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PROFESSIONAL SERVICES DECEMBER 24, 2018 • HARTFORD BUSINESS JOURNAL | 85 LARGEST ACCOUNTING FIRMS IN GREATER HARTFORD (Ranked by number of local certified public accountants as of October 2018) CONTINUED > Largest accounting firms in Greater Hartford (Ranked by number of local certified public accountants as of October 2018) Rank Firm Local CPAs Local staff Primary services Local managing partner(s) Year founded 1 PwC 185 Asylum St. Hartford, CT 06103 860-241-7000; www.pwc.com 153 412 Assurance, audit, tax, advisory; specialty services include: financial services, health industries, technology, private equity, private company services, higher education, manufacturing Keith J. Hubert 1890 2 blumshapiro (a) 29 South Main St. West Hartford, CT 06107 860-561-4000; www.blumshapiro.com 103 278 Regional business advisory firm serving privately held companies, educational institutions, nonprofit organizations and government entities Joseph A. Kask 1980 3 CohnReznick LLP 350 Church St., 12th Floor Hartford, CT 06103 959-200-7000; cohnreznick.com 94 198 Accounting and auditing services including Sarbanes-Oxley/SEC/corporate governance, forensic and employee-benefit plans, tax planning and preparation, corporate tax outsourcing, mediation with tax authorities, state and local expertise, trust and estate planning and preparation Jeffrey Rossi 1919 4 Marcum LLP (b) 185 Asylum St., 17th Floor Hartford, CT 06103 860-760-0600; www.marcumllp.com 86 213 Auditing (including SEC), compilations and review, compliance audits, corporate taxes, financial services, governmental, tax, mergers, public offerings, tax representation, valuation Michael Brooder 1997 5 Deloitte LLP 185 Asylum St. Hartford, CT 06103 860-725-3000; www.deloitte.com 73 282 Audit, tax, financial advisory and consulting Richard Tavolieri 1895 6 KPMG LLP 755 Main St. Hartford, CT 06103 860-297-3200; www.KPMG.com 70 202 Accounting, tax and advisory services Thomas M. Daugherty 1897 7 Whittlesey (c) 280 Trumbull St., 24th Floor Hartford, CT 06103 860-522-3111; www.WAdvising.com 65 160 Auditing, accounting and financial reporting, tax planning and consulting, business advisory services, healthcare consulting, technology consulting and employee-benefit plan audits Andrew Andrews 1961 8 Ernst & Young LLP 20 Church St. Hartford, CT 06103 860-247-3100; ww.ey.com 38 158 Audit, assurance and advisory, federal, state and international tax, transaction advisory and due diligence, risk advisory Amelia Caporale 1918 9 Crowe LLP 175 Powder Forest Drive Simsbury, CT 06089 860-678-9200; www.crowe.com 30 70 Audit, tax, advisory services, risk consulting, performance consulting and applied technology Joe Pieksza 1999 (d) 10 Fiondella, Milone & LaSaracina LLP 300 Winding Brook Drive Glastonbury, CT 06033 860-657-3651; www.fmlcpas.com 28 65 Audit and assurance services, tax compliance and consulting, Sarbanes-Oxley and other business consulting services for public and private companies Jeff Fiondella 2002 10 Mahoney Sabol & Co. LLP 180 Glastonbury Blvd., Suite 400 Glastonbury (e), CT 06033 860-541-2000; mahoneysabol.com 28 48 SEC, private company and municipal entity auditing, accounting, tax consulting and compliance, business and financial consulting, valuations, estate and trusts, personal financial planning, back-office accounting services, forensic accounting and representation before taxing authorities James M. Mahoney 1990 12 Budwitz & Meyerjack PC 322 Main St. Farmington, CT 06032 860-677-8303; www.budwitzmeyerjack.com 27 42 Accounting, auditing and tax services for businesses, individuals and nonprofit organizations Michael A. Ziebka 1971 13 Simione Macca & Larrow 85 Wolcott Hill Road Wethersfield, CT 06109 860-529-5600; www.smlcpas.com 20 30 Accounting, tax and consulting, audits (including ESOPs), business ownership and succession planning, divorce accounting, mergers and acquisitions assistance Carmen J. Macca 2000 14 RSM US LLP (f) 3 Farm Glen Blvd., 1st Floor Farmington, CT 06032 860-246-2833; rsmus.com 18 (g) 92 Assurance, tax and consulting services Greg Budnik 1926 15 Guilmartin, DiPiro & Sokolowski LLC 505 Main St. Middletown, CT 06457 860-347-5689; www.gdscpas.com 16 25 Accounting, auditing, business consulting, valuation services, corporate, individual, partnership, estate and gift-tax planning, audit, review and compiled financial-statement services, nonprofit consulting, governmental and single audits Michael J. DiPiro Michael A. Sokolowski 1972 16 Grant Thornton LLP 90 State House Square, 10th Floor Hartford, CT 06103 860-781-6700; grantthornton.com 15 54 (h) Accounting, audit, tax, advisory services Dana Wilson 1924 16 Harper & Whitfield 314 Farmington Ave. Farmington, CT 06032 860-677-9188; www.harperwhitfield.com 15 27 Accounting and tax services for individuals, trusts and private companies Greg Shillo David Oleasz 1979 18 Palmer Latko Ledas Page (i) 20 Tower Lane Avon, CT 06001 860-677-1000 ; www.pllpcpas.com 14 18 Business and tax planning, small business office services, business, individual, trust and nonprofit accounting, tax-return preparation, auditing and attest services, financial-statement preparation Jason Latko Gary C. Palmer 1941 (j) Accounting firms with largest local staff % 2017 2018 change PwC 408 412 1% Deloitte LLP 266 282 6% Blumshapiro 207 278 34% Marcum LLP 178 213 20% KPMG LLP 208 202 -3% CohnReznick LLP 226 198 -12%