The Platform Accounting Group added Wayne Long & Co. and Seghetti Waxler, based in Bakersfield and Santa Cruz, California, respectively.

Top 50 Firm Ascend announced the acquisition of Sweeney Conrad in Kirkland, Washington, expanding its presence in the region.

Sorren, based in Meridian, Idaho, has added Casey Neilon, an accounting consultancy in Nevada, to its national network.

The Top 50 Firm based in Troy, Michigan, has completed its fourth acquisition in Houston this year and its 10th across the country.

Private company leaders looking to sell reported that tax on recognized gains (88%) and transfer taxes (87%) were major concerns, per a Deloitte survey.

The deal will expand the Top 10 Firm's footprint to South Florida and its existing presence on the East Coast.

The Regional Leader will add Lancaster-based Ross Buehler Falk & Co. effective Jan. 1.

Platform Accounting Group expanded in Oregon; Springline Advisory acquired Actuarial Resources; Sorren added RTO; Patrick Accounting and Tax Services is buying Knight Home Care Financial.

The Chicago-based firm has acquired New York- based accounting firm Farkouh, Furman & Faccio.

PKF O'Connor Davies, a Top 25 Firm based in New York, has added Wolf Maryles & Associates, also headquartered in Manhattan.

CEO Jeff Call is ramping up the use of artificial intelligence at the Top 100 Firm, and helping clients adjust to changes from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

Carr, Riggs & Ingram added DK Partners; LGA merged in Ziner & Murphy; Adams Brown acquired Stafford & Westervelt; and Stephano Slack merged in Boyer & Boyer and Kimmel, Lorah & Associates.

Franklin Alliance, a venture capital-backed company that helps small and midsized firms scale, acquired Cincinnati-based Howard, Nunn & Bloom. Randy Crabtree and Jon Segal also joined its advisory board.

Eide Bailly adds Wall, Einhorn & Chernitzer; Brown Edwards acquires Sheldon & Co.; and LGA merges with Cohen Cohen & Co.

Hill, Barth & King has expanded to Maryland by acquiring McLean, Koehler, Sparks & Hammond.

Grant Thornton Advisors has expanded its rapidly growing multinational platform by merging in Kevane Grant Thornton in Puerto Rico.

The Regional Leader is expanding its presence in Western Michigan, effective Jan. 1, 2026.

Top 75 Firm Sax acquired SCL Consulting in Maryland, effective Nov. 14, 2025, strengthening its client advisory services and growing its Mid-Atlantic footprint.

Mauldin & Jenkins merged in LaPorte CPAs & Business Advisors; Ascend's TSS Advisors added John G. Burk & Associates; Ascend's Walter Shuffain Advisors integrated Richardson & Co.; Cross Financial joined Crete Professionals Alliance.

The Top 50 Firm acquired two more firms in Tennessee and Michigan.