saw ldquosignificant growthrdquo in business manage-
ment and entertainment group
Montgomery Coscia Greilich New to the
list In March 2013 joined the Alliott Group
alliance In May opened new office in AustinTexas In June launched strategy and man-
agement consulting practice In September
marked 10th anniversary
Moss Adams Marked its 100th anniver-
sary Installed new chairmanCEO
Mountjoy Chilton Medley Transitioned
in operations of Jeffersonville Ind-based
firm Expanded Cincinnati office Saw ldquostrong
firm highlights
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increaserdquo in regulated industry work such as
insurance financial institutions and health
care In December 2013 launched IT consult-
ing amp strategy services
Nigro Karlin Segal Feldstein amp Bolno
Changed name from Nigro Karlin Segal ampFeldstein Sold a 245 percent minority stake
in the firm to First Republic Bank
Novogradac amp Co Saw revenue growth of
over 10 percent
OrsquoConnor Davies In October announced
merger with Cranford NJ-based Fazio Man-
nuzza Roche Tankel LaPilusa In January
2014 merged with New York City-based Mer-
sel Klein amp Co
ParenteBeard In January 2013 merged
in Connecticut-based health care manage-
ment consulting firm Presscott Associates In
November closed its technology practice In
February 2014 added team members from
insurance consulting firm Invotex
Plante Moran In April 2013 launched
Women in Leadership initiative In July
launched a Web site offering ACA guidance
In November opened an office in Detroit
Postlethwaite amp Netterville Implement-
ed a formal shareholder evaluation process
a formal pipeline process a business de-
velopment training curriculum and growthmanagement software
Prager Metis International New to the
list Formed from January 2013 merger of
Prager amp Fenton and Metis Group Added a
number of new service lines including SALT
cost segregation and research tax incentives
PwC In July 2013 reshuffled US leader-
ship team In October announced plans to
merge in consulting firm Booz amp Co
Raffa In November 2013 launched Raffa
Nonprofit Fraud Prevention Institute
Raich Ende Malter In March 2013 estab-
lished Raich Ende Malter (Cayman)
Rehmann Saw revenue growth of over 15
percent
Reinsel Kuntz Lesher Saw growth in rev-
enue of over 21 percent
RGL Forensics Opened an office in San-
tiago Chile Introduced registered broker-
dealer RGL Advisors to offer MampA transac-
tion advisory services in the US
Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin amp Co
Fastest growing specialty service mdash large
private equity transactions Fastest growing
client category mdash private equity companies
Rothstein Kass Saw revenue growth of
almost 7 percent
RubinBrown Launched national prac-
tices to serve private equity firms and gaming
companies
SCampH Group Inc Joined firm network
Moore Stephens Fastest growing specialty
service mdash technology consulting Fastest
growing client category mdash health care
Schenck In January 2013 acquired ma-
jority stake in Milwaukee-based Bonfield amp
Co Installed new MP and CFO Changed
practice management system
Schneider Downs Relocated corporate
headquarters within Pittsburgh
Seiler Share of revenue derived from tax
increased from 70 to 75 percent
Sikich In January 2013 merged in Il-
linois-based supply chain consulting firm
Achieve Consulting In August announced
merger with Brookfield Wis firm Kolb+Co
In September merged in St Louis-based
OrsquoDonnell Bonebrake amp Co Also mergedin S2 Consulting and PKF Texas Technology
Added eight services PR insurance lean
back office business intelligence SALT and
international tax Restructured executive and
compensation committees Revised partner
compensation plan
SingerLewak In January 2013 merged in
San Francisco office of Acquavell Chiarelli
Shuster Berkower amp Co
Skoda Minotti amp Co New to the list
In May 2013 merged Skoda Minotti Technol-
ogy Partners with Westlake Ohio-based Da-taServ In June 2013 merged in Tampa Fla-
based Dowell amp Perez In August merged
in Tampa-based national assurance solu-
tions and compliance company Assurance
Concepts
Squar Milner ldquoSignificantly expandingrdquo
Los Angeles offices
SSampG In May 2013 named new CEO Saw
revenue growth of almost 14 percent
SVA CPAs In June 2013 installed new
CEO In January 2014 merged in Wisconsin-
based practice of William P Merrick CPA
UHY Advisors Inc Saw overall staff
growth of over 10 percent
Vavrinek Trine Day amp Co All figures are
Accounting Today estimates
Warren Averett In January 2013 merged
in Atlanta-based Gifford Hillegass amp Ingwers-
en and Tampa Fla-based Pender Newkirk
Rebranded firm with new visual identity
Developed new and expanded services in
SALT business valuation forensic account-
ing and litigation support health care reform
economic settlement claims processing and
alternative investments
Watkins Meegan Expanded hospitality
practice and increased government contract-
ing practice Started health care consulting
practice Hired business developmentmar-
keting director
Weaver Saw revenue growth of over 13
percent and growth in all four of its largest
niches mdash energy financial services the pub-
lic sector and manufacturing In February
2014 merged in Connecticut-based RIN At-
test and Advisory Services
WeiserMazarsIn November 2013 merged
in New York-based Resnick Druckman Group
Expanded health care consulting group
Whitley Penn Expanded transaction ser-
vices practice and forensic litigation and
valuation services statewide Named an Ac-
counting Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Wipfli Formalized fresh-water industry
services opened office in Milwaukeersquos Global
Water Center Launched Wipfli Connect for
Manufacturing software solution In January
2014 merged in Tinley Park Ill-based The
Condon Group and Chicago-based practiceRegulatory Compliance Associates Inc
Wiss amp Co More than half of revenues (56
percent) derived from AampA services
WithumSmith+Brown Consolidated two
New Jersey offices Invested in international
tax practice and financial services practice
Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best Firm
to Work For
firm highlights
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International tax remained the highest
growing niche service this year for the
2014 Top 100 Firms increasing 6 per-
centage points over 2013 reports ac-
cording to this yearrsquos 77 responding firms
State and local taxes grew 7 percent-
age points to be the second-most common
area of growth and bringing it even at 82
percent with business valuations which
similarly expanded 8 percentage points in
2014 Rounding out the top four again this
year was attest services growing 2 percent-
age points to 75 percent
Leading the pack in year-over-year
growth unsurprisingly was mergers and
acquisition which saw an 11-point uptick
in 2014 with 70 percent of firms reporting
increased business
Below that many services saw double-
digit increases in firms reporting growth
most notably SOX compliancerisk man-
agement saw a list-high rise of 16 percent-
age points to bring it to 53 percent Tech-
nology consulting and personal financial
planning also had strong 2014 gains of 12and 11 percentage points respectively
ON THE GROUND
Doug Wright partner-in-charge of inter-
national tax and transfer pricing services
at California-based firm Burr Pilger Mayer
attributes the continued growth in inter-
national tax services to an unusual conflu-
ence of economic recovery globalization
and the tax and regulatory issues of about
a dozen years ago that brought the niche
to prominenceldquoBasically itrsquos navigating the perfect
stormrdquo he said ldquoWersquove had a lot of changes
in the way in which not just the US but
foreign countries monitor and scrutinize
international business transactions from a
tax perspective The kind of international
tax and accounting standards that the US
has applied for some time now have been
adopted increasingly by countries outside
the USrdquo
Along with the tightening accounting
standards that followed corporate scandals
like Enron these regulatory concerns have
led companies to take more initiative in
their overseas business Wright explained
ldquoTherersquos a kind of heightened sense of cor-
porate responsibility wersquore seeing where
companies want to make sure theyrsquore do-
ing things in the appropriate way and are
not going to be attacked by the IRS or
foreign taxing authorities or are not viewed
as unethical We frequently see situations
where before companies engage us to do
a major global project they talk to other
companies that have done it Not to get a
referral on us but to talk to other compa-
nies They didnrsquot do similar planning in
the past so [they want] to understand how
that planning was ultimately viewed by the
IRS and foreign tax authoritiesrdquo
This kind of due diligence tends to
be pre-emptive Wright continued ldquoThey
donrsquot want to see their names in the news-
paper as caught up in substantial litigation
in the US and outside the US Corporate
executives have a heightened awareness
that they need to do things properly and
do them upfront Companies [used to]
just expand internationally and deal with
some of these issues after the fact mdash the
International tax work in demand B Y D A N I E L L E L E E
0 20 40 60 80 100
International Tax
Business Valuations
State and Local Taxes
Attest ServicesLitigation Support
EstateTrustGift Tax Planning
Industry Specializations
Mergers and Acquisitions
ForensicsFraud
Nonpro1047297t Organizations
Employee Bene1047297ts
Biz Mgmt for Wealthy Individuals
Succession PlanningFamily office
Retirement Plans
SOX ComplianceRisk Mgmt
Strategic PlanningBusiness Plans
Technology Consulting
Cost Segregation
Personal Financial Planning
Biz Mgmt for Small Businesses
Investment AdviceServices
CFOProject Staffi
ng ServicesCash Flow ForecastingManagement
Financing Arrangements
BankruptcyInsolvency
Employment Search
ExportImport
1031 Like-Kind
IFRS consulting
Business RecoveryRecession Advice
Payroll ServicesConsulting
Lease vs Buy Analysis
Top niche servicesPercentage of firms increasing their business in these areas
(of 77 firms responding)
niches and clients
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cart leading the horse Now therersquos much
more awareness and sensitivity tax and
otherwise hellip At our firm we have a phe-
nomenal amount of new international tax
planning and consulting work and new
clients coming our way including very
early-stage companies as they expandrdquo
When Wright joined BPM more than
five years ago he was the firmrsquos first and
only full-time international tax special-
ist and while he has grown that practice
to the largest in the firm for the last three
years the now roughly 12 full-time tax
professionals in the practice canrsquot keep up
with all the new work He estimates that
his group can only serve half of the op-
portunities that come their way but shares
that finding experienced specialists in the
extremely complex area of international
tax is ldquoexceedingly difficultrdquo
Atlanta firm Habif Arogeti amp Wynne
has been doing international work of all
sorts particularly with their manufactur-
ing and technology clients since the early
1990s and now has roughly 70 people in
that service line who speak 26 different
languages among them
Though HAampW is also a member firm
of global accountancy and business ad-
visory network Baker Tilly International
chief executive officer Richard Kopelman
credits most of the firmrsquos growth in this
niche to the ldquoinbound grass-roots effort
with the people from those countriesrdquo
ldquoInternational tax aligns with our
manufacturing and technology niche and
dovetails really wellrdquo he explained ldquoWe do
as much business inbound as outboundrdquo
ADDING VALUE
Nearly all of the client categories for this
yearrsquos Top 100 Firms displayed strong
growth this year with manufacturing lead-
ing the list at 82 percent a 9 percentage
point gain over last year
Manufacturing overtook 2013rsquos lead-
er midsized businesses in general by only
one percentage point Midsized businesses
saw a modest 4 percentage point increase
this year though real estate ranked behind
it recorded a big 12 percentage point rise
to bring it to 77 percent
Only two other categories on the list
surpassed that gain this year construction
which increased 14 percentage points to
66 percent of responding firms and much
farther down the list small businesses
which at 44 percent also recorded a 14
percent increase over last year
Central Pennsylvania-based Rein-
sel Kuntz Lesherrsquos location gives it an
advantage in this market according to
Steve Fisher a partner in the firmrsquos audit
services group and leader of the manu-
facturing and distribution services group
ldquoIn the past ten to 20 years companies
were leaving that were not as involved in
manufacturing but some of that is com-
ing back now with longstanding compa-
nies in manufacturing in that regionrdquo he
explained ldquoAnd a lot of them arenrsquot in
manufacturing but in bringing good over-seas and distribution channels There are
a lot of opportunitiesrdquo
RKL has capitalized on them Fisher
continued by evaluating specific client
needs ldquoOne thing wersquove done in the past
year is a focus group with financial folks
owners consultants that touch consum-
ers in the manufacturing and distribution
area We said lsquoWhat do you need what
are your expectations of people provid-
ing tax and audit servicesrsquo And whether
we can do it and align with them to helpfulfill their needs and bring value When
you hand them a financial statement or tax
return it looks the same no matter who did
it Wersquore responding communicating and
trying to educate folks and arm them to do
these things and help across the market
We go through the proposals and differen-
tiate ourselvesrdquo AT
niches and clients
0 20 40 60 80 100
Manufacturing
Midsized Businesses
Real Estate
TechnologyIndividuals
Construction
Healthcare Facilities
Nonpro1047297t Organizations
Professional Services
Wholesale Distributors
Large Businesses
Pension Plans
State and Local Government
Hotels amp Restaurants
Small Businesses
Retail Trade
Banking amp Thrift Companies
Entertainment
BrokersDealers in Securities amp Commodities
Colleges and Universities
Investment Companies amp Mutual Funds
Auto Dealerships
Government Contractors
Franchising
Finance CompaniesMortgage Banks
School Districts
PublishingBroadcastingMedia
Insurance CarriersCompanies
Insurance Agents amp Brokers
Gaming
AgricultureFarmingForestryFishing
Leasing Companies
Top client categoriesPercentage of firms increasing their business with these types of clients
(of 77 firms responding)
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Since our Regional Leaders both repre-
sent a broader range of firms in terms of
size and bring with them the particular
economic conditions of their geographic
regions the trends here tend to be less clear than
among our Top 100 Firms
One anti-trend that wersquove noticed is the lack
of correlation between the size of a region in terms
of its overall firm revenues and its growth rate
The Mid-Atlantic Regional Leaders for instance
have combined revenues almost twice as large
as the Great Lakes Regional Leaders mdash but an
average growth rate thatrsquos around half while the
Southwest has revenues that are slightly less than
those of the Capitol Region but is growing five
times as fast Local economic conditions make all
the difference of course but the point that size is
not everything is worth making
Unless of course yoursquore talking about the
size of our lists for each region Wersquove been grow-
ing them steadily over the past few years and are
happy to report a large number of new additions
this year many of which are highlighted in the
introductions to their individual regions
If your firm should be on one of our Regional
Leaders lists send us an e-mail at AcToday
SourceMediacom and wersquoll include you in next
yearrsquos survey AT
regional overview
Regions see uneven growth
20
THE 2014 REGIONAL LEADERS
Top Firms Capital RegionDelaware Maryland Virginia Washington DC and West Virginia
Revenue $56257 million up 206
While the Capital Region displayed the weakest revenue growth among the regions in 2013 it did display
major growth in another way the number of firms represented This yearrsquos list includes a number of strong
new players like Virginiarsquos PBMares West Virginiarsquos Arnett Foster Toothman and Washington DCrsquos Tate amp
Tryon
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Kearney amp Co Alexandria Va 7764 -282 2 13 287 401 72 0 28 0
SCampH Group Inc Sparks Md 5760 627 3 21 217 282 17 43 40 0
Watkins Meegan Bethesda Md 4900 145 4 15 196 224 22 22 56 0
Aronson Rockville Md 4900 101 1 31 154 224 43 33 22 2
Raffa Washington DC 3692 371 2 18 192 243 53 15 32 0
PBMares Newport News Va 2892 144 8 34 105 177 40 43 9 8
Cotton amp Co Alexandria Va 2566 -104 1 10 138 155 44 0 16 40
Brown Edwards amp Codagger Bluefield WVa 2542 201 7 25 NA 182 NA NA NA NA
Johnson Lambert Falls Church Va 2268 593 8 13 119 149 82 15 3 0
Yount Hyde amp Barbour Winchester Va 2252 -570 6 20 84 127 45 41 11 3
Gelman Rosenberg amp Freedman Bethesda Md 2160 385 1 12 60 94 76 23 1 0
Keiter Glen Allen Va 2143 328 1 12 104 143 26 62 4 8
Arnett Foster Toothman Charleston WVa 1961 283 6 23 86 136 47 28 25 0
Ellin amp Tucker Chartered Baltimore 1933 -515 4 11 77 114 38 38 16 8
Tate amp Tryon Washington DC 1860 550 1 11 90 110 69 7 24 0
Calibre CPA Group Bethesda Md 1830 2340 3 15 107 143 81 8 0 11
Gross Mendelsohn Baltimore 1674 1020 1 15 69 103 49 30 21 0
Smith Elliott Kearns amp Co Hagerstown Md 1660 122 5 20 97 142 48 30 17 5
KatzAbosch Timonium Md 1500 NC 3 21 42 83 37 55 8 0
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
REGIONSThe Capital Region 20
The Southeast 21
New England 21
The Mid-Atlantic 22
The Great Lakes 24
The Gulf Coast 24
The Midwest 25
The Mountain States 26
The Southwest 26
The West 27
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regional leaders
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdash
Firm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Dixon Hughes Goodman Charlotte NC 31000 197 26 178 1129 1661 36 35 29 0
Cherry Bekaert Richmond Va 12590 186 22 55 559 778 44 47 9 0
Lattimore Black Morgan amp Cain Brentwood Tenn 7091 906 3 46 287 409 24 34 14 28
Habif Arogeti amp Wynne Atlanta 6428 662 1 26 232 305 45 39 8 8
Elliott Davis Greenville SC 6410 505 8 51 265 392 47 35 14 4
Frazier amp Deeter Atlanta 5300 2018 4 11 158 201 32 40 0 28
Mauldin amp Jenkins Atlanta 3880 078 5 34 125 198 59 30 2 9
Mountjoy Chilton Medley Louisville Ky 3831 100 5 37 171 246 40 36 9 15
Joseph Decosimo amp Co Chattanooga Tenn 3820 550 8 29 177 265 47 39 7 7Bennett Thrasher Atlanta 2988 1418 1 23 104 151 27 57 7 9
Dean Dorton Allen Ford Lexington Ky 2212 179 2 33 90 150 33 42 25 0
Windham Brannon Atlanta 2146 1073 1 14 100 139 39 59 2 0
WebsterRogers Florence SC 1750 697 9 24 91 138 42 46 4 8
Top Firms Southeast Arkansas Georgia Kentucky North Carolina South Carolina and Tennessee
Revenue $89446 million up 470
Growth moderated in the Southeast in 2013 coming in a few percentage points lower
than in 2012 but that didnrsquot stop individual firms from posting some strong results like Atlantarsquos Frazier amp Deeter or new Regional Leader Windham Brannon
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdash
Firm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
BlumShapiro West Hartford Ct 6130 2824 4 30 251 341 56 32 1 11
BerryDunn Portland Maine 4312 740 5 18 154 204 47 18 28 7
Kahn Litwin Renza amp Co Providence RI 3532 1284 3 11 153 195 30 35 35 0
Wolf amp Co Boston 3149 725 3 19 142 189 50 21 0 29
Baker Newman amp Noyes Portland Maine 2770 NC 4 30 121 182 48 40 12 0
Feeley amp Driscoll Boston 2422 302 1 12 66 103 61 29 10 0
DiCicco Gulman amp Co Woburn Mass 1800 588 2 14 65 97 42 43 15 0
Alexander Aronson Finningdagger Westborough Mass 1769 249 5 18 NA NA NA NA NA NA
Whittlesey amp Hadley Hartford Ct 1570 753 1 15 83 105 60 20 20 0
Gray Gray amp Gray Westwood Mass 1380 222 3 8 64 86 45 35 20 0Edelstein amp Co Boston 1360 1826 1 9 45 64 21 54 0 25
Macdonald Page amp Co South Portland Maine 1300 442 3 21 75 112 42 31 13 14
OrsquoConnor amp Drew Braintree Mass 1200 2000 2 15 60 87 81 17 0 2
Melanson Heath amp Co Nashua NH 1048 264 5 9 66 88 74 22 2 2
Meyers Brothers Kalicka Holyoke Mass 1040 612 1 7 40 59 47 39 4 10
DiSanto Priest amp Co Warwick RI 959 435 1 8 37 57 39 55 6 0
Gallagher Flynn amp Co South Burlington Vt 920 -316 2 10 NA 75 NA NA NA NA
Notes Firm estimate or projection dagger Accounting Today estimate NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms New EnglandConnecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island and Vermont
Revenue $36661 million up 949
After a lackluster 2012 things picked up significantly for the region in 2013 MampA played a major part with firms of all
sizes getting into local and regional hookups and large firms like Connecticutrsquos BlumShapiro and Rhode Islandrsquos Kahn
Litwin Renza amp Co leading the way Going forward it will reshape the list in other ways following the January 2014
merger of Massachusetts Regional Leader Braver PC into Top 100 Firm Marcum LLP
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Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
CohnReznick New York City 50800 410 24 274 1716 2521 52 33 6 9
Marcum New York City 35010 2708 17 160 844 1300 45 36 7 12
EisnerAmper New York City 27690 779 9 177 976 1185 56 35 9 0
Rothstein Kass Roseland NJ 20200 688 8 76 780 1002 60 35 5 0
ParenteBeard Philadelphia 15800 -651 18 116 544 861 53 31 16 0
Citrin Cooperman amp Co New York City 14300 1440 5 120 302 503 47 37 8 8
WeiserMazars New York City 14240 772 6 104 393 625 47 39 14 0
Berdon New York City 10100 391 2 39 334 398 33 40 27 0
OrsquoConnor Davies New York City 9950 1888 7 82 340 501 65 21 14 0
Marks Paneth New York City 9800 1264 3 64 390 539 63 27 3 7
WithumSmith+Brown Princeton NJ 9698 931 12 77 258 431 37 37 2 24
Anchin Block amp Anchin New York City 9300 NC 1 56 215 354 44 43 13 0
Friedman New York City 7250 821 6 57 244 349 60 35 5 0
The Bonadio Group Pittsford NY 6629 2231 11 61 352 470 48 21 13 18
Schneider Downs Pittsburgh 5756 407 2 36 284 354 45 35 20 0
Reinsel Kuntz Lesher Lancaster Pa 4521 2183 4 39 228 300 33 35 10 22
Freed Maxick CPAs Buffalo NY 4150 964 4 35 203 283 36 37 27 0
Raich Ende Malter amp Co New York City 4100 789 5 33 120 191 40 60 0 0
Grassi amp Co New York City 4095 500 2 23 136 197 48 41 9 2
Margolin Winer amp Evens Garden City NY 4000 256 2 25 167 207 60 30 10 0
Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin amp Co New York City 4000 -1837 3 24 106 165 46 46 8 0
Prager Metis International New York City 3599 1659 7 30 129 199 30 45 25 0
Wiss amp Co Livingston NJ 3300 377 4 28 114 172 56 32 0 12Kreischer Miller Horsham Pa 2950 1078 1 16 137 183 46 36 11 7
Perelson Weiner New York City 1950 NA 1 8 45 70 40 50 10 0
Janover Garden City NY 1944 NA 2 13 78 108 30 62 5 3
Untracht Early Florham Park NJ 1900 544 3 8 79 102 29 64 4 3
Gettry Marcus CPA Woodbury NY 1700 303 2 16 47 81 48 35 0 17
Buchbinder Tunick amp Co New York City 1600 NC 2 18 53 90 50 25 15 10
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms Mid-AtlanticNew Jersey New York and Pennsylvania
Revenue $290332 million up 831
The Mid-Atlantic continues to post generally strong results helped by the strength of many of the industries its firms
serve particularly in the financial services and financial institutions areas It also remains a seedbed for new and grow-
ing firms like new Top 100 entry Prager Metis International and new Regional Leaders Perelson Weiner Janover Un-tracht Early and Buchbinder Tunick
22
regional leaders
Where the growth is Pt 1Average firm growth rate in percent by region
Mid-Atlantic
GreatLakes
West Midwest CapitalRegion
SoutheastGulf Coast
Southwest NewEngland
Mountain0
5
10
15
20
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26
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
EKSampH Denver 7046 1119 3 38 308 427 45 42 13 0
Hein amp Associates Denver 5071 445 4 33 191 266 48 47 4 1
RGL Forensics Denver 3765 606 17 23 124 190 0 0 0 100
Anderson ZurMuehlen Helena Mont 2557 277 7 27 128 204 35 38 10 17
GHP Horwath Denver 2480 -040 1 10 82 106 41 26 0 33
Anton Collins Mitchell Denver 1600 191 3 12 69 97 50 40 10 0
Tanner Salt Lake City 1430 1085 1 10 54 72 62 23 13 2
Junkermier ClarkCampanella Stevens Great Falls Mont 1420 085 7 25 69 120 39 43 7 11
Dalby Wendland amp Co Grand Junction Colo 1195 373 4 16 52 90 25 53 9 13McGee Hearne amp Paiz Cheyenne Wyo 973 485 2 9 52 70 55 38 7 0
Top Firms MountainColorado Idaho Montana Utah and Wyoming
Revenue $27537 million up 566
The region seems in some ways to have turned the corner It reported its second year in a row of respectable
growth after a few difficult years That may explain the interest from Top 100 Firms Eide Bailly in particular made
a number of acquisitions in the region particularly in the Salt Lake City area
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Weaver Fort Worth Texas 8340 1332 7 36 354 471 34 43 12 11
Whitley Penn Fort Worth Texas 5871 1984 5 38 206 294 43 43 0 14
Montgomery Coscia Greilich Plano Texas 3354 1614 2 16 203 231 28 41 24 7
Padgett Stratemann amp Co San Antonio 3007 301 2 17 127 179 51 37 12 0
REDW Albuquerque NM 2645 3352 2 17 129 181 52 24 10 14
Briggs amp Veselka Co Houston 2617 1842 2 19 151 194 41 50 8 1
PKF Texas Houston 2155 553 1 10 85 108 50 46 4 0
Cain Watters amp Associates Plano Texas 2080 930 1 7 55 108 10 15 0 75
BeachFleischman Tuscon Ariz 2030 2378 2 25 81 140 27 57 2 14
Johnson Miller amp Co CPAs Odessa Texas 1954 868 3 14 76 103 30 50 7 13
PMB Helin Donovan Austin Texas 1900 1377 8 28 88 136 55 45 0 0Lane Gorman Trubitt Dallas 1900 497 1 15 62 92 57 37 0 6
Henry amp Horne Tempe Ariz 1850 571 3 14 70 102 33 58 9 0
Maxwell Locke amp Ritter Austin Texas 1834 969 2 21 61 92 38 41 0 21
TravisWolff Dallas 1830 -054 1 8 76 104 32 54 14 0
Melton amp Melton Houston 1790 770 1 14 79 103 50 50 0 0
Brown Graham amp Co Amarillo Texas 1287 404 7 23 61 113 35 50 5 10
Hartman Leito amp Bolt Fort Worth Texas 1100 -795 1 10 47 69 45 46 8 1
MaloneBailey Houston 897 -2220 2 5 31 41 98 2 0 0
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms Southwest Arizona New Mexico Oklahoma and Texas
Revenue $48441 million up 1103
As with the Gulf Coast booming revenues from oil and gas no doubt played a part in the
Southwestrsquos strong performance this year (the third best of the regions) with many of the
largest firms recording growth in energy and related services Wersquore also happy to note a
number of new Regional Leaders including Planorsquos Montgomery Coscia Greilich (which also
joined the T100) Houstonrsquos Melton amp Melton and Amarillorsquos Brown Graham amp Co
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regional leaders
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Moss Adams Seattle 40300 1715 22 263 1340 2072 45 38 17 0
Armanino San Ramon Calif 11284 1311 5 37 301 394 21 26 49 4
Novogradac amp Co San Francisco 9248 1003 15 35 311 408 59 27 2 12
Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt W Los Angeles Calif 8692 1724 8 36 263 362 18 76 0 6
Burr Pilger Mayer Inc San Francisco 6850 -087 6 40 225 330 38 50 12 0
Frank Rimerman + Co Palo Alto Calif 6120 1233 5 21 229 267 27 62 11 0
Nigro Karlin Segal Feldstein amp Bolno Los Angeles 5608 1167 2 21 262 314 17 17 2 64
Squar Milner Newport Beach Calif 4530 295 4 22 171 229 40 53 0 7SingerLewak Los Angeles 3850 -080 6 33 NA NA NA NA NA NA
AKT CPAs Salem Ore 3824 1039 6 15 176 235 28 33 11 28
Miller Kaplan Arase North Hollywood Calif 3800 270 5 24 117 175 58 17 17 8
Gallina Roseville Calif 3639 505 9 26 155 226 45 52 3 0
Seiler Redwood City Calif 3610 587 2 11 116 152 10 75 0 15
Macias Gini amp OrsquoConnell Sacramento Calif 3340 -773 9 10 164 258 63 12 7 18
Vavrinek Trine Day amp Codagger Rancho Cucamonga Calif 3231 199 7 33 NA 200 NA NA NA NA
Clark Nuber Bellevue Wash 3096 614 1 18 119 168 49 48 0 3
Gursey | Schneider Los Angeles 2820 682 3 10 85 129 0 30 0 70
RBZ Los Angeles 2800 1327 1 14 89 136 17 52 17 14
Hutchinson and Bloodgood Glendale Calif 2543 1559 4 33 58 115 38 46 16 0
Windes Inc Long Beach Calif 2361 -215 3 16 76 121 44 46 4 6
Green Hasson Janks Los Angeles 2310 500 1 13 88 116 32 33 13 22
Hemming Morse San Francisco 2069 827 7 13 76 96 33 0 0 67Perkins amp Co Portland Ore 2017 1034 2 19 87 132 27 40 24 9
Matson amp Isom Chico Calif 1768 400 4 21 81 128 41 46 5 8
Gumbiner Savett Santa Monica Calif 1728 601 1 10 80 110 40 50 8 2
Peterson Sullivan Seattle 1646 457 1 13 84 97 52 47 1 0
Sensiba San Filippo Pleasanton Calif 1620 588 4 14 61 103 NA NA NA NA
NSBN Beverly Hills Calif 1500 1111 1 13 53 74 35 49 5 11
Notes Firm estimate or projection dagger Accounting Today estimate NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms WestCalifornia Nevada Oregon and Washington
Revenue $146204 million up 989
Growth is spread a little more evenly among the firms in the West this year with strong rates at the top firms but equally
good performances scattered up and down the range While some of the other regions saw re-arrangements and even
shortenings of their rosters due to mergers and acquisitions firm combinations didnrsquot change the list for the West muchat all In fact the list itself grew a little longer with the addition of new Regional Leaders Perkins amp Co in Portland Ore
Peterson Sullivan in Seattle and NSBN in Beverly Hills
Where the money isCombined 2013 revenues in millions of dollars by region
Mid-Atlantic
GreatLakes
West Midwest CapitalRegion
Southeast Gulf Coast
Southwest NewEngland
Mountain0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
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AKT CPAs Acquired firm with a dental
professional practice
Anchin Block amp Anchin In February
2013 lost $50 million judgment to author Pa-
tricia Cornwell over financial management
Armanino In January 2013 rebranded
from Armanino McKenna Launched business
intelligence dashboard for private schools
and Dynamic Insights BI tool Acquired Dy-
namics VAR Rose Business Solutions
Aronson Organized two new service
groups IT audit and wealth management
consulting for choosing and assessing advi-
sor performance Baker Tilly Virchow Krause In June 2013
acquired New York-based Top 100 Firm Holtz
Rubenstein Reminick Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
BDO In June 2013 acquired Alaska-based
Mikunda Cottrell and Minneapolis-based
Moquist Thorvilson Kaufmann and brought
on members of banking practice of T100
Firm ParenteBeard In August expanded in
San Antonio by adding some partners and
staff from TravisWolff In December acquired
Pittsburgh T100 Firm Alpern Rosenthal
Berdon Joined TIAG alliance Expanded
use of CRM system and instituted Best Place
to Work Committee to propose community
social and charitable initiatives for the firm
In November 2013 merged with Northport
NY-based Beck amp Co
Berkowitz Pollack Brant Expanded stra-
tegic planning task force to include ldquoup and
comersrdquo Began celebrating its 35th anniver-
sary Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best
Firm to Work For
BerryDunn Grew revenue by over 7 per-
cent and overall staff by over 10 percent
BKD In 2013 marked its 90th anniver-
sary Opened offices in Des Moines Iowa
and Nashville Tenn In September acquired
Pittsburgh-based Malin Bergquist
Blue amp Co All figures are Accounting To-
day estimates
BlumShapiro Merged with Newton
Mass-based Friedman Suvalle amp Salomon
Added a dedicated hospitality group
The Bonadio Group In April 2013 merged
in Rutland Vt-based Independent Audit As-
sociates In September merged in Buffalo
NY-based Gaines Kriner Elliott In Novem-
ber merged in Albany NY-based Stulmaker
Kohn amp Richardson Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Burr Pilger Mayer Inc In January 2013
named new CEO In November opened new
office in Napa Valley
Carr Riggs amp Ingram In January 2013merged in Atlanta-based Peterson Coleman
amp Marett In July merged with North Caro-
lina-based accounting firm Pittard Perry amp
Crone Inc In August merged in Atlanta-
based Laney Boteler amp Killinger In Septem-
ber merged in Texas Regional Leader Gainer
Donnelly
CBIZ Mayer Hoffman McCann In No-
vember 2013 acquired Denver-based Knight
Field Fabry In January 2013 named Chris
Spurio president of CBIZ Financial Services
In February announced acquisition of Tam-pa Bay Fla-based Lewis Birch amp Ricardo
Cherry Bekaert In January 2013 re-
branded from Cherry Bekaert amp Holland
Formed benefits consulting group expanded
international tax team and advisory services
Citrin Cooperman amp Co In November
2013 merged in Leon M Reimer amp Co
Clark Schaefer Hackett amp Co Marked its
75th anniversary Having ldquoactive discussionsrdquo
on acquisitions
CliftonLarsonAllen Sold health care reg-ulatory and compliance group
Cohen amp Co Divested nearly $10 mil-
lion in business during the year that was not
meeting growth and profitability expecta-
tions Implemented a second tier of owner-
ship Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best
Firm to Work For
CohnReznick Named first national direc-
firm highlights
2014 firm highlightstor of governmental affairs Relocated offices
in Chicago Los Angeles and Austin Texas
Crowe Horwath In August 2013 acquired
a majority interest in Missouri-based Chan
Healthcare Integrated staff and acquired in-
tellectual property of ExtOrg In November
named its first chief innovation officer
Deloitte in January 2014 acquired sub-
stantially all of the business of strategy con-
sulting firm the Monitor Group In June ac-
quired investment bank McColl Partners In
July acquired SAP consulting firm Quattro
Integration Group In September acquired
TMA Construction Consultants In October
acquired substantially all of the assets of digi-
tal and social media agency Banyan Branch
In October agreed to pay $2 million to settle
charges with the PCAOB for violating Sar-
banes-Oxley Act and PCAOB rules In No-
vember launched CloudMix a preconfigured
mixture of cloud applications from different
vendors for clients
Dixon Hughes Goodman In June 2013
added Crossfire Advisory to its national health
care practice
Doeren Mayhew Grew revenue over 16
percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash international tax Fastest growing client
category mdash manufacturing
Eide Bailly In May 2013 installed new
CEO In June and August merged in two Salt
Lake City CPA firms Lake Hill amp Myers and
Hansen Barnett amp Maxwell In November
2013 acquired Denver NetSuite solutions pro-
vider Next Business Systems In December
launched private insurance exchange
EisnerAmper Had an ldquooutstandingrdquo year
Added several new services including CFO
outsourcing human capital cloud technol-
ogy and family office services
EKSampH Rebranded from Ehrhardt KeefeSteiner amp Hottman Saw revenue growth of
over 11 percent
Elliott Davis In April merged in Raleigh
NC-based Lunsford amp Strickland Relocated
office from Galax Va to Richmond Hired a
corporate strategies officer
Ernst amp Young In March paid $123 million
to resolve a federal tax shelter investigation
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In June launched EYTaxSpace Powered by
Thomson Reuters for corporate tax clients
In August donated its archives going back to
the early 1900s to Case Western Reserve Uni-
versity In December agreed to pay investors
$99 million to settle litigation over LehmanBrothers audit and acquired the US tax
preparation and court accounting outsourc-
ing businesses of Thomson Reuters
Frank Rimerman + Co Saw revenue
growth of over 12 percent
Frazier amp Deeter Saw revenue growth of
over 20 percent
Freed Maxick Saw revenue growth of over
9 percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash health care Fastest growing client cat-
egory mdash consulting
Friedman Saw revenue growth of over
8 percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash international tax Fastest growing client
category mdash real estate Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Gallina Expanded service lines including
international tax state and local tax and es-
tate trust retirement and succession services
Hired a director of recruitment and develop-
ment Joined TIAG alliance In February 2014
acquired Mercer Island Wash-based Tuef-
fers Guckian amp Gamon
Grant Thornton Redesigned external
Web site Hired a chief people and culture
officer In September 2013 acquired Oracle
Solutions business unit MarketSphere In No-
vember extended tenure of current CEO
Grassi amp Co In May 2013 added in David
C Sobel CPA and his staff In December
launched Grassi Technology Consultants
Habif Arogeti amp Wynne In May merged
in boutique tax consulting firm JRZ Launched
efforts to ldquodefine refine and embrace the
firmrsquos culturerdquo Hein amp Associates Expanded cloud solu-
tions service line Saw staff growth of over 11
percent
Hill Barth amp King Launched HbK Corpo-
rate Finance division Created new Web site
and YouTube channel In November 2013
merged in Lawrenceville NJ-based Bartolo-
mei Pucciarelli CPAs
Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt Saw ldquosig-
nificant growthrdquo in MampA private equity pro-
fessional services international tax and en-
tertainment practices Launched a business
development training program
Honkamp Krueger amp Co In Augustmerged in Madison Wis-based The Brem-
ser Group In October opened practice in
Davenport Iowa Added medical practice
consulting and talent outsourcing to its ser-
vices list
Horne Saw overall staff growth of over 11
percent Named an Accounting Today 2013
Best Firm to Work For
Joseph Decosimo amp Co In March 2013
acquired Huntsville Ala-based cost account-
ing and federal compliance solutions group
Solvability In December merged in Larry
Hyatt amp Associates
Kahn Litwin Renza amp Co In January
2013 merged with Waltham Mass-based Fay
amp Associates In May opened KLR Emerging
Business Center to offer co-working office
space to start-ups
Katz Sapper amp Miller Saw revenue
growth of over 7 percent and overall staff
growth of over 9 percent
Kaufman Rossin Group Saw revenue
growth of over 18 percent Named the No1 Accounting Today 2013 Best Firm to Work
For in the Large Firm Category for the third
year in a row
Kearney amp Co Saw staff growth of over
2 percent
Kemper Fastest growing service area mdash
investment advisory services
Kennedy and Coe Installed new CEO
KPMG Completed acquisition of Ora-
cle ERP practice of The Hackett Group
Launched alliance-based offering in indirect
tax with Thomson Reuters In May 2013
agreed with Fannie Mae to pay $153 million
to settle class-action suit over Fannie Mae
audit In July launched market alliance with
cloud-based procurement solution provider
Coupa Software In September Denver office
achieved LEED-CI certification In Decem-
ber announced plans to acquire analytical
applications company Link Analytics In Jan-
uary 2014 agreed to pay $82 million to settle
SEC charges over auditor independence
Lattimore Black Morgan amp Cain Re-
ported organic growth of over 9 percent
across all service lines Added a health care
consulting company
Macias Gini amp OrsquoConnell Saw overall staff
growth of over 7 percent
Marcum In January 2013 merged in
Massachusetts-based Parent McLaughlin amp
Nangle In April merged in Cornerstone Ac-
counting Group In July merged in Irvine
Calif-based WilsonMorgan In January 2014
merged in three units of New England Re-
gional Leader Braver
Margolin Winer amp Evens Saw revenue
growth of over 2 percent
Marks Paneth Rebranded from Marks
Paneth amp Shron In February 2013 merged
in New York City-based Rosenberg Neuwirth
amp Kuchner
Mauldin amp Jenkins In June acquired Ten-
nessee-based Hazlett Lewis amp Bieter
MBAF CPAs Worked to achieve ldquogreater
consolidation of the Northeast Region op-
erations with the rest of the firmrdquo Enhanced
cross-utilization of staff and skills among
various regions Designed and implemented
cost controls
McGladrey In August launched a strat-
egy to serve middle-market companies Late
in 2013 acquired Wilmington NC-Lanier
Whaley Craft amp Co and Houston-based
Margolis Phipps amp Wright
Miller Kaplan Arase Appointed a new
managing partner Expanded Seattle office
Saw ldquosignificant growthrdquo in business manage-
ment and entertainment group
Montgomery Coscia Greilich New to the
list In March 2013 joined the Alliott Group
alliance In May opened new office in AustinTexas In June launched strategy and man-
agement consulting practice In September
marked 10th anniversary
Moss Adams Marked its 100th anniver-
sary Installed new chairmanCEO
Mountjoy Chilton Medley Transitioned
in operations of Jeffersonville Ind-based
firm Expanded Cincinnati office Saw ldquostrong
firm highlights
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increaserdquo in regulated industry work such as
insurance financial institutions and health
care In December 2013 launched IT consult-
ing amp strategy services
Nigro Karlin Segal Feldstein amp Bolno
Changed name from Nigro Karlin Segal ampFeldstein Sold a 245 percent minority stake
in the firm to First Republic Bank
Novogradac amp Co Saw revenue growth of
over 10 percent
OrsquoConnor Davies In October announced
merger with Cranford NJ-based Fazio Man-
nuzza Roche Tankel LaPilusa In January
2014 merged with New York City-based Mer-
sel Klein amp Co
ParenteBeard In January 2013 merged
in Connecticut-based health care manage-
ment consulting firm Presscott Associates In
November closed its technology practice In
February 2014 added team members from
insurance consulting firm Invotex
Plante Moran In April 2013 launched
Women in Leadership initiative In July
launched a Web site offering ACA guidance
In November opened an office in Detroit
Postlethwaite amp Netterville Implement-
ed a formal shareholder evaluation process
a formal pipeline process a business de-
velopment training curriculum and growthmanagement software
Prager Metis International New to the
list Formed from January 2013 merger of
Prager amp Fenton and Metis Group Added a
number of new service lines including SALT
cost segregation and research tax incentives
PwC In July 2013 reshuffled US leader-
ship team In October announced plans to
merge in consulting firm Booz amp Co
Raffa In November 2013 launched Raffa
Nonprofit Fraud Prevention Institute
Raich Ende Malter In March 2013 estab-
lished Raich Ende Malter (Cayman)
Rehmann Saw revenue growth of over 15
percent
Reinsel Kuntz Lesher Saw growth in rev-
enue of over 21 percent
RGL Forensics Opened an office in San-
tiago Chile Introduced registered broker-
dealer RGL Advisors to offer MampA transac-
tion advisory services in the US
Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin amp Co
Fastest growing specialty service mdash large
private equity transactions Fastest growing
client category mdash private equity companies
Rothstein Kass Saw revenue growth of
almost 7 percent
RubinBrown Launched national prac-
tices to serve private equity firms and gaming
companies
SCampH Group Inc Joined firm network
Moore Stephens Fastest growing specialty
service mdash technology consulting Fastest
growing client category mdash health care
Schenck In January 2013 acquired ma-
jority stake in Milwaukee-based Bonfield amp
Co Installed new MP and CFO Changed
practice management system
Schneider Downs Relocated corporate
headquarters within Pittsburgh
Seiler Share of revenue derived from tax
increased from 70 to 75 percent
Sikich In January 2013 merged in Il-
linois-based supply chain consulting firm
Achieve Consulting In August announced
merger with Brookfield Wis firm Kolb+Co
In September merged in St Louis-based
OrsquoDonnell Bonebrake amp Co Also mergedin S2 Consulting and PKF Texas Technology
Added eight services PR insurance lean
back office business intelligence SALT and
international tax Restructured executive and
compensation committees Revised partner
compensation plan
SingerLewak In January 2013 merged in
San Francisco office of Acquavell Chiarelli
Shuster Berkower amp Co
Skoda Minotti amp Co New to the list
In May 2013 merged Skoda Minotti Technol-
ogy Partners with Westlake Ohio-based Da-taServ In June 2013 merged in Tampa Fla-
based Dowell amp Perez In August merged
in Tampa-based national assurance solu-
tions and compliance company Assurance
Concepts
Squar Milner ldquoSignificantly expandingrdquo
Los Angeles offices
SSampG In May 2013 named new CEO Saw
revenue growth of almost 14 percent
SVA CPAs In June 2013 installed new
CEO In January 2014 merged in Wisconsin-
based practice of William P Merrick CPA
UHY Advisors Inc Saw overall staff
growth of over 10 percent
Vavrinek Trine Day amp Co All figures are
Accounting Today estimates
Warren Averett In January 2013 merged
in Atlanta-based Gifford Hillegass amp Ingwers-
en and Tampa Fla-based Pender Newkirk
Rebranded firm with new visual identity
Developed new and expanded services in
SALT business valuation forensic account-
ing and litigation support health care reform
economic settlement claims processing and
alternative investments
Watkins Meegan Expanded hospitality
practice and increased government contract-
ing practice Started health care consulting
practice Hired business developmentmar-
keting director
Weaver Saw revenue growth of over 13
percent and growth in all four of its largest
niches mdash energy financial services the pub-
lic sector and manufacturing In February
2014 merged in Connecticut-based RIN At-
test and Advisory Services
WeiserMazarsIn November 2013 merged
in New York-based Resnick Druckman Group
Expanded health care consulting group
Whitley Penn Expanded transaction ser-
vices practice and forensic litigation and
valuation services statewide Named an Ac-
counting Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Wipfli Formalized fresh-water industry
services opened office in Milwaukeersquos Global
Water Center Launched Wipfli Connect for
Manufacturing software solution In January
2014 merged in Tinley Park Ill-based The
Condon Group and Chicago-based practiceRegulatory Compliance Associates Inc
Wiss amp Co More than half of revenues (56
percent) derived from AampA services
WithumSmith+Brown Consolidated two
New Jersey offices Invested in international
tax practice and financial services practice
Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best Firm
to Work For
firm highlights
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International tax remained the highest
growing niche service this year for the
2014 Top 100 Firms increasing 6 per-
centage points over 2013 reports ac-
cording to this yearrsquos 77 responding firms
State and local taxes grew 7 percent-
age points to be the second-most common
area of growth and bringing it even at 82
percent with business valuations which
similarly expanded 8 percentage points in
2014 Rounding out the top four again this
year was attest services growing 2 percent-
age points to 75 percent
Leading the pack in year-over-year
growth unsurprisingly was mergers and
acquisition which saw an 11-point uptick
in 2014 with 70 percent of firms reporting
increased business
Below that many services saw double-
digit increases in firms reporting growth
most notably SOX compliancerisk man-
agement saw a list-high rise of 16 percent-
age points to bring it to 53 percent Tech-
nology consulting and personal financial
planning also had strong 2014 gains of 12and 11 percentage points respectively
ON THE GROUND
Doug Wright partner-in-charge of inter-
national tax and transfer pricing services
at California-based firm Burr Pilger Mayer
attributes the continued growth in inter-
national tax services to an unusual conflu-
ence of economic recovery globalization
and the tax and regulatory issues of about
a dozen years ago that brought the niche
to prominenceldquoBasically itrsquos navigating the perfect
stormrdquo he said ldquoWersquove had a lot of changes
in the way in which not just the US but
foreign countries monitor and scrutinize
international business transactions from a
tax perspective The kind of international
tax and accounting standards that the US
has applied for some time now have been
adopted increasingly by countries outside
the USrdquo
Along with the tightening accounting
standards that followed corporate scandals
like Enron these regulatory concerns have
led companies to take more initiative in
their overseas business Wright explained
ldquoTherersquos a kind of heightened sense of cor-
porate responsibility wersquore seeing where
companies want to make sure theyrsquore do-
ing things in the appropriate way and are
not going to be attacked by the IRS or
foreign taxing authorities or are not viewed
as unethical We frequently see situations
where before companies engage us to do
a major global project they talk to other
companies that have done it Not to get a
referral on us but to talk to other compa-
nies They didnrsquot do similar planning in
the past so [they want] to understand how
that planning was ultimately viewed by the
IRS and foreign tax authoritiesrdquo
This kind of due diligence tends to
be pre-emptive Wright continued ldquoThey
donrsquot want to see their names in the news-
paper as caught up in substantial litigation
in the US and outside the US Corporate
executives have a heightened awareness
that they need to do things properly and
do them upfront Companies [used to]
just expand internationally and deal with
some of these issues after the fact mdash the
International tax work in demand B Y D A N I E L L E L E E
0 20 40 60 80 100
International Tax
Business Valuations
State and Local Taxes
Attest ServicesLitigation Support
EstateTrustGift Tax Planning
Industry Specializations
Mergers and Acquisitions
ForensicsFraud
Nonpro1047297t Organizations
Employee Bene1047297ts
Biz Mgmt for Wealthy Individuals
Succession PlanningFamily office
Retirement Plans
SOX ComplianceRisk Mgmt
Strategic PlanningBusiness Plans
Technology Consulting
Cost Segregation
Personal Financial Planning
Biz Mgmt for Small Businesses
Investment AdviceServices
CFOProject Staffi
ng ServicesCash Flow ForecastingManagement
Financing Arrangements
BankruptcyInsolvency
Employment Search
ExportImport
1031 Like-Kind
IFRS consulting
Business RecoveryRecession Advice
Payroll ServicesConsulting
Lease vs Buy Analysis
Top niche servicesPercentage of firms increasing their business in these areas
(of 77 firms responding)
niches and clients
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cart leading the horse Now therersquos much
more awareness and sensitivity tax and
otherwise hellip At our firm we have a phe-
nomenal amount of new international tax
planning and consulting work and new
clients coming our way including very
early-stage companies as they expandrdquo
When Wright joined BPM more than
five years ago he was the firmrsquos first and
only full-time international tax special-
ist and while he has grown that practice
to the largest in the firm for the last three
years the now roughly 12 full-time tax
professionals in the practice canrsquot keep up
with all the new work He estimates that
his group can only serve half of the op-
portunities that come their way but shares
that finding experienced specialists in the
extremely complex area of international
tax is ldquoexceedingly difficultrdquo
Atlanta firm Habif Arogeti amp Wynne
has been doing international work of all
sorts particularly with their manufactur-
ing and technology clients since the early
1990s and now has roughly 70 people in
that service line who speak 26 different
languages among them
Though HAampW is also a member firm
of global accountancy and business ad-
visory network Baker Tilly International
chief executive officer Richard Kopelman
credits most of the firmrsquos growth in this
niche to the ldquoinbound grass-roots effort
with the people from those countriesrdquo
ldquoInternational tax aligns with our
manufacturing and technology niche and
dovetails really wellrdquo he explained ldquoWe do
as much business inbound as outboundrdquo
ADDING VALUE
Nearly all of the client categories for this
yearrsquos Top 100 Firms displayed strong
growth this year with manufacturing lead-
ing the list at 82 percent a 9 percentage
point gain over last year
Manufacturing overtook 2013rsquos lead-
er midsized businesses in general by only
one percentage point Midsized businesses
saw a modest 4 percentage point increase
this year though real estate ranked behind
it recorded a big 12 percentage point rise
to bring it to 77 percent
Only two other categories on the list
surpassed that gain this year construction
which increased 14 percentage points to
66 percent of responding firms and much
farther down the list small businesses
which at 44 percent also recorded a 14
percent increase over last year
Central Pennsylvania-based Rein-
sel Kuntz Lesherrsquos location gives it an
advantage in this market according to
Steve Fisher a partner in the firmrsquos audit
services group and leader of the manu-
facturing and distribution services group
ldquoIn the past ten to 20 years companies
were leaving that were not as involved in
manufacturing but some of that is com-
ing back now with longstanding compa-
nies in manufacturing in that regionrdquo he
explained ldquoAnd a lot of them arenrsquot in
manufacturing but in bringing good over-seas and distribution channels There are
a lot of opportunitiesrdquo
RKL has capitalized on them Fisher
continued by evaluating specific client
needs ldquoOne thing wersquove done in the past
year is a focus group with financial folks
owners consultants that touch consum-
ers in the manufacturing and distribution
area We said lsquoWhat do you need what
are your expectations of people provid-
ing tax and audit servicesrsquo And whether
we can do it and align with them to helpfulfill their needs and bring value When
you hand them a financial statement or tax
return it looks the same no matter who did
it Wersquore responding communicating and
trying to educate folks and arm them to do
these things and help across the market
We go through the proposals and differen-
tiate ourselvesrdquo AT
niches and clients
0 20 40 60 80 100
Manufacturing
Midsized Businesses
Real Estate
TechnologyIndividuals
Construction
Healthcare Facilities
Nonpro1047297t Organizations
Professional Services
Wholesale Distributors
Large Businesses
Pension Plans
State and Local Government
Hotels amp Restaurants
Small Businesses
Retail Trade
Banking amp Thrift Companies
Entertainment
BrokersDealers in Securities amp Commodities
Colleges and Universities
Investment Companies amp Mutual Funds
Auto Dealerships
Government Contractors
Franchising
Finance CompaniesMortgage Banks
School Districts
PublishingBroadcastingMedia
Insurance CarriersCompanies
Insurance Agents amp Brokers
Gaming
AgricultureFarmingForestryFishing
Leasing Companies
Top client categoriesPercentage of firms increasing their business with these types of clients
(of 77 firms responding)
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Since our Regional Leaders both repre-
sent a broader range of firms in terms of
size and bring with them the particular
economic conditions of their geographic
regions the trends here tend to be less clear than
among our Top 100 Firms
One anti-trend that wersquove noticed is the lack
of correlation between the size of a region in terms
of its overall firm revenues and its growth rate
The Mid-Atlantic Regional Leaders for instance
have combined revenues almost twice as large
as the Great Lakes Regional Leaders mdash but an
average growth rate thatrsquos around half while the
Southwest has revenues that are slightly less than
those of the Capitol Region but is growing five
times as fast Local economic conditions make all
the difference of course but the point that size is
not everything is worth making
Unless of course yoursquore talking about the
size of our lists for each region Wersquove been grow-
ing them steadily over the past few years and are
happy to report a large number of new additions
this year many of which are highlighted in the
introductions to their individual regions
If your firm should be on one of our Regional
Leaders lists send us an e-mail at AcToday
SourceMediacom and wersquoll include you in next
yearrsquos survey AT
regional overview
Regions see uneven growth
20
THE 2014 REGIONAL LEADERS
Top Firms Capital RegionDelaware Maryland Virginia Washington DC and West Virginia
Revenue $56257 million up 206
While the Capital Region displayed the weakest revenue growth among the regions in 2013 it did display
major growth in another way the number of firms represented This yearrsquos list includes a number of strong
new players like Virginiarsquos PBMares West Virginiarsquos Arnett Foster Toothman and Washington DCrsquos Tate amp
Tryon
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Kearney amp Co Alexandria Va 7764 -282 2 13 287 401 72 0 28 0
SCampH Group Inc Sparks Md 5760 627 3 21 217 282 17 43 40 0
Watkins Meegan Bethesda Md 4900 145 4 15 196 224 22 22 56 0
Aronson Rockville Md 4900 101 1 31 154 224 43 33 22 2
Raffa Washington DC 3692 371 2 18 192 243 53 15 32 0
PBMares Newport News Va 2892 144 8 34 105 177 40 43 9 8
Cotton amp Co Alexandria Va 2566 -104 1 10 138 155 44 0 16 40
Brown Edwards amp Codagger Bluefield WVa 2542 201 7 25 NA 182 NA NA NA NA
Johnson Lambert Falls Church Va 2268 593 8 13 119 149 82 15 3 0
Yount Hyde amp Barbour Winchester Va 2252 -570 6 20 84 127 45 41 11 3
Gelman Rosenberg amp Freedman Bethesda Md 2160 385 1 12 60 94 76 23 1 0
Keiter Glen Allen Va 2143 328 1 12 104 143 26 62 4 8
Arnett Foster Toothman Charleston WVa 1961 283 6 23 86 136 47 28 25 0
Ellin amp Tucker Chartered Baltimore 1933 -515 4 11 77 114 38 38 16 8
Tate amp Tryon Washington DC 1860 550 1 11 90 110 69 7 24 0
Calibre CPA Group Bethesda Md 1830 2340 3 15 107 143 81 8 0 11
Gross Mendelsohn Baltimore 1674 1020 1 15 69 103 49 30 21 0
Smith Elliott Kearns amp Co Hagerstown Md 1660 122 5 20 97 142 48 30 17 5
KatzAbosch Timonium Md 1500 NC 3 21 42 83 37 55 8 0
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
REGIONSThe Capital Region 20
The Southeast 21
New England 21
The Mid-Atlantic 22
The Great Lakes 24
The Gulf Coast 24
The Midwest 25
The Mountain States 26
The Southwest 26
The West 27
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regional leaders
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdash
Firm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Dixon Hughes Goodman Charlotte NC 31000 197 26 178 1129 1661 36 35 29 0
Cherry Bekaert Richmond Va 12590 186 22 55 559 778 44 47 9 0
Lattimore Black Morgan amp Cain Brentwood Tenn 7091 906 3 46 287 409 24 34 14 28
Habif Arogeti amp Wynne Atlanta 6428 662 1 26 232 305 45 39 8 8
Elliott Davis Greenville SC 6410 505 8 51 265 392 47 35 14 4
Frazier amp Deeter Atlanta 5300 2018 4 11 158 201 32 40 0 28
Mauldin amp Jenkins Atlanta 3880 078 5 34 125 198 59 30 2 9
Mountjoy Chilton Medley Louisville Ky 3831 100 5 37 171 246 40 36 9 15
Joseph Decosimo amp Co Chattanooga Tenn 3820 550 8 29 177 265 47 39 7 7Bennett Thrasher Atlanta 2988 1418 1 23 104 151 27 57 7 9
Dean Dorton Allen Ford Lexington Ky 2212 179 2 33 90 150 33 42 25 0
Windham Brannon Atlanta 2146 1073 1 14 100 139 39 59 2 0
WebsterRogers Florence SC 1750 697 9 24 91 138 42 46 4 8
Top Firms Southeast Arkansas Georgia Kentucky North Carolina South Carolina and Tennessee
Revenue $89446 million up 470
Growth moderated in the Southeast in 2013 coming in a few percentage points lower
than in 2012 but that didnrsquot stop individual firms from posting some strong results like Atlantarsquos Frazier amp Deeter or new Regional Leader Windham Brannon
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdash
Firm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
BlumShapiro West Hartford Ct 6130 2824 4 30 251 341 56 32 1 11
BerryDunn Portland Maine 4312 740 5 18 154 204 47 18 28 7
Kahn Litwin Renza amp Co Providence RI 3532 1284 3 11 153 195 30 35 35 0
Wolf amp Co Boston 3149 725 3 19 142 189 50 21 0 29
Baker Newman amp Noyes Portland Maine 2770 NC 4 30 121 182 48 40 12 0
Feeley amp Driscoll Boston 2422 302 1 12 66 103 61 29 10 0
DiCicco Gulman amp Co Woburn Mass 1800 588 2 14 65 97 42 43 15 0
Alexander Aronson Finningdagger Westborough Mass 1769 249 5 18 NA NA NA NA NA NA
Whittlesey amp Hadley Hartford Ct 1570 753 1 15 83 105 60 20 20 0
Gray Gray amp Gray Westwood Mass 1380 222 3 8 64 86 45 35 20 0Edelstein amp Co Boston 1360 1826 1 9 45 64 21 54 0 25
Macdonald Page amp Co South Portland Maine 1300 442 3 21 75 112 42 31 13 14
OrsquoConnor amp Drew Braintree Mass 1200 2000 2 15 60 87 81 17 0 2
Melanson Heath amp Co Nashua NH 1048 264 5 9 66 88 74 22 2 2
Meyers Brothers Kalicka Holyoke Mass 1040 612 1 7 40 59 47 39 4 10
DiSanto Priest amp Co Warwick RI 959 435 1 8 37 57 39 55 6 0
Gallagher Flynn amp Co South Burlington Vt 920 -316 2 10 NA 75 NA NA NA NA
Notes Firm estimate or projection dagger Accounting Today estimate NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms New EnglandConnecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island and Vermont
Revenue $36661 million up 949
After a lackluster 2012 things picked up significantly for the region in 2013 MampA played a major part with firms of all
sizes getting into local and regional hookups and large firms like Connecticutrsquos BlumShapiro and Rhode Islandrsquos Kahn
Litwin Renza amp Co leading the way Going forward it will reshape the list in other ways following the January 2014
merger of Massachusetts Regional Leader Braver PC into Top 100 Firm Marcum LLP
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Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
CohnReznick New York City 50800 410 24 274 1716 2521 52 33 6 9
Marcum New York City 35010 2708 17 160 844 1300 45 36 7 12
EisnerAmper New York City 27690 779 9 177 976 1185 56 35 9 0
Rothstein Kass Roseland NJ 20200 688 8 76 780 1002 60 35 5 0
ParenteBeard Philadelphia 15800 -651 18 116 544 861 53 31 16 0
Citrin Cooperman amp Co New York City 14300 1440 5 120 302 503 47 37 8 8
WeiserMazars New York City 14240 772 6 104 393 625 47 39 14 0
Berdon New York City 10100 391 2 39 334 398 33 40 27 0
OrsquoConnor Davies New York City 9950 1888 7 82 340 501 65 21 14 0
Marks Paneth New York City 9800 1264 3 64 390 539 63 27 3 7
WithumSmith+Brown Princeton NJ 9698 931 12 77 258 431 37 37 2 24
Anchin Block amp Anchin New York City 9300 NC 1 56 215 354 44 43 13 0
Friedman New York City 7250 821 6 57 244 349 60 35 5 0
The Bonadio Group Pittsford NY 6629 2231 11 61 352 470 48 21 13 18
Schneider Downs Pittsburgh 5756 407 2 36 284 354 45 35 20 0
Reinsel Kuntz Lesher Lancaster Pa 4521 2183 4 39 228 300 33 35 10 22
Freed Maxick CPAs Buffalo NY 4150 964 4 35 203 283 36 37 27 0
Raich Ende Malter amp Co New York City 4100 789 5 33 120 191 40 60 0 0
Grassi amp Co New York City 4095 500 2 23 136 197 48 41 9 2
Margolin Winer amp Evens Garden City NY 4000 256 2 25 167 207 60 30 10 0
Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin amp Co New York City 4000 -1837 3 24 106 165 46 46 8 0
Prager Metis International New York City 3599 1659 7 30 129 199 30 45 25 0
Wiss amp Co Livingston NJ 3300 377 4 28 114 172 56 32 0 12Kreischer Miller Horsham Pa 2950 1078 1 16 137 183 46 36 11 7
Perelson Weiner New York City 1950 NA 1 8 45 70 40 50 10 0
Janover Garden City NY 1944 NA 2 13 78 108 30 62 5 3
Untracht Early Florham Park NJ 1900 544 3 8 79 102 29 64 4 3
Gettry Marcus CPA Woodbury NY 1700 303 2 16 47 81 48 35 0 17
Buchbinder Tunick amp Co New York City 1600 NC 2 18 53 90 50 25 15 10
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms Mid-AtlanticNew Jersey New York and Pennsylvania
Revenue $290332 million up 831
The Mid-Atlantic continues to post generally strong results helped by the strength of many of the industries its firms
serve particularly in the financial services and financial institutions areas It also remains a seedbed for new and grow-
ing firms like new Top 100 entry Prager Metis International and new Regional Leaders Perelson Weiner Janover Un-tracht Early and Buchbinder Tunick
22
regional leaders
Where the growth is Pt 1Average firm growth rate in percent by region
Mid-Atlantic
GreatLakes
West Midwest CapitalRegion
SoutheastGulf Coast
Southwest NewEngland
Mountain0
5
10
15
20
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Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
EKSampH Denver 7046 1119 3 38 308 427 45 42 13 0
Hein amp Associates Denver 5071 445 4 33 191 266 48 47 4 1
RGL Forensics Denver 3765 606 17 23 124 190 0 0 0 100
Anderson ZurMuehlen Helena Mont 2557 277 7 27 128 204 35 38 10 17
GHP Horwath Denver 2480 -040 1 10 82 106 41 26 0 33
Anton Collins Mitchell Denver 1600 191 3 12 69 97 50 40 10 0
Tanner Salt Lake City 1430 1085 1 10 54 72 62 23 13 2
Junkermier ClarkCampanella Stevens Great Falls Mont 1420 085 7 25 69 120 39 43 7 11
Dalby Wendland amp Co Grand Junction Colo 1195 373 4 16 52 90 25 53 9 13McGee Hearne amp Paiz Cheyenne Wyo 973 485 2 9 52 70 55 38 7 0
Top Firms MountainColorado Idaho Montana Utah and Wyoming
Revenue $27537 million up 566
The region seems in some ways to have turned the corner It reported its second year in a row of respectable
growth after a few difficult years That may explain the interest from Top 100 Firms Eide Bailly in particular made
a number of acquisitions in the region particularly in the Salt Lake City area
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Weaver Fort Worth Texas 8340 1332 7 36 354 471 34 43 12 11
Whitley Penn Fort Worth Texas 5871 1984 5 38 206 294 43 43 0 14
Montgomery Coscia Greilich Plano Texas 3354 1614 2 16 203 231 28 41 24 7
Padgett Stratemann amp Co San Antonio 3007 301 2 17 127 179 51 37 12 0
REDW Albuquerque NM 2645 3352 2 17 129 181 52 24 10 14
Briggs amp Veselka Co Houston 2617 1842 2 19 151 194 41 50 8 1
PKF Texas Houston 2155 553 1 10 85 108 50 46 4 0
Cain Watters amp Associates Plano Texas 2080 930 1 7 55 108 10 15 0 75
BeachFleischman Tuscon Ariz 2030 2378 2 25 81 140 27 57 2 14
Johnson Miller amp Co CPAs Odessa Texas 1954 868 3 14 76 103 30 50 7 13
PMB Helin Donovan Austin Texas 1900 1377 8 28 88 136 55 45 0 0Lane Gorman Trubitt Dallas 1900 497 1 15 62 92 57 37 0 6
Henry amp Horne Tempe Ariz 1850 571 3 14 70 102 33 58 9 0
Maxwell Locke amp Ritter Austin Texas 1834 969 2 21 61 92 38 41 0 21
TravisWolff Dallas 1830 -054 1 8 76 104 32 54 14 0
Melton amp Melton Houston 1790 770 1 14 79 103 50 50 0 0
Brown Graham amp Co Amarillo Texas 1287 404 7 23 61 113 35 50 5 10
Hartman Leito amp Bolt Fort Worth Texas 1100 -795 1 10 47 69 45 46 8 1
MaloneBailey Houston 897 -2220 2 5 31 41 98 2 0 0
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms Southwest Arizona New Mexico Oklahoma and Texas
Revenue $48441 million up 1103
As with the Gulf Coast booming revenues from oil and gas no doubt played a part in the
Southwestrsquos strong performance this year (the third best of the regions) with many of the
largest firms recording growth in energy and related services Wersquore also happy to note a
number of new Regional Leaders including Planorsquos Montgomery Coscia Greilich (which also
joined the T100) Houstonrsquos Melton amp Melton and Amarillorsquos Brown Graham amp Co
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regional leaders
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Moss Adams Seattle 40300 1715 22 263 1340 2072 45 38 17 0
Armanino San Ramon Calif 11284 1311 5 37 301 394 21 26 49 4
Novogradac amp Co San Francisco 9248 1003 15 35 311 408 59 27 2 12
Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt W Los Angeles Calif 8692 1724 8 36 263 362 18 76 0 6
Burr Pilger Mayer Inc San Francisco 6850 -087 6 40 225 330 38 50 12 0
Frank Rimerman + Co Palo Alto Calif 6120 1233 5 21 229 267 27 62 11 0
Nigro Karlin Segal Feldstein amp Bolno Los Angeles 5608 1167 2 21 262 314 17 17 2 64
Squar Milner Newport Beach Calif 4530 295 4 22 171 229 40 53 0 7SingerLewak Los Angeles 3850 -080 6 33 NA NA NA NA NA NA
AKT CPAs Salem Ore 3824 1039 6 15 176 235 28 33 11 28
Miller Kaplan Arase North Hollywood Calif 3800 270 5 24 117 175 58 17 17 8
Gallina Roseville Calif 3639 505 9 26 155 226 45 52 3 0
Seiler Redwood City Calif 3610 587 2 11 116 152 10 75 0 15
Macias Gini amp OrsquoConnell Sacramento Calif 3340 -773 9 10 164 258 63 12 7 18
Vavrinek Trine Day amp Codagger Rancho Cucamonga Calif 3231 199 7 33 NA 200 NA NA NA NA
