Grant Thornton, with a net of 12 new SEC audit clients, gained the most SEC audit clients during auditor changes in Q1 2021. As mentioned in Accounting Today, Macias, Gini & O’Connell followed closely behind with a net of nine … Continue reading
Category Archives: Auditor Engagements
Who Audits Public Companies – Italy
Note: This analysis will be updated to reflect 2020’s market share once all annual reports have been filed. The Big Four firms account for a staggering 98% of the market share across Italy’s top 100 companies. Capturing the other 2% of … Continue reading
Auditor Changes Roundup: 2020 Annual Summary
Baker Tilly US LLP, with a net of 26 new SEC audit clients, accounts for the largest number of new clients among auditor changes in 2020. BF Borgers CPA PC followed with a net of 21 new SEC audit clients. Ernst & … Continue reading
Who Audits Mutual Funds – Fund Type Market Share
In this third installment of the mutual fund market share series, we look at how fund type impacts the audit market, analyzing 6 fund types. Continue reading
Shrinking Auditor Market in the Netherlands
Auditor market share is extremely concentrated in the Netherlands due to the dwindling number of audit firms registered to audit public interest entities (PIEs). In 2018, there were nine audit firms licensed to audit PIEs. However, in the past year, … Continue reading
Who Audits Dual-Status Public Companies – 2020
In 2019, there were 1,951 public companies that opted to file with the SEC with a dual filer status, or 32.6% of companies included in our Who Audits Public Companies – 2020 Edition analysis. These statuses include: Large Accelerated Filer … Continue reading
Who Audits Smaller Public Companies – 2020
In 2019, there were 2,679 companies that filed as either a Non-Accelerated Filer, Smaller Reporting Company, or both. This population of companies comprised just under half – or 44.8% – of the 5,985 SEC-registered public companies. In a recent post, … Continue reading