Meet the 2021 Best Small Firms to Work For

Each year, Accounting Today and Best Companies Group select the Best Accounting Firms to Work For. This slideshow includes the best in the Small Category (firms with between 15-49 employees), with their rankings and select information on the firms, as well as photos the firms submitted themselves (or, occasionally, their website).

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2021 Best Firms - Patrick Accounting

No. 42: Patrick Accounting

The firm's Halloween celebration.

Headquarters: Memphis, Tenn.
Staff: 31
2021 Best Firms - Measured Results

No. 41: Measured Results

The team at a workshop which focused on "Disney"-fying your business and revamping your customer service.

Headquarters: Roseville, Calif.
Staff: 21
2021 Best Firms - Davidson Fox

No. 40: Davidson Fox & Co.

The firm's 2021 Tax Season Party.

Headquarters: Binghamton, N.Y.
Staff: 29
2021 Best Firms - Davis Hodgdon

No. 39: Davis & Hodgdon Associates CPAs

The firm's website.

Headquarters: Williston, Vt.
Staff: 36
2021 Best Firms - Houldsworth, Russo & Co.

No. 38: Houldsworth, Russo & Co.

Partners told staff they had an all-day insurance training, and surprised them with Top Golf instead.

Headquarters: Las Vegas
Staff: 23
2021 Best Firms - Damitz Brooks Nightingale Turner & Morrisset

No. 37: Damitz Brooks Nightingale Turner & Morrisset

A murder mystery via Zoom.

Headquarters: Santa Barbara, Calif.
Staff: 34
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No. 36: Rosenfield and Co.

The firm's website.

Headquarters: Orlando, Fla.
Staff: 29
2021 Best Firms - Bormel, Grice & Huyett

No. 35: Bormel, Grice & Huyett

The firm's annual summer picnic.

Headquarters: Laurel, Md.
Staff: 26
2021 Best Firms - Ennis, Pellum & Associates

No. 34: Ennis, Pellum & Associates CPAs

Tax senior manager Austin Wynn pledged to shave his beard and head if the tax team met their 2021 busy season goal — and they did, so all team members celebrated with a Kona Shaved Ice party while watching Wynn lose his hair and beard in May 202`.

Headquarters: Jacksonville, Fla.
Staff: 38
2021 Best Firms - Brink, Key & Chludzinski

No. 33: Brink, Key & Chludzinski

A staff meeting at the firm.

Headquarters: Portage, Mich.
Staff: 24
2021 Best Firms - Faw Casson

No. 32: Faw Casson

The firm's team competing in a dragon boat race to support a local charter school.

Headquarters: Dover, Del.
Staff: 39
2021 Best Firms - Shannon & Associates

No. 31: Shannon & Associates

The firm's March 15th Celebration boxes with game "tokens."

Headquarters: Kent, Wash.
Staff: 34
2021 Best Firms - Navolio & Tallman

No. 30: Navolio & Tallman

The firm's first in-person event in over a year — a wine tasting.

Headquarters: San Francisco
Staff: 38
2021 Best Firms - PAAST

No. 29: PAAST

Team members wear blue to raise awareness for World Water Day.

Headquarters: Coral Gables, Fla.
Staff: 42
2021 Best Firms - Cullari Carrico

No. 28: Cullari Carrico

Staff celebrate the holidays.

Headquarters: Fairfield, N.J.
Staff: 45
2021 Best Firms - Pivot women

No. 27: Pivot CPAs

Headquarters: Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
Staff: 46
2021 Best Firms - Bland Garvey

No. 26: Bland Garvey CPAs

Employees volunteering at the North Texas Food Bank.

Headquarters: Richardson, Texas
Staff: 37
2021 Best Firms - Duckett Ladd

No. 25: Duckett Ladd CPAs

The firm's website.

Headquarters: Springfield, Mo.
Staff: 17
2021 Best Firms - Magnuson, McHugh & Co.

No. 24: Magnuson, McHugh & Co.

Staff attend the Boys and Girls Club Auction.

Headquarters: Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Staff: 25
2021 Best Firms - SD Mayer screenshot

No. 23: SD Mayer & Associates

The firm's website.

Headquarters: San Francisco
Staff: 39
2021 Best Firms - McSoley McCoy & Co.

No. 22: McSoley McCoy & Co.

Team Building Day at Lake Monsters 2020.