Clark Nuber Bellevue Wash 3096 614 1 18 119 168 49 48 0 3
Gursey | Schneider Los Angeles 2820 682 3 10 85 129 0 30 0 70
RBZ Los Angeles 2800 1327 1 14 89 136 17 52 17 14
Hutchinson and Bloodgood Glendale Calif 2543 1559 4 33 58 115 38 46 16 0
Windes Inc Long Beach Calif 2361 -215 3 16 76 121 44 46 4 6
Green Hasson Janks Los Angeles 2310 500 1 13 88 116 32 33 13 22
Hemming Morse San Francisco 2069 827 7 13 76 96 33 0 0 67Perkins amp Co Portland Ore 2017 1034 2 19 87 132 27 40 24 9
Matson amp Isom Chico Calif 1768 400 4 21 81 128 41 46 5 8
Gumbiner Savett Santa Monica Calif 1728 601 1 10 80 110 40 50 8 2
Peterson Sullivan Seattle 1646 457 1 13 84 97 52 47 1 0
Sensiba San Filippo Pleasanton Calif 1620 588 4 14 61 103 NA NA NA NA
NSBN Beverly Hills Calif 1500 1111 1 13 53 74 35 49 5 11
Notes Firm estimate or projection dagger Accounting Today estimate NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms WestCalifornia Nevada Oregon and Washington
Revenue $146204 million up 989
Growth is spread a little more evenly among the firms in the West this year with strong rates at the top firms but equally
good performances scattered up and down the range While some of the other regions saw re-arrangements and even
shortenings of their rosters due to mergers and acquisitions firm combinations didnrsquot change the list for the West muchat all In fact the list itself grew a little longer with the addition of new Regional Leaders Perkins amp Co in Portland Ore
Peterson Sullivan in Seattle and NSBN in Beverly Hills
Where the money isCombined 2013 revenues in millions of dollars by region
Mid-Atlantic
GreatLakes
West Midwest CapitalRegion
Southeast Gulf Coast
Southwest NewEngland
Mountain0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
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AKT CPAs Acquired firm with a dental
professional practice
Anchin Block amp Anchin In February
2013 lost $50 million judgment to author Pa-
tricia Cornwell over financial management
Armanino In January 2013 rebranded
from Armanino McKenna Launched business
intelligence dashboard for private schools
and Dynamic Insights BI tool Acquired Dy-
namics VAR Rose Business Solutions
Aronson Organized two new service
groups IT audit and wealth management
consulting for choosing and assessing advi-
sor performance Baker Tilly Virchow Krause In June 2013
acquired New York-based Top 100 Firm Holtz
Rubenstein Reminick Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
BDO In June 2013 acquired Alaska-based
Mikunda Cottrell and Minneapolis-based
Moquist Thorvilson Kaufmann and brought
on members of banking practice of T100
Firm ParenteBeard In August expanded in
San Antonio by adding some partners and
staff from TravisWolff In December acquired
Pittsburgh T100 Firm Alpern Rosenthal
Berdon Joined TIAG alliance Expanded
use of CRM system and instituted Best Place
to Work Committee to propose community
social and charitable initiatives for the firm
In November 2013 merged with Northport
NY-based Beck amp Co
Berkowitz Pollack Brant Expanded stra-
tegic planning task force to include ldquoup and
comersrdquo Began celebrating its 35th anniver-
sary Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best
Firm to Work For
BerryDunn Grew revenue by over 7 per-
cent and overall staff by over 10 percent
BKD In 2013 marked its 90th anniver-
sary Opened offices in Des Moines Iowa
and Nashville Tenn In September acquired
Pittsburgh-based Malin Bergquist
Blue amp Co All figures are Accounting To-
day estimates
BlumShapiro Merged with Newton
Mass-based Friedman Suvalle amp Salomon
Added a dedicated hospitality group
The Bonadio Group In April 2013 merged
in Rutland Vt-based Independent Audit As-
sociates In September merged in Buffalo
NY-based Gaines Kriner Elliott In Novem-
ber merged in Albany NY-based Stulmaker
Kohn amp Richardson Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Burr Pilger Mayer Inc In January 2013
named new CEO In November opened new
office in Napa Valley
Carr Riggs amp Ingram In January 2013merged in Atlanta-based Peterson Coleman
amp Marett In July merged with North Caro-
lina-based accounting firm Pittard Perry amp
Crone Inc In August merged in Atlanta-
based Laney Boteler amp Killinger In Septem-
ber merged in Texas Regional Leader Gainer
Donnelly
CBIZ Mayer Hoffman McCann In No-
vember 2013 acquired Denver-based Knight
Field Fabry In January 2013 named Chris
Spurio president of CBIZ Financial Services
In February announced acquisition of Tam-pa Bay Fla-based Lewis Birch amp Ricardo
Cherry Bekaert In January 2013 re-
branded from Cherry Bekaert amp Holland
Formed benefits consulting group expanded
international tax team and advisory services
Citrin Cooperman amp Co In November
2013 merged in Leon M Reimer amp Co
Clark Schaefer Hackett amp Co Marked its
75th anniversary Having ldquoactive discussionsrdquo
on acquisitions
CliftonLarsonAllen Sold health care reg-ulatory and compliance group
Cohen amp Co Divested nearly $10 mil-
lion in business during the year that was not
meeting growth and profitability expecta-
tions Implemented a second tier of owner-
ship Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best
Firm to Work For
CohnReznick Named first national direc-
firm highlights
2014 firm highlightstor of governmental affairs Relocated offices
in Chicago Los Angeles and Austin Texas
Crowe Horwath In August 2013 acquired
a majority interest in Missouri-based Chan
Healthcare Integrated staff and acquired in-
tellectual property of ExtOrg In November
named its first chief innovation officer
Deloitte in January 2014 acquired sub-
stantially all of the business of strategy con-
sulting firm the Monitor Group In June ac-
quired investment bank McColl Partners In
July acquired SAP consulting firm Quattro
Integration Group In September acquired
TMA Construction Consultants In October
acquired substantially all of the assets of digi-
tal and social media agency Banyan Branch
In October agreed to pay $2 million to settle
charges with the PCAOB for violating Sar-
banes-Oxley Act and PCAOB rules In No-
vember launched CloudMix a preconfigured
mixture of cloud applications from different
vendors for clients
Dixon Hughes Goodman In June 2013
added Crossfire Advisory to its national health
care practice
Doeren Mayhew Grew revenue over 16
percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash international tax Fastest growing client
category mdash manufacturing
Eide Bailly In May 2013 installed new
CEO In June and August merged in two Salt
Lake City CPA firms Lake Hill amp Myers and
Hansen Barnett amp Maxwell In November
2013 acquired Denver NetSuite solutions pro-
vider Next Business Systems In December
launched private insurance exchange
EisnerAmper Had an ldquooutstandingrdquo year
Added several new services including CFO
outsourcing human capital cloud technol-
ogy and family office services
EKSampH Rebranded from Ehrhardt KeefeSteiner amp Hottman Saw revenue growth of
over 11 percent
Elliott Davis In April merged in Raleigh
NC-based Lunsford amp Strickland Relocated
office from Galax Va to Richmond Hired a
corporate strategies officer
Ernst amp Young In March paid $123 million
to resolve a federal tax shelter investigation
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In June launched EYTaxSpace Powered by
Thomson Reuters for corporate tax clients
In August donated its archives going back to
the early 1900s to Case Western Reserve Uni-
versity In December agreed to pay investors
$99 million to settle litigation over LehmanBrothers audit and acquired the US tax
preparation and court accounting outsourc-
ing businesses of Thomson Reuters
Frank Rimerman + Co Saw revenue
growth of over 12 percent
Frazier amp Deeter Saw revenue growth of
over 20 percent
Freed Maxick Saw revenue growth of over
9 percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash health care Fastest growing client cat-
egory mdash consulting
Friedman Saw revenue growth of over
8 percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash international tax Fastest growing client
category mdash real estate Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Gallina Expanded service lines including
international tax state and local tax and es-
tate trust retirement and succession services
Hired a director of recruitment and develop-
ment Joined TIAG alliance In February 2014
acquired Mercer Island Wash-based Tuef-
fers Guckian amp Gamon
Grant Thornton Redesigned external
Web site Hired a chief people and culture
officer In September 2013 acquired Oracle
Solutions business unit MarketSphere In No-
vember extended tenure of current CEO
Grassi amp Co In May 2013 added in David
C Sobel CPA and his staff In December
launched Grassi Technology Consultants
Habif Arogeti amp Wynne In May merged
in boutique tax consulting firm JRZ Launched
efforts to ldquodefine refine and embrace the
firmrsquos culturerdquo Hein amp Associates Expanded cloud solu-
tions service line Saw staff growth of over 11
percent
Hill Barth amp King Launched HbK Corpo-
rate Finance division Created new Web site
and YouTube channel In November 2013
merged in Lawrenceville NJ-based Bartolo-
mei Pucciarelli CPAs
Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt Saw ldquosig-
nificant growthrdquo in MampA private equity pro-
fessional services international tax and en-
tertainment practices Launched a business
development training program
Honkamp Krueger amp Co In Augustmerged in Madison Wis-based The Brem-
ser Group In October opened practice in
Davenport Iowa Added medical practice
consulting and talent outsourcing to its ser-
vices list
Horne Saw overall staff growth of over 11
percent Named an Accounting Today 2013
Best Firm to Work For
Joseph Decosimo amp Co In March 2013
acquired Huntsville Ala-based cost account-
ing and federal compliance solutions group
Solvability In December merged in Larry
Hyatt amp Associates
Kahn Litwin Renza amp Co In January
2013 merged with Waltham Mass-based Fay
amp Associates In May opened KLR Emerging
Business Center to offer co-working office
space to start-ups
Katz Sapper amp Miller Saw revenue
growth of over 7 percent and overall staff
growth of over 9 percent
Kaufman Rossin Group Saw revenue
growth of over 18 percent Named the No1 Accounting Today 2013 Best Firm to Work
For in the Large Firm Category for the third
year in a row
Kearney amp Co Saw staff growth of over
2 percent
Kemper Fastest growing service area mdash
investment advisory services
Kennedy and Coe Installed new CEO
KPMG Completed acquisition of Ora-
cle ERP practice of The Hackett Group
Launched alliance-based offering in indirect
tax with Thomson Reuters In May 2013
agreed with Fannie Mae to pay $153 million
to settle class-action suit over Fannie Mae
audit In July launched market alliance with
cloud-based procurement solution provider
Coupa Software In September Denver office
achieved LEED-CI certification In Decem-
ber announced plans to acquire analytical
applications company Link Analytics In Jan-
uary 2014 agreed to pay $82 million to settle
SEC charges over auditor independence
Lattimore Black Morgan amp Cain Re-
ported organic growth of over 9 percent
across all service lines Added a health care
consulting company
Macias Gini amp OrsquoConnell Saw overall staff
growth of over 7 percent
Marcum In January 2013 merged in
Massachusetts-based Parent McLaughlin amp
Nangle In April merged in Cornerstone Ac-
counting Group In July merged in Irvine
Calif-based WilsonMorgan In January 2014
merged in three units of New England Re-
gional Leader Braver
Margolin Winer amp Evens Saw revenue
growth of over 2 percent
Marks Paneth Rebranded from Marks
Paneth amp Shron In February 2013 merged
in New York City-based Rosenberg Neuwirth
amp Kuchner
Mauldin amp Jenkins In June acquired Ten-
nessee-based Hazlett Lewis amp Bieter
MBAF CPAs Worked to achieve ldquogreater
consolidation of the Northeast Region op-
erations with the rest of the firmrdquo Enhanced
cross-utilization of staff and skills among
various regions Designed and implemented
cost controls
McGladrey In August launched a strat-
egy to serve middle-market companies Late
in 2013 acquired Wilmington NC-Lanier
Whaley Craft amp Co and Houston-based
Margolis Phipps amp Wright
Miller Kaplan Arase Appointed a new
managing partner Expanded Seattle office
Saw ldquosignificant growthrdquo in business manage-
ment and entertainment group
Montgomery Coscia Greilich New to the
list In March 2013 joined the Alliott Group
alliance In May opened new office in AustinTexas In June launched strategy and man-
agement consulting practice In September
marked 10th anniversary
Moss Adams Marked its 100th anniver-
sary Installed new chairmanCEO
Mountjoy Chilton Medley Transitioned
in operations of Jeffersonville Ind-based
firm Expanded Cincinnati office Saw ldquostrong
firm highlights
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increaserdquo in regulated industry work such as
insurance financial institutions and health
care In December 2013 launched IT consult-
ing amp strategy services
Nigro Karlin Segal Feldstein amp Bolno
Changed name from Nigro Karlin Segal ampFeldstein Sold a 245 percent minority stake
in the firm to First Republic Bank
Novogradac amp Co Saw revenue growth of
over 10 percent
OrsquoConnor Davies In October announced
merger with Cranford NJ-based Fazio Man-
nuzza Roche Tankel LaPilusa In January
2014 merged with New York City-based Mer-
sel Klein amp Co
ParenteBeard In January 2013 merged
in Connecticut-based health care manage-
ment consulting firm Presscott Associates In
November closed its technology practice In
February 2014 added team members from
insurance consulting firm Invotex
Plante Moran In April 2013 launched
Women in Leadership initiative In July
launched a Web site offering ACA guidance
In November opened an office in Detroit
Postlethwaite amp Netterville Implement-
ed a formal shareholder evaluation process
a formal pipeline process a business de-
velopment training curriculum and growthmanagement software
Prager Metis International New to the
list Formed from January 2013 merger of
Prager amp Fenton and Metis Group Added a
number of new service lines including SALT
cost segregation and research tax incentives
PwC In July 2013 reshuffled US leader-
ship team In October announced plans to
merge in consulting firm Booz amp Co
Raffa In November 2013 launched Raffa
Nonprofit Fraud Prevention Institute
Raich Ende Malter In March 2013 estab-
lished Raich Ende Malter (Cayman)
Rehmann Saw revenue growth of over 15
percent
Reinsel Kuntz Lesher Saw growth in rev-
enue of over 21 percent
RGL Forensics Opened an office in San-
tiago Chile Introduced registered broker-
dealer RGL Advisors to offer MampA transac-
tion advisory services in the US
Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin amp Co
Fastest growing specialty service mdash large
private equity transactions Fastest growing
client category mdash private equity companies
Rothstein Kass Saw revenue growth of
almost 7 percent
RubinBrown Launched national prac-
tices to serve private equity firms and gaming
companies
SCampH Group Inc Joined firm network
Moore Stephens Fastest growing specialty
service mdash technology consulting Fastest
growing client category mdash health care
Schenck In January 2013 acquired ma-
jority stake in Milwaukee-based Bonfield amp
Co Installed new MP and CFO Changed
practice management system
Schneider Downs Relocated corporate
headquarters within Pittsburgh
Seiler Share of revenue derived from tax
increased from 70 to 75 percent
Sikich In January 2013 merged in Il-
linois-based supply chain consulting firm
Achieve Consulting In August announced
merger with Brookfield Wis firm Kolb+Co
In September merged in St Louis-based
OrsquoDonnell Bonebrake amp Co Also mergedin S2 Consulting and PKF Texas Technology
Added eight services PR insurance lean
back office business intelligence SALT and
international tax Restructured executive and
compensation committees Revised partner
compensation plan
SingerLewak In January 2013 merged in
San Francisco office of Acquavell Chiarelli
Shuster Berkower amp Co
Skoda Minotti amp Co New to the list
In May 2013 merged Skoda Minotti Technol-
ogy Partners with Westlake Ohio-based Da-taServ In June 2013 merged in Tampa Fla-
based Dowell amp Perez In August merged
in Tampa-based national assurance solu-
tions and compliance company Assurance
Concepts
Squar Milner ldquoSignificantly expandingrdquo
Los Angeles offices
SSampG In May 2013 named new CEO Saw
revenue growth of almost 14 percent
SVA CPAs In June 2013 installed new
CEO In January 2014 merged in Wisconsin-
based practice of William P Merrick CPA
UHY Advisors Inc Saw overall staff
growth of over 10 percent
Vavrinek Trine Day amp Co All figures are
Accounting Today estimates
Warren Averett In January 2013 merged
in Atlanta-based Gifford Hillegass amp Ingwers-
en and Tampa Fla-based Pender Newkirk
Rebranded firm with new visual identity
Developed new and expanded services in
SALT business valuation forensic account-
ing and litigation support health care reform
economic settlement claims processing and
alternative investments
Watkins Meegan Expanded hospitality
practice and increased government contract-
ing practice Started health care consulting
practice Hired business developmentmar-
keting director
Weaver Saw revenue growth of over 13
percent and growth in all four of its largest
niches mdash energy financial services the pub-
lic sector and manufacturing In February
2014 merged in Connecticut-based RIN At-
test and Advisory Services
WeiserMazarsIn November 2013 merged
in New York-based Resnick Druckman Group
Expanded health care consulting group
Whitley Penn Expanded transaction ser-
vices practice and forensic litigation and
valuation services statewide Named an Ac-
counting Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Wipfli Formalized fresh-water industry
services opened office in Milwaukeersquos Global
Water Center Launched Wipfli Connect for
Manufacturing software solution In January
2014 merged in Tinley Park Ill-based The
Condon Group and Chicago-based practiceRegulatory Compliance Associates Inc
Wiss amp Co More than half of revenues (56
percent) derived from AampA services
WithumSmith+Brown Consolidated two
New Jersey offices Invested in international
tax practice and financial services practice
Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best Firm
to Work For
firm highlights
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cart leading the horse Now therersquos much
more awareness and sensitivity tax and
otherwise hellip At our firm we have a phe-
nomenal amount of new international tax
planning and consulting work and new
clients coming our way including very
early-stage companies as they expandrdquo
When Wright joined BPM more than
five years ago he was the firmrsquos first and
only full-time international tax special-
ist and while he has grown that practice
to the largest in the firm for the last three
years the now roughly 12 full-time tax
professionals in the practice canrsquot keep up
with all the new work He estimates that
his group can only serve half of the op-
portunities that come their way but shares
that finding experienced specialists in the
extremely complex area of international
tax is ldquoexceedingly difficultrdquo
Atlanta firm Habif Arogeti amp Wynne
has been doing international work of all
sorts particularly with their manufactur-
ing and technology clients since the early
1990s and now has roughly 70 people in
that service line who speak 26 different
languages among them
Though HAampW is also a member firm
of global accountancy and business ad-
visory network Baker Tilly International
chief executive officer Richard Kopelman
credits most of the firmrsquos growth in this
niche to the ldquoinbound grass-roots effort
with the people from those countriesrdquo
ldquoInternational tax aligns with our
manufacturing and technology niche and
dovetails really wellrdquo he explained ldquoWe do
as much business inbound as outboundrdquo
ADDING VALUE
Nearly all of the client categories for this
yearrsquos Top 100 Firms displayed strong
growth this year with manufacturing lead-
ing the list at 82 percent a 9 percentage
point gain over last year
Manufacturing overtook 2013rsquos lead-
er midsized businesses in general by only
one percentage point Midsized businesses
saw a modest 4 percentage point increase
this year though real estate ranked behind
it recorded a big 12 percentage point rise
to bring it to 77 percent
Only two other categories on the list
surpassed that gain this year construction
which increased 14 percentage points to
66 percent of responding firms and much
farther down the list small businesses
which at 44 percent also recorded a 14
percent increase over last year
Central Pennsylvania-based Rein-
sel Kuntz Lesherrsquos location gives it an
advantage in this market according to
Steve Fisher a partner in the firmrsquos audit
services group and leader of the manu-
facturing and distribution services group
ldquoIn the past ten to 20 years companies
were leaving that were not as involved in
manufacturing but some of that is com-
ing back now with longstanding compa-
nies in manufacturing in that regionrdquo he
explained ldquoAnd a lot of them arenrsquot in
manufacturing but in bringing good over-seas and distribution channels There are
a lot of opportunitiesrdquo
RKL has capitalized on them Fisher
continued by evaluating specific client
needs ldquoOne thing wersquove done in the past
year is a focus group with financial folks
owners consultants that touch consum-
ers in the manufacturing and distribution
area We said lsquoWhat do you need what
are your expectations of people provid-
ing tax and audit servicesrsquo And whether
we can do it and align with them to helpfulfill their needs and bring value When
you hand them a financial statement or tax
return it looks the same no matter who did
it Wersquore responding communicating and
trying to educate folks and arm them to do
these things and help across the market
We go through the proposals and differen-
tiate ourselvesrdquo AT
niches and clients
0 20 40 60 80 100
Manufacturing
Midsized Businesses
Real Estate
TechnologyIndividuals
Construction
Healthcare Facilities
Nonpro1047297t Organizations
Professional Services
Wholesale Distributors
Large Businesses
Pension Plans
State and Local Government
Hotels amp Restaurants
Small Businesses
Retail Trade
Banking amp Thrift Companies
Entertainment
BrokersDealers in Securities amp Commodities
Colleges and Universities
Investment Companies amp Mutual Funds
Auto Dealerships
Government Contractors
Franchising
Finance CompaniesMortgage Banks
School Districts
PublishingBroadcastingMedia
Insurance CarriersCompanies
Insurance Agents amp Brokers
Gaming
AgricultureFarmingForestryFishing
Leasing Companies
Top client categoriesPercentage of firms increasing their business with these types of clients
(of 77 firms responding)
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Since our Regional Leaders both repre-
sent a broader range of firms in terms of
size and bring with them the particular
economic conditions of their geographic
regions the trends here tend to be less clear than
among our Top 100 Firms
One anti-trend that wersquove noticed is the lack
of correlation between the size of a region in terms
of its overall firm revenues and its growth rate
The Mid-Atlantic Regional Leaders for instance
have combined revenues almost twice as large
as the Great Lakes Regional Leaders mdash but an
average growth rate thatrsquos around half while the
Southwest has revenues that are slightly less than
those of the Capitol Region but is growing five
times as fast Local economic conditions make all
the difference of course but the point that size is
not everything is worth making
Unless of course yoursquore talking about the
size of our lists for each region Wersquove been grow-
ing them steadily over the past few years and are
happy to report a large number of new additions
this year many of which are highlighted in the
introductions to their individual regions
If your firm should be on one of our Regional
Leaders lists send us an e-mail at AcToday
SourceMediacom and wersquoll include you in next
yearrsquos survey AT
regional overview
Regions see uneven growth
20
THE 2014 REGIONAL LEADERS
Top Firms Capital RegionDelaware Maryland Virginia Washington DC and West Virginia
Revenue $56257 million up 206
While the Capital Region displayed the weakest revenue growth among the regions in 2013 it did display
major growth in another way the number of firms represented This yearrsquos list includes a number of strong
new players like Virginiarsquos PBMares West Virginiarsquos Arnett Foster Toothman and Washington DCrsquos Tate amp
Tryon
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Kearney amp Co Alexandria Va 7764 -282 2 13 287 401 72 0 28 0
SCampH Group Inc Sparks Md 5760 627 3 21 217 282 17 43 40 0
Watkins Meegan Bethesda Md 4900 145 4 15 196 224 22 22 56 0
Aronson Rockville Md 4900 101 1 31 154 224 43 33 22 2
Raffa Washington DC 3692 371 2 18 192 243 53 15 32 0
PBMares Newport News Va 2892 144 8 34 105 177 40 43 9 8
Cotton amp Co Alexandria Va 2566 -104 1 10 138 155 44 0 16 40
Brown Edwards amp Codagger Bluefield WVa 2542 201 7 25 NA 182 NA NA NA NA
Johnson Lambert Falls Church Va 2268 593 8 13 119 149 82 15 3 0
Yount Hyde amp Barbour Winchester Va 2252 -570 6 20 84 127 45 41 11 3
Gelman Rosenberg amp Freedman Bethesda Md 2160 385 1 12 60 94 76 23 1 0
Keiter Glen Allen Va 2143 328 1 12 104 143 26 62 4 8
Arnett Foster Toothman Charleston WVa 1961 283 6 23 86 136 47 28 25 0
Ellin amp Tucker Chartered Baltimore 1933 -515 4 11 77 114 38 38 16 8
Tate amp Tryon Washington DC 1860 550 1 11 90 110 69 7 24 0
Calibre CPA Group Bethesda Md 1830 2340 3 15 107 143 81 8 0 11
Gross Mendelsohn Baltimore 1674 1020 1 15 69 103 49 30 21 0
Smith Elliott Kearns amp Co Hagerstown Md 1660 122 5 20 97 142 48 30 17 5
KatzAbosch Timonium Md 1500 NC 3 21 42 83 37 55 8 0
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
REGIONSThe Capital Region 20
The Southeast 21
New England 21
The Mid-Atlantic 22
The Great Lakes 24
The Gulf Coast 24
The Midwest 25
The Mountain States 26
The Southwest 26
The West 27
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regional leaders
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdash
Firm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Dixon Hughes Goodman Charlotte NC 31000 197 26 178 1129 1661 36 35 29 0
Cherry Bekaert Richmond Va 12590 186 22 55 559 778 44 47 9 0
Lattimore Black Morgan amp Cain Brentwood Tenn 7091 906 3 46 287 409 24 34 14 28
Habif Arogeti amp Wynne Atlanta 6428 662 1 26 232 305 45 39 8 8
Elliott Davis Greenville SC 6410 505 8 51 265 392 47 35 14 4
Frazier amp Deeter Atlanta 5300 2018 4 11 158 201 32 40 0 28
Mauldin amp Jenkins Atlanta 3880 078 5 34 125 198 59 30 2 9
Mountjoy Chilton Medley Louisville Ky 3831 100 5 37 171 246 40 36 9 15
Joseph Decosimo amp Co Chattanooga Tenn 3820 550 8 29 177 265 47 39 7 7Bennett Thrasher Atlanta 2988 1418 1 23 104 151 27 57 7 9
Dean Dorton Allen Ford Lexington Ky 2212 179 2 33 90 150 33 42 25 0
Windham Brannon Atlanta 2146 1073 1 14 100 139 39 59 2 0
WebsterRogers Florence SC 1750 697 9 24 91 138 42 46 4 8
Top Firms Southeast Arkansas Georgia Kentucky North Carolina South Carolina and Tennessee
Revenue $89446 million up 470
Growth moderated in the Southeast in 2013 coming in a few percentage points lower
than in 2012 but that didnrsquot stop individual firms from posting some strong results like Atlantarsquos Frazier amp Deeter or new Regional Leader Windham Brannon
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdash
Firm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
BlumShapiro West Hartford Ct 6130 2824 4 30 251 341 56 32 1 11
BerryDunn Portland Maine 4312 740 5 18 154 204 47 18 28 7
Kahn Litwin Renza amp Co Providence RI 3532 1284 3 11 153 195 30 35 35 0
Wolf amp Co Boston 3149 725 3 19 142 189 50 21 0 29
Baker Newman amp Noyes Portland Maine 2770 NC 4 30 121 182 48 40 12 0
Feeley amp Driscoll Boston 2422 302 1 12 66 103 61 29 10 0
DiCicco Gulman amp Co Woburn Mass 1800 588 2 14 65 97 42 43 15 0
Alexander Aronson Finningdagger Westborough Mass 1769 249 5 18 NA NA NA NA NA NA
Whittlesey amp Hadley Hartford Ct 1570 753 1 15 83 105 60 20 20 0
Gray Gray amp Gray Westwood Mass 1380 222 3 8 64 86 45 35 20 0Edelstein amp Co Boston 1360 1826 1 9 45 64 21 54 0 25
Macdonald Page amp Co South Portland Maine 1300 442 3 21 75 112 42 31 13 14
OrsquoConnor amp Drew Braintree Mass 1200 2000 2 15 60 87 81 17 0 2
Melanson Heath amp Co Nashua NH 1048 264 5 9 66 88 74 22 2 2
Meyers Brothers Kalicka Holyoke Mass 1040 612 1 7 40 59 47 39 4 10
DiSanto Priest amp Co Warwick RI 959 435 1 8 37 57 39 55 6 0
Gallagher Flynn amp Co South Burlington Vt 920 -316 2 10 NA 75 NA NA NA NA
Notes Firm estimate or projection dagger Accounting Today estimate NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms New EnglandConnecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island and Vermont
Revenue $36661 million up 949
After a lackluster 2012 things picked up significantly for the region in 2013 MampA played a major part with firms of all
sizes getting into local and regional hookups and large firms like Connecticutrsquos BlumShapiro and Rhode Islandrsquos Kahn
Litwin Renza amp Co leading the way Going forward it will reshape the list in other ways following the January 2014
merger of Massachusetts Regional Leader Braver PC into Top 100 Firm Marcum LLP
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Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
CohnReznick New York City 50800 410 24 274 1716 2521 52 33 6 9
Marcum New York City 35010 2708 17 160 844 1300 45 36 7 12
EisnerAmper New York City 27690 779 9 177 976 1185 56 35 9 0
Rothstein Kass Roseland NJ 20200 688 8 76 780 1002 60 35 5 0
ParenteBeard Philadelphia 15800 -651 18 116 544 861 53 31 16 0
Citrin Cooperman amp Co New York City 14300 1440 5 120 302 503 47 37 8 8
WeiserMazars New York City 14240 772 6 104 393 625 47 39 14 0
Berdon New York City 10100 391 2 39 334 398 33 40 27 0
OrsquoConnor Davies New York City 9950 1888 7 82 340 501 65 21 14 0
Marks Paneth New York City 9800 1264 3 64 390 539 63 27 3 7
WithumSmith+Brown Princeton NJ 9698 931 12 77 258 431 37 37 2 24
Anchin Block amp Anchin New York City 9300 NC 1 56 215 354 44 43 13 0
Friedman New York City 7250 821 6 57 244 349 60 35 5 0
The Bonadio Group Pittsford NY 6629 2231 11 61 352 470 48 21 13 18
Schneider Downs Pittsburgh 5756 407 2 36 284 354 45 35 20 0
Reinsel Kuntz Lesher Lancaster Pa 4521 2183 4 39 228 300 33 35 10 22
Freed Maxick CPAs Buffalo NY 4150 964 4 35 203 283 36 37 27 0
Raich Ende Malter amp Co New York City 4100 789 5 33 120 191 40 60 0 0
Grassi amp Co New York City 4095 500 2 23 136 197 48 41 9 2
Margolin Winer amp Evens Garden City NY 4000 256 2 25 167 207 60 30 10 0
Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin amp Co New York City 4000 -1837 3 24 106 165 46 46 8 0
Prager Metis International New York City 3599 1659 7 30 129 199 30 45 25 0
Wiss amp Co Livingston NJ 3300 377 4 28 114 172 56 32 0 12Kreischer Miller Horsham Pa 2950 1078 1 16 137 183 46 36 11 7
Perelson Weiner New York City 1950 NA 1 8 45 70 40 50 10 0
Janover Garden City NY 1944 NA 2 13 78 108 30 62 5 3
Untracht Early Florham Park NJ 1900 544 3 8 79 102 29 64 4 3
Gettry Marcus CPA Woodbury NY 1700 303 2 16 47 81 48 35 0 17
Buchbinder Tunick amp Co New York City 1600 NC 2 18 53 90 50 25 15 10
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms Mid-AtlanticNew Jersey New York and Pennsylvania
Revenue $290332 million up 831
The Mid-Atlantic continues to post generally strong results helped by the strength of many of the industries its firms
serve particularly in the financial services and financial institutions areas It also remains a seedbed for new and grow-
ing firms like new Top 100 entry Prager Metis International and new Regional Leaders Perelson Weiner Janover Un-tracht Early and Buchbinder Tunick
22
regional leaders
Where the growth is Pt 1Average firm growth rate in percent by region
Mid-Atlantic
GreatLakes
West Midwest CapitalRegion
SoutheastGulf Coast
Southwest NewEngland
Mountain0
5
10
15
20
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Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
EKSampH Denver 7046 1119 3 38 308 427 45 42 13 0
Hein amp Associates Denver 5071 445 4 33 191 266 48 47 4 1
RGL Forensics Denver 3765 606 17 23 124 190 0 0 0 100
Anderson ZurMuehlen Helena Mont 2557 277 7 27 128 204 35 38 10 17
GHP Horwath Denver 2480 -040 1 10 82 106 41 26 0 33
Anton Collins Mitchell Denver 1600 191 3 12 69 97 50 40 10 0
Tanner Salt Lake City 1430 1085 1 10 54 72 62 23 13 2
Junkermier ClarkCampanella Stevens Great Falls Mont 1420 085 7 25 69 120 39 43 7 11
Dalby Wendland amp Co Grand Junction Colo 1195 373 4 16 52 90 25 53 9 13McGee Hearne amp Paiz Cheyenne Wyo 973 485 2 9 52 70 55 38 7 0
Top Firms MountainColorado Idaho Montana Utah and Wyoming
Revenue $27537 million up 566
The region seems in some ways to have turned the corner It reported its second year in a row of respectable
growth after a few difficult years That may explain the interest from Top 100 Firms Eide Bailly in particular made
a number of acquisitions in the region particularly in the Salt Lake City area
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Weaver Fort Worth Texas 8340 1332 7 36 354 471 34 43 12 11
Whitley Penn Fort Worth Texas 5871 1984 5 38 206 294 43 43 0 14
Montgomery Coscia Greilich Plano Texas 3354 1614 2 16 203 231 28 41 24 7
Padgett Stratemann amp Co San Antonio 3007 301 2 17 127 179 51 37 12 0
REDW Albuquerque NM 2645 3352 2 17 129 181 52 24 10 14
Briggs amp Veselka Co Houston 2617 1842 2 19 151 194 41 50 8 1
PKF Texas Houston 2155 553 1 10 85 108 50 46 4 0
Cain Watters amp Associates Plano Texas 2080 930 1 7 55 108 10 15 0 75
BeachFleischman Tuscon Ariz 2030 2378 2 25 81 140 27 57 2 14
Johnson Miller amp Co CPAs Odessa Texas 1954 868 3 14 76 103 30 50 7 13
PMB Helin Donovan Austin Texas 1900 1377 8 28 88 136 55 45 0 0Lane Gorman Trubitt Dallas 1900 497 1 15 62 92 57 37 0 6
Henry amp Horne Tempe Ariz 1850 571 3 14 70 102 33 58 9 0
Maxwell Locke amp Ritter Austin Texas 1834 969 2 21 61 92 38 41 0 21
TravisWolff Dallas 1830 -054 1 8 76 104 32 54 14 0
Melton amp Melton Houston 1790 770 1 14 79 103 50 50 0 0
Brown Graham amp Co Amarillo Texas 1287 404 7 23 61 113 35 50 5 10
Hartman Leito amp Bolt Fort Worth Texas 1100 -795 1 10 47 69 45 46 8 1
MaloneBailey Houston 897 -2220 2 5 31 41 98 2 0 0
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms Southwest Arizona New Mexico Oklahoma and Texas
Revenue $48441 million up 1103
As with the Gulf Coast booming revenues from oil and gas no doubt played a part in the
Southwestrsquos strong performance this year (the third best of the regions) with many of the
largest firms recording growth in energy and related services Wersquore also happy to note a
number of new Regional Leaders including Planorsquos Montgomery Coscia Greilich (which also
joined the T100) Houstonrsquos Melton amp Melton and Amarillorsquos Brown Graham amp Co
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regional leaders
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Moss Adams Seattle 40300 1715 22 263 1340 2072 45 38 17 0
Armanino San Ramon Calif 11284 1311 5 37 301 394 21 26 49 4
Novogradac amp Co San Francisco 9248 1003 15 35 311 408 59 27 2 12
Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt W Los Angeles Calif 8692 1724 8 36 263 362 18 76 0 6
Burr Pilger Mayer Inc San Francisco 6850 -087 6 40 225 330 38 50 12 0
Frank Rimerman + Co Palo Alto Calif 6120 1233 5 21 229 267 27 62 11 0
Nigro Karlin Segal Feldstein amp Bolno Los Angeles 5608 1167 2 21 262 314 17 17 2 64
Squar Milner Newport Beach Calif 4530 295 4 22 171 229 40 53 0 7SingerLewak Los Angeles 3850 -080 6 33 NA NA NA NA NA NA
AKT CPAs Salem Ore 3824 1039 6 15 176 235 28 33 11 28
Miller Kaplan Arase North Hollywood Calif 3800 270 5 24 117 175 58 17 17 8
Gallina Roseville Calif 3639 505 9 26 155 226 45 52 3 0
Seiler Redwood City Calif 3610 587 2 11 116 152 10 75 0 15
Macias Gini amp OrsquoConnell Sacramento Calif 3340 -773 9 10 164 258 63 12 7 18
Vavrinek Trine Day amp Codagger Rancho Cucamonga Calif 3231 199 7 33 NA 200 NA NA NA NA
Clark Nuber Bellevue Wash 3096 614 1 18 119 168 49 48 0 3
Gursey | Schneider Los Angeles 2820 682 3 10 85 129 0 30 0 70
RBZ Los Angeles 2800 1327 1 14 89 136 17 52 17 14
Hutchinson and Bloodgood Glendale Calif 2543 1559 4 33 58 115 38 46 16 0
Windes Inc Long Beach Calif 2361 -215 3 16 76 121 44 46 4 6
Green Hasson Janks Los Angeles 2310 500 1 13 88 116 32 33 13 22
Hemming Morse San Francisco 2069 827 7 13 76 96 33 0 0 67Perkins amp Co Portland Ore 2017 1034 2 19 87 132 27 40 24 9
Matson amp Isom Chico Calif 1768 400 4 21 81 128 41 46 5 8
Gumbiner Savett Santa Monica Calif 1728 601 1 10 80 110 40 50 8 2
Peterson Sullivan Seattle 1646 457 1 13 84 97 52 47 1 0
Sensiba San Filippo Pleasanton Calif 1620 588 4 14 61 103 NA NA NA NA
NSBN Beverly Hills Calif 1500 1111 1 13 53 74 35 49 5 11
Notes Firm estimate or projection dagger Accounting Today estimate NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms WestCalifornia Nevada Oregon and Washington
Revenue $146204 million up 989
Growth is spread a little more evenly among the firms in the West this year with strong rates at the top firms but equally
good performances scattered up and down the range While some of the other regions saw re-arrangements and even
shortenings of their rosters due to mergers and acquisitions firm combinations didnrsquot change the list for the West muchat all In fact the list itself grew a little longer with the addition of new Regional Leaders Perkins amp Co in Portland Ore
Peterson Sullivan in Seattle and NSBN in Beverly Hills
Where the money isCombined 2013 revenues in millions of dollars by region
Mid-Atlantic
GreatLakes
West Midwest CapitalRegion
Southeast Gulf Coast
Southwest NewEngland
Mountain0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
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AKT CPAs Acquired firm with a dental
professional practice
Anchin Block amp Anchin In February
2013 lost $50 million judgment to author Pa-
tricia Cornwell over financial management
Armanino In January 2013 rebranded
from Armanino McKenna Launched business
intelligence dashboard for private schools
and Dynamic Insights BI tool Acquired Dy-
namics VAR Rose Business Solutions
Aronson Organized two new service
groups IT audit and wealth management
consulting for choosing and assessing advi-
sor performance Baker Tilly Virchow Krause In June 2013
acquired New York-based Top 100 Firm Holtz
Rubenstein Reminick Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
BDO In June 2013 acquired Alaska-based
Mikunda Cottrell and Minneapolis-based
Moquist Thorvilson Kaufmann and brought
on members of banking practice of T100
Firm ParenteBeard In August expanded in
San Antonio by adding some partners and
staff from TravisWolff In December acquired
Pittsburgh T100 Firm Alpern Rosenthal
Berdon Joined TIAG alliance Expanded
use of CRM system and instituted Best Place
to Work Committee to propose community
social and charitable initiatives for the firm
In November 2013 merged with Northport
NY-based Beck amp Co
Berkowitz Pollack Brant Expanded stra-
tegic planning task force to include ldquoup and
comersrdquo Began celebrating its 35th anniver-
sary Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best
Firm to Work For
BerryDunn Grew revenue by over 7 per-
cent and overall staff by over 10 percent
BKD In 2013 marked its 90th anniver-
sary Opened offices in Des Moines Iowa
and Nashville Tenn In September acquired
Pittsburgh-based Malin Bergquist
Blue amp Co All figures are Accounting To-
day estimates
BlumShapiro Merged with Newton
Mass-based Friedman Suvalle amp Salomon
Added a dedicated hospitality group
The Bonadio Group In April 2013 merged
in Rutland Vt-based Independent Audit As-
sociates In September merged in Buffalo
NY-based Gaines Kriner Elliott In Novem-
ber merged in Albany NY-based Stulmaker
Kohn amp Richardson Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Burr Pilger Mayer Inc In January 2013
named new CEO In November opened new
office in Napa Valley
Carr Riggs amp Ingram In January 2013merged in Atlanta-based Peterson Coleman
amp Marett In July merged with North Caro-
lina-based accounting firm Pittard Perry amp
Crone Inc In August merged in Atlanta-
based Laney Boteler amp Killinger In Septem-
ber merged in Texas Regional Leader Gainer
Donnelly
CBIZ Mayer Hoffman McCann In No-
vember 2013 acquired Denver-based Knight
Field Fabry In January 2013 named Chris
Spurio president of CBIZ Financial Services
In February announced acquisition of Tam-pa Bay Fla-based Lewis Birch amp Ricardo
Cherry Bekaert In January 2013 re-
branded from Cherry Bekaert amp Holland
Formed benefits consulting group expanded
international tax team and advisory services
Citrin Cooperman amp Co In November
2013 merged in Leon M Reimer amp Co
Clark Schaefer Hackett amp Co Marked its
75th anniversary Having ldquoactive discussionsrdquo
on acquisitions
CliftonLarsonAllen Sold health care reg-ulatory and compliance group
Cohen amp Co Divested nearly $10 mil-
lion in business during the year that was not
meeting growth and profitability expecta-
tions Implemented a second tier of owner-
ship Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best
Firm to Work For
CohnReznick Named first national direc-
firm highlights
2014 firm highlightstor of governmental affairs Relocated offices
in Chicago Los Angeles and Austin Texas
Crowe Horwath In August 2013 acquired
a majority interest in Missouri-based Chan
Healthcare Integrated staff and acquired in-
tellectual property of ExtOrg In November
named its first chief innovation officer
Deloitte in January 2014 acquired sub-
stantially all of the business of strategy con-
sulting firm the Monitor Group In June ac-
quired investment bank McColl Partners In
July acquired SAP consulting firm Quattro
Integration Group In September acquired
TMA Construction Consultants In October
acquired substantially all of the assets of digi-
tal and social media agency Banyan Branch
In October agreed to pay $2 million to settle
charges with the PCAOB for violating Sar-
banes-Oxley Act and PCAOB rules In No-
vember launched CloudMix a preconfigured
mixture of cloud applications from different
vendors for clients
Dixon Hughes Goodman In June 2013
added Crossfire Advisory to its national health
care practice
Doeren Mayhew Grew revenue over 16
percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash international tax Fastest growing client
category mdash manufacturing
Eide Bailly In May 2013 installed new
CEO In June and August merged in two Salt
Lake City CPA firms Lake Hill amp Myers and
Hansen Barnett amp Maxwell In November
2013 acquired Denver NetSuite solutions pro-
vider Next Business Systems In December
launched private insurance exchange
EisnerAmper Had an ldquooutstandingrdquo year
Added several new services including CFO
outsourcing human capital cloud technol-
ogy and family office services
EKSampH Rebranded from Ehrhardt KeefeSteiner amp Hottman Saw revenue growth of
over 11 percent
Elliott Davis In April merged in Raleigh
NC-based Lunsford amp Strickland Relocated
office from Galax Va to Richmond Hired a
corporate strategies officer
Ernst amp Young In March paid $123 million
to resolve a federal tax shelter investigation
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In June launched EYTaxSpace Powered by
Thomson Reuters for corporate tax clients
In August donated its archives going back to
the early 1900s to Case Western Reserve Uni-
versity In December agreed to pay investors
$99 million to settle litigation over LehmanBrothers audit and acquired the US tax
preparation and court accounting outsourc-
ing businesses of Thomson Reuters
Frank Rimerman + Co Saw revenue
growth of over 12 percent
Frazier amp Deeter Saw revenue growth of
over 20 percent
Freed Maxick Saw revenue growth of over
9 percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash health care Fastest growing client cat-
egory mdash consulting
Friedman Saw revenue growth of over
8 percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash international tax Fastest growing client
category mdash real estate Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Gallina Expanded service lines including
international tax state and local tax and es-
tate trust retirement and succession services
Hired a director of recruitment and develop-
ment Joined TIAG alliance In February 2014
acquired Mercer Island Wash-based Tuef-
fers Guckian amp Gamon
Grant Thornton Redesigned external
Web site Hired a chief people and culture
officer In September 2013 acquired Oracle
Solutions business unit MarketSphere In No-
vember extended tenure of current CEO
Grassi amp Co In May 2013 added in David
C Sobel CPA and his staff In December
launched Grassi Technology Consultants
Habif Arogeti amp Wynne In May merged
in boutique tax consulting firm JRZ Launched
efforts to ldquodefine refine and embrace the
firmrsquos culturerdquo Hein amp Associates Expanded cloud solu-
tions service line Saw staff growth of over 11
percent
Hill Barth amp King Launched HbK Corpo-
rate Finance division Created new Web site
and YouTube channel In November 2013
merged in Lawrenceville NJ-based Bartolo-
mei Pucciarelli CPAs
Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt Saw ldquosig-
nificant growthrdquo in MampA private equity pro-
fessional services international tax and en-
tertainment practices Launched a business
development training program
Honkamp Krueger amp Co In Augustmerged in Madison Wis-based The Brem-
ser Group In October opened practice in
Davenport Iowa Added medical practice
consulting and talent outsourcing to its ser-
vices list
Horne Saw overall staff growth of over 11
percent Named an Accounting Today 2013
Best Firm to Work For
Joseph Decosimo amp Co In March 2013
acquired Huntsville Ala-based cost account-
ing and federal compliance solutions group
Solvability In December merged in Larry
Hyatt amp Associates
Kahn Litwin Renza amp Co In January
2013 merged with Waltham Mass-based Fay
amp Associates In May opened KLR Emerging
Business Center to offer co-working office
space to start-ups
Katz Sapper amp Miller Saw revenue
growth of over 7 percent and overall staff
growth of over 9 percent
Kaufman Rossin Group Saw revenue
growth of over 18 percent Named the No1 Accounting Today 2013 Best Firm to Work
For in the Large Firm Category for the third
year in a row
Kearney amp Co Saw staff growth of over
2 percent
Kemper Fastest growing service area mdash
investment advisory services
Kennedy and Coe Installed new CEO
KPMG Completed acquisition of Ora-
cle ERP practice of The Hackett Group
Launched alliance-based offering in indirect
tax with Thomson Reuters In May 2013
agreed with Fannie Mae to pay $153 million
to settle class-action suit over Fannie Mae
audit In July launched market alliance with
cloud-based procurement solution provider
Coupa Software In September Denver office
achieved LEED-CI certification In Decem-
ber announced plans to acquire analytical
applications company Link Analytics In Jan-
uary 2014 agreed to pay $82 million to settle
SEC charges over auditor independence
Lattimore Black Morgan amp Cain Re-
ported organic growth of over 9 percent
across all service lines Added a health care
consulting company
Macias Gini amp OrsquoConnell Saw overall staff
growth of over 7 percent
Marcum In January 2013 merged in
Massachusetts-based Parent McLaughlin amp
Nangle In April merged in Cornerstone Ac-
counting Group In July merged in Irvine
Calif-based WilsonMorgan In January 2014
merged in three units of New England Re-
gional Leader Braver
Margolin Winer amp Evens Saw revenue
growth of over 2 percent
Marks Paneth Rebranded from Marks
Paneth amp Shron In February 2013 merged
in New York City-based Rosenberg Neuwirth
amp Kuchner
Mauldin amp Jenkins In June acquired Ten-
nessee-based Hazlett Lewis amp Bieter
MBAF CPAs Worked to achieve ldquogreater
consolidation of the Northeast Region op-
erations with the rest of the firmrdquo Enhanced
cross-utilization of staff and skills among
various regions Designed and implemented
cost controls
McGladrey In August launched a strat-
egy to serve middle-market companies Late
in 2013 acquired Wilmington NC-Lanier
Whaley Craft amp Co and Houston-based
Margolis Phipps amp Wright
Miller Kaplan Arase Appointed a new
managing partner Expanded Seattle office
Saw ldquosignificant growthrdquo in business manage-
ment and entertainment group
Montgomery Coscia Greilich New to the
list In March 2013 joined the Alliott Group
alliance In May opened new office in AustinTexas In June launched strategy and man-
agement consulting practice In September
marked 10th anniversary
Moss Adams Marked its 100th anniver-
sary Installed new chairmanCEO
Mountjoy Chilton Medley Transitioned
in operations of Jeffersonville Ind-based
firm Expanded Cincinnati office Saw ldquostrong
firm highlights
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increaserdquo in regulated industry work such as
insurance financial institutions and health
care In December 2013 launched IT consult-
ing amp strategy services
Nigro Karlin Segal Feldstein amp Bolno
Changed name from Nigro Karlin Segal ampFeldstein Sold a 245 percent minority stake
in the firm to First Republic Bank
Novogradac amp Co Saw revenue growth of
over 10 percent
OrsquoConnor Davies In October announced
merger with Cranford NJ-based Fazio Man-
nuzza Roche Tankel LaPilusa In January
2014 merged with New York City-based Mer-
sel Klein amp Co
ParenteBeard In January 2013 merged
in Connecticut-based health care manage-
ment consulting firm Presscott Associates In
November closed its technology practice In
February 2014 added team members from
insurance consulting firm Invotex
Plante Moran In April 2013 launched
Women in Leadership initiative In July
launched a Web site offering ACA guidance
In November opened an office in Detroit
Postlethwaite amp Netterville Implement-
ed a formal shareholder evaluation process
a formal pipeline process a business de-
velopment training curriculum and growthmanagement software
Prager Metis International New to the
list Formed from January 2013 merger of
Prager amp Fenton and Metis Group Added a
number of new service lines including SALT
cost segregation and research tax incentives
PwC In July 2013 reshuffled US leader-
ship team In October announced plans to
merge in consulting firm Booz amp Co
Raffa In November 2013 launched Raffa
Nonprofit Fraud Prevention Institute
Raich Ende Malter In March 2013 estab-
lished Raich Ende Malter (Cayman)
Rehmann Saw revenue growth of over 15
percent
Reinsel Kuntz Lesher Saw growth in rev-
enue of over 21 percent
RGL Forensics Opened an office in San-
tiago Chile Introduced registered broker-
dealer RGL Advisors to offer MampA transac-
tion advisory services in the US
Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin amp Co
Fastest growing specialty service mdash large
private equity transactions Fastest growing
client category mdash private equity companies
Rothstein Kass Saw revenue growth of
almost 7 percent
RubinBrown Launched national prac-
tices to serve private equity firms and gaming
companies
SCampH Group Inc Joined firm network
Moore Stephens Fastest growing specialty
service mdash technology consulting Fastest
growing client category mdash health care
Schenck In January 2013 acquired ma-
jority stake in Milwaukee-based Bonfield amp
Co Installed new MP and CFO Changed
practice management system
Schneider Downs Relocated corporate
headquarters within Pittsburgh
Seiler Share of revenue derived from tax
increased from 70 to 75 percent
Sikich In January 2013 merged in Il-
linois-based supply chain consulting firm
Achieve Consulting In August announced
merger with Brookfield Wis firm Kolb+Co
In September merged in St Louis-based
OrsquoDonnell Bonebrake amp Co Also mergedin S2 Consulting and PKF Texas Technology
Added eight services PR insurance lean
back office business intelligence SALT and
international tax Restructured executive and
compensation committees Revised partner
compensation plan
SingerLewak In January 2013 merged in
San Francisco office of Acquavell Chiarelli
Shuster Berkower amp Co
Skoda Minotti amp Co New to the list
In May 2013 merged Skoda Minotti Technol-
ogy Partners with Westlake Ohio-based Da-taServ In June 2013 merged in Tampa Fla-
based Dowell amp Perez In August merged
in Tampa-based national assurance solu-
tions and compliance company Assurance
Concepts
Squar Milner ldquoSignificantly expandingrdquo
Los Angeles offices
SSampG In May 2013 named new CEO Saw
revenue growth of almost 14 percent
SVA CPAs In June 2013 installed new
CEO In January 2014 merged in Wisconsin-
based practice of William P Merrick CPA
UHY Advisors Inc Saw overall staff
growth of over 10 percent
Vavrinek Trine Day amp Co All figures are
Accounting Today estimates
Warren Averett In January 2013 merged
in Atlanta-based Gifford Hillegass amp Ingwers-
en and Tampa Fla-based Pender Newkirk
Rebranded firm with new visual identity
Developed new and expanded services in
SALT business valuation forensic account-
ing and litigation support health care reform
economic settlement claims processing and
alternative investments
Watkins Meegan Expanded hospitality
practice and increased government contract-
ing practice Started health care consulting
practice Hired business developmentmar-
keting director
Weaver Saw revenue growth of over 13
percent and growth in all four of its largest
niches mdash energy financial services the pub-
lic sector and manufacturing In February
2014 merged in Connecticut-based RIN At-
test and Advisory Services
WeiserMazarsIn November 2013 merged
in New York-based Resnick Druckman Group
Expanded health care consulting group
Whitley Penn Expanded transaction ser-
vices practice and forensic litigation and
valuation services statewide Named an Ac-
counting Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Wipfli Formalized fresh-water industry
services opened office in Milwaukeersquos Global
Water Center Launched Wipfli Connect for
Manufacturing software solution In January
2014 merged in Tinley Park Ill-based The
Condon Group and Chicago-based practiceRegulatory Compliance Associates Inc
Wiss amp Co More than half of revenues (56
percent) derived from AampA services
WithumSmith+Brown Consolidated two
New Jersey offices Invested in international
tax practice and financial services practice
Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best Firm
to Work For
firm highlights
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Since our Regional Leaders both repre-
sent a broader range of firms in terms of
size and bring with them the particular
economic conditions of their geographic
regions the trends here tend to be less clear than
among our Top 100 Firms
One anti-trend that wersquove noticed is the lack
of correlation between the size of a region in terms
of its overall firm revenues and its growth rate
The Mid-Atlantic Regional Leaders for instance
have combined revenues almost twice as large
as the Great Lakes Regional Leaders mdash but an
average growth rate thatrsquos around half while the
Southwest has revenues that are slightly less than
those of the Capitol Region but is growing five
times as fast Local economic conditions make all
the difference of course but the point that size is
not everything is worth making
Unless of course yoursquore talking about the
size of our lists for each region Wersquove been grow-
ing them steadily over the past few years and are
happy to report a large number of new additions
this year many of which are highlighted in the
introductions to their individual regions
If your firm should be on one of our Regional
Leaders lists send us an e-mail at AcToday
SourceMediacom and wersquoll include you in next
yearrsquos survey AT
regional overview
Regions see uneven growth
20
THE 2014 REGIONAL LEADERS
Top Firms Capital RegionDelaware Maryland Virginia Washington DC and West Virginia
Revenue $56257 million up 206
While the Capital Region displayed the weakest revenue growth among the regions in 2013 it did display
major growth in another way the number of firms represented This yearrsquos list includes a number of strong
new players like Virginiarsquos PBMares West Virginiarsquos Arnett Foster Toothman and Washington DCrsquos Tate amp
Tryon
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Kearney amp Co Alexandria Va 7764 -282 2 13 287 401 72 0 28 0
SCampH Group Inc Sparks Md 5760 627 3 21 217 282 17 43 40 0
Watkins Meegan Bethesda Md 4900 145 4 15 196 224 22 22 56 0
Aronson Rockville Md 4900 101 1 31 154 224 43 33 22 2
Raffa Washington DC 3692 371 2 18 192 243 53 15 32 0
PBMares Newport News Va 2892 144 8 34 105 177 40 43 9 8
Cotton amp Co Alexandria Va 2566 -104 1 10 138 155 44 0 16 40
Brown Edwards amp Codagger Bluefield WVa 2542 201 7 25 NA 182 NA NA NA NA
Johnson Lambert Falls Church Va 2268 593 8 13 119 149 82 15 3 0
Yount Hyde amp Barbour Winchester Va 2252 -570 6 20 84 127 45 41 11 3
Gelman Rosenberg amp Freedman Bethesda Md 2160 385 1 12 60 94 76 23 1 0
Keiter Glen Allen Va 2143 328 1 12 104 143 26 62 4 8
Arnett Foster Toothman Charleston WVa 1961 283 6 23 86 136 47 28 25 0
Ellin amp Tucker Chartered Baltimore 1933 -515 4 11 77 114 38 38 16 8
Tate amp Tryon Washington DC 1860 550 1 11 90 110 69 7 24 0
Calibre CPA Group Bethesda Md 1830 2340 3 15 107 143 81 8 0 11
Gross Mendelsohn Baltimore 1674 1020 1 15 69 103 49 30 21 0
Smith Elliott Kearns amp Co Hagerstown Md 1660 122 5 20 97 142 48 30 17 5
KatzAbosch Timonium Md 1500 NC 3 21 42 83 37 55 8 0
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
REGIONSThe Capital Region 20
The Southeast 21
New England 21
The Mid-Atlantic 22
The Great Lakes 24
The Gulf Coast 24
The Midwest 25
The Mountain States 26
The Southwest 26
The West 27
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regional leaders
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdash
Firm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Dixon Hughes Goodman Charlotte NC 31000 197 26 178 1129 1661 36 35 29 0
Cherry Bekaert Richmond Va 12590 186 22 55 559 778 44 47 9 0
Lattimore Black Morgan amp Cain Brentwood Tenn 7091 906 3 46 287 409 24 34 14 28
Habif Arogeti amp Wynne Atlanta 6428 662 1 26 232 305 45 39 8 8
Elliott Davis Greenville SC 6410 505 8 51 265 392 47 35 14 4
Frazier amp Deeter Atlanta 5300 2018 4 11 158 201 32 40 0 28
Mauldin amp Jenkins Atlanta 3880 078 5 34 125 198 59 30 2 9
Mountjoy Chilton Medley Louisville Ky 3831 100 5 37 171 246 40 36 9 15
Joseph Decosimo amp Co Chattanooga Tenn 3820 550 8 29 177 265 47 39 7 7Bennett Thrasher Atlanta 2988 1418 1 23 104 151 27 57 7 9
Dean Dorton Allen Ford Lexington Ky 2212 179 2 33 90 150 33 42 25 0
Windham Brannon Atlanta 2146 1073 1 14 100 139 39 59 2 0
WebsterRogers Florence SC 1750 697 9 24 91 138 42 46 4 8
Top Firms Southeast Arkansas Georgia Kentucky North Carolina South Carolina and Tennessee
Revenue $89446 million up 470
Growth moderated in the Southeast in 2013 coming in a few percentage points lower
than in 2012 but that didnrsquot stop individual firms from posting some strong results like Atlantarsquos Frazier amp Deeter or new Regional Leader Windham Brannon
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdash
Firm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
BlumShapiro West Hartford Ct 6130 2824 4 30 251 341 56 32 1 11
BerryDunn Portland Maine 4312 740 5 18 154 204 47 18 28 7
Kahn Litwin Renza amp Co Providence RI 3532 1284 3 11 153 195 30 35 35 0
Wolf amp Co Boston 3149 725 3 19 142 189 50 21 0 29
Baker Newman amp Noyes Portland Maine 2770 NC 4 30 121 182 48 40 12 0
Feeley amp Driscoll Boston 2422 302 1 12 66 103 61 29 10 0
DiCicco Gulman amp Co Woburn Mass 1800 588 2 14 65 97 42 43 15 0
Alexander Aronson Finningdagger Westborough Mass 1769 249 5 18 NA NA NA NA NA NA
Whittlesey amp Hadley Hartford Ct 1570 753 1 15 83 105 60 20 20 0
Gray Gray amp Gray Westwood Mass 1380 222 3 8 64 86 45 35 20 0Edelstein amp Co Boston 1360 1826 1 9 45 64 21 54 0 25
Macdonald Page amp Co South Portland Maine 1300 442 3 21 75 112 42 31 13 14
OrsquoConnor amp Drew Braintree Mass 1200 2000 2 15 60 87 81 17 0 2
Melanson Heath amp Co Nashua NH 1048 264 5 9 66 88 74 22 2 2
Meyers Brothers Kalicka Holyoke Mass 1040 612 1 7 40 59 47 39 4 10
DiSanto Priest amp Co Warwick RI 959 435 1 8 37 57 39 55 6 0
Gallagher Flynn amp Co South Burlington Vt 920 -316 2 10 NA 75 NA NA NA NA
Notes Firm estimate or projection dagger Accounting Today estimate NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms New EnglandConnecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island and Vermont
Revenue $36661 million up 949
After a lackluster 2012 things picked up significantly for the region in 2013 MampA played a major part with firms of all
sizes getting into local and regional hookups and large firms like Connecticutrsquos BlumShapiro and Rhode Islandrsquos Kahn
Litwin Renza amp Co leading the way Going forward it will reshape the list in other ways following the January 2014
merger of Massachusetts Regional Leader Braver PC into Top 100 Firm Marcum LLP
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Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
CohnReznick New York City 50800 410 24 274 1716 2521 52 33 6 9
Marcum New York City 35010 2708 17 160 844 1300 45 36 7 12
EisnerAmper New York City 27690 779 9 177 976 1185 56 35 9 0
Rothstein Kass Roseland NJ 20200 688 8 76 780 1002 60 35 5 0
ParenteBeard Philadelphia 15800 -651 18 116 544 861 53 31 16 0
Citrin Cooperman amp Co New York City 14300 1440 5 120 302 503 47 37 8 8
WeiserMazars New York City 14240 772 6 104 393 625 47 39 14 0
Berdon New York City 10100 391 2 39 334 398 33 40 27 0
OrsquoConnor Davies New York City 9950 1888 7 82 340 501 65 21 14 0
Marks Paneth New York City 9800 1264 3 64 390 539 63 27 3 7
WithumSmith+Brown Princeton NJ 9698 931 12 77 258 431 37 37 2 24
Anchin Block amp Anchin New York City 9300 NC 1 56 215 354 44 43 13 0
Friedman New York City 7250 821 6 57 244 349 60 35 5 0
The Bonadio Group Pittsford NY 6629 2231 11 61 352 470 48 21 13 18
Schneider Downs Pittsburgh 5756 407 2 36 284 354 45 35 20 0
Reinsel Kuntz Lesher Lancaster Pa 4521 2183 4 39 228 300 33 35 10 22
Freed Maxick CPAs Buffalo NY 4150 964 4 35 203 283 36 37 27 0
Raich Ende Malter amp Co New York City 4100 789 5 33 120 191 40 60 0 0
Grassi amp Co New York City 4095 500 2 23 136 197 48 41 9 2
Margolin Winer amp Evens Garden City NY 4000 256 2 25 167 207 60 30 10 0
Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin amp Co New York City 4000 -1837 3 24 106 165 46 46 8 0
Prager Metis International New York City 3599 1659 7 30 129 199 30 45 25 0
Wiss amp Co Livingston NJ 3300 377 4 28 114 172 56 32 0 12Kreischer Miller Horsham Pa 2950 1078 1 16 137 183 46 36 11 7
Perelson Weiner New York City 1950 NA 1 8 45 70 40 50 10 0
Janover Garden City NY 1944 NA 2 13 78 108 30 62 5 3
Untracht Early Florham Park NJ 1900 544 3 8 79 102 29 64 4 3
Gettry Marcus CPA Woodbury NY 1700 303 2 16 47 81 48 35 0 17
Buchbinder Tunick amp Co New York City 1600 NC 2 18 53 90 50 25 15 10
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms Mid-AtlanticNew Jersey New York and Pennsylvania
Revenue $290332 million up 831
The Mid-Atlantic continues to post generally strong results helped by the strength of many of the industries its firms
serve particularly in the financial services and financial institutions areas It also remains a seedbed for new and grow-
ing firms like new Top 100 entry Prager Metis International and new Regional Leaders Perelson Weiner Janover Un-tracht Early and Buchbinder Tunick
22
regional leaders
Where the growth is Pt 1Average firm growth rate in percent by region
Mid-Atlantic
GreatLakes
West Midwest CapitalRegion
SoutheastGulf Coast
Southwest NewEngland
Mountain0
5
10
15
20
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26
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
EKSampH Denver 7046 1119 3 38 308 427 45 42 13 0
Hein amp Associates Denver 5071 445 4 33 191 266 48 47 4 1
RGL Forensics Denver 3765 606 17 23 124 190 0 0 0 100
Anderson ZurMuehlen Helena Mont 2557 277 7 27 128 204 35 38 10 17
GHP Horwath Denver 2480 -040 1 10 82 106 41 26 0 33
Anton Collins Mitchell Denver 1600 191 3 12 69 97 50 40 10 0
Tanner Salt Lake City 1430 1085 1 10 54 72 62 23 13 2
Junkermier ClarkCampanella Stevens Great Falls Mont 1420 085 7 25 69 120 39 43 7 11
Dalby Wendland amp Co Grand Junction Colo 1195 373 4 16 52 90 25 53 9 13McGee Hearne amp Paiz Cheyenne Wyo 973 485 2 9 52 70 55 38 7 0
Top Firms MountainColorado Idaho Montana Utah and Wyoming
Revenue $27537 million up 566
The region seems in some ways to have turned the corner It reported its second year in a row of respectable
growth after a few difficult years That may explain the interest from Top 100 Firms Eide Bailly in particular made
a number of acquisitions in the region particularly in the Salt Lake City area
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Weaver Fort Worth Texas 8340 1332 7 36 354 471 34 43 12 11
Whitley Penn Fort Worth Texas 5871 1984 5 38 206 294 43 43 0 14
Montgomery Coscia Greilich Plano Texas 3354 1614 2 16 203 231 28 41 24 7
Padgett Stratemann amp Co San Antonio 3007 301 2 17 127 179 51 37 12 0
REDW Albuquerque NM 2645 3352 2 17 129 181 52 24 10 14
Briggs amp Veselka Co Houston 2617 1842 2 19 151 194 41 50 8 1
PKF Texas Houston 2155 553 1 10 85 108 50 46 4 0
Cain Watters amp Associates Plano Texas 2080 930 1 7 55 108 10 15 0 75
BeachFleischman Tuscon Ariz 2030 2378 2 25 81 140 27 57 2 14
Johnson Miller amp Co CPAs Odessa Texas 1954 868 3 14 76 103 30 50 7 13
PMB Helin Donovan Austin Texas 1900 1377 8 28 88 136 55 45 0 0Lane Gorman Trubitt Dallas 1900 497 1 15 62 92 57 37 0 6
Henry amp Horne Tempe Ariz 1850 571 3 14 70 102 33 58 9 0
Maxwell Locke amp Ritter Austin Texas 1834 969 2 21 61 92 38 41 0 21
TravisWolff Dallas 1830 -054 1 8 76 104 32 54 14 0
Melton amp Melton Houston 1790 770 1 14 79 103 50 50 0 0
Brown Graham amp Co Amarillo Texas 1287 404 7 23 61 113 35 50 5 10
Hartman Leito amp Bolt Fort Worth Texas 1100 -795 1 10 47 69 45 46 8 1
MaloneBailey Houston 897 -2220 2 5 31 41 98 2 0 0
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms Southwest Arizona New Mexico Oklahoma and Texas
Revenue $48441 million up 1103
As with the Gulf Coast booming revenues from oil and gas no doubt played a part in the
Southwestrsquos strong performance this year (the third best of the regions) with many of the
largest firms recording growth in energy and related services Wersquore also happy to note a
number of new Regional Leaders including Planorsquos Montgomery Coscia Greilich (which also
joined the T100) Houstonrsquos Melton amp Melton and Amarillorsquos Brown Graham amp Co
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regional leaders
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Moss Adams Seattle 40300 1715 22 263 1340 2072 45 38 17 0
Armanino San Ramon Calif 11284 1311 5 37 301 394 21 26 49 4
Novogradac amp Co San Francisco 9248 1003 15 35 311 408 59 27 2 12
Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt W Los Angeles Calif 8692 1724 8 36 263 362 18 76 0 6
Burr Pilger Mayer Inc San Francisco 6850 -087 6 40 225 330 38 50 12 0
Frank Rimerman + Co Palo Alto Calif 6120 1233 5 21 229 267 27 62 11 0
Nigro Karlin Segal Feldstein amp Bolno Los Angeles 5608 1167 2 21 262 314 17 17 2 64
Squar Milner Newport Beach Calif 4530 295 4 22 171 229 40 53 0 7SingerLewak Los Angeles 3850 -080 6 33 NA NA NA NA NA NA
AKT CPAs Salem Ore 3824 1039 6 15 176 235 28 33 11 28
Miller Kaplan Arase North Hollywood Calif 3800 270 5 24 117 175 58 17 17 8
Gallina Roseville Calif 3639 505 9 26 155 226 45 52 3 0
Seiler Redwood City Calif 3610 587 2 11 116 152 10 75 0 15
Macias Gini amp OrsquoConnell Sacramento Calif 3340 -773 9 10 164 258 63 12 7 18
Vavrinek Trine Day amp Codagger Rancho Cucamonga Calif 3231 199 7 33 NA 200 NA NA NA NA
Clark Nuber Bellevue Wash 3096 614 1 18 119 168 49 48 0 3
Gursey | Schneider Los Angeles 2820 682 3 10 85 129 0 30 0 70
RBZ Los Angeles 2800 1327 1 14 89 136 17 52 17 14
Hutchinson and Bloodgood Glendale Calif 2543 1559 4 33 58 115 38 46 16 0
