Private equity

The Top 50 Firm acquired Persing Professional Group and Carefree Professional Practice Resources, expanding its presence in Nevada.

The Top 75 Firm completed a flip of investors, with private equity firm Broad Sky Partners selling its stake to TPG, an alternative asset management firm.

The firm has dropped plans for a roughly $3 billion leveraged loan that was intended to refinance private credit debt and fund a dividend.

The Top 50 Firm acquired New England Regional Leader GGG, expanding its presence in the Boston area.

The Top 50 Firm UHY acquired accounting and advisory firm ALW in Betterndorf, Iowa.

Upon the historic deal's closing, Grant Thornton is expected to become the fifth-largest firm with more than $5 billion in domestic revenue and $7.5 billion globally.

Pitching an institutional investor on a single private equity deal rather than a diversified fund was long deemed the sign of a buyout newcomer or a struggling rainmaker.

The Top 50 Firm acquired Houston-based Sowers & Co., expanding its local tax and outsourced accounting offerings in one of its focus markets.

Private equity is fueling a wave of mergers and acquisitions, with transaction volume rising 26% year-over-year in 2025 and continuing to climb in 2026.

The Top 50 Firm acquired McMillan, Whiteman & Associates, expanding its presence along Florida's Gulf Coast and marking its third deal in the state this year.

Senior executives from Accounting Today's Regional Leaders shared their 2026 growth strategies, ranging from M&A and tech, to advisory and organic growth.

The Top 100 Firm is getting a majority investment from Lightyear Capital, while its previous investor, Unity Partners, will maintain a minority position in the firm.

Accounting firms have been fielding offers from a growing number of private equity investors as PE money continues to pour into the accounting sector.

The Top 25 Firm acquired Mid-Atlantic Regional Leader Kreischer Miller in Horsham, Pennsylvania.

Meaden & Moore, a Cleveland-based accounting, tax, advisory and forensic accounting firm, took an investment from private equity firm Unity Partners.

For most of the last 40 years, running a tax and accounting firm was a peacetime job. That's not the case anymore.

The Top 25 Firm acquired LGA, a Boston-area accounting and business advisory firm serving mid-market businesses, entrepreneurs and families.

The Top 25 Firm acquired Houston-based Ham, Langston & Brezina, effective as of July 1, expanding its presence in Texas.

The Top 20 Firm acquired Santa Clara, California-based Sherwood Partners in a transaction expected to close this July.

The Top 25 Firm acquired Conroe, Texas-based firm Crowl, Cameron & Associates, expanding its presence to 20 offices and across 18 cities in the state.