Meet the 2021 Best Midsized and Large 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 Midsized Category (firms with between 50-249 employees) and in the Large Category (250+ 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 - Wiss

MIDSIZED FIRMS No. 51: Wiss & Co.

Wiss employees take a break from busy season for s’mores and beers.

Headquarters: Florham Park, N.J.
Staff: 218
2021 Best Firms - Holtzman

No. 50: Holtzman Partners

Some members of the firm's audit team members get together for a non-Zoom happy hour at Abel’s on the Lake.

Headquarters: Austin, Texas
Staff: 98
2021 Kraft screenshot

No. 49: KraftCPAs

The firm's website.

Headquarters: Nashville, Tenn.
Staff: 215
2021 Best Firms - KRD

No. 48: KRD

Staff volunteering at Little City, volunteering with residents.

Headquarters: Chicago
Staff: 78
2021 Best Firms - GPW

No. 47: GPW

GPW's offices

Headquarters: San Diego
Staff: 55
2021 Best Firms - Lane Gorman Trubitt

No. 46: Lane Gorman Trubitt

Staff at a Rangers Opening Day event.

Headquarters: Dallas
Staff: 107
2021 Best Firms - Kerkering Barberio

No. 45: Kerkering, Barberio & Co.

Staff celebrating Valentine's Day.

Headquarters: Sarasota, Fla.
Staff: 128
2021 Best Firms -- Reynolds Bone & Griesbeck

No. 44: Reynolds Bone & Griesbeck

Raffling off gift cards to help local restaurants in Memphis during the firms 12 Days of Christmas.

Headquarters: Memphis, Tenn.
Staff: 51
2021 Best Firms - Matthews, Carter and Boyce

No. 43: Matthews, Carter & Boyce CPAs

Team members kayak to cool off during the hot summer in August 2020.

Headquarters: Fairfax, Va.
Staff: 70
2021 Best Firms - Gordon Advisors

No. 42: Gordon Advisors

Pre-pandemic, staff compete to see who can fly their paper airplane the farthest.

Headquarters: Troy, Mich.
Staff: 64
2021 Best Firms - E. Cohen and Company

No. 41: E. Cohen and Co. CPAs

Employees celebrate a successful deadline day.

Headquarters: Rockville, Md.
Staff: 72
2021 Best Firms - Allen, Gibbs, & Houlik

No. 40: Allen, Gibbs & Houlik

The firm celebrated the Kansas City Chiefs being in the Superbowl by having a Wear Red and Jeans Day.

Headquarters: Wichita, Kan.
Staff: 124
2021 Best Firms -- Hungerford Nichols

No. 39: Hungerford Nichols CPAs

The firm was the VIP sponsor for the 2019 Grand Rapids Pride Festival.

Headquarters: Grand Rapids, Mich.
Staff: 119
2021 Best Firms - Fust Charles Chambers
Jackie Al-Nwiran

No. 38: Fust Charles Chambers

As a team-building activity, the firm hired an outside company to facilitate an evening of fun! Staff broke into teams and virtually worked together to do scavenger hunts, figure out riddles, do challenges, make up songs, solve problems, and more.

Headquarters: Syracuse, N.Y.
Staff: 81
2021 Best Firms - Grimbleby Coleman

No. 37: Grimbleby Coleman CPAs Inc.

The firm hosts a virtual Murder Mystery Night, with friends and family.

Headquarters: Modesto, Calif.
Staff: 66
2021 Best Firms - GRF CPAs

No. 36: GRF CPAs

The firm's "COVID-Free Office Crew."

Headquarters: Bethesda, Md.
Staff: 123
2021 Best Firms - Cassady Schiller

No. 35: Cassady Schiller CPAs

The firm supporting local community causes.

Headquarters: Cincinnati
Staff: 70
2021 Best Firms - Insero & Co. CPAs

No. 34: Insero & Co. CPAs

Staff members fill backpacks with school supplies as part of the SBC Cares backpack drive, sponsored by the firm's Outreach Committee.

Headquarters: Rochester, N.Y.
Staff: 127
2021 Best Firms - Berkowitz Pollack Brant Advisors
Melissa Gracey

No. 33: Berkowitz Pollack Brant

The firm's corporate run was virtual this year but everyone did the 5K at the same time with a video to start.