Headquarters: South Burlington, Vt.
Staff: 25
2021 Best Firms - CAPATA

No. 21: Capata

A lunch gathering and magic show.

Headquarters: Laguna Niguel, Calif.
Staff: 18
2021 Best Firms - McCarthy & Company

No. 20: McCarthy & Co.

The team volunteering for Cradles to Crayons.

Headquarters: Lafayette Hill, Pa.
Staff: 29
2021 Best Firms - Wymer Brownlee

No. 19: Wymer Brownlee Wealth Strategies

Staff at an all-firm retreat.

Headquarters: Oklahoma City
Staff: 49
2021 Best Firms - Han Group

No. 18: Han Group

Staff gather for Casino Night.

Headquarters: Washington, D.C.
Staff: 27
2021 Best Firms - Gish Seiden

No. 17: Gish Seiden

Staff celebrating International Women's Day.

Headquarters: Woodland Hills, Calif.
Staff: 37
2021 Best Firms - Swindell Bohn Durden & Phillips

No. 16: Swindell Bohn Durden & Phillips

BEAM Volunteer Group at a food bank.

Headquarters: Jacksonville Beach, Fla.
Staff: 26
2021 Best Firms - Dillwood Burkel & Millar

No. 15: Dillwood Burkel & Millar

The firm's 2020 Holiday Virtual Amazing Race Competition.

Headquarters: Santa Rosa, Calif.
Staff: 23
2021 Best Firms - Williams Benator & Libby

No. 14: Williams Benator & Libby

Associates modeling WBL face masks for the pandemic.

Headquarters: Atlanta
Staff: 42
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No. 13: Markham Norton Mosteller Wright & Co.





Headquarters: Fort Myers, Fla.

Staff: 46
2021 Best Firms - Pittman & Brooks

No. 12: Pittman & Brooks

The firm celebrates its award.

Headquarters: Portland, Ore.
Staff: 22
2021 Best Firms - Brinker Simpson and Co.

No. 11: Brinker Simpson and Co.

The firm celebrates its team of admins on Administrative Professionals Day.

Headquarters: Springfield, Pa.
Staff: 49
2021 Best Firms - HD Davis CPAs

No. 10: HD Davis CPAs

Staff members and their families.

Headquarters: Liberty, Ohio
Staff: 35
2021 Best Firms - Blackman & Sloop

No. 9: Blackman & Sloop CPAs

Entries in the firm's gingerbread house competition, part of its virtual holiday party. Each employee got a kit to build with their families; the houses were displayed only during the party and a winner was announced.

Headquarters: Chapel Hill, N.C.
Staff: 40
2021 Best Firms - WhippleWood CPAs

No. 8: WhippleWood CPAs

The firm's ice cream social.

Headquarters: Littleton, Colo.
Staff: 28
2021 Best Firms - GunnChamberlain

No. 7: GunnChamberlain

The firm promotes breast cancer awareness.

Headquarters: Jacksonville, Fla.
Staff: 27
2021 Best Firms - Rudler

No. 6: Rudler

The firm's Community Shred Day in partnership with the City of Ft. Wright was hosted at the fire station to facilitate social distancing and COVID-19 safety protocols.

Headquarters: Ft. Wright, Ky.
Staff: 45
2021 Best Firms - TaxOps

No. 5: TaxOps

The firm's team holiday gift exchange, where individuals made donations to nonprofits on behalf of the interests of another team member.

Headquarters: Englewood, Colo.
Staff: 21
2021 Best Firms - Hawaii Accounting

No. 4: Hawaii Accounting

Staff volunteer to clean up the ocean reef with Malama Maunalua in Hawaii Kai.

Headquarters: Honolulu
Staff: 20
2021 Best Firms - Realize

No. 3: Realize CPA

The firm's website.

Headquarters: San Francisco
Staff: 43
2021 Best Firms - Fair, Anderson & Langerman

No. 2: Fair, Anderson & Langerman

Shortly after the mask mandate was dropped in Nevada, the firm's operations team got together for a team building outing.

Headquarters: Las Vegas
Staff: 32
2021 Best Firms - Levitzacks

No. 1: LevitZacks CPAs

Senior manager Bryan Carpenter shows off his team spirit at the firm's Zoom St. Patrick's Day lunch.

Headquarters: San Diego
Staff: 41
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