Windes Inc Long Beach Calif 2361 -215 3 16 76 121 44 46 4 6
Green Hasson Janks Los Angeles 2310 500 1 13 88 116 32 33 13 22
Hemming Morse San Francisco 2069 827 7 13 76 96 33 0 0 67Perkins amp Co Portland Ore 2017 1034 2 19 87 132 27 40 24 9
Matson amp Isom Chico Calif 1768 400 4 21 81 128 41 46 5 8
Gumbiner Savett Santa Monica Calif 1728 601 1 10 80 110 40 50 8 2
Peterson Sullivan Seattle 1646 457 1 13 84 97 52 47 1 0
Sensiba San Filippo Pleasanton Calif 1620 588 4 14 61 103 NA NA NA NA
NSBN Beverly Hills Calif 1500 1111 1 13 53 74 35 49 5 11
Notes Firm estimate or projection dagger Accounting Today estimate NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms WestCalifornia Nevada Oregon and Washington
Revenue $146204 million up 989
Growth is spread a little more evenly among the firms in the West this year with strong rates at the top firms but equally
good performances scattered up and down the range While some of the other regions saw re-arrangements and even
shortenings of their rosters due to mergers and acquisitions firm combinations didnrsquot change the list for the West muchat all In fact the list itself grew a little longer with the addition of new Regional Leaders Perkins amp Co in Portland Ore
Peterson Sullivan in Seattle and NSBN in Beverly Hills
Where the money isCombined 2013 revenues in millions of dollars by region
Mid-Atlantic
GreatLakes
West Midwest CapitalRegion
Southeast Gulf Coast
Southwest NewEngland
Mountain0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
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AKT CPAs Acquired firm with a dental
professional practice
Anchin Block amp Anchin In February
2013 lost $50 million judgment to author Pa-
tricia Cornwell over financial management
Armanino In January 2013 rebranded
from Armanino McKenna Launched business
intelligence dashboard for private schools
and Dynamic Insights BI tool Acquired Dy-
namics VAR Rose Business Solutions
Aronson Organized two new service
groups IT audit and wealth management
consulting for choosing and assessing advi-
sor performance Baker Tilly Virchow Krause In June 2013
acquired New York-based Top 100 Firm Holtz
Rubenstein Reminick Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
BDO In June 2013 acquired Alaska-based
Mikunda Cottrell and Minneapolis-based
Moquist Thorvilson Kaufmann and brought
on members of banking practice of T100
Firm ParenteBeard In August expanded in
San Antonio by adding some partners and
staff from TravisWolff In December acquired
Pittsburgh T100 Firm Alpern Rosenthal
Berdon Joined TIAG alliance Expanded
use of CRM system and instituted Best Place
to Work Committee to propose community
social and charitable initiatives for the firm
In November 2013 merged with Northport
NY-based Beck amp Co
Berkowitz Pollack Brant Expanded stra-
tegic planning task force to include ldquoup and
comersrdquo Began celebrating its 35th anniver-
sary Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best
Firm to Work For
BerryDunn Grew revenue by over 7 per-
cent and overall staff by over 10 percent
BKD In 2013 marked its 90th anniver-
sary Opened offices in Des Moines Iowa
and Nashville Tenn In September acquired
Pittsburgh-based Malin Bergquist
Blue amp Co All figures are Accounting To-
day estimates
BlumShapiro Merged with Newton
Mass-based Friedman Suvalle amp Salomon
Added a dedicated hospitality group
The Bonadio Group In April 2013 merged
in Rutland Vt-based Independent Audit As-
sociates In September merged in Buffalo
NY-based Gaines Kriner Elliott In Novem-
ber merged in Albany NY-based Stulmaker
Kohn amp Richardson Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Burr Pilger Mayer Inc In January 2013
named new CEO In November opened new
office in Napa Valley
Carr Riggs amp Ingram In January 2013merged in Atlanta-based Peterson Coleman
amp Marett In July merged with North Caro-
lina-based accounting firm Pittard Perry amp
Crone Inc In August merged in Atlanta-
based Laney Boteler amp Killinger In Septem-
ber merged in Texas Regional Leader Gainer
Donnelly
CBIZ Mayer Hoffman McCann In No-
vember 2013 acquired Denver-based Knight
Field Fabry In January 2013 named Chris
Spurio president of CBIZ Financial Services
In February announced acquisition of Tam-pa Bay Fla-based Lewis Birch amp Ricardo
Cherry Bekaert In January 2013 re-
branded from Cherry Bekaert amp Holland
Formed benefits consulting group expanded
international tax team and advisory services
Citrin Cooperman amp Co In November
2013 merged in Leon M Reimer amp Co
Clark Schaefer Hackett amp Co Marked its
75th anniversary Having ldquoactive discussionsrdquo
on acquisitions
CliftonLarsonAllen Sold health care reg-ulatory and compliance group
Cohen amp Co Divested nearly $10 mil-
lion in business during the year that was not
meeting growth and profitability expecta-
tions Implemented a second tier of owner-
ship Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best
Firm to Work For
CohnReznick Named first national direc-
firm highlights
2014 firm highlightstor of governmental affairs Relocated offices
in Chicago Los Angeles and Austin Texas
Crowe Horwath In August 2013 acquired
a majority interest in Missouri-based Chan
Healthcare Integrated staff and acquired in-
tellectual property of ExtOrg In November
named its first chief innovation officer
Deloitte in January 2014 acquired sub-
stantially all of the business of strategy con-
sulting firm the Monitor Group In June ac-
quired investment bank McColl Partners In
July acquired SAP consulting firm Quattro
Integration Group In September acquired
TMA Construction Consultants In October
acquired substantially all of the assets of digi-
tal and social media agency Banyan Branch
In October agreed to pay $2 million to settle
charges with the PCAOB for violating Sar-
banes-Oxley Act and PCAOB rules In No-
vember launched CloudMix a preconfigured
mixture of cloud applications from different
vendors for clients
Dixon Hughes Goodman In June 2013
added Crossfire Advisory to its national health
care practice
Doeren Mayhew Grew revenue over 16
percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash international tax Fastest growing client
category mdash manufacturing
Eide Bailly In May 2013 installed new
CEO In June and August merged in two Salt
Lake City CPA firms Lake Hill amp Myers and
Hansen Barnett amp Maxwell In November
2013 acquired Denver NetSuite solutions pro-
vider Next Business Systems In December
launched private insurance exchange
EisnerAmper Had an ldquooutstandingrdquo year
Added several new services including CFO
outsourcing human capital cloud technol-
ogy and family office services
EKSampH Rebranded from Ehrhardt KeefeSteiner amp Hottman Saw revenue growth of
over 11 percent
Elliott Davis In April merged in Raleigh
NC-based Lunsford amp Strickland Relocated
office from Galax Va to Richmond Hired a
corporate strategies officer
Ernst amp Young In March paid $123 million
to resolve a federal tax shelter investigation
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In June launched EYTaxSpace Powered by
Thomson Reuters for corporate tax clients
In August donated its archives going back to
the early 1900s to Case Western Reserve Uni-
versity In December agreed to pay investors
$99 million to settle litigation over LehmanBrothers audit and acquired the US tax
preparation and court accounting outsourc-
ing businesses of Thomson Reuters
Frank Rimerman + Co Saw revenue
growth of over 12 percent
Frazier amp Deeter Saw revenue growth of
over 20 percent
Freed Maxick Saw revenue growth of over
9 percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash health care Fastest growing client cat-
egory mdash consulting
Friedman Saw revenue growth of over
8 percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash international tax Fastest growing client
category mdash real estate Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Gallina Expanded service lines including
international tax state and local tax and es-
tate trust retirement and succession services
Hired a director of recruitment and develop-
ment Joined TIAG alliance In February 2014
acquired Mercer Island Wash-based Tuef-
fers Guckian amp Gamon
Grant Thornton Redesigned external
Web site Hired a chief people and culture
officer In September 2013 acquired Oracle
Solutions business unit MarketSphere In No-
vember extended tenure of current CEO
Grassi amp Co In May 2013 added in David
C Sobel CPA and his staff In December
launched Grassi Technology Consultants
Habif Arogeti amp Wynne In May merged
in boutique tax consulting firm JRZ Launched
efforts to ldquodefine refine and embrace the
firmrsquos culturerdquo Hein amp Associates Expanded cloud solu-
tions service line Saw staff growth of over 11
percent
Hill Barth amp King Launched HbK Corpo-
rate Finance division Created new Web site
and YouTube channel In November 2013
merged in Lawrenceville NJ-based Bartolo-
mei Pucciarelli CPAs
Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt Saw ldquosig-
nificant growthrdquo in MampA private equity pro-
fessional services international tax and en-
tertainment practices Launched a business
development training program
Honkamp Krueger amp Co In Augustmerged in Madison Wis-based The Brem-
ser Group In October opened practice in
Davenport Iowa Added medical practice
consulting and talent outsourcing to its ser-
vices list
Horne Saw overall staff growth of over 11
percent Named an Accounting Today 2013
Best Firm to Work For
Joseph Decosimo amp Co In March 2013
acquired Huntsville Ala-based cost account-
ing and federal compliance solutions group
Solvability In December merged in Larry
Hyatt amp Associates
Kahn Litwin Renza amp Co In January
2013 merged with Waltham Mass-based Fay
amp Associates In May opened KLR Emerging
Business Center to offer co-working office
space to start-ups
Katz Sapper amp Miller Saw revenue
growth of over 7 percent and overall staff
growth of over 9 percent
Kaufman Rossin Group Saw revenue
growth of over 18 percent Named the No1 Accounting Today 2013 Best Firm to Work
For in the Large Firm Category for the third
year in a row
Kearney amp Co Saw staff growth of over
2 percent
Kemper Fastest growing service area mdash
investment advisory services
Kennedy and Coe Installed new CEO
KPMG Completed acquisition of Ora-
cle ERP practice of The Hackett Group
Launched alliance-based offering in indirect
tax with Thomson Reuters In May 2013
agreed with Fannie Mae to pay $153 million
to settle class-action suit over Fannie Mae
audit In July launched market alliance with
cloud-based procurement solution provider
Coupa Software In September Denver office
achieved LEED-CI certification In Decem-
ber announced plans to acquire analytical
applications company Link Analytics In Jan-
uary 2014 agreed to pay $82 million to settle
SEC charges over auditor independence
Lattimore Black Morgan amp Cain Re-
ported organic growth of over 9 percent
across all service lines Added a health care
consulting company
Macias Gini amp OrsquoConnell Saw overall staff
growth of over 7 percent
Marcum In January 2013 merged in
Massachusetts-based Parent McLaughlin amp
Nangle In April merged in Cornerstone Ac-
counting Group In July merged in Irvine
Calif-based WilsonMorgan In January 2014
merged in three units of New England Re-
gional Leader Braver
Margolin Winer amp Evens Saw revenue
growth of over 2 percent
Marks Paneth Rebranded from Marks
Paneth amp Shron In February 2013 merged
in New York City-based Rosenberg Neuwirth
amp Kuchner
Mauldin amp Jenkins In June acquired Ten-
nessee-based Hazlett Lewis amp Bieter
MBAF CPAs Worked to achieve ldquogreater
consolidation of the Northeast Region op-
erations with the rest of the firmrdquo Enhanced
cross-utilization of staff and skills among
various regions Designed and implemented
cost controls
McGladrey In August launched a strat-
egy to serve middle-market companies Late
in 2013 acquired Wilmington NC-Lanier
Whaley Craft amp Co and Houston-based
Margolis Phipps amp Wright
Miller Kaplan Arase Appointed a new
managing partner Expanded Seattle office
Saw ldquosignificant growthrdquo in business manage-
ment and entertainment group
Montgomery Coscia Greilich New to the
list In March 2013 joined the Alliott Group
alliance In May opened new office in AustinTexas In June launched strategy and man-
agement consulting practice In September
marked 10th anniversary
Moss Adams Marked its 100th anniver-
sary Installed new chairmanCEO
Mountjoy Chilton Medley Transitioned
in operations of Jeffersonville Ind-based
firm Expanded Cincinnati office Saw ldquostrong
firm highlights
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increaserdquo in regulated industry work such as
insurance financial institutions and health
care In December 2013 launched IT consult-
ing amp strategy services
Nigro Karlin Segal Feldstein amp Bolno
Changed name from Nigro Karlin Segal ampFeldstein Sold a 245 percent minority stake
in the firm to First Republic Bank
Novogradac amp Co Saw revenue growth of
over 10 percent
OrsquoConnor Davies In October announced
merger with Cranford NJ-based Fazio Man-
nuzza Roche Tankel LaPilusa In January
2014 merged with New York City-based Mer-
sel Klein amp Co
ParenteBeard In January 2013 merged
in Connecticut-based health care manage-
ment consulting firm Presscott Associates In
November closed its technology practice In
February 2014 added team members from
insurance consulting firm Invotex
Plante Moran In April 2013 launched
Women in Leadership initiative In July
launched a Web site offering ACA guidance
In November opened an office in Detroit
Postlethwaite amp Netterville Implement-
ed a formal shareholder evaluation process
a formal pipeline process a business de-
velopment training curriculum and growthmanagement software
Prager Metis International New to the
list Formed from January 2013 merger of
Prager amp Fenton and Metis Group Added a
number of new service lines including SALT
cost segregation and research tax incentives
PwC In July 2013 reshuffled US leader-
ship team In October announced plans to
merge in consulting firm Booz amp Co
Raffa In November 2013 launched Raffa
Nonprofit Fraud Prevention Institute
Raich Ende Malter In March 2013 estab-
lished Raich Ende Malter (Cayman)
Rehmann Saw revenue growth of over 15
percent
Reinsel Kuntz Lesher Saw growth in rev-
enue of over 21 percent
RGL Forensics Opened an office in San-
tiago Chile Introduced registered broker-
dealer RGL Advisors to offer MampA transac-
tion advisory services in the US
Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin amp Co
Fastest growing specialty service mdash large
private equity transactions Fastest growing
client category mdash private equity companies
Rothstein Kass Saw revenue growth of
almost 7 percent
RubinBrown Launched national prac-
tices to serve private equity firms and gaming
companies
SCampH Group Inc Joined firm network
Moore Stephens Fastest growing specialty
service mdash technology consulting Fastest
growing client category mdash health care
Schenck In January 2013 acquired ma-
jority stake in Milwaukee-based Bonfield amp
Co Installed new MP and CFO Changed
practice management system
Schneider Downs Relocated corporate
headquarters within Pittsburgh
Seiler Share of revenue derived from tax
increased from 70 to 75 percent
Sikich In January 2013 merged in Il-
linois-based supply chain consulting firm
Achieve Consulting In August announced
merger with Brookfield Wis firm Kolb+Co
In September merged in St Louis-based
OrsquoDonnell Bonebrake amp Co Also mergedin S2 Consulting and PKF Texas Technology
Added eight services PR insurance lean
back office business intelligence SALT and
international tax Restructured executive and
compensation committees Revised partner
compensation plan
SingerLewak In January 2013 merged in
San Francisco office of Acquavell Chiarelli
Shuster Berkower amp Co
Skoda Minotti amp Co New to the list
In May 2013 merged Skoda Minotti Technol-
ogy Partners with Westlake Ohio-based Da-taServ In June 2013 merged in Tampa Fla-
based Dowell amp Perez In August merged
in Tampa-based national assurance solu-
tions and compliance company Assurance
Concepts
Squar Milner ldquoSignificantly expandingrdquo
Los Angeles offices
SSampG In May 2013 named new CEO Saw
revenue growth of almost 14 percent
SVA CPAs In June 2013 installed new
CEO In January 2014 merged in Wisconsin-
based practice of William P Merrick CPA
UHY Advisors Inc Saw overall staff
growth of over 10 percent
Vavrinek Trine Day amp Co All figures are
Accounting Today estimates
Warren Averett In January 2013 merged
in Atlanta-based Gifford Hillegass amp Ingwers-
en and Tampa Fla-based Pender Newkirk
Rebranded firm with new visual identity
Developed new and expanded services in
SALT business valuation forensic account-
ing and litigation support health care reform
economic settlement claims processing and
alternative investments
Watkins Meegan Expanded hospitality
practice and increased government contract-
ing practice Started health care consulting
practice Hired business developmentmar-
keting director
Weaver Saw revenue growth of over 13
percent and growth in all four of its largest
niches mdash energy financial services the pub-
lic sector and manufacturing In February
2014 merged in Connecticut-based RIN At-
test and Advisory Services
WeiserMazarsIn November 2013 merged
in New York-based Resnick Druckman Group
Expanded health care consulting group
Whitley Penn Expanded transaction ser-
vices practice and forensic litigation and
valuation services statewide Named an Ac-
counting Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Wipfli Formalized fresh-water industry
services opened office in Milwaukeersquos Global
Water Center Launched Wipfli Connect for
Manufacturing software solution In January
2014 merged in Tinley Park Ill-based The
Condon Group and Chicago-based practiceRegulatory Compliance Associates Inc
Wiss amp Co More than half of revenues (56
percent) derived from AampA services
WithumSmith+Brown Consolidated two
New Jersey offices Invested in international
tax practice and financial services practice
Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best Firm
to Work For
firm highlights
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Since our Regional Leaders both repre-
sent a broader range of firms in terms of
size and bring with them the particular
economic conditions of their geographic
regions the trends here tend to be less clear than
among our Top 100 Firms
One anti-trend that wersquove noticed is the lack
of correlation between the size of a region in terms
of its overall firm revenues and its growth rate
The Mid-Atlantic Regional Leaders for instance
have combined revenues almost twice as large
as the Great Lakes Regional Leaders mdash but an
average growth rate thatrsquos around half while the
Southwest has revenues that are slightly less than
those of the Capitol Region but is growing five
times as fast Local economic conditions make all
the difference of course but the point that size is
not everything is worth making
Unless of course yoursquore talking about the
size of our lists for each region Wersquove been grow-
ing them steadily over the past few years and are
happy to report a large number of new additions
this year many of which are highlighted in the
introductions to their individual regions
If your firm should be on one of our Regional
Leaders lists send us an e-mail at AcToday
SourceMediacom and wersquoll include you in next
yearrsquos survey AT
regional overview
Regions see uneven growth
20
THE 2014 REGIONAL LEADERS
Top Firms Capital RegionDelaware Maryland Virginia Washington DC and West Virginia
Revenue $56257 million up 206
While the Capital Region displayed the weakest revenue growth among the regions in 2013 it did display
major growth in another way the number of firms represented This yearrsquos list includes a number of strong
new players like Virginiarsquos PBMares West Virginiarsquos Arnett Foster Toothman and Washington DCrsquos Tate amp
Tryon
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Kearney amp Co Alexandria Va 7764 -282 2 13 287 401 72 0 28 0
SCampH Group Inc Sparks Md 5760 627 3 21 217 282 17 43 40 0
Watkins Meegan Bethesda Md 4900 145 4 15 196 224 22 22 56 0
Aronson Rockville Md 4900 101 1 31 154 224 43 33 22 2
Raffa Washington DC 3692 371 2 18 192 243 53 15 32 0
PBMares Newport News Va 2892 144 8 34 105 177 40 43 9 8
Cotton amp Co Alexandria Va 2566 -104 1 10 138 155 44 0 16 40
Brown Edwards amp Codagger Bluefield WVa 2542 201 7 25 NA 182 NA NA NA NA
Johnson Lambert Falls Church Va 2268 593 8 13 119 149 82 15 3 0
Yount Hyde amp Barbour Winchester Va 2252 -570 6 20 84 127 45 41 11 3
Gelman Rosenberg amp Freedman Bethesda Md 2160 385 1 12 60 94 76 23 1 0
Keiter Glen Allen Va 2143 328 1 12 104 143 26 62 4 8
Arnett Foster Toothman Charleston WVa 1961 283 6 23 86 136 47 28 25 0
Ellin amp Tucker Chartered Baltimore 1933 -515 4 11 77 114 38 38 16 8
Tate amp Tryon Washington DC 1860 550 1 11 90 110 69 7 24 0
Calibre CPA Group Bethesda Md 1830 2340 3 15 107 143 81 8 0 11
Gross Mendelsohn Baltimore 1674 1020 1 15 69 103 49 30 21 0
Smith Elliott Kearns amp Co Hagerstown Md 1660 122 5 20 97 142 48 30 17 5
KatzAbosch Timonium Md 1500 NC 3 21 42 83 37 55 8 0
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
REGIONSThe Capital Region 20
The Southeast 21
New England 21
The Mid-Atlantic 22
The Great Lakes 24
The Gulf Coast 24
The Midwest 25
The Mountain States 26
The Southwest 26
The West 27
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regional leaders
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdash
Firm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Dixon Hughes Goodman Charlotte NC 31000 197 26 178 1129 1661 36 35 29 0
Cherry Bekaert Richmond Va 12590 186 22 55 559 778 44 47 9 0
Lattimore Black Morgan amp Cain Brentwood Tenn 7091 906 3 46 287 409 24 34 14 28
Habif Arogeti amp Wynne Atlanta 6428 662 1 26 232 305 45 39 8 8
Elliott Davis Greenville SC 6410 505 8 51 265 392 47 35 14 4
Frazier amp Deeter Atlanta 5300 2018 4 11 158 201 32 40 0 28
Mauldin amp Jenkins Atlanta 3880 078 5 34 125 198 59 30 2 9
Mountjoy Chilton Medley Louisville Ky 3831 100 5 37 171 246 40 36 9 15
Joseph Decosimo amp Co Chattanooga Tenn 3820 550 8 29 177 265 47 39 7 7Bennett Thrasher Atlanta 2988 1418 1 23 104 151 27 57 7 9
Dean Dorton Allen Ford Lexington Ky 2212 179 2 33 90 150 33 42 25 0
Windham Brannon Atlanta 2146 1073 1 14 100 139 39 59 2 0
WebsterRogers Florence SC 1750 697 9 24 91 138 42 46 4 8
Top Firms Southeast Arkansas Georgia Kentucky North Carolina South Carolina and Tennessee
Revenue $89446 million up 470
Growth moderated in the Southeast in 2013 coming in a few percentage points lower
than in 2012 but that didnrsquot stop individual firms from posting some strong results like Atlantarsquos Frazier amp Deeter or new Regional Leader Windham Brannon
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdash
Firm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
BlumShapiro West Hartford Ct 6130 2824 4 30 251 341 56 32 1 11
BerryDunn Portland Maine 4312 740 5 18 154 204 47 18 28 7
Kahn Litwin Renza amp Co Providence RI 3532 1284 3 11 153 195 30 35 35 0
Wolf amp Co Boston 3149 725 3 19 142 189 50 21 0 29
Baker Newman amp Noyes Portland Maine 2770 NC 4 30 121 182 48 40 12 0
Feeley amp Driscoll Boston 2422 302 1 12 66 103 61 29 10 0
DiCicco Gulman amp Co Woburn Mass 1800 588 2 14 65 97 42 43 15 0
Alexander Aronson Finningdagger Westborough Mass 1769 249 5 18 NA NA NA NA NA NA
Whittlesey amp Hadley Hartford Ct 1570 753 1 15 83 105 60 20 20 0
Gray Gray amp Gray Westwood Mass 1380 222 3 8 64 86 45 35 20 0Edelstein amp Co Boston 1360 1826 1 9 45 64 21 54 0 25
Macdonald Page amp Co South Portland Maine 1300 442 3 21 75 112 42 31 13 14
OrsquoConnor amp Drew Braintree Mass 1200 2000 2 15 60 87 81 17 0 2
Melanson Heath amp Co Nashua NH 1048 264 5 9 66 88 74 22 2 2
Meyers Brothers Kalicka Holyoke Mass 1040 612 1 7 40 59 47 39 4 10
DiSanto Priest amp Co Warwick RI 959 435 1 8 37 57 39 55 6 0
Gallagher Flynn amp Co South Burlington Vt 920 -316 2 10 NA 75 NA NA NA NA
Notes Firm estimate or projection dagger Accounting Today estimate NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms New EnglandConnecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island and Vermont
Revenue $36661 million up 949
After a lackluster 2012 things picked up significantly for the region in 2013 MampA played a major part with firms of all
sizes getting into local and regional hookups and large firms like Connecticutrsquos BlumShapiro and Rhode Islandrsquos Kahn
Litwin Renza amp Co leading the way Going forward it will reshape the list in other ways following the January 2014
merger of Massachusetts Regional Leader Braver PC into Top 100 Firm Marcum LLP
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Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
CohnReznick New York City 50800 410 24 274 1716 2521 52 33 6 9
Marcum New York City 35010 2708 17 160 844 1300 45 36 7 12
EisnerAmper New York City 27690 779 9 177 976 1185 56 35 9 0
Rothstein Kass Roseland NJ 20200 688 8 76 780 1002 60 35 5 0
ParenteBeard Philadelphia 15800 -651 18 116 544 861 53 31 16 0
Citrin Cooperman amp Co New York City 14300 1440 5 120 302 503 47 37 8 8
WeiserMazars New York City 14240 772 6 104 393 625 47 39 14 0
Berdon New York City 10100 391 2 39 334 398 33 40 27 0
OrsquoConnor Davies New York City 9950 1888 7 82 340 501 65 21 14 0
Marks Paneth New York City 9800 1264 3 64 390 539 63 27 3 7
WithumSmith+Brown Princeton NJ 9698 931 12 77 258 431 37 37 2 24
Anchin Block amp Anchin New York City 9300 NC 1 56 215 354 44 43 13 0
Friedman New York City 7250 821 6 57 244 349 60 35 5 0
The Bonadio Group Pittsford NY 6629 2231 11 61 352 470 48 21 13 18
Schneider Downs Pittsburgh 5756 407 2 36 284 354 45 35 20 0
Reinsel Kuntz Lesher Lancaster Pa 4521 2183 4 39 228 300 33 35 10 22
Freed Maxick CPAs Buffalo NY 4150 964 4 35 203 283 36 37 27 0
Raich Ende Malter amp Co New York City 4100 789 5 33 120 191 40 60 0 0
Grassi amp Co New York City 4095 500 2 23 136 197 48 41 9 2
Margolin Winer amp Evens Garden City NY 4000 256 2 25 167 207 60 30 10 0
Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin amp Co New York City 4000 -1837 3 24 106 165 46 46 8 0
Prager Metis International New York City 3599 1659 7 30 129 199 30 45 25 0
Wiss amp Co Livingston NJ 3300 377 4 28 114 172 56 32 0 12Kreischer Miller Horsham Pa 2950 1078 1 16 137 183 46 36 11 7
Perelson Weiner New York City 1950 NA 1 8 45 70 40 50 10 0
Janover Garden City NY 1944 NA 2 13 78 108 30 62 5 3
Untracht Early Florham Park NJ 1900 544 3 8 79 102 29 64 4 3
Gettry Marcus CPA Woodbury NY 1700 303 2 16 47 81 48 35 0 17
Buchbinder Tunick amp Co New York City 1600 NC 2 18 53 90 50 25 15 10
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms Mid-AtlanticNew Jersey New York and Pennsylvania
Revenue $290332 million up 831
The Mid-Atlantic continues to post generally strong results helped by the strength of many of the industries its firms
serve particularly in the financial services and financial institutions areas It also remains a seedbed for new and grow-
ing firms like new Top 100 entry Prager Metis International and new Regional Leaders Perelson Weiner Janover Un-tracht Early and Buchbinder Tunick
22
regional leaders
Where the growth is Pt 1Average firm growth rate in percent by region
Mid-Atlantic
GreatLakes
West Midwest CapitalRegion
SoutheastGulf Coast
Southwest NewEngland
Mountain0
5
10
15
20
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26
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
EKSampH Denver 7046 1119 3 38 308 427 45 42 13 0
Hein amp Associates Denver 5071 445 4 33 191 266 48 47 4 1
RGL Forensics Denver 3765 606 17 23 124 190 0 0 0 100
Anderson ZurMuehlen Helena Mont 2557 277 7 27 128 204 35 38 10 17
GHP Horwath Denver 2480 -040 1 10 82 106 41 26 0 33
Anton Collins Mitchell Denver 1600 191 3 12 69 97 50 40 10 0
Tanner Salt Lake City 1430 1085 1 10 54 72 62 23 13 2
Junkermier ClarkCampanella Stevens Great Falls Mont 1420 085 7 25 69 120 39 43 7 11
Dalby Wendland amp Co Grand Junction Colo 1195 373 4 16 52 90 25 53 9 13McGee Hearne amp Paiz Cheyenne Wyo 973 485 2 9 52 70 55 38 7 0
Top Firms MountainColorado Idaho Montana Utah and Wyoming
Revenue $27537 million up 566
The region seems in some ways to have turned the corner It reported its second year in a row of respectable
growth after a few difficult years That may explain the interest from Top 100 Firms Eide Bailly in particular made
a number of acquisitions in the region particularly in the Salt Lake City area
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Weaver Fort Worth Texas 8340 1332 7 36 354 471 34 43 12 11
Whitley Penn Fort Worth Texas 5871 1984 5 38 206 294 43 43 0 14
Montgomery Coscia Greilich Plano Texas 3354 1614 2 16 203 231 28 41 24 7
Padgett Stratemann amp Co San Antonio 3007 301 2 17 127 179 51 37 12 0
REDW Albuquerque NM 2645 3352 2 17 129 181 52 24 10 14
Briggs amp Veselka Co Houston 2617 1842 2 19 151 194 41 50 8 1
PKF Texas Houston 2155 553 1 10 85 108 50 46 4 0
Cain Watters amp Associates Plano Texas 2080 930 1 7 55 108 10 15 0 75
BeachFleischman Tuscon Ariz 2030 2378 2 25 81 140 27 57 2 14
Johnson Miller amp Co CPAs Odessa Texas 1954 868 3 14 76 103 30 50 7 13
PMB Helin Donovan Austin Texas 1900 1377 8 28 88 136 55 45 0 0Lane Gorman Trubitt Dallas 1900 497 1 15 62 92 57 37 0 6
Henry amp Horne Tempe Ariz 1850 571 3 14 70 102 33 58 9 0
Maxwell Locke amp Ritter Austin Texas 1834 969 2 21 61 92 38 41 0 21
TravisWolff Dallas 1830 -054 1 8 76 104 32 54 14 0
Melton amp Melton Houston 1790 770 1 14 79 103 50 50 0 0
Brown Graham amp Co Amarillo Texas 1287 404 7 23 61 113 35 50 5 10
Hartman Leito amp Bolt Fort Worth Texas 1100 -795 1 10 47 69 45 46 8 1
MaloneBailey Houston 897 -2220 2 5 31 41 98 2 0 0
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms Southwest Arizona New Mexico Oklahoma and Texas
Revenue $48441 million up 1103
As with the Gulf Coast booming revenues from oil and gas no doubt played a part in the
Southwestrsquos strong performance this year (the third best of the regions) with many of the
largest firms recording growth in energy and related services Wersquore also happy to note a
number of new Regional Leaders including Planorsquos Montgomery Coscia Greilich (which also
joined the T100) Houstonrsquos Melton amp Melton and Amarillorsquos Brown Graham amp Co
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regional leaders
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Moss Adams Seattle 40300 1715 22 263 1340 2072 45 38 17 0
Armanino San Ramon Calif 11284 1311 5 37 301 394 21 26 49 4
Novogradac amp Co San Francisco 9248 1003 15 35 311 408 59 27 2 12
Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt W Los Angeles Calif 8692 1724 8 36 263 362 18 76 0 6
Burr Pilger Mayer Inc San Francisco 6850 -087 6 40 225 330 38 50 12 0
Frank Rimerman + Co Palo Alto Calif 6120 1233 5 21 229 267 27 62 11 0
Nigro Karlin Segal Feldstein amp Bolno Los Angeles 5608 1167 2 21 262 314 17 17 2 64
Squar Milner Newport Beach Calif 4530 295 4 22 171 229 40 53 0 7SingerLewak Los Angeles 3850 -080 6 33 NA NA NA NA NA NA
AKT CPAs Salem Ore 3824 1039 6 15 176 235 28 33 11 28
Miller Kaplan Arase North Hollywood Calif 3800 270 5 24 117 175 58 17 17 8
Gallina Roseville Calif 3639 505 9 26 155 226 45 52 3 0
Seiler Redwood City Calif 3610 587 2 11 116 152 10 75 0 15
Macias Gini amp OrsquoConnell Sacramento Calif 3340 -773 9 10 164 258 63 12 7 18
Vavrinek Trine Day amp Codagger Rancho Cucamonga Calif 3231 199 7 33 NA 200 NA NA NA NA
Clark Nuber Bellevue Wash 3096 614 1 18 119 168 49 48 0 3
Gursey | Schneider Los Angeles 2820 682 3 10 85 129 0 30 0 70
RBZ Los Angeles 2800 1327 1 14 89 136 17 52 17 14
Hutchinson and Bloodgood Glendale Calif 2543 1559 4 33 58 115 38 46 16 0
Windes Inc Long Beach Calif 2361 -215 3 16 76 121 44 46 4 6
Green Hasson Janks Los Angeles 2310 500 1 13 88 116 32 33 13 22
Hemming Morse San Francisco 2069 827 7 13 76 96 33 0 0 67Perkins amp Co Portland Ore 2017 1034 2 19 87 132 27 40 24 9
Matson amp Isom Chico Calif 1768 400 4 21 81 128 41 46 5 8
Gumbiner Savett Santa Monica Calif 1728 601 1 10 80 110 40 50 8 2
Peterson Sullivan Seattle 1646 457 1 13 84 97 52 47 1 0
Sensiba San Filippo Pleasanton Calif 1620 588 4 14 61 103 NA NA NA NA
NSBN Beverly Hills Calif 1500 1111 1 13 53 74 35 49 5 11
Notes Firm estimate or projection dagger Accounting Today estimate NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms WestCalifornia Nevada Oregon and Washington
Revenue $146204 million up 989
Growth is spread a little more evenly among the firms in the West this year with strong rates at the top firms but equally
good performances scattered up and down the range While some of the other regions saw re-arrangements and even
shortenings of their rosters due to mergers and acquisitions firm combinations didnrsquot change the list for the West muchat all In fact the list itself grew a little longer with the addition of new Regional Leaders Perkins amp Co in Portland Ore
Peterson Sullivan in Seattle and NSBN in Beverly Hills
Where the money isCombined 2013 revenues in millions of dollars by region
Mid-Atlantic
GreatLakes
West Midwest CapitalRegion
Southeast Gulf Coast
Southwest NewEngland
Mountain0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
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AKT CPAs Acquired firm with a dental
professional practice
Anchin Block amp Anchin In February
2013 lost $50 million judgment to author Pa-
tricia Cornwell over financial management
Armanino In January 2013 rebranded
from Armanino McKenna Launched business
intelligence dashboard for private schools
and Dynamic Insights BI tool Acquired Dy-
namics VAR Rose Business Solutions
Aronson Organized two new service
groups IT audit and wealth management
consulting for choosing and assessing advi-
sor performance Baker Tilly Virchow Krause In June 2013
acquired New York-based Top 100 Firm Holtz
Rubenstein Reminick Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
BDO In June 2013 acquired Alaska-based
Mikunda Cottrell and Minneapolis-based
Moquist Thorvilson Kaufmann and brought
on members of banking practice of T100
Firm ParenteBeard In August expanded in
San Antonio by adding some partners and
staff from TravisWolff In December acquired
Pittsburgh T100 Firm Alpern Rosenthal
Berdon Joined TIAG alliance Expanded
use of CRM system and instituted Best Place
to Work Committee to propose community
social and charitable initiatives for the firm
In November 2013 merged with Northport
NY-based Beck amp Co
Berkowitz Pollack Brant Expanded stra-
tegic planning task force to include ldquoup and
comersrdquo Began celebrating its 35th anniver-
sary Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best
Firm to Work For
BerryDunn Grew revenue by over 7 per-
cent and overall staff by over 10 percent
BKD In 2013 marked its 90th anniver-
sary Opened offices in Des Moines Iowa
and Nashville Tenn In September acquired
Pittsburgh-based Malin Bergquist
Blue amp Co All figures are Accounting To-
day estimates
BlumShapiro Merged with Newton
Mass-based Friedman Suvalle amp Salomon
Added a dedicated hospitality group
The Bonadio Group In April 2013 merged
in Rutland Vt-based Independent Audit As-
sociates In September merged in Buffalo
NY-based Gaines Kriner Elliott In Novem-
ber merged in Albany NY-based Stulmaker
Kohn amp Richardson Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Burr Pilger Mayer Inc In January 2013
named new CEO In November opened new
office in Napa Valley
Carr Riggs amp Ingram In January 2013merged in Atlanta-based Peterson Coleman
amp Marett In July merged with North Caro-
lina-based accounting firm Pittard Perry amp
Crone Inc In August merged in Atlanta-
based Laney Boteler amp Killinger In Septem-
ber merged in Texas Regional Leader Gainer
Donnelly
CBIZ Mayer Hoffman McCann In No-
vember 2013 acquired Denver-based Knight
Field Fabry In January 2013 named Chris
Spurio president of CBIZ Financial Services
In February announced acquisition of Tam-pa Bay Fla-based Lewis Birch amp Ricardo
Cherry Bekaert In January 2013 re-
branded from Cherry Bekaert amp Holland
Formed benefits consulting group expanded
international tax team and advisory services
Citrin Cooperman amp Co In November
2013 merged in Leon M Reimer amp Co
Clark Schaefer Hackett amp Co Marked its
75th anniversary Having ldquoactive discussionsrdquo
on acquisitions
CliftonLarsonAllen Sold health care reg-ulatory and compliance group
Cohen amp Co Divested nearly $10 mil-
lion in business during the year that was not
meeting growth and profitability expecta-
tions Implemented a second tier of owner-
ship Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best
Firm to Work For
CohnReznick Named first national direc-
firm highlights
2014 firm highlightstor of governmental affairs Relocated offices
in Chicago Los Angeles and Austin Texas
Crowe Horwath In August 2013 acquired
a majority interest in Missouri-based Chan
Healthcare Integrated staff and acquired in-
tellectual property of ExtOrg In November
named its first chief innovation officer
Deloitte in January 2014 acquired sub-
stantially all of the business of strategy con-
sulting firm the Monitor Group In June ac-
quired investment bank McColl Partners In
July acquired SAP consulting firm Quattro
Integration Group In September acquired
TMA Construction Consultants In October
acquired substantially all of the assets of digi-
tal and social media agency Banyan Branch
In October agreed to pay $2 million to settle
charges with the PCAOB for violating Sar-
banes-Oxley Act and PCAOB rules In No-
vember launched CloudMix a preconfigured
mixture of cloud applications from different
vendors for clients
Dixon Hughes Goodman In June 2013
added Crossfire Advisory to its national health
care practice
Doeren Mayhew Grew revenue over 16
percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash international tax Fastest growing client
category mdash manufacturing
Eide Bailly In May 2013 installed new
CEO In June and August merged in two Salt
Lake City CPA firms Lake Hill amp Myers and
Hansen Barnett amp Maxwell In November
2013 acquired Denver NetSuite solutions pro-
vider Next Business Systems In December
launched private insurance exchange
EisnerAmper Had an ldquooutstandingrdquo year
Added several new services including CFO
outsourcing human capital cloud technol-
ogy and family office services
EKSampH Rebranded from Ehrhardt KeefeSteiner amp Hottman Saw revenue growth of
over 11 percent
Elliott Davis In April merged in Raleigh
NC-based Lunsford amp Strickland Relocated
office from Galax Va to Richmond Hired a
corporate strategies officer
Ernst amp Young In March paid $123 million
to resolve a federal tax shelter investigation
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In June launched EYTaxSpace Powered by
Thomson Reuters for corporate tax clients
In August donated its archives going back to
the early 1900s to Case Western Reserve Uni-
versity In December agreed to pay investors
$99 million to settle litigation over LehmanBrothers audit and acquired the US tax
preparation and court accounting outsourc-
ing businesses of Thomson Reuters
Frank Rimerman + Co Saw revenue
growth of over 12 percent
Frazier amp Deeter Saw revenue growth of
over 20 percent
Freed Maxick Saw revenue growth of over
9 percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash health care Fastest growing client cat-
egory mdash consulting
Friedman Saw revenue growth of over
8 percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash international tax Fastest growing client
category mdash real estate Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Gallina Expanded service lines including
international tax state and local tax and es-
tate trust retirement and succession services
Hired a director of recruitment and develop-
ment Joined TIAG alliance In February 2014
acquired Mercer Island Wash-based Tuef-
fers Guckian amp Gamon
Grant Thornton Redesigned external
Web site Hired a chief people and culture
officer In September 2013 acquired Oracle
Solutions business unit MarketSphere In No-
vember extended tenure of current CEO
Grassi amp Co In May 2013 added in David
C Sobel CPA and his staff In December
launched Grassi Technology Consultants
Habif Arogeti amp Wynne In May merged
in boutique tax consulting firm JRZ Launched
efforts to ldquodefine refine and embrace the
firmrsquos culturerdquo Hein amp Associates Expanded cloud solu-
tions service line Saw staff growth of over 11
percent
Hill Barth amp King Launched HbK Corpo-
rate Finance division Created new Web site
and YouTube channel In November 2013
merged in Lawrenceville NJ-based Bartolo-
mei Pucciarelli CPAs
Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt Saw ldquosig-
nificant growthrdquo in MampA private equity pro-
fessional services international tax and en-
tertainment practices Launched a business
development training program
Honkamp Krueger amp Co In Augustmerged in Madison Wis-based The Brem-
ser Group In October opened practice in
Davenport Iowa Added medical practice
consulting and talent outsourcing to its ser-
vices list
Horne Saw overall staff growth of over 11
percent Named an Accounting Today 2013
Best Firm to Work For
Joseph Decosimo amp Co In March 2013
acquired Huntsville Ala-based cost account-
ing and federal compliance solutions group
Solvability In December merged in Larry
Hyatt amp Associates
Kahn Litwin Renza amp Co In January
2013 merged with Waltham Mass-based Fay
amp Associates In May opened KLR Emerging
Business Center to offer co-working office
space to start-ups
Katz Sapper amp Miller Saw revenue
growth of over 7 percent and overall staff
growth of over 9 percent
Kaufman Rossin Group Saw revenue
growth of over 18 percent Named the No1 Accounting Today 2013 Best Firm to Work
For in the Large Firm Category for the third
year in a row
Kearney amp Co Saw staff growth of over
2 percent
Kemper Fastest growing service area mdash
investment advisory services
Kennedy and Coe Installed new CEO
KPMG Completed acquisition of Ora-
cle ERP practice of The Hackett Group
Launched alliance-based offering in indirect
tax with Thomson Reuters In May 2013
agreed with Fannie Mae to pay $153 million
to settle class-action suit over Fannie Mae
audit In July launched market alliance with
cloud-based procurement solution provider
Coupa Software In September Denver office
achieved LEED-CI certification In Decem-
ber announced plans to acquire analytical
applications company Link Analytics In Jan-
uary 2014 agreed to pay $82 million to settle
SEC charges over auditor independence
Lattimore Black Morgan amp Cain Re-
ported organic growth of over 9 percent
across all service lines Added a health care
consulting company
Macias Gini amp OrsquoConnell Saw overall staff
growth of over 7 percent
Marcum In January 2013 merged in
Massachusetts-based Parent McLaughlin amp
Nangle In April merged in Cornerstone Ac-
counting Group In July merged in Irvine
Calif-based WilsonMorgan In January 2014
merged in three units of New England Re-
gional Leader Braver
Margolin Winer amp Evens Saw revenue
growth of over 2 percent
Marks Paneth Rebranded from Marks
Paneth amp Shron In February 2013 merged
in New York City-based Rosenberg Neuwirth
amp Kuchner
Mauldin amp Jenkins In June acquired Ten-
nessee-based Hazlett Lewis amp Bieter
MBAF CPAs Worked to achieve ldquogreater
consolidation of the Northeast Region op-
erations with the rest of the firmrdquo Enhanced
cross-utilization of staff and skills among
various regions Designed and implemented
cost controls
McGladrey In August launched a strat-
egy to serve middle-market companies Late
in 2013 acquired Wilmington NC-Lanier
Whaley Craft amp Co and Houston-based
Margolis Phipps amp Wright
Miller Kaplan Arase Appointed a new
managing partner Expanded Seattle office
Saw ldquosignificant growthrdquo in business manage-
ment and entertainment group
Montgomery Coscia Greilich New to the
list In March 2013 joined the Alliott Group
alliance In May opened new office in AustinTexas In June launched strategy and man-
agement consulting practice In September
marked 10th anniversary
Moss Adams Marked its 100th anniver-
sary Installed new chairmanCEO
Mountjoy Chilton Medley Transitioned
in operations of Jeffersonville Ind-based
firm Expanded Cincinnati office Saw ldquostrong
firm highlights
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increaserdquo in regulated industry work such as
insurance financial institutions and health
care In December 2013 launched IT consult-
ing amp strategy services
Nigro Karlin Segal Feldstein amp Bolno
Changed name from Nigro Karlin Segal ampFeldstein Sold a 245 percent minority stake
in the firm to First Republic Bank
Novogradac amp Co Saw revenue growth of
over 10 percent
OrsquoConnor Davies In October announced
merger with Cranford NJ-based Fazio Man-
nuzza Roche Tankel LaPilusa In January
2014 merged with New York City-based Mer-
sel Klein amp Co
ParenteBeard In January 2013 merged
in Connecticut-based health care manage-
ment consulting firm Presscott Associates In
November closed its technology practice In
February 2014 added team members from
insurance consulting firm Invotex
Plante Moran In April 2013 launched
Women in Leadership initiative In July
launched a Web site offering ACA guidance
In November opened an office in Detroit
Postlethwaite amp Netterville Implement-
ed a formal shareholder evaluation process
a formal pipeline process a business de-
velopment training curriculum and growthmanagement software
Prager Metis International New to the
list Formed from January 2013 merger of
Prager amp Fenton and Metis Group Added a
number of new service lines including SALT
cost segregation and research tax incentives
PwC In July 2013 reshuffled US leader-
ship team In October announced plans to
merge in consulting firm Booz amp Co
Raffa In November 2013 launched Raffa
Nonprofit Fraud Prevention Institute
Raich Ende Malter In March 2013 estab-
lished Raich Ende Malter (Cayman)
Rehmann Saw revenue growth of over 15
percent
Reinsel Kuntz Lesher Saw growth in rev-
enue of over 21 percent
RGL Forensics Opened an office in San-
tiago Chile Introduced registered broker-
dealer RGL Advisors to offer MampA transac-
tion advisory services in the US
Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin amp Co
Fastest growing specialty service mdash large
private equity transactions Fastest growing
client category mdash private equity companies
Rothstein Kass Saw revenue growth of
almost 7 percent
RubinBrown Launched national prac-
tices to serve private equity firms and gaming
companies
SCampH Group Inc Joined firm network
Moore Stephens Fastest growing specialty
service mdash technology consulting Fastest
growing client category mdash health care
Schenck In January 2013 acquired ma-
jority stake in Milwaukee-based Bonfield amp
Co Installed new MP and CFO Changed
practice management system
Schneider Downs Relocated corporate
headquarters within Pittsburgh
Seiler Share of revenue derived from tax
increased from 70 to 75 percent
Sikich In January 2013 merged in Il-
linois-based supply chain consulting firm
Achieve Consulting In August announced
merger with Brookfield Wis firm Kolb+Co
In September merged in St Louis-based
OrsquoDonnell Bonebrake amp Co Also mergedin S2 Consulting and PKF Texas Technology
Added eight services PR insurance lean
back office business intelligence SALT and
international tax Restructured executive and
compensation committees Revised partner
compensation plan
SingerLewak In January 2013 merged in
San Francisco office of Acquavell Chiarelli
Shuster Berkower amp Co
Skoda Minotti amp Co New to the list
In May 2013 merged Skoda Minotti Technol-
ogy Partners with Westlake Ohio-based Da-taServ In June 2013 merged in Tampa Fla-
based Dowell amp Perez In August merged
in Tampa-based national assurance solu-
tions and compliance company Assurance
Concepts
Squar Milner ldquoSignificantly expandingrdquo
Los Angeles offices
SSampG In May 2013 named new CEO Saw
revenue growth of almost 14 percent
SVA CPAs In June 2013 installed new
CEO In January 2014 merged in Wisconsin-
based practice of William P Merrick CPA
UHY Advisors Inc Saw overall staff
growth of over 10 percent
Vavrinek Trine Day amp Co All figures are
Accounting Today estimates
Warren Averett In January 2013 merged
in Atlanta-based Gifford Hillegass amp Ingwers-
en and Tampa Fla-based Pender Newkirk
Rebranded firm with new visual identity
Developed new and expanded services in
SALT business valuation forensic account-
ing and litigation support health care reform
economic settlement claims processing and
alternative investments
Watkins Meegan Expanded hospitality
practice and increased government contract-
ing practice Started health care consulting
practice Hired business developmentmar-
keting director
Weaver Saw revenue growth of over 13
percent and growth in all four of its largest
niches mdash energy financial services the pub-
lic sector and manufacturing In February
2014 merged in Connecticut-based RIN At-
test and Advisory Services
WeiserMazarsIn November 2013 merged
in New York-based Resnick Druckman Group
Expanded health care consulting group
Whitley Penn Expanded transaction ser-
vices practice and forensic litigation and
valuation services statewide Named an Ac-
counting Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Wipfli Formalized fresh-water industry
services opened office in Milwaukeersquos Global
Water Center Launched Wipfli Connect for
Manufacturing software solution In January
2014 merged in Tinley Park Ill-based The
Condon Group and Chicago-based practiceRegulatory Compliance Associates Inc
Wiss amp Co More than half of revenues (56
percent) derived from AampA services
WithumSmith+Brown Consolidated two
New Jersey offices Invested in international
tax practice and financial services practice
Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best Firm
to Work For
firm highlights
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Since our Regional Leaders both repre-
sent a broader range of firms in terms of
size and bring with them the particular
economic conditions of their geographic
regions the trends here tend to be less clear than
among our Top 100 Firms
One anti-trend that wersquove noticed is the lack
of correlation between the size of a region in terms
of its overall firm revenues and its growth rate
The Mid-Atlantic Regional Leaders for instance
have combined revenues almost twice as large
as the Great Lakes Regional Leaders mdash but an
average growth rate thatrsquos around half while the
Southwest has revenues that are slightly less than
those of the Capitol Region but is growing five
times as fast Local economic conditions make all
the difference of course but the point that size is
not everything is worth making
Unless of course yoursquore talking about the
size of our lists for each region Wersquove been grow-
ing them steadily over the past few years and are
happy to report a large number of new additions
this year many of which are highlighted in the
introductions to their individual regions
If your firm should be on one of our Regional
Leaders lists send us an e-mail at AcToday
SourceMediacom and wersquoll include you in next
yearrsquos survey AT
regional overview
Regions see uneven growth
20
THE 2014 REGIONAL LEADERS
Top Firms Capital RegionDelaware Maryland Virginia Washington DC and West Virginia
Revenue $56257 million up 206
While the Capital Region displayed the weakest revenue growth among the regions in 2013 it did display
major growth in another way the number of firms represented This yearrsquos list includes a number of strong
new players like Virginiarsquos PBMares West Virginiarsquos Arnett Foster Toothman and Washington DCrsquos Tate amp
Tryon
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Kearney amp Co Alexandria Va 7764 -282 2 13 287 401 72 0 28 0
SCampH Group Inc Sparks Md 5760 627 3 21 217 282 17 43 40 0
Watkins Meegan Bethesda Md 4900 145 4 15 196 224 22 22 56 0
Aronson Rockville Md 4900 101 1 31 154 224 43 33 22 2
Raffa Washington DC 3692 371 2 18 192 243 53 15 32 0
PBMares Newport News Va 2892 144 8 34 105 177 40 43 9 8
Cotton amp Co Alexandria Va 2566 -104 1 10 138 155 44 0 16 40
Brown Edwards amp Codagger Bluefield WVa 2542 201 7 25 NA 182 NA NA NA NA
Johnson Lambert Falls Church Va 2268 593 8 13 119 149 82 15 3 0
Yount Hyde amp Barbour Winchester Va 2252 -570 6 20 84 127 45 41 11 3
Gelman Rosenberg amp Freedman Bethesda Md 2160 385 1 12 60 94 76 23 1 0
Keiter Glen Allen Va 2143 328 1 12 104 143 26 62 4 8
Arnett Foster Toothman Charleston WVa 1961 283 6 23 86 136 47 28 25 0
Ellin amp Tucker Chartered Baltimore 1933 -515 4 11 77 114 38 38 16 8
Tate amp Tryon Washington DC 1860 550 1 11 90 110 69 7 24 0
Calibre CPA Group Bethesda Md 1830 2340 3 15 107 143 81 8 0 11
Gross Mendelsohn Baltimore 1674 1020 1 15 69 103 49 30 21 0
Smith Elliott Kearns amp Co Hagerstown Md 1660 122 5 20 97 142 48 30 17 5
KatzAbosch Timonium Md 1500 NC 3 21 42 83 37 55 8 0
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
REGIONSThe Capital Region 20
The Southeast 21
New England 21
The Mid-Atlantic 22
The Great Lakes 24
The Gulf Coast 24
The Midwest 25
The Mountain States 26
The Southwest 26
The West 27
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regional leaders
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdash
Firm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Dixon Hughes Goodman Charlotte NC 31000 197 26 178 1129 1661 36 35 29 0
Cherry Bekaert Richmond Va 12590 186 22 55 559 778 44 47 9 0
Lattimore Black Morgan amp Cain Brentwood Tenn 7091 906 3 46 287 409 24 34 14 28
Habif Arogeti amp Wynne Atlanta 6428 662 1 26 232 305 45 39 8 8
Elliott Davis Greenville SC 6410 505 8 51 265 392 47 35 14 4
Frazier amp Deeter Atlanta 5300 2018 4 11 158 201 32 40 0 28
Mauldin amp Jenkins Atlanta 3880 078 5 34 125 198 59 30 2 9
Mountjoy Chilton Medley Louisville Ky 3831 100 5 37 171 246 40 36 9 15
Joseph Decosimo amp Co Chattanooga Tenn 3820 550 8 29 177 265 47 39 7 7Bennett Thrasher Atlanta 2988 1418 1 23 104 151 27 57 7 9
Dean Dorton Allen Ford Lexington Ky 2212 179 2 33 90 150 33 42 25 0
Windham Brannon Atlanta 2146 1073 1 14 100 139 39 59 2 0
WebsterRogers Florence SC 1750 697 9 24 91 138 42 46 4 8
Top Firms Southeast Arkansas Georgia Kentucky North Carolina South Carolina and Tennessee
Revenue $89446 million up 470
Growth moderated in the Southeast in 2013 coming in a few percentage points lower
than in 2012 but that didnrsquot stop individual firms from posting some strong results like Atlantarsquos Frazier amp Deeter or new Regional Leader Windham Brannon
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdash
Firm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
BlumShapiro West Hartford Ct 6130 2824 4 30 251 341 56 32 1 11
BerryDunn Portland Maine 4312 740 5 18 154 204 47 18 28 7
Kahn Litwin Renza amp Co Providence RI 3532 1284 3 11 153 195 30 35 35 0
Wolf amp Co Boston 3149 725 3 19 142 189 50 21 0 29
Baker Newman amp Noyes Portland Maine 2770 NC 4 30 121 182 48 40 12 0
Feeley amp Driscoll Boston 2422 302 1 12 66 103 61 29 10 0
DiCicco Gulman amp Co Woburn Mass 1800 588 2 14 65 97 42 43 15 0
Alexander Aronson Finningdagger Westborough Mass 1769 249 5 18 NA NA NA NA NA NA
Whittlesey amp Hadley Hartford Ct 1570 753 1 15 83 105 60 20 20 0
Gray Gray amp Gray Westwood Mass 1380 222 3 8 64 86 45 35 20 0Edelstein amp Co Boston 1360 1826 1 9 45 64 21 54 0 25
Macdonald Page amp Co South Portland Maine 1300 442 3 21 75 112 42 31 13 14
OrsquoConnor amp Drew Braintree Mass 1200 2000 2 15 60 87 81 17 0 2
Melanson Heath amp Co Nashua NH 1048 264 5 9 66 88 74 22 2 2
Meyers Brothers Kalicka Holyoke Mass 1040 612 1 7 40 59 47 39 4 10
DiSanto Priest amp Co Warwick RI 959 435 1 8 37 57 39 55 6 0
Gallagher Flynn amp Co South Burlington Vt 920 -316 2 10 NA 75 NA NA NA NA
Notes Firm estimate or projection dagger Accounting Today estimate NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms New EnglandConnecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island and Vermont
Revenue $36661 million up 949
After a lackluster 2012 things picked up significantly for the region in 2013 MampA played a major part with firms of all
sizes getting into local and regional hookups and large firms like Connecticutrsquos BlumShapiro and Rhode Islandrsquos Kahn
Litwin Renza amp Co leading the way Going forward it will reshape the list in other ways following the January 2014
merger of Massachusetts Regional Leader Braver PC into Top 100 Firm Marcum LLP
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Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
CohnReznick New York City 50800 410 24 274 1716 2521 52 33 6 9
Marcum New York City 35010 2708 17 160 844 1300 45 36 7 12
EisnerAmper New York City 27690 779 9 177 976 1185 56 35 9 0
Rothstein Kass Roseland NJ 20200 688 8 76 780 1002 60 35 5 0
ParenteBeard Philadelphia 15800 -651 18 116 544 861 53 31 16 0
Citrin Cooperman amp Co New York City 14300 1440 5 120 302 503 47 37 8 8
WeiserMazars New York City 14240 772 6 104 393 625 47 39 14 0
Berdon New York City 10100 391 2 39 334 398 33 40 27 0
OrsquoConnor Davies New York City 9950 1888 7 82 340 501 65 21 14 0
Marks Paneth New York City 9800 1264 3 64 390 539 63 27 3 7
WithumSmith+Brown Princeton NJ 9698 931 12 77 258 431 37 37 2 24
Anchin Block amp Anchin New York City 9300 NC 1 56 215 354 44 43 13 0
Friedman New York City 7250 821 6 57 244 349 60 35 5 0
The Bonadio Group Pittsford NY 6629 2231 11 61 352 470 48 21 13 18
Schneider Downs Pittsburgh 5756 407 2 36 284 354 45 35 20 0
Reinsel Kuntz Lesher Lancaster Pa 4521 2183 4 39 228 300 33 35 10 22
Freed Maxick CPAs Buffalo NY 4150 964 4 35 203 283 36 37 27 0
Raich Ende Malter amp Co New York City 4100 789 5 33 120 191 40 60 0 0
Grassi amp Co New York City 4095 500 2 23 136 197 48 41 9 2
Margolin Winer amp Evens Garden City NY 4000 256 2 25 167 207 60 30 10 0
Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin amp Co New York City 4000 -1837 3 24 106 165 46 46 8 0
Prager Metis International New York City 3599 1659 7 30 129 199 30 45 25 0
Wiss amp Co Livingston NJ 3300 377 4 28 114 172 56 32 0 12Kreischer Miller Horsham Pa 2950 1078 1 16 137 183 46 36 11 7
Perelson Weiner New York City 1950 NA 1 8 45 70 40 50 10 0
Janover Garden City NY 1944 NA 2 13 78 108 30 62 5 3
Untracht Early Florham Park NJ 1900 544 3 8 79 102 29 64 4 3
Gettry Marcus CPA Woodbury NY 1700 303 2 16 47 81 48 35 0 17
Buchbinder Tunick amp Co New York City 1600 NC 2 18 53 90 50 25 15 10
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms Mid-AtlanticNew Jersey New York and Pennsylvania
Revenue $290332 million up 831
The Mid-Atlantic continues to post generally strong results helped by the strength of many of the industries its firms
serve particularly in the financial services and financial institutions areas It also remains a seedbed for new and grow-
ing firms like new Top 100 entry Prager Metis International and new Regional Leaders Perelson Weiner Janover Un-tracht Early and Buchbinder Tunick
22
regional leaders
Where the growth is Pt 1Average firm growth rate in percent by region
Mid-Atlantic
GreatLakes
West Midwest CapitalRegion
SoutheastGulf Coast
Southwest NewEngland
Mountain0
5
10
15
20
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Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
EKSampH Denver 7046 1119 3 38 308 427 45 42 13 0
Hein amp Associates Denver 5071 445 4 33 191 266 48 47 4 1
RGL Forensics Denver 3765 606 17 23 124 190 0 0 0 100
Anderson ZurMuehlen Helena Mont 2557 277 7 27 128 204 35 38 10 17
GHP Horwath Denver 2480 -040 1 10 82 106 41 26 0 33
Anton Collins Mitchell Denver 1600 191 3 12 69 97 50 40 10 0
Tanner Salt Lake City 1430 1085 1 10 54 72 62 23 13 2
Junkermier ClarkCampanella Stevens Great Falls Mont 1420 085 7 25 69 120 39 43 7 11
Dalby Wendland amp Co Grand Junction Colo 1195 373 4 16 52 90 25 53 9 13McGee Hearne amp Paiz Cheyenne Wyo 973 485 2 9 52 70 55 38 7 0
Top Firms MountainColorado Idaho Montana Utah and Wyoming
Revenue $27537 million up 566
The region seems in some ways to have turned the corner It reported its second year in a row of respectable
growth after a few difficult years That may explain the interest from Top 100 Firms Eide Bailly in particular made
a number of acquisitions in the region particularly in the Salt Lake City area
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Weaver Fort Worth Texas 8340 1332 7 36 354 471 34 43 12 11
Whitley Penn Fort Worth Texas 5871 1984 5 38 206 294 43 43 0 14
Montgomery Coscia Greilich Plano Texas 3354 1614 2 16 203 231 28 41 24 7
Padgett Stratemann amp Co San Antonio 3007 301 2 17 127 179 51 37 12 0
REDW Albuquerque NM 2645 3352 2 17 129 181 52 24 10 14
Briggs amp Veselka Co Houston 2617 1842 2 19 151 194 41 50 8 1
PKF Texas Houston 2155 553 1 10 85 108 50 46 4 0
Cain Watters amp Associates Plano Texas 2080 930 1 7 55 108 10 15 0 75
BeachFleischman Tuscon Ariz 2030 2378 2 25 81 140 27 57 2 14
Johnson Miller amp Co CPAs Odessa Texas 1954 868 3 14 76 103 30 50 7 13
PMB Helin Donovan Austin Texas 1900 1377 8 28 88 136 55 45 0 0Lane Gorman Trubitt Dallas 1900 497 1 15 62 92 57 37 0 6
Henry amp Horne Tempe Ariz 1850 571 3 14 70 102 33 58 9 0
Maxwell Locke amp Ritter Austin Texas 1834 969 2 21 61 92 38 41 0 21
TravisWolff Dallas 1830 -054 1 8 76 104 32 54 14 0
Melton amp Melton Houston 1790 770 1 14 79 103 50 50 0 0
Brown Graham amp Co Amarillo Texas 1287 404 7 23 61 113 35 50 5 10
Hartman Leito amp Bolt Fort Worth Texas 1100 -795 1 10 47 69 45 46 8 1
MaloneBailey Houston 897 -2220 2 5 31 41 98 2 0 0
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms Southwest Arizona New Mexico Oklahoma and Texas
Revenue $48441 million up 1103
As with the Gulf Coast booming revenues from oil and gas no doubt played a part in the
Southwestrsquos strong performance this year (the third best of the regions) with many of the
largest firms recording growth in energy and related services Wersquore also happy to note a
number of new Regional Leaders including Planorsquos Montgomery Coscia Greilich (which also
joined the T100) Houstonrsquos Melton amp Melton and Amarillorsquos Brown Graham amp Co
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regional leaders
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Moss Adams Seattle 40300 1715 22 263 1340 2072 45 38 17 0
Armanino San Ramon Calif 11284 1311 5 37 301 394 21 26 49 4
Novogradac amp Co San Francisco 9248 1003 15 35 311 408 59 27 2 12
Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt W Los Angeles Calif 8692 1724 8 36 263 362 18 76 0 6
Burr Pilger Mayer Inc San Francisco 6850 -087 6 40 225 330 38 50 12 0
Frank Rimerman + Co Palo Alto Calif 6120 1233 5 21 229 267 27 62 11 0
Nigro Karlin Segal Feldstein amp Bolno Los Angeles 5608 1167 2 21 262 314 17 17 2 64
Squar Milner Newport Beach Calif 4530 295 4 22 171 229 40 53 0 7SingerLewak Los Angeles 3850 -080 6 33 NA NA NA NA NA NA
AKT CPAs Salem Ore 3824 1039 6 15 176 235 28 33 11 28
Miller Kaplan Arase North Hollywood Calif 3800 270 5 24 117 175 58 17 17 8
Gallina Roseville Calif 3639 505 9 26 155 226 45 52 3 0
Seiler Redwood City Calif 3610 587 2 11 116 152 10 75 0 15
Macias Gini amp OrsquoConnell Sacramento Calif 3340 -773 9 10 164 258 63 12 7 18
Vavrinek Trine Day amp Codagger Rancho Cucamonga Calif 3231 199 7 33 NA 200 NA NA NA NA
Clark Nuber Bellevue Wash 3096 614 1 18 119 168 49 48 0 3
Gursey | Schneider Los Angeles 2820 682 3 10 85 129 0 30 0 70
RBZ Los Angeles 2800 1327 1 14 89 136 17 52 17 14
Hutchinson and Bloodgood Glendale Calif 2543 1559 4 33 58 115 38 46 16 0
Windes Inc Long Beach Calif 2361 -215 3 16 76 121 44 46 4 6
Green Hasson Janks Los Angeles 2310 500 1 13 88 116 32 33 13 22
Hemming Morse San Francisco 2069 827 7 13 76 96 33 0 0 67Perkins amp Co Portland Ore 2017 1034 2 19 87 132 27 40 24 9
Matson amp Isom Chico Calif 1768 400 4 21 81 128 41 46 5 8
Gumbiner Savett Santa Monica Calif 1728 601 1 10 80 110 40 50 8 2
Peterson Sullivan Seattle 1646 457 1 13 84 97 52 47 1 0
Sensiba San Filippo Pleasanton Calif 1620 588 4 14 61 103 NA NA NA NA
NSBN Beverly Hills Calif 1500 1111 1 13 53 74 35 49 5 11
Notes Firm estimate or projection dagger Accounting Today estimate NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms WestCalifornia Nevada Oregon and Washington
Revenue $146204 million up 989
Growth is spread a little more evenly among the firms in the West this year with strong rates at the top firms but equally
good performances scattered up and down the range While some of the other regions saw re-arrangements and even
shortenings of their rosters due to mergers and acquisitions firm combinations didnrsquot change the list for the West muchat all In fact the list itself grew a little longer with the addition of new Regional Leaders Perkins amp Co in Portland Ore
Peterson Sullivan in Seattle and NSBN in Beverly Hills
Where the money isCombined 2013 revenues in millions of dollars by region
Mid-Atlantic
GreatLakes
West Midwest CapitalRegion
Southeast Gulf Coast
Southwest NewEngland
Mountain0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
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AKT CPAs Acquired firm with a dental
professional practice
Anchin Block amp Anchin In February
2013 lost $50 million judgment to author Pa-
tricia Cornwell over financial management
Armanino In January 2013 rebranded
from Armanino McKenna Launched business
intelligence dashboard for private schools
and Dynamic Insights BI tool Acquired Dy-
namics VAR Rose Business Solutions
Aronson Organized two new service
groups IT audit and wealth management
consulting for choosing and assessing advi-
sor performance Baker Tilly Virchow Krause In June 2013
acquired New York-based Top 100 Firm Holtz
Rubenstein Reminick Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
BDO In June 2013 acquired Alaska-based
Mikunda Cottrell and Minneapolis-based
Moquist Thorvilson Kaufmann and brought
on members of banking practice of T100
Firm ParenteBeard In August expanded in
San Antonio by adding some partners and
staff from TravisWolff In December acquired
Pittsburgh T100 Firm Alpern Rosenthal
Berdon Joined TIAG alliance Expanded
use of CRM system and instituted Best Place
to Work Committee to propose community
social and charitable initiatives for the firm
In November 2013 merged with Northport
NY-based Beck amp Co
Berkowitz Pollack Brant Expanded stra-
tegic planning task force to include ldquoup and
comersrdquo Began celebrating its 35th anniver-
sary Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best
Firm to Work For
BerryDunn Grew revenue by over 7 per-
cent and overall staff by over 10 percent
BKD In 2013 marked its 90th anniver-
sary Opened offices in Des Moines Iowa
and Nashville Tenn In September acquired
Pittsburgh-based Malin Bergquist
Blue amp Co All figures are Accounting To-
day estimates
BlumShapiro Merged with Newton
Mass-based Friedman Suvalle amp Salomon
Added a dedicated hospitality group
The Bonadio Group In April 2013 merged
in Rutland Vt-based Independent Audit As-
sociates In September merged in Buffalo
NY-based Gaines Kriner Elliott In Novem-
ber merged in Albany NY-based Stulmaker
Kohn amp Richardson Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Burr Pilger Mayer Inc In January 2013
named new CEO In November opened new
office in Napa Valley
Carr Riggs amp Ingram In January 2013merged in Atlanta-based Peterson Coleman
amp Marett In July merged with North Caro-
lina-based accounting firm Pittard Perry amp
Crone Inc In August merged in Atlanta-
based Laney Boteler amp Killinger In Septem-
ber merged in Texas Regional Leader Gainer
Donnelly
CBIZ Mayer Hoffman McCann In No-
vember 2013 acquired Denver-based Knight
Field Fabry In January 2013 named Chris
Spurio president of CBIZ Financial Services
In February announced acquisition of Tam-pa Bay Fla-based Lewis Birch amp Ricardo
Cherry Bekaert In January 2013 re-
branded from Cherry Bekaert amp Holland
Formed benefits consulting group expanded
international tax team and advisory services
Citrin Cooperman amp Co In November
2013 merged in Leon M Reimer amp Co
Clark Schaefer Hackett amp Co Marked its
75th anniversary Having ldquoactive discussionsrdquo
on acquisitions
CliftonLarsonAllen Sold health care reg-ulatory and compliance group
Cohen amp Co Divested nearly $10 mil-
lion in business during the year that was not