Headquarters: Miami
Staff: 223
2021 Best Firms - BMSS

No. 32: BMSS

Staff members celebrate the end of the week with homeroom Top Golf.

Headquarters: Birmingham, Ala.
Staff: 166
2021 Best Firms - Gallagher, Flynn & co.

No. 31: Gallagher, Flynn & Co.

Customized glasses from a tax retreat with brews and crafts.

Headquarters: Lebanon, N.H.
Staff: 80
2021 Best Firms - Henry+Horne.jpg

No. 30: Henry+Horne

A firmwide community service event.

Headquarters: Tempe, Ariz.
Staff: 143
2021 Best Firms - EEPB
Greg Crochet

No. 29: EEPB

A team-building meeting.

Headquarters: Houston
Staff: 91
2021 Best Firms - Global Tax Network

No. 28: Global Tax Network

The firm's Busy Season Fun Spring Vacation, a virtual company get-together.

Headquarters: Maple Grove, Minn.
Staff: 85
2021 Best Firms - Sansiveri, Kimball

No. 27: Sansiveri, Kimball & Co.

Pre-COVID-19, firm employees display the homemade fleece blankets that they made for senior citizen shut-ins through the United Way of Rhode Island.

Headquarters: Providence, R.I.
Staff: 54
2021 Best Firms - Varney & Associates

No. 26: Varney & Associates CPAs

In November 2019, the firm moved to a new location that is almost double the size of its old location and allows us to have its entire team under one roof.

Headquarters: Manhattan, Kan.
Staff: 56
2021 Best Firms - Swindoll, Janzen, Hawk & Loyd

No. 25: Swindoll, Janzen, Hawk & Loyd

The goodies the firm sent to its virtual team members at the end of busy season.

Headquarters: McPherson, Kan.
Staff: 73
2021 Best Firms - Hancock Askew

No. 24: Hancock Askew & Co.

The firm celebrates its ranking in the Atlanta Business Chronicle's 2021 Top Accounting Firms.

Headquarters: Savannah, Ga.
Staff: 170
2021 Best Firms - Wilkins Miller
LA Fotographee for the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce

No. 23: Wilkins Miller

In 2020 the firm was named the Mobile Chamber of Commerce and Junior League of Mobile's Corporate Community Service Award Winner.

Headquarters: Mobile, Ala.
Staff: 72
2021 Best Firms - Castro & Company

No. 22: Castro & Co.

The firm's Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Fun Friday Fundraiser.

Headquarters: Alexandria, Va.
Staff: 95
2021 Bartlett Pringle Wolf screenshot.jpg

No. 21: Bartlett, Pringle & Wolf

The firm's website.

Headquarters: Santa Barbara, Calif.
Staff: 66
2021 Best Firms - Johanson & Yau

No. 20: Johanson & Yau

Staff take a weekend hike at a local park trail.

Headquarters: Campbell, Calif.
Staff: 68
2021 Best Firms - Maner Costerisan

No. 19: Maner Costerisan

Employees enjoying the firm's outdoor tax party 2021 at the Lansing Lugnuts stadium.

Headquarters: Lansing, Mich.
Staff: 135
2021 Best Firms - Coulter & Justus

No. 18: Coulter & Justus

Everyone made the "Nice" list according to Santa (a.k.a. managing principal Mike Parton his elf at the firm's drive-through Christmas event.

Headquarters: Knoxville, Tenn.
Staff: 59
2021 Best Firms - Anders CPAs

No. 17: Anders CPAs

To celebrate being named a Top 100 Firm, the firm's monthly "Pick Me Up Pop Up" sold #100 themed cookies benefitting the firm's 2021 Charity of Choice, The Child Center.

Headquarters: St. Louis
Staff: 239
2021 Best Firms - Bernard Robinson

No. 16: Bernard Robinson & Co.

Bingo at the firm's holiday lunch.

Headquarters: Greensboro, N.C.
Staff: 169
2021 Best Firms - Beaird Harris

No. 15: Beaird Harris

Staff enjoy a team-building event at AT&T Stadium, including a guided tour and scavenger hunt.

Headquarters: Dallas
Staff: 64
2021 Best Firms - James Moore & Co.

No. 14: James Moore & Co.

The firm's End of Season Cornhole Contest.

