Rea & Associates has merged in Friel & Associates, a firm based in Chardon, Ohio, effective November 1.

UHY Advisors and UHY LLP have acquired the professional services firm Pratesi, Salemi & Company LLC and the valuation firm Brentmore Valuation Advisors, in West Hartford, Connecticut.

Eide Bailly is expanding its presence in Las Vegas by adding the consulting firm JW Advisors and the CPA practice of Bryce Wisan.

The New Hampshire accounting firms Nathan Wechsler & Company, PA, and Robert M. Mucha, CPA, P.C., have combined, effective Oct. 28, 2016.

Ninety percent of the accounting industry is tied to compliance services in areas such as accounting, audit and tax, but don’t look there for encouraging signs of industry performance.

Equale & Cirone LLP, a firm based in Bethel, Conn., is combining with Friedberg, Smith & Co. PC, a firm in Bridgeport, Conn., to form Cirone Friedberg LLP, effective November 1.

K·Coe Isom is growing its footprint in California by acquiring Schmidt, Bettencourt & Medeiros in Turlock, the firm’s sixth location in the state.

Sikich LLP is acquiring Stanfield & Associates, a Chicago-area firm that specializes in doing outsourced accounting for family offices that provide wealth management for high net worth individuals and families.

BDO USA LLP has expanded its presence in Virginia by adding the Norfolk-based firm McPhillips, Roberts & Deans PLC, effective November 1.

Mankato-based accounting firm Abdo, Eick & Meyers has merged in Workforce Resources Inc.