meeting growth and profitability expecta-
tions Implemented a second tier of owner-
ship Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best
Firm to Work For
CohnReznick Named first national direc-
firm highlights
2014 firm highlightstor of governmental affairs Relocated offices
in Chicago Los Angeles and Austin Texas
Crowe Horwath In August 2013 acquired
a majority interest in Missouri-based Chan
Healthcare Integrated staff and acquired in-
tellectual property of ExtOrg In November
named its first chief innovation officer
Deloitte in January 2014 acquired sub-
stantially all of the business of strategy con-
sulting firm the Monitor Group In June ac-
quired investment bank McColl Partners In
July acquired SAP consulting firm Quattro
Integration Group In September acquired
TMA Construction Consultants In October
acquired substantially all of the assets of digi-
tal and social media agency Banyan Branch
In October agreed to pay $2 million to settle
charges with the PCAOB for violating Sar-
banes-Oxley Act and PCAOB rules In No-
vember launched CloudMix a preconfigured
mixture of cloud applications from different
vendors for clients
Dixon Hughes Goodman In June 2013
added Crossfire Advisory to its national health
care practice
Doeren Mayhew Grew revenue over 16
percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash international tax Fastest growing client
category mdash manufacturing
Eide Bailly In May 2013 installed new
CEO In June and August merged in two Salt
Lake City CPA firms Lake Hill amp Myers and
Hansen Barnett amp Maxwell In November
2013 acquired Denver NetSuite solutions pro-
vider Next Business Systems In December
launched private insurance exchange
EisnerAmper Had an ldquooutstandingrdquo year
Added several new services including CFO
outsourcing human capital cloud technol-
ogy and family office services
EKSampH Rebranded from Ehrhardt KeefeSteiner amp Hottman Saw revenue growth of
over 11 percent
Elliott Davis In April merged in Raleigh
NC-based Lunsford amp Strickland Relocated
office from Galax Va to Richmond Hired a
corporate strategies officer
Ernst amp Young In March paid $123 million
to resolve a federal tax shelter investigation
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In June launched EYTaxSpace Powered by
Thomson Reuters for corporate tax clients
In August donated its archives going back to
the early 1900s to Case Western Reserve Uni-
versity In December agreed to pay investors
$99 million to settle litigation over LehmanBrothers audit and acquired the US tax
preparation and court accounting outsourc-
ing businesses of Thomson Reuters
Frank Rimerman + Co Saw revenue
growth of over 12 percent
Frazier amp Deeter Saw revenue growth of
over 20 percent
Freed Maxick Saw revenue growth of over
9 percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash health care Fastest growing client cat-
egory mdash consulting
Friedman Saw revenue growth of over
8 percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash international tax Fastest growing client
category mdash real estate Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Gallina Expanded service lines including
international tax state and local tax and es-
tate trust retirement and succession services
Hired a director of recruitment and develop-
ment Joined TIAG alliance In February 2014
acquired Mercer Island Wash-based Tuef-
fers Guckian amp Gamon
Grant Thornton Redesigned external
Web site Hired a chief people and culture
officer In September 2013 acquired Oracle
Solutions business unit MarketSphere In No-
vember extended tenure of current CEO
Grassi amp Co In May 2013 added in David
C Sobel CPA and his staff In December
launched Grassi Technology Consultants
Habif Arogeti amp Wynne In May merged
in boutique tax consulting firm JRZ Launched
efforts to ldquodefine refine and embrace the
firmrsquos culturerdquo Hein amp Associates Expanded cloud solu-
tions service line Saw staff growth of over 11
percent
Hill Barth amp King Launched HbK Corpo-
rate Finance division Created new Web site
and YouTube channel In November 2013
merged in Lawrenceville NJ-based Bartolo-
mei Pucciarelli CPAs
Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt Saw ldquosig-
nificant growthrdquo in MampA private equity pro-
fessional services international tax and en-
tertainment practices Launched a business
development training program
Honkamp Krueger amp Co In Augustmerged in Madison Wis-based The Brem-
ser Group In October opened practice in
Davenport Iowa Added medical practice
consulting and talent outsourcing to its ser-
vices list
Horne Saw overall staff growth of over 11
percent Named an Accounting Today 2013
Best Firm to Work For
Joseph Decosimo amp Co In March 2013
acquired Huntsville Ala-based cost account-
ing and federal compliance solutions group
Solvability In December merged in Larry
Hyatt amp Associates
Kahn Litwin Renza amp Co In January
2013 merged with Waltham Mass-based Fay
amp Associates In May opened KLR Emerging
Business Center to offer co-working office
space to start-ups
Katz Sapper amp Miller Saw revenue
growth of over 7 percent and overall staff
growth of over 9 percent
Kaufman Rossin Group Saw revenue
growth of over 18 percent Named the No1 Accounting Today 2013 Best Firm to Work
For in the Large Firm Category for the third
year in a row
Kearney amp Co Saw staff growth of over
2 percent
Kemper Fastest growing service area mdash
investment advisory services
Kennedy and Coe Installed new CEO
KPMG Completed acquisition of Ora-
cle ERP practice of The Hackett Group
Launched alliance-based offering in indirect
tax with Thomson Reuters In May 2013
agreed with Fannie Mae to pay $153 million
to settle class-action suit over Fannie Mae
audit In July launched market alliance with
cloud-based procurement solution provider
Coupa Software In September Denver office
achieved LEED-CI certification In Decem-
ber announced plans to acquire analytical
applications company Link Analytics In Jan-
uary 2014 agreed to pay $82 million to settle
SEC charges over auditor independence
Lattimore Black Morgan amp Cain Re-
ported organic growth of over 9 percent
across all service lines Added a health care
consulting company
Macias Gini amp OrsquoConnell Saw overall staff
growth of over 7 percent
Marcum In January 2013 merged in
Massachusetts-based Parent McLaughlin amp
Nangle In April merged in Cornerstone Ac-
counting Group In July merged in Irvine
Calif-based WilsonMorgan In January 2014
merged in three units of New England Re-
gional Leader Braver
Margolin Winer amp Evens Saw revenue
growth of over 2 percent
Marks Paneth Rebranded from Marks
Paneth amp Shron In February 2013 merged
in New York City-based Rosenberg Neuwirth
amp Kuchner
Mauldin amp Jenkins In June acquired Ten-
nessee-based Hazlett Lewis amp Bieter
MBAF CPAs Worked to achieve ldquogreater
consolidation of the Northeast Region op-
erations with the rest of the firmrdquo Enhanced
cross-utilization of staff and skills among
various regions Designed and implemented
cost controls
McGladrey In August launched a strat-
egy to serve middle-market companies Late
in 2013 acquired Wilmington NC-Lanier
Whaley Craft amp Co and Houston-based
Margolis Phipps amp Wright
Miller Kaplan Arase Appointed a new
managing partner Expanded Seattle office
Saw ldquosignificant growthrdquo in business manage-
ment and entertainment group
Montgomery Coscia Greilich New to the
list In March 2013 joined the Alliott Group
alliance In May opened new office in AustinTexas In June launched strategy and man-
agement consulting practice In September
marked 10th anniversary
Moss Adams Marked its 100th anniver-
sary Installed new chairmanCEO
Mountjoy Chilton Medley Transitioned
in operations of Jeffersonville Ind-based
firm Expanded Cincinnati office Saw ldquostrong
firm highlights
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increaserdquo in regulated industry work such as
insurance financial institutions and health
care In December 2013 launched IT consult-
ing amp strategy services
Nigro Karlin Segal Feldstein amp Bolno
Changed name from Nigro Karlin Segal ampFeldstein Sold a 245 percent minority stake
in the firm to First Republic Bank
Novogradac amp Co Saw revenue growth of
over 10 percent
OrsquoConnor Davies In October announced
merger with Cranford NJ-based Fazio Man-
nuzza Roche Tankel LaPilusa In January
2014 merged with New York City-based Mer-
sel Klein amp Co
ParenteBeard In January 2013 merged
in Connecticut-based health care manage-
ment consulting firm Presscott Associates In
November closed its technology practice In
February 2014 added team members from
insurance consulting firm Invotex
Plante Moran In April 2013 launched
Women in Leadership initiative In July
launched a Web site offering ACA guidance
In November opened an office in Detroit
Postlethwaite amp Netterville Implement-
ed a formal shareholder evaluation process
a formal pipeline process a business de-
velopment training curriculum and growthmanagement software
Prager Metis International New to the
list Formed from January 2013 merger of
Prager amp Fenton and Metis Group Added a
number of new service lines including SALT
cost segregation and research tax incentives
PwC In July 2013 reshuffled US leader-
ship team In October announced plans to
merge in consulting firm Booz amp Co
Raffa In November 2013 launched Raffa
Nonprofit Fraud Prevention Institute
Raich Ende Malter In March 2013 estab-
lished Raich Ende Malter (Cayman)
Rehmann Saw revenue growth of over 15
percent
Reinsel Kuntz Lesher Saw growth in rev-
enue of over 21 percent
RGL Forensics Opened an office in San-
tiago Chile Introduced registered broker-
dealer RGL Advisors to offer MampA transac-
tion advisory services in the US
Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin amp Co
Fastest growing specialty service mdash large
private equity transactions Fastest growing
client category mdash private equity companies
Rothstein Kass Saw revenue growth of
almost 7 percent
RubinBrown Launched national prac-
tices to serve private equity firms and gaming
companies
SCampH Group Inc Joined firm network
Moore Stephens Fastest growing specialty
service mdash technology consulting Fastest
growing client category mdash health care
Schenck In January 2013 acquired ma-
jority stake in Milwaukee-based Bonfield amp
Co Installed new MP and CFO Changed
practice management system
Schneider Downs Relocated corporate
headquarters within Pittsburgh
Seiler Share of revenue derived from tax
increased from 70 to 75 percent
Sikich In January 2013 merged in Il-
linois-based supply chain consulting firm
Achieve Consulting In August announced
merger with Brookfield Wis firm Kolb+Co
In September merged in St Louis-based
OrsquoDonnell Bonebrake amp Co Also mergedin S2 Consulting and PKF Texas Technology
Added eight services PR insurance lean
back office business intelligence SALT and
international tax Restructured executive and
compensation committees Revised partner
compensation plan
SingerLewak In January 2013 merged in
San Francisco office of Acquavell Chiarelli
Shuster Berkower amp Co
Skoda Minotti amp Co New to the list
In May 2013 merged Skoda Minotti Technol-
ogy Partners with Westlake Ohio-based Da-taServ In June 2013 merged in Tampa Fla-
based Dowell amp Perez In August merged
in Tampa-based national assurance solu-
tions and compliance company Assurance
Concepts
Squar Milner ldquoSignificantly expandingrdquo
Los Angeles offices
SSampG In May 2013 named new CEO Saw
revenue growth of almost 14 percent
SVA CPAs In June 2013 installed new
CEO In January 2014 merged in Wisconsin-
based practice of William P Merrick CPA
UHY Advisors Inc Saw overall staff
growth of over 10 percent
Vavrinek Trine Day amp Co All figures are
Accounting Today estimates
Warren Averett In January 2013 merged
in Atlanta-based Gifford Hillegass amp Ingwers-
en and Tampa Fla-based Pender Newkirk
Rebranded firm with new visual identity
Developed new and expanded services in
SALT business valuation forensic account-
ing and litigation support health care reform
economic settlement claims processing and
alternative investments
Watkins Meegan Expanded hospitality
practice and increased government contract-
ing practice Started health care consulting
practice Hired business developmentmar-
keting director
Weaver Saw revenue growth of over 13
percent and growth in all four of its largest
niches mdash energy financial services the pub-
lic sector and manufacturing In February
2014 merged in Connecticut-based RIN At-
test and Advisory Services
WeiserMazarsIn November 2013 merged
in New York-based Resnick Druckman Group
Expanded health care consulting group
Whitley Penn Expanded transaction ser-
vices practice and forensic litigation and
valuation services statewide Named an Ac-
counting Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Wipfli Formalized fresh-water industry
services opened office in Milwaukeersquos Global
Water Center Launched Wipfli Connect for
Manufacturing software solution In January
2014 merged in Tinley Park Ill-based The
Condon Group and Chicago-based practiceRegulatory Compliance Associates Inc
Wiss amp Co More than half of revenues (56
percent) derived from AampA services
WithumSmith+Brown Consolidated two
New Jersey offices Invested in international
tax practice and financial services practice
Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best Firm
to Work For
firm highlights
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Since our Regional Leaders both repre-
sent a broader range of firms in terms of
size and bring with them the particular
economic conditions of their geographic
regions the trends here tend to be less clear than
among our Top 100 Firms
One anti-trend that wersquove noticed is the lack
of correlation between the size of a region in terms
of its overall firm revenues and its growth rate
The Mid-Atlantic Regional Leaders for instance
have combined revenues almost twice as large
as the Great Lakes Regional Leaders mdash but an
average growth rate thatrsquos around half while the
Southwest has revenues that are slightly less than
those of the Capitol Region but is growing five
times as fast Local economic conditions make all
the difference of course but the point that size is
not everything is worth making
Unless of course yoursquore talking about the
size of our lists for each region Wersquove been grow-
ing them steadily over the past few years and are
happy to report a large number of new additions
this year many of which are highlighted in the
introductions to their individual regions
If your firm should be on one of our Regional
Leaders lists send us an e-mail at AcToday
SourceMediacom and wersquoll include you in next
yearrsquos survey AT
regional overview
Regions see uneven growth
20
THE 2014 REGIONAL LEADERS
Top Firms Capital RegionDelaware Maryland Virginia Washington DC and West Virginia
Revenue $56257 million up 206
While the Capital Region displayed the weakest revenue growth among the regions in 2013 it did display
major growth in another way the number of firms represented This yearrsquos list includes a number of strong
new players like Virginiarsquos PBMares West Virginiarsquos Arnett Foster Toothman and Washington DCrsquos Tate amp
Tryon
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Kearney amp Co Alexandria Va 7764 -282 2 13 287 401 72 0 28 0
SCampH Group Inc Sparks Md 5760 627 3 21 217 282 17 43 40 0
Watkins Meegan Bethesda Md 4900 145 4 15 196 224 22 22 56 0
Aronson Rockville Md 4900 101 1 31 154 224 43 33 22 2
Raffa Washington DC 3692 371 2 18 192 243 53 15 32 0
PBMares Newport News Va 2892 144 8 34 105 177 40 43 9 8
Cotton amp Co Alexandria Va 2566 -104 1 10 138 155 44 0 16 40
Brown Edwards amp Codagger Bluefield WVa 2542 201 7 25 NA 182 NA NA NA NA
Johnson Lambert Falls Church Va 2268 593 8 13 119 149 82 15 3 0
Yount Hyde amp Barbour Winchester Va 2252 -570 6 20 84 127 45 41 11 3
Gelman Rosenberg amp Freedman Bethesda Md 2160 385 1 12 60 94 76 23 1 0
Keiter Glen Allen Va 2143 328 1 12 104 143 26 62 4 8
Arnett Foster Toothman Charleston WVa 1961 283 6 23 86 136 47 28 25 0
Ellin amp Tucker Chartered Baltimore 1933 -515 4 11 77 114 38 38 16 8
Tate amp Tryon Washington DC 1860 550 1 11 90 110 69 7 24 0
Calibre CPA Group Bethesda Md 1830 2340 3 15 107 143 81 8 0 11
Gross Mendelsohn Baltimore 1674 1020 1 15 69 103 49 30 21 0
Smith Elliott Kearns amp Co Hagerstown Md 1660 122 5 20 97 142 48 30 17 5
KatzAbosch Timonium Md 1500 NC 3 21 42 83 37 55 8 0
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
REGIONSThe Capital Region 20
The Southeast 21
New England 21
The Mid-Atlantic 22
The Great Lakes 24
The Gulf Coast 24
The Midwest 25
The Mountain States 26
The Southwest 26
The West 27
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Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdash
Firm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Dixon Hughes Goodman Charlotte NC 31000 197 26 178 1129 1661 36 35 29 0
Cherry Bekaert Richmond Va 12590 186 22 55 559 778 44 47 9 0
Lattimore Black Morgan amp Cain Brentwood Tenn 7091 906 3 46 287 409 24 34 14 28
Habif Arogeti amp Wynne Atlanta 6428 662 1 26 232 305 45 39 8 8
Elliott Davis Greenville SC 6410 505 8 51 265 392 47 35 14 4
Frazier amp Deeter Atlanta 5300 2018 4 11 158 201 32 40 0 28
Mauldin amp Jenkins Atlanta 3880 078 5 34 125 198 59 30 2 9
Mountjoy Chilton Medley Louisville Ky 3831 100 5 37 171 246 40 36 9 15
Joseph Decosimo amp Co Chattanooga Tenn 3820 550 8 29 177 265 47 39 7 7Bennett Thrasher Atlanta 2988 1418 1 23 104 151 27 57 7 9
Dean Dorton Allen Ford Lexington Ky 2212 179 2 33 90 150 33 42 25 0
Windham Brannon Atlanta 2146 1073 1 14 100 139 39 59 2 0
WebsterRogers Florence SC 1750 697 9 24 91 138 42 46 4 8
Top Firms Southeast Arkansas Georgia Kentucky North Carolina South Carolina and Tennessee
Revenue $89446 million up 470
Growth moderated in the Southeast in 2013 coming in a few percentage points lower
than in 2012 but that didnrsquot stop individual firms from posting some strong results like Atlantarsquos Frazier amp Deeter or new Regional Leader Windham Brannon
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdash
Firm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
BlumShapiro West Hartford Ct 6130 2824 4 30 251 341 56 32 1 11
BerryDunn Portland Maine 4312 740 5 18 154 204 47 18 28 7
Kahn Litwin Renza amp Co Providence RI 3532 1284 3 11 153 195 30 35 35 0
Wolf amp Co Boston 3149 725 3 19 142 189 50 21 0 29
Baker Newman amp Noyes Portland Maine 2770 NC 4 30 121 182 48 40 12 0
Feeley amp Driscoll Boston 2422 302 1 12 66 103 61 29 10 0
DiCicco Gulman amp Co Woburn Mass 1800 588 2 14 65 97 42 43 15 0
Alexander Aronson Finningdagger Westborough Mass 1769 249 5 18 NA NA NA NA NA NA
Whittlesey amp Hadley Hartford Ct 1570 753 1 15 83 105 60 20 20 0
Gray Gray amp Gray Westwood Mass 1380 222 3 8 64 86 45 35 20 0Edelstein amp Co Boston 1360 1826 1 9 45 64 21 54 0 25
Macdonald Page amp Co South Portland Maine 1300 442 3 21 75 112 42 31 13 14
OrsquoConnor amp Drew Braintree Mass 1200 2000 2 15 60 87 81 17 0 2
Melanson Heath amp Co Nashua NH 1048 264 5 9 66 88 74 22 2 2
Meyers Brothers Kalicka Holyoke Mass 1040 612 1 7 40 59 47 39 4 10
DiSanto Priest amp Co Warwick RI 959 435 1 8 37 57 39 55 6 0
Gallagher Flynn amp Co South Burlington Vt 920 -316 2 10 NA 75 NA NA NA NA
Notes Firm estimate or projection dagger Accounting Today estimate NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms New EnglandConnecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island and Vermont
Revenue $36661 million up 949
After a lackluster 2012 things picked up significantly for the region in 2013 MampA played a major part with firms of all
sizes getting into local and regional hookups and large firms like Connecticutrsquos BlumShapiro and Rhode Islandrsquos Kahn
Litwin Renza amp Co leading the way Going forward it will reshape the list in other ways following the January 2014
merger of Massachusetts Regional Leader Braver PC into Top 100 Firm Marcum LLP
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Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
CohnReznick New York City 50800 410 24 274 1716 2521 52 33 6 9
Marcum New York City 35010 2708 17 160 844 1300 45 36 7 12
EisnerAmper New York City 27690 779 9 177 976 1185 56 35 9 0
Rothstein Kass Roseland NJ 20200 688 8 76 780 1002 60 35 5 0
ParenteBeard Philadelphia 15800 -651 18 116 544 861 53 31 16 0
Citrin Cooperman amp Co New York City 14300 1440 5 120 302 503 47 37 8 8
WeiserMazars New York City 14240 772 6 104 393 625 47 39 14 0
Berdon New York City 10100 391 2 39 334 398 33 40 27 0
OrsquoConnor Davies New York City 9950 1888 7 82 340 501 65 21 14 0
Marks Paneth New York City 9800 1264 3 64 390 539 63 27 3 7
WithumSmith+Brown Princeton NJ 9698 931 12 77 258 431 37 37 2 24
Anchin Block amp Anchin New York City 9300 NC 1 56 215 354 44 43 13 0
Friedman New York City 7250 821 6 57 244 349 60 35 5 0
The Bonadio Group Pittsford NY 6629 2231 11 61 352 470 48 21 13 18
Schneider Downs Pittsburgh 5756 407 2 36 284 354 45 35 20 0
Reinsel Kuntz Lesher Lancaster Pa 4521 2183 4 39 228 300 33 35 10 22
Freed Maxick CPAs Buffalo NY 4150 964 4 35 203 283 36 37 27 0
Raich Ende Malter amp Co New York City 4100 789 5 33 120 191 40 60 0 0
Grassi amp Co New York City 4095 500 2 23 136 197 48 41 9 2
Margolin Winer amp Evens Garden City NY 4000 256 2 25 167 207 60 30 10 0
Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin amp Co New York City 4000 -1837 3 24 106 165 46 46 8 0
Prager Metis International New York City 3599 1659 7 30 129 199 30 45 25 0
Wiss amp Co Livingston NJ 3300 377 4 28 114 172 56 32 0 12Kreischer Miller Horsham Pa 2950 1078 1 16 137 183 46 36 11 7
Perelson Weiner New York City 1950 NA 1 8 45 70 40 50 10 0
Janover Garden City NY 1944 NA 2 13 78 108 30 62 5 3
Untracht Early Florham Park NJ 1900 544 3 8 79 102 29 64 4 3
Gettry Marcus CPA Woodbury NY 1700 303 2 16 47 81 48 35 0 17
Buchbinder Tunick amp Co New York City 1600 NC 2 18 53 90 50 25 15 10
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms Mid-AtlanticNew Jersey New York and Pennsylvania
Revenue $290332 million up 831
The Mid-Atlantic continues to post generally strong results helped by the strength of many of the industries its firms
serve particularly in the financial services and financial institutions areas It also remains a seedbed for new and grow-
ing firms like new Top 100 entry Prager Metis International and new Regional Leaders Perelson Weiner Janover Un-tracht Early and Buchbinder Tunick
22
regional leaders
Where the growth is Pt 1Average firm growth rate in percent by region
Mid-Atlantic
GreatLakes
West Midwest CapitalRegion
SoutheastGulf Coast
Southwest NewEngland
Mountain0
5
10
15
20
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Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
EKSampH Denver 7046 1119 3 38 308 427 45 42 13 0
Hein amp Associates Denver 5071 445 4 33 191 266 48 47 4 1
RGL Forensics Denver 3765 606 17 23 124 190 0 0 0 100
Anderson ZurMuehlen Helena Mont 2557 277 7 27 128 204 35 38 10 17
GHP Horwath Denver 2480 -040 1 10 82 106 41 26 0 33
Anton Collins Mitchell Denver 1600 191 3 12 69 97 50 40 10 0
Tanner Salt Lake City 1430 1085 1 10 54 72 62 23 13 2
Junkermier ClarkCampanella Stevens Great Falls Mont 1420 085 7 25 69 120 39 43 7 11
Dalby Wendland amp Co Grand Junction Colo 1195 373 4 16 52 90 25 53 9 13McGee Hearne amp Paiz Cheyenne Wyo 973 485 2 9 52 70 55 38 7 0
Top Firms MountainColorado Idaho Montana Utah and Wyoming
Revenue $27537 million up 566
The region seems in some ways to have turned the corner It reported its second year in a row of respectable
growth after a few difficult years That may explain the interest from Top 100 Firms Eide Bailly in particular made
a number of acquisitions in the region particularly in the Salt Lake City area
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Weaver Fort Worth Texas 8340 1332 7 36 354 471 34 43 12 11
Whitley Penn Fort Worth Texas 5871 1984 5 38 206 294 43 43 0 14
Montgomery Coscia Greilich Plano Texas 3354 1614 2 16 203 231 28 41 24 7
Padgett Stratemann amp Co San Antonio 3007 301 2 17 127 179 51 37 12 0
REDW Albuquerque NM 2645 3352 2 17 129 181 52 24 10 14
Briggs amp Veselka Co Houston 2617 1842 2 19 151 194 41 50 8 1
PKF Texas Houston 2155 553 1 10 85 108 50 46 4 0
Cain Watters amp Associates Plano Texas 2080 930 1 7 55 108 10 15 0 75
BeachFleischman Tuscon Ariz 2030 2378 2 25 81 140 27 57 2 14
Johnson Miller amp Co CPAs Odessa Texas 1954 868 3 14 76 103 30 50 7 13
PMB Helin Donovan Austin Texas 1900 1377 8 28 88 136 55 45 0 0Lane Gorman Trubitt Dallas 1900 497 1 15 62 92 57 37 0 6
Henry amp Horne Tempe Ariz 1850 571 3 14 70 102 33 58 9 0
Maxwell Locke amp Ritter Austin Texas 1834 969 2 21 61 92 38 41 0 21
TravisWolff Dallas 1830 -054 1 8 76 104 32 54 14 0
Melton amp Melton Houston 1790 770 1 14 79 103 50 50 0 0
Brown Graham amp Co Amarillo Texas 1287 404 7 23 61 113 35 50 5 10
Hartman Leito amp Bolt Fort Worth Texas 1100 -795 1 10 47 69 45 46 8 1
MaloneBailey Houston 897 -2220 2 5 31 41 98 2 0 0
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms Southwest Arizona New Mexico Oklahoma and Texas
Revenue $48441 million up 1103
As with the Gulf Coast booming revenues from oil and gas no doubt played a part in the
Southwestrsquos strong performance this year (the third best of the regions) with many of the
largest firms recording growth in energy and related services Wersquore also happy to note a
number of new Regional Leaders including Planorsquos Montgomery Coscia Greilich (which also
joined the T100) Houstonrsquos Melton amp Melton and Amarillorsquos Brown Graham amp Co
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regional leaders
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Moss Adams Seattle 40300 1715 22 263 1340 2072 45 38 17 0
Armanino San Ramon Calif 11284 1311 5 37 301 394 21 26 49 4
Novogradac amp Co San Francisco 9248 1003 15 35 311 408 59 27 2 12
Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt W Los Angeles Calif 8692 1724 8 36 263 362 18 76 0 6
Burr Pilger Mayer Inc San Francisco 6850 -087 6 40 225 330 38 50 12 0
Frank Rimerman + Co Palo Alto Calif 6120 1233 5 21 229 267 27 62 11 0
Nigro Karlin Segal Feldstein amp Bolno Los Angeles 5608 1167 2 21 262 314 17 17 2 64
Squar Milner Newport Beach Calif 4530 295 4 22 171 229 40 53 0 7SingerLewak Los Angeles 3850 -080 6 33 NA NA NA NA NA NA
AKT CPAs Salem Ore 3824 1039 6 15 176 235 28 33 11 28
Miller Kaplan Arase North Hollywood Calif 3800 270 5 24 117 175 58 17 17 8
Gallina Roseville Calif 3639 505 9 26 155 226 45 52 3 0
Seiler Redwood City Calif 3610 587 2 11 116 152 10 75 0 15
Macias Gini amp OrsquoConnell Sacramento Calif 3340 -773 9 10 164 258 63 12 7 18
Vavrinek Trine Day amp Codagger Rancho Cucamonga Calif 3231 199 7 33 NA 200 NA NA NA NA
Clark Nuber Bellevue Wash 3096 614 1 18 119 168 49 48 0 3
Gursey | Schneider Los Angeles 2820 682 3 10 85 129 0 30 0 70
RBZ Los Angeles 2800 1327 1 14 89 136 17 52 17 14
Hutchinson and Bloodgood Glendale Calif 2543 1559 4 33 58 115 38 46 16 0
Windes Inc Long Beach Calif 2361 -215 3 16 76 121 44 46 4 6
Green Hasson Janks Los Angeles 2310 500 1 13 88 116 32 33 13 22
Hemming Morse San Francisco 2069 827 7 13 76 96 33 0 0 67Perkins amp Co Portland Ore 2017 1034 2 19 87 132 27 40 24 9
Matson amp Isom Chico Calif 1768 400 4 21 81 128 41 46 5 8
Gumbiner Savett Santa Monica Calif 1728 601 1 10 80 110 40 50 8 2
Peterson Sullivan Seattle 1646 457 1 13 84 97 52 47 1 0
Sensiba San Filippo Pleasanton Calif 1620 588 4 14 61 103 NA NA NA NA
NSBN Beverly Hills Calif 1500 1111 1 13 53 74 35 49 5 11
Notes Firm estimate or projection dagger Accounting Today estimate NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms WestCalifornia Nevada Oregon and Washington
Revenue $146204 million up 989
Growth is spread a little more evenly among the firms in the West this year with strong rates at the top firms but equally
good performances scattered up and down the range While some of the other regions saw re-arrangements and even
shortenings of their rosters due to mergers and acquisitions firm combinations didnrsquot change the list for the West muchat all In fact the list itself grew a little longer with the addition of new Regional Leaders Perkins amp Co in Portland Ore
Peterson Sullivan in Seattle and NSBN in Beverly Hills
Where the money isCombined 2013 revenues in millions of dollars by region
Mid-Atlantic
GreatLakes
West Midwest CapitalRegion
Southeast Gulf Coast
Southwest NewEngland
Mountain0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
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AKT CPAs Acquired firm with a dental
professional practice
Anchin Block amp Anchin In February
2013 lost $50 million judgment to author Pa-
tricia Cornwell over financial management
Armanino In January 2013 rebranded
from Armanino McKenna Launched business
intelligence dashboard for private schools
and Dynamic Insights BI tool Acquired Dy-
namics VAR Rose Business Solutions
Aronson Organized two new service
groups IT audit and wealth management
consulting for choosing and assessing advi-
sor performance Baker Tilly Virchow Krause In June 2013
acquired New York-based Top 100 Firm Holtz
Rubenstein Reminick Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
BDO In June 2013 acquired Alaska-based
Mikunda Cottrell and Minneapolis-based
Moquist Thorvilson Kaufmann and brought
on members of banking practice of T100
Firm ParenteBeard In August expanded in
San Antonio by adding some partners and
staff from TravisWolff In December acquired
Pittsburgh T100 Firm Alpern Rosenthal
Berdon Joined TIAG alliance Expanded
use of CRM system and instituted Best Place
to Work Committee to propose community
social and charitable initiatives for the firm
In November 2013 merged with Northport
NY-based Beck amp Co
Berkowitz Pollack Brant Expanded stra-
tegic planning task force to include ldquoup and
comersrdquo Began celebrating its 35th anniver-
sary Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best
Firm to Work For
BerryDunn Grew revenue by over 7 per-
cent and overall staff by over 10 percent
BKD In 2013 marked its 90th anniver-
sary Opened offices in Des Moines Iowa
and Nashville Tenn In September acquired
Pittsburgh-based Malin Bergquist
Blue amp Co All figures are Accounting To-
day estimates
BlumShapiro Merged with Newton
Mass-based Friedman Suvalle amp Salomon
Added a dedicated hospitality group
The Bonadio Group In April 2013 merged
in Rutland Vt-based Independent Audit As-
sociates In September merged in Buffalo
NY-based Gaines Kriner Elliott In Novem-
ber merged in Albany NY-based Stulmaker
Kohn amp Richardson Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Burr Pilger Mayer Inc In January 2013
named new CEO In November opened new
office in Napa Valley
Carr Riggs amp Ingram In January 2013merged in Atlanta-based Peterson Coleman
amp Marett In July merged with North Caro-
lina-based accounting firm Pittard Perry amp
Crone Inc In August merged in Atlanta-
based Laney Boteler amp Killinger In Septem-
ber merged in Texas Regional Leader Gainer
Donnelly
CBIZ Mayer Hoffman McCann In No-
vember 2013 acquired Denver-based Knight
Field Fabry In January 2013 named Chris
Spurio president of CBIZ Financial Services
In February announced acquisition of Tam-pa Bay Fla-based Lewis Birch amp Ricardo
Cherry Bekaert In January 2013 re-
branded from Cherry Bekaert amp Holland
Formed benefits consulting group expanded
international tax team and advisory services
Citrin Cooperman amp Co In November
2013 merged in Leon M Reimer amp Co
Clark Schaefer Hackett amp Co Marked its
75th anniversary Having ldquoactive discussionsrdquo
on acquisitions
CliftonLarsonAllen Sold health care reg-ulatory and compliance group
Cohen amp Co Divested nearly $10 mil-
lion in business during the year that was not
meeting growth and profitability expecta-
tions Implemented a second tier of owner-
ship Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best
Firm to Work For
CohnReznick Named first national direc-
firm highlights
2014 firm highlightstor of governmental affairs Relocated offices
in Chicago Los Angeles and Austin Texas
Crowe Horwath In August 2013 acquired
a majority interest in Missouri-based Chan
Healthcare Integrated staff and acquired in-
tellectual property of ExtOrg In November
named its first chief innovation officer
Deloitte in January 2014 acquired sub-
stantially all of the business of strategy con-
sulting firm the Monitor Group In June ac-
quired investment bank McColl Partners In
July acquired SAP consulting firm Quattro
Integration Group In September acquired
TMA Construction Consultants In October
acquired substantially all of the assets of digi-
tal and social media agency Banyan Branch
In October agreed to pay $2 million to settle
charges with the PCAOB for violating Sar-
banes-Oxley Act and PCAOB rules In No-
vember launched CloudMix a preconfigured
mixture of cloud applications from different
vendors for clients
Dixon Hughes Goodman In June 2013
added Crossfire Advisory to its national health
care practice
Doeren Mayhew Grew revenue over 16
percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash international tax Fastest growing client
category mdash manufacturing
Eide Bailly In May 2013 installed new
CEO In June and August merged in two Salt
Lake City CPA firms Lake Hill amp Myers and
Hansen Barnett amp Maxwell In November
2013 acquired Denver NetSuite solutions pro-
vider Next Business Systems In December
launched private insurance exchange
EisnerAmper Had an ldquooutstandingrdquo year
Added several new services including CFO
outsourcing human capital cloud technol-
ogy and family office services
EKSampH Rebranded from Ehrhardt KeefeSteiner amp Hottman Saw revenue growth of
over 11 percent
Elliott Davis In April merged in Raleigh
NC-based Lunsford amp Strickland Relocated
office from Galax Va to Richmond Hired a
corporate strategies officer
Ernst amp Young In March paid $123 million
to resolve a federal tax shelter investigation
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In June launched EYTaxSpace Powered by
Thomson Reuters for corporate tax clients
In August donated its archives going back to
the early 1900s to Case Western Reserve Uni-
versity In December agreed to pay investors
$99 million to settle litigation over LehmanBrothers audit and acquired the US tax
preparation and court accounting outsourc-
ing businesses of Thomson Reuters
Frank Rimerman + Co Saw revenue
growth of over 12 percent
Frazier amp Deeter Saw revenue growth of
over 20 percent
Freed Maxick Saw revenue growth of over
9 percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash health care Fastest growing client cat-
egory mdash consulting
Friedman Saw revenue growth of over
8 percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash international tax Fastest growing client
category mdash real estate Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Gallina Expanded service lines including
international tax state and local tax and es-
tate trust retirement and succession services
Hired a director of recruitment and develop-
ment Joined TIAG alliance In February 2014
acquired Mercer Island Wash-based Tuef-
fers Guckian amp Gamon
Grant Thornton Redesigned external
Web site Hired a chief people and culture
officer In September 2013 acquired Oracle
Solutions business unit MarketSphere In No-
vember extended tenure of current CEO
Grassi amp Co In May 2013 added in David
C Sobel CPA and his staff In December
launched Grassi Technology Consultants
Habif Arogeti amp Wynne In May merged
in boutique tax consulting firm JRZ Launched
efforts to ldquodefine refine and embrace the
firmrsquos culturerdquo Hein amp Associates Expanded cloud solu-
tions service line Saw staff growth of over 11
percent
Hill Barth amp King Launched HbK Corpo-
rate Finance division Created new Web site
and YouTube channel In November 2013
merged in Lawrenceville NJ-based Bartolo-
mei Pucciarelli CPAs
Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt Saw ldquosig-
nificant growthrdquo in MampA private equity pro-
fessional services international tax and en-
tertainment practices Launched a business
development training program
Honkamp Krueger amp Co In Augustmerged in Madison Wis-based The Brem-
ser Group In October opened practice in
Davenport Iowa Added medical practice
consulting and talent outsourcing to its ser-
vices list
Horne Saw overall staff growth of over 11
percent Named an Accounting Today 2013
Best Firm to Work For
Joseph Decosimo amp Co In March 2013
acquired Huntsville Ala-based cost account-
ing and federal compliance solutions group
Solvability In December merged in Larry
Hyatt amp Associates
Kahn Litwin Renza amp Co In January
2013 merged with Waltham Mass-based Fay
amp Associates In May opened KLR Emerging
Business Center to offer co-working office
space to start-ups
Katz Sapper amp Miller Saw revenue
growth of over 7 percent and overall staff
growth of over 9 percent
Kaufman Rossin Group Saw revenue
growth of over 18 percent Named the No1 Accounting Today 2013 Best Firm to Work
For in the Large Firm Category for the third
year in a row
Kearney amp Co Saw staff growth of over
2 percent
Kemper Fastest growing service area mdash
investment advisory services
Kennedy and Coe Installed new CEO
KPMG Completed acquisition of Ora-
cle ERP practice of The Hackett Group
Launched alliance-based offering in indirect
tax with Thomson Reuters In May 2013
agreed with Fannie Mae to pay $153 million
to settle class-action suit over Fannie Mae
audit In July launched market alliance with
cloud-based procurement solution provider
Coupa Software In September Denver office
achieved LEED-CI certification In Decem-
ber announced plans to acquire analytical
applications company Link Analytics In Jan-
uary 2014 agreed to pay $82 million to settle
SEC charges over auditor independence
Lattimore Black Morgan amp Cain Re-
ported organic growth of over 9 percent
across all service lines Added a health care
consulting company
Macias Gini amp OrsquoConnell Saw overall staff
growth of over 7 percent
Marcum In January 2013 merged in
Massachusetts-based Parent McLaughlin amp
Nangle In April merged in Cornerstone Ac-
counting Group In July merged in Irvine
Calif-based WilsonMorgan In January 2014
merged in three units of New England Re-
gional Leader Braver
Margolin Winer amp Evens Saw revenue
growth of over 2 percent
Marks Paneth Rebranded from Marks
Paneth amp Shron In February 2013 merged
in New York City-based Rosenberg Neuwirth
amp Kuchner
Mauldin amp Jenkins In June acquired Ten-
nessee-based Hazlett Lewis amp Bieter
MBAF CPAs Worked to achieve ldquogreater
consolidation of the Northeast Region op-
erations with the rest of the firmrdquo Enhanced
cross-utilization of staff and skills among
various regions Designed and implemented
cost controls
McGladrey In August launched a strat-
egy to serve middle-market companies Late
in 2013 acquired Wilmington NC-Lanier
Whaley Craft amp Co and Houston-based
Margolis Phipps amp Wright
Miller Kaplan Arase Appointed a new
managing partner Expanded Seattle office
Saw ldquosignificant growthrdquo in business manage-
ment and entertainment group
Montgomery Coscia Greilich New to the
list In March 2013 joined the Alliott Group
alliance In May opened new office in AustinTexas In June launched strategy and man-
agement consulting practice In September
marked 10th anniversary
Moss Adams Marked its 100th anniver-
sary Installed new chairmanCEO
Mountjoy Chilton Medley Transitioned
in operations of Jeffersonville Ind-based
firm Expanded Cincinnati office Saw ldquostrong
firm highlights
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increaserdquo in regulated industry work such as
insurance financial institutions and health
care In December 2013 launched IT consult-
ing amp strategy services
Nigro Karlin Segal Feldstein amp Bolno
Changed name from Nigro Karlin Segal ampFeldstein Sold a 245 percent minority stake
in the firm to First Republic Bank
Novogradac amp Co Saw revenue growth of
over 10 percent
OrsquoConnor Davies In October announced
merger with Cranford NJ-based Fazio Man-
nuzza Roche Tankel LaPilusa In January
2014 merged with New York City-based Mer-
sel Klein amp Co
ParenteBeard In January 2013 merged
in Connecticut-based health care manage-
ment consulting firm Presscott Associates In
November closed its technology practice In
February 2014 added team members from
insurance consulting firm Invotex
Plante Moran In April 2013 launched
Women in Leadership initiative In July
launched a Web site offering ACA guidance
In November opened an office in Detroit
Postlethwaite amp Netterville Implement-
ed a formal shareholder evaluation process
a formal pipeline process a business de-
velopment training curriculum and growthmanagement software
Prager Metis International New to the
list Formed from January 2013 merger of
Prager amp Fenton and Metis Group Added a
number of new service lines including SALT
cost segregation and research tax incentives
PwC In July 2013 reshuffled US leader-
ship team In October announced plans to
merge in consulting firm Booz amp Co
Raffa In November 2013 launched Raffa
Nonprofit Fraud Prevention Institute
Raich Ende Malter In March 2013 estab-
lished Raich Ende Malter (Cayman)
Rehmann Saw revenue growth of over 15
percent
Reinsel Kuntz Lesher Saw growth in rev-
enue of over 21 percent
RGL Forensics Opened an office in San-
tiago Chile Introduced registered broker-
dealer RGL Advisors to offer MampA transac-
tion advisory services in the US
Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin amp Co
Fastest growing specialty service mdash large
private equity transactions Fastest growing
client category mdash private equity companies
Rothstein Kass Saw revenue growth of
almost 7 percent
RubinBrown Launched national prac-
tices to serve private equity firms and gaming
companies
SCampH Group Inc Joined firm network
Moore Stephens Fastest growing specialty
service mdash technology consulting Fastest
growing client category mdash health care
Schenck In January 2013 acquired ma-
jority stake in Milwaukee-based Bonfield amp
Co Installed new MP and CFO Changed
practice management system
Schneider Downs Relocated corporate
headquarters within Pittsburgh
Seiler Share of revenue derived from tax
increased from 70 to 75 percent
Sikich In January 2013 merged in Il-
linois-based supply chain consulting firm
Achieve Consulting In August announced
merger with Brookfield Wis firm Kolb+Co
In September merged in St Louis-based
OrsquoDonnell Bonebrake amp Co Also mergedin S2 Consulting and PKF Texas Technology
Added eight services PR insurance lean
back office business intelligence SALT and
international tax Restructured executive and
compensation committees Revised partner
compensation plan
SingerLewak In January 2013 merged in
San Francisco office of Acquavell Chiarelli
Shuster Berkower amp Co
Skoda Minotti amp Co New to the list
In May 2013 merged Skoda Minotti Technol-
ogy Partners with Westlake Ohio-based Da-taServ In June 2013 merged in Tampa Fla-
based Dowell amp Perez In August merged
in Tampa-based national assurance solu-
tions and compliance company Assurance
Concepts
Squar Milner ldquoSignificantly expandingrdquo
Los Angeles offices
SSampG In May 2013 named new CEO Saw
revenue growth of almost 14 percent
SVA CPAs In June 2013 installed new
CEO In January 2014 merged in Wisconsin-
based practice of William P Merrick CPA
UHY Advisors Inc Saw overall staff
growth of over 10 percent
Vavrinek Trine Day amp Co All figures are
Accounting Today estimates
Warren Averett In January 2013 merged
in Atlanta-based Gifford Hillegass amp Ingwers-
en and Tampa Fla-based Pender Newkirk
Rebranded firm with new visual identity
Developed new and expanded services in
SALT business valuation forensic account-
ing and litigation support health care reform
economic settlement claims processing and
alternative investments
Watkins Meegan Expanded hospitality
practice and increased government contract-
ing practice Started health care consulting
practice Hired business developmentmar-
keting director
Weaver Saw revenue growth of over 13
percent and growth in all four of its largest
niches mdash energy financial services the pub-
lic sector and manufacturing In February
2014 merged in Connecticut-based RIN At-
test and Advisory Services
WeiserMazarsIn November 2013 merged
in New York-based Resnick Druckman Group
Expanded health care consulting group
Whitley Penn Expanded transaction ser-
vices practice and forensic litigation and
valuation services statewide Named an Ac-
counting Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Wipfli Formalized fresh-water industry
services opened office in Milwaukeersquos Global
Water Center Launched Wipfli Connect for
Manufacturing software solution In January
2014 merged in Tinley Park Ill-based The
Condon Group and Chicago-based practiceRegulatory Compliance Associates Inc
Wiss amp Co More than half of revenues (56
percent) derived from AampA services
WithumSmith+Brown Consolidated two
New Jersey offices Invested in international
tax practice and financial services practice
Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best Firm
to Work For
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Since our Regional Leaders both repre-
sent a broader range of firms in terms of
size and bring with them the particular
economic conditions of their geographic
regions the trends here tend to be less clear than
among our Top 100 Firms
One anti-trend that wersquove noticed is the lack
of correlation between the size of a region in terms
of its overall firm revenues and its growth rate
The Mid-Atlantic Regional Leaders for instance
have combined revenues almost twice as large
as the Great Lakes Regional Leaders mdash but an
average growth rate thatrsquos around half while the
Southwest has revenues that are slightly less than
those of the Capitol Region but is growing five
times as fast Local economic conditions make all
the difference of course but the point that size is
not everything is worth making
Unless of course yoursquore talking about the
size of our lists for each region Wersquove been grow-
ing them steadily over the past few years and are
happy to report a large number of new additions
this year many of which are highlighted in the
introductions to their individual regions
If your firm should be on one of our Regional
Leaders lists send us an e-mail at AcToday
SourceMediacom and wersquoll include you in next
yearrsquos survey AT
regional overview
Regions see uneven growth
20
THE 2014 REGIONAL LEADERS
Top Firms Capital RegionDelaware Maryland Virginia Washington DC and West Virginia
Revenue $56257 million up 206
While the Capital Region displayed the weakest revenue growth among the regions in 2013 it did display
major growth in another way the number of firms represented This yearrsquos list includes a number of strong
new players like Virginiarsquos PBMares West Virginiarsquos Arnett Foster Toothman and Washington DCrsquos Tate amp
Tryon
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Kearney amp Co Alexandria Va 7764 -282 2 13 287 401 72 0 28 0
SCampH Group Inc Sparks Md 5760 627 3 21 217 282 17 43 40 0
Watkins Meegan Bethesda Md 4900 145 4 15 196 224 22 22 56 0
Aronson Rockville Md 4900 101 1 31 154 224 43 33 22 2
Raffa Washington DC 3692 371 2 18 192 243 53 15 32 0
PBMares Newport News Va 2892 144 8 34 105 177 40 43 9 8
Cotton amp Co Alexandria Va 2566 -104 1 10 138 155 44 0 16 40
Brown Edwards amp Codagger Bluefield WVa 2542 201 7 25 NA 182 NA NA NA NA
Johnson Lambert Falls Church Va 2268 593 8 13 119 149 82 15 3 0
Yount Hyde amp Barbour Winchester Va 2252 -570 6 20 84 127 45 41 11 3
Gelman Rosenberg amp Freedman Bethesda Md 2160 385 1 12 60 94 76 23 1 0
Keiter Glen Allen Va 2143 328 1 12 104 143 26 62 4 8
Arnett Foster Toothman Charleston WVa 1961 283 6 23 86 136 47 28 25 0
Ellin amp Tucker Chartered Baltimore 1933 -515 4 11 77 114 38 38 16 8
Tate amp Tryon Washington DC 1860 550 1 11 90 110 69 7 24 0
Calibre CPA Group Bethesda Md 1830 2340 3 15 107 143 81 8 0 11
Gross Mendelsohn Baltimore 1674 1020 1 15 69 103 49 30 21 0
Smith Elliott Kearns amp Co Hagerstown Md 1660 122 5 20 97 142 48 30 17 5
KatzAbosch Timonium Md 1500 NC 3 21 42 83 37 55 8 0
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
REGIONSThe Capital Region 20
The Southeast 21
New England 21
The Mid-Atlantic 22
The Great Lakes 24
The Gulf Coast 24
The Midwest 25
The Mountain States 26
The Southwest 26
The West 27
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regional leaders
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdash
Firm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Dixon Hughes Goodman Charlotte NC 31000 197 26 178 1129 1661 36 35 29 0
Cherry Bekaert Richmond Va 12590 186 22 55 559 778 44 47 9 0
Lattimore Black Morgan amp Cain Brentwood Tenn 7091 906 3 46 287 409 24 34 14 28
Habif Arogeti amp Wynne Atlanta 6428 662 1 26 232 305 45 39 8 8
Elliott Davis Greenville SC 6410 505 8 51 265 392 47 35 14 4
Frazier amp Deeter Atlanta 5300 2018 4 11 158 201 32 40 0 28
Mauldin amp Jenkins Atlanta 3880 078 5 34 125 198 59 30 2 9
Mountjoy Chilton Medley Louisville Ky 3831 100 5 37 171 246 40 36 9 15
Joseph Decosimo amp Co Chattanooga Tenn 3820 550 8 29 177 265 47 39 7 7Bennett Thrasher Atlanta 2988 1418 1 23 104 151 27 57 7 9
Dean Dorton Allen Ford Lexington Ky 2212 179 2 33 90 150 33 42 25 0
Windham Brannon Atlanta 2146 1073 1 14 100 139 39 59 2 0
WebsterRogers Florence SC 1750 697 9 24 91 138 42 46 4 8
Top Firms Southeast Arkansas Georgia Kentucky North Carolina South Carolina and Tennessee
Revenue $89446 million up 470
Growth moderated in the Southeast in 2013 coming in a few percentage points lower
than in 2012 but that didnrsquot stop individual firms from posting some strong results like Atlantarsquos Frazier amp Deeter or new Regional Leader Windham Brannon
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdash
Firm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
BlumShapiro West Hartford Ct 6130 2824 4 30 251 341 56 32 1 11
BerryDunn Portland Maine 4312 740 5 18 154 204 47 18 28 7
Kahn Litwin Renza amp Co Providence RI 3532 1284 3 11 153 195 30 35 35 0
Wolf amp Co Boston 3149 725 3 19 142 189 50 21 0 29
Baker Newman amp Noyes Portland Maine 2770 NC 4 30 121 182 48 40 12 0
Feeley amp Driscoll Boston 2422 302 1 12 66 103 61 29 10 0
DiCicco Gulman amp Co Woburn Mass 1800 588 2 14 65 97 42 43 15 0
Alexander Aronson Finningdagger Westborough Mass 1769 249 5 18 NA NA NA NA NA NA
Whittlesey amp Hadley Hartford Ct 1570 753 1 15 83 105 60 20 20 0
Gray Gray amp Gray Westwood Mass 1380 222 3 8 64 86 45 35 20 0Edelstein amp Co Boston 1360 1826 1 9 45 64 21 54 0 25
Macdonald Page amp Co South Portland Maine 1300 442 3 21 75 112 42 31 13 14
OrsquoConnor amp Drew Braintree Mass 1200 2000 2 15 60 87 81 17 0 2
Melanson Heath amp Co Nashua NH 1048 264 5 9 66 88 74 22 2 2
Meyers Brothers Kalicka Holyoke Mass 1040 612 1 7 40 59 47 39 4 10
DiSanto Priest amp Co Warwick RI 959 435 1 8 37 57 39 55 6 0
Gallagher Flynn amp Co South Burlington Vt 920 -316 2 10 NA 75 NA NA NA NA
Notes Firm estimate or projection dagger Accounting Today estimate NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms New EnglandConnecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island and Vermont
Revenue $36661 million up 949
After a lackluster 2012 things picked up significantly for the region in 2013 MampA played a major part with firms of all
sizes getting into local and regional hookups and large firms like Connecticutrsquos BlumShapiro and Rhode Islandrsquos Kahn
Litwin Renza amp Co leading the way Going forward it will reshape the list in other ways following the January 2014
merger of Massachusetts Regional Leader Braver PC into Top 100 Firm Marcum LLP
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Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
CohnReznick New York City 50800 410 24 274 1716 2521 52 33 6 9
Marcum New York City 35010 2708 17 160 844 1300 45 36 7 12
EisnerAmper New York City 27690 779 9 177 976 1185 56 35 9 0
Rothstein Kass Roseland NJ 20200 688 8 76 780 1002 60 35 5 0
ParenteBeard Philadelphia 15800 -651 18 116 544 861 53 31 16 0
Citrin Cooperman amp Co New York City 14300 1440 5 120 302 503 47 37 8 8
WeiserMazars New York City 14240 772 6 104 393 625 47 39 14 0
Berdon New York City 10100 391 2 39 334 398 33 40 27 0
OrsquoConnor Davies New York City 9950 1888 7 82 340 501 65 21 14 0
Marks Paneth New York City 9800 1264 3 64 390 539 63 27 3 7
WithumSmith+Brown Princeton NJ 9698 931 12 77 258 431 37 37 2 24
Anchin Block amp Anchin New York City 9300 NC 1 56 215 354 44 43 13 0
Friedman New York City 7250 821 6 57 244 349 60 35 5 0
The Bonadio Group Pittsford NY 6629 2231 11 61 352 470 48 21 13 18
Schneider Downs Pittsburgh 5756 407 2 36 284 354 45 35 20 0
Reinsel Kuntz Lesher Lancaster Pa 4521 2183 4 39 228 300 33 35 10 22
Freed Maxick CPAs Buffalo NY 4150 964 4 35 203 283 36 37 27 0
Raich Ende Malter amp Co New York City 4100 789 5 33 120 191 40 60 0 0
Grassi amp Co New York City 4095 500 2 23 136 197 48 41 9 2
Margolin Winer amp Evens Garden City NY 4000 256 2 25 167 207 60 30 10 0
Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin amp Co New York City 4000 -1837 3 24 106 165 46 46 8 0
Prager Metis International New York City 3599 1659 7 30 129 199 30 45 25 0
Wiss amp Co Livingston NJ 3300 377 4 28 114 172 56 32 0 12Kreischer Miller Horsham Pa 2950 1078 1 16 137 183 46 36 11 7
Perelson Weiner New York City 1950 NA 1 8 45 70 40 50 10 0
Janover Garden City NY 1944 NA 2 13 78 108 30 62 5 3
Untracht Early Florham Park NJ 1900 544 3 8 79 102 29 64 4 3
Gettry Marcus CPA Woodbury NY 1700 303 2 16 47 81 48 35 0 17
Buchbinder Tunick amp Co New York City 1600 NC 2 18 53 90 50 25 15 10
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms Mid-AtlanticNew Jersey New York and Pennsylvania
Revenue $290332 million up 831
The Mid-Atlantic continues to post generally strong results helped by the strength of many of the industries its firms
serve particularly in the financial services and financial institutions areas It also remains a seedbed for new and grow-
ing firms like new Top 100 entry Prager Metis International and new Regional Leaders Perelson Weiner Janover Un-tracht Early and Buchbinder Tunick
22
regional leaders
Where the growth is Pt 1Average firm growth rate in percent by region
Mid-Atlantic
GreatLakes
West Midwest CapitalRegion
SoutheastGulf Coast
Southwest NewEngland
Mountain0
5
10
15
20
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Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
EKSampH Denver 7046 1119 3 38 308 427 45 42 13 0
Hein amp Associates Denver 5071 445 4 33 191 266 48 47 4 1
RGL Forensics Denver 3765 606 17 23 124 190 0 0 0 100
Anderson ZurMuehlen Helena Mont 2557 277 7 27 128 204 35 38 10 17
GHP Horwath Denver 2480 -040 1 10 82 106 41 26 0 33
Anton Collins Mitchell Denver 1600 191 3 12 69 97 50 40 10 0
Tanner Salt Lake City 1430 1085 1 10 54 72 62 23 13 2
Junkermier ClarkCampanella Stevens Great Falls Mont 1420 085 7 25 69 120 39 43 7 11
Dalby Wendland amp Co Grand Junction Colo 1195 373 4 16 52 90 25 53 9 13McGee Hearne amp Paiz Cheyenne Wyo 973 485 2 9 52 70 55 38 7 0
Top Firms MountainColorado Idaho Montana Utah and Wyoming
Revenue $27537 million up 566
The region seems in some ways to have turned the corner It reported its second year in a row of respectable
growth after a few difficult years That may explain the interest from Top 100 Firms Eide Bailly in particular made
a number of acquisitions in the region particularly in the Salt Lake City area
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Weaver Fort Worth Texas 8340 1332 7 36 354 471 34 43 12 11
Whitley Penn Fort Worth Texas 5871 1984 5 38 206 294 43 43 0 14
Montgomery Coscia Greilich Plano Texas 3354 1614 2 16 203 231 28 41 24 7
Padgett Stratemann amp Co San Antonio 3007 301 2 17 127 179 51 37 12 0
REDW Albuquerque NM 2645 3352 2 17 129 181 52 24 10 14
Briggs amp Veselka Co Houston 2617 1842 2 19 151 194 41 50 8 1
PKF Texas Houston 2155 553 1 10 85 108 50 46 4 0
Cain Watters amp Associates Plano Texas 2080 930 1 7 55 108 10 15 0 75
BeachFleischman Tuscon Ariz 2030 2378 2 25 81 140 27 57 2 14
Johnson Miller amp Co CPAs Odessa Texas 1954 868 3 14 76 103 30 50 7 13
PMB Helin Donovan Austin Texas 1900 1377 8 28 88 136 55 45 0 0Lane Gorman Trubitt Dallas 1900 497 1 15 62 92 57 37 0 6
Henry amp Horne Tempe Ariz 1850 571 3 14 70 102 33 58 9 0
Maxwell Locke amp Ritter Austin Texas 1834 969 2 21 61 92 38 41 0 21
TravisWolff Dallas 1830 -054 1 8 76 104 32 54 14 0
Melton amp Melton Houston 1790 770 1 14 79 103 50 50 0 0
Brown Graham amp Co Amarillo Texas 1287 404 7 23 61 113 35 50 5 10
Hartman Leito amp Bolt Fort Worth Texas 1100 -795 1 10 47 69 45 46 8 1
MaloneBailey Houston 897 -2220 2 5 31 41 98 2 0 0
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms Southwest Arizona New Mexico Oklahoma and Texas
Revenue $48441 million up 1103
As with the Gulf Coast booming revenues from oil and gas no doubt played a part in the
Southwestrsquos strong performance this year (the third best of the regions) with many of the
largest firms recording growth in energy and related services Wersquore also happy to note a
number of new Regional Leaders including Planorsquos Montgomery Coscia Greilich (which also
joined the T100) Houstonrsquos Melton amp Melton and Amarillorsquos Brown Graham amp Co
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regional leaders
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Moss Adams Seattle 40300 1715 22 263 1340 2072 45 38 17 0
Armanino San Ramon Calif 11284 1311 5 37 301 394 21 26 49 4
Novogradac amp Co San Francisco 9248 1003 15 35 311 408 59 27 2 12
Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt W Los Angeles Calif 8692 1724 8 36 263 362 18 76 0 6
Burr Pilger Mayer Inc San Francisco 6850 -087 6 40 225 330 38 50 12 0
Frank Rimerman + Co Palo Alto Calif 6120 1233 5 21 229 267 27 62 11 0
Nigro Karlin Segal Feldstein amp Bolno Los Angeles 5608 1167 2 21 262 314 17 17 2 64
Squar Milner Newport Beach Calif 4530 295 4 22 171 229 40 53 0 7SingerLewak Los Angeles 3850 -080 6 33 NA NA NA NA NA NA
AKT CPAs Salem Ore 3824 1039 6 15 176 235 28 33 11 28
Miller Kaplan Arase North Hollywood Calif 3800 270 5 24 117 175 58 17 17 8
Gallina Roseville Calif 3639 505 9 26 155 226 45 52 3 0
Seiler Redwood City Calif 3610 587 2 11 116 152 10 75 0 15
Macias Gini amp OrsquoConnell Sacramento Calif 3340 -773 9 10 164 258 63 12 7 18
Vavrinek Trine Day amp Codagger Rancho Cucamonga Calif 3231 199 7 33 NA 200 NA NA NA NA
Clark Nuber Bellevue Wash 3096 614 1 18 119 168 49 48 0 3
Gursey | Schneider Los Angeles 2820 682 3 10 85 129 0 30 0 70
RBZ Los Angeles 2800 1327 1 14 89 136 17 52 17 14
Hutchinson and Bloodgood Glendale Calif 2543 1559 4 33 58 115 38 46 16 0
Windes Inc Long Beach Calif 2361 -215 3 16 76 121 44 46 4 6
Green Hasson Janks Los Angeles 2310 500 1 13 88 116 32 33 13 22
Hemming Morse San Francisco 2069 827 7 13 76 96 33 0 0 67Perkins amp Co Portland Ore 2017 1034 2 19 87 132 27 40 24 9
Matson amp Isom Chico Calif 1768 400 4 21 81 128 41 46 5 8
Gumbiner Savett Santa Monica Calif 1728 601 1 10 80 110 40 50 8 2
Peterson Sullivan Seattle 1646 457 1 13 84 97 52 47 1 0
Sensiba San Filippo Pleasanton Calif 1620 588 4 14 61 103 NA NA NA NA
NSBN Beverly Hills Calif 1500 1111 1 13 53 74 35 49 5 11
Notes Firm estimate or projection dagger Accounting Today estimate NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms WestCalifornia Nevada Oregon and Washington
Revenue $146204 million up 989
Growth is spread a little more evenly among the firms in the West this year with strong rates at the top firms but equally
good performances scattered up and down the range While some of the other regions saw re-arrangements and even
shortenings of their rosters due to mergers and acquisitions firm combinations didnrsquot change the list for the West muchat all In fact the list itself grew a little longer with the addition of new Regional Leaders Perkins amp Co in Portland Ore
Peterson Sullivan in Seattle and NSBN in Beverly Hills
Where the money isCombined 2013 revenues in millions of dollars by region
Mid-Atlantic
GreatLakes
West Midwest CapitalRegion
Southeast Gulf Coast
Southwest NewEngland
Mountain0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
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AKT CPAs Acquired firm with a dental
professional practice
Anchin Block amp Anchin In February
2013 lost $50 million judgment to author Pa-
tricia Cornwell over financial management
Armanino In January 2013 rebranded
from Armanino McKenna Launched business
intelligence dashboard for private schools
and Dynamic Insights BI tool Acquired Dy-
namics VAR Rose Business Solutions
Aronson Organized two new service
groups IT audit and wealth management
consulting for choosing and assessing advi-
sor performance Baker Tilly Virchow Krause In June 2013
acquired New York-based Top 100 Firm Holtz
Rubenstein Reminick Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
BDO In June 2013 acquired Alaska-based
Mikunda Cottrell and Minneapolis-based
Moquist Thorvilson Kaufmann and brought
on members of banking practice of T100
Firm ParenteBeard In August expanded in
San Antonio by adding some partners and
staff from TravisWolff In December acquired
Pittsburgh T100 Firm Alpern Rosenthal
Berdon Joined TIAG alliance Expanded
use of CRM system and instituted Best Place
to Work Committee to propose community
social and charitable initiatives for the firm
In November 2013 merged with Northport
NY-based Beck amp Co
Berkowitz Pollack Brant Expanded stra-
tegic planning task force to include ldquoup and
comersrdquo Began celebrating its 35th anniver-
sary Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best
Firm to Work For
BerryDunn Grew revenue by over 7 per-
cent and overall staff by over 10 percent
BKD In 2013 marked its 90th anniver-
sary Opened offices in Des Moines Iowa
and Nashville Tenn In September acquired
Pittsburgh-based Malin Bergquist
Blue amp Co All figures are Accounting To-
day estimates
BlumShapiro Merged with Newton
Mass-based Friedman Suvalle amp Salomon
Added a dedicated hospitality group
The Bonadio Group In April 2013 merged
in Rutland Vt-based Independent Audit As-
sociates In September merged in Buffalo
NY-based Gaines Kriner Elliott In Novem-
ber merged in Albany NY-based Stulmaker
Kohn amp Richardson Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Burr Pilger Mayer Inc In January 2013
named new CEO In November opened new
office in Napa Valley
Carr Riggs amp Ingram In January 2013merged in Atlanta-based Peterson Coleman
amp Marett In July merged with North Caro-
lina-based accounting firm Pittard Perry amp
Crone Inc In August merged in Atlanta-
based Laney Boteler amp Killinger In Septem-
ber merged in Texas Regional Leader Gainer
Donnelly
CBIZ Mayer Hoffman McCann In No-
vember 2013 acquired Denver-based Knight
Field Fabry In January 2013 named Chris
Spurio president of CBIZ Financial Services
In February announced acquisition of Tam-pa Bay Fla-based Lewis Birch amp Ricardo
Cherry Bekaert In January 2013 re-
branded from Cherry Bekaert amp Holland
Formed benefits consulting group expanded
international tax team and advisory services
Citrin Cooperman amp Co In November
2013 merged in Leon M Reimer amp Co
Clark Schaefer Hackett amp Co Marked its
75th anniversary Having ldquoactive discussionsrdquo
on acquisitions
CliftonLarsonAllen Sold health care reg-ulatory and compliance group
Cohen amp Co Divested nearly $10 mil-
lion in business during the year that was not
meeting growth and profitability expecta-
tions Implemented a second tier of owner-
ship Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best
Firm to Work For
CohnReznick Named first national direc-
firm highlights
2014 firm highlightstor of governmental affairs Relocated offices
in Chicago Los Angeles and Austin Texas
Crowe Horwath In August 2013 acquired
a majority interest in Missouri-based Chan
Healthcare Integrated staff and acquired in-
tellectual property of ExtOrg In November
named its first chief innovation officer
Deloitte in January 2014 acquired sub-
stantially all of the business of strategy con-
sulting firm the Monitor Group In June ac-
quired investment bank McColl Partners In
July acquired SAP consulting firm Quattro
Integration Group In September acquired
TMA Construction Consultants In October
acquired substantially all of the assets of digi-
tal and social media agency Banyan Branch
In October agreed to pay $2 million to settle
charges with the PCAOB for violating Sar-
banes-Oxley Act and PCAOB rules In No-
vember launched CloudMix a preconfigured
mixture of cloud applications from different
vendors for clients
Dixon Hughes Goodman In June 2013
added Crossfire Advisory to its national health
care practice
Doeren Mayhew Grew revenue over 16
percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash international tax Fastest growing client
category mdash manufacturing
Eide Bailly In May 2013 installed new
CEO In June and August merged in two Salt
Lake City CPA firms Lake Hill amp Myers and
Hansen Barnett amp Maxwell In November
2013 acquired Denver NetSuite solutions pro-
vider Next Business Systems In December
launched private insurance exchange
EisnerAmper Had an ldquooutstandingrdquo year
Added several new services including CFO
outsourcing human capital cloud technol-
ogy and family office services
EKSampH Rebranded from Ehrhardt KeefeSteiner amp Hottman Saw revenue growth of
over 11 percent
Elliott Davis In April merged in Raleigh
NC-based Lunsford amp Strickland Relocated
office from Galax Va to Richmond Hired a
corporate strategies officer
Ernst amp Young In March paid $123 million
to resolve a federal tax shelter investigation
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In June launched EYTaxSpace Powered by
Thomson Reuters for corporate tax clients
In August donated its archives going back to
the early 1900s to Case Western Reserve Uni-
versity In December agreed to pay investors
$99 million to settle litigation over LehmanBrothers audit and acquired the US tax
preparation and court accounting outsourc-
ing businesses of Thomson Reuters
Frank Rimerman + Co Saw revenue
growth of over 12 percent
Frazier amp Deeter Saw revenue growth of
over 20 percent
Freed Maxick Saw revenue growth of over
9 percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash health care Fastest growing client cat-
egory mdash consulting
Friedman Saw revenue growth of over
8 percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash international tax Fastest growing client
category mdash real estate Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Gallina Expanded service lines including
international tax state and local tax and es-
tate trust retirement and succession services
Hired a director of recruitment and develop-
ment Joined TIAG alliance In February 2014
acquired Mercer Island Wash-based Tuef-
fers Guckian amp Gamon
Grant Thornton Redesigned external
Web site Hired a chief people and culture
officer In September 2013 acquired Oracle
Solutions business unit MarketSphere In No-
vember extended tenure of current CEO
Grassi amp Co In May 2013 added in David
C Sobel CPA and his staff In December
launched Grassi Technology Consultants
Habif Arogeti amp Wynne In May merged
in boutique tax consulting firm JRZ Launched
efforts to ldquodefine refine and embrace the
firmrsquos culturerdquo Hein amp Associates Expanded cloud solu-
tions service line Saw staff growth of over 11
percent
Hill Barth amp King Launched HbK Corpo-
rate Finance division Created new Web site
and YouTube channel In November 2013
merged in Lawrenceville NJ-based Bartolo-
mei Pucciarelli CPAs
Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt Saw ldquosig-
nificant growthrdquo in MampA private equity pro-
fessional services international tax and en-
tertainment practices Launched a business
development training program
Honkamp Krueger amp Co In Augustmerged in Madison Wis-based The Brem-
ser Group In October opened practice in
Davenport Iowa Added medical practice
consulting and talent outsourcing to its ser-
vices list
Horne Saw overall staff growth of over 11
percent Named an Accounting Today 2013
Best Firm to Work For
Joseph Decosimo amp Co In March 2013
acquired Huntsville Ala-based cost account-
