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Meet the 2025 Best Firms for Women

October 1, 2025 9:30 AM

Each year, Accounting Today recognizes the 100 Best Firms to Work For in the U.S. — and then picks the Best Firms for Women from among those based on the responses of their female staff to a comprehensive employee survey.

Meet the top 10 of these female-friendly workplaces below, and see the full list and learn more about what sets them apart in our feature story.

Criteria for inclusion: Firms are selected from Accounting Today's 2025 Best Firms to Work For. They must have a minimum of 15 women, regardless of the overall size of the firm, while those with more than 60 employees must have a minimum of 25% women. The female response rate to the employee survey of the Best Firms to Work For program must be greater than or equal to 40% (80% for employers with fewer than 25 women), and firms must have an 80% average positive response for women.

Best Firms 2025 - Porte Brown

10. Porte Brown

Headquarters: Elk Grove Village, Ill.
Staff: 142
Staff breakdown (female/male, in %): 51/49
Exec. team breakdown (female/male, in %): 30/70
Chief executive: Joe Gleba
Best Firms 2025 - Gish Seiden

9. Gish Seiden

Headquarters: Woodland Hills, Calif.
Staff: 42
Staff breakdown (female/male, in %): 60/40
Exec. team breakdown (female/male, in %): 50/50
Chief executive: Maureen O'Gara Adford
Best Firms 2025 - Markham Norton Mosteller Wright

8. Markham Norton Mosteller Wright & Co.

Headquarters: Fort Myers, Fla.
Staff: 48
Staff breakdown (female/male, in %): 84/16
Exec. team breakdown (female/male, in %): 83/17
Chief executive: Eric Christensen
Best Firms 2025 - Maxwell Locke & Ritter pic 2

7. Maxwell Locke & Ritter

Headquarters: Austin, Texas
Staff: 147
Staff breakdown (female/male, in %): 65/35
Exec. team breakdown (female/male, in %): 52/48
Chief executive: Kyle Parks
Best Firms 2025 - Seidel Schroeder

6. Seidel Schroeder

Headquarters: Brenham, Texas
Staff: 107
Staff breakdown (female/male, in %): 70/30
Exec. team breakdown (female/male, in %): 73/27
Chief executive: John Arty Brieden
Best Firms 2025 - WBL

5. WBL CPAs + Advisors

Headquarters: Atlanta
Staff: 47
Staff breakdown (female/male, in %): 56/44
Exec. team breakdown (female/male, in %): 25/75
Chief executive: Bruce Benator
Zomma Group employees at a holiday lunch

4. Zomma Group

Headquarters: Coral Gables, Fla.
Staff: 33
Staff breakdown (female/male, in %): 58/42
Exec. team breakdown (female/male, in %): 60/40
Chief executive: Raymond Zomerfeld
Clark, Raymond & Co.’s gift-wrapping crew

3. Clark, Raymond & Co.

Headquarters: Redmond, Wash.
Staff: 21
Staff breakdown (female/male, in %): 76/24
Exec. team breakdown (female/male, in %): 38/62
Chief executive: D. Edson Clark
Best Firms 2025 - Realize

2. Realize CPA

Headquarters: San Francisco
Staff: 71
Staff breakdown (female/male, in %): 65/35
Exec. team breakdown (female/male, in %): 62/38
Chief executive: Minerva Tottie
Staff at Venturity

1. Venturity

Headquarters: Dallas
Staff: 46
Staff breakdown (female/male, in %): 59/41
Exec. team breakdown (female/male, in %): 100/0
Chief executive: Deanna Walker
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