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Accounting firms for audit and assurance

An audit is an independent CPA firm's examination of your financial statements, ending in a written opinion on whether they are fairly presented under the accounting framework you use (usually US GAAP). Reviews and compilations are lighter levels of assurance: a review gives limited assurance, and a compilation gives none. Only a licensed CPA firm can sign an audit or review report.

Who needs it

Companies whose lenders, investors, bonding companies or regulators require audited statements; nonprofits above their state's or funders' audit thresholds; organizations that spend federal awards (Single Audit); housing and health care operators with HUD or agency reporting; and employee benefit plans that must file audited statements with their Form 5500.

What to ask a firm

  • Is the firm enrolled in the AICPA Peer Review Program, and what was the result of its most recent peer review?
  • If we are a public company or broker-dealer: is the firm registered with the PCAOB, and what did its latest inspection report find?
  • Who will lead the engagement, and how many audits like ours did that partner sign last year?
  • What do you need from us, and by when, to deliver the report by our lender's or regulator's deadline?

21 firms that list audit

FirmSize typeHeadquartersAuditSOC 1 / SOC 2TaxClient accountingIndustry niches listed
Pease Bell, CPAsRegionalCleveland, OHYesYesYesYesSkilled nursing and long-term care, Multifamily and affordable housing, Mortgage banking, Nonprofits, Manufacturing and distribution, Construction, Health care, Real estate
DeloitteBig FourNew York, NYYesNot listedYesNot listedTechnology and software, Construction, Health care, Real estate, Banks and financial services, Government and public sector
EYBig FourNew York, NYYesYesYesNot listedTechnology and software, Health care, Banks and financial services, Government and public sector
KPMGBig FourNew York, NYYesYesYesNot listedTechnology and software, Manufacturing and distribution, Health care, Banks and financial services, Government and public sector
PwCBig FourNew York, NYYesYesYesNot listedTechnology and software, Manufacturing and distribution, Construction, Health care, Real estate, Banks and financial services
Baker TillyNationalChicago, ILYesYesYesYesSkilled nursing and long-term care, Multifamily and affordable housing, Mortgage banking, Technology and software, Nonprofits, Manufacturing and distribution, Construction, Health care, Real estate, Banks and financial services, Government and public sector
BDO USANationalChicago, ILYesYesYesYesSkilled nursing and long-term care, Multifamily and affordable housing, Mortgage banking, Technology and software, Nonprofits, Manufacturing and distribution, Construction, Health care, Real estate, Banks and financial services, Government and public sector
Cherry BekaertNationalRaleigh, NCYesYesYesYesSkilled nursing and long-term care, Technology and software, Nonprofits, Manufacturing and distribution, Construction, Health care, Real estate, Banks and financial services, Government and public sector
CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen)NationalVirtual headquartersYesYesYesYesSkilled nursing and long-term care, Multifamily and affordable housing, Mortgage banking, Technology and software, Nonprofits, Manufacturing and distribution, Construction, Health care, Real estate, Banks and financial services, Government and public sector
CroweNationalChicago, ILYesYesYesNot listedTechnology and software, Manufacturing and distribution, Construction, Health care, Real estate, Banks and financial services, Government and public sector
Eide BaillyNationalMinneapolis, MNYesYesYesYesSkilled nursing and long-term care, Multifamily and affordable housing, Technology and software, Nonprofits, Manufacturing and distribution, Construction, Health care, Real estate, Banks and financial services, Government and public sector
Forvis MazarsNationalOffices nationwideYesYesYesYesSkilled nursing and long-term care, Multifamily and affordable housing, Technology and software, Nonprofits, Manufacturing and distribution, Construction, Health care, Real estate, Banks and financial services, Government and public sector
Grant ThorntonNationalChicago, ILYesYesYesYesTechnology and software, Nonprofits, Manufacturing and distribution, Construction, Health care, Real estate, Banks and financial services
Plante MoranNationalSouthfield, MIYesNot listedYesYesSkilled nursing and long-term care, Multifamily and affordable housing, Mortgage banking, Technology and software, Nonprofits, Manufacturing and distribution, Construction, Health care, Real estate, Banks and financial services, Government and public sector
RSM USNationalChicago, ILYesNot listedYesNot listedMultifamily and affordable housing, Technology and software, Nonprofits, Manufacturing and distribution, Construction, Health care, Real estate, Banks and financial services, Government and public sector
WipfliNationalMilwaukee, WIYesYesYesYesSkilled nursing and long-term care, Technology and software, Nonprofits, Manufacturing and distribution, Construction, Health care, Real estate, Banks and financial services, Government and public sector
Clark Schaefer HackettRegionalCincinnati, OHYesNot listedYesYesSkilled nursing and long-term care, Multifamily and affordable housing, Nonprofits, Manufacturing and distribution, Construction, Health care, Real estate, Banks and financial services, Government and public sector
Cohen & CoRegionalCleveland, OHYesNot listedYesYesTechnology and software, Nonprofits, Manufacturing and distribution, Construction, Health care, Real estate
Maloney + NovotnyRegionalCleveland, OHYesNot listedYesYesNone listed
Meaden & MooreRegionalCleveland, OHYesNot listedYesYesSkilled nursing and long-term care, Technology and software, Nonprofits, Manufacturing and distribution, Construction, Health care, Real estate
Rea Business AdvisorsRegionalNew Philadelphia, OHYesNot listedYesYesNonprofits, Manufacturing and distribution, Construction, Real estate, Government and public sector