ing and federal compliance solutions group
Solvability In December merged in Larry
Hyatt amp Associates
Kahn Litwin Renza amp Co In January
2013 merged with Waltham Mass-based Fay
amp Associates In May opened KLR Emerging
Business Center to offer co-working office
space to start-ups
Katz Sapper amp Miller Saw revenue
growth of over 7 percent and overall staff
growth of over 9 percent
Kaufman Rossin Group Saw revenue
growth of over 18 percent Named the No1 Accounting Today 2013 Best Firm to Work
For in the Large Firm Category for the third
year in a row
Kearney amp Co Saw staff growth of over
2 percent
Kemper Fastest growing service area mdash
investment advisory services
Kennedy and Coe Installed new CEO
KPMG Completed acquisition of Ora-
cle ERP practice of The Hackett Group
Launched alliance-based offering in indirect
tax with Thomson Reuters In May 2013
agreed with Fannie Mae to pay $153 million
to settle class-action suit over Fannie Mae
audit In July launched market alliance with
cloud-based procurement solution provider
Coupa Software In September Denver office
achieved LEED-CI certification In Decem-
ber announced plans to acquire analytical
applications company Link Analytics In Jan-
uary 2014 agreed to pay $82 million to settle
SEC charges over auditor independence
Lattimore Black Morgan amp Cain Re-
ported organic growth of over 9 percent
across all service lines Added a health care
consulting company
Macias Gini amp OrsquoConnell Saw overall staff
growth of over 7 percent
Marcum In January 2013 merged in
Massachusetts-based Parent McLaughlin amp
Nangle In April merged in Cornerstone Ac-
counting Group In July merged in Irvine
Calif-based WilsonMorgan In January 2014
merged in three units of New England Re-
gional Leader Braver
Margolin Winer amp Evens Saw revenue
growth of over 2 percent
Marks Paneth Rebranded from Marks
Paneth amp Shron In February 2013 merged
in New York City-based Rosenberg Neuwirth
amp Kuchner
Mauldin amp Jenkins In June acquired Ten-
nessee-based Hazlett Lewis amp Bieter
MBAF CPAs Worked to achieve ldquogreater
consolidation of the Northeast Region op-
erations with the rest of the firmrdquo Enhanced
cross-utilization of staff and skills among
various regions Designed and implemented
cost controls
McGladrey In August launched a strat-
egy to serve middle-market companies Late
in 2013 acquired Wilmington NC-Lanier
Whaley Craft amp Co and Houston-based
Margolis Phipps amp Wright
Miller Kaplan Arase Appointed a new
managing partner Expanded Seattle office
Saw ldquosignificant growthrdquo in business manage-
ment and entertainment group
Montgomery Coscia Greilich New to the
list In March 2013 joined the Alliott Group
alliance In May opened new office in AustinTexas In June launched strategy and man-
agement consulting practice In September
marked 10th anniversary
Moss Adams Marked its 100th anniver-
sary Installed new chairmanCEO
Mountjoy Chilton Medley Transitioned
in operations of Jeffersonville Ind-based
firm Expanded Cincinnati office Saw ldquostrong
firm highlights
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increaserdquo in regulated industry work such as
insurance financial institutions and health
care In December 2013 launched IT consult-
ing amp strategy services
Nigro Karlin Segal Feldstein amp Bolno
Changed name from Nigro Karlin Segal ampFeldstein Sold a 245 percent minority stake
in the firm to First Republic Bank
Novogradac amp Co Saw revenue growth of
over 10 percent
OrsquoConnor Davies In October announced
merger with Cranford NJ-based Fazio Man-
nuzza Roche Tankel LaPilusa In January
2014 merged with New York City-based Mer-
sel Klein amp Co
ParenteBeard In January 2013 merged
in Connecticut-based health care manage-
ment consulting firm Presscott Associates In
November closed its technology practice In
February 2014 added team members from
insurance consulting firm Invotex
Plante Moran In April 2013 launched
Women in Leadership initiative In July
launched a Web site offering ACA guidance
In November opened an office in Detroit
Postlethwaite amp Netterville Implement-
ed a formal shareholder evaluation process
a formal pipeline process a business de-
velopment training curriculum and growthmanagement software
Prager Metis International New to the
list Formed from January 2013 merger of
Prager amp Fenton and Metis Group Added a
number of new service lines including SALT
cost segregation and research tax incentives
PwC In July 2013 reshuffled US leader-
ship team In October announced plans to
merge in consulting firm Booz amp Co
Raffa In November 2013 launched Raffa
Nonprofit Fraud Prevention Institute
Raich Ende Malter In March 2013 estab-
lished Raich Ende Malter (Cayman)
Rehmann Saw revenue growth of over 15
percent
Reinsel Kuntz Lesher Saw growth in rev-
enue of over 21 percent
RGL Forensics Opened an office in San-
tiago Chile Introduced registered broker-
dealer RGL Advisors to offer MampA transac-
tion advisory services in the US
Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin amp Co
Fastest growing specialty service mdash large
private equity transactions Fastest growing
client category mdash private equity companies
Rothstein Kass Saw revenue growth of
almost 7 percent
RubinBrown Launched national prac-
tices to serve private equity firms and gaming
companies
SCampH Group Inc Joined firm network
Moore Stephens Fastest growing specialty
service mdash technology consulting Fastest
growing client category mdash health care
Schenck In January 2013 acquired ma-
jority stake in Milwaukee-based Bonfield amp
Co Installed new MP and CFO Changed
practice management system
Schneider Downs Relocated corporate
headquarters within Pittsburgh
Seiler Share of revenue derived from tax
increased from 70 to 75 percent
Sikich In January 2013 merged in Il-
linois-based supply chain consulting firm
Achieve Consulting In August announced
merger with Brookfield Wis firm Kolb+Co
In September merged in St Louis-based
OrsquoDonnell Bonebrake amp Co Also mergedin S2 Consulting and PKF Texas Technology
Added eight services PR insurance lean
back office business intelligence SALT and
international tax Restructured executive and
compensation committees Revised partner
compensation plan
SingerLewak In January 2013 merged in
San Francisco office of Acquavell Chiarelli
Shuster Berkower amp Co
Skoda Minotti amp Co New to the list
In May 2013 merged Skoda Minotti Technol-
ogy Partners with Westlake Ohio-based Da-taServ In June 2013 merged in Tampa Fla-
based Dowell amp Perez In August merged
in Tampa-based national assurance solu-
tions and compliance company Assurance
Concepts
Squar Milner ldquoSignificantly expandingrdquo
Los Angeles offices
SSampG In May 2013 named new CEO Saw
revenue growth of almost 14 percent
SVA CPAs In June 2013 installed new
CEO In January 2014 merged in Wisconsin-
based practice of William P Merrick CPA
UHY Advisors Inc Saw overall staff
growth of over 10 percent
Vavrinek Trine Day amp Co All figures are
Accounting Today estimates
Warren Averett In January 2013 merged
in Atlanta-based Gifford Hillegass amp Ingwers-
en and Tampa Fla-based Pender Newkirk
Rebranded firm with new visual identity
Developed new and expanded services in
SALT business valuation forensic account-
ing and litigation support health care reform
economic settlement claims processing and
alternative investments
Watkins Meegan Expanded hospitality
practice and increased government contract-
ing practice Started health care consulting
practice Hired business developmentmar-
keting director
Weaver Saw revenue growth of over 13
percent and growth in all four of its largest
niches mdash energy financial services the pub-
lic sector and manufacturing In February
2014 merged in Connecticut-based RIN At-
test and Advisory Services
WeiserMazarsIn November 2013 merged
in New York-based Resnick Druckman Group
Expanded health care consulting group
Whitley Penn Expanded transaction ser-
vices practice and forensic litigation and
valuation services statewide Named an Ac-
counting Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Wipfli Formalized fresh-water industry
services opened office in Milwaukeersquos Global
Water Center Launched Wipfli Connect for
Manufacturing software solution In January
2014 merged in Tinley Park Ill-based The
Condon Group and Chicago-based practiceRegulatory Compliance Associates Inc
Wiss amp Co More than half of revenues (56
percent) derived from AampA services
WithumSmith+Brown Consolidated two
New Jersey offices Invested in international
tax practice and financial services practice
Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best Firm
to Work For
firm highlights
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Since our Regional Leaders both repre-
sent a broader range of firms in terms of
size and bring with them the particular
economic conditions of their geographic
regions the trends here tend to be less clear than
among our Top 100 Firms
One anti-trend that wersquove noticed is the lack
of correlation between the size of a region in terms
of its overall firm revenues and its growth rate
The Mid-Atlantic Regional Leaders for instance
have combined revenues almost twice as large
as the Great Lakes Regional Leaders mdash but an
average growth rate thatrsquos around half while the
Southwest has revenues that are slightly less than
those of the Capitol Region but is growing five
times as fast Local economic conditions make all
the difference of course but the point that size is
not everything is worth making
Unless of course yoursquore talking about the
size of our lists for each region Wersquove been grow-
ing them steadily over the past few years and are
happy to report a large number of new additions
this year many of which are highlighted in the
introductions to their individual regions
If your firm should be on one of our Regional
Leaders lists send us an e-mail at AcToday
SourceMediacom and wersquoll include you in next
yearrsquos survey AT
regional overview
Regions see uneven growth
20
THE 2014 REGIONAL LEADERS
Top Firms Capital RegionDelaware Maryland Virginia Washington DC and West Virginia
Revenue $56257 million up 206
While the Capital Region displayed the weakest revenue growth among the regions in 2013 it did display
major growth in another way the number of firms represented This yearrsquos list includes a number of strong
new players like Virginiarsquos PBMares West Virginiarsquos Arnett Foster Toothman and Washington DCrsquos Tate amp
Tryon
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Kearney amp Co Alexandria Va 7764 -282 2 13 287 401 72 0 28 0
SCampH Group Inc Sparks Md 5760 627 3 21 217 282 17 43 40 0
Watkins Meegan Bethesda Md 4900 145 4 15 196 224 22 22 56 0
Aronson Rockville Md 4900 101 1 31 154 224 43 33 22 2
Raffa Washington DC 3692 371 2 18 192 243 53 15 32 0
PBMares Newport News Va 2892 144 8 34 105 177 40 43 9 8
Cotton amp Co Alexandria Va 2566 -104 1 10 138 155 44 0 16 40
Brown Edwards amp Codagger Bluefield WVa 2542 201 7 25 NA 182 NA NA NA NA
Johnson Lambert Falls Church Va 2268 593 8 13 119 149 82 15 3 0
Yount Hyde amp Barbour Winchester Va 2252 -570 6 20 84 127 45 41 11 3
Gelman Rosenberg amp Freedman Bethesda Md 2160 385 1 12 60 94 76 23 1 0
Keiter Glen Allen Va 2143 328 1 12 104 143 26 62 4 8
Arnett Foster Toothman Charleston WVa 1961 283 6 23 86 136 47 28 25 0
Ellin amp Tucker Chartered Baltimore 1933 -515 4 11 77 114 38 38 16 8
Tate amp Tryon Washington DC 1860 550 1 11 90 110 69 7 24 0
Calibre CPA Group Bethesda Md 1830 2340 3 15 107 143 81 8 0 11
Gross Mendelsohn Baltimore 1674 1020 1 15 69 103 49 30 21 0
Smith Elliott Kearns amp Co Hagerstown Md 1660 122 5 20 97 142 48 30 17 5
KatzAbosch Timonium Md 1500 NC 3 21 42 83 37 55 8 0
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
REGIONSThe Capital Region 20
The Southeast 21
New England 21
The Mid-Atlantic 22
The Great Lakes 24
The Gulf Coast 24
The Midwest 25
The Mountain States 26
The Southwest 26
The West 27
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regional leaders
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdash
Firm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Dixon Hughes Goodman Charlotte NC 31000 197 26 178 1129 1661 36 35 29 0
Cherry Bekaert Richmond Va 12590 186 22 55 559 778 44 47 9 0
Lattimore Black Morgan amp Cain Brentwood Tenn 7091 906 3 46 287 409 24 34 14 28
Habif Arogeti amp Wynne Atlanta 6428 662 1 26 232 305 45 39 8 8
Elliott Davis Greenville SC 6410 505 8 51 265 392 47 35 14 4
Frazier amp Deeter Atlanta 5300 2018 4 11 158 201 32 40 0 28
Mauldin amp Jenkins Atlanta 3880 078 5 34 125 198 59 30 2 9
Mountjoy Chilton Medley Louisville Ky 3831 100 5 37 171 246 40 36 9 15
Joseph Decosimo amp Co Chattanooga Tenn 3820 550 8 29 177 265 47 39 7 7Bennett Thrasher Atlanta 2988 1418 1 23 104 151 27 57 7 9
Dean Dorton Allen Ford Lexington Ky 2212 179 2 33 90 150 33 42 25 0
Windham Brannon Atlanta 2146 1073 1 14 100 139 39 59 2 0
WebsterRogers Florence SC 1750 697 9 24 91 138 42 46 4 8
Top Firms Southeast Arkansas Georgia Kentucky North Carolina South Carolina and Tennessee
Revenue $89446 million up 470
Growth moderated in the Southeast in 2013 coming in a few percentage points lower
than in 2012 but that didnrsquot stop individual firms from posting some strong results like Atlantarsquos Frazier amp Deeter or new Regional Leader Windham Brannon
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdash
Firm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
BlumShapiro West Hartford Ct 6130 2824 4 30 251 341 56 32 1 11
BerryDunn Portland Maine 4312 740 5 18 154 204 47 18 28 7
Kahn Litwin Renza amp Co Providence RI 3532 1284 3 11 153 195 30 35 35 0
Wolf amp Co Boston 3149 725 3 19 142 189 50 21 0 29
Baker Newman amp Noyes Portland Maine 2770 NC 4 30 121 182 48 40 12 0
Feeley amp Driscoll Boston 2422 302 1 12 66 103 61 29 10 0
DiCicco Gulman amp Co Woburn Mass 1800 588 2 14 65 97 42 43 15 0
Alexander Aronson Finningdagger Westborough Mass 1769 249 5 18 NA NA NA NA NA NA
Whittlesey amp Hadley Hartford Ct 1570 753 1 15 83 105 60 20 20 0
Gray Gray amp Gray Westwood Mass 1380 222 3 8 64 86 45 35 20 0Edelstein amp Co Boston 1360 1826 1 9 45 64 21 54 0 25
Macdonald Page amp Co South Portland Maine 1300 442 3 21 75 112 42 31 13 14
OrsquoConnor amp Drew Braintree Mass 1200 2000 2 15 60 87 81 17 0 2
Melanson Heath amp Co Nashua NH 1048 264 5 9 66 88 74 22 2 2
Meyers Brothers Kalicka Holyoke Mass 1040 612 1 7 40 59 47 39 4 10
DiSanto Priest amp Co Warwick RI 959 435 1 8 37 57 39 55 6 0
Gallagher Flynn amp Co South Burlington Vt 920 -316 2 10 NA 75 NA NA NA NA
Notes Firm estimate or projection dagger Accounting Today estimate NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms New EnglandConnecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island and Vermont
Revenue $36661 million up 949
After a lackluster 2012 things picked up significantly for the region in 2013 MampA played a major part with firms of all
sizes getting into local and regional hookups and large firms like Connecticutrsquos BlumShapiro and Rhode Islandrsquos Kahn
Litwin Renza amp Co leading the way Going forward it will reshape the list in other ways following the January 2014
merger of Massachusetts Regional Leader Braver PC into Top 100 Firm Marcum LLP
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Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
CohnReznick New York City 50800 410 24 274 1716 2521 52 33 6 9
Marcum New York City 35010 2708 17 160 844 1300 45 36 7 12
EisnerAmper New York City 27690 779 9 177 976 1185 56 35 9 0
Rothstein Kass Roseland NJ 20200 688 8 76 780 1002 60 35 5 0
ParenteBeard Philadelphia 15800 -651 18 116 544 861 53 31 16 0
Citrin Cooperman amp Co New York City 14300 1440 5 120 302 503 47 37 8 8
WeiserMazars New York City 14240 772 6 104 393 625 47 39 14 0
Berdon New York City 10100 391 2 39 334 398 33 40 27 0
OrsquoConnor Davies New York City 9950 1888 7 82 340 501 65 21 14 0
Marks Paneth New York City 9800 1264 3 64 390 539 63 27 3 7
WithumSmith+Brown Princeton NJ 9698 931 12 77 258 431 37 37 2 24
Anchin Block amp Anchin New York City 9300 NC 1 56 215 354 44 43 13 0
Friedman New York City 7250 821 6 57 244 349 60 35 5 0
The Bonadio Group Pittsford NY 6629 2231 11 61 352 470 48 21 13 18
Schneider Downs Pittsburgh 5756 407 2 36 284 354 45 35 20 0
Reinsel Kuntz Lesher Lancaster Pa 4521 2183 4 39 228 300 33 35 10 22
Freed Maxick CPAs Buffalo NY 4150 964 4 35 203 283 36 37 27 0
Raich Ende Malter amp Co New York City 4100 789 5 33 120 191 40 60 0 0
Grassi amp Co New York City 4095 500 2 23 136 197 48 41 9 2
Margolin Winer amp Evens Garden City NY 4000 256 2 25 167 207 60 30 10 0
Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin amp Co New York City 4000 -1837 3 24 106 165 46 46 8 0
Prager Metis International New York City 3599 1659 7 30 129 199 30 45 25 0
Wiss amp Co Livingston NJ 3300 377 4 28 114 172 56 32 0 12Kreischer Miller Horsham Pa 2950 1078 1 16 137 183 46 36 11 7
Perelson Weiner New York City 1950 NA 1 8 45 70 40 50 10 0
Janover Garden City NY 1944 NA 2 13 78 108 30 62 5 3
Untracht Early Florham Park NJ 1900 544 3 8 79 102 29 64 4 3
Gettry Marcus CPA Woodbury NY 1700 303 2 16 47 81 48 35 0 17
Buchbinder Tunick amp Co New York City 1600 NC 2 18 53 90 50 25 15 10
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms Mid-AtlanticNew Jersey New York and Pennsylvania
Revenue $290332 million up 831
The Mid-Atlantic continues to post generally strong results helped by the strength of many of the industries its firms
serve particularly in the financial services and financial institutions areas It also remains a seedbed for new and grow-
ing firms like new Top 100 entry Prager Metis International and new Regional Leaders Perelson Weiner Janover Un-tracht Early and Buchbinder Tunick
22
regional leaders
Where the growth is Pt 1Average firm growth rate in percent by region
Mid-Atlantic
GreatLakes
West Midwest CapitalRegion
SoutheastGulf Coast
Southwest NewEngland
Mountain0
5
10
15
20
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26
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
EKSampH Denver 7046 1119 3 38 308 427 45 42 13 0
Hein amp Associates Denver 5071 445 4 33 191 266 48 47 4 1
RGL Forensics Denver 3765 606 17 23 124 190 0 0 0 100
Anderson ZurMuehlen Helena Mont 2557 277 7 27 128 204 35 38 10 17
GHP Horwath Denver 2480 -040 1 10 82 106 41 26 0 33
Anton Collins Mitchell Denver 1600 191 3 12 69 97 50 40 10 0
Tanner Salt Lake City 1430 1085 1 10 54 72 62 23 13 2
Junkermier ClarkCampanella Stevens Great Falls Mont 1420 085 7 25 69 120 39 43 7 11
Dalby Wendland amp Co Grand Junction Colo 1195 373 4 16 52 90 25 53 9 13McGee Hearne amp Paiz Cheyenne Wyo 973 485 2 9 52 70 55 38 7 0
Top Firms MountainColorado Idaho Montana Utah and Wyoming
Revenue $27537 million up 566
The region seems in some ways to have turned the corner It reported its second year in a row of respectable
growth after a few difficult years That may explain the interest from Top 100 Firms Eide Bailly in particular made
a number of acquisitions in the region particularly in the Salt Lake City area
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Weaver Fort Worth Texas 8340 1332 7 36 354 471 34 43 12 11
Whitley Penn Fort Worth Texas 5871 1984 5 38 206 294 43 43 0 14
Montgomery Coscia Greilich Plano Texas 3354 1614 2 16 203 231 28 41 24 7
Padgett Stratemann amp Co San Antonio 3007 301 2 17 127 179 51 37 12 0
REDW Albuquerque NM 2645 3352 2 17 129 181 52 24 10 14
Briggs amp Veselka Co Houston 2617 1842 2 19 151 194 41 50 8 1
PKF Texas Houston 2155 553 1 10 85 108 50 46 4 0
Cain Watters amp Associates Plano Texas 2080 930 1 7 55 108 10 15 0 75
BeachFleischman Tuscon Ariz 2030 2378 2 25 81 140 27 57 2 14
Johnson Miller amp Co CPAs Odessa Texas 1954 868 3 14 76 103 30 50 7 13
PMB Helin Donovan Austin Texas 1900 1377 8 28 88 136 55 45 0 0Lane Gorman Trubitt Dallas 1900 497 1 15 62 92 57 37 0 6
Henry amp Horne Tempe Ariz 1850 571 3 14 70 102 33 58 9 0
Maxwell Locke amp Ritter Austin Texas 1834 969 2 21 61 92 38 41 0 21
TravisWolff Dallas 1830 -054 1 8 76 104 32 54 14 0
Melton amp Melton Houston 1790 770 1 14 79 103 50 50 0 0
Brown Graham amp Co Amarillo Texas 1287 404 7 23 61 113 35 50 5 10
Hartman Leito amp Bolt Fort Worth Texas 1100 -795 1 10 47 69 45 46 8 1
MaloneBailey Houston 897 -2220 2 5 31 41 98 2 0 0
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms Southwest Arizona New Mexico Oklahoma and Texas
Revenue $48441 million up 1103
As with the Gulf Coast booming revenues from oil and gas no doubt played a part in the
Southwestrsquos strong performance this year (the third best of the regions) with many of the
largest firms recording growth in energy and related services Wersquore also happy to note a
number of new Regional Leaders including Planorsquos Montgomery Coscia Greilich (which also
joined the T100) Houstonrsquos Melton amp Melton and Amarillorsquos Brown Graham amp Co
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regional leaders
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Moss Adams Seattle 40300 1715 22 263 1340 2072 45 38 17 0
Armanino San Ramon Calif 11284 1311 5 37 301 394 21 26 49 4
Novogradac amp Co San Francisco 9248 1003 15 35 311 408 59 27 2 12
Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt W Los Angeles Calif 8692 1724 8 36 263 362 18 76 0 6
Burr Pilger Mayer Inc San Francisco 6850 -087 6 40 225 330 38 50 12 0
Frank Rimerman + Co Palo Alto Calif 6120 1233 5 21 229 267 27 62 11 0
Nigro Karlin Segal Feldstein amp Bolno Los Angeles 5608 1167 2 21 262 314 17 17 2 64
Squar Milner Newport Beach Calif 4530 295 4 22 171 229 40 53 0 7SingerLewak Los Angeles 3850 -080 6 33 NA NA NA NA NA NA
AKT CPAs Salem Ore 3824 1039 6 15 176 235 28 33 11 28
Miller Kaplan Arase North Hollywood Calif 3800 270 5 24 117 175 58 17 17 8
Gallina Roseville Calif 3639 505 9 26 155 226 45 52 3 0
Seiler Redwood City Calif 3610 587 2 11 116 152 10 75 0 15
Macias Gini amp OrsquoConnell Sacramento Calif 3340 -773 9 10 164 258 63 12 7 18
Vavrinek Trine Day amp Codagger Rancho Cucamonga Calif 3231 199 7 33 NA 200 NA NA NA NA
Clark Nuber Bellevue Wash 3096 614 1 18 119 168 49 48 0 3
Gursey | Schneider Los Angeles 2820 682 3 10 85 129 0 30 0 70
RBZ Los Angeles 2800 1327 1 14 89 136 17 52 17 14
Hutchinson and Bloodgood Glendale Calif 2543 1559 4 33 58 115 38 46 16 0
Windes Inc Long Beach Calif 2361 -215 3 16 76 121 44 46 4 6
Green Hasson Janks Los Angeles 2310 500 1 13 88 116 32 33 13 22
Hemming Morse San Francisco 2069 827 7 13 76 96 33 0 0 67Perkins amp Co Portland Ore 2017 1034 2 19 87 132 27 40 24 9
Matson amp Isom Chico Calif 1768 400 4 21 81 128 41 46 5 8
Gumbiner Savett Santa Monica Calif 1728 601 1 10 80 110 40 50 8 2
Peterson Sullivan Seattle 1646 457 1 13 84 97 52 47 1 0
Sensiba San Filippo Pleasanton Calif 1620 588 4 14 61 103 NA NA NA NA
NSBN Beverly Hills Calif 1500 1111 1 13 53 74 35 49 5 11
Notes Firm estimate or projection dagger Accounting Today estimate NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms WestCalifornia Nevada Oregon and Washington
Revenue $146204 million up 989
Growth is spread a little more evenly among the firms in the West this year with strong rates at the top firms but equally
good performances scattered up and down the range While some of the other regions saw re-arrangements and even
shortenings of their rosters due to mergers and acquisitions firm combinations didnrsquot change the list for the West muchat all In fact the list itself grew a little longer with the addition of new Regional Leaders Perkins amp Co in Portland Ore
Peterson Sullivan in Seattle and NSBN in Beverly Hills
Where the money isCombined 2013 revenues in millions of dollars by region
Mid-Atlantic
GreatLakes
West Midwest CapitalRegion
Southeast Gulf Coast
Southwest NewEngland
Mountain0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
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AKT CPAs Acquired firm with a dental
professional practice
Anchin Block amp Anchin In February
2013 lost $50 million judgment to author Pa-
tricia Cornwell over financial management
Armanino In January 2013 rebranded
from Armanino McKenna Launched business
intelligence dashboard for private schools
and Dynamic Insights BI tool Acquired Dy-
namics VAR Rose Business Solutions
Aronson Organized two new service
groups IT audit and wealth management
consulting for choosing and assessing advi-
sor performance Baker Tilly Virchow Krause In June 2013
acquired New York-based Top 100 Firm Holtz
Rubenstein Reminick Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
BDO In June 2013 acquired Alaska-based
Mikunda Cottrell and Minneapolis-based
Moquist Thorvilson Kaufmann and brought
on members of banking practice of T100
Firm ParenteBeard In August expanded in
San Antonio by adding some partners and
staff from TravisWolff In December acquired
Pittsburgh T100 Firm Alpern Rosenthal
Berdon Joined TIAG alliance Expanded
use of CRM system and instituted Best Place
to Work Committee to propose community
social and charitable initiatives for the firm
In November 2013 merged with Northport
NY-based Beck amp Co
Berkowitz Pollack Brant Expanded stra-
tegic planning task force to include ldquoup and
comersrdquo Began celebrating its 35th anniver-
sary Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best
Firm to Work For
BerryDunn Grew revenue by over 7 per-
cent and overall staff by over 10 percent
BKD In 2013 marked its 90th anniver-
sary Opened offices in Des Moines Iowa
and Nashville Tenn In September acquired
Pittsburgh-based Malin Bergquist
Blue amp Co All figures are Accounting To-
day estimates
BlumShapiro Merged with Newton
Mass-based Friedman Suvalle amp Salomon
Added a dedicated hospitality group
The Bonadio Group In April 2013 merged
in Rutland Vt-based Independent Audit As-
sociates In September merged in Buffalo
NY-based Gaines Kriner Elliott In Novem-
ber merged in Albany NY-based Stulmaker
Kohn amp Richardson Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Burr Pilger Mayer Inc In January 2013
named new CEO In November opened new
office in Napa Valley
Carr Riggs amp Ingram In January 2013merged in Atlanta-based Peterson Coleman
amp Marett In July merged with North Caro-
lina-based accounting firm Pittard Perry amp
Crone Inc In August merged in Atlanta-
based Laney Boteler amp Killinger In Septem-
ber merged in Texas Regional Leader Gainer
Donnelly
CBIZ Mayer Hoffman McCann In No-
vember 2013 acquired Denver-based Knight
Field Fabry In January 2013 named Chris
Spurio president of CBIZ Financial Services
In February announced acquisition of Tam-pa Bay Fla-based Lewis Birch amp Ricardo
Cherry Bekaert In January 2013 re-
branded from Cherry Bekaert amp Holland
Formed benefits consulting group expanded
international tax team and advisory services
Citrin Cooperman amp Co In November
2013 merged in Leon M Reimer amp Co
Clark Schaefer Hackett amp Co Marked its
75th anniversary Having ldquoactive discussionsrdquo
on acquisitions
CliftonLarsonAllen Sold health care reg-ulatory and compliance group
Cohen amp Co Divested nearly $10 mil-
lion in business during the year that was not
meeting growth and profitability expecta-
tions Implemented a second tier of owner-
ship Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best
Firm to Work For
CohnReznick Named first national direc-
firm highlights
2014 firm highlightstor of governmental affairs Relocated offices
in Chicago Los Angeles and Austin Texas
Crowe Horwath In August 2013 acquired
a majority interest in Missouri-based Chan
Healthcare Integrated staff and acquired in-
tellectual property of ExtOrg In November
named its first chief innovation officer
Deloitte in January 2014 acquired sub-
stantially all of the business of strategy con-
sulting firm the Monitor Group In June ac-
quired investment bank McColl Partners In
July acquired SAP consulting firm Quattro
Integration Group In September acquired
TMA Construction Consultants In October
acquired substantially all of the assets of digi-
tal and social media agency Banyan Branch
In October agreed to pay $2 million to settle
charges with the PCAOB for violating Sar-
banes-Oxley Act and PCAOB rules In No-
vember launched CloudMix a preconfigured
mixture of cloud applications from different
vendors for clients
Dixon Hughes Goodman In June 2013
added Crossfire Advisory to its national health
care practice
Doeren Mayhew Grew revenue over 16
percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash international tax Fastest growing client
category mdash manufacturing
Eide Bailly In May 2013 installed new
CEO In June and August merged in two Salt
Lake City CPA firms Lake Hill amp Myers and
Hansen Barnett amp Maxwell In November
2013 acquired Denver NetSuite solutions pro-
vider Next Business Systems In December
launched private insurance exchange
EisnerAmper Had an ldquooutstandingrdquo year
Added several new services including CFO
outsourcing human capital cloud technol-
ogy and family office services
EKSampH Rebranded from Ehrhardt KeefeSteiner amp Hottman Saw revenue growth of
over 11 percent
Elliott Davis In April merged in Raleigh
NC-based Lunsford amp Strickland Relocated
office from Galax Va to Richmond Hired a
corporate strategies officer
Ernst amp Young In March paid $123 million
to resolve a federal tax shelter investigation
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In June launched EYTaxSpace Powered by
Thomson Reuters for corporate tax clients
In August donated its archives going back to
the early 1900s to Case Western Reserve Uni-
versity In December agreed to pay investors
$99 million to settle litigation over LehmanBrothers audit and acquired the US tax
preparation and court accounting outsourc-
ing businesses of Thomson Reuters
Frank Rimerman + Co Saw revenue
growth of over 12 percent
Frazier amp Deeter Saw revenue growth of
over 20 percent
Freed Maxick Saw revenue growth of over
9 percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash health care Fastest growing client cat-
egory mdash consulting
Friedman Saw revenue growth of over
8 percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash international tax Fastest growing client
category mdash real estate Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Gallina Expanded service lines including
international tax state and local tax and es-
tate trust retirement and succession services
Hired a director of recruitment and develop-
ment Joined TIAG alliance In February 2014
acquired Mercer Island Wash-based Tuef-
fers Guckian amp Gamon
Grant Thornton Redesigned external
Web site Hired a chief people and culture
officer In September 2013 acquired Oracle
Solutions business unit MarketSphere In No-
vember extended tenure of current CEO
Grassi amp Co In May 2013 added in David
C Sobel CPA and his staff In December
launched Grassi Technology Consultants
Habif Arogeti amp Wynne In May merged
in boutique tax consulting firm JRZ Launched
efforts to ldquodefine refine and embrace the
firmrsquos culturerdquo Hein amp Associates Expanded cloud solu-
tions service line Saw staff growth of over 11
percent
Hill Barth amp King Launched HbK Corpo-
rate Finance division Created new Web site
and YouTube channel In November 2013
merged in Lawrenceville NJ-based Bartolo-
mei Pucciarelli CPAs
Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt Saw ldquosig-
nificant growthrdquo in MampA private equity pro-
fessional services international tax and en-
tertainment practices Launched a business
development training program
Honkamp Krueger amp Co In Augustmerged in Madison Wis-based The Brem-
ser Group In October opened practice in
Davenport Iowa Added medical practice
consulting and talent outsourcing to its ser-
vices list
Horne Saw overall staff growth of over 11
percent Named an Accounting Today 2013
Best Firm to Work For
Joseph Decosimo amp Co In March 2013
acquired Huntsville Ala-based cost account-
ing and federal compliance solutions group
Solvability In December merged in Larry
Hyatt amp Associates
Kahn Litwin Renza amp Co In January
2013 merged with Waltham Mass-based Fay
amp Associates In May opened KLR Emerging
Business Center to offer co-working office
space to start-ups
Katz Sapper amp Miller Saw revenue
growth of over 7 percent and overall staff
growth of over 9 percent
Kaufman Rossin Group Saw revenue
growth of over 18 percent Named the No1 Accounting Today 2013 Best Firm to Work
For in the Large Firm Category for the third
year in a row
Kearney amp Co Saw staff growth of over
2 percent
Kemper Fastest growing service area mdash
investment advisory services
Kennedy and Coe Installed new CEO
KPMG Completed acquisition of Ora-
cle ERP practice of The Hackett Group
Launched alliance-based offering in indirect
tax with Thomson Reuters In May 2013
agreed with Fannie Mae to pay $153 million
to settle class-action suit over Fannie Mae
audit In July launched market alliance with
cloud-based procurement solution provider
Coupa Software In September Denver office
achieved LEED-CI certification In Decem-
ber announced plans to acquire analytical
applications company Link Analytics In Jan-
uary 2014 agreed to pay $82 million to settle
SEC charges over auditor independence
Lattimore Black Morgan amp Cain Re-
ported organic growth of over 9 percent
across all service lines Added a health care
consulting company
Macias Gini amp OrsquoConnell Saw overall staff
growth of over 7 percent
Marcum In January 2013 merged in
Massachusetts-based Parent McLaughlin amp
Nangle In April merged in Cornerstone Ac-
counting Group In July merged in Irvine
Calif-based WilsonMorgan In January 2014
merged in three units of New England Re-
gional Leader Braver
Margolin Winer amp Evens Saw revenue
growth of over 2 percent
Marks Paneth Rebranded from Marks
Paneth amp Shron In February 2013 merged
in New York City-based Rosenberg Neuwirth
amp Kuchner
Mauldin amp Jenkins In June acquired Ten-
nessee-based Hazlett Lewis amp Bieter
MBAF CPAs Worked to achieve ldquogreater
consolidation of the Northeast Region op-
erations with the rest of the firmrdquo Enhanced
cross-utilization of staff and skills among
various regions Designed and implemented
cost controls
McGladrey In August launched a strat-
egy to serve middle-market companies Late
in 2013 acquired Wilmington NC-Lanier
Whaley Craft amp Co and Houston-based
Margolis Phipps amp Wright
Miller Kaplan Arase Appointed a new
managing partner Expanded Seattle office
Saw ldquosignificant growthrdquo in business manage-
ment and entertainment group
Montgomery Coscia Greilich New to the
list In March 2013 joined the Alliott Group
alliance In May opened new office in AustinTexas In June launched strategy and man-
agement consulting practice In September
marked 10th anniversary
Moss Adams Marked its 100th anniver-
sary Installed new chairmanCEO
Mountjoy Chilton Medley Transitioned
in operations of Jeffersonville Ind-based
firm Expanded Cincinnati office Saw ldquostrong
firm highlights
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increaserdquo in regulated industry work such as
insurance financial institutions and health
care In December 2013 launched IT consult-
ing amp strategy services
Nigro Karlin Segal Feldstein amp Bolno
Changed name from Nigro Karlin Segal ampFeldstein Sold a 245 percent minority stake
in the firm to First Republic Bank
Novogradac amp Co Saw revenue growth of
over 10 percent
OrsquoConnor Davies In October announced
merger with Cranford NJ-based Fazio Man-
nuzza Roche Tankel LaPilusa In January
2014 merged with New York City-based Mer-
sel Klein amp Co
ParenteBeard In January 2013 merged
in Connecticut-based health care manage-
ment consulting firm Presscott Associates In
November closed its technology practice In
February 2014 added team members from
insurance consulting firm Invotex
Plante Moran In April 2013 launched
Women in Leadership initiative In July
launched a Web site offering ACA guidance
In November opened an office in Detroit
Postlethwaite amp Netterville Implement-
ed a formal shareholder evaluation process
a formal pipeline process a business de-
velopment training curriculum and growthmanagement software
Prager Metis International New to the
list Formed from January 2013 merger of
Prager amp Fenton and Metis Group Added a
number of new service lines including SALT
cost segregation and research tax incentives
PwC In July 2013 reshuffled US leader-
ship team In October announced plans to
merge in consulting firm Booz amp Co
Raffa In November 2013 launched Raffa
Nonprofit Fraud Prevention Institute
Raich Ende Malter In March 2013 estab-
lished Raich Ende Malter (Cayman)
Rehmann Saw revenue growth of over 15
percent
Reinsel Kuntz Lesher Saw growth in rev-
enue of over 21 percent
RGL Forensics Opened an office in San-
tiago Chile Introduced registered broker-
dealer RGL Advisors to offer MampA transac-
tion advisory services in the US
Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin amp Co
Fastest growing specialty service mdash large
private equity transactions Fastest growing
client category mdash private equity companies
Rothstein Kass Saw revenue growth of
almost 7 percent
RubinBrown Launched national prac-
tices to serve private equity firms and gaming
companies
SCampH Group Inc Joined firm network
Moore Stephens Fastest growing specialty
service mdash technology consulting Fastest
growing client category mdash health care
Schenck In January 2013 acquired ma-
jority stake in Milwaukee-based Bonfield amp
Co Installed new MP and CFO Changed
practice management system
Schneider Downs Relocated corporate
headquarters within Pittsburgh
Seiler Share of revenue derived from tax
increased from 70 to 75 percent
Sikich In January 2013 merged in Il-
linois-based supply chain consulting firm
Achieve Consulting In August announced
merger with Brookfield Wis firm Kolb+Co
In September merged in St Louis-based
OrsquoDonnell Bonebrake amp Co Also mergedin S2 Consulting and PKF Texas Technology
Added eight services PR insurance lean
back office business intelligence SALT and
international tax Restructured executive and
compensation committees Revised partner
compensation plan
SingerLewak In January 2013 merged in
San Francisco office of Acquavell Chiarelli
Shuster Berkower amp Co
Skoda Minotti amp Co New to the list
In May 2013 merged Skoda Minotti Technol-
ogy Partners with Westlake Ohio-based Da-taServ In June 2013 merged in Tampa Fla-
based Dowell amp Perez In August merged
in Tampa-based national assurance solu-
tions and compliance company Assurance
Concepts
Squar Milner ldquoSignificantly expandingrdquo
Los Angeles offices
SSampG In May 2013 named new CEO Saw
revenue growth of almost 14 percent
SVA CPAs In June 2013 installed new
CEO In January 2014 merged in Wisconsin-
based practice of William P Merrick CPA
UHY Advisors Inc Saw overall staff
growth of over 10 percent
Vavrinek Trine Day amp Co All figures are
Accounting Today estimates
Warren Averett In January 2013 merged
in Atlanta-based Gifford Hillegass amp Ingwers-
en and Tampa Fla-based Pender Newkirk
Rebranded firm with new visual identity
Developed new and expanded services in
SALT business valuation forensic account-
ing and litigation support health care reform
economic settlement claims processing and
alternative investments
Watkins Meegan Expanded hospitality
practice and increased government contract-
ing practice Started health care consulting
practice Hired business developmentmar-
keting director
Weaver Saw revenue growth of over 13
percent and growth in all four of its largest
niches mdash energy financial services the pub-
lic sector and manufacturing In February
2014 merged in Connecticut-based RIN At-
test and Advisory Services
WeiserMazarsIn November 2013 merged
in New York-based Resnick Druckman Group
Expanded health care consulting group
Whitley Penn Expanded transaction ser-
vices practice and forensic litigation and
valuation services statewide Named an Ac-
counting Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Wipfli Formalized fresh-water industry
services opened office in Milwaukeersquos Global
Water Center Launched Wipfli Connect for
Manufacturing software solution In January
2014 merged in Tinley Park Ill-based The
Condon Group and Chicago-based practiceRegulatory Compliance Associates Inc
Wiss amp Co More than half of revenues (56
percent) derived from AampA services
WithumSmith+Brown Consolidated two
New Jersey offices Invested in international
tax practice and financial services practice
Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best Firm
to Work For
firm highlights
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Since our Regional Leaders both repre-
sent a broader range of firms in terms of
size and bring with them the particular
economic conditions of their geographic
regions the trends here tend to be less clear than
among our Top 100 Firms
One anti-trend that wersquove noticed is the lack
of correlation between the size of a region in terms
of its overall firm revenues and its growth rate
The Mid-Atlantic Regional Leaders for instance
have combined revenues almost twice as large
as the Great Lakes Regional Leaders mdash but an
average growth rate thatrsquos around half while the
Southwest has revenues that are slightly less than
those of the Capitol Region but is growing five
times as fast Local economic conditions make all
the difference of course but the point that size is
not everything is worth making
Unless of course yoursquore talking about the
size of our lists for each region Wersquove been grow-
ing them steadily over the past few years and are
happy to report a large number of new additions
this year many of which are highlighted in the
introductions to their individual regions
If your firm should be on one of our Regional
Leaders lists send us an e-mail at AcToday
SourceMediacom and wersquoll include you in next
yearrsquos survey AT
regional overview
Regions see uneven growth
20
THE 2014 REGIONAL LEADERS
Top Firms Capital RegionDelaware Maryland Virginia Washington DC and West Virginia
Revenue $56257 million up 206
While the Capital Region displayed the weakest revenue growth among the regions in 2013 it did display
major growth in another way the number of firms represented This yearrsquos list includes a number of strong
new players like Virginiarsquos PBMares West Virginiarsquos Arnett Foster Toothman and Washington DCrsquos Tate amp
Tryon
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Kearney amp Co Alexandria Va 7764 -282 2 13 287 401 72 0 28 0
SCampH Group Inc Sparks Md 5760 627 3 21 217 282 17 43 40 0
Watkins Meegan Bethesda Md 4900 145 4 15 196 224 22 22 56 0
Aronson Rockville Md 4900 101 1 31 154 224 43 33 22 2
Raffa Washington DC 3692 371 2 18 192 243 53 15 32 0
PBMares Newport News Va 2892 144 8 34 105 177 40 43 9 8
Cotton amp Co Alexandria Va 2566 -104 1 10 138 155 44 0 16 40
Brown Edwards amp Codagger Bluefield WVa 2542 201 7 25 NA 182 NA NA NA NA
Johnson Lambert Falls Church Va 2268 593 8 13 119 149 82 15 3 0
Yount Hyde amp Barbour Winchester Va 2252 -570 6 20 84 127 45 41 11 3
Gelman Rosenberg amp Freedman Bethesda Md 2160 385 1 12 60 94 76 23 1 0
Keiter Glen Allen Va 2143 328 1 12 104 143 26 62 4 8
Arnett Foster Toothman Charleston WVa 1961 283 6 23 86 136 47 28 25 0
Ellin amp Tucker Chartered Baltimore 1933 -515 4 11 77 114 38 38 16 8
Tate amp Tryon Washington DC 1860 550 1 11 90 110 69 7 24 0
Calibre CPA Group Bethesda Md 1830 2340 3 15 107 143 81 8 0 11
Gross Mendelsohn Baltimore 1674 1020 1 15 69 103 49 30 21 0
Smith Elliott Kearns amp Co Hagerstown Md 1660 122 5 20 97 142 48 30 17 5
KatzAbosch Timonium Md 1500 NC 3 21 42 83 37 55 8 0
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
REGIONSThe Capital Region 20
The Southeast 21
New England 21
The Mid-Atlantic 22
The Great Lakes 24
The Gulf Coast 24
The Midwest 25
The Mountain States 26
The Southwest 26
The West 27
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regional leaders
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdash
Firm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Dixon Hughes Goodman Charlotte NC 31000 197 26 178 1129 1661 36 35 29 0
Cherry Bekaert Richmond Va 12590 186 22 55 559 778 44 47 9 0
Lattimore Black Morgan amp Cain Brentwood Tenn 7091 906 3 46 287 409 24 34 14 28
Habif Arogeti amp Wynne Atlanta 6428 662 1 26 232 305 45 39 8 8
Elliott Davis Greenville SC 6410 505 8 51 265 392 47 35 14 4
Frazier amp Deeter Atlanta 5300 2018 4 11 158 201 32 40 0 28
Mauldin amp Jenkins Atlanta 3880 078 5 34 125 198 59 30 2 9
Mountjoy Chilton Medley Louisville Ky 3831 100 5 37 171 246 40 36 9 15
Joseph Decosimo amp Co Chattanooga Tenn 3820 550 8 29 177 265 47 39 7 7Bennett Thrasher Atlanta 2988 1418 1 23 104 151 27 57 7 9
Dean Dorton Allen Ford Lexington Ky 2212 179 2 33 90 150 33 42 25 0
Windham Brannon Atlanta 2146 1073 1 14 100 139 39 59 2 0
WebsterRogers Florence SC 1750 697 9 24 91 138 42 46 4 8
Top Firms Southeast Arkansas Georgia Kentucky North Carolina South Carolina and Tennessee
Revenue $89446 million up 470
Growth moderated in the Southeast in 2013 coming in a few percentage points lower
than in 2012 but that didnrsquot stop individual firms from posting some strong results like Atlantarsquos Frazier amp Deeter or new Regional Leader Windham Brannon
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdash
Firm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
BlumShapiro West Hartford Ct 6130 2824 4 30 251 341 56 32 1 11
BerryDunn Portland Maine 4312 740 5 18 154 204 47 18 28 7
Kahn Litwin Renza amp Co Providence RI 3532 1284 3 11 153 195 30 35 35 0
Wolf amp Co Boston 3149 725 3 19 142 189 50 21 0 29
Baker Newman amp Noyes Portland Maine 2770 NC 4 30 121 182 48 40 12 0
Feeley amp Driscoll Boston 2422 302 1 12 66 103 61 29 10 0
DiCicco Gulman amp Co Woburn Mass 1800 588 2 14 65 97 42 43 15 0
Alexander Aronson Finningdagger Westborough Mass 1769 249 5 18 NA NA NA NA NA NA
Whittlesey amp Hadley Hartford Ct 1570 753 1 15 83 105 60 20 20 0
Gray Gray amp Gray Westwood Mass 1380 222 3 8 64 86 45 35 20 0Edelstein amp Co Boston 1360 1826 1 9 45 64 21 54 0 25
Macdonald Page amp Co South Portland Maine 1300 442 3 21 75 112 42 31 13 14
OrsquoConnor amp Drew Braintree Mass 1200 2000 2 15 60 87 81 17 0 2
Melanson Heath amp Co Nashua NH 1048 264 5 9 66 88 74 22 2 2
Meyers Brothers Kalicka Holyoke Mass 1040 612 1 7 40 59 47 39 4 10
DiSanto Priest amp Co Warwick RI 959 435 1 8 37 57 39 55 6 0
Gallagher Flynn amp Co South Burlington Vt 920 -316 2 10 NA 75 NA NA NA NA
Notes Firm estimate or projection dagger Accounting Today estimate NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms New EnglandConnecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island and Vermont
Revenue $36661 million up 949
After a lackluster 2012 things picked up significantly for the region in 2013 MampA played a major part with firms of all
sizes getting into local and regional hookups and large firms like Connecticutrsquos BlumShapiro and Rhode Islandrsquos Kahn
Litwin Renza amp Co leading the way Going forward it will reshape the list in other ways following the January 2014
merger of Massachusetts Regional Leader Braver PC into Top 100 Firm Marcum LLP
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Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
CohnReznick New York City 50800 410 24 274 1716 2521 52 33 6 9
Marcum New York City 35010 2708 17 160 844 1300 45 36 7 12
EisnerAmper New York City 27690 779 9 177 976 1185 56 35 9 0
Rothstein Kass Roseland NJ 20200 688 8 76 780 1002 60 35 5 0
ParenteBeard Philadelphia 15800 -651 18 116 544 861 53 31 16 0
Citrin Cooperman amp Co New York City 14300 1440 5 120 302 503 47 37 8 8
WeiserMazars New York City 14240 772 6 104 393 625 47 39 14 0
Berdon New York City 10100 391 2 39 334 398 33 40 27 0
OrsquoConnor Davies New York City 9950 1888 7 82 340 501 65 21 14 0
Marks Paneth New York City 9800 1264 3 64 390 539 63 27 3 7
WithumSmith+Brown Princeton NJ 9698 931 12 77 258 431 37 37 2 24
Anchin Block amp Anchin New York City 9300 NC 1 56 215 354 44 43 13 0
Friedman New York City 7250 821 6 57 244 349 60 35 5 0
The Bonadio Group Pittsford NY 6629 2231 11 61 352 470 48 21 13 18
Schneider Downs Pittsburgh 5756 407 2 36 284 354 45 35 20 0
Reinsel Kuntz Lesher Lancaster Pa 4521 2183 4 39 228 300 33 35 10 22
Freed Maxick CPAs Buffalo NY 4150 964 4 35 203 283 36 37 27 0
Raich Ende Malter amp Co New York City 4100 789 5 33 120 191 40 60 0 0
Grassi amp Co New York City 4095 500 2 23 136 197 48 41 9 2
Margolin Winer amp Evens Garden City NY 4000 256 2 25 167 207 60 30 10 0
Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin amp Co New York City 4000 -1837 3 24 106 165 46 46 8 0
Prager Metis International New York City 3599 1659 7 30 129 199 30 45 25 0
Wiss amp Co Livingston NJ 3300 377 4 28 114 172 56 32 0 12Kreischer Miller Horsham Pa 2950 1078 1 16 137 183 46 36 11 7
Perelson Weiner New York City 1950 NA 1 8 45 70 40 50 10 0
Janover Garden City NY 1944 NA 2 13 78 108 30 62 5 3
Untracht Early Florham Park NJ 1900 544 3 8 79 102 29 64 4 3
Gettry Marcus CPA Woodbury NY 1700 303 2 16 47 81 48 35 0 17
Buchbinder Tunick amp Co New York City 1600 NC 2 18 53 90 50 25 15 10
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms Mid-AtlanticNew Jersey New York and Pennsylvania
Revenue $290332 million up 831
The Mid-Atlantic continues to post generally strong results helped by the strength of many of the industries its firms
serve particularly in the financial services and financial institutions areas It also remains a seedbed for new and grow-
ing firms like new Top 100 entry Prager Metis International and new Regional Leaders Perelson Weiner Janover Un-tracht Early and Buchbinder Tunick
22
regional leaders
Where the growth is Pt 1Average firm growth rate in percent by region
Mid-Atlantic
GreatLakes
West Midwest CapitalRegion
SoutheastGulf Coast
Southwest NewEngland
Mountain0
5
10
15
20
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26
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
EKSampH Denver 7046 1119 3 38 308 427 45 42 13 0
Hein amp Associates Denver 5071 445 4 33 191 266 48 47 4 1
RGL Forensics Denver 3765 606 17 23 124 190 0 0 0 100
Anderson ZurMuehlen Helena Mont 2557 277 7 27 128 204 35 38 10 17
GHP Horwath Denver 2480 -040 1 10 82 106 41 26 0 33
Anton Collins Mitchell Denver 1600 191 3 12 69 97 50 40 10 0
Tanner Salt Lake City 1430 1085 1 10 54 72 62 23 13 2
Junkermier ClarkCampanella Stevens Great Falls Mont 1420 085 7 25 69 120 39 43 7 11
Dalby Wendland amp Co Grand Junction Colo 1195 373 4 16 52 90 25 53 9 13McGee Hearne amp Paiz Cheyenne Wyo 973 485 2 9 52 70 55 38 7 0
Top Firms MountainColorado Idaho Montana Utah and Wyoming
Revenue $27537 million up 566
The region seems in some ways to have turned the corner It reported its second year in a row of respectable
growth after a few difficult years That may explain the interest from Top 100 Firms Eide Bailly in particular made
a number of acquisitions in the region particularly in the Salt Lake City area
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Weaver Fort Worth Texas 8340 1332 7 36 354 471 34 43 12 11
Whitley Penn Fort Worth Texas 5871 1984 5 38 206 294 43 43 0 14
Montgomery Coscia Greilich Plano Texas 3354 1614 2 16 203 231 28 41 24 7
Padgett Stratemann amp Co San Antonio 3007 301 2 17 127 179 51 37 12 0
REDW Albuquerque NM 2645 3352 2 17 129 181 52 24 10 14
Briggs amp Veselka Co Houston 2617 1842 2 19 151 194 41 50 8 1
PKF Texas Houston 2155 553 1 10 85 108 50 46 4 0
Cain Watters amp Associates Plano Texas 2080 930 1 7 55 108 10 15 0 75
BeachFleischman Tuscon Ariz 2030 2378 2 25 81 140 27 57 2 14
Johnson Miller amp Co CPAs Odessa Texas 1954 868 3 14 76 103 30 50 7 13
PMB Helin Donovan Austin Texas 1900 1377 8 28 88 136 55 45 0 0Lane Gorman Trubitt Dallas 1900 497 1 15 62 92 57 37 0 6
Henry amp Horne Tempe Ariz 1850 571 3 14 70 102 33 58 9 0
Maxwell Locke amp Ritter Austin Texas 1834 969 2 21 61 92 38 41 0 21
TravisWolff Dallas 1830 -054 1 8 76 104 32 54 14 0
Melton amp Melton Houston 1790 770 1 14 79 103 50 50 0 0
Brown Graham amp Co Amarillo Texas 1287 404 7 23 61 113 35 50 5 10
Hartman Leito amp Bolt Fort Worth Texas 1100 -795 1 10 47 69 45 46 8 1
MaloneBailey Houston 897 -2220 2 5 31 41 98 2 0 0
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms Southwest Arizona New Mexico Oklahoma and Texas
Revenue $48441 million up 1103
As with the Gulf Coast booming revenues from oil and gas no doubt played a part in the
Southwestrsquos strong performance this year (the third best of the regions) with many of the
largest firms recording growth in energy and related services Wersquore also happy to note a
number of new Regional Leaders including Planorsquos Montgomery Coscia Greilich (which also
joined the T100) Houstonrsquos Melton amp Melton and Amarillorsquos Brown Graham amp Co
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regional leaders
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Moss Adams Seattle 40300 1715 22 263 1340 2072 45 38 17 0
Armanino San Ramon Calif 11284 1311 5 37 301 394 21 26 49 4
Novogradac amp Co San Francisco 9248 1003 15 35 311 408 59 27 2 12
Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt W Los Angeles Calif 8692 1724 8 36 263 362 18 76 0 6
Burr Pilger Mayer Inc San Francisco 6850 -087 6 40 225 330 38 50 12 0
Frank Rimerman + Co Palo Alto Calif 6120 1233 5 21 229 267 27 62 11 0
Nigro Karlin Segal Feldstein amp Bolno Los Angeles 5608 1167 2 21 262 314 17 17 2 64
Squar Milner Newport Beach Calif 4530 295 4 22 171 229 40 53 0 7SingerLewak Los Angeles 3850 -080 6 33 NA NA NA NA NA NA
AKT CPAs Salem Ore 3824 1039 6 15 176 235 28 33 11 28
Miller Kaplan Arase North Hollywood Calif 3800 270 5 24 117 175 58 17 17 8
Gallina Roseville Calif 3639 505 9 26 155 226 45 52 3 0
Seiler Redwood City Calif 3610 587 2 11 116 152 10 75 0 15
Macias Gini amp OrsquoConnell Sacramento Calif 3340 -773 9 10 164 258 63 12 7 18
Vavrinek Trine Day amp Codagger Rancho Cucamonga Calif 3231 199 7 33 NA 200 NA NA NA NA
Clark Nuber Bellevue Wash 3096 614 1 18 119 168 49 48 0 3
Gursey | Schneider Los Angeles 2820 682 3 10 85 129 0 30 0 70
RBZ Los Angeles 2800 1327 1 14 89 136 17 52 17 14
Hutchinson and Bloodgood Glendale Calif 2543 1559 4 33 58 115 38 46 16 0
Windes Inc Long Beach Calif 2361 -215 3 16 76 121 44 46 4 6
Green Hasson Janks Los Angeles 2310 500 1 13 88 116 32 33 13 22
Hemming Morse San Francisco 2069 827 7 13 76 96 33 0 0 67Perkins amp Co Portland Ore 2017 1034 2 19 87 132 27 40 24 9
Matson amp Isom Chico Calif 1768 400 4 21 81 128 41 46 5 8
Gumbiner Savett Santa Monica Calif 1728 601 1 10 80 110 40 50 8 2
Peterson Sullivan Seattle 1646 457 1 13 84 97 52 47 1 0
Sensiba San Filippo Pleasanton Calif 1620 588 4 14 61 103 NA NA NA NA
NSBN Beverly Hills Calif 1500 1111 1 13 53 74 35 49 5 11
Notes Firm estimate or projection dagger Accounting Today estimate NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms WestCalifornia Nevada Oregon and Washington
Revenue $146204 million up 989
Growth is spread a little more evenly among the firms in the West this year with strong rates at the top firms but equally
good performances scattered up and down the range While some of the other regions saw re-arrangements and even
shortenings of their rosters due to mergers and acquisitions firm combinations didnrsquot change the list for the West muchat all In fact the list itself grew a little longer with the addition of new Regional Leaders Perkins amp Co in Portland Ore
Peterson Sullivan in Seattle and NSBN in Beverly Hills
Where the money isCombined 2013 revenues in millions of dollars by region
Mid-Atlantic
GreatLakes
West Midwest CapitalRegion
Southeast Gulf Coast
Southwest NewEngland
Mountain0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
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AKT CPAs Acquired firm with a dental
professional practice
Anchin Block amp Anchin In February
2013 lost $50 million judgment to author Pa-
tricia Cornwell over financial management
Armanino In January 2013 rebranded
from Armanino McKenna Launched business
intelligence dashboard for private schools
and Dynamic Insights BI tool Acquired Dy-
namics VAR Rose Business Solutions
Aronson Organized two new service
groups IT audit and wealth management
consulting for choosing and assessing advi-
sor performance Baker Tilly Virchow Krause In June 2013
acquired New York-based Top 100 Firm Holtz
Rubenstein Reminick Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
BDO In June 2013 acquired Alaska-based
Mikunda Cottrell and Minneapolis-based
Moquist Thorvilson Kaufmann and brought
on members of banking practice of T100
Firm ParenteBeard In August expanded in
San Antonio by adding some partners and
staff from TravisWolff In December acquired
Pittsburgh T100 Firm Alpern Rosenthal
Berdon Joined TIAG alliance Expanded
use of CRM system and instituted Best Place
to Work Committee to propose community
social and charitable initiatives for the firm
In November 2013 merged with Northport
NY-based Beck amp Co
Berkowitz Pollack Brant Expanded stra-
tegic planning task force to include ldquoup and
comersrdquo Began celebrating its 35th anniver-
sary Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best
Firm to Work For
BerryDunn Grew revenue by over 7 per-
cent and overall staff by over 10 percent
BKD In 2013 marked its 90th anniver-
sary Opened offices in Des Moines Iowa
and Nashville Tenn In September acquired
Pittsburgh-based Malin Bergquist
Blue amp Co All figures are Accounting To-
day estimates
BlumShapiro Merged with Newton
Mass-based Friedman Suvalle amp Salomon
Added a dedicated hospitality group
The Bonadio Group In April 2013 merged
in Rutland Vt-based Independent Audit As-
sociates In September merged in Buffalo
NY-based Gaines Kriner Elliott In Novem-
ber merged in Albany NY-based Stulmaker
Kohn amp Richardson Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Burr Pilger Mayer Inc In January 2013
named new CEO In November opened new
office in Napa Valley
Carr Riggs amp Ingram In January 2013merged in Atlanta-based Peterson Coleman
amp Marett In July merged with North Caro-
lina-based accounting firm Pittard Perry amp
Crone Inc In August merged in Atlanta-
based Laney Boteler amp Killinger In Septem-
ber merged in Texas Regional Leader Gainer
Donnelly
CBIZ Mayer Hoffman McCann In No-
vember 2013 acquired Denver-based Knight
Field Fabry In January 2013 named Chris
Spurio president of CBIZ Financial Services
In February announced acquisition of Tam-pa Bay Fla-based Lewis Birch amp Ricardo
Cherry Bekaert In January 2013 re-
branded from Cherry Bekaert amp Holland
Formed benefits consulting group expanded
international tax team and advisory services
Citrin Cooperman amp Co In November
2013 merged in Leon M Reimer amp Co
Clark Schaefer Hackett amp Co Marked its
75th anniversary Having ldquoactive discussionsrdquo
on acquisitions
CliftonLarsonAllen Sold health care reg-ulatory and compliance group
Cohen amp Co Divested nearly $10 mil-
lion in business during the year that was not
meeting growth and profitability expecta-
tions Implemented a second tier of owner-
ship Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best
Firm to Work For
CohnReznick Named first national direc-
firm highlights
2014 firm highlightstor of governmental affairs Relocated offices
in Chicago Los Angeles and Austin Texas
Crowe Horwath In August 2013 acquired
a majority interest in Missouri-based Chan
Healthcare Integrated staff and acquired in-
tellectual property of ExtOrg In November
named its first chief innovation officer
Deloitte in January 2014 acquired sub-
stantially all of the business of strategy con-
sulting firm the Monitor Group In June ac-
quired investment bank McColl Partners In
July acquired SAP consulting firm Quattro
Integration Group In September acquired
TMA Construction Consultants In October
acquired substantially all of the assets of digi-
tal and social media agency Banyan Branch
In October agreed to pay $2 million to settle
charges with the PCAOB for violating Sar-
banes-Oxley Act and PCAOB rules In No-
vember launched CloudMix a preconfigured
mixture of cloud applications from different
vendors for clients
Dixon Hughes Goodman In June 2013
added Crossfire Advisory to its national health
care practice
Doeren Mayhew Grew revenue over 16
percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash international tax Fastest growing client
category mdash manufacturing
Eide Bailly In May 2013 installed new
CEO In June and August merged in two Salt
Lake City CPA firms Lake Hill amp Myers and
Hansen Barnett amp Maxwell In November
2013 acquired Denver NetSuite solutions pro-
vider Next Business Systems In December
launched private insurance exchange
EisnerAmper Had an ldquooutstandingrdquo year
Added several new services including CFO
outsourcing human capital cloud technol-
ogy and family office services
EKSampH Rebranded from Ehrhardt KeefeSteiner amp Hottman Saw revenue growth of
over 11 percent
Elliott Davis In April merged in Raleigh
NC-based Lunsford amp Strickland Relocated
office from Galax Va to Richmond Hired a
corporate strategies officer
Ernst amp Young In March paid $123 million
to resolve a federal tax shelter investigation
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In June launched EYTaxSpace Powered by
Thomson Reuters for corporate tax clients
In August donated its archives going back to
the early 1900s to Case Western Reserve Uni-
versity In December agreed to pay investors
$99 million to settle litigation over LehmanBrothers audit and acquired the US tax
preparation and court accounting outsourc-
ing businesses of Thomson Reuters
Frank Rimerman + Co Saw revenue
growth of over 12 percent
Frazier amp Deeter Saw revenue growth of
over 20 percent
Freed Maxick Saw revenue growth of over
9 percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash health care Fastest growing client cat-
egory mdash consulting
Friedman Saw revenue growth of over
8 percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash international tax Fastest growing client
category mdash real estate Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Gallina Expanded service lines including
international tax state and local tax and es-
tate trust retirement and succession services
Hired a director of recruitment and develop-
ment Joined TIAG alliance In February 2014
acquired Mercer Island Wash-based Tuef-
fers Guckian amp Gamon
Grant Thornton Redesigned external
Web site Hired a chief people and culture
officer In September 2013 acquired Oracle
Solutions business unit MarketSphere In No-
vember extended tenure of current CEO
Grassi amp Co In May 2013 added in David
C Sobel CPA and his staff In December
launched Grassi Technology Consultants
Habif Arogeti amp Wynne In May merged
in boutique tax consulting firm JRZ Launched
efforts to ldquodefine refine and embrace the
firmrsquos culturerdquo Hein amp Associates Expanded cloud solu-
tions service line Saw staff growth of over 11
percent
Hill Barth amp King Launched HbK Corpo-
rate Finance division Created new Web site
and YouTube channel In November 2013
merged in Lawrenceville NJ-based Bartolo-
mei Pucciarelli CPAs
Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt Saw ldquosig-
nificant growthrdquo in MampA private equity pro-
fessional services international tax and en-
tertainment practices Launched a business
development training program
Honkamp Krueger amp Co In Augustmerged in Madison Wis-based The Brem-
ser Group In October opened practice in
Davenport Iowa Added medical practice
consulting and talent outsourcing to its ser-
vices list
Horne Saw overall staff growth of over 11
percent Named an Accounting Today 2013
Best Firm to Work For
Joseph Decosimo amp Co In March 2013
acquired Huntsville Ala-based cost account-
ing and federal compliance solutions group
Solvability In December merged in Larry
Hyatt amp Associates
Kahn Litwin Renza amp Co In January
2013 merged with Waltham Mass-based Fay
amp Associates In May opened KLR Emerging
Business Center to offer co-working office
space to start-ups
Katz Sapper amp Miller Saw revenue
growth of over 7 percent and overall staff
growth of over 9 percent
Kaufman Rossin Group Saw revenue
growth of over 18 percent Named the No1 Accounting Today 2013 Best Firm to Work
For in the Large Firm Category for the third
year in a row
Kearney amp Co Saw staff growth of over
2 percent
Kemper Fastest growing service area mdash
investment advisory services
Kennedy and Coe Installed new CEO
KPMG Completed acquisition of Ora-
cle ERP practice of The Hackett Group
Launched alliance-based offering in indirect
tax with Thomson Reuters In May 2013
agreed with Fannie Mae to pay $153 million
to settle class-action suit over Fannie Mae
audit In July launched market alliance with
cloud-based procurement solution provider
Coupa Software In September Denver office
achieved LEED-CI certification In Decem-
ber announced plans to acquire analytical
applications company Link Analytics In Jan-
uary 2014 agreed to pay $82 million to settle
SEC charges over auditor independence
Lattimore Black Morgan amp Cain Re-
ported organic growth of over 9 percent
across all service lines Added a health care
consulting company
Macias Gini amp OrsquoConnell Saw overall staff
growth of over 7 percent
Marcum In January 2013 merged in
Massachusetts-based Parent McLaughlin amp
Nangle In April merged in Cornerstone Ac-
counting Group In July merged in Irvine
Calif-based WilsonMorgan In January 2014
merged in three units of New England Re-
gional Leader Braver
Margolin Winer amp Evens Saw revenue
growth of over 2 percent
Marks Paneth Rebranded from Marks
Paneth amp Shron In February 2013 merged
in New York City-based Rosenberg Neuwirth
amp Kuchner
Mauldin amp Jenkins In June acquired Ten-
nessee-based Hazlett Lewis amp Bieter
MBAF CPAs Worked to achieve ldquogreater
consolidation of the Northeast Region op-
erations with the rest of the firmrdquo Enhanced
cross-utilization of staff and skills among
various regions Designed and implemented
cost controls
McGladrey In August launched a strat-
egy to serve middle-market companies Late
in 2013 acquired Wilmington NC-Lanier
Whaley Craft amp Co and Houston-based
Margolis Phipps amp Wright
Miller Kaplan Arase Appointed a new
managing partner Expanded Seattle office
Saw ldquosignificant growthrdquo in business manage-
ment and entertainment group
Montgomery Coscia Greilich New to the
list In March 2013 joined the Alliott Group
alliance In May opened new office in AustinTexas In June launched strategy and man-
agement consulting practice In September
marked 10th anniversary
Moss Adams Marked its 100th anniver-
sary Installed new chairmanCEO
Mountjoy Chilton Medley Transitioned
in operations of Jeffersonville Ind-based
firm Expanded Cincinnati office Saw ldquostrong
firm highlights
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increaserdquo in regulated industry work such as
insurance financial institutions and health
care In December 2013 launched IT consult-
ing amp strategy services
Nigro Karlin Segal Feldstein amp Bolno
Changed name from Nigro Karlin Segal ampFeldstein Sold a 245 percent minority stake
in the firm to First Republic Bank
Novogradac amp Co Saw revenue growth of
over 10 percent
OrsquoConnor Davies In October announced
merger with Cranford NJ-based Fazio Man-
nuzza Roche Tankel LaPilusa In January
2014 merged with New York City-based Mer-
sel Klein amp Co
ParenteBeard In January 2013 merged
in Connecticut-based health care manage-
ment consulting firm Presscott Associates In
November closed its technology practice In
February 2014 added team members from
insurance consulting firm Invotex
Plante Moran In April 2013 launched
Women in Leadership initiative In July
launched a Web site offering ACA guidance
In November opened an office in Detroit
Postlethwaite amp Netterville Implement-
ed a formal shareholder evaluation process
a formal pipeline process a business de-
velopment training curriculum and growthmanagement software
Prager Metis International New to the
list Formed from January 2013 merger of
Prager amp Fenton and Metis Group Added a
number of new service lines including SALT
cost segregation and research tax incentives
PwC In July 2013 reshuffled US leader-
ship team In October announced plans to
merge in consulting firm Booz amp Co
Raffa In November 2013 launched Raffa
Nonprofit Fraud Prevention Institute
Raich Ende Malter In March 2013 estab-
lished Raich Ende Malter (Cayman)
Rehmann Saw revenue growth of over 15
percent
Reinsel Kuntz Lesher Saw growth in rev-