Headquarters: Daytona Beach, Fla.
Staff: 199
2021 Best Firms - Sweeney Conrad

No. 13: Sweeney Conrad

The firm's pennant wall, showcasing the universities team members attended

Headquarters: Kirkland, Wash.
Staff: 82
2021 Best Firms - Wilkin Guttenplan

No. 12: WilkinGuttenplan

The firm's "WeGive elves" drop off gifts at Lakeview School during the firm's annual holiday giving campaign.

Headquarters: East Brunswick, N.J.
Staff: 123
2021 Best Firms - Anglin Reichmann Armstrong

No. 11: Anglin Reichmann Armstrong

The firm's Annual Serve Day in Pensacola.

Headquarters: Huntsville, Ala.
Staff: 79
2021 Best Firms - Global Tax Management

No. 10: Global Tax Management Inc.

The care package sent to all staff after busy season to encourage wellness and relaxation, with a thank you note from the firm's CEO.

Headquarters: Wayne, Pa.
Staff: 169
2021 Best Firms - BeachFleischman

No. 9: BeachFleischman

Staff members testing their luck with scratcher tickets on St. Patrick's Day.

Headquarters: Tucson, Ariz.
Staff: 132
2021 Best Firms -Mahoney CPAs screenshot

No. 8: Mahoney CPAs

The firm's website.

Headquarters: St. Paul, Minn.
Staff: 71
2021 Best Firms - Smith Leonard

No. 7: Smith Leonard

The firm had a taco bar and a taco truck at its locations to get people back together in May 2021.

Headquarters: High Point, N.C.
Staff: 63
2021 Best Firms - ATKG

No. 6: ATKG

Tackling the high-ropes course during the firmwide retreat.

Headquarters: San Antonio
Staff: 54
2021 Best Firms - Brown Shultz Sheridan & Fritz

No. 5: Brown Schultz Sheridan & Fritz

The last firm event before the U.S. shut down less than a month later.

Headquarters: Camp Hill, Pa.
Staff: 122
2021 Best Firms - Windham Brannon

No. 4: Windham Brannon

Staff at a sport clay event with a client.

Headquarters: Atlanta
Staff: 172
2021 Best Firms - Tonneson

No. 3: Tonneson + Co.

Firm staff donating food to the Merrimack Valley Food Bank for a Fall 2020 Food Drive.

Headquarters: Wakefield, Mass.
Staff: 77
2021 Best Firms - Martin Starnes

No. 2: Martin Starnes & Associates CPAs

The firm's Employee Appreciation Feast.

Headquarters: Hickory, N.C.
Staff: 60
Was No. 1 in this category in 2020.
2021 Best Firms - Maxwell Locke & Ritter

No. 1: Maxwell Locke & Ritter

The firm's wealth Mmanagement group pic in front of an iconic mural in Austin, Texas.

Headquarters: Austin, Texas
Staff: 138
Was No. 1 in this category in 2019.
2021 Best Firms - PKF O'Connor Davies

LARGE FIRMS No. 7: PKF O'Connor Davies

PKFOD Intern Appreciation Event for the January 2020 winter intern class.

Headquarters: Harrison, N.Y.
Staff: 917
2021 Best Firms - Mauldin & Jenkins

No. 6: Mauldin & Jenkins

Students joining the firm in the office for its Summer Leadership Program.

Headquarters: Atlanta
Staff: 307
2021 Best Firms - Anchin

No. 5: Anchin

The firm partnered with City Harvest to help pack food for the homeless.

Headquarters: New York City
Staff: 360
2021 Best Firms - Kearney

No. 4: Kearney & Co.

The firm host socially distant and safe blood drives during the pandemic.

Headquarters: Alexandria, Va.
Staff: 734
2021 Best Firms - Warren Averett

No. 3: Warren Averett Cos.

Meet Knox, the Warren Averett resident office dog.

Headquarters: Birmingham, Ala.
Staff: 729
2021 Best Firms - Your Part-Time Controller

No. 2: Your Part-Time Controller

Employees enjoying the photo booth and props at the firm's Annual Holiday Luncheon Celebration.

Headquarters: Philadelphia
Staff: 286
2021 Best Firms - Schellman

No. 1: Schellman & Co.

Team members in Dallas collecting toys for the pediatric unit of their local hospital on the firm's annual Day of Giving.

Headquarters: Tampa, Fla.
Staff: 275
Was No. 1 in this category in 2020.
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