Who audits public companies? This analysis takes a look at the auditor market share among companies listed on France’s top indexes in 2019. Continue reading
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Who Audits Public Companies – Germany
There are 12 accounting firms that audit Germany’s top 160 companies. Perhaps coming as no surprise, the Big Four account for 91% of the top company market, with KPMG leading as the auditor of 51 companies, followed by PwC with … Continue reading
Auditor Changes Roundup: Q2 2020
Grant Thornton, with a net of eight new SEC audit clients, accounts for the most SEC audit clients gained among all firms in Q2 2020. As mentioned in Accounting Today, EY had more new engagements during the quarter, but netted … 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
Q2 2020 IPOs: Auditor Market Share and Stats
Overview There were 62 initial public offerings in U.S. markets between April 1, 2020, and June 30, 2020. Together, these IPOs raised over $18.5 billion for the quarter, an increase of over $8.7 billion from last quarter and a decrease of roughly … 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