Meet the 2018 Best Small Firms to Work For

Each year, Accounting Today and Best Companies Group select the Best Accounting Firms to Work For in three categories: Small, Midsized and Large. This slideshow includes the best in the Small Firm Category (firms from 15-49 employees), with their rankings and select information on the firms, as well as photos the firms submitted themselves (or, occasionally, their Web site).

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Best Firms 2018 - Anglin Reichman

No. 47: Anglin Reichmann Snellgrove & Armstrong

One of many competitions at the firm's Field Day 2018.

Headquarters: Huntsville, Alabama
URL: www.anglincpa.com
Best Firms 2018 - Davidson Holland

No. 46: Davidson, Holland, Whitesell & Co.

Staff members at the Employee Eclipse Viewing Party last summer.

Headquarters: Hickory, N.C.
URL: www.dhw.net
Best Firms 2018 - WeberMessick

No. 45: WeberMessick

Headquarters: Baltimore
URL: www.webermessick.com
Best Firms 2018 - HeinfeldMeech

No. 44: HeinfeldMeech

"Onesie Day" at the Phoenix office in December 2017.

Headquarters: Tucson, Arizona
URL: www.heinfeldmeech.com
Best Firms 2018 - Wilson Lewis

No. 43: Wilson Lewis

Employees enjoying games at Skyline Park in Atlanta at one of the firm's two April 15 parties.

Headquarters: Atlanta
URL: www.wilsonlewis.com
Best Firms 2018 - gish Seiden

No. 42: gish SEIDEN

Marking a major milestone for the firm.

Headquarters: Woodland Hills, California
URL: www.gishseiden.com/
Best Firms 2018 - PAAST

No. 41: PAAST

Staff attending 2018’s Mercedez Benz Corporate run.

Headquarters: Miami
URL: http://paast.com/
Best Firms 2018 - DK Partners

No. 40: DK Partners

As a sponsor of the 2017 CASA Superhero Run, "Dogs are a must!"

Headquarters: Austin, Texas
URL: www.dktxcpa.com
Best Firms 2018 - May & Co. 2

No. 39: May & Co.

Headquarters: Vicksburg, Mississippi
URL: www.maycpa.com/
Best Firms 2018 - Jones and Kolb

No. 38: Jones and Kolb

Headquarters: Atlanta
URL: www.joneskolb.com
Best Firms 2018 - Bormel Grice

No. 37: Bormel, Grice & Huyett

Staff enjoying a Baltimore Oriole's game.

Headquarters: Laurel, Maryland
URL: www.bormel-grice.com
Best Firms 2018 - Wheeler

No. 36: Wheeler Accountants

Celebrating Christmas with ugly sweaters.

Headquarters: San Jose, California
URL: https://wheelercpa.com/
Best Firms 2018 - Fair Anderson

No. 35: Fair, Anderson & Langerman

Headquarters: Las Vegas
URL: www.falcpa.com
Best Firms 2018 - Miller Grossbard

No. 34: Miller Grossbard Advisors

Firm staff with the Houston skyline behind them.

Headquarters: Houston
URL: https://mgallp.com/
Best Firms 2018 - Bland Garvey 2

No. 33: Bland Garvey

Headquarters: Richardson, Texas
URL: www.blandgarvey.com/
Best Firms 2018 - E Cohen & Co.

No. 32: E. Cohen and Co.

Casino Night at the firm's holiday party.

Headquarters: Rockville, Maryland
URL: https://ecohencpas.com/
Best Firms 2018 - Duckett Ladd

No. 31: Duckett Ladd

Office greeter Sadie.

Headquarters: Springfield, Missouri
URL: www.duckettladd.com/
Best Firms 2018 - Haefele Flanagan

No. 30: Haefele Flanagan

Employees at the 2017 Open House event, which was themed "Haefele Flanagan's 50th Anniversary Golden Gala."

Headquarters: Maple Shade, N.J.
URL: https://hfco.com/
Best Firms 2018 - Elliott Robinson

No. 29: Elliott, Robinson & Co.

The annual Back-to-School Bash held at the office for staff and their families with inflatables, carnival games, giveaways, hamburgers, hot dogs, and frozen custard.

Headquarters: Springfield, Missouri
URL: https://ercpa.com/
Best Firms 2018 - Blackman Sloop

No. 28: Blackman & Sloop CPAs

A "Wine & Design" teambuilding event, where each employee painted a canvas block, and those pieces were put together as one big mural.

Headquarters: Chapel Hill, N.C.
URL: https://b-scpa.com/
Best Firms 2018 - Pittman & Brooks

No. 27: Pittman & Brooks

The firm attended the Annual XCM Conference in Austin, Texas, and staff took a Segway tour of the city.

Headquarters: Portland, Oregon
URL: http://pittmanbrooks.com/
Best Firms 2018 - Cornwell Jackson

No. 26: Cornwell Jackson

Staff at the annual summer pool party.

Headquarters: Plano, Texas
URL: www.cornwelljackson.com/
Best Firms - Davis Hodgdon

No. 25: Davis & Hodgdon Associates CPAs

Headquarters: Williston, Vermont
URL: www.dh-cpa.com/
Best Firms 2018 - Santos Postal

No. 24: Santos, Postal & Co.

Team members sorting food (mostly) at Manna Food Center.

Headquarters: Rockville, Maryland
URL: www.santospostal.com/
Best Firms 2018 - May & Co.

No. 23: mAccounting

The firm says goodbye to its service dog in training, Oreo, with a lunch and celebration as she prepares to finish up her training and meet her "furever" family.

