Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and West Virginia
Total revenue: $712.82 million. Average firm growth: 5.76%
After a strong 2017, the Capital Region turned in the worst average firm growth rate of 2018, off almost 3 percentage points from last year’s report. And while it boasted one of this year’s new Top 100 Firms in Brown, Edwards & Co., it also saw former T100 mainstay Raffa snapped up by Baker Tilly.
| Firm | Headquarters | Rev. ($ mn) | % chg. | Offices | Partners | Total emps. |
| Kearney & Co.(P) | Alexandria, Va. | 169.3 | 10.94 | 4 | 28 | 706 |
| SC&H Group | Sparks, Md. | 56.22 | 1.39 | 3 | 43 | 255 |
| Aronson | Rockville, Md. | 56.02 | 4.2 | 1 | 31 | 256 |
| Brown, Edwards & Co. | Roanoke, Va. | 42.4 | 13.07 | 9 | 43 | 338 |
| PBMares | Newport News, Va. | 41.7 | 3.47 | 10 | 40 | 216 |
| Arnett Carbis Toothman | Charleston, W. Va. | 34.74 | 2 | 8 | 30 | 234 |
| Cotton & Co. | Alexandria, Va. | 29.9 | 9.12 | 1 | 11 | 176 |
| Keiter | Glen Allen, Va. | 29 | 7.41 | 1 | 20 | 152 |
| Calibre CPA Group | Bethesda, Md. | 28 | 7.69 | 6 | 21 | 193 |
| Hertzbach & Co. | Owings Mills, Md. | 27 | NC | 3 | 19 | 173 |
| Tate & Tryon | Washington, D.C. | 26.78 | 6.61 | 2 | 13 | 138 |
| Gelman, Rosenberg & Freedman | Bethesda, Md. | 26.5 | 9.37 | 1 | 17 | 112 |
| YHB CPAs | Winchester, Va. | 24.94 | 1.92 | 7 | 27 | 137 |
| Gross Mendelsohn & Associates | Baltimore | 21.56 | 5.63 | 2 | 16 | 146 |
| Ellin & Tucker | Baltimore | 21.14 | 2.32 | 2 | 15 | 110 |
| SEK CPAs | Hagerstown, Md. | 20 | 5.26 | 6 | 25 | 179 |
| KatzAbosch | Timonium, Md. | 17.3 | -2.26 | 3 | 21 | 94 |
| KWC CPAs | Alexandria, Va. | 14.5 | 13.1 | 2 | 15 | 82 |
| RS&F | Towson, Md. | 13 | 14.94 | 3 | 9 | 80 |
| Hantzmon Wiebel | Charlottesville, Va. | 12.82 | -1.08 | 1 | 17 | 79 |
Notes:
NA Not available/applicable
NC No change
* Firm estimate
P Reported equity and non-equity partners as a single combined figure.