enue of over 21 percent
RGL Forensics Opened an office in San-
tiago Chile Introduced registered broker-
dealer RGL Advisors to offer MampA transac-
tion advisory services in the US
Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin amp Co
Fastest growing specialty service mdash large
private equity transactions Fastest growing
client category mdash private equity companies
Rothstein Kass Saw revenue growth of
almost 7 percent
RubinBrown Launched national prac-
tices to serve private equity firms and gaming
companies
SCampH Group Inc Joined firm network
Moore Stephens Fastest growing specialty
service mdash technology consulting Fastest
growing client category mdash health care
Schenck In January 2013 acquired ma-
jority stake in Milwaukee-based Bonfield amp
Co Installed new MP and CFO Changed
practice management system
Schneider Downs Relocated corporate
headquarters within Pittsburgh
Seiler Share of revenue derived from tax
increased from 70 to 75 percent
Sikich In January 2013 merged in Il-
linois-based supply chain consulting firm
Achieve Consulting In August announced
merger with Brookfield Wis firm Kolb+Co
In September merged in St Louis-based
OrsquoDonnell Bonebrake amp Co Also mergedin S2 Consulting and PKF Texas Technology
Added eight services PR insurance lean
back office business intelligence SALT and
international tax Restructured executive and
compensation committees Revised partner
compensation plan
SingerLewak In January 2013 merged in
San Francisco office of Acquavell Chiarelli
Shuster Berkower amp Co
Skoda Minotti amp Co New to the list
In May 2013 merged Skoda Minotti Technol-
ogy Partners with Westlake Ohio-based Da-taServ In June 2013 merged in Tampa Fla-
based Dowell amp Perez In August merged
in Tampa-based national assurance solu-
tions and compliance company Assurance
Concepts
Squar Milner ldquoSignificantly expandingrdquo
Los Angeles offices
SSampG In May 2013 named new CEO Saw
revenue growth of almost 14 percent
SVA CPAs In June 2013 installed new
CEO In January 2014 merged in Wisconsin-
based practice of William P Merrick CPA
UHY Advisors Inc Saw overall staff
growth of over 10 percent
Vavrinek Trine Day amp Co All figures are
Accounting Today estimates
Warren Averett In January 2013 merged
in Atlanta-based Gifford Hillegass amp Ingwers-
en and Tampa Fla-based Pender Newkirk
Rebranded firm with new visual identity
Developed new and expanded services in
SALT business valuation forensic account-
ing and litigation support health care reform
economic settlement claims processing and
alternative investments
Watkins Meegan Expanded hospitality
practice and increased government contract-
ing practice Started health care consulting
practice Hired business developmentmar-
keting director
Weaver Saw revenue growth of over 13
percent and growth in all four of its largest
niches mdash energy financial services the pub-
lic sector and manufacturing In February
2014 merged in Connecticut-based RIN At-
test and Advisory Services
WeiserMazarsIn November 2013 merged
in New York-based Resnick Druckman Group
Expanded health care consulting group
Whitley Penn Expanded transaction ser-
vices practice and forensic litigation and
valuation services statewide Named an Ac-
counting Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Wipfli Formalized fresh-water industry
services opened office in Milwaukeersquos Global
Water Center Launched Wipfli Connect for
Manufacturing software solution In January
2014 merged in Tinley Park Ill-based The
Condon Group and Chicago-based practiceRegulatory Compliance Associates Inc
Wiss amp Co More than half of revenues (56
percent) derived from AampA services
WithumSmith+Brown Consolidated two
New Jersey offices Invested in international
tax practice and financial services practice
Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best Firm
to Work For
firm highlights
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regional leaders
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdash
Firm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Dixon Hughes Goodman Charlotte NC 31000 197 26 178 1129 1661 36 35 29 0
Cherry Bekaert Richmond Va 12590 186 22 55 559 778 44 47 9 0
Lattimore Black Morgan amp Cain Brentwood Tenn 7091 906 3 46 287 409 24 34 14 28
Habif Arogeti amp Wynne Atlanta 6428 662 1 26 232 305 45 39 8 8
Elliott Davis Greenville SC 6410 505 8 51 265 392 47 35 14 4
Frazier amp Deeter Atlanta 5300 2018 4 11 158 201 32 40 0 28
Mauldin amp Jenkins Atlanta 3880 078 5 34 125 198 59 30 2 9
Mountjoy Chilton Medley Louisville Ky 3831 100 5 37 171 246 40 36 9 15
Joseph Decosimo amp Co Chattanooga Tenn 3820 550 8 29 177 265 47 39 7 7Bennett Thrasher Atlanta 2988 1418 1 23 104 151 27 57 7 9
Dean Dorton Allen Ford Lexington Ky 2212 179 2 33 90 150 33 42 25 0
Windham Brannon Atlanta 2146 1073 1 14 100 139 39 59 2 0
WebsterRogers Florence SC 1750 697 9 24 91 138 42 46 4 8
Top Firms Southeast Arkansas Georgia Kentucky North Carolina South Carolina and Tennessee
Revenue $89446 million up 470
Growth moderated in the Southeast in 2013 coming in a few percentage points lower
than in 2012 but that didnrsquot stop individual firms from posting some strong results like Atlantarsquos Frazier amp Deeter or new Regional Leader Windham Brannon
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdash
Firm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
BlumShapiro West Hartford Ct 6130 2824 4 30 251 341 56 32 1 11
BerryDunn Portland Maine 4312 740 5 18 154 204 47 18 28 7
Kahn Litwin Renza amp Co Providence RI 3532 1284 3 11 153 195 30 35 35 0
Wolf amp Co Boston 3149 725 3 19 142 189 50 21 0 29
Baker Newman amp Noyes Portland Maine 2770 NC 4 30 121 182 48 40 12 0
Feeley amp Driscoll Boston 2422 302 1 12 66 103 61 29 10 0
DiCicco Gulman amp Co Woburn Mass 1800 588 2 14 65 97 42 43 15 0
Alexander Aronson Finningdagger Westborough Mass 1769 249 5 18 NA NA NA NA NA NA
Whittlesey amp Hadley Hartford Ct 1570 753 1 15 83 105 60 20 20 0
Gray Gray amp Gray Westwood Mass 1380 222 3 8 64 86 45 35 20 0Edelstein amp Co Boston 1360 1826 1 9 45 64 21 54 0 25
Macdonald Page amp Co South Portland Maine 1300 442 3 21 75 112 42 31 13 14
OrsquoConnor amp Drew Braintree Mass 1200 2000 2 15 60 87 81 17 0 2
Melanson Heath amp Co Nashua NH 1048 264 5 9 66 88 74 22 2 2
Meyers Brothers Kalicka Holyoke Mass 1040 612 1 7 40 59 47 39 4 10
DiSanto Priest amp Co Warwick RI 959 435 1 8 37 57 39 55 6 0
Gallagher Flynn amp Co South Burlington Vt 920 -316 2 10 NA 75 NA NA NA NA
Notes Firm estimate or projection dagger Accounting Today estimate NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms New EnglandConnecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island and Vermont
Revenue $36661 million up 949
After a lackluster 2012 things picked up significantly for the region in 2013 MampA played a major part with firms of all
sizes getting into local and regional hookups and large firms like Connecticutrsquos BlumShapiro and Rhode Islandrsquos Kahn
Litwin Renza amp Co leading the way Going forward it will reshape the list in other ways following the January 2014
merger of Massachusetts Regional Leader Braver PC into Top 100 Firm Marcum LLP
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Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
CohnReznick New York City 50800 410 24 274 1716 2521 52 33 6 9
Marcum New York City 35010 2708 17 160 844 1300 45 36 7 12
EisnerAmper New York City 27690 779 9 177 976 1185 56 35 9 0
Rothstein Kass Roseland NJ 20200 688 8 76 780 1002 60 35 5 0
ParenteBeard Philadelphia 15800 -651 18 116 544 861 53 31 16 0
Citrin Cooperman amp Co New York City 14300 1440 5 120 302 503 47 37 8 8
WeiserMazars New York City 14240 772 6 104 393 625 47 39 14 0
Berdon New York City 10100 391 2 39 334 398 33 40 27 0
OrsquoConnor Davies New York City 9950 1888 7 82 340 501 65 21 14 0
Marks Paneth New York City 9800 1264 3 64 390 539 63 27 3 7
WithumSmith+Brown Princeton NJ 9698 931 12 77 258 431 37 37 2 24
Anchin Block amp Anchin New York City 9300 NC 1 56 215 354 44 43 13 0
Friedman New York City 7250 821 6 57 244 349 60 35 5 0
The Bonadio Group Pittsford NY 6629 2231 11 61 352 470 48 21 13 18
Schneider Downs Pittsburgh 5756 407 2 36 284 354 45 35 20 0
Reinsel Kuntz Lesher Lancaster Pa 4521 2183 4 39 228 300 33 35 10 22
Freed Maxick CPAs Buffalo NY 4150 964 4 35 203 283 36 37 27 0
Raich Ende Malter amp Co New York City 4100 789 5 33 120 191 40 60 0 0
Grassi amp Co New York City 4095 500 2 23 136 197 48 41 9 2
Margolin Winer amp Evens Garden City NY 4000 256 2 25 167 207 60 30 10 0
Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin amp Co New York City 4000 -1837 3 24 106 165 46 46 8 0
Prager Metis International New York City 3599 1659 7 30 129 199 30 45 25 0
Wiss amp Co Livingston NJ 3300 377 4 28 114 172 56 32 0 12Kreischer Miller Horsham Pa 2950 1078 1 16 137 183 46 36 11 7
Perelson Weiner New York City 1950 NA 1 8 45 70 40 50 10 0
Janover Garden City NY 1944 NA 2 13 78 108 30 62 5 3
Untracht Early Florham Park NJ 1900 544 3 8 79 102 29 64 4 3
Gettry Marcus CPA Woodbury NY 1700 303 2 16 47 81 48 35 0 17
Buchbinder Tunick amp Co New York City 1600 NC 2 18 53 90 50 25 15 10
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms Mid-AtlanticNew Jersey New York and Pennsylvania
Revenue $290332 million up 831
The Mid-Atlantic continues to post generally strong results helped by the strength of many of the industries its firms
serve particularly in the financial services and financial institutions areas It also remains a seedbed for new and grow-
ing firms like new Top 100 entry Prager Metis International and new Regional Leaders Perelson Weiner Janover Un-tracht Early and Buchbinder Tunick
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regional leaders
Where the growth is Pt 1Average firm growth rate in percent by region
Mid-Atlantic
GreatLakes
West Midwest CapitalRegion
SoutheastGulf Coast
Southwest NewEngland
Mountain0
5
10
15
20
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Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
EKSampH Denver 7046 1119 3 38 308 427 45 42 13 0
Hein amp Associates Denver 5071 445 4 33 191 266 48 47 4 1
RGL Forensics Denver 3765 606 17 23 124 190 0 0 0 100
Anderson ZurMuehlen Helena Mont 2557 277 7 27 128 204 35 38 10 17
GHP Horwath Denver 2480 -040 1 10 82 106 41 26 0 33
Anton Collins Mitchell Denver 1600 191 3 12 69 97 50 40 10 0
Tanner Salt Lake City 1430 1085 1 10 54 72 62 23 13 2
Junkermier ClarkCampanella Stevens Great Falls Mont 1420 085 7 25 69 120 39 43 7 11
Dalby Wendland amp Co Grand Junction Colo 1195 373 4 16 52 90 25 53 9 13McGee Hearne amp Paiz Cheyenne Wyo 973 485 2 9 52 70 55 38 7 0
Top Firms MountainColorado Idaho Montana Utah and Wyoming
Revenue $27537 million up 566
The region seems in some ways to have turned the corner It reported its second year in a row of respectable
growth after a few difficult years That may explain the interest from Top 100 Firms Eide Bailly in particular made
a number of acquisitions in the region particularly in the Salt Lake City area
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Weaver Fort Worth Texas 8340 1332 7 36 354 471 34 43 12 11
Whitley Penn Fort Worth Texas 5871 1984 5 38 206 294 43 43 0 14
Montgomery Coscia Greilich Plano Texas 3354 1614 2 16 203 231 28 41 24 7
Padgett Stratemann amp Co San Antonio 3007 301 2 17 127 179 51 37 12 0
REDW Albuquerque NM 2645 3352 2 17 129 181 52 24 10 14
Briggs amp Veselka Co Houston 2617 1842 2 19 151 194 41 50 8 1
PKF Texas Houston 2155 553 1 10 85 108 50 46 4 0
Cain Watters amp Associates Plano Texas 2080 930 1 7 55 108 10 15 0 75
BeachFleischman Tuscon Ariz 2030 2378 2 25 81 140 27 57 2 14
Johnson Miller amp Co CPAs Odessa Texas 1954 868 3 14 76 103 30 50 7 13
PMB Helin Donovan Austin Texas 1900 1377 8 28 88 136 55 45 0 0Lane Gorman Trubitt Dallas 1900 497 1 15 62 92 57 37 0 6
Henry amp Horne Tempe Ariz 1850 571 3 14 70 102 33 58 9 0
Maxwell Locke amp Ritter Austin Texas 1834 969 2 21 61 92 38 41 0 21
TravisWolff Dallas 1830 -054 1 8 76 104 32 54 14 0
Melton amp Melton Houston 1790 770 1 14 79 103 50 50 0 0
Brown Graham amp Co Amarillo Texas 1287 404 7 23 61 113 35 50 5 10
Hartman Leito amp Bolt Fort Worth Texas 1100 -795 1 10 47 69 45 46 8 1
MaloneBailey Houston 897 -2220 2 5 31 41 98 2 0 0
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms Southwest Arizona New Mexico Oklahoma and Texas
Revenue $48441 million up 1103
As with the Gulf Coast booming revenues from oil and gas no doubt played a part in the
Southwestrsquos strong performance this year (the third best of the regions) with many of the
largest firms recording growth in energy and related services Wersquore also happy to note a
number of new Regional Leaders including Planorsquos Montgomery Coscia Greilich (which also
joined the T100) Houstonrsquos Melton amp Melton and Amarillorsquos Brown Graham amp Co
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regional leaders
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Moss Adams Seattle 40300 1715 22 263 1340 2072 45 38 17 0
Armanino San Ramon Calif 11284 1311 5 37 301 394 21 26 49 4
Novogradac amp Co San Francisco 9248 1003 15 35 311 408 59 27 2 12
Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt W Los Angeles Calif 8692 1724 8 36 263 362 18 76 0 6
Burr Pilger Mayer Inc San Francisco 6850 -087 6 40 225 330 38 50 12 0
Frank Rimerman + Co Palo Alto Calif 6120 1233 5 21 229 267 27 62 11 0
Nigro Karlin Segal Feldstein amp Bolno Los Angeles 5608 1167 2 21 262 314 17 17 2 64
Squar Milner Newport Beach Calif 4530 295 4 22 171 229 40 53 0 7SingerLewak Los Angeles 3850 -080 6 33 NA NA NA NA NA NA
AKT CPAs Salem Ore 3824 1039 6 15 176 235 28 33 11 28
Miller Kaplan Arase North Hollywood Calif 3800 270 5 24 117 175 58 17 17 8
Gallina Roseville Calif 3639 505 9 26 155 226 45 52 3 0
Seiler Redwood City Calif 3610 587 2 11 116 152 10 75 0 15
Macias Gini amp OrsquoConnell Sacramento Calif 3340 -773 9 10 164 258 63 12 7 18
Vavrinek Trine Day amp Codagger Rancho Cucamonga Calif 3231 199 7 33 NA 200 NA NA NA NA
Clark Nuber Bellevue Wash 3096 614 1 18 119 168 49 48 0 3
Gursey | Schneider Los Angeles 2820 682 3 10 85 129 0 30 0 70
RBZ Los Angeles 2800 1327 1 14 89 136 17 52 17 14
Hutchinson and Bloodgood Glendale Calif 2543 1559 4 33 58 115 38 46 16 0
Windes Inc Long Beach Calif 2361 -215 3 16 76 121 44 46 4 6
Green Hasson Janks Los Angeles 2310 500 1 13 88 116 32 33 13 22
Hemming Morse San Francisco 2069 827 7 13 76 96 33 0 0 67Perkins amp Co Portland Ore 2017 1034 2 19 87 132 27 40 24 9
Matson amp Isom Chico Calif 1768 400 4 21 81 128 41 46 5 8
Gumbiner Savett Santa Monica Calif 1728 601 1 10 80 110 40 50 8 2
Peterson Sullivan Seattle 1646 457 1 13 84 97 52 47 1 0
Sensiba San Filippo Pleasanton Calif 1620 588 4 14 61 103 NA NA NA NA
NSBN Beverly Hills Calif 1500 1111 1 13 53 74 35 49 5 11
Notes Firm estimate or projection dagger Accounting Today estimate NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms WestCalifornia Nevada Oregon and Washington
Revenue $146204 million up 989
Growth is spread a little more evenly among the firms in the West this year with strong rates at the top firms but equally
good performances scattered up and down the range While some of the other regions saw re-arrangements and even
shortenings of their rosters due to mergers and acquisitions firm combinations didnrsquot change the list for the West muchat all In fact the list itself grew a little longer with the addition of new Regional Leaders Perkins amp Co in Portland Ore
Peterson Sullivan in Seattle and NSBN in Beverly Hills
Where the money isCombined 2013 revenues in millions of dollars by region
Mid-Atlantic
GreatLakes
West Midwest CapitalRegion
Southeast Gulf Coast
Southwest NewEngland
Mountain0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
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AKT CPAs Acquired firm with a dental
professional practice
Anchin Block amp Anchin In February
2013 lost $50 million judgment to author Pa-
tricia Cornwell over financial management
Armanino In January 2013 rebranded
from Armanino McKenna Launched business
intelligence dashboard for private schools
and Dynamic Insights BI tool Acquired Dy-
namics VAR Rose Business Solutions
Aronson Organized two new service
groups IT audit and wealth management
consulting for choosing and assessing advi-
sor performance Baker Tilly Virchow Krause In June 2013
acquired New York-based Top 100 Firm Holtz
Rubenstein Reminick Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
BDO In June 2013 acquired Alaska-based
Mikunda Cottrell and Minneapolis-based
Moquist Thorvilson Kaufmann and brought
on members of banking practice of T100
Firm ParenteBeard In August expanded in
San Antonio by adding some partners and
staff from TravisWolff In December acquired
Pittsburgh T100 Firm Alpern Rosenthal
Berdon Joined TIAG alliance Expanded
use of CRM system and instituted Best Place
to Work Committee to propose community
social and charitable initiatives for the firm
In November 2013 merged with Northport
NY-based Beck amp Co
Berkowitz Pollack Brant Expanded stra-
tegic planning task force to include ldquoup and
comersrdquo Began celebrating its 35th anniver-
sary Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best
Firm to Work For
BerryDunn Grew revenue by over 7 per-
cent and overall staff by over 10 percent
BKD In 2013 marked its 90th anniver-
sary Opened offices in Des Moines Iowa
and Nashville Tenn In September acquired
Pittsburgh-based Malin Bergquist
Blue amp Co All figures are Accounting To-
day estimates
BlumShapiro Merged with Newton
Mass-based Friedman Suvalle amp Salomon
Added a dedicated hospitality group
The Bonadio Group In April 2013 merged
in Rutland Vt-based Independent Audit As-
sociates In September merged in Buffalo
NY-based Gaines Kriner Elliott In Novem-
ber merged in Albany NY-based Stulmaker
Kohn amp Richardson Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Burr Pilger Mayer Inc In January 2013
named new CEO In November opened new
office in Napa Valley
Carr Riggs amp Ingram In January 2013merged in Atlanta-based Peterson Coleman
amp Marett In July merged with North Caro-
lina-based accounting firm Pittard Perry amp
Crone Inc In August merged in Atlanta-
based Laney Boteler amp Killinger In Septem-
ber merged in Texas Regional Leader Gainer
Donnelly
CBIZ Mayer Hoffman McCann In No-
vember 2013 acquired Denver-based Knight
Field Fabry In January 2013 named Chris
Spurio president of CBIZ Financial Services
In February announced acquisition of Tam-pa Bay Fla-based Lewis Birch amp Ricardo
Cherry Bekaert In January 2013 re-
branded from Cherry Bekaert amp Holland
Formed benefits consulting group expanded
international tax team and advisory services
Citrin Cooperman amp Co In November
2013 merged in Leon M Reimer amp Co
Clark Schaefer Hackett amp Co Marked its
75th anniversary Having ldquoactive discussionsrdquo
on acquisitions
CliftonLarsonAllen Sold health care reg-ulatory and compliance group
Cohen amp Co Divested nearly $10 mil-
lion in business during the year that was not
meeting growth and profitability expecta-
tions Implemented a second tier of owner-
ship Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best
Firm to Work For
CohnReznick Named first national direc-
firm highlights
2014 firm highlightstor of governmental affairs Relocated offices
in Chicago Los Angeles and Austin Texas
Crowe Horwath In August 2013 acquired
a majority interest in Missouri-based Chan
Healthcare Integrated staff and acquired in-
tellectual property of ExtOrg In November
named its first chief innovation officer
Deloitte in January 2014 acquired sub-
stantially all of the business of strategy con-
sulting firm the Monitor Group In June ac-
quired investment bank McColl Partners In
July acquired SAP consulting firm Quattro
Integration Group In September acquired
TMA Construction Consultants In October
acquired substantially all of the assets of digi-
tal and social media agency Banyan Branch
In October agreed to pay $2 million to settle
charges with the PCAOB for violating Sar-
banes-Oxley Act and PCAOB rules In No-
vember launched CloudMix a preconfigured
mixture of cloud applications from different
vendors for clients
Dixon Hughes Goodman In June 2013
added Crossfire Advisory to its national health
care practice
Doeren Mayhew Grew revenue over 16
percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash international tax Fastest growing client
category mdash manufacturing
Eide Bailly In May 2013 installed new
CEO In June and August merged in two Salt
Lake City CPA firms Lake Hill amp Myers and
Hansen Barnett amp Maxwell In November
2013 acquired Denver NetSuite solutions pro-
vider Next Business Systems In December
launched private insurance exchange
EisnerAmper Had an ldquooutstandingrdquo year
Added several new services including CFO
outsourcing human capital cloud technol-
ogy and family office services
EKSampH Rebranded from Ehrhardt KeefeSteiner amp Hottman Saw revenue growth of
over 11 percent
Elliott Davis In April merged in Raleigh
NC-based Lunsford amp Strickland Relocated
office from Galax Va to Richmond Hired a
corporate strategies officer
Ernst amp Young In March paid $123 million
to resolve a federal tax shelter investigation
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In June launched EYTaxSpace Powered by
Thomson Reuters for corporate tax clients
In August donated its archives going back to
the early 1900s to Case Western Reserve Uni-
versity In December agreed to pay investors
$99 million to settle litigation over LehmanBrothers audit and acquired the US tax
preparation and court accounting outsourc-
ing businesses of Thomson Reuters
Frank Rimerman + Co Saw revenue
growth of over 12 percent
Frazier amp Deeter Saw revenue growth of
over 20 percent
Freed Maxick Saw revenue growth of over
9 percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash health care Fastest growing client cat-
egory mdash consulting
Friedman Saw revenue growth of over
8 percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash international tax Fastest growing client
category mdash real estate Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Gallina Expanded service lines including
international tax state and local tax and es-
tate trust retirement and succession services
Hired a director of recruitment and develop-
ment Joined TIAG alliance In February 2014
acquired Mercer Island Wash-based Tuef-
fers Guckian amp Gamon
Grant Thornton Redesigned external
Web site Hired a chief people and culture
officer In September 2013 acquired Oracle
Solutions business unit MarketSphere In No-
vember extended tenure of current CEO
Grassi amp Co In May 2013 added in David
C Sobel CPA and his staff In December
launched Grassi Technology Consultants
Habif Arogeti amp Wynne In May merged
in boutique tax consulting firm JRZ Launched
efforts to ldquodefine refine and embrace the
firmrsquos culturerdquo Hein amp Associates Expanded cloud solu-
tions service line Saw staff growth of over 11
percent
Hill Barth amp King Launched HbK Corpo-
rate Finance division Created new Web site
and YouTube channel In November 2013
merged in Lawrenceville NJ-based Bartolo-
mei Pucciarelli CPAs
Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt Saw ldquosig-
nificant growthrdquo in MampA private equity pro-
fessional services international tax and en-
tertainment practices Launched a business
development training program
Honkamp Krueger amp Co In Augustmerged in Madison Wis-based The Brem-
ser Group In October opened practice in
Davenport Iowa Added medical practice
consulting and talent outsourcing to its ser-
vices list
Horne Saw overall staff growth of over 11
percent Named an Accounting Today 2013
Best Firm to Work For
Joseph Decosimo amp Co In March 2013
acquired Huntsville Ala-based cost account-
ing and federal compliance solutions group
Solvability In December merged in Larry
Hyatt amp Associates
Kahn Litwin Renza amp Co In January
2013 merged with Waltham Mass-based Fay
amp Associates In May opened KLR Emerging
Business Center to offer co-working office
space to start-ups
Katz Sapper amp Miller Saw revenue
growth of over 7 percent and overall staff
growth of over 9 percent
Kaufman Rossin Group Saw revenue
growth of over 18 percent Named the No1 Accounting Today 2013 Best Firm to Work
For in the Large Firm Category for the third
year in a row
Kearney amp Co Saw staff growth of over
2 percent
Kemper Fastest growing service area mdash
investment advisory services
Kennedy and Coe Installed new CEO
KPMG Completed acquisition of Ora-
cle ERP practice of The Hackett Group
Launched alliance-based offering in indirect
tax with Thomson Reuters In May 2013
agreed with Fannie Mae to pay $153 million
to settle class-action suit over Fannie Mae
audit In July launched market alliance with
cloud-based procurement solution provider
Coupa Software In September Denver office
achieved LEED-CI certification In Decem-
ber announced plans to acquire analytical
applications company Link Analytics In Jan-
uary 2014 agreed to pay $82 million to settle
SEC charges over auditor independence
Lattimore Black Morgan amp Cain Re-
ported organic growth of over 9 percent
across all service lines Added a health care
consulting company
Macias Gini amp OrsquoConnell Saw overall staff
growth of over 7 percent
Marcum In January 2013 merged in
Massachusetts-based Parent McLaughlin amp
Nangle In April merged in Cornerstone Ac-
counting Group In July merged in Irvine
Calif-based WilsonMorgan In January 2014
merged in three units of New England Re-
gional Leader Braver
Margolin Winer amp Evens Saw revenue
growth of over 2 percent
Marks Paneth Rebranded from Marks
Paneth amp Shron In February 2013 merged
in New York City-based Rosenberg Neuwirth
amp Kuchner
Mauldin amp Jenkins In June acquired Ten-
nessee-based Hazlett Lewis amp Bieter
MBAF CPAs Worked to achieve ldquogreater
consolidation of the Northeast Region op-
erations with the rest of the firmrdquo Enhanced
cross-utilization of staff and skills among
various regions Designed and implemented
cost controls
McGladrey In August launched a strat-
egy to serve middle-market companies Late
in 2013 acquired Wilmington NC-Lanier
Whaley Craft amp Co and Houston-based
Margolis Phipps amp Wright
Miller Kaplan Arase Appointed a new
managing partner Expanded Seattle office
Saw ldquosignificant growthrdquo in business manage-
ment and entertainment group
Montgomery Coscia Greilich New to the
list In March 2013 joined the Alliott Group
alliance In May opened new office in AustinTexas In June launched strategy and man-
agement consulting practice In September
marked 10th anniversary
Moss Adams Marked its 100th anniver-
sary Installed new chairmanCEO
Mountjoy Chilton Medley Transitioned
in operations of Jeffersonville Ind-based
firm Expanded Cincinnati office Saw ldquostrong
firm highlights
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increaserdquo in regulated industry work such as
insurance financial institutions and health
care In December 2013 launched IT consult-
ing amp strategy services
Nigro Karlin Segal Feldstein amp Bolno
Changed name from Nigro Karlin Segal ampFeldstein Sold a 245 percent minority stake
in the firm to First Republic Bank
Novogradac amp Co Saw revenue growth of
over 10 percent
OrsquoConnor Davies In October announced
merger with Cranford NJ-based Fazio Man-
nuzza Roche Tankel LaPilusa In January
2014 merged with New York City-based Mer-
sel Klein amp Co
ParenteBeard In January 2013 merged
in Connecticut-based health care manage-
ment consulting firm Presscott Associates In
November closed its technology practice In
February 2014 added team members from
insurance consulting firm Invotex
Plante Moran In April 2013 launched
Women in Leadership initiative In July
launched a Web site offering ACA guidance
In November opened an office in Detroit
Postlethwaite amp Netterville Implement-
ed a formal shareholder evaluation process
a formal pipeline process a business de-
velopment training curriculum and growthmanagement software
Prager Metis International New to the
list Formed from January 2013 merger of
Prager amp Fenton and Metis Group Added a
number of new service lines including SALT
cost segregation and research tax incentives
PwC In July 2013 reshuffled US leader-
ship team In October announced plans to
merge in consulting firm Booz amp Co
Raffa In November 2013 launched Raffa
Nonprofit Fraud Prevention Institute
Raich Ende Malter In March 2013 estab-
lished Raich Ende Malter (Cayman)
Rehmann Saw revenue growth of over 15
percent
Reinsel Kuntz Lesher Saw growth in rev-
enue of over 21 percent
RGL Forensics Opened an office in San-
tiago Chile Introduced registered broker-
dealer RGL Advisors to offer MampA transac-
tion advisory services in the US
Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin amp Co
Fastest growing specialty service mdash large
private equity transactions Fastest growing
client category mdash private equity companies
Rothstein Kass Saw revenue growth of
almost 7 percent
RubinBrown Launched national prac-
tices to serve private equity firms and gaming
companies
SCampH Group Inc Joined firm network
Moore Stephens Fastest growing specialty
service mdash technology consulting Fastest
growing client category mdash health care
Schenck In January 2013 acquired ma-
jority stake in Milwaukee-based Bonfield amp
Co Installed new MP and CFO Changed
practice management system
Schneider Downs Relocated corporate
headquarters within Pittsburgh
Seiler Share of revenue derived from tax
increased from 70 to 75 percent
Sikich In January 2013 merged in Il-
linois-based supply chain consulting firm
Achieve Consulting In August announced
merger with Brookfield Wis firm Kolb+Co
In September merged in St Louis-based
OrsquoDonnell Bonebrake amp Co Also mergedin S2 Consulting and PKF Texas Technology
Added eight services PR insurance lean
back office business intelligence SALT and
international tax Restructured executive and
compensation committees Revised partner
compensation plan
SingerLewak In January 2013 merged in
San Francisco office of Acquavell Chiarelli
Shuster Berkower amp Co
Skoda Minotti amp Co New to the list
In May 2013 merged Skoda Minotti Technol-
ogy Partners with Westlake Ohio-based Da-taServ In June 2013 merged in Tampa Fla-
based Dowell amp Perez In August merged
in Tampa-based national assurance solu-
tions and compliance company Assurance
Concepts
Squar Milner ldquoSignificantly expandingrdquo
Los Angeles offices
SSampG In May 2013 named new CEO Saw
revenue growth of almost 14 percent
SVA CPAs In June 2013 installed new
CEO In January 2014 merged in Wisconsin-
based practice of William P Merrick CPA
UHY Advisors Inc Saw overall staff
growth of over 10 percent
Vavrinek Trine Day amp Co All figures are
Accounting Today estimates
Warren Averett In January 2013 merged
in Atlanta-based Gifford Hillegass amp Ingwers-
en and Tampa Fla-based Pender Newkirk
Rebranded firm with new visual identity
Developed new and expanded services in
SALT business valuation forensic account-
ing and litigation support health care reform
economic settlement claims processing and
alternative investments
Watkins Meegan Expanded hospitality
practice and increased government contract-
ing practice Started health care consulting
practice Hired business developmentmar-
keting director
Weaver Saw revenue growth of over 13
percent and growth in all four of its largest
niches mdash energy financial services the pub-
lic sector and manufacturing In February
2014 merged in Connecticut-based RIN At-
test and Advisory Services
WeiserMazarsIn November 2013 merged
in New York-based Resnick Druckman Group
Expanded health care consulting group
Whitley Penn Expanded transaction ser-
vices practice and forensic litigation and
valuation services statewide Named an Ac-
counting Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Wipfli Formalized fresh-water industry
services opened office in Milwaukeersquos Global
Water Center Launched Wipfli Connect for
Manufacturing software solution In January
2014 merged in Tinley Park Ill-based The
Condon Group and Chicago-based practiceRegulatory Compliance Associates Inc
Wiss amp Co More than half of revenues (56
percent) derived from AampA services
WithumSmith+Brown Consolidated two
New Jersey offices Invested in international
tax practice and financial services practice
Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best Firm
to Work For
firm highlights
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Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
CohnReznick New York City 50800 410 24 274 1716 2521 52 33 6 9
Marcum New York City 35010 2708 17 160 844 1300 45 36 7 12
EisnerAmper New York City 27690 779 9 177 976 1185 56 35 9 0
Rothstein Kass Roseland NJ 20200 688 8 76 780 1002 60 35 5 0
ParenteBeard Philadelphia 15800 -651 18 116 544 861 53 31 16 0
Citrin Cooperman amp Co New York City 14300 1440 5 120 302 503 47 37 8 8
WeiserMazars New York City 14240 772 6 104 393 625 47 39 14 0
Berdon New York City 10100 391 2 39 334 398 33 40 27 0
OrsquoConnor Davies New York City 9950 1888 7 82 340 501 65 21 14 0
Marks Paneth New York City 9800 1264 3 64 390 539 63 27 3 7
WithumSmith+Brown Princeton NJ 9698 931 12 77 258 431 37 37 2 24
Anchin Block amp Anchin New York City 9300 NC 1 56 215 354 44 43 13 0
Friedman New York City 7250 821 6 57 244 349 60 35 5 0
The Bonadio Group Pittsford NY 6629 2231 11 61 352 470 48 21 13 18
Schneider Downs Pittsburgh 5756 407 2 36 284 354 45 35 20 0
Reinsel Kuntz Lesher Lancaster Pa 4521 2183 4 39 228 300 33 35 10 22
Freed Maxick CPAs Buffalo NY 4150 964 4 35 203 283 36 37 27 0
Raich Ende Malter amp Co New York City 4100 789 5 33 120 191 40 60 0 0
Grassi amp Co New York City 4095 500 2 23 136 197 48 41 9 2
Margolin Winer amp Evens Garden City NY 4000 256 2 25 167 207 60 30 10 0
Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin amp Co New York City 4000 -1837 3 24 106 165 46 46 8 0
Prager Metis International New York City 3599 1659 7 30 129 199 30 45 25 0
Wiss amp Co Livingston NJ 3300 377 4 28 114 172 56 32 0 12Kreischer Miller Horsham Pa 2950 1078 1 16 137 183 46 36 11 7
Perelson Weiner New York City 1950 NA 1 8 45 70 40 50 10 0
Janover Garden City NY 1944 NA 2 13 78 108 30 62 5 3
Untracht Early Florham Park NJ 1900 544 3 8 79 102 29 64 4 3
Gettry Marcus CPA Woodbury NY 1700 303 2 16 47 81 48 35 0 17
Buchbinder Tunick amp Co New York City 1600 NC 2 18 53 90 50 25 15 10
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms Mid-AtlanticNew Jersey New York and Pennsylvania
Revenue $290332 million up 831
The Mid-Atlantic continues to post generally strong results helped by the strength of many of the industries its firms
serve particularly in the financial services and financial institutions areas It also remains a seedbed for new and grow-
ing firms like new Top 100 entry Prager Metis International and new Regional Leaders Perelson Weiner Janover Un-tracht Early and Buchbinder Tunick
22
regional leaders
Where the growth is Pt 1Average firm growth rate in percent by region
Mid-Atlantic
GreatLakes
West Midwest CapitalRegion
SoutheastGulf Coast
Southwest NewEngland
Mountain0
5
10
15
20
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26
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
EKSampH Denver 7046 1119 3 38 308 427 45 42 13 0
Hein amp Associates Denver 5071 445 4 33 191 266 48 47 4 1
RGL Forensics Denver 3765 606 17 23 124 190 0 0 0 100
Anderson ZurMuehlen Helena Mont 2557 277 7 27 128 204 35 38 10 17
GHP Horwath Denver 2480 -040 1 10 82 106 41 26 0 33
Anton Collins Mitchell Denver 1600 191 3 12 69 97 50 40 10 0
Tanner Salt Lake City 1430 1085 1 10 54 72 62 23 13 2
Junkermier ClarkCampanella Stevens Great Falls Mont 1420 085 7 25 69 120 39 43 7 11
Dalby Wendland amp Co Grand Junction Colo 1195 373 4 16 52 90 25 53 9 13McGee Hearne amp Paiz Cheyenne Wyo 973 485 2 9 52 70 55 38 7 0
Top Firms MountainColorado Idaho Montana Utah and Wyoming
Revenue $27537 million up 566
The region seems in some ways to have turned the corner It reported its second year in a row of respectable
growth after a few difficult years That may explain the interest from Top 100 Firms Eide Bailly in particular made
a number of acquisitions in the region particularly in the Salt Lake City area
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Weaver Fort Worth Texas 8340 1332 7 36 354 471 34 43 12 11
Whitley Penn Fort Worth Texas 5871 1984 5 38 206 294 43 43 0 14
Montgomery Coscia Greilich Plano Texas 3354 1614 2 16 203 231 28 41 24 7
Padgett Stratemann amp Co San Antonio 3007 301 2 17 127 179 51 37 12 0
REDW Albuquerque NM 2645 3352 2 17 129 181 52 24 10 14
Briggs amp Veselka Co Houston 2617 1842 2 19 151 194 41 50 8 1
PKF Texas Houston 2155 553 1 10 85 108 50 46 4 0
Cain Watters amp Associates Plano Texas 2080 930 1 7 55 108 10 15 0 75
BeachFleischman Tuscon Ariz 2030 2378 2 25 81 140 27 57 2 14
Johnson Miller amp Co CPAs Odessa Texas 1954 868 3 14 76 103 30 50 7 13
PMB Helin Donovan Austin Texas 1900 1377 8 28 88 136 55 45 0 0Lane Gorman Trubitt Dallas 1900 497 1 15 62 92 57 37 0 6
Henry amp Horne Tempe Ariz 1850 571 3 14 70 102 33 58 9 0
Maxwell Locke amp Ritter Austin Texas 1834 969 2 21 61 92 38 41 0 21
TravisWolff Dallas 1830 -054 1 8 76 104 32 54 14 0
Melton amp Melton Houston 1790 770 1 14 79 103 50 50 0 0
Brown Graham amp Co Amarillo Texas 1287 404 7 23 61 113 35 50 5 10
Hartman Leito amp Bolt Fort Worth Texas 1100 -795 1 10 47 69 45 46 8 1
MaloneBailey Houston 897 -2220 2 5 31 41 98 2 0 0
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms Southwest Arizona New Mexico Oklahoma and Texas
Revenue $48441 million up 1103
As with the Gulf Coast booming revenues from oil and gas no doubt played a part in the
Southwestrsquos strong performance this year (the third best of the regions) with many of the
largest firms recording growth in energy and related services Wersquore also happy to note a
number of new Regional Leaders including Planorsquos Montgomery Coscia Greilich (which also
joined the T100) Houstonrsquos Melton amp Melton and Amarillorsquos Brown Graham amp Co
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regional leaders
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Moss Adams Seattle 40300 1715 22 263 1340 2072 45 38 17 0
Armanino San Ramon Calif 11284 1311 5 37 301 394 21 26 49 4
Novogradac amp Co San Francisco 9248 1003 15 35 311 408 59 27 2 12
Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt W Los Angeles Calif 8692 1724 8 36 263 362 18 76 0 6
Burr Pilger Mayer Inc San Francisco 6850 -087 6 40 225 330 38 50 12 0
Frank Rimerman + Co Palo Alto Calif 6120 1233 5 21 229 267 27 62 11 0
Nigro Karlin Segal Feldstein amp Bolno Los Angeles 5608 1167 2 21 262 314 17 17 2 64
Squar Milner Newport Beach Calif 4530 295 4 22 171 229 40 53 0 7SingerLewak Los Angeles 3850 -080 6 33 NA NA NA NA NA NA
AKT CPAs Salem Ore 3824 1039 6 15 176 235 28 33 11 28
Miller Kaplan Arase North Hollywood Calif 3800 270 5 24 117 175 58 17 17 8
Gallina Roseville Calif 3639 505 9 26 155 226 45 52 3 0
Seiler Redwood City Calif 3610 587 2 11 116 152 10 75 0 15
Macias Gini amp OrsquoConnell Sacramento Calif 3340 -773 9 10 164 258 63 12 7 18
Vavrinek Trine Day amp Codagger Rancho Cucamonga Calif 3231 199 7 33 NA 200 NA NA NA NA
Clark Nuber Bellevue Wash 3096 614 1 18 119 168 49 48 0 3
Gursey | Schneider Los Angeles 2820 682 3 10 85 129 0 30 0 70
RBZ Los Angeles 2800 1327 1 14 89 136 17 52 17 14
Hutchinson and Bloodgood Glendale Calif 2543 1559 4 33 58 115 38 46 16 0
Windes Inc Long Beach Calif 2361 -215 3 16 76 121 44 46 4 6
Green Hasson Janks Los Angeles 2310 500 1 13 88 116 32 33 13 22
Hemming Morse San Francisco 2069 827 7 13 76 96 33 0 0 67Perkins amp Co Portland Ore 2017 1034 2 19 87 132 27 40 24 9
Matson amp Isom Chico Calif 1768 400 4 21 81 128 41 46 5 8
Gumbiner Savett Santa Monica Calif 1728 601 1 10 80 110 40 50 8 2
Peterson Sullivan Seattle 1646 457 1 13 84 97 52 47 1 0
Sensiba San Filippo Pleasanton Calif 1620 588 4 14 61 103 NA NA NA NA
NSBN Beverly Hills Calif 1500 1111 1 13 53 74 35 49 5 11
Notes Firm estimate or projection dagger Accounting Today estimate NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms WestCalifornia Nevada Oregon and Washington
Revenue $146204 million up 989
Growth is spread a little more evenly among the firms in the West this year with strong rates at the top firms but equally
good performances scattered up and down the range While some of the other regions saw re-arrangements and even
shortenings of their rosters due to mergers and acquisitions firm combinations didnrsquot change the list for the West muchat all In fact the list itself grew a little longer with the addition of new Regional Leaders Perkins amp Co in Portland Ore
Peterson Sullivan in Seattle and NSBN in Beverly Hills
Where the money isCombined 2013 revenues in millions of dollars by region
Mid-Atlantic
GreatLakes
West Midwest CapitalRegion
Southeast Gulf Coast
Southwest NewEngland
Mountain0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
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AKT CPAs Acquired firm with a dental
professional practice
Anchin Block amp Anchin In February
2013 lost $50 million judgment to author Pa-
tricia Cornwell over financial management
Armanino In January 2013 rebranded
from Armanino McKenna Launched business
intelligence dashboard for private schools
and Dynamic Insights BI tool Acquired Dy-
namics VAR Rose Business Solutions
Aronson Organized two new service
groups IT audit and wealth management
consulting for choosing and assessing advi-
sor performance Baker Tilly Virchow Krause In June 2013
acquired New York-based Top 100 Firm Holtz
Rubenstein Reminick Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
BDO In June 2013 acquired Alaska-based
Mikunda Cottrell and Minneapolis-based
Moquist Thorvilson Kaufmann and brought
on members of banking practice of T100
Firm ParenteBeard In August expanded in
San Antonio by adding some partners and
staff from TravisWolff In December acquired
Pittsburgh T100 Firm Alpern Rosenthal
Berdon Joined TIAG alliance Expanded
use of CRM system and instituted Best Place
to Work Committee to propose community
social and charitable initiatives for the firm
In November 2013 merged with Northport
NY-based Beck amp Co
Berkowitz Pollack Brant Expanded stra-
tegic planning task force to include ldquoup and
comersrdquo Began celebrating its 35th anniver-
sary Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best
Firm to Work For
BerryDunn Grew revenue by over 7 per-
cent and overall staff by over 10 percent
BKD In 2013 marked its 90th anniver-
sary Opened offices in Des Moines Iowa
and Nashville Tenn In September acquired
Pittsburgh-based Malin Bergquist
Blue amp Co All figures are Accounting To-
day estimates
BlumShapiro Merged with Newton
Mass-based Friedman Suvalle amp Salomon
Added a dedicated hospitality group
The Bonadio Group In April 2013 merged
in Rutland Vt-based Independent Audit As-
sociates In September merged in Buffalo
NY-based Gaines Kriner Elliott In Novem-
ber merged in Albany NY-based Stulmaker
Kohn amp Richardson Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Burr Pilger Mayer Inc In January 2013
named new CEO In November opened new
office in Napa Valley
Carr Riggs amp Ingram In January 2013merged in Atlanta-based Peterson Coleman
amp Marett In July merged with North Caro-
lina-based accounting firm Pittard Perry amp
Crone Inc In August merged in Atlanta-
based Laney Boteler amp Killinger In Septem-
ber merged in Texas Regional Leader Gainer
Donnelly
CBIZ Mayer Hoffman McCann In No-
vember 2013 acquired Denver-based Knight
Field Fabry In January 2013 named Chris
Spurio president of CBIZ Financial Services
In February announced acquisition of Tam-pa Bay Fla-based Lewis Birch amp Ricardo
Cherry Bekaert In January 2013 re-
branded from Cherry Bekaert amp Holland
Formed benefits consulting group expanded
international tax team and advisory services
Citrin Cooperman amp Co In November
2013 merged in Leon M Reimer amp Co
Clark Schaefer Hackett amp Co Marked its
75th anniversary Having ldquoactive discussionsrdquo
on acquisitions
CliftonLarsonAllen Sold health care reg-ulatory and compliance group
Cohen amp Co Divested nearly $10 mil-
lion in business during the year that was not
meeting growth and profitability expecta-
tions Implemented a second tier of owner-
ship Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best
Firm to Work For
CohnReznick Named first national direc-
firm highlights
2014 firm highlightstor of governmental affairs Relocated offices
in Chicago Los Angeles and Austin Texas
Crowe Horwath In August 2013 acquired
a majority interest in Missouri-based Chan
Healthcare Integrated staff and acquired in-
tellectual property of ExtOrg In November
named its first chief innovation officer
Deloitte in January 2014 acquired sub-
stantially all of the business of strategy con-
sulting firm the Monitor Group In June ac-
quired investment bank McColl Partners In
July acquired SAP consulting firm Quattro
Integration Group In September acquired
TMA Construction Consultants In October
acquired substantially all of the assets of digi-
tal and social media agency Banyan Branch
In October agreed to pay $2 million to settle
charges with the PCAOB for violating Sar-
banes-Oxley Act and PCAOB rules In No-
vember launched CloudMix a preconfigured
mixture of cloud applications from different
vendors for clients
Dixon Hughes Goodman In June 2013
added Crossfire Advisory to its national health
care practice
Doeren Mayhew Grew revenue over 16
percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash international tax Fastest growing client
category mdash manufacturing
Eide Bailly In May 2013 installed new
CEO In June and August merged in two Salt
Lake City CPA firms Lake Hill amp Myers and
Hansen Barnett amp Maxwell In November
2013 acquired Denver NetSuite solutions pro-
vider Next Business Systems In December
launched private insurance exchange
EisnerAmper Had an ldquooutstandingrdquo year
Added several new services including CFO
outsourcing human capital cloud technol-
ogy and family office services
EKSampH Rebranded from Ehrhardt KeefeSteiner amp Hottman Saw revenue growth of
over 11 percent
Elliott Davis In April merged in Raleigh
NC-based Lunsford amp Strickland Relocated
office from Galax Va to Richmond Hired a
corporate strategies officer
Ernst amp Young In March paid $123 million
to resolve a federal tax shelter investigation
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In June launched EYTaxSpace Powered by
Thomson Reuters for corporate tax clients
In August donated its archives going back to
the early 1900s to Case Western Reserve Uni-
versity In December agreed to pay investors
$99 million to settle litigation over LehmanBrothers audit and acquired the US tax
preparation and court accounting outsourc-
ing businesses of Thomson Reuters
Frank Rimerman + Co Saw revenue
growth of over 12 percent
Frazier amp Deeter Saw revenue growth of
over 20 percent
Freed Maxick Saw revenue growth of over
9 percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash health care Fastest growing client cat-
egory mdash consulting
Friedman Saw revenue growth of over
8 percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash international tax Fastest growing client
category mdash real estate Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Gallina Expanded service lines including
international tax state and local tax and es-
tate trust retirement and succession services
Hired a director of recruitment and develop-
ment Joined TIAG alliance In February 2014
acquired Mercer Island Wash-based Tuef-
fers Guckian amp Gamon
Grant Thornton Redesigned external
Web site Hired a chief people and culture
officer In September 2013 acquired Oracle
Solutions business unit MarketSphere In No-
vember extended tenure of current CEO
Grassi amp Co In May 2013 added in David
C Sobel CPA and his staff In December
launched Grassi Technology Consultants
Habif Arogeti amp Wynne In May merged
in boutique tax consulting firm JRZ Launched
efforts to ldquodefine refine and embrace the
firmrsquos culturerdquo Hein amp Associates Expanded cloud solu-
tions service line Saw staff growth of over 11
percent
Hill Barth amp King Launched HbK Corpo-
rate Finance division Created new Web site
and YouTube channel In November 2013
merged in Lawrenceville NJ-based Bartolo-
mei Pucciarelli CPAs
Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt Saw ldquosig-
nificant growthrdquo in MampA private equity pro-
fessional services international tax and en-
tertainment practices Launched a business
development training program
Honkamp Krueger amp Co In Augustmerged in Madison Wis-based The Brem-
ser Group In October opened practice in
Davenport Iowa Added medical practice
consulting and talent outsourcing to its ser-
vices list
Horne Saw overall staff growth of over 11
percent Named an Accounting Today 2013
Best Firm to Work For
Joseph Decosimo amp Co In March 2013
acquired Huntsville Ala-based cost account-
ing and federal compliance solutions group
Solvability In December merged in Larry
Hyatt amp Associates
Kahn Litwin Renza amp Co In January
2013 merged with Waltham Mass-based Fay
amp Associates In May opened KLR Emerging
Business Center to offer co-working office
space to start-ups
Katz Sapper amp Miller Saw revenue
growth of over 7 percent and overall staff
growth of over 9 percent
Kaufman Rossin Group Saw revenue
growth of over 18 percent Named the No1 Accounting Today 2013 Best Firm to Work
For in the Large Firm Category for the third
year in a row
Kearney amp Co Saw staff growth of over
2 percent
Kemper Fastest growing service area mdash
investment advisory services
Kennedy and Coe Installed new CEO
KPMG Completed acquisition of Ora-
cle ERP practice of The Hackett Group
Launched alliance-based offering in indirect
tax with Thomson Reuters In May 2013
agreed with Fannie Mae to pay $153 million
to settle class-action suit over Fannie Mae
audit In July launched market alliance with
cloud-based procurement solution provider
Coupa Software In September Denver office
achieved LEED-CI certification In Decem-
ber announced plans to acquire analytical
applications company Link Analytics In Jan-
uary 2014 agreed to pay $82 million to settle
SEC charges over auditor independence
Lattimore Black Morgan amp Cain Re-
ported organic growth of over 9 percent
across all service lines Added a health care
consulting company
Macias Gini amp OrsquoConnell Saw overall staff
growth of over 7 percent
Marcum In January 2013 merged in
Massachusetts-based Parent McLaughlin amp
Nangle In April merged in Cornerstone Ac-
counting Group In July merged in Irvine
Calif-based WilsonMorgan In January 2014
merged in three units of New England Re-
gional Leader Braver
Margolin Winer amp Evens Saw revenue
growth of over 2 percent
Marks Paneth Rebranded from Marks
Paneth amp Shron In February 2013 merged
in New York City-based Rosenberg Neuwirth
amp Kuchner
Mauldin amp Jenkins In June acquired Ten-
nessee-based Hazlett Lewis amp Bieter
MBAF CPAs Worked to achieve ldquogreater
consolidation of the Northeast Region op-
erations with the rest of the firmrdquo Enhanced
cross-utilization of staff and skills among
various regions Designed and implemented
cost controls
McGladrey In August launched a strat-
egy to serve middle-market companies Late
in 2013 acquired Wilmington NC-Lanier
Whaley Craft amp Co and Houston-based
Margolis Phipps amp Wright
Miller Kaplan Arase Appointed a new
managing partner Expanded Seattle office
Saw ldquosignificant growthrdquo in business manage-
ment and entertainment group
Montgomery Coscia Greilich New to the
list In March 2013 joined the Alliott Group
alliance In May opened new office in AustinTexas In June launched strategy and man-
agement consulting practice In September
marked 10th anniversary
Moss Adams Marked its 100th anniver-
sary Installed new chairmanCEO
Mountjoy Chilton Medley Transitioned
in operations of Jeffersonville Ind-based
firm Expanded Cincinnati office Saw ldquostrong
firm highlights
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increaserdquo in regulated industry work such as
insurance financial institutions and health
care In December 2013 launched IT consult-
ing amp strategy services
Nigro Karlin Segal Feldstein amp Bolno
Changed name from Nigro Karlin Segal ampFeldstein Sold a 245 percent minority stake
in the firm to First Republic Bank
Novogradac amp Co Saw revenue growth of
over 10 percent
OrsquoConnor Davies In October announced
merger with Cranford NJ-based Fazio Man-
nuzza Roche Tankel LaPilusa In January
2014 merged with New York City-based Mer-
sel Klein amp Co
ParenteBeard In January 2013 merged
in Connecticut-based health care manage-
ment consulting firm Presscott Associates In
November closed its technology practice In
February 2014 added team members from
insurance consulting firm Invotex
Plante Moran In April 2013 launched
Women in Leadership initiative In July
launched a Web site offering ACA guidance
In November opened an office in Detroit
Postlethwaite amp Netterville Implement-
ed a formal shareholder evaluation process
a formal pipeline process a business de-
velopment training curriculum and growthmanagement software
Prager Metis International New to the
list Formed from January 2013 merger of
Prager amp Fenton and Metis Group Added a
number of new service lines including SALT
cost segregation and research tax incentives
PwC In July 2013 reshuffled US leader-
ship team In October announced plans to
merge in consulting firm Booz amp Co
Raffa In November 2013 launched Raffa
Nonprofit Fraud Prevention Institute
Raich Ende Malter In March 2013 estab-
lished Raich Ende Malter (Cayman)
Rehmann Saw revenue growth of over 15
percent
Reinsel Kuntz Lesher Saw growth in rev-
enue of over 21 percent
RGL Forensics Opened an office in San-
tiago Chile Introduced registered broker-
dealer RGL Advisors to offer MampA transac-
tion advisory services in the US
Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin amp Co
Fastest growing specialty service mdash large
private equity transactions Fastest growing
client category mdash private equity companies
Rothstein Kass Saw revenue growth of
almost 7 percent
RubinBrown Launched national prac-
tices to serve private equity firms and gaming
companies
SCampH Group Inc Joined firm network
Moore Stephens Fastest growing specialty
service mdash technology consulting Fastest
growing client category mdash health care
Schenck In January 2013 acquired ma-
jority stake in Milwaukee-based Bonfield amp
Co Installed new MP and CFO Changed
practice management system
Schneider Downs Relocated corporate
headquarters within Pittsburgh
Seiler Share of revenue derived from tax
increased from 70 to 75 percent
Sikich In January 2013 merged in Il-
linois-based supply chain consulting firm
Achieve Consulting In August announced
merger with Brookfield Wis firm Kolb+Co
In September merged in St Louis-based
OrsquoDonnell Bonebrake amp Co Also mergedin S2 Consulting and PKF Texas Technology
Added eight services PR insurance lean
back office business intelligence SALT and
international tax Restructured executive and
compensation committees Revised partner
compensation plan
SingerLewak In January 2013 merged in
San Francisco office of Acquavell Chiarelli
Shuster Berkower amp Co
Skoda Minotti amp Co New to the list
In May 2013 merged Skoda Minotti Technol-
ogy Partners with Westlake Ohio-based Da-taServ In June 2013 merged in Tampa Fla-
based Dowell amp Perez In August merged
in Tampa-based national assurance solu-
tions and compliance company Assurance
Concepts
Squar Milner ldquoSignificantly expandingrdquo
Los Angeles offices
SSampG In May 2013 named new CEO Saw
revenue growth of almost 14 percent
SVA CPAs In June 2013 installed new
CEO In January 2014 merged in Wisconsin-
based practice of William P Merrick CPA
UHY Advisors Inc Saw overall staff
growth of over 10 percent
Vavrinek Trine Day amp Co All figures are
Accounting Today estimates
Warren Averett In January 2013 merged
in Atlanta-based Gifford Hillegass amp Ingwers-
en and Tampa Fla-based Pender Newkirk
Rebranded firm with new visual identity
Developed new and expanded services in
SALT business valuation forensic account-
ing and litigation support health care reform
economic settlement claims processing and
alternative investments
Watkins Meegan Expanded hospitality
practice and increased government contract-
ing practice Started health care consulting
practice Hired business developmentmar-
keting director
Weaver Saw revenue growth of over 13
percent and growth in all four of its largest
niches mdash energy financial services the pub-
lic sector and manufacturing In February
2014 merged in Connecticut-based RIN At-
test and Advisory Services
WeiserMazarsIn November 2013 merged
in New York-based Resnick Druckman Group
Expanded health care consulting group
Whitley Penn Expanded transaction ser-
vices practice and forensic litigation and
valuation services statewide Named an Ac-
counting Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Wipfli Formalized fresh-water industry
services opened office in Milwaukeersquos Global
Water Center Launched Wipfli Connect for
Manufacturing software solution In January
2014 merged in Tinley Park Ill-based The
Condon Group and Chicago-based practiceRegulatory Compliance Associates Inc
Wiss amp Co More than half of revenues (56
percent) derived from AampA services
WithumSmith+Brown Consolidated two
New Jersey offices Invested in international
tax practice and financial services practice
Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best Firm
to Work For
firm highlights
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regional leaders
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Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
EKSampH Denver 7046 1119 3 38 308 427 45 42 13 0
Hein amp Associates Denver 5071 445 4 33 191 266 48 47 4 1
RGL Forensics Denver 3765 606 17 23 124 190 0 0 0 100
Anderson ZurMuehlen Helena Mont 2557 277 7 27 128 204 35 38 10 17
GHP Horwath Denver 2480 -040 1 10 82 106 41 26 0 33
Anton Collins Mitchell Denver 1600 191 3 12 69 97 50 40 10 0
Tanner Salt Lake City 1430 1085 1 10 54 72 62 23 13 2
Junkermier ClarkCampanella Stevens Great Falls Mont 1420 085 7 25 69 120 39 43 7 11
Dalby Wendland amp Co Grand Junction Colo 1195 373 4 16 52 90 25 53 9 13McGee Hearne amp Paiz Cheyenne Wyo 973 485 2 9 52 70 55 38 7 0
Top Firms MountainColorado Idaho Montana Utah and Wyoming
Revenue $27537 million up 566
The region seems in some ways to have turned the corner It reported its second year in a row of respectable
growth after a few difficult years That may explain the interest from Top 100 Firms Eide Bailly in particular made
a number of acquisitions in the region particularly in the Salt Lake City area
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Weaver Fort Worth Texas 8340 1332 7 36 354 471 34 43 12 11
Whitley Penn Fort Worth Texas 5871 1984 5 38 206 294 43 43 0 14
Montgomery Coscia Greilich Plano Texas 3354 1614 2 16 203 231 28 41 24 7
Padgett Stratemann amp Co San Antonio 3007 301 2 17 127 179 51 37 12 0
REDW Albuquerque NM 2645 3352 2 17 129 181 52 24 10 14
Briggs amp Veselka Co Houston 2617 1842 2 19 151 194 41 50 8 1
PKF Texas Houston 2155 553 1 10 85 108 50 46 4 0
Cain Watters amp Associates Plano Texas 2080 930 1 7 55 108 10 15 0 75
BeachFleischman Tuscon Ariz 2030 2378 2 25 81 140 27 57 2 14
Johnson Miller amp Co CPAs Odessa Texas 1954 868 3 14 76 103 30 50 7 13
PMB Helin Donovan Austin Texas 1900 1377 8 28 88 136 55 45 0 0Lane Gorman Trubitt Dallas 1900 497 1 15 62 92 57 37 0 6
Henry amp Horne Tempe Ariz 1850 571 3 14 70 102 33 58 9 0
Maxwell Locke amp Ritter Austin Texas 1834 969 2 21 61 92 38 41 0 21
TravisWolff Dallas 1830 -054 1 8 76 104 32 54 14 0
Melton amp Melton Houston 1790 770 1 14 79 103 50 50 0 0
Brown Graham amp Co Amarillo Texas 1287 404 7 23 61 113 35 50 5 10
Hartman Leito amp Bolt Fort Worth Texas 1100 -795 1 10 47 69 45 46 8 1
MaloneBailey Houston 897 -2220 2 5 31 41 98 2 0 0
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms Southwest Arizona New Mexico Oklahoma and Texas
Revenue $48441 million up 1103
As with the Gulf Coast booming revenues from oil and gas no doubt played a part in the
Southwestrsquos strong performance this year (the third best of the regions) with many of the
largest firms recording growth in energy and related services Wersquore also happy to note a
number of new Regional Leaders including Planorsquos Montgomery Coscia Greilich (which also
joined the T100) Houstonrsquos Melton amp Melton and Amarillorsquos Brown Graham amp Co
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regional leaders
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Moss Adams Seattle 40300 1715 22 263 1340 2072 45 38 17 0
Armanino San Ramon Calif 11284 1311 5 37 301 394 21 26 49 4
Novogradac amp Co San Francisco 9248 1003 15 35 311 408 59 27 2 12
Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt W Los Angeles Calif 8692 1724 8 36 263 362 18 76 0 6
Burr Pilger Mayer Inc San Francisco 6850 -087 6 40 225 330 38 50 12 0
Frank Rimerman + Co Palo Alto Calif 6120 1233 5 21 229 267 27 62 11 0
Nigro Karlin Segal Feldstein amp Bolno Los Angeles 5608 1167 2 21 262 314 17 17 2 64
Squar Milner Newport Beach Calif 4530 295 4 22 171 229 40 53 0 7SingerLewak Los Angeles 3850 -080 6 33 NA NA NA NA NA NA
AKT CPAs Salem Ore 3824 1039 6 15 176 235 28 33 11 28
Miller Kaplan Arase North Hollywood Calif 3800 270 5 24 117 175 58 17 17 8
Gallina Roseville Calif 3639 505 9 26 155 226 45 52 3 0
Seiler Redwood City Calif 3610 587 2 11 116 152 10 75 0 15
Macias Gini amp OrsquoConnell Sacramento Calif 3340 -773 9 10 164 258 63 12 7 18
Vavrinek Trine Day amp Codagger Rancho Cucamonga Calif 3231 199 7 33 NA 200 NA NA NA NA
Clark Nuber Bellevue Wash 3096 614 1 18 119 168 49 48 0 3
Gursey | Schneider Los Angeles 2820 682 3 10 85 129 0 30 0 70
RBZ Los Angeles 2800 1327 1 14 89 136 17 52 17 14
Hutchinson and Bloodgood Glendale Calif 2543 1559 4 33 58 115 38 46 16 0
Windes Inc Long Beach Calif 2361 -215 3 16 76 121 44 46 4 6
Green Hasson Janks Los Angeles 2310 500 1 13 88 116 32 33 13 22
Hemming Morse San Francisco 2069 827 7 13 76 96 33 0 0 67Perkins amp Co Portland Ore 2017 1034 2 19 87 132 27 40 24 9
Matson amp Isom Chico Calif 1768 400 4 21 81 128 41 46 5 8
Gumbiner Savett Santa Monica Calif 1728 601 1 10 80 110 40 50 8 2
Peterson Sullivan Seattle 1646 457 1 13 84 97 52 47 1 0
Sensiba San Filippo Pleasanton Calif 1620 588 4 14 61 103 NA NA NA NA
NSBN Beverly Hills Calif 1500 1111 1 13 53 74 35 49 5 11
Notes Firm estimate or projection dagger Accounting Today estimate NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms WestCalifornia Nevada Oregon and Washington
Revenue $146204 million up 989
Growth is spread a little more evenly among the firms in the West this year with strong rates at the top firms but equally
good performances scattered up and down the range While some of the other regions saw re-arrangements and even
shortenings of their rosters due to mergers and acquisitions firm combinations didnrsquot change the list for the West muchat all In fact the list itself grew a little longer with the addition of new Regional Leaders Perkins amp Co in Portland Ore
Peterson Sullivan in Seattle and NSBN in Beverly Hills
Where the money isCombined 2013 revenues in millions of dollars by region
Mid-Atlantic
GreatLakes
West Midwest CapitalRegion
Southeast Gulf Coast
Southwest NewEngland
Mountain0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
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AKT CPAs Acquired firm with a dental
professional practice
Anchin Block amp Anchin In February
2013 lost $50 million judgment to author Pa-
tricia Cornwell over financial management
Armanino In January 2013 rebranded
from Armanino McKenna Launched business
intelligence dashboard for private schools
and Dynamic Insights BI tool Acquired Dy-
namics VAR Rose Business Solutions
Aronson Organized two new service
groups IT audit and wealth management
consulting for choosing and assessing advi-
sor performance Baker Tilly Virchow Krause In June 2013
acquired New York-based Top 100 Firm Holtz
Rubenstein Reminick Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
BDO In June 2013 acquired Alaska-based
Mikunda Cottrell and Minneapolis-based
Moquist Thorvilson Kaufmann and brought
on members of banking practice of T100
Firm ParenteBeard In August expanded in
San Antonio by adding some partners and
staff from TravisWolff In December acquired
Pittsburgh T100 Firm Alpern Rosenthal
Berdon Joined TIAG alliance Expanded
use of CRM system and instituted Best Place
to Work Committee to propose community
social and charitable initiatives for the firm
In November 2013 merged with Northport
NY-based Beck amp Co
Berkowitz Pollack Brant Expanded stra-
tegic planning task force to include ldquoup and
comersrdquo Began celebrating its 35th anniver-
sary Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best
Firm to Work For
BerryDunn Grew revenue by over 7 per-
cent and overall staff by over 10 percent
BKD In 2013 marked its 90th anniver-
sary Opened offices in Des Moines Iowa
and Nashville Tenn In September acquired
Pittsburgh-based Malin Bergquist
Blue amp Co All figures are Accounting To-
day estimates
BlumShapiro Merged with Newton
Mass-based Friedman Suvalle amp Salomon
Added a dedicated hospitality group
The Bonadio Group In April 2013 merged
in Rutland Vt-based Independent Audit As-
sociates In September merged in Buffalo
NY-based Gaines Kriner Elliott In Novem-
ber merged in Albany NY-based Stulmaker
Kohn amp Richardson Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Burr Pilger Mayer Inc In January 2013
named new CEO In November opened new
office in Napa Valley
Carr Riggs amp Ingram In January 2013merged in Atlanta-based Peterson Coleman
amp Marett In July merged with North Caro-
lina-based accounting firm Pittard Perry amp
Crone Inc In August merged in Atlanta-
based Laney Boteler amp Killinger In Septem-
ber merged in Texas Regional Leader Gainer
Donnelly
CBIZ Mayer Hoffman McCann In No-
vember 2013 acquired Denver-based Knight
Field Fabry In January 2013 named Chris
Spurio president of CBIZ Financial Services
In February announced acquisition of Tam-pa Bay Fla-based Lewis Birch amp Ricardo
Cherry Bekaert In January 2013 re-
branded from Cherry Bekaert amp Holland
Formed benefits consulting group expanded
international tax team and advisory services
Citrin Cooperman amp Co In November
2013 merged in Leon M Reimer amp Co
Clark Schaefer Hackett amp Co Marked its
75th anniversary Having ldquoactive discussionsrdquo
on acquisitions
CliftonLarsonAllen Sold health care reg-ulatory and compliance group
Cohen amp Co Divested nearly $10 mil-
lion in business during the year that was not
meeting growth and profitability expecta-
tions Implemented a second tier of owner-
ship Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best
Firm to Work For
CohnReznick Named first national direc-
firm highlights
2014 firm highlightstor of governmental affairs Relocated offices
in Chicago Los Angeles and Austin Texas
Crowe Horwath In August 2013 acquired
a majority interest in Missouri-based Chan
Healthcare Integrated staff and acquired in-
tellectual property of ExtOrg In November
named its first chief innovation officer
Deloitte in January 2014 acquired sub-
stantially all of the business of strategy con-
sulting firm the Monitor Group In June ac-
quired investment bank McColl Partners In
July acquired SAP consulting firm Quattro
Integration Group In September acquired
TMA Construction Consultants In October
acquired substantially all of the assets of digi-
tal and social media agency Banyan Branch
In October agreed to pay $2 million to settle
charges with the PCAOB for violating Sar-
banes-Oxley Act and PCAOB rules In No-
vember launched CloudMix a preconfigured
mixture of cloud applications from different
vendors for clients
Dixon Hughes Goodman In June 2013
added Crossfire Advisory to its national health
care practice
Doeren Mayhew Grew revenue over 16
percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash international tax Fastest growing client
category mdash manufacturing
Eide Bailly In May 2013 installed new
CEO In June and August merged in two Salt
Lake City CPA firms Lake Hill amp Myers and
Hansen Barnett amp Maxwell In November
