TOP 100 ACCOUNTiNg firms
Rank Rank Firm name Number Head office Fees Fees Change Number Revenue Number of Revenue Total
2007- 2006- of 2007-08 2006-07 % of per partner professional per staff (ex-
2008 2007 offices $ $ partners $ staff professional partners,
(full-time staff full-time
equivalent) $ equivalent)
1 1 PricewaterhouseCoopers 8 Sydney 1,408,000,000 1,260,000,000 11.75 450 3,128,889 4212.0 334,283 5629.0
2 2 KPMG 13 Melbourne 1,007,000,000 895,700,000 12.43 404 2,492,574 3947.0 255,130 4683.0
3 3 Ernst & Young 7 Sydney 960,000,000 858,000,000 11.89 394 2,436,548 3100.0 276,774 4133.0
4 4 Deloitte 11 Sydney 764,000,000 611,000,000 25.04 397 1,924,433 3228.9 236,616 4025.5
5 5 WHK Group 15 Melbourne 330,548,000 265,126,000 24.68 263 1,256,837 1541.0 214,502 2318.0
6 6 BDO Kendalls 13 Melbourne 196,000,000 169,000,000 15.98 143 1,370,629 781.0 250,960 970.0
7 7 PKF Australia 13 Sydney 148,680,403 138,492,680 7.36 120 1,239,003 700.0 212,401 878.0
8 9 Grant Thornton Australia 5 Sydney 145,292,493 104,624,000 38.87 106 1,370,684 689.0 210,874 821.0
9 8 Pitcher Partners 5 N/A 133,500,000 117,300,000 13.81 78 1,711,538 683.0 195,461 857.0
10 10 RSM Bird Cameron 28 Perth 102,500,000 91,000,000 12.64 70 1,464,286 439.0 233,485 724.0
11 11 Moore Stephens 10 Melbourne 101,296,564 88,727,486 14.17 97 1,044,294 686.0 147,663 843.0
12 13 HLB Mann Judd 10 Sydney 78,312,772 72,807,743 7.56 81 966,824 396.0 197,760 518.0
13 17 Nexia Australia 7 Sydney 73,233,640 68,173,825 7.42 58 1,262,649 273.0 268,255 351.0
14 18 Ferrier Hodgson 5 Melbourne 72,200,000 63,200,000 14.24 42 1,719,048 201.0 359,204 266.0
15 19 McGrathNicol* 6 Sydney 63,000,000 48,000,000 31.25 25 2,520,000 185.0 340,541 250.0
16 16 Bentleys Australia 16 Sydney 59,000,000 65,000,000 -9.23 53 1,113,208 260.0 226,923 325.0
17 15 H&R Block 370 Sydney 54,804,000 49,496,600 10.72 N/A N/A 1035.0 52,951 1329.0
18 20 KordaMentha 7 Melbourne 52,000,000 43,000,000 20.93 20 2,600,000 215.0 241,860 445.0
19 12 William Buck 4 Sydney 43,700,000 82,000,000 -46.71 40 1,092,500 190.0 230,000 249.0
20 22 PPB 6 Sydney 42,000,000 36,000,000 16.67 28 1,500,000 165.0 254,545 208.0
21 23 WalterTurnbull 2 Canberra 36,900,000 32,200,000 12.74 20 1,845,000 200.0 184,500 245.0
22 24 MGI 9 N/A 31,882,685 28,894,626 10.34 32 996,334 135.0 236,168 183.0
23 25 UHY Haines Norton 6 N/A 29,316,333 26,622,306 10.12 27 1,085,790 165.0 177,675 203.0
24 26 DFK Australia Group 12 Sydney 27,457,048 20,853,329 31.67 29 946,795 138.0 198,964 174.0
25 29 Hayes Knight 7 Sydney 26,100,000 21,840,000 19.51 25 1,044,000 109.0 239,450 141.0
26 31 Lawler Partners 3 Newcastle 25,320,000 20,100,000 25.97 12 2,110,000 109.0 232,294 189.0
27 21 Hall Chadwick Australia 3 Sydney 24,587,303 23,575,030 4.29 16 1,536,706 150.0 163,915 166.0
28 30 Walker Wayland 5 Sydney 20,700,000 18,000,000 15.00 22 940,909 112.0 184,821 141.0
Australasia
29 33 Sothertons Chartered 6 Melbourne 20,194,795 16,863,472 19.75 22 917,945 86.0 234,823 116.0
Accountants
30 35 Johnston Rorke 1 Brisbane 19,000,000 16,000,000 18.75 15 1,266,667 89.0 213,483 115.0
31 36 Accru+ 6 Sydney 18,907,428 15,986,412 18.27 22 859,429 93.0 203,306 124.0
32 32 Prosperity Advisers 3 Newcastle 17,833,701 16,922,201 5.39 9 1,981,522 39.0 457,274 130.0
33 34 DKM Group 4 Brisbane 17,376,928 16,152,984 7.58 12 1,448,077 60.0 289,615 98.0
