Leading accounting firms in Canada in 2015, by Canadian revenue
Deloitte
Deloitte is a multinational corporation, headquartered in New York City, in the professional services industry. They provide different business services which consist of audit, tax, consulting, and financial advisory. As one of the largest accountancy firms worldwide, they generated revenue of 22.1 billion U.S. dollars in America in 2018. Not only did their Americas region bring in the most revenue, they also had the greatest number of employees working in the region. By service line, their consulting services generated about 16.5 billion U.S. dollars worldwide.
The Big Four
The Big Four consists of Deloitte, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Ernst & Young, and KPMG. They are the four biggest professional services firms worldwide, which offer audit, assurance services, taxation, and financial advisory, among other services. As of 2018, Deloitte was the largest firm out of the four, generating 43.2 billion U.S. dollars in revenue. PwC followed, generating 41.28 billion U.S. dollars in revenue. The combined revenue of all four firms was reported at 148.28 billion U.S. dollars in 2018. Broken down regionally, KMPG’s Europe, Middle East, and Africa region generated 12.98 billion U.S. dollars , Ernst & Young’s Americas region generated 15.6 billion U.S. dollars. Broken down by function, PWC generated approximately 10.45 billion U.S. dollars from their tax services.