2013 acquired Denver NetSuite solutions pro-
vider Next Business Systems In December
launched private insurance exchange
EisnerAmper Had an ldquooutstandingrdquo year
Added several new services including CFO
outsourcing human capital cloud technol-
ogy and family office services
EKSampH Rebranded from Ehrhardt KeefeSteiner amp Hottman Saw revenue growth of
over 11 percent
Elliott Davis In April merged in Raleigh
NC-based Lunsford amp Strickland Relocated
office from Galax Va to Richmond Hired a
corporate strategies officer
Ernst amp Young In March paid $123 million
to resolve a federal tax shelter investigation
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In June launched EYTaxSpace Powered by
Thomson Reuters for corporate tax clients
In August donated its archives going back to
the early 1900s to Case Western Reserve Uni-
versity In December agreed to pay investors
$99 million to settle litigation over LehmanBrothers audit and acquired the US tax
preparation and court accounting outsourc-
ing businesses of Thomson Reuters
Frank Rimerman + Co Saw revenue
growth of over 12 percent
Frazier amp Deeter Saw revenue growth of
over 20 percent
Freed Maxick Saw revenue growth of over
9 percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash health care Fastest growing client cat-
egory mdash consulting
Friedman Saw revenue growth of over
8 percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash international tax Fastest growing client
category mdash real estate Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Gallina Expanded service lines including
international tax state and local tax and es-
tate trust retirement and succession services
Hired a director of recruitment and develop-
ment Joined TIAG alliance In February 2014
acquired Mercer Island Wash-based Tuef-
fers Guckian amp Gamon
Grant Thornton Redesigned external
Web site Hired a chief people and culture
officer In September 2013 acquired Oracle
Solutions business unit MarketSphere In No-
vember extended tenure of current CEO
Grassi amp Co In May 2013 added in David
C Sobel CPA and his staff In December
launched Grassi Technology Consultants
Habif Arogeti amp Wynne In May merged
in boutique tax consulting firm JRZ Launched
efforts to ldquodefine refine and embrace the
firmrsquos culturerdquo Hein amp Associates Expanded cloud solu-
tions service line Saw staff growth of over 11
percent
Hill Barth amp King Launched HbK Corpo-
rate Finance division Created new Web site
and YouTube channel In November 2013
merged in Lawrenceville NJ-based Bartolo-
mei Pucciarelli CPAs
Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt Saw ldquosig-
nificant growthrdquo in MampA private equity pro-
fessional services international tax and en-
tertainment practices Launched a business
development training program
Honkamp Krueger amp Co In Augustmerged in Madison Wis-based The Brem-
ser Group In October opened practice in
Davenport Iowa Added medical practice
consulting and talent outsourcing to its ser-
vices list
Horne Saw overall staff growth of over 11
percent Named an Accounting Today 2013
Best Firm to Work For
Joseph Decosimo amp Co In March 2013
acquired Huntsville Ala-based cost account-
ing and federal compliance solutions group
Solvability In December merged in Larry
Hyatt amp Associates
Kahn Litwin Renza amp Co In January
2013 merged with Waltham Mass-based Fay
amp Associates In May opened KLR Emerging
Business Center to offer co-working office
space to start-ups
Katz Sapper amp Miller Saw revenue
growth of over 7 percent and overall staff
growth of over 9 percent
Kaufman Rossin Group Saw revenue
growth of over 18 percent Named the No1 Accounting Today 2013 Best Firm to Work
For in the Large Firm Category for the third
year in a row
Kearney amp Co Saw staff growth of over
2 percent
Kemper Fastest growing service area mdash
investment advisory services
Kennedy and Coe Installed new CEO
KPMG Completed acquisition of Ora-
cle ERP practice of The Hackett Group
Launched alliance-based offering in indirect
tax with Thomson Reuters In May 2013
agreed with Fannie Mae to pay $153 million
to settle class-action suit over Fannie Mae
audit In July launched market alliance with
cloud-based procurement solution provider
Coupa Software In September Denver office
achieved LEED-CI certification In Decem-
ber announced plans to acquire analytical
applications company Link Analytics In Jan-
uary 2014 agreed to pay $82 million to settle
SEC charges over auditor independence
Lattimore Black Morgan amp Cain Re-
ported organic growth of over 9 percent
across all service lines Added a health care
consulting company
Macias Gini amp OrsquoConnell Saw overall staff
growth of over 7 percent
Marcum In January 2013 merged in
Massachusetts-based Parent McLaughlin amp
Nangle In April merged in Cornerstone Ac-
counting Group In July merged in Irvine
Calif-based WilsonMorgan In January 2014
merged in three units of New England Re-
gional Leader Braver
Margolin Winer amp Evens Saw revenue
growth of over 2 percent
Marks Paneth Rebranded from Marks
Paneth amp Shron In February 2013 merged
in New York City-based Rosenberg Neuwirth
amp Kuchner
Mauldin amp Jenkins In June acquired Ten-
nessee-based Hazlett Lewis amp Bieter
MBAF CPAs Worked to achieve ldquogreater
consolidation of the Northeast Region op-
erations with the rest of the firmrdquo Enhanced
cross-utilization of staff and skills among
various regions Designed and implemented
cost controls
McGladrey In August launched a strat-
egy to serve middle-market companies Late
in 2013 acquired Wilmington NC-Lanier
Whaley Craft amp Co and Houston-based
Margolis Phipps amp Wright
Miller Kaplan Arase Appointed a new
managing partner Expanded Seattle office
Saw ldquosignificant growthrdquo in business manage-
ment and entertainment group
Montgomery Coscia Greilich New to the
list In March 2013 joined the Alliott Group
alliance In May opened new office in AustinTexas In June launched strategy and man-
agement consulting practice In September
marked 10th anniversary
Moss Adams Marked its 100th anniver-
sary Installed new chairmanCEO
Mountjoy Chilton Medley Transitioned
in operations of Jeffersonville Ind-based
firm Expanded Cincinnati office Saw ldquostrong
firm highlights
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increaserdquo in regulated industry work such as
insurance financial institutions and health
care In December 2013 launched IT consult-
ing amp strategy services
Nigro Karlin Segal Feldstein amp Bolno
Changed name from Nigro Karlin Segal ampFeldstein Sold a 245 percent minority stake
in the firm to First Republic Bank
Novogradac amp Co Saw revenue growth of
over 10 percent
OrsquoConnor Davies In October announced
merger with Cranford NJ-based Fazio Man-
nuzza Roche Tankel LaPilusa In January
2014 merged with New York City-based Mer-
sel Klein amp Co
ParenteBeard In January 2013 merged
in Connecticut-based health care manage-
ment consulting firm Presscott Associates In
November closed its technology practice In
February 2014 added team members from
insurance consulting firm Invotex
Plante Moran In April 2013 launched
Women in Leadership initiative In July
launched a Web site offering ACA guidance
In November opened an office in Detroit
Postlethwaite amp Netterville Implement-
ed a formal shareholder evaluation process
a formal pipeline process a business de-
velopment training curriculum and growthmanagement software
Prager Metis International New to the
list Formed from January 2013 merger of
Prager amp Fenton and Metis Group Added a
number of new service lines including SALT
cost segregation and research tax incentives
PwC In July 2013 reshuffled US leader-
ship team In October announced plans to
merge in consulting firm Booz amp Co
Raffa In November 2013 launched Raffa
Nonprofit Fraud Prevention Institute
Raich Ende Malter In March 2013 estab-
lished Raich Ende Malter (Cayman)
Rehmann Saw revenue growth of over 15
percent
Reinsel Kuntz Lesher Saw growth in rev-
enue of over 21 percent
RGL Forensics Opened an office in San-
tiago Chile Introduced registered broker-
dealer RGL Advisors to offer MampA transac-
tion advisory services in the US
Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin amp Co
Fastest growing specialty service mdash large
private equity transactions Fastest growing
client category mdash private equity companies
Rothstein Kass Saw revenue growth of
almost 7 percent
RubinBrown Launched national prac-
tices to serve private equity firms and gaming
companies
SCampH Group Inc Joined firm network
Moore Stephens Fastest growing specialty
service mdash technology consulting Fastest
growing client category mdash health care
Schenck In January 2013 acquired ma-
jority stake in Milwaukee-based Bonfield amp
Co Installed new MP and CFO Changed
practice management system
Schneider Downs Relocated corporate
headquarters within Pittsburgh
Seiler Share of revenue derived from tax
increased from 70 to 75 percent
Sikich In January 2013 merged in Il-
linois-based supply chain consulting firm
Achieve Consulting In August announced
merger with Brookfield Wis firm Kolb+Co
In September merged in St Louis-based
OrsquoDonnell Bonebrake amp Co Also mergedin S2 Consulting and PKF Texas Technology
Added eight services PR insurance lean
back office business intelligence SALT and
international tax Restructured executive and
compensation committees Revised partner
compensation plan
SingerLewak In January 2013 merged in
San Francisco office of Acquavell Chiarelli
Shuster Berkower amp Co
Skoda Minotti amp Co New to the list
In May 2013 merged Skoda Minotti Technol-
ogy Partners with Westlake Ohio-based Da-taServ In June 2013 merged in Tampa Fla-
based Dowell amp Perez In August merged
in Tampa-based national assurance solu-
tions and compliance company Assurance
Concepts
Squar Milner ldquoSignificantly expandingrdquo
Los Angeles offices
SSampG In May 2013 named new CEO Saw
revenue growth of almost 14 percent
SVA CPAs In June 2013 installed new
CEO In January 2014 merged in Wisconsin-
based practice of William P Merrick CPA
UHY Advisors Inc Saw overall staff
growth of over 10 percent
Vavrinek Trine Day amp Co All figures are
Accounting Today estimates
Warren Averett In January 2013 merged
in Atlanta-based Gifford Hillegass amp Ingwers-
en and Tampa Fla-based Pender Newkirk
Rebranded firm with new visual identity
Developed new and expanded services in
SALT business valuation forensic account-
ing and litigation support health care reform
economic settlement claims processing and
alternative investments
Watkins Meegan Expanded hospitality
practice and increased government contract-
ing practice Started health care consulting
practice Hired business developmentmar-
keting director
Weaver Saw revenue growth of over 13
percent and growth in all four of its largest
niches mdash energy financial services the pub-
lic sector and manufacturing In February
2014 merged in Connecticut-based RIN At-
test and Advisory Services
WeiserMazarsIn November 2013 merged
in New York-based Resnick Druckman Group
Expanded health care consulting group
Whitley Penn Expanded transaction ser-
vices practice and forensic litigation and
valuation services statewide Named an Ac-
counting Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Wipfli Formalized fresh-water industry
services opened office in Milwaukeersquos Global
Water Center Launched Wipfli Connect for
Manufacturing software solution In January
2014 merged in Tinley Park Ill-based The
Condon Group and Chicago-based practiceRegulatory Compliance Associates Inc
Wiss amp Co More than half of revenues (56
percent) derived from AampA services
WithumSmith+Brown Consolidated two
New Jersey offices Invested in international
tax practice and financial services practice
Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best Firm
to Work For
firm highlights
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regional leaders
26
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
EKSampH Denver 7046 1119 3 38 308 427 45 42 13 0
Hein amp Associates Denver 5071 445 4 33 191 266 48 47 4 1
RGL Forensics Denver 3765 606 17 23 124 190 0 0 0 100
Anderson ZurMuehlen Helena Mont 2557 277 7 27 128 204 35 38 10 17
GHP Horwath Denver 2480 -040 1 10 82 106 41 26 0 33
Anton Collins Mitchell Denver 1600 191 3 12 69 97 50 40 10 0
Tanner Salt Lake City 1430 1085 1 10 54 72 62 23 13 2
Junkermier ClarkCampanella Stevens Great Falls Mont 1420 085 7 25 69 120 39 43 7 11
Dalby Wendland amp Co Grand Junction Colo 1195 373 4 16 52 90 25 53 9 13McGee Hearne amp Paiz Cheyenne Wyo 973 485 2 9 52 70 55 38 7 0
Top Firms MountainColorado Idaho Montana Utah and Wyoming
Revenue $27537 million up 566
The region seems in some ways to have turned the corner It reported its second year in a row of respectable
growth after a few difficult years That may explain the interest from Top 100 Firms Eide Bailly in particular made
a number of acquisitions in the region particularly in the Salt Lake City area
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Weaver Fort Worth Texas 8340 1332 7 36 354 471 34 43 12 11
Whitley Penn Fort Worth Texas 5871 1984 5 38 206 294 43 43 0 14
Montgomery Coscia Greilich Plano Texas 3354 1614 2 16 203 231 28 41 24 7
Padgett Stratemann amp Co San Antonio 3007 301 2 17 127 179 51 37 12 0
REDW Albuquerque NM 2645 3352 2 17 129 181 52 24 10 14
Briggs amp Veselka Co Houston 2617 1842 2 19 151 194 41 50 8 1
PKF Texas Houston 2155 553 1 10 85 108 50 46 4 0
Cain Watters amp Associates Plano Texas 2080 930 1 7 55 108 10 15 0 75
BeachFleischman Tuscon Ariz 2030 2378 2 25 81 140 27 57 2 14
Johnson Miller amp Co CPAs Odessa Texas 1954 868 3 14 76 103 30 50 7 13
PMB Helin Donovan Austin Texas 1900 1377 8 28 88 136 55 45 0 0Lane Gorman Trubitt Dallas 1900 497 1 15 62 92 57 37 0 6
Henry amp Horne Tempe Ariz 1850 571 3 14 70 102 33 58 9 0
Maxwell Locke amp Ritter Austin Texas 1834 969 2 21 61 92 38 41 0 21
TravisWolff Dallas 1830 -054 1 8 76 104 32 54 14 0
Melton amp Melton Houston 1790 770 1 14 79 103 50 50 0 0
Brown Graham amp Co Amarillo Texas 1287 404 7 23 61 113 35 50 5 10
Hartman Leito amp Bolt Fort Worth Texas 1100 -795 1 10 47 69 45 46 8 1
MaloneBailey Houston 897 -2220 2 5 31 41 98 2 0 0
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms Southwest Arizona New Mexico Oklahoma and Texas
Revenue $48441 million up 1103
As with the Gulf Coast booming revenues from oil and gas no doubt played a part in the
Southwestrsquos strong performance this year (the third best of the regions) with many of the
largest firms recording growth in energy and related services Wersquore also happy to note a
number of new Regional Leaders including Planorsquos Montgomery Coscia Greilich (which also
joined the T100) Houstonrsquos Melton amp Melton and Amarillorsquos Brown Graham amp Co
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regional leaders
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Moss Adams Seattle 40300 1715 22 263 1340 2072 45 38 17 0
Armanino San Ramon Calif 11284 1311 5 37 301 394 21 26 49 4
Novogradac amp Co San Francisco 9248 1003 15 35 311 408 59 27 2 12
Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt W Los Angeles Calif 8692 1724 8 36 263 362 18 76 0 6
Burr Pilger Mayer Inc San Francisco 6850 -087 6 40 225 330 38 50 12 0
Frank Rimerman + Co Palo Alto Calif 6120 1233 5 21 229 267 27 62 11 0
Nigro Karlin Segal Feldstein amp Bolno Los Angeles 5608 1167 2 21 262 314 17 17 2 64
Squar Milner Newport Beach Calif 4530 295 4 22 171 229 40 53 0 7SingerLewak Los Angeles 3850 -080 6 33 NA NA NA NA NA NA
AKT CPAs Salem Ore 3824 1039 6 15 176 235 28 33 11 28
Miller Kaplan Arase North Hollywood Calif 3800 270 5 24 117 175 58 17 17 8
Gallina Roseville Calif 3639 505 9 26 155 226 45 52 3 0
Seiler Redwood City Calif 3610 587 2 11 116 152 10 75 0 15
Macias Gini amp OrsquoConnell Sacramento Calif 3340 -773 9 10 164 258 63 12 7 18
Vavrinek Trine Day amp Codagger Rancho Cucamonga Calif 3231 199 7 33 NA 200 NA NA NA NA
Clark Nuber Bellevue Wash 3096 614 1 18 119 168 49 48 0 3
Gursey | Schneider Los Angeles 2820 682 3 10 85 129 0 30 0 70
RBZ Los Angeles 2800 1327 1 14 89 136 17 52 17 14
Hutchinson and Bloodgood Glendale Calif 2543 1559 4 33 58 115 38 46 16 0
Windes Inc Long Beach Calif 2361 -215 3 16 76 121 44 46 4 6
Green Hasson Janks Los Angeles 2310 500 1 13 88 116 32 33 13 22
Hemming Morse San Francisco 2069 827 7 13 76 96 33 0 0 67Perkins amp Co Portland Ore 2017 1034 2 19 87 132 27 40 24 9
Matson amp Isom Chico Calif 1768 400 4 21 81 128 41 46 5 8
Gumbiner Savett Santa Monica Calif 1728 601 1 10 80 110 40 50 8 2
Peterson Sullivan Seattle 1646 457 1 13 84 97 52 47 1 0
Sensiba San Filippo Pleasanton Calif 1620 588 4 14 61 103 NA NA NA NA
NSBN Beverly Hills Calif 1500 1111 1 13 53 74 35 49 5 11
Notes Firm estimate or projection dagger Accounting Today estimate NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms WestCalifornia Nevada Oregon and Washington
Revenue $146204 million up 989
Growth is spread a little more evenly among the firms in the West this year with strong rates at the top firms but equally
good performances scattered up and down the range While some of the other regions saw re-arrangements and even
shortenings of their rosters due to mergers and acquisitions firm combinations didnrsquot change the list for the West muchat all In fact the list itself grew a little longer with the addition of new Regional Leaders Perkins amp Co in Portland Ore
Peterson Sullivan in Seattle and NSBN in Beverly Hills
Where the money isCombined 2013 revenues in millions of dollars by region
Mid-Atlantic
GreatLakes
West Midwest CapitalRegion
Southeast Gulf Coast
Southwest NewEngland
Mountain0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
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AKT CPAs Acquired firm with a dental
professional practice
Anchin Block amp Anchin In February
2013 lost $50 million judgment to author Pa-
tricia Cornwell over financial management
Armanino In January 2013 rebranded
from Armanino McKenna Launched business
intelligence dashboard for private schools
and Dynamic Insights BI tool Acquired Dy-
namics VAR Rose Business Solutions
Aronson Organized two new service
groups IT audit and wealth management
consulting for choosing and assessing advi-
sor performance Baker Tilly Virchow Krause In June 2013
acquired New York-based Top 100 Firm Holtz
Rubenstein Reminick Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
BDO In June 2013 acquired Alaska-based
Mikunda Cottrell and Minneapolis-based
Moquist Thorvilson Kaufmann and brought
on members of banking practice of T100
Firm ParenteBeard In August expanded in
San Antonio by adding some partners and
staff from TravisWolff In December acquired
Pittsburgh T100 Firm Alpern Rosenthal
Berdon Joined TIAG alliance Expanded
use of CRM system and instituted Best Place
to Work Committee to propose community
social and charitable initiatives for the firm
In November 2013 merged with Northport
NY-based Beck amp Co
Berkowitz Pollack Brant Expanded stra-
tegic planning task force to include ldquoup and
comersrdquo Began celebrating its 35th anniver-
sary Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best
Firm to Work For
BerryDunn Grew revenue by over 7 per-
cent and overall staff by over 10 percent
BKD In 2013 marked its 90th anniver-
sary Opened offices in Des Moines Iowa
and Nashville Tenn In September acquired
Pittsburgh-based Malin Bergquist
Blue amp Co All figures are Accounting To-
day estimates
BlumShapiro Merged with Newton
Mass-based Friedman Suvalle amp Salomon
Added a dedicated hospitality group
The Bonadio Group In April 2013 merged
in Rutland Vt-based Independent Audit As-
sociates In September merged in Buffalo
NY-based Gaines Kriner Elliott In Novem-
ber merged in Albany NY-based Stulmaker
Kohn amp Richardson Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Burr Pilger Mayer Inc In January 2013
named new CEO In November opened new
office in Napa Valley
Carr Riggs amp Ingram In January 2013merged in Atlanta-based Peterson Coleman
amp Marett In July merged with North Caro-
lina-based accounting firm Pittard Perry amp
Crone Inc In August merged in Atlanta-
based Laney Boteler amp Killinger In Septem-
ber merged in Texas Regional Leader Gainer
Donnelly
CBIZ Mayer Hoffman McCann In No-
vember 2013 acquired Denver-based Knight
Field Fabry In January 2013 named Chris
Spurio president of CBIZ Financial Services
In February announced acquisition of Tam-pa Bay Fla-based Lewis Birch amp Ricardo
Cherry Bekaert In January 2013 re-
branded from Cherry Bekaert amp Holland
Formed benefits consulting group expanded
international tax team and advisory services
Citrin Cooperman amp Co In November
2013 merged in Leon M Reimer amp Co
Clark Schaefer Hackett amp Co Marked its
75th anniversary Having ldquoactive discussionsrdquo
on acquisitions
CliftonLarsonAllen Sold health care reg-ulatory and compliance group
Cohen amp Co Divested nearly $10 mil-
lion in business during the year that was not
meeting growth and profitability expecta-
tions Implemented a second tier of owner-
ship Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best
Firm to Work For
CohnReznick Named first national direc-
firm highlights
2014 firm highlightstor of governmental affairs Relocated offices
in Chicago Los Angeles and Austin Texas
Crowe Horwath In August 2013 acquired
a majority interest in Missouri-based Chan
Healthcare Integrated staff and acquired in-
tellectual property of ExtOrg In November
named its first chief innovation officer
Deloitte in January 2014 acquired sub-
stantially all of the business of strategy con-
sulting firm the Monitor Group In June ac-
quired investment bank McColl Partners In
July acquired SAP consulting firm Quattro
Integration Group In September acquired
TMA Construction Consultants In October
acquired substantially all of the assets of digi-
tal and social media agency Banyan Branch
In October agreed to pay $2 million to settle
charges with the PCAOB for violating Sar-
banes-Oxley Act and PCAOB rules In No-
vember launched CloudMix a preconfigured
mixture of cloud applications from different
vendors for clients
Dixon Hughes Goodman In June 2013
added Crossfire Advisory to its national health
care practice
Doeren Mayhew Grew revenue over 16
percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash international tax Fastest growing client
category mdash manufacturing
Eide Bailly In May 2013 installed new
CEO In June and August merged in two Salt
Lake City CPA firms Lake Hill amp Myers and
Hansen Barnett amp Maxwell In November
2013 acquired Denver NetSuite solutions pro-
vider Next Business Systems In December
launched private insurance exchange
EisnerAmper Had an ldquooutstandingrdquo year
Added several new services including CFO
outsourcing human capital cloud technol-
ogy and family office services
EKSampH Rebranded from Ehrhardt KeefeSteiner amp Hottman Saw revenue growth of
over 11 percent
Elliott Davis In April merged in Raleigh
NC-based Lunsford amp Strickland Relocated
office from Galax Va to Richmond Hired a
corporate strategies officer
Ernst amp Young In March paid $123 million
to resolve a federal tax shelter investigation
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In June launched EYTaxSpace Powered by
Thomson Reuters for corporate tax clients
In August donated its archives going back to
the early 1900s to Case Western Reserve Uni-
versity In December agreed to pay investors
$99 million to settle litigation over LehmanBrothers audit and acquired the US tax
preparation and court accounting outsourc-
ing businesses of Thomson Reuters
Frank Rimerman + Co Saw revenue
growth of over 12 percent
Frazier amp Deeter Saw revenue growth of
over 20 percent
Freed Maxick Saw revenue growth of over
9 percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash health care Fastest growing client cat-
egory mdash consulting
Friedman Saw revenue growth of over
8 percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash international tax Fastest growing client
category mdash real estate Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Gallina Expanded service lines including
international tax state and local tax and es-
tate trust retirement and succession services
Hired a director of recruitment and develop-
ment Joined TIAG alliance In February 2014
acquired Mercer Island Wash-based Tuef-
fers Guckian amp Gamon
Grant Thornton Redesigned external
Web site Hired a chief people and culture
officer In September 2013 acquired Oracle
Solutions business unit MarketSphere In No-
vember extended tenure of current CEO
Grassi amp Co In May 2013 added in David
C Sobel CPA and his staff In December
launched Grassi Technology Consultants
Habif Arogeti amp Wynne In May merged
in boutique tax consulting firm JRZ Launched
efforts to ldquodefine refine and embrace the
firmrsquos culturerdquo Hein amp Associates Expanded cloud solu-
tions service line Saw staff growth of over 11
percent
Hill Barth amp King Launched HbK Corpo-
rate Finance division Created new Web site
and YouTube channel In November 2013
merged in Lawrenceville NJ-based Bartolo-
mei Pucciarelli CPAs
Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt Saw ldquosig-
nificant growthrdquo in MampA private equity pro-
fessional services international tax and en-
tertainment practices Launched a business
development training program
Honkamp Krueger amp Co In Augustmerged in Madison Wis-based The Brem-
ser Group In October opened practice in
Davenport Iowa Added medical practice
consulting and talent outsourcing to its ser-
vices list
Horne Saw overall staff growth of over 11
percent Named an Accounting Today 2013
Best Firm to Work For
Joseph Decosimo amp Co In March 2013
acquired Huntsville Ala-based cost account-
ing and federal compliance solutions group
Solvability In December merged in Larry
Hyatt amp Associates
Kahn Litwin Renza amp Co In January
2013 merged with Waltham Mass-based Fay
amp Associates In May opened KLR Emerging
Business Center to offer co-working office
space to start-ups
Katz Sapper amp Miller Saw revenue
growth of over 7 percent and overall staff
growth of over 9 percent
Kaufman Rossin Group Saw revenue
growth of over 18 percent Named the No1 Accounting Today 2013 Best Firm to Work
For in the Large Firm Category for the third
year in a row
Kearney amp Co Saw staff growth of over
2 percent
Kemper Fastest growing service area mdash
investment advisory services
Kennedy and Coe Installed new CEO
KPMG Completed acquisition of Ora-
cle ERP practice of The Hackett Group
Launched alliance-based offering in indirect
tax with Thomson Reuters In May 2013
agreed with Fannie Mae to pay $153 million
to settle class-action suit over Fannie Mae
audit In July launched market alliance with
cloud-based procurement solution provider
Coupa Software In September Denver office
achieved LEED-CI certification In Decem-
ber announced plans to acquire analytical
applications company Link Analytics In Jan-
uary 2014 agreed to pay $82 million to settle
SEC charges over auditor independence
Lattimore Black Morgan amp Cain Re-
ported organic growth of over 9 percent
across all service lines Added a health care
consulting company
Macias Gini amp OrsquoConnell Saw overall staff
growth of over 7 percent
Marcum In January 2013 merged in
Massachusetts-based Parent McLaughlin amp
Nangle In April merged in Cornerstone Ac-
counting Group In July merged in Irvine
Calif-based WilsonMorgan In January 2014
merged in three units of New England Re-
gional Leader Braver
Margolin Winer amp Evens Saw revenue
growth of over 2 percent
Marks Paneth Rebranded from Marks
Paneth amp Shron In February 2013 merged
in New York City-based Rosenberg Neuwirth
amp Kuchner
Mauldin amp Jenkins In June acquired Ten-
nessee-based Hazlett Lewis amp Bieter
MBAF CPAs Worked to achieve ldquogreater
consolidation of the Northeast Region op-
erations with the rest of the firmrdquo Enhanced
cross-utilization of staff and skills among
various regions Designed and implemented
cost controls
McGladrey In August launched a strat-
egy to serve middle-market companies Late
in 2013 acquired Wilmington NC-Lanier
Whaley Craft amp Co and Houston-based
Margolis Phipps amp Wright
Miller Kaplan Arase Appointed a new
managing partner Expanded Seattle office
Saw ldquosignificant growthrdquo in business manage-
ment and entertainment group
Montgomery Coscia Greilich New to the
list In March 2013 joined the Alliott Group
alliance In May opened new office in AustinTexas In June launched strategy and man-
agement consulting practice In September
marked 10th anniversary
Moss Adams Marked its 100th anniver-
sary Installed new chairmanCEO
Mountjoy Chilton Medley Transitioned
in operations of Jeffersonville Ind-based
firm Expanded Cincinnati office Saw ldquostrong
firm highlights
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increaserdquo in regulated industry work such as
insurance financial institutions and health
care In December 2013 launched IT consult-
ing amp strategy services
Nigro Karlin Segal Feldstein amp Bolno
Changed name from Nigro Karlin Segal ampFeldstein Sold a 245 percent minority stake
in the firm to First Republic Bank
Novogradac amp Co Saw revenue growth of
over 10 percent
OrsquoConnor Davies In October announced
merger with Cranford NJ-based Fazio Man-
nuzza Roche Tankel LaPilusa In January
2014 merged with New York City-based Mer-
sel Klein amp Co
ParenteBeard In January 2013 merged
in Connecticut-based health care manage-
ment consulting firm Presscott Associates In
November closed its technology practice In
February 2014 added team members from
insurance consulting firm Invotex
Plante Moran In April 2013 launched
Women in Leadership initiative In July
launched a Web site offering ACA guidance
In November opened an office in Detroit
Postlethwaite amp Netterville Implement-
ed a formal shareholder evaluation process
a formal pipeline process a business de-
velopment training curriculum and growthmanagement software
Prager Metis International New to the
list Formed from January 2013 merger of
Prager amp Fenton and Metis Group Added a
number of new service lines including SALT
cost segregation and research tax incentives
PwC In July 2013 reshuffled US leader-
ship team In October announced plans to
merge in consulting firm Booz amp Co
Raffa In November 2013 launched Raffa
Nonprofit Fraud Prevention Institute
Raich Ende Malter In March 2013 estab-
lished Raich Ende Malter (Cayman)
Rehmann Saw revenue growth of over 15
percent
Reinsel Kuntz Lesher Saw growth in rev-
enue of over 21 percent
RGL Forensics Opened an office in San-
tiago Chile Introduced registered broker-
dealer RGL Advisors to offer MampA transac-
tion advisory services in the US
Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin amp Co
Fastest growing specialty service mdash large
private equity transactions Fastest growing
client category mdash private equity companies
Rothstein Kass Saw revenue growth of
almost 7 percent
RubinBrown Launched national prac-
tices to serve private equity firms and gaming
companies
SCampH Group Inc Joined firm network
Moore Stephens Fastest growing specialty
service mdash technology consulting Fastest
growing client category mdash health care
Schenck In January 2013 acquired ma-
jority stake in Milwaukee-based Bonfield amp
Co Installed new MP and CFO Changed
practice management system
Schneider Downs Relocated corporate
headquarters within Pittsburgh
Seiler Share of revenue derived from tax
increased from 70 to 75 percent
Sikich In January 2013 merged in Il-
linois-based supply chain consulting firm
Achieve Consulting In August announced
merger with Brookfield Wis firm Kolb+Co
In September merged in St Louis-based
OrsquoDonnell Bonebrake amp Co Also mergedin S2 Consulting and PKF Texas Technology
Added eight services PR insurance lean
back office business intelligence SALT and
international tax Restructured executive and
compensation committees Revised partner
compensation plan
SingerLewak In January 2013 merged in
San Francisco office of Acquavell Chiarelli
Shuster Berkower amp Co
Skoda Minotti amp Co New to the list
In May 2013 merged Skoda Minotti Technol-
ogy Partners with Westlake Ohio-based Da-taServ In June 2013 merged in Tampa Fla-
based Dowell amp Perez In August merged
in Tampa-based national assurance solu-
tions and compliance company Assurance
Concepts
Squar Milner ldquoSignificantly expandingrdquo
Los Angeles offices
SSampG In May 2013 named new CEO Saw
revenue growth of almost 14 percent
SVA CPAs In June 2013 installed new
CEO In January 2014 merged in Wisconsin-
based practice of William P Merrick CPA
UHY Advisors Inc Saw overall staff
growth of over 10 percent
Vavrinek Trine Day amp Co All figures are
Accounting Today estimates
Warren Averett In January 2013 merged
in Atlanta-based Gifford Hillegass amp Ingwers-
en and Tampa Fla-based Pender Newkirk
Rebranded firm with new visual identity
Developed new and expanded services in
SALT business valuation forensic account-
ing and litigation support health care reform
economic settlement claims processing and
alternative investments
Watkins Meegan Expanded hospitality
practice and increased government contract-
ing practice Started health care consulting
practice Hired business developmentmar-
keting director
Weaver Saw revenue growth of over 13
percent and growth in all four of its largest
niches mdash energy financial services the pub-
lic sector and manufacturing In February
2014 merged in Connecticut-based RIN At-
test and Advisory Services
WeiserMazarsIn November 2013 merged
in New York-based Resnick Druckman Group
Expanded health care consulting group
Whitley Penn Expanded transaction ser-
vices practice and forensic litigation and
valuation services statewide Named an Ac-
counting Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Wipfli Formalized fresh-water industry
services opened office in Milwaukeersquos Global
Water Center Launched Wipfli Connect for
Manufacturing software solution In January
2014 merged in Tinley Park Ill-based The
Condon Group and Chicago-based practiceRegulatory Compliance Associates Inc
Wiss amp Co More than half of revenues (56
percent) derived from AampA services
WithumSmith+Brown Consolidated two
New Jersey offices Invested in international
tax practice and financial services practice
Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best Firm
to Work For
firm highlights
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regional leaders
26
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
EKSampH Denver 7046 1119 3 38 308 427 45 42 13 0
Hein amp Associates Denver 5071 445 4 33 191 266 48 47 4 1
RGL Forensics Denver 3765 606 17 23 124 190 0 0 0 100
Anderson ZurMuehlen Helena Mont 2557 277 7 27 128 204 35 38 10 17
GHP Horwath Denver 2480 -040 1 10 82 106 41 26 0 33
Anton Collins Mitchell Denver 1600 191 3 12 69 97 50 40 10 0
Tanner Salt Lake City 1430 1085 1 10 54 72 62 23 13 2
Junkermier ClarkCampanella Stevens Great Falls Mont 1420 085 7 25 69 120 39 43 7 11
Dalby Wendland amp Co Grand Junction Colo 1195 373 4 16 52 90 25 53 9 13McGee Hearne amp Paiz Cheyenne Wyo 973 485 2 9 52 70 55 38 7 0
Top Firms MountainColorado Idaho Montana Utah and Wyoming
Revenue $27537 million up 566
The region seems in some ways to have turned the corner It reported its second year in a row of respectable
growth after a few difficult years That may explain the interest from Top 100 Firms Eide Bailly in particular made
a number of acquisitions in the region particularly in the Salt Lake City area
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Weaver Fort Worth Texas 8340 1332 7 36 354 471 34 43 12 11
Whitley Penn Fort Worth Texas 5871 1984 5 38 206 294 43 43 0 14
Montgomery Coscia Greilich Plano Texas 3354 1614 2 16 203 231 28 41 24 7
Padgett Stratemann amp Co San Antonio 3007 301 2 17 127 179 51 37 12 0
REDW Albuquerque NM 2645 3352 2 17 129 181 52 24 10 14
Briggs amp Veselka Co Houston 2617 1842 2 19 151 194 41 50 8 1
PKF Texas Houston 2155 553 1 10 85 108 50 46 4 0
Cain Watters amp Associates Plano Texas 2080 930 1 7 55 108 10 15 0 75
BeachFleischman Tuscon Ariz 2030 2378 2 25 81 140 27 57 2 14
Johnson Miller amp Co CPAs Odessa Texas 1954 868 3 14 76 103 30 50 7 13
PMB Helin Donovan Austin Texas 1900 1377 8 28 88 136 55 45 0 0Lane Gorman Trubitt Dallas 1900 497 1 15 62 92 57 37 0 6
Henry amp Horne Tempe Ariz 1850 571 3 14 70 102 33 58 9 0
Maxwell Locke amp Ritter Austin Texas 1834 969 2 21 61 92 38 41 0 21
TravisWolff Dallas 1830 -054 1 8 76 104 32 54 14 0
Melton amp Melton Houston 1790 770 1 14 79 103 50 50 0 0
Brown Graham amp Co Amarillo Texas 1287 404 7 23 61 113 35 50 5 10
Hartman Leito amp Bolt Fort Worth Texas 1100 -795 1 10 47 69 45 46 8 1
MaloneBailey Houston 897 -2220 2 5 31 41 98 2 0 0
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms Southwest Arizona New Mexico Oklahoma and Texas
Revenue $48441 million up 1103
As with the Gulf Coast booming revenues from oil and gas no doubt played a part in the
Southwestrsquos strong performance this year (the third best of the regions) with many of the
largest firms recording growth in energy and related services Wersquore also happy to note a
number of new Regional Leaders including Planorsquos Montgomery Coscia Greilich (which also
joined the T100) Houstonrsquos Melton amp Melton and Amarillorsquos Brown Graham amp Co
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regional leaders
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Moss Adams Seattle 40300 1715 22 263 1340 2072 45 38 17 0
Armanino San Ramon Calif 11284 1311 5 37 301 394 21 26 49 4
Novogradac amp Co San Francisco 9248 1003 15 35 311 408 59 27 2 12
Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt W Los Angeles Calif 8692 1724 8 36 263 362 18 76 0 6
Burr Pilger Mayer Inc San Francisco 6850 -087 6 40 225 330 38 50 12 0
Frank Rimerman + Co Palo Alto Calif 6120 1233 5 21 229 267 27 62 11 0
Nigro Karlin Segal Feldstein amp Bolno Los Angeles 5608 1167 2 21 262 314 17 17 2 64
Squar Milner Newport Beach Calif 4530 295 4 22 171 229 40 53 0 7SingerLewak Los Angeles 3850 -080 6 33 NA NA NA NA NA NA
AKT CPAs Salem Ore 3824 1039 6 15 176 235 28 33 11 28
Miller Kaplan Arase North Hollywood Calif 3800 270 5 24 117 175 58 17 17 8
Gallina Roseville Calif 3639 505 9 26 155 226 45 52 3 0
Seiler Redwood City Calif 3610 587 2 11 116 152 10 75 0 15
Macias Gini amp OrsquoConnell Sacramento Calif 3340 -773 9 10 164 258 63 12 7 18
Vavrinek Trine Day amp Codagger Rancho Cucamonga Calif 3231 199 7 33 NA 200 NA NA NA NA
Clark Nuber Bellevue Wash 3096 614 1 18 119 168 49 48 0 3
Gursey | Schneider Los Angeles 2820 682 3 10 85 129 0 30 0 70
RBZ Los Angeles 2800 1327 1 14 89 136 17 52 17 14
Hutchinson and Bloodgood Glendale Calif 2543 1559 4 33 58 115 38 46 16 0
Windes Inc Long Beach Calif 2361 -215 3 16 76 121 44 46 4 6
Green Hasson Janks Los Angeles 2310 500 1 13 88 116 32 33 13 22
Hemming Morse San Francisco 2069 827 7 13 76 96 33 0 0 67Perkins amp Co Portland Ore 2017 1034 2 19 87 132 27 40 24 9
Matson amp Isom Chico Calif 1768 400 4 21 81 128 41 46 5 8
Gumbiner Savett Santa Monica Calif 1728 601 1 10 80 110 40 50 8 2
Peterson Sullivan Seattle 1646 457 1 13 84 97 52 47 1 0
Sensiba San Filippo Pleasanton Calif 1620 588 4 14 61 103 NA NA NA NA
NSBN Beverly Hills Calif 1500 1111 1 13 53 74 35 49 5 11
Notes Firm estimate or projection dagger Accounting Today estimate NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms WestCalifornia Nevada Oregon and Washington
Revenue $146204 million up 989
Growth is spread a little more evenly among the firms in the West this year with strong rates at the top firms but equally
good performances scattered up and down the range While some of the other regions saw re-arrangements and even
shortenings of their rosters due to mergers and acquisitions firm combinations didnrsquot change the list for the West muchat all In fact the list itself grew a little longer with the addition of new Regional Leaders Perkins amp Co in Portland Ore
Peterson Sullivan in Seattle and NSBN in Beverly Hills
Where the money isCombined 2013 revenues in millions of dollars by region
Mid-Atlantic
GreatLakes
West Midwest CapitalRegion
Southeast Gulf Coast
Southwest NewEngland
Mountain0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
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AKT CPAs Acquired firm with a dental
professional practice
Anchin Block amp Anchin In February
2013 lost $50 million judgment to author Pa-
tricia Cornwell over financial management
Armanino In January 2013 rebranded
from Armanino McKenna Launched business
intelligence dashboard for private schools
and Dynamic Insights BI tool Acquired Dy-
namics VAR Rose Business Solutions
Aronson Organized two new service
groups IT audit and wealth management
consulting for choosing and assessing advi-
sor performance Baker Tilly Virchow Krause In June 2013
acquired New York-based Top 100 Firm Holtz
Rubenstein Reminick Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
BDO In June 2013 acquired Alaska-based
Mikunda Cottrell and Minneapolis-based
Moquist Thorvilson Kaufmann and brought
on members of banking practice of T100
Firm ParenteBeard In August expanded in
San Antonio by adding some partners and
staff from TravisWolff In December acquired
Pittsburgh T100 Firm Alpern Rosenthal
Berdon Joined TIAG alliance Expanded
use of CRM system and instituted Best Place
to Work Committee to propose community
social and charitable initiatives for the firm
In November 2013 merged with Northport
NY-based Beck amp Co
Berkowitz Pollack Brant Expanded stra-
tegic planning task force to include ldquoup and
comersrdquo Began celebrating its 35th anniver-
sary Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best
Firm to Work For
BerryDunn Grew revenue by over 7 per-
cent and overall staff by over 10 percent
BKD In 2013 marked its 90th anniver-
sary Opened offices in Des Moines Iowa
and Nashville Tenn In September acquired
Pittsburgh-based Malin Bergquist
Blue amp Co All figures are Accounting To-
day estimates
BlumShapiro Merged with Newton
Mass-based Friedman Suvalle amp Salomon
Added a dedicated hospitality group
The Bonadio Group In April 2013 merged
in Rutland Vt-based Independent Audit As-
sociates In September merged in Buffalo
NY-based Gaines Kriner Elliott In Novem-
ber merged in Albany NY-based Stulmaker
Kohn amp Richardson Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Burr Pilger Mayer Inc In January 2013
named new CEO In November opened new
office in Napa Valley
Carr Riggs amp Ingram In January 2013merged in Atlanta-based Peterson Coleman
amp Marett In July merged with North Caro-
lina-based accounting firm Pittard Perry amp
Crone Inc In August merged in Atlanta-
based Laney Boteler amp Killinger In Septem-
ber merged in Texas Regional Leader Gainer
Donnelly
CBIZ Mayer Hoffman McCann In No-
vember 2013 acquired Denver-based Knight
Field Fabry In January 2013 named Chris
Spurio president of CBIZ Financial Services
In February announced acquisition of Tam-pa Bay Fla-based Lewis Birch amp Ricardo
Cherry Bekaert In January 2013 re-
branded from Cherry Bekaert amp Holland
Formed benefits consulting group expanded
international tax team and advisory services
Citrin Cooperman amp Co In November
2013 merged in Leon M Reimer amp Co
Clark Schaefer Hackett amp Co Marked its
75th anniversary Having ldquoactive discussionsrdquo
on acquisitions
CliftonLarsonAllen Sold health care reg-ulatory and compliance group
Cohen amp Co Divested nearly $10 mil-
lion in business during the year that was not
meeting growth and profitability expecta-
tions Implemented a second tier of owner-
ship Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best
Firm to Work For
CohnReznick Named first national direc-
firm highlights
2014 firm highlightstor of governmental affairs Relocated offices
in Chicago Los Angeles and Austin Texas
Crowe Horwath In August 2013 acquired
a majority interest in Missouri-based Chan
Healthcare Integrated staff and acquired in-
tellectual property of ExtOrg In November
named its first chief innovation officer
Deloitte in January 2014 acquired sub-
stantially all of the business of strategy con-
sulting firm the Monitor Group In June ac-
quired investment bank McColl Partners In
July acquired SAP consulting firm Quattro
Integration Group In September acquired
TMA Construction Consultants In October
acquired substantially all of the assets of digi-
tal and social media agency Banyan Branch
In October agreed to pay $2 million to settle
charges with the PCAOB for violating Sar-
banes-Oxley Act and PCAOB rules In No-
vember launched CloudMix a preconfigured
mixture of cloud applications from different
vendors for clients
Dixon Hughes Goodman In June 2013
added Crossfire Advisory to its national health
care practice
Doeren Mayhew Grew revenue over 16
percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash international tax Fastest growing client
category mdash manufacturing
Eide Bailly In May 2013 installed new
CEO In June and August merged in two Salt
Lake City CPA firms Lake Hill amp Myers and
Hansen Barnett amp Maxwell In November
2013 acquired Denver NetSuite solutions pro-
vider Next Business Systems In December
launched private insurance exchange
EisnerAmper Had an ldquooutstandingrdquo year
Added several new services including CFO
outsourcing human capital cloud technol-
ogy and family office services
EKSampH Rebranded from Ehrhardt KeefeSteiner amp Hottman Saw revenue growth of
over 11 percent
Elliott Davis In April merged in Raleigh
NC-based Lunsford amp Strickland Relocated
office from Galax Va to Richmond Hired a
corporate strategies officer
Ernst amp Young In March paid $123 million
to resolve a federal tax shelter investigation
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In June launched EYTaxSpace Powered by
Thomson Reuters for corporate tax clients
In August donated its archives going back to
the early 1900s to Case Western Reserve Uni-
versity In December agreed to pay investors
$99 million to settle litigation over LehmanBrothers audit and acquired the US tax
preparation and court accounting outsourc-
ing businesses of Thomson Reuters
Frank Rimerman + Co Saw revenue
growth of over 12 percent
Frazier amp Deeter Saw revenue growth of
over 20 percent
Freed Maxick Saw revenue growth of over
9 percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash health care Fastest growing client cat-
egory mdash consulting
Friedman Saw revenue growth of over
8 percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash international tax Fastest growing client
category mdash real estate Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Gallina Expanded service lines including
international tax state and local tax and es-
tate trust retirement and succession services
Hired a director of recruitment and develop-
ment Joined TIAG alliance In February 2014
acquired Mercer Island Wash-based Tuef-
fers Guckian amp Gamon
Grant Thornton Redesigned external
Web site Hired a chief people and culture
officer In September 2013 acquired Oracle
Solutions business unit MarketSphere In No-
vember extended tenure of current CEO
Grassi amp Co In May 2013 added in David
C Sobel CPA and his staff In December
launched Grassi Technology Consultants
Habif Arogeti amp Wynne In May merged
in boutique tax consulting firm JRZ Launched
efforts to ldquodefine refine and embrace the
firmrsquos culturerdquo Hein amp Associates Expanded cloud solu-
tions service line Saw staff growth of over 11
percent
Hill Barth amp King Launched HbK Corpo-
rate Finance division Created new Web site
and YouTube channel In November 2013
merged in Lawrenceville NJ-based Bartolo-
mei Pucciarelli CPAs
Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt Saw ldquosig-
nificant growthrdquo in MampA private equity pro-
fessional services international tax and en-
tertainment practices Launched a business
development training program
Honkamp Krueger amp Co In Augustmerged in Madison Wis-based The Brem-
ser Group In October opened practice in
Davenport Iowa Added medical practice
consulting and talent outsourcing to its ser-
vices list
Horne Saw overall staff growth of over 11
percent Named an Accounting Today 2013
Best Firm to Work For
Joseph Decosimo amp Co In March 2013
acquired Huntsville Ala-based cost account-
ing and federal compliance solutions group
Solvability In December merged in Larry
Hyatt amp Associates
Kahn Litwin Renza amp Co In January
2013 merged with Waltham Mass-based Fay
amp Associates In May opened KLR Emerging
Business Center to offer co-working office
space to start-ups
Katz Sapper amp Miller Saw revenue
growth of over 7 percent and overall staff
growth of over 9 percent
Kaufman Rossin Group Saw revenue
growth of over 18 percent Named the No1 Accounting Today 2013 Best Firm to Work
For in the Large Firm Category for the third
year in a row
Kearney amp Co Saw staff growth of over
2 percent
Kemper Fastest growing service area mdash
investment advisory services
Kennedy and Coe Installed new CEO
KPMG Completed acquisition of Ora-
cle ERP practice of The Hackett Group
Launched alliance-based offering in indirect
tax with Thomson Reuters In May 2013
agreed with Fannie Mae to pay $153 million
to settle class-action suit over Fannie Mae
audit In July launched market alliance with
cloud-based procurement solution provider
Coupa Software In September Denver office
achieved LEED-CI certification In Decem-
ber announced plans to acquire analytical
applications company Link Analytics In Jan-
uary 2014 agreed to pay $82 million to settle
SEC charges over auditor independence
Lattimore Black Morgan amp Cain Re-
ported organic growth of over 9 percent
across all service lines Added a health care
consulting company
Macias Gini amp OrsquoConnell Saw overall staff
growth of over 7 percent
Marcum In January 2013 merged in
Massachusetts-based Parent McLaughlin amp
Nangle In April merged in Cornerstone Ac-
counting Group In July merged in Irvine
Calif-based WilsonMorgan In January 2014
merged in three units of New England Re-
gional Leader Braver
Margolin Winer amp Evens Saw revenue
growth of over 2 percent
Marks Paneth Rebranded from Marks
Paneth amp Shron In February 2013 merged
in New York City-based Rosenberg Neuwirth
amp Kuchner
Mauldin amp Jenkins In June acquired Ten-
nessee-based Hazlett Lewis amp Bieter
MBAF CPAs Worked to achieve ldquogreater
consolidation of the Northeast Region op-
erations with the rest of the firmrdquo Enhanced
cross-utilization of staff and skills among
various regions Designed and implemented
cost controls
McGladrey In August launched a strat-
egy to serve middle-market companies Late
in 2013 acquired Wilmington NC-Lanier
Whaley Craft amp Co and Houston-based
Margolis Phipps amp Wright
Miller Kaplan Arase Appointed a new
managing partner Expanded Seattle office
Saw ldquosignificant growthrdquo in business manage-
ment and entertainment group
Montgomery Coscia Greilich New to the
list In March 2013 joined the Alliott Group
alliance In May opened new office in AustinTexas In June launched strategy and man-
agement consulting practice In September
marked 10th anniversary
Moss Adams Marked its 100th anniver-
sary Installed new chairmanCEO
Mountjoy Chilton Medley Transitioned
in operations of Jeffersonville Ind-based
firm Expanded Cincinnati office Saw ldquostrong
firm highlights
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increaserdquo in regulated industry work such as
insurance financial institutions and health
care In December 2013 launched IT consult-
ing amp strategy services
Nigro Karlin Segal Feldstein amp Bolno
Changed name from Nigro Karlin Segal ampFeldstein Sold a 245 percent minority stake
in the firm to First Republic Bank
Novogradac amp Co Saw revenue growth of
over 10 percent
OrsquoConnor Davies In October announced
merger with Cranford NJ-based Fazio Man-
nuzza Roche Tankel LaPilusa In January
2014 merged with New York City-based Mer-
sel Klein amp Co
ParenteBeard In January 2013 merged
in Connecticut-based health care manage-
ment consulting firm Presscott Associates In
November closed its technology practice In
February 2014 added team members from
insurance consulting firm Invotex
Plante Moran In April 2013 launched
Women in Leadership initiative In July
launched a Web site offering ACA guidance
In November opened an office in Detroit
Postlethwaite amp Netterville Implement-
ed a formal shareholder evaluation process
a formal pipeline process a business de-
velopment training curriculum and growthmanagement software
Prager Metis International New to the
list Formed from January 2013 merger of
Prager amp Fenton and Metis Group Added a
number of new service lines including SALT
cost segregation and research tax incentives
PwC In July 2013 reshuffled US leader-
ship team In October announced plans to
merge in consulting firm Booz amp Co
Raffa In November 2013 launched Raffa
Nonprofit Fraud Prevention Institute
Raich Ende Malter In March 2013 estab-
lished Raich Ende Malter (Cayman)
Rehmann Saw revenue growth of over 15
percent
Reinsel Kuntz Lesher Saw growth in rev-
enue of over 21 percent
RGL Forensics Opened an office in San-
tiago Chile Introduced registered broker-
dealer RGL Advisors to offer MampA transac-
tion advisory services in the US
Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin amp Co
Fastest growing specialty service mdash large
private equity transactions Fastest growing
client category mdash private equity companies
Rothstein Kass Saw revenue growth of
almost 7 percent
RubinBrown Launched national prac-
tices to serve private equity firms and gaming
companies
SCampH Group Inc Joined firm network
Moore Stephens Fastest growing specialty
service mdash technology consulting Fastest
growing client category mdash health care
Schenck In January 2013 acquired ma-
jority stake in Milwaukee-based Bonfield amp
Co Installed new MP and CFO Changed
practice management system
Schneider Downs Relocated corporate
headquarters within Pittsburgh
Seiler Share of revenue derived from tax
increased from 70 to 75 percent
Sikich In January 2013 merged in Il-
linois-based supply chain consulting firm
Achieve Consulting In August announced
merger with Brookfield Wis firm Kolb+Co
In September merged in St Louis-based
OrsquoDonnell Bonebrake amp Co Also mergedin S2 Consulting and PKF Texas Technology
Added eight services PR insurance lean
back office business intelligence SALT and
international tax Restructured executive and
compensation committees Revised partner
compensation plan
SingerLewak In January 2013 merged in
San Francisco office of Acquavell Chiarelli
Shuster Berkower amp Co
Skoda Minotti amp Co New to the list
In May 2013 merged Skoda Minotti Technol-
ogy Partners with Westlake Ohio-based Da-taServ In June 2013 merged in Tampa Fla-
based Dowell amp Perez In August merged
in Tampa-based national assurance solu-
tions and compliance company Assurance
Concepts
Squar Milner ldquoSignificantly expandingrdquo
Los Angeles offices
SSampG In May 2013 named new CEO Saw
revenue growth of almost 14 percent
SVA CPAs In June 2013 installed new
CEO In January 2014 merged in Wisconsin-
based practice of William P Merrick CPA
UHY Advisors Inc Saw overall staff
growth of over 10 percent
Vavrinek Trine Day amp Co All figures are
Accounting Today estimates
Warren Averett In January 2013 merged
in Atlanta-based Gifford Hillegass amp Ingwers-
en and Tampa Fla-based Pender Newkirk
Rebranded firm with new visual identity
Developed new and expanded services in
SALT business valuation forensic account-
ing and litigation support health care reform
economic settlement claims processing and
alternative investments
Watkins Meegan Expanded hospitality
practice and increased government contract-
ing practice Started health care consulting
practice Hired business developmentmar-
keting director
Weaver Saw revenue growth of over 13
percent and growth in all four of its largest
niches mdash energy financial services the pub-
lic sector and manufacturing In February
2014 merged in Connecticut-based RIN At-
test and Advisory Services
WeiserMazarsIn November 2013 merged
in New York-based Resnick Druckman Group
Expanded health care consulting group
Whitley Penn Expanded transaction ser-
vices practice and forensic litigation and
valuation services statewide Named an Ac-
counting Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Wipfli Formalized fresh-water industry
services opened office in Milwaukeersquos Global
Water Center Launched Wipfli Connect for
Manufacturing software solution In January
2014 merged in Tinley Park Ill-based The
Condon Group and Chicago-based practiceRegulatory Compliance Associates Inc
Wiss amp Co More than half of revenues (56
percent) derived from AampA services
WithumSmith+Brown Consolidated two
New Jersey offices Invested in international
tax practice and financial services practice
Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best Firm
to Work For
firm highlights
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regional leaders
26
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
EKSampH Denver 7046 1119 3 38 308 427 45 42 13 0
Hein amp Associates Denver 5071 445 4 33 191 266 48 47 4 1
RGL Forensics Denver 3765 606 17 23 124 190 0 0 0 100
Anderson ZurMuehlen Helena Mont 2557 277 7 27 128 204 35 38 10 17
GHP Horwath Denver 2480 -040 1 10 82 106 41 26 0 33
Anton Collins Mitchell Denver 1600 191 3 12 69 97 50 40 10 0
Tanner Salt Lake City 1430 1085 1 10 54 72 62 23 13 2
Junkermier ClarkCampanella Stevens Great Falls Mont 1420 085 7 25 69 120 39 43 7 11
Dalby Wendland amp Co Grand Junction Colo 1195 373 4 16 52 90 25 53 9 13McGee Hearne amp Paiz Cheyenne Wyo 973 485 2 9 52 70 55 38 7 0
Top Firms MountainColorado Idaho Montana Utah and Wyoming
Revenue $27537 million up 566
The region seems in some ways to have turned the corner It reported its second year in a row of respectable
growth after a few difficult years That may explain the interest from Top 100 Firms Eide Bailly in particular made
a number of acquisitions in the region particularly in the Salt Lake City area
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Weaver Fort Worth Texas 8340 1332 7 36 354 471 34 43 12 11
Whitley Penn Fort Worth Texas 5871 1984 5 38 206 294 43 43 0 14
Montgomery Coscia Greilich Plano Texas 3354 1614 2 16 203 231 28 41 24 7
Padgett Stratemann amp Co San Antonio 3007 301 2 17 127 179 51 37 12 0
REDW Albuquerque NM 2645 3352 2 17 129 181 52 24 10 14
Briggs amp Veselka Co Houston 2617 1842 2 19 151 194 41 50 8 1
PKF Texas Houston 2155 553 1 10 85 108 50 46 4 0
Cain Watters amp Associates Plano Texas 2080 930 1 7 55 108 10 15 0 75
BeachFleischman Tuscon Ariz 2030 2378 2 25 81 140 27 57 2 14
Johnson Miller amp Co CPAs Odessa Texas 1954 868 3 14 76 103 30 50 7 13
PMB Helin Donovan Austin Texas 1900 1377 8 28 88 136 55 45 0 0Lane Gorman Trubitt Dallas 1900 497 1 15 62 92 57 37 0 6
Henry amp Horne Tempe Ariz 1850 571 3 14 70 102 33 58 9 0
Maxwell Locke amp Ritter Austin Texas 1834 969 2 21 61 92 38 41 0 21
TravisWolff Dallas 1830 -054 1 8 76 104 32 54 14 0
Melton amp Melton Houston 1790 770 1 14 79 103 50 50 0 0
Brown Graham amp Co Amarillo Texas 1287 404 7 23 61 113 35 50 5 10
Hartman Leito amp Bolt Fort Worth Texas 1100 -795 1 10 47 69 45 46 8 1
MaloneBailey Houston 897 -2220 2 5 31 41 98 2 0 0
Notes Firm estimate or projection NC No change NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms Southwest Arizona New Mexico Oklahoma and Texas
Revenue $48441 million up 1103
As with the Gulf Coast booming revenues from oil and gas no doubt played a part in the
Southwestrsquos strong performance this year (the third best of the regions) with many of the
largest firms recording growth in energy and related services Wersquore also happy to note a
number of new Regional Leaders including Planorsquos Montgomery Coscia Greilich (which also
joined the T100) Houstonrsquos Melton amp Melton and Amarillorsquos Brown Graham amp Co
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regional leaders
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Moss Adams Seattle 40300 1715 22 263 1340 2072 45 38 17 0
Armanino San Ramon Calif 11284 1311 5 37 301 394 21 26 49 4
Novogradac amp Co San Francisco 9248 1003 15 35 311 408 59 27 2 12
Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt W Los Angeles Calif 8692 1724 8 36 263 362 18 76 0 6
Burr Pilger Mayer Inc San Francisco 6850 -087 6 40 225 330 38 50 12 0
Frank Rimerman + Co Palo Alto Calif 6120 1233 5 21 229 267 27 62 11 0
Nigro Karlin Segal Feldstein amp Bolno Los Angeles 5608 1167 2 21 262 314 17 17 2 64
Squar Milner Newport Beach Calif 4530 295 4 22 171 229 40 53 0 7SingerLewak Los Angeles 3850 -080 6 33 NA NA NA NA NA NA
AKT CPAs Salem Ore 3824 1039 6 15 176 235 28 33 11 28
Miller Kaplan Arase North Hollywood Calif 3800 270 5 24 117 175 58 17 17 8
Gallina Roseville Calif 3639 505 9 26 155 226 45 52 3 0
Seiler Redwood City Calif 3610 587 2 11 116 152 10 75 0 15
Macias Gini amp OrsquoConnell Sacramento Calif 3340 -773 9 10 164 258 63 12 7 18
Vavrinek Trine Day amp Codagger Rancho Cucamonga Calif 3231 199 7 33 NA 200 NA NA NA NA
Clark Nuber Bellevue Wash 3096 614 1 18 119 168 49 48 0 3
Gursey | Schneider Los Angeles 2820 682 3 10 85 129 0 30 0 70
RBZ Los Angeles 2800 1327 1 14 89 136 17 52 17 14
Hutchinson and Bloodgood Glendale Calif 2543 1559 4 33 58 115 38 46 16 0
Windes Inc Long Beach Calif 2361 -215 3 16 76 121 44 46 4 6
Green Hasson Janks Los Angeles 2310 500 1 13 88 116 32 33 13 22
Hemming Morse San Francisco 2069 827 7 13 76 96 33 0 0 67Perkins amp Co Portland Ore 2017 1034 2 19 87 132 27 40 24 9
Matson amp Isom Chico Calif 1768 400 4 21 81 128 41 46 5 8
Gumbiner Savett Santa Monica Calif 1728 601 1 10 80 110 40 50 8 2
Peterson Sullivan Seattle 1646 457 1 13 84 97 52 47 1 0
Sensiba San Filippo Pleasanton Calif 1620 588 4 14 61 103 NA NA NA NA
NSBN Beverly Hills Calif 1500 1111 1 13 53 74 35 49 5 11
Notes Firm estimate or projection dagger Accounting Today estimate NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms WestCalifornia Nevada Oregon and Washington
Revenue $146204 million up 989
Growth is spread a little more evenly among the firms in the West this year with strong rates at the top firms but equally
good performances scattered up and down the range While some of the other regions saw re-arrangements and even
shortenings of their rosters due to mergers and acquisitions firm combinations didnrsquot change the list for the West muchat all In fact the list itself grew a little longer with the addition of new Regional Leaders Perkins amp Co in Portland Ore
Peterson Sullivan in Seattle and NSBN in Beverly Hills
Where the money isCombined 2013 revenues in millions of dollars by region
Mid-Atlantic
GreatLakes
West Midwest CapitalRegion
Southeast Gulf Coast
Southwest NewEngland
Mountain0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
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AKT CPAs Acquired firm with a dental
professional practice
Anchin Block amp Anchin In February
2013 lost $50 million judgment to author Pa-
tricia Cornwell over financial management
Armanino In January 2013 rebranded
from Armanino McKenna Launched business
intelligence dashboard for private schools
and Dynamic Insights BI tool Acquired Dy-
namics VAR Rose Business Solutions
Aronson Organized two new service
groups IT audit and wealth management
consulting for choosing and assessing advi-
sor performance Baker Tilly Virchow Krause In June 2013
acquired New York-based Top 100 Firm Holtz
Rubenstein Reminick Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
BDO In June 2013 acquired Alaska-based
Mikunda Cottrell and Minneapolis-based
Moquist Thorvilson Kaufmann and brought
on members of banking practice of T100
Firm ParenteBeard In August expanded in
San Antonio by adding some partners and
staff from TravisWolff In December acquired
Pittsburgh T100 Firm Alpern Rosenthal
Berdon Joined TIAG alliance Expanded
use of CRM system and instituted Best Place
to Work Committee to propose community
social and charitable initiatives for the firm
In November 2013 merged with Northport
NY-based Beck amp Co
Berkowitz Pollack Brant Expanded stra-
tegic planning task force to include ldquoup and
comersrdquo Began celebrating its 35th anniver-
sary Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best
Firm to Work For
BerryDunn Grew revenue by over 7 per-
cent and overall staff by over 10 percent
BKD In 2013 marked its 90th anniver-
sary Opened offices in Des Moines Iowa
and Nashville Tenn In September acquired
Pittsburgh-based Malin Bergquist
Blue amp Co All figures are Accounting To-
day estimates
BlumShapiro Merged with Newton
Mass-based Friedman Suvalle amp Salomon
Added a dedicated hospitality group
The Bonadio Group In April 2013 merged
in Rutland Vt-based Independent Audit As-
sociates In September merged in Buffalo
NY-based Gaines Kriner Elliott In Novem-
ber merged in Albany NY-based Stulmaker
Kohn amp Richardson Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Burr Pilger Mayer Inc In January 2013
named new CEO In November opened new
office in Napa Valley
Carr Riggs amp Ingram In January 2013merged in Atlanta-based Peterson Coleman
amp Marett In July merged with North Caro-
lina-based accounting firm Pittard Perry amp
Crone Inc In August merged in Atlanta-
based Laney Boteler amp Killinger In Septem-
ber merged in Texas Regional Leader Gainer
Donnelly
CBIZ Mayer Hoffman McCann In No-
vember 2013 acquired Denver-based Knight
Field Fabry In January 2013 named Chris
Spurio president of CBIZ Financial Services
In February announced acquisition of Tam-pa Bay Fla-based Lewis Birch amp Ricardo
Cherry Bekaert In January 2013 re-
branded from Cherry Bekaert amp Holland
Formed benefits consulting group expanded
international tax team and advisory services
Citrin Cooperman amp Co In November
2013 merged in Leon M Reimer amp Co
Clark Schaefer Hackett amp Co Marked its
75th anniversary Having ldquoactive discussionsrdquo
on acquisitions
CliftonLarsonAllen Sold health care reg-ulatory and compliance group
Cohen amp Co Divested nearly $10 mil-
lion in business during the year that was not
meeting growth and profitability expecta-
tions Implemented a second tier of owner-
ship Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best
Firm to Work For
CohnReznick Named first national direc-
firm highlights
2014 firm highlightstor of governmental affairs Relocated offices
in Chicago Los Angeles and Austin Texas
Crowe Horwath In August 2013 acquired
a majority interest in Missouri-based Chan
Healthcare Integrated staff and acquired in-
tellectual property of ExtOrg In November
named its first chief innovation officer
Deloitte in January 2014 acquired sub-
stantially all of the business of strategy con-
sulting firm the Monitor Group In June ac-
quired investment bank McColl Partners In
July acquired SAP consulting firm Quattro
Integration Group In September acquired
TMA Construction Consultants In October
acquired substantially all of the assets of digi-
tal and social media agency Banyan Branch
In October agreed to pay $2 million to settle
charges with the PCAOB for violating Sar-
banes-Oxley Act and PCAOB rules In No-
vember launched CloudMix a preconfigured
mixture of cloud applications from different
vendors for clients
Dixon Hughes Goodman In June 2013
added Crossfire Advisory to its national health
care practice
Doeren Mayhew Grew revenue over 16
percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash international tax Fastest growing client
category mdash manufacturing
Eide Bailly In May 2013 installed new
CEO In June and August merged in two Salt
Lake City CPA firms Lake Hill amp Myers and
Hansen Barnett amp Maxwell In November
2013 acquired Denver NetSuite solutions pro-
vider Next Business Systems In December
launched private insurance exchange
EisnerAmper Had an ldquooutstandingrdquo year
Added several new services including CFO
outsourcing human capital cloud technol-
ogy and family office services
EKSampH Rebranded from Ehrhardt KeefeSteiner amp Hottman Saw revenue growth of
over 11 percent
Elliott Davis In April merged in Raleigh
NC-based Lunsford amp Strickland Relocated
office from Galax Va to Richmond Hired a
corporate strategies officer
Ernst amp Young In March paid $123 million
to resolve a federal tax shelter investigation
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In June launched EYTaxSpace Powered by