34 39 Perks 4 Adelaide 16,766,263 15,627,390 7.29 14 1,197,590 53.0 316,345 90.0
35 37 MSI Group 5 Melbourne 16,348,000 15,101,000 8.26 23 710,783 91.0 179,648 120.0
36 – McLean Delmo 2 Hawthorn 15,577,000 14,100,000 10.48 8 1,947,125 77.5 200,942 101.7
37 40 GMK Centric 2 Melbourne 15,250,000 13,400,000 13.81 11 1,386,364 66.0 231,061 82.0
38 38 Protiviti* 4 Melbourne 15,000,000 15,000,000 0.00 5 3,000,000 80.0 187,500 170.0
39 53 Hood Sweeney 3 Adelaide 13,536,000 8,695,000 55.68 7 1,933,714 42.0 322,286 77.0
40 59 Chan & Naylor 8 Sydney 12,978,537 7,250,000 79.01 8 1,622,317 52.0 249,587 152.0
41 43 MHM 3 Adelaide 12,400,000 10,800,000 14.81 11 1,127,273 84.0 147,619 102.0
42 48 Bell Partners Accountants 2 Sydney 12,280,000 10,042,000 22.29 1 12,280,000 68.0 180,588 78.0
Advisors Auditors
43 45 Australia Solutions Group 4 Perth 11,214,706 10,195,939 9.99 9 1,246,078 48.0 233,640 67.0
Rank Rank Firm name Number Head office Fees Fees Change Number Revenue Number of Revenue Total
2007- 2006- of 2007-08 2006-07 % of per partner professional per staff (ex-
2008 2007 offices $ $ partners $ staff professional partners,
(full-time staff full-time
equivalent) $ equivalent)
44 49 Worrells Solvency and 5 Brisbane 11,194,000 9,477,014 18.12 14 799,571 64.0 174,906 71.0
Forensic Accountants
45 51 Cutcher & Neale 1 Newcastle 10,700,000 9,500,000 12.63 7 1,528,571 53.0 201,887 77.5
45 44 Lowe Lippmann 1 Melbourne 10,700,000 10,500,000 1.90 8 1,337,500 43.0 248,837 69.0
47 47 Crosbie Warren Sinclair 2 Newcastle 10,416,000 10,090,420 3.23 10 1,041,600 47.0 221,617 68.0
48 50 Einfeld Symonds Vince 1 Sydney 10,010,000 9,525,000 5.09 7 1,430,000 48.0 208,542 61.0
49 52 Roberts & Morrow 4 Armidale 9,666,000 8,767,000 10.25 12 805,500 60.0 161,100 80.0
50 – Vincents Chartered 3 Brisbane 9,100,000 7,300,000 24.66 9 1,011,111 35.8 254,190 46.4
Accountants
51 58 WMS Chartered 1 Gold Coast 8,961,000 7,296,000 22.82 7 1,280,143 36.0 248,917 55.0
Accountants
52 55 Edwards Marshall 1 Adelaide 8,555,861 7,510,367 13.92 11 777,806 50.6 169,088 61.6
53 57 Allan Hall Bus Advisers 1 Sydney 8,380,000 7,400,000 13.24 5 1,676,000 49.0 171,020 66.0
54 62 Williams & Partners 3 Brisbane 8,308,000 6,730,000 23.45 9 923,111 52.0 159,769 64.0
55 56 Webb Group 1 Melbourne 8,300,000 7,100,000 16.90 10 830,000 36.0 230,556 47.0
56 61 Forsyths 4 Armidale 8,147,000 6,770,000 20.34 11.6 702,328 34.0 239,618 54.3
57 – Draper Dillon 1 Melbourne 7,734,000 6,490,000 19.17 7 1,104,857 33.0 234,364 40.0
58 63 Bedford Titley 1 North Sydney 7,700,000 6,500,000 18.46 5 1,540,000 19.5 394,872 24.5
59 60 Byfields 4 Perth 7,473,000 6,479,000 15.34 7 1,067,571 34.0 219,794 56.0
60 67 Byrons Chartered 1 Sydney 6,969,575 6,076,059 14.71 6 1,161,596 29.3 237,869 43.6
Accountants
61 66 Molloy Orr & Ronan 2 Ballarat 6,905,950 6,162,680 12.06 5.5 1,255,627 19.5 354,151 28.7
62 – Power Tynan 2 Toowoomba 6,826,000 4,540,000 50.35 4 1,706,500 25.0 273,040 43.0
66 64 Hill Rogers 1 Sydney 6,822,023 6,374,242 7.02 7 910,606 32.0 199,195 41.5
63 – Fortunity 1 Erina 6,797,248 7,061,748 -3.75 6 1,132,875 33.0 205,977 50.0
64 65 Morse Group 5 Bathurst 6,750,000 6,232,300 8.31 9 750,000 45.0 150,000 57.0
65 68 PDY 1 North Sydney 6,693,000 5,656,000 18.33 3 2,231,000 26.0 257,423 41.0
67 71 Wise Lord Ferguson 1 Hobart 6,052,032 5,362,094 12.87 7 864,576 45.0 134,490 61.0
68 75 Camerons Accountants & 4 Launceston 6,021,102 5,056,525 19.08 6 1,003,517 45.0 133,802 64.0