Headquarters: Indianapolis
URL: http://maccounting.com/
Best Firms 2018 - Lanigan Ryan

No. 22: Lanigan, Ryan, Malcolm & Doyle

Staff gather on the steps of their all-inclusive Cancun hotel on a firm-sponsored trip in November 2017.

Headquarters: Gaithersburg, Maryland
URL: www.lrmd-cpa.com/
Best firms 2018 - Damitz Brooks

No. 21: Damitz, Brooks, Nightingale, Turner & Morrisset

The Fun In the Sun (FITS) Lunch Bunch Program.

Headquarters: Santa Barbara, California
URL: www.dbntm.com/
Best Firms 2018 - Realize

No. 20: Realize CPA

A firm barbecue.

Headquarters: San Francisco
URL: www.realizecpa.com/
Best Firms 2018 - RLH

No. 19: RLH CPAs

A firm original game -- "Pin the $ on the CPA," from its After Tax Season Party at Dutch's Daughter.

Headquarters: Hanover, Pennsylvania
URL: www.rlhcpa.com
2018 Best Firms - Wilson Toellner Lake

No. 18: Wilson Toellner CPA

In October 2017 the entire firm met at its Lake Ozark, Missouri, location for a team building outing at an Escape Room, where teams were selected and staff worked together to solve puzzles and escape before time ran out. "Fortunately, all four groups escaped!"

Headquarters: Sedalia, Missouri
URL: www.wtcpa.com/
Best Firms 2018 - Homes Lowry

No. 17: Homes, Lowry, Horn & Johnson

The first HLHJ Ping Pong Tournament.

Headquarters: Fairfax, Virginia
URL: www.hlhj.com
Best Firms 2018 - KNAV

No. 16: KNAV

Celebrating a win against the British Consulate General.

Headquarters: Atlanta
URL: http://knavcpa.com/
Best firms 2018 - HeimLantz

No. 15: HeimLantz CPAs

When a team member's husband was diagnosed with cancer, the office designed and ordered "Team Bill" shirts to support the team member and her husband, as well as providing food and offering rides to treatment.

Headquarters: Annapolis, Maryland
URL: www.heimlantz.com
Best Firms 2018 - Sansiveri Kimball

No. 14: Sansiveri, Kimball & Co.

Employees enjoy a beautiful day by the water at the firm's annual all-employee firm retreat & holiday party at the Squantum Club in East Providence, R.I.

Headquarters: Providence, R.I.
URL: https://sansiveri.com/
Best Firms 2018 - KRS

No. 13: KRS CPAs

Red Nose Day at the firm.

Headquarters: Paramus, N.J.
URL: https://krscpas.com/
Best Firms 2018 - Ennis Pellum

No. 12: Ennis, Pellum & Associates CPAs

The firm's 2018 busy season fun event program was the EPA University Intercollegiate Intermural challenge. Complete with team names, mottos and theme songs, as well as Intercollegiate presidents and Board of Regents, the event involved four competitions.

Headquarters: Jacksonville, Florida
URL: www.jaxcpa.com
Best Firms 2018 - Barnes Saly

No. 11: Barnes Saly & Co.

The presentation of a check for $8,150.00, to the Joyce P. Murtha Breast Care Center, raised at Barnes Saly's 9th Bingo for a Cause.

Headquarters: Johnstown, Pennsylvania
URL: www.barnessaly.com/
Best Firms 2018 - Rudler

No. 10: Rudler

Employees dressed up as “Bean Counters” handed out Halloween treats for Commonwealth Bank & Trust Trunk-or-Treat to benefit The Children’s Home of Northern Kentucky.

Headquarters: Fort Wright, Kentucky
URL: https://rudler.com/
Best Firms 2018 - Williams Benator Libby

No. 9: Williams Benator & Libby

The firm's annual family outing to an Atlanta Braves game at SunTrust Park, with managing partner Bruce Benator, associates and their children.

Headquarters: Atlanta
URL: https://wblcpa.com/
Best Firms 2018 - Whipplewood

No. 8: WhippleWood CPAs

The firm's team in the Fight for Air Climb 2018 -- the Sums of Anarchy.

Headquarters: Littleton, Colorado
URL: http://whipplewoodcpas.com/
Best Firms 2018 - Johanson & Yau

No. 7: Johanson & Yau

Staff members hanging out at the local dog park.

Headquarters: San Jose, California
URL: www.jyac.com
Best Firms 2018 - LevitZacks

No. 6: LevitZacks CPAs

Fifteen firm volunteers and golfers joined over 90 players at LevitZack's 4th annual Get a Grip Post Tax Day networking golf tournament.

Headquarters: San Diego
URL: www.lz-cpa.com
Best Firms 2018 - Klein Hall

No. 5: Klein Hall CPAs

The firm's team participating in the Paws for Tails 5k Charity Walk.

Headquarters: Aurora, Illinois
URL: https://kleinhallcpa.com/
Brinker Simpson

No. 4: Brinker Simpson & Co.

Headquarters: Springfield, Pennsylvania
URL: www.brinkersimpson.com/
Best Firms 2018 - Brink Key Chludzinski

No. 3: Brink, Key & Chludzinski

"We are not your typical group of accountants," the firm reports. "We work hard so we can play hard."

Headquarters: Portage, Michigan
URL: www.bkccpa.com
Best Firms 2018 - ATKG

No. 2: ATKG

Staff dress up for Fight Night 2018 to raise money for the Real Estate Council of San Antonio.

Headquarters: San Antonio, Texas
URL: www.atkgcpa.com/
Staff from GMS Surgent at an axe-throwing event

No. 1: GMS Surgent CPAs

Firm staff throwing axes at the annual outing.

Headquarters: Devon, Pennsylvania
URL: www.gmssurgent.com
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