Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee
Total revenue: $1,525.04 million. Average firm growth: 12.49%
The Southeast rebounded strongly from a slow 2017, with average firm growth up eight percentage points. New Regional Leader Landmark CPAs led the way, with the second-highest growth of any firm in the entire report, at 66 percent, thanks to a formative merger between Arkansas’ Beall Barclay and Thomas & Thomas.
| Firm | Headquarters | Rev. ($ mn) | % chg. | Offices | Partners | Total emps. |
| Dixon Hughes Goodman | Charlotte, N.C. | 430 | 6.44 | 29 | 235 | 2,001 |
| Cherry Bekaert(1) | Richmond, Va. | 194.6 | 11.97 | 15 | 138 | 1,128 |
| Elliott Davis | Greenville, S.C. | 122 | 1.67 | 8 | 77 | 686 |
| LBMC | Brentwood, Tenn. | 108.55 | 12.06 | 3 | 61 | 569 |
| Aprio | Atlanta | 96.14 | 12.93 | 5 | 61 | 459 |
| Frazier & Deeter | Atlanta | 96.01 | 14.82 | 9 | 46 | 318 |
| MCM CPAs | Louisville, Ky. | 57.07 | 5.86 | 5 | 50 | 384 |
| Bennett Thrasher | Atlanta | 55.72 | 10.53 | 1 | 38 | 296 |
| PYA | Knoxville, Tenn. | 49.34 | 9.23 | 5 | 36 | 229 |
| Mauldin & Jenkins | Atlanta | 48.7 | 9.68 | 7 | 52 | 317 |
| Dean Dorton Allen Ford | Lexingon, Ky. | 31.61 | 10.1 | 3 | 21 | 206 |
| Smith & Howard | Atlanta | 29.24 | 9.76 | 1 | 13 | 111 |
| Windham Brannon | Atlanta | 27.69 | 7.16 | 1 | 13 | 161 |
| Alexander Thompson Arnold | Union City, Tenn. | 27.03 | 25.08 | 17 | 26 | 191 |
| Moore Colson CPAs | Atlanta | 26.61 | 20.35 | 1 | 19 | 123 |
| GreerWalker | Charlotte, N.C. | 25.52 | 10.14 | 2 | 14 | 122 |
| Von Lehman & Co. | Ft. Wright, Ky. | 21.81 | 9.1 | 3 | 18 | 123 |
| Bernard Robinson & Co. | Greensboro, N.C. | 17.99 | 14.15 | 4 | 19 | 129 |
| Landmark CPAs* | Fort Smith, Ark. | 17.72 | 66.23 | 4 | 16 | 116 |
| Hancock Askew & Co. | Savannah, Ga. | 15.77 | 8.98 | 3 | 12 | 96 |
| Draffin & Tucker | Albany, Ga. | 13.82 | NC | 2 | 14 | 81 |
| Blackburn, Childers & Steagall | Johnson City, Tenn. | 12.1 | -1.47 | 3 | 12 | 103 |
Notes:
NA Not available/applicable
NC No change
* Firm estimate
1 Cherry Bekaert is headquartered in Virginia, but has operations throughout the Southeast.