Meet the 2020 Best Small Firms to Work For

Each year, Accounting Today and Best Companies Group select the Best Accounting Firms to Work For. This slideshow includes the best in the Small Category (firms with between 15-49 employees), with their rankings and select information on the firms, as well as photos the firms submitted themselves (or, occasionally, their website).

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Best Firms 2020 - Bland Garvey

No. 40: Bland Garvey CPAs

Staff volunteering at the North Texas Food Bank.

Headquarters: Richardson, Texas
Staff: 39
Best Firms 2020 - Magnuson McHugh

No. 39: Magnuson, McHugh & Co.

Staff at a "girls lunch out" in support of the Kootenai Health Foundation.

Headquarters: Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Staff: 22
Best Firms 2020 - Davidson Holland Whitesell

No. 38: Davidson