Private equity

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.

Whitman Advisory introduced valueMyCPAFirm.com, an AI-powered tool that provides insights on a firm's market value.

The Top 20 Firm will receive a significant investment from private equity firm Reverence Capital in a deal expected to close in the third quarter of this year.

The tool, called the Enterprise Attractiveness Score, evaluates 10 dimensions similar to what PE due diligence teams consider when putting a price on a firm.

The Top 25 Firm will receive an investment from private equity giant KKR, making it among the largest accounting firms to take PE money.

The Regional Leader based in Wayne, Pennsylvania, received a strategic growth investment from Madison Dearborn Partners and co-investor Norlantic Capital.

Top 10 Firm Baker Tilly will acquire Top 100 Firm Anchin, Block & Anchin, and will move its headquarters from Chicago to New York City.

The Top 100 Firm will receive an investment from TPG, as its former private equity investor Broad Sky Partners will sell substantially all of its investment.

The Top 50 Firm is rebranding as Current to reflect the firm's commitment to upgrading local firms with AI to compete with large incumbents.

AI tax startup Black Ore hosted a series of discussions on the growing role of AI in making tax preparation and planning more efficient.