What’s at stake: The country’s 15 largest accounting firms collectively shed more than 500 jobs on the back of 2025’s economic recession.
Background: The firms’ collective revenue only grew about 4% to more than $2 billion in the 2025 financial year, with most firms recording low, single-digit growth.
Key players: Deloitte, PwC, KPMG, EY, BDO, BakerTillyStaplesRodway, Findex, Grant Thornton, PlusMore, Moore Markhams, Nexia, RSM, Acclime, William Buck, McCulloch & Partners.
For five years now, NBR has been tracking the size and shape of the country’s $2 billion-plus accounting industry in its annual The Accountants series.
As recently as 2023, one of the biggest challenges facing the largest dozen accounting firms was staffing shortages. They couldn’t hire enough
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Key points
What’s at stake: The country’s 15 largest accounting firms collectively shed more than 500 jobs on the back of 2025’s economic recession.
Background: The firms’ collective revenue only grew about 4% to more than $2 billion in the 2025 financial year, with most firms recording low, single-digit growth.
Key players: Deloitte, PwC, KPMG, EY, BDO, BakerTillyStaplesRodway, Findex, Grant Thornton, PlusMore, Moore Markhams, Nexia, RSM, Acclime, William Buck, McCulloch & Partners.
