Small Missouri Firms Merge

Two firms in Kansas City, Mo., have announced a merger.TMPitman & Associates LLC bought Glen Burrington & Co. at the close of 2006 for an undisclosed amount, according to local newspapers. The deal closed on Dec. 29 and will give public accounting firm TMPitman its second location in the area.

Glen Burrington’s Smithville, Mo., office -- located in the Northland section of the city -- will continue operating under the TMPitman name.

Principal Todd Pitman said Tuesday that the transaction closed on Dec. 29. Both of Glen Burrington's employees -- Deanna Winship and David Fisher  -- transferred to TMPitman, bringing the firm's total employee count to six.

Pitman declined to disclose his firm's revenues, but told the local paper that his business has grown an average of 20 percent a year over the past five years.

Pitman will also bring his business consulting firm, Entrepreneurial Business Services Inc. to the Northland office. EBS was created to service the small and midsized business market.

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