Advisors
69 83 Kelly + Partners 3 North Sydney 5,950,000 4,200,000 41.67 5 1,190,000 20.0 297,500 26.0
70 72 Stewart, Brown & Co 1 Chatswood 5,624,000 5,116,000 9.93 6 937,333 28.0 200,857 31.0
71 79 Butler Settineri 1 Perth 5,500,000 4,800,000 14.58 7 785,714 31.0 177,419 41.0
72 77 Farrow Wyatt 2 Maitland 5,487,984 4,939,379 11.11 4 1,371,996 35.0 156,800 49.0
73 69 Marsh Tincknell 2 Brisbane 5,469,000 5,192,000 5.34 4 1,367,250 32.0 170,906 42.0
74 76 MB+M Business Solutions 2 Shepparton 5,435,440 4,980,005 9.15 6 905,907 27.0 201,313 41.0
75 70 Bush and Campbell 3 Wagga Wagga 5,400,000 5,300,000 1.89 6 900,000 27.0 200,000 36.0
76 78 Duncan Dovico 1 Sydney 5,260,000 4,860,000 8.23 6 876,667 21.0 250,476 29.0
77 – Jirsch Sutherland 7 Sydney 5,065,000 4,559,000 11.10 3 1,688,333 21.0 241,190 28.0
78 – Cor Cordis 2 Melbourne 5,007,123 4,851,185 3.21 3 1,669,041 26.0 192,582 32.0
79 74 Mulqueen Griffin Rogers 5 Bendigo 5,005,000 5,070,000 -1.28 3 1,668,333 20.0 250,250 39.0
80 80 Blaze Acumen 1 Melbourne 4,839,000 4,654,000 3.98 7 691,286 16.0 302,438 24.3
81 88 Barnes Dowell James 2 North Sydney 4,717,000 3,880,000 21.57 4 1,179,250 13.0 362,846 19.0
82 89 Kennedy & Co 1 Adelaide 4,664,063 3,863,443 20.72 5 932,813 18.0 259,115 25.0
83 81 Poole & Associates 3 Perth 4,646,700 4,268,668 8.86 4 1,161,675 30.0 154,890 37.0
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TOP 100 ACCOUNTiNg firms
Rank Rank Firm name Number Head office Fees Fees Change Number Revenue Number of Revenue Total
2007- 2006- of 2007-08 2006-07 % of per partner professional per staff (ex-
2008 2007 offices $ $ partners $ staff professional partners,
(full-time staff full-time
equivalent) $ equivalent)
84 84 MJC Partners 1 Dandenong 4,550,000 4,300,000 5.81 4 1,137,500 14.0 325,000 23.0
85 87 Anderson Roscoe 1 Melbourne 4,470,000 3,937,000 13.54 4 1,117,500 18.0 248,333 23.0
87 86 Richmond Sinnott and 1 Bendigo 4,464,557 4,001,185 11.58 4 1,000,296 27.0 148,192 36.0
Delahunty
86 91 Pinnacle Accounting 1 Griffith, NSW 4,114,534 3,545,000 16.07 5 822,907 23.0 178,893 29.0
Partners
88 90 Cassim Calligeros Simos 2 Sydney 3,918,851 3,803,660 3.03 6 653,142 15.0 261,257 20.0
89 – Liston Landers 3 Melbourne 3,595,298 3,335,000 7.81 2 1,797,649 19.0 189,226 27.0
90 93 Berger Piepers 1 Penrith 3,541,927 3,342,373 5.97 3 1,180,642 24.0 147,580 28.0
91 96 Clark & Jacobs 1 Sydney 3,524,953 3,038,753 16.00 3 1,174,984 16.0 220,310 18.0
92 94 Wilson Watt Papandrea 1 Canberra 3,490,000 3,150,000 10.79 2 1,745,000 21.0 166,190 29.0
93 Eks Solutions 1 Perth 3,438,000 2,997,000 14.71 3 1,146,000 13.0 264,462 20.0
94 92 Rhodes Docherty & Co 1 Sydney 3,397,888 3,442,042 -1.28 1 3,397,888 20.0 169,894 25.0
95 – Specialised Business 1 Brisbane 3,369,095 2,915,564 15.56 2 1,684,548 9.0 374,344 17.0
Solutions
96 97 Huthnance Lomax 1 Sydney 3,269,027 2,830,600 15.49 1 3,269,027 14.2 230,213 21.9
97 – Cordner Wilson Ludeke 1 Robina 3,018,000 2,959,000 1.99 4 739,750 12.0 246,583 18.0
98 – Addison Partners 4 Dungog, NSW 2,925,459 2,296,604 27.38 5 585,092 7.0 417,923 19.0
99 99 Achieve, Corp 1 Canberra 2,614,921 2,349,382 11.30 3 871,640 2.6 1,013,535 13.2
100 – Elliott House Chartered 1 North Sydney 2,508,425 2,297,640 9.17 3 836,142 8.0 313,553 10.0
Accountants
* BRW estimate N/A: Not applicable or not available Source: BRW