Thomson Reuters for corporate tax clients
In August donated its archives going back to
the early 1900s to Case Western Reserve Uni-
versity In December agreed to pay investors
$99 million to settle litigation over LehmanBrothers audit and acquired the US tax
preparation and court accounting outsourc-
ing businesses of Thomson Reuters
Frank Rimerman + Co Saw revenue
growth of over 12 percent
Frazier amp Deeter Saw revenue growth of
over 20 percent
Freed Maxick Saw revenue growth of over
9 percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash health care Fastest growing client cat-
egory mdash consulting
Friedman Saw revenue growth of over
8 percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash international tax Fastest growing client
category mdash real estate Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Gallina Expanded service lines including
international tax state and local tax and es-
tate trust retirement and succession services
Hired a director of recruitment and develop-
ment Joined TIAG alliance In February 2014
acquired Mercer Island Wash-based Tuef-
fers Guckian amp Gamon
Grant Thornton Redesigned external
Web site Hired a chief people and culture
officer In September 2013 acquired Oracle
Solutions business unit MarketSphere In No-
vember extended tenure of current CEO
Grassi amp Co In May 2013 added in David
C Sobel CPA and his staff In December
launched Grassi Technology Consultants
Habif Arogeti amp Wynne In May merged
in boutique tax consulting firm JRZ Launched
efforts to ldquodefine refine and embrace the
firmrsquos culturerdquo Hein amp Associates Expanded cloud solu-
tions service line Saw staff growth of over 11
percent
Hill Barth amp King Launched HbK Corpo-
rate Finance division Created new Web site
and YouTube channel In November 2013
merged in Lawrenceville NJ-based Bartolo-
mei Pucciarelli CPAs
Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt Saw ldquosig-
nificant growthrdquo in MampA private equity pro-
fessional services international tax and en-
tertainment practices Launched a business
development training program
Honkamp Krueger amp Co In Augustmerged in Madison Wis-based The Brem-
ser Group In October opened practice in
Davenport Iowa Added medical practice
consulting and talent outsourcing to its ser-
vices list
Horne Saw overall staff growth of over 11
percent Named an Accounting Today 2013
Best Firm to Work For
Joseph Decosimo amp Co In March 2013
acquired Huntsville Ala-based cost account-
ing and federal compliance solutions group
Solvability In December merged in Larry
Hyatt amp Associates
Kahn Litwin Renza amp Co In January
2013 merged with Waltham Mass-based Fay
amp Associates In May opened KLR Emerging
Business Center to offer co-working office
space to start-ups
Katz Sapper amp Miller Saw revenue
growth of over 7 percent and overall staff
growth of over 9 percent
Kaufman Rossin Group Saw revenue
growth of over 18 percent Named the No1 Accounting Today 2013 Best Firm to Work
For in the Large Firm Category for the third
year in a row
Kearney amp Co Saw staff growth of over
2 percent
Kemper Fastest growing service area mdash
investment advisory services
Kennedy and Coe Installed new CEO
KPMG Completed acquisition of Ora-
cle ERP practice of The Hackett Group
Launched alliance-based offering in indirect
tax with Thomson Reuters In May 2013
agreed with Fannie Mae to pay $153 million
to settle class-action suit over Fannie Mae
audit In July launched market alliance with
cloud-based procurement solution provider
Coupa Software In September Denver office
achieved LEED-CI certification In Decem-
ber announced plans to acquire analytical
applications company Link Analytics In Jan-
uary 2014 agreed to pay $82 million to settle
SEC charges over auditor independence
Lattimore Black Morgan amp Cain Re-
ported organic growth of over 9 percent
across all service lines Added a health care
consulting company
Macias Gini amp OrsquoConnell Saw overall staff
growth of over 7 percent
Marcum In January 2013 merged in
Massachusetts-based Parent McLaughlin amp
Nangle In April merged in Cornerstone Ac-
counting Group In July merged in Irvine
Calif-based WilsonMorgan In January 2014
merged in three units of New England Re-
gional Leader Braver
Margolin Winer amp Evens Saw revenue
growth of over 2 percent
Marks Paneth Rebranded from Marks
Paneth amp Shron In February 2013 merged
in New York City-based Rosenberg Neuwirth
amp Kuchner
Mauldin amp Jenkins In June acquired Ten-
nessee-based Hazlett Lewis amp Bieter
MBAF CPAs Worked to achieve ldquogreater
consolidation of the Northeast Region op-
erations with the rest of the firmrdquo Enhanced
cross-utilization of staff and skills among
various regions Designed and implemented
cost controls
McGladrey In August launched a strat-
egy to serve middle-market companies Late
in 2013 acquired Wilmington NC-Lanier
Whaley Craft amp Co and Houston-based
Margolis Phipps amp Wright
Miller Kaplan Arase Appointed a new
managing partner Expanded Seattle office
Saw ldquosignificant growthrdquo in business manage-
ment and entertainment group
Montgomery Coscia Greilich New to the
list In March 2013 joined the Alliott Group
alliance In May opened new office in AustinTexas In June launched strategy and man-
agement consulting practice In September
marked 10th anniversary
Moss Adams Marked its 100th anniver-
sary Installed new chairmanCEO
Mountjoy Chilton Medley Transitioned
in operations of Jeffersonville Ind-based
firm Expanded Cincinnati office Saw ldquostrong
firm highlights
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increaserdquo in regulated industry work such as
insurance financial institutions and health
care In December 2013 launched IT consult-
ing amp strategy services
Nigro Karlin Segal Feldstein amp Bolno
Changed name from Nigro Karlin Segal ampFeldstein Sold a 245 percent minority stake
in the firm to First Republic Bank
Novogradac amp Co Saw revenue growth of
over 10 percent
OrsquoConnor Davies In October announced
merger with Cranford NJ-based Fazio Man-
nuzza Roche Tankel LaPilusa In January
2014 merged with New York City-based Mer-
sel Klein amp Co
ParenteBeard In January 2013 merged
in Connecticut-based health care manage-
ment consulting firm Presscott Associates In
November closed its technology practice In
February 2014 added team members from
insurance consulting firm Invotex
Plante Moran In April 2013 launched
Women in Leadership initiative In July
launched a Web site offering ACA guidance
In November opened an office in Detroit
Postlethwaite amp Netterville Implement-
ed a formal shareholder evaluation process
a formal pipeline process a business de-
velopment training curriculum and growthmanagement software
Prager Metis International New to the
list Formed from January 2013 merger of
Prager amp Fenton and Metis Group Added a
number of new service lines including SALT
cost segregation and research tax incentives
PwC In July 2013 reshuffled US leader-
ship team In October announced plans to
merge in consulting firm Booz amp Co
Raffa In November 2013 launched Raffa
Nonprofit Fraud Prevention Institute
Raich Ende Malter In March 2013 estab-
lished Raich Ende Malter (Cayman)
Rehmann Saw revenue growth of over 15
percent
Reinsel Kuntz Lesher Saw growth in rev-
enue of over 21 percent
RGL Forensics Opened an office in San-
tiago Chile Introduced registered broker-
dealer RGL Advisors to offer MampA transac-
tion advisory services in the US
Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin amp Co
Fastest growing specialty service mdash large
private equity transactions Fastest growing
client category mdash private equity companies
Rothstein Kass Saw revenue growth of
almost 7 percent
RubinBrown Launched national prac-
tices to serve private equity firms and gaming
companies
SCampH Group Inc Joined firm network
Moore Stephens Fastest growing specialty
service mdash technology consulting Fastest
growing client category mdash health care
Schenck In January 2013 acquired ma-
jority stake in Milwaukee-based Bonfield amp
Co Installed new MP and CFO Changed
practice management system
Schneider Downs Relocated corporate
headquarters within Pittsburgh
Seiler Share of revenue derived from tax
increased from 70 to 75 percent
Sikich In January 2013 merged in Il-
linois-based supply chain consulting firm
Achieve Consulting In August announced
merger with Brookfield Wis firm Kolb+Co
In September merged in St Louis-based
OrsquoDonnell Bonebrake amp Co Also mergedin S2 Consulting and PKF Texas Technology
Added eight services PR insurance lean
back office business intelligence SALT and
international tax Restructured executive and
compensation committees Revised partner
compensation plan
SingerLewak In January 2013 merged in
San Francisco office of Acquavell Chiarelli
Shuster Berkower amp Co
Skoda Minotti amp Co New to the list
In May 2013 merged Skoda Minotti Technol-
ogy Partners with Westlake Ohio-based Da-taServ In June 2013 merged in Tampa Fla-
based Dowell amp Perez In August merged
in Tampa-based national assurance solu-
tions and compliance company Assurance
Concepts
Squar Milner ldquoSignificantly expandingrdquo
Los Angeles offices
SSampG In May 2013 named new CEO Saw
revenue growth of almost 14 percent
SVA CPAs In June 2013 installed new
CEO In January 2014 merged in Wisconsin-
based practice of William P Merrick CPA
UHY Advisors Inc Saw overall staff
growth of over 10 percent
Vavrinek Trine Day amp Co All figures are
Accounting Today estimates
Warren Averett In January 2013 merged
in Atlanta-based Gifford Hillegass amp Ingwers-
en and Tampa Fla-based Pender Newkirk
Rebranded firm with new visual identity
Developed new and expanded services in
SALT business valuation forensic account-
ing and litigation support health care reform
economic settlement claims processing and
alternative investments
Watkins Meegan Expanded hospitality
practice and increased government contract-
ing practice Started health care consulting
practice Hired business developmentmar-
keting director
Weaver Saw revenue growth of over 13
percent and growth in all four of its largest
niches mdash energy financial services the pub-
lic sector and manufacturing In February
2014 merged in Connecticut-based RIN At-
test and Advisory Services
WeiserMazarsIn November 2013 merged
in New York-based Resnick Druckman Group
Expanded health care consulting group
Whitley Penn Expanded transaction ser-
vices practice and forensic litigation and
valuation services statewide Named an Ac-
counting Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Wipfli Formalized fresh-water industry
services opened office in Milwaukeersquos Global
Water Center Launched Wipfli Connect for
Manufacturing software solution In January
2014 merged in Tinley Park Ill-based The
Condon Group and Chicago-based practiceRegulatory Compliance Associates Inc
Wiss amp Co More than half of revenues (56
percent) derived from AampA services
WithumSmith+Brown Consolidated two
New Jersey offices Invested in international
tax practice and financial services practice
Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best Firm
to Work For
firm highlights
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TAX AND ACCOUNTING CENTER
Analyzing and interpreting tax rules and regulationsndash and putting them into actionndash are challenges youface every day Now you can rely on BloombergBNArsquos Tax and Accounting Centertrade as the go-tosource for all your daily tax needs from the basicto the most complex With federal state andinternational tax transactions codes rules andregulations yoursquoll get quick answers to commonquestions as well as insight on complex issues Theresult yoursquoll be more confident in your decision-making
Because being exceptional is staying one stepahead of your clientsrsquo challenges ndash every day
Start a FREE trial
wwwbnacombtac23
8003721033
8112019 Accounting Today Top100Firms2014
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regional leaders
Rev Profess- Total mdashmdashmdashmdash Fee split mdashmdashmdashmdashFirm Headquarters $ mn chg Offices Partners ionals emps AampA Tax MAS Other
Moss Adams Seattle 40300 1715 22 263 1340 2072 45 38 17 0
Armanino San Ramon Calif 11284 1311 5 37 301 394 21 26 49 4
Novogradac amp Co San Francisco 9248 1003 15 35 311 408 59 27 2 12
Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt W Los Angeles Calif 8692 1724 8 36 263 362 18 76 0 6
Burr Pilger Mayer Inc San Francisco 6850 -087 6 40 225 330 38 50 12 0
Frank Rimerman + Co Palo Alto Calif 6120 1233 5 21 229 267 27 62 11 0
Nigro Karlin Segal Feldstein amp Bolno Los Angeles 5608 1167 2 21 262 314 17 17 2 64
Squar Milner Newport Beach Calif 4530 295 4 22 171 229 40 53 0 7SingerLewak Los Angeles 3850 -080 6 33 NA NA NA NA NA NA
AKT CPAs Salem Ore 3824 1039 6 15 176 235 28 33 11 28
Miller Kaplan Arase North Hollywood Calif 3800 270 5 24 117 175 58 17 17 8
Gallina Roseville Calif 3639 505 9 26 155 226 45 52 3 0
Seiler Redwood City Calif 3610 587 2 11 116 152 10 75 0 15
Macias Gini amp OrsquoConnell Sacramento Calif 3340 -773 9 10 164 258 63 12 7 18
Vavrinek Trine Day amp Codagger Rancho Cucamonga Calif 3231 199 7 33 NA 200 NA NA NA NA
Clark Nuber Bellevue Wash 3096 614 1 18 119 168 49 48 0 3
Gursey | Schneider Los Angeles 2820 682 3 10 85 129 0 30 0 70
RBZ Los Angeles 2800 1327 1 14 89 136 17 52 17 14
Hutchinson and Bloodgood Glendale Calif 2543 1559 4 33 58 115 38 46 16 0
Windes Inc Long Beach Calif 2361 -215 3 16 76 121 44 46 4 6
Green Hasson Janks Los Angeles 2310 500 1 13 88 116 32 33 13 22
Hemming Morse San Francisco 2069 827 7 13 76 96 33 0 0 67Perkins amp Co Portland Ore 2017 1034 2 19 87 132 27 40 24 9
Matson amp Isom Chico Calif 1768 400 4 21 81 128 41 46 5 8
Gumbiner Savett Santa Monica Calif 1728 601 1 10 80 110 40 50 8 2
Peterson Sullivan Seattle 1646 457 1 13 84 97 52 47 1 0
Sensiba San Filippo Pleasanton Calif 1620 588 4 14 61 103 NA NA NA NA
NSBN Beverly Hills Calif 1500 1111 1 13 53 74 35 49 5 11
Notes Firm estimate or projection dagger Accounting Today estimate NA Not availableapplicable
Top Firms WestCalifornia Nevada Oregon and Washington
Revenue $146204 million up 989
Growth is spread a little more evenly among the firms in the West this year with strong rates at the top firms but equally
good performances scattered up and down the range While some of the other regions saw re-arrangements and even
shortenings of their rosters due to mergers and acquisitions firm combinations didnrsquot change the list for the West muchat all In fact the list itself grew a little longer with the addition of new Regional Leaders Perkins amp Co in Portland Ore
Peterson Sullivan in Seattle and NSBN in Beverly Hills
Where the money isCombined 2013 revenues in millions of dollars by region
Mid-Atlantic
GreatLakes
West Midwest CapitalRegion
Southeast Gulf Coast
Southwest NewEngland
Mountain0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
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AKT CPAs Acquired firm with a dental
professional practice
Anchin Block amp Anchin In February
2013 lost $50 million judgment to author Pa-
tricia Cornwell over financial management
Armanino In January 2013 rebranded
from Armanino McKenna Launched business
intelligence dashboard for private schools
and Dynamic Insights BI tool Acquired Dy-
namics VAR Rose Business Solutions
Aronson Organized two new service
groups IT audit and wealth management
consulting for choosing and assessing advi-
sor performance Baker Tilly Virchow Krause In June 2013
acquired New York-based Top 100 Firm Holtz
Rubenstein Reminick Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
BDO In June 2013 acquired Alaska-based
Mikunda Cottrell and Minneapolis-based
Moquist Thorvilson Kaufmann and brought
on members of banking practice of T100
Firm ParenteBeard In August expanded in
San Antonio by adding some partners and
staff from TravisWolff In December acquired
Pittsburgh T100 Firm Alpern Rosenthal
Berdon Joined TIAG alliance Expanded
use of CRM system and instituted Best Place
to Work Committee to propose community
social and charitable initiatives for the firm
In November 2013 merged with Northport
NY-based Beck amp Co
Berkowitz Pollack Brant Expanded stra-
tegic planning task force to include ldquoup and
comersrdquo Began celebrating its 35th anniver-
sary Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best
Firm to Work For
BerryDunn Grew revenue by over 7 per-
cent and overall staff by over 10 percent
BKD In 2013 marked its 90th anniver-
sary Opened offices in Des Moines Iowa
and Nashville Tenn In September acquired
Pittsburgh-based Malin Bergquist
Blue amp Co All figures are Accounting To-
day estimates
BlumShapiro Merged with Newton
Mass-based Friedman Suvalle amp Salomon
Added a dedicated hospitality group
The Bonadio Group In April 2013 merged
in Rutland Vt-based Independent Audit As-
sociates In September merged in Buffalo
NY-based Gaines Kriner Elliott In Novem-
ber merged in Albany NY-based Stulmaker
Kohn amp Richardson Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Burr Pilger Mayer Inc In January 2013
named new CEO In November opened new
office in Napa Valley
Carr Riggs amp Ingram In January 2013merged in Atlanta-based Peterson Coleman
amp Marett In July merged with North Caro-
lina-based accounting firm Pittard Perry amp
Crone Inc In August merged in Atlanta-
based Laney Boteler amp Killinger In Septem-
ber merged in Texas Regional Leader Gainer
Donnelly
CBIZ Mayer Hoffman McCann In No-
vember 2013 acquired Denver-based Knight
Field Fabry In January 2013 named Chris
Spurio president of CBIZ Financial Services
In February announced acquisition of Tam-pa Bay Fla-based Lewis Birch amp Ricardo
Cherry Bekaert In January 2013 re-
branded from Cherry Bekaert amp Holland
Formed benefits consulting group expanded
international tax team and advisory services
Citrin Cooperman amp Co In November
2013 merged in Leon M Reimer amp Co
Clark Schaefer Hackett amp Co Marked its
75th anniversary Having ldquoactive discussionsrdquo
on acquisitions
CliftonLarsonAllen Sold health care reg-ulatory and compliance group
Cohen amp Co Divested nearly $10 mil-
lion in business during the year that was not
meeting growth and profitability expecta-
tions Implemented a second tier of owner-
ship Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best
Firm to Work For
CohnReznick Named first national direc-
firm highlights
2014 firm highlightstor of governmental affairs Relocated offices
in Chicago Los Angeles and Austin Texas
Crowe Horwath In August 2013 acquired
a majority interest in Missouri-based Chan
Healthcare Integrated staff and acquired in-
tellectual property of ExtOrg In November
named its first chief innovation officer
Deloitte in January 2014 acquired sub-
stantially all of the business of strategy con-
sulting firm the Monitor Group In June ac-
quired investment bank McColl Partners In
July acquired SAP consulting firm Quattro
Integration Group In September acquired
TMA Construction Consultants In October
acquired substantially all of the assets of digi-
tal and social media agency Banyan Branch
In October agreed to pay $2 million to settle
charges with the PCAOB for violating Sar-
banes-Oxley Act and PCAOB rules In No-
vember launched CloudMix a preconfigured
mixture of cloud applications from different
vendors for clients
Dixon Hughes Goodman In June 2013
added Crossfire Advisory to its national health
care practice
Doeren Mayhew Grew revenue over 16
percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash international tax Fastest growing client
category mdash manufacturing
Eide Bailly In May 2013 installed new
CEO In June and August merged in two Salt
Lake City CPA firms Lake Hill amp Myers and
Hansen Barnett amp Maxwell In November
2013 acquired Denver NetSuite solutions pro-
vider Next Business Systems In December
launched private insurance exchange
EisnerAmper Had an ldquooutstandingrdquo year
Added several new services including CFO
outsourcing human capital cloud technol-
ogy and family office services
EKSampH Rebranded from Ehrhardt KeefeSteiner amp Hottman Saw revenue growth of
over 11 percent
Elliott Davis In April merged in Raleigh
NC-based Lunsford amp Strickland Relocated
office from Galax Va to Richmond Hired a
corporate strategies officer
Ernst amp Young In March paid $123 million
to resolve a federal tax shelter investigation
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In June launched EYTaxSpace Powered by
Thomson Reuters for corporate tax clients
In August donated its archives going back to
the early 1900s to Case Western Reserve Uni-
versity In December agreed to pay investors
$99 million to settle litigation over LehmanBrothers audit and acquired the US tax
preparation and court accounting outsourc-
ing businesses of Thomson Reuters
Frank Rimerman + Co Saw revenue
growth of over 12 percent
Frazier amp Deeter Saw revenue growth of
over 20 percent
Freed Maxick Saw revenue growth of over
9 percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash health care Fastest growing client cat-
egory mdash consulting
Friedman Saw revenue growth of over
8 percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash international tax Fastest growing client
category mdash real estate Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Gallina Expanded service lines including
international tax state and local tax and es-
tate trust retirement and succession services
Hired a director of recruitment and develop-
ment Joined TIAG alliance In February 2014
acquired Mercer Island Wash-based Tuef-
fers Guckian amp Gamon
Grant Thornton Redesigned external
Web site Hired a chief people and culture
officer In September 2013 acquired Oracle
Solutions business unit MarketSphere In No-
vember extended tenure of current CEO
Grassi amp Co In May 2013 added in David
C Sobel CPA and his staff In December
launched Grassi Technology Consultants
Habif Arogeti amp Wynne In May merged
in boutique tax consulting firm JRZ Launched
efforts to ldquodefine refine and embrace the
firmrsquos culturerdquo Hein amp Associates Expanded cloud solu-
tions service line Saw staff growth of over 11
percent
Hill Barth amp King Launched HbK Corpo-
rate Finance division Created new Web site
and YouTube channel In November 2013
merged in Lawrenceville NJ-based Bartolo-
mei Pucciarelli CPAs
Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt Saw ldquosig-
nificant growthrdquo in MampA private equity pro-
fessional services international tax and en-
tertainment practices Launched a business
development training program
Honkamp Krueger amp Co In Augustmerged in Madison Wis-based The Brem-
ser Group In October opened practice in
Davenport Iowa Added medical practice
consulting and talent outsourcing to its ser-
vices list
Horne Saw overall staff growth of over 11
percent Named an Accounting Today 2013
Best Firm to Work For
Joseph Decosimo amp Co In March 2013
acquired Huntsville Ala-based cost account-
ing and federal compliance solutions group
Solvability In December merged in Larry
Hyatt amp Associates
Kahn Litwin Renza amp Co In January
2013 merged with Waltham Mass-based Fay
amp Associates In May opened KLR Emerging
Business Center to offer co-working office
space to start-ups
Katz Sapper amp Miller Saw revenue
growth of over 7 percent and overall staff
growth of over 9 percent
Kaufman Rossin Group Saw revenue
growth of over 18 percent Named the No1 Accounting Today 2013 Best Firm to Work
For in the Large Firm Category for the third
year in a row
Kearney amp Co Saw staff growth of over
2 percent
Kemper Fastest growing service area mdash
investment advisory services
Kennedy and Coe Installed new CEO
KPMG Completed acquisition of Ora-
cle ERP practice of The Hackett Group
Launched alliance-based offering in indirect
tax with Thomson Reuters In May 2013
agreed with Fannie Mae to pay $153 million
to settle class-action suit over Fannie Mae
audit In July launched market alliance with
cloud-based procurement solution provider
Coupa Software In September Denver office
achieved LEED-CI certification In Decem-
ber announced plans to acquire analytical
applications company Link Analytics In Jan-
uary 2014 agreed to pay $82 million to settle
SEC charges over auditor independence
Lattimore Black Morgan amp Cain Re-
ported organic growth of over 9 percent
across all service lines Added a health care
consulting company
Macias Gini amp OrsquoConnell Saw overall staff
growth of over 7 percent
Marcum In January 2013 merged in
Massachusetts-based Parent McLaughlin amp
Nangle In April merged in Cornerstone Ac-
counting Group In July merged in Irvine
Calif-based WilsonMorgan In January 2014
merged in three units of New England Re-
gional Leader Braver
Margolin Winer amp Evens Saw revenue
growth of over 2 percent
Marks Paneth Rebranded from Marks
Paneth amp Shron In February 2013 merged
in New York City-based Rosenberg Neuwirth
amp Kuchner
Mauldin amp Jenkins In June acquired Ten-
nessee-based Hazlett Lewis amp Bieter
MBAF CPAs Worked to achieve ldquogreater
consolidation of the Northeast Region op-
erations with the rest of the firmrdquo Enhanced
cross-utilization of staff and skills among
various regions Designed and implemented
cost controls
McGladrey In August launched a strat-
egy to serve middle-market companies Late
in 2013 acquired Wilmington NC-Lanier
Whaley Craft amp Co and Houston-based
Margolis Phipps amp Wright
Miller Kaplan Arase Appointed a new
managing partner Expanded Seattle office
Saw ldquosignificant growthrdquo in business manage-
ment and entertainment group
Montgomery Coscia Greilich New to the
list In March 2013 joined the Alliott Group
alliance In May opened new office in AustinTexas In June launched strategy and man-
agement consulting practice In September
marked 10th anniversary
Moss Adams Marked its 100th anniver-
sary Installed new chairmanCEO
Mountjoy Chilton Medley Transitioned
in operations of Jeffersonville Ind-based
firm Expanded Cincinnati office Saw ldquostrong
firm highlights
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increaserdquo in regulated industry work such as
insurance financial institutions and health
care In December 2013 launched IT consult-
ing amp strategy services
Nigro Karlin Segal Feldstein amp Bolno
Changed name from Nigro Karlin Segal ampFeldstein Sold a 245 percent minority stake
in the firm to First Republic Bank
Novogradac amp Co Saw revenue growth of
over 10 percent
OrsquoConnor Davies In October announced
merger with Cranford NJ-based Fazio Man-
nuzza Roche Tankel LaPilusa In January
2014 merged with New York City-based Mer-
sel Klein amp Co
ParenteBeard In January 2013 merged
in Connecticut-based health care manage-
ment consulting firm Presscott Associates In
November closed its technology practice In
February 2014 added team members from
insurance consulting firm Invotex
Plante Moran In April 2013 launched
Women in Leadership initiative In July
launched a Web site offering ACA guidance
In November opened an office in Detroit
Postlethwaite amp Netterville Implement-
ed a formal shareholder evaluation process
a formal pipeline process a business de-
velopment training curriculum and growthmanagement software
Prager Metis International New to the
list Formed from January 2013 merger of
Prager amp Fenton and Metis Group Added a
number of new service lines including SALT
cost segregation and research tax incentives
PwC In July 2013 reshuffled US leader-
ship team In October announced plans to
merge in consulting firm Booz amp Co
Raffa In November 2013 launched Raffa
Nonprofit Fraud Prevention Institute
Raich Ende Malter In March 2013 estab-
lished Raich Ende Malter (Cayman)
Rehmann Saw revenue growth of over 15
percent
Reinsel Kuntz Lesher Saw growth in rev-
enue of over 21 percent
RGL Forensics Opened an office in San-
tiago Chile Introduced registered broker-
dealer RGL Advisors to offer MampA transac-
tion advisory services in the US
Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin amp Co
Fastest growing specialty service mdash large
private equity transactions Fastest growing
client category mdash private equity companies
Rothstein Kass Saw revenue growth of
almost 7 percent
RubinBrown Launched national prac-
tices to serve private equity firms and gaming
companies
SCampH Group Inc Joined firm network
Moore Stephens Fastest growing specialty
service mdash technology consulting Fastest
growing client category mdash health care
Schenck In January 2013 acquired ma-
jority stake in Milwaukee-based Bonfield amp
Co Installed new MP and CFO Changed
practice management system
Schneider Downs Relocated corporate
headquarters within Pittsburgh
Seiler Share of revenue derived from tax
increased from 70 to 75 percent
Sikich In January 2013 merged in Il-
linois-based supply chain consulting firm
Achieve Consulting In August announced
merger with Brookfield Wis firm Kolb+Co
In September merged in St Louis-based
OrsquoDonnell Bonebrake amp Co Also mergedin S2 Consulting and PKF Texas Technology
Added eight services PR insurance lean
back office business intelligence SALT and
international tax Restructured executive and
compensation committees Revised partner
compensation plan
SingerLewak In January 2013 merged in
San Francisco office of Acquavell Chiarelli
Shuster Berkower amp Co
Skoda Minotti amp Co New to the list
In May 2013 merged Skoda Minotti Technol-
ogy Partners with Westlake Ohio-based Da-taServ In June 2013 merged in Tampa Fla-
based Dowell amp Perez In August merged
in Tampa-based national assurance solu-
tions and compliance company Assurance
Concepts
Squar Milner ldquoSignificantly expandingrdquo
Los Angeles offices
SSampG In May 2013 named new CEO Saw
revenue growth of almost 14 percent
SVA CPAs In June 2013 installed new
CEO In January 2014 merged in Wisconsin-
based practice of William P Merrick CPA
UHY Advisors Inc Saw overall staff
growth of over 10 percent
Vavrinek Trine Day amp Co All figures are
Accounting Today estimates
Warren Averett In January 2013 merged
in Atlanta-based Gifford Hillegass amp Ingwers-
en and Tampa Fla-based Pender Newkirk
Rebranded firm with new visual identity
Developed new and expanded services in
SALT business valuation forensic account-
ing and litigation support health care reform
economic settlement claims processing and
alternative investments
Watkins Meegan Expanded hospitality
practice and increased government contract-
ing practice Started health care consulting
practice Hired business developmentmar-
keting director
Weaver Saw revenue growth of over 13
percent and growth in all four of its largest
niches mdash energy financial services the pub-
lic sector and manufacturing In February
2014 merged in Connecticut-based RIN At-
test and Advisory Services
WeiserMazarsIn November 2013 merged
in New York-based Resnick Druckman Group
Expanded health care consulting group
Whitley Penn Expanded transaction ser-
vices practice and forensic litigation and
valuation services statewide Named an Ac-
counting Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Wipfli Formalized fresh-water industry
services opened office in Milwaukeersquos Global
Water Center Launched Wipfli Connect for
Manufacturing software solution In January
2014 merged in Tinley Park Ill-based The
Condon Group and Chicago-based practiceRegulatory Compliance Associates Inc
Wiss amp Co More than half of revenues (56
percent) derived from AampA services
WithumSmith+Brown Consolidated two
New Jersey offices Invested in international
tax practice and financial services practice
Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best Firm
to Work For
firm highlights
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AKT CPAs Acquired firm with a dental
professional practice
Anchin Block amp Anchin In February
2013 lost $50 million judgment to author Pa-
tricia Cornwell over financial management
Armanino In January 2013 rebranded
from Armanino McKenna Launched business
intelligence dashboard for private schools
and Dynamic Insights BI tool Acquired Dy-
namics VAR Rose Business Solutions
Aronson Organized two new service
groups IT audit and wealth management
consulting for choosing and assessing advi-
sor performance Baker Tilly Virchow Krause In June 2013
acquired New York-based Top 100 Firm Holtz
Rubenstein Reminick Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
BDO In June 2013 acquired Alaska-based
Mikunda Cottrell and Minneapolis-based
Moquist Thorvilson Kaufmann and brought
on members of banking practice of T100
Firm ParenteBeard In August expanded in
San Antonio by adding some partners and
staff from TravisWolff In December acquired
Pittsburgh T100 Firm Alpern Rosenthal
Berdon Joined TIAG alliance Expanded
use of CRM system and instituted Best Place
to Work Committee to propose community
social and charitable initiatives for the firm
In November 2013 merged with Northport
NY-based Beck amp Co
Berkowitz Pollack Brant Expanded stra-
tegic planning task force to include ldquoup and
comersrdquo Began celebrating its 35th anniver-
sary Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best
Firm to Work For
BerryDunn Grew revenue by over 7 per-
cent and overall staff by over 10 percent
BKD In 2013 marked its 90th anniver-
sary Opened offices in Des Moines Iowa
and Nashville Tenn In September acquired
Pittsburgh-based Malin Bergquist
Blue amp Co All figures are Accounting To-
day estimates
BlumShapiro Merged with Newton
Mass-based Friedman Suvalle amp Salomon
Added a dedicated hospitality group
The Bonadio Group In April 2013 merged
in Rutland Vt-based Independent Audit As-
sociates In September merged in Buffalo
NY-based Gaines Kriner Elliott In Novem-
ber merged in Albany NY-based Stulmaker
Kohn amp Richardson Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Burr Pilger Mayer Inc In January 2013
named new CEO In November opened new
office in Napa Valley
Carr Riggs amp Ingram In January 2013merged in Atlanta-based Peterson Coleman
amp Marett In July merged with North Caro-
lina-based accounting firm Pittard Perry amp
Crone Inc In August merged in Atlanta-
based Laney Boteler amp Killinger In Septem-
ber merged in Texas Regional Leader Gainer
Donnelly
CBIZ Mayer Hoffman McCann In No-
vember 2013 acquired Denver-based Knight
Field Fabry In January 2013 named Chris
Spurio president of CBIZ Financial Services
In February announced acquisition of Tam-pa Bay Fla-based Lewis Birch amp Ricardo
Cherry Bekaert In January 2013 re-
branded from Cherry Bekaert amp Holland
Formed benefits consulting group expanded
international tax team and advisory services
Citrin Cooperman amp Co In November
2013 merged in Leon M Reimer amp Co
Clark Schaefer Hackett amp Co Marked its
75th anniversary Having ldquoactive discussionsrdquo
on acquisitions
CliftonLarsonAllen Sold health care reg-ulatory and compliance group
Cohen amp Co Divested nearly $10 mil-
lion in business during the year that was not
meeting growth and profitability expecta-
tions Implemented a second tier of owner-
ship Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best
Firm to Work For
CohnReznick Named first national direc-
firm highlights
2014 firm highlightstor of governmental affairs Relocated offices
in Chicago Los Angeles and Austin Texas
Crowe Horwath In August 2013 acquired
a majority interest in Missouri-based Chan
Healthcare Integrated staff and acquired in-
tellectual property of ExtOrg In November
named its first chief innovation officer
Deloitte in January 2014 acquired sub-
stantially all of the business of strategy con-
sulting firm the Monitor Group In June ac-
quired investment bank McColl Partners In
July acquired SAP consulting firm Quattro
Integration Group In September acquired
TMA Construction Consultants In October
acquired substantially all of the assets of digi-
tal and social media agency Banyan Branch
In October agreed to pay $2 million to settle
charges with the PCAOB for violating Sar-
banes-Oxley Act and PCAOB rules In No-
vember launched CloudMix a preconfigured
mixture of cloud applications from different
vendors for clients
Dixon Hughes Goodman In June 2013
added Crossfire Advisory to its national health
care practice
Doeren Mayhew Grew revenue over 16
percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash international tax Fastest growing client
category mdash manufacturing
Eide Bailly In May 2013 installed new
CEO In June and August merged in two Salt
Lake City CPA firms Lake Hill amp Myers and
Hansen Barnett amp Maxwell In November
2013 acquired Denver NetSuite solutions pro-
vider Next Business Systems In December
launched private insurance exchange
EisnerAmper Had an ldquooutstandingrdquo year
Added several new services including CFO
outsourcing human capital cloud technol-
ogy and family office services
EKSampH Rebranded from Ehrhardt KeefeSteiner amp Hottman Saw revenue growth of
over 11 percent
Elliott Davis In April merged in Raleigh
NC-based Lunsford amp Strickland Relocated
office from Galax Va to Richmond Hired a
corporate strategies officer
Ernst amp Young In March paid $123 million
to resolve a federal tax shelter investigation
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In June launched EYTaxSpace Powered by
Thomson Reuters for corporate tax clients
In August donated its archives going back to
the early 1900s to Case Western Reserve Uni-
versity In December agreed to pay investors
$99 million to settle litigation over LehmanBrothers audit and acquired the US tax
preparation and court accounting outsourc-
ing businesses of Thomson Reuters
Frank Rimerman + Co Saw revenue
growth of over 12 percent
Frazier amp Deeter Saw revenue growth of
over 20 percent
Freed Maxick Saw revenue growth of over
9 percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash health care Fastest growing client cat-
egory mdash consulting
Friedman Saw revenue growth of over
8 percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash international tax Fastest growing client
category mdash real estate Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Gallina Expanded service lines including
international tax state and local tax and es-
tate trust retirement and succession services
Hired a director of recruitment and develop-
ment Joined TIAG alliance In February 2014
acquired Mercer Island Wash-based Tuef-
fers Guckian amp Gamon
Grant Thornton Redesigned external
Web site Hired a chief people and culture
officer In September 2013 acquired Oracle
Solutions business unit MarketSphere In No-
vember extended tenure of current CEO
Grassi amp Co In May 2013 added in David
C Sobel CPA and his staff In December
launched Grassi Technology Consultants
Habif Arogeti amp Wynne In May merged
in boutique tax consulting firm JRZ Launched
efforts to ldquodefine refine and embrace the
firmrsquos culturerdquo Hein amp Associates Expanded cloud solu-
tions service line Saw staff growth of over 11
percent
Hill Barth amp King Launched HbK Corpo-
rate Finance division Created new Web site
and YouTube channel In November 2013
merged in Lawrenceville NJ-based Bartolo-
mei Pucciarelli CPAs
Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt Saw ldquosig-
nificant growthrdquo in MampA private equity pro-
fessional services international tax and en-
tertainment practices Launched a business
development training program
Honkamp Krueger amp Co In Augustmerged in Madison Wis-based The Brem-
ser Group In October opened practice in
Davenport Iowa Added medical practice
consulting and talent outsourcing to its ser-
vices list
Horne Saw overall staff growth of over 11
percent Named an Accounting Today 2013
Best Firm to Work For
Joseph Decosimo amp Co In March 2013
acquired Huntsville Ala-based cost account-
ing and federal compliance solutions group
Solvability In December merged in Larry
Hyatt amp Associates
Kahn Litwin Renza amp Co In January
2013 merged with Waltham Mass-based Fay
amp Associates In May opened KLR Emerging
Business Center to offer co-working office
space to start-ups
Katz Sapper amp Miller Saw revenue
growth of over 7 percent and overall staff
growth of over 9 percent
Kaufman Rossin Group Saw revenue
growth of over 18 percent Named the No1 Accounting Today 2013 Best Firm to Work
For in the Large Firm Category for the third
year in a row
Kearney amp Co Saw staff growth of over
2 percent
Kemper Fastest growing service area mdash
investment advisory services
Kennedy and Coe Installed new CEO
KPMG Completed acquisition of Ora-
cle ERP practice of The Hackett Group
Launched alliance-based offering in indirect
tax with Thomson Reuters In May 2013
agreed with Fannie Mae to pay $153 million
to settle class-action suit over Fannie Mae
audit In July launched market alliance with
cloud-based procurement solution provider
Coupa Software In September Denver office
achieved LEED-CI certification In Decem-
ber announced plans to acquire analytical
applications company Link Analytics In Jan-
uary 2014 agreed to pay $82 million to settle
SEC charges over auditor independence
Lattimore Black Morgan amp Cain Re-
ported organic growth of over 9 percent
across all service lines Added a health care
consulting company
Macias Gini amp OrsquoConnell Saw overall staff
growth of over 7 percent
Marcum In January 2013 merged in
Massachusetts-based Parent McLaughlin amp
Nangle In April merged in Cornerstone Ac-
counting Group In July merged in Irvine
Calif-based WilsonMorgan In January 2014
merged in three units of New England Re-
gional Leader Braver
Margolin Winer amp Evens Saw revenue
growth of over 2 percent
Marks Paneth Rebranded from Marks
Paneth amp Shron In February 2013 merged
in New York City-based Rosenberg Neuwirth
amp Kuchner
Mauldin amp Jenkins In June acquired Ten-
nessee-based Hazlett Lewis amp Bieter
MBAF CPAs Worked to achieve ldquogreater
consolidation of the Northeast Region op-
erations with the rest of the firmrdquo Enhanced
cross-utilization of staff and skills among
various regions Designed and implemented
cost controls
McGladrey In August launched a strat-
egy to serve middle-market companies Late
in 2013 acquired Wilmington NC-Lanier
Whaley Craft amp Co and Houston-based
Margolis Phipps amp Wright
Miller Kaplan Arase Appointed a new
managing partner Expanded Seattle office
Saw ldquosignificant growthrdquo in business manage-
ment and entertainment group
Montgomery Coscia Greilich New to the
list In March 2013 joined the Alliott Group
alliance In May opened new office in AustinTexas In June launched strategy and man-
agement consulting practice In September
marked 10th anniversary
Moss Adams Marked its 100th anniver-
sary Installed new chairmanCEO
Mountjoy Chilton Medley Transitioned
in operations of Jeffersonville Ind-based
firm Expanded Cincinnati office Saw ldquostrong
firm highlights
8112019 Accounting Today Top100Firms2014
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullaccounting-today-top100firms2014 3032
30
increaserdquo in regulated industry work such as
insurance financial institutions and health
care In December 2013 launched IT consult-
ing amp strategy services
Nigro Karlin Segal Feldstein amp Bolno
Changed name from Nigro Karlin Segal ampFeldstein Sold a 245 percent minority stake
in the firm to First Republic Bank
Novogradac amp Co Saw revenue growth of
over 10 percent
OrsquoConnor Davies In October announced
merger with Cranford NJ-based Fazio Man-
nuzza Roche Tankel LaPilusa In January
2014 merged with New York City-based Mer-
sel Klein amp Co
ParenteBeard In January 2013 merged
in Connecticut-based health care manage-
ment consulting firm Presscott Associates In
November closed its technology practice In
February 2014 added team members from
insurance consulting firm Invotex
Plante Moran In April 2013 launched
Women in Leadership initiative In July
launched a Web site offering ACA guidance
In November opened an office in Detroit
Postlethwaite amp Netterville Implement-
ed a formal shareholder evaluation process
a formal pipeline process a business de-
velopment training curriculum and growthmanagement software
Prager Metis International New to the
list Formed from January 2013 merger of
Prager amp Fenton and Metis Group Added a
number of new service lines including SALT
cost segregation and research tax incentives
PwC In July 2013 reshuffled US leader-
ship team In October announced plans to
merge in consulting firm Booz amp Co
Raffa In November 2013 launched Raffa
Nonprofit Fraud Prevention Institute
Raich Ende Malter In March 2013 estab-
lished Raich Ende Malter (Cayman)
Rehmann Saw revenue growth of over 15
percent
Reinsel Kuntz Lesher Saw growth in rev-
enue of over 21 percent
RGL Forensics Opened an office in San-
tiago Chile Introduced registered broker-
dealer RGL Advisors to offer MampA transac-
tion advisory services in the US
Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin amp Co
Fastest growing specialty service mdash large
private equity transactions Fastest growing
client category mdash private equity companies
Rothstein Kass Saw revenue growth of
almost 7 percent
RubinBrown Launched national prac-
tices to serve private equity firms and gaming
companies
SCampH Group Inc Joined firm network
Moore Stephens Fastest growing specialty
service mdash technology consulting Fastest
growing client category mdash health care
Schenck In January 2013 acquired ma-
jority stake in Milwaukee-based Bonfield amp
Co Installed new MP and CFO Changed
practice management system
Schneider Downs Relocated corporate
headquarters within Pittsburgh
Seiler Share of revenue derived from tax
increased from 70 to 75 percent
Sikich In January 2013 merged in Il-
linois-based supply chain consulting firm
Achieve Consulting In August announced
merger with Brookfield Wis firm Kolb+Co
In September merged in St Louis-based
OrsquoDonnell Bonebrake amp Co Also mergedin S2 Consulting and PKF Texas Technology
Added eight services PR insurance lean
back office business intelligence SALT and
international tax Restructured executive and
compensation committees Revised partner
compensation plan
SingerLewak In January 2013 merged in
San Francisco office of Acquavell Chiarelli
Shuster Berkower amp Co
Skoda Minotti amp Co New to the list
In May 2013 merged Skoda Minotti Technol-
ogy Partners with Westlake Ohio-based Da-taServ In June 2013 merged in Tampa Fla-
based Dowell amp Perez In August merged
in Tampa-based national assurance solu-
tions and compliance company Assurance
Concepts
Squar Milner ldquoSignificantly expandingrdquo
Los Angeles offices
SSampG In May 2013 named new CEO Saw
revenue growth of almost 14 percent
SVA CPAs In June 2013 installed new
CEO In January 2014 merged in Wisconsin-
based practice of William P Merrick CPA
UHY Advisors Inc Saw overall staff
growth of over 10 percent
Vavrinek Trine Day amp Co All figures are
Accounting Today estimates
Warren Averett In January 2013 merged
in Atlanta-based Gifford Hillegass amp Ingwers-
en and Tampa Fla-based Pender Newkirk
Rebranded firm with new visual identity
Developed new and expanded services in
SALT business valuation forensic account-
ing and litigation support health care reform
economic settlement claims processing and
alternative investments
Watkins Meegan Expanded hospitality
practice and increased government contract-
ing practice Started health care consulting
practice Hired business developmentmar-
keting director
Weaver Saw revenue growth of over 13
percent and growth in all four of its largest
niches mdash energy financial services the pub-
lic sector and manufacturing In February
2014 merged in Connecticut-based RIN At-
test and Advisory Services
WeiserMazarsIn November 2013 merged
in New York-based Resnick Druckman Group
Expanded health care consulting group
Whitley Penn Expanded transaction ser-
vices practice and forensic litigation and
valuation services statewide Named an Ac-
counting Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Wipfli Formalized fresh-water industry
services opened office in Milwaukeersquos Global
Water Center Launched Wipfli Connect for
Manufacturing software solution In January
2014 merged in Tinley Park Ill-based The
Condon Group and Chicago-based practiceRegulatory Compliance Associates Inc
Wiss amp Co More than half of revenues (56
percent) derived from AampA services
WithumSmith+Brown Consolidated two
New Jersey offices Invested in international
tax practice and financial services practice
Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best Firm
to Work For
firm highlights
8112019 Accounting Today Top100Firms2014
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullaccounting-today-top100firms2014 3132
PKF NORTH AMERICA
8112019 Accounting Today Top100Firms2014
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullaccounting-today-top100firms2014 3232
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29
In June launched EYTaxSpace Powered by
Thomson Reuters for corporate tax clients
In August donated its archives going back to
the early 1900s to Case Western Reserve Uni-
versity In December agreed to pay investors
$99 million to settle litigation over LehmanBrothers audit and acquired the US tax
preparation and court accounting outsourc-
ing businesses of Thomson Reuters
Frank Rimerman + Co Saw revenue
growth of over 12 percent
Frazier amp Deeter Saw revenue growth of
over 20 percent
Freed Maxick Saw revenue growth of over
9 percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash health care Fastest growing client cat-
egory mdash consulting
Friedman Saw revenue growth of over
8 percent Fastest growing specialty service
mdash international tax Fastest growing client
category mdash real estate Named an Accounting
Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Gallina Expanded service lines including
international tax state and local tax and es-
tate trust retirement and succession services
Hired a director of recruitment and develop-
ment Joined TIAG alliance In February 2014
acquired Mercer Island Wash-based Tuef-
fers Guckian amp Gamon
Grant Thornton Redesigned external
Web site Hired a chief people and culture
officer In September 2013 acquired Oracle
Solutions business unit MarketSphere In No-
vember extended tenure of current CEO
Grassi amp Co In May 2013 added in David
C Sobel CPA and his staff In December
launched Grassi Technology Consultants
Habif Arogeti amp Wynne In May merged
in boutique tax consulting firm JRZ Launched
efforts to ldquodefine refine and embrace the
firmrsquos culturerdquo Hein amp Associates Expanded cloud solu-
tions service line Saw staff growth of over 11
percent
Hill Barth amp King Launched HbK Corpo-
rate Finance division Created new Web site
and YouTube channel In November 2013
merged in Lawrenceville NJ-based Bartolo-
mei Pucciarelli CPAs
Holthouse Carlin amp Van Trigt Saw ldquosig-
nificant growthrdquo in MampA private equity pro-
fessional services international tax and en-
tertainment practices Launched a business
development training program
Honkamp Krueger amp Co In Augustmerged in Madison Wis-based The Brem-
ser Group In October opened practice in
Davenport Iowa Added medical practice
consulting and talent outsourcing to its ser-
vices list
Horne Saw overall staff growth of over 11
percent Named an Accounting Today 2013
Best Firm to Work For
Joseph Decosimo amp Co In March 2013
acquired Huntsville Ala-based cost account-
ing and federal compliance solutions group
Solvability In December merged in Larry
Hyatt amp Associates
Kahn Litwin Renza amp Co In January
2013 merged with Waltham Mass-based Fay
amp Associates In May opened KLR Emerging
Business Center to offer co-working office
space to start-ups
Katz Sapper amp Miller Saw revenue
growth of over 7 percent and overall staff
growth of over 9 percent
Kaufman Rossin Group Saw revenue
growth of over 18 percent Named the No1 Accounting Today 2013 Best Firm to Work
For in the Large Firm Category for the third
year in a row
Kearney amp Co Saw staff growth of over
2 percent
Kemper Fastest growing service area mdash
investment advisory services
Kennedy and Coe Installed new CEO
KPMG Completed acquisition of Ora-
cle ERP practice of The Hackett Group
Launched alliance-based offering in indirect
tax with Thomson Reuters In May 2013
agreed with Fannie Mae to pay $153 million
to settle class-action suit over Fannie Mae
audit In July launched market alliance with
cloud-based procurement solution provider
Coupa Software In September Denver office
achieved LEED-CI certification In Decem-
ber announced plans to acquire analytical
applications company Link Analytics In Jan-
uary 2014 agreed to pay $82 million to settle
SEC charges over auditor independence
Lattimore Black Morgan amp Cain Re-
ported organic growth of over 9 percent
across all service lines Added a health care
consulting company
Macias Gini amp OrsquoConnell Saw overall staff
growth of over 7 percent
Marcum In January 2013 merged in
Massachusetts-based Parent McLaughlin amp
Nangle In April merged in Cornerstone Ac-
counting Group In July merged in Irvine
Calif-based WilsonMorgan In January 2014
merged in three units of New England Re-
gional Leader Braver
Margolin Winer amp Evens Saw revenue
growth of over 2 percent
Marks Paneth Rebranded from Marks
Paneth amp Shron In February 2013 merged
in New York City-based Rosenberg Neuwirth
amp Kuchner
Mauldin amp Jenkins In June acquired Ten-
nessee-based Hazlett Lewis amp Bieter
MBAF CPAs Worked to achieve ldquogreater
consolidation of the Northeast Region op-
erations with the rest of the firmrdquo Enhanced
cross-utilization of staff and skills among
various regions Designed and implemented
cost controls
McGladrey In August launched a strat-
egy to serve middle-market companies Late
in 2013 acquired Wilmington NC-Lanier
Whaley Craft amp Co and Houston-based
Margolis Phipps amp Wright
Miller Kaplan Arase Appointed a new
managing partner Expanded Seattle office
Saw ldquosignificant growthrdquo in business manage-
ment and entertainment group
Montgomery Coscia Greilich New to the
list In March 2013 joined the Alliott Group
alliance In May opened new office in AustinTexas In June launched strategy and man-
agement consulting practice In September
marked 10th anniversary
Moss Adams Marked its 100th anniver-
sary Installed new chairmanCEO
Mountjoy Chilton Medley Transitioned
in operations of Jeffersonville Ind-based
firm Expanded Cincinnati office Saw ldquostrong
firm highlights
8112019 Accounting Today Top100Firms2014
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullaccounting-today-top100firms2014 3032
30
increaserdquo in regulated industry work such as
insurance financial institutions and health
care In December 2013 launched IT consult-
ing amp strategy services
Nigro Karlin Segal Feldstein amp Bolno
Changed name from Nigro Karlin Segal ampFeldstein Sold a 245 percent minority stake
in the firm to First Republic Bank
Novogradac amp Co Saw revenue growth of
over 10 percent
OrsquoConnor Davies In October announced
merger with Cranford NJ-based Fazio Man-
nuzza Roche Tankel LaPilusa In January
2014 merged with New York City-based Mer-
sel Klein amp Co
ParenteBeard In January 2013 merged
in Connecticut-based health care manage-
ment consulting firm Presscott Associates In
November closed its technology practice In
February 2014 added team members from
insurance consulting firm Invotex
Plante Moran In April 2013 launched
Women in Leadership initiative In July
launched a Web site offering ACA guidance
In November opened an office in Detroit
Postlethwaite amp Netterville Implement-
ed a formal shareholder evaluation process
a formal pipeline process a business de-
velopment training curriculum and growthmanagement software
Prager Metis International New to the
list Formed from January 2013 merger of
Prager amp Fenton and Metis Group Added a
number of new service lines including SALT
cost segregation and research tax incentives
PwC In July 2013 reshuffled US leader-
ship team In October announced plans to
merge in consulting firm Booz amp Co
Raffa In November 2013 launched Raffa
Nonprofit Fraud Prevention Institute
Raich Ende Malter In March 2013 estab-
lished Raich Ende Malter (Cayman)
Rehmann Saw revenue growth of over 15
percent
Reinsel Kuntz Lesher Saw growth in rev-
enue of over 21 percent
RGL Forensics Opened an office in San-
tiago Chile Introduced registered broker-
dealer RGL Advisors to offer MampA transac-
tion advisory services in the US
Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin amp Co
Fastest growing specialty service mdash large
private equity transactions Fastest growing
client category mdash private equity companies
Rothstein Kass Saw revenue growth of
almost 7 percent
RubinBrown Launched national prac-
tices to serve private equity firms and gaming
companies
SCampH Group Inc Joined firm network
Moore Stephens Fastest growing specialty
service mdash technology consulting Fastest
growing client category mdash health care
Schenck In January 2013 acquired ma-
jority stake in Milwaukee-based Bonfield amp
Co Installed new MP and CFO Changed
practice management system
Schneider Downs Relocated corporate
headquarters within Pittsburgh
Seiler Share of revenue derived from tax
increased from 70 to 75 percent
Sikich In January 2013 merged in Il-
linois-based supply chain consulting firm
Achieve Consulting In August announced
merger with Brookfield Wis firm Kolb+Co
In September merged in St Louis-based
OrsquoDonnell Bonebrake amp Co Also mergedin S2 Consulting and PKF Texas Technology
Added eight services PR insurance lean
back office business intelligence SALT and
international tax Restructured executive and
compensation committees Revised partner
compensation plan
SingerLewak In January 2013 merged in
San Francisco office of Acquavell Chiarelli
Shuster Berkower amp Co
Skoda Minotti amp Co New to the list
In May 2013 merged Skoda Minotti Technol-
ogy Partners with Westlake Ohio-based Da-taServ In June 2013 merged in Tampa Fla-
based Dowell amp Perez In August merged
in Tampa-based national assurance solu-
tions and compliance company Assurance
Concepts
Squar Milner ldquoSignificantly expandingrdquo
Los Angeles offices
SSampG In May 2013 named new CEO Saw
revenue growth of almost 14 percent
SVA CPAs In June 2013 installed new
CEO In January 2014 merged in Wisconsin-
based practice of William P Merrick CPA
UHY Advisors Inc Saw overall staff
growth of over 10 percent
Vavrinek Trine Day amp Co All figures are
Accounting Today estimates
Warren Averett In January 2013 merged
in Atlanta-based Gifford Hillegass amp Ingwers-
en and Tampa Fla-based Pender Newkirk
Rebranded firm with new visual identity
Developed new and expanded services in
SALT business valuation forensic account-
ing and litigation support health care reform
economic settlement claims processing and
alternative investments
Watkins Meegan Expanded hospitality
practice and increased government contract-
ing practice Started health care consulting
practice Hired business developmentmar-
keting director
Weaver Saw revenue growth of over 13
percent and growth in all four of its largest
niches mdash energy financial services the pub-
lic sector and manufacturing In February
2014 merged in Connecticut-based RIN At-
test and Advisory Services
WeiserMazarsIn November 2013 merged
in New York-based Resnick Druckman Group
Expanded health care consulting group
Whitley Penn Expanded transaction ser-
vices practice and forensic litigation and
valuation services statewide Named an Ac-
counting Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Wipfli Formalized fresh-water industry
services opened office in Milwaukeersquos Global
Water Center Launched Wipfli Connect for
Manufacturing software solution In January
2014 merged in Tinley Park Ill-based The
Condon Group and Chicago-based practiceRegulatory Compliance Associates Inc
Wiss amp Co More than half of revenues (56
percent) derived from AampA services
WithumSmith+Brown Consolidated two
New Jersey offices Invested in international
tax practice and financial services practice
Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best Firm
to Work For
firm highlights
8112019 Accounting Today Top100Firms2014
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullaccounting-today-top100firms2014 3132
PKF NORTH AMERICA
8112019 Accounting Today Top100Firms2014
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TAX AND ACCOUNTING CENTER
Analyzing and interpreting tax rules and regulationsndash and putting them into actionndash are challenges youface every day Now you can rely on BloombergBNArsquos Tax and Accounting Centertrade as the go-tosource for all your daily tax needs from the basicto the most complex With federal state andinternational tax transactions codes rules andregulations yoursquoll get quick answers to commonquestions as well as insight on complex issues Theresult yoursquoll be more confident in your decision-making
Because being exceptional is staying one stepahead of your clientsrsquo challenges ndash every day
Start a FREE trial
wwwbnacombtac23
8003721033
8112019 Accounting Today Top100Firms2014
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullaccounting-today-top100firms2014 3032
30
increaserdquo in regulated industry work such as
insurance financial institutions and health
care In December 2013 launched IT consult-
ing amp strategy services
Nigro Karlin Segal Feldstein amp Bolno
Changed name from Nigro Karlin Segal ampFeldstein Sold a 245 percent minority stake
in the firm to First Republic Bank
Novogradac amp Co Saw revenue growth of
over 10 percent
OrsquoConnor Davies In October announced
merger with Cranford NJ-based Fazio Man-
nuzza Roche Tankel LaPilusa In January
2014 merged with New York City-based Mer-
sel Klein amp Co
ParenteBeard In January 2013 merged
in Connecticut-based health care manage-
ment consulting firm Presscott Associates In
November closed its technology practice In
February 2014 added team members from
insurance consulting firm Invotex
Plante Moran In April 2013 launched
Women in Leadership initiative In July
launched a Web site offering ACA guidance
In November opened an office in Detroit
Postlethwaite amp Netterville Implement-
ed a formal shareholder evaluation process
a formal pipeline process a business de-
velopment training curriculum and growthmanagement software
Prager Metis International New to the
list Formed from January 2013 merger of
Prager amp Fenton and Metis Group Added a
number of new service lines including SALT
cost segregation and research tax incentives
PwC In July 2013 reshuffled US leader-
ship team In October announced plans to
merge in consulting firm Booz amp Co
Raffa In November 2013 launched Raffa
Nonprofit Fraud Prevention Institute
Raich Ende Malter In March 2013 estab-
lished Raich Ende Malter (Cayman)
Rehmann Saw revenue growth of over 15
percent
Reinsel Kuntz Lesher Saw growth in rev-
enue of over 21 percent
RGL Forensics Opened an office in San-
tiago Chile Introduced registered broker-
dealer RGL Advisors to offer MampA transac-
tion advisory services in the US
Rosen Seymour Shapss Martin amp Co
Fastest growing specialty service mdash large
private equity transactions Fastest growing
client category mdash private equity companies
Rothstein Kass Saw revenue growth of
almost 7 percent
RubinBrown Launched national prac-
tices to serve private equity firms and gaming
companies
SCampH Group Inc Joined firm network
Moore Stephens Fastest growing specialty
service mdash technology consulting Fastest
growing client category mdash health care
Schenck In January 2013 acquired ma-
jority stake in Milwaukee-based Bonfield amp
Co Installed new MP and CFO Changed
practice management system
Schneider Downs Relocated corporate
headquarters within Pittsburgh
Seiler Share of revenue derived from tax
increased from 70 to 75 percent
Sikich In January 2013 merged in Il-
linois-based supply chain consulting firm
Achieve Consulting In August announced
merger with Brookfield Wis firm Kolb+Co
In September merged in St Louis-based
OrsquoDonnell Bonebrake amp Co Also mergedin S2 Consulting and PKF Texas Technology
Added eight services PR insurance lean
back office business intelligence SALT and
international tax Restructured executive and
compensation committees Revised partner
compensation plan
SingerLewak In January 2013 merged in
San Francisco office of Acquavell Chiarelli
Shuster Berkower amp Co
Skoda Minotti amp Co New to the list
In May 2013 merged Skoda Minotti Technol-
ogy Partners with Westlake Ohio-based Da-taServ In June 2013 merged in Tampa Fla-
based Dowell amp Perez In August merged
in Tampa-based national assurance solu-
tions and compliance company Assurance
Concepts
Squar Milner ldquoSignificantly expandingrdquo
Los Angeles offices
SSampG In May 2013 named new CEO Saw
revenue growth of almost 14 percent
SVA CPAs In June 2013 installed new
CEO In January 2014 merged in Wisconsin-
based practice of William P Merrick CPA
UHY Advisors Inc Saw overall staff
growth of over 10 percent
Vavrinek Trine Day amp Co All figures are
Accounting Today estimates
Warren Averett In January 2013 merged
in Atlanta-based Gifford Hillegass amp Ingwers-
en and Tampa Fla-based Pender Newkirk
Rebranded firm with new visual identity
Developed new and expanded services in
SALT business valuation forensic account-
ing and litigation support health care reform
economic settlement claims processing and
alternative investments
Watkins Meegan Expanded hospitality
practice and increased government contract-
ing practice Started health care consulting
practice Hired business developmentmar-
keting director
Weaver Saw revenue growth of over 13
percent and growth in all four of its largest
niches mdash energy financial services the pub-
lic sector and manufacturing In February
2014 merged in Connecticut-based RIN At-
test and Advisory Services
WeiserMazarsIn November 2013 merged
in New York-based Resnick Druckman Group
Expanded health care consulting group
Whitley Penn Expanded transaction ser-
vices practice and forensic litigation and
valuation services statewide Named an Ac-
counting Today 2013 Best Firm to Work For
Wipfli Formalized fresh-water industry
services opened office in Milwaukeersquos Global
Water Center Launched Wipfli Connect for
Manufacturing software solution In January
2014 merged in Tinley Park Ill-based The
Condon Group and Chicago-based practiceRegulatory Compliance Associates Inc
Wiss amp Co More than half of revenues (56
percent) derived from AampA services
WithumSmith+Brown Consolidated two
New Jersey offices Invested in international
tax practice and financial services practice
Named an Accounting Today 2013 Best Firm
to Work For
firm highlights
8112019 Accounting Today Top100Firms2014
httpslidepdfcomreaderfullaccounting-today-top100firms2014 3132
PKF NORTH AMERICA
8112019 Accounting Today Top100Firms2014
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TAX AND ACCOUNTING CENTER
Analyzing and interpreting tax rules and regulationsndash and putting them into actionndash are challenges youface every day Now you can rely on BloombergBNArsquos Tax and Accounting Centertrade as the go-tosource for all your daily tax needs from the basicto the most complex With federal state andinternational tax transactions codes rules andregulations yoursquoll get quick answers to commonquestions as well as insight on complex issues Theresult yoursquoll be more confident in your decision-making
Because being exceptional is staying one stepahead of your clientsrsquo challenges ndash every day
Start a FREE trial
wwwbnacombtac23
8003721033
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PKF NORTH AMERICA
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httpslidepdfcomreaderfullaccounting-today-top100firms2014 3232
TAX AND ACCOUNTING CENTER
Analyzing and interpreting tax rules and regulationsndash and putting them into actionndash are challenges youface every day Now you can rely on BloombergBNArsquos Tax and Accounting Centertrade as the go-tosource for all your daily tax needs from the basicto the most complex With federal state andinternational tax transactions codes rules andregulations yoursquoll get quick answers to commonquestions as well as insight on complex issues Theresult yoursquoll be more confident in your decision-making
Because being exceptional is staying one stepahead of your clientsrsquo challenges ndash every day
Start a FREE trial
wwwbnacombtac23
8003721033
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Because being exceptional is staying one stepahead of your clientsrsquo challenges ndash every day
Start a FREE trial
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