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Top accounting firms
Ranked by number of local staff as of April 2021
Firm
Local staff/
total staff
Local CPAs/
total CPAs
Local offices/
total offices No. of partners Managing partner(s)
Year
founded
1
AAFCPAs
50 Washington St., Westborough 01581
508.366.9100 • www.aafcpa.com
240
240
84
84
N/A
4
35
Carla M. McCall
managing partner
1973
2
Stowe & Degon LLC
95A Turnpike Road, Westborough 01581
508-983-6700 • stowedegon.com
43
46
24
24
2
3
8
Michael D. Stowe
David C. Degon
co-managing partners
1997
3
S&G LLP
100 Front St., 16th Floor, Worcester 01608
508-757-3311 • www.sgllp.com
35
32
16
16
2
3
5
Terence Shepherd
managing partner
1980
4
Bollus Lynch LLP
89 Shrewsbury St., Worcester 01604
508-755-7107 • www.bolluslynch.com
33
33
15
15
1
1
8
Michael J. Bollus
managing partner
1989
5
Greenberg, Rosenblatt, Kull & Bitsoli PC
306 Main St., Suite 400, Worcester 01608
508-791-0901 • www.grkb.com
31
31
23
23
1
1
6
Norman Bitsoli
president
1921
6
Paresky Flitt & Co. LLP
14 W. Plain St., Wayland 01778
508-650-1122 • www.pareskyflitt.com
24
24
18
18
2
2
4
David Lorenzi
Michael R. Okenquist
Christopher B. Jones
managing partners
1987
7
Smith, Sullivan & Brown PC
80 Flanders Road, Westborough 01581
508-871-7178 • ssbcpa.com
20
23
10
11
1
1
3
Linda M. Smith
managing partner
1993
8
O'Connor, Maloney & Co. PC
1 Mercantile St., Suite 760, Worcester 01608
508-757-6391 • www.oconnormaloney.com
19
19
13
13
1
1
4
Joseph F. Grimaldo
managing partner
1919
9
McLaren & Associates CPAs PC
385 South St., Shrewsbury 01545
508-842-0459 • www.dmclarencpa.com
16
16
2
2
1
1
2
David S. McLaren, CPA,
CGMA, CRFAC, ABGOV,
RFI, CRFAU
managing partner
2005
10
Cerrone Graham & Shepherd PC
370 Main St., Suite 750, Worcester 01608
508-754-8512 • www.cgscpas.com
15
15
3
3
1
1
2
Paul A. Cerrone
managing partner
2013
10
Robert C. Alario CPA PC
75 N. Main St., Leominster 01453
978-534-1999 • www.robertalario.com
15
15
5
5
2
2
2
Robert C. Alario
president
1954
12
CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen)
100 Front St., Worcester 01608
508-713-6900 • www.claconnect.com
13
7,397
6
2,921
1
127
833
Brian Renstrom
managing principal of
office
N/A
13
Jaffe, Yaffe & Feingold PC
76 Mill St., Worcester 01603
508-798-3721 • www.jyfcpa.com
10
10
6
6
1
1
1
Alan Yaffe
president
1929
14
Bisceglia, Steiman & Fudeman LLP
339 Main St., Worcester 01608
508-799-2491 • www.bsfcpas.com
9
9
5
5
2
2
3
Albert L. Bisceglia
managing partner
1997
14
M. Love & Associates LLC (a)
67 Millbrook St., Worcester 01606
508-797-5200 • www.mla-cpa.com
9
9
4
4
3
3
2
Mark L. Love
managing member
2007
14
Spinelli CPA PC
146 W. Boylston Drive, Suite 302, Worcester 01606
508-365-6522 • www.spinellicpa.com
9
9
3
3
2
2
1
Karen J. Spinelli
founder & CPA
2018
Source: Each firm via survey. Other firms surveyed but have not responded in recent years. If you would like to be surveyed for this or other lists, please contact Lead Researcher Timothy Doyle.
(a) Data from 2020 survey.
- Compiled by: Timothy Doyle, tdoyle@nebusinessmedia.com
Cerrone, Graham &
Shepherd has left
Worcester Plaza after
15 years for a new
location on Main Street in
Worcester.
McLaren & Associates
was named the best
forensic accountant in the
Worcester Business
Journal's Best of Business
2021. Pictured is
Managing Partner David
McLaren.
In 2020, AAFCPAs
acquired Scott A. Goffstein
& Associates, expanding
into Waltham.
Bollus Lynch was named
the best accounting firm in
the Worcester Business
Journal's Best of Business
2021.
The Hartford business
advisory firm blumshapiro
joined CiftonLarsonAllen in
2021, adding 500 former
blum team members to its
staff. Pictured is Joseph
Kask, managing principal
of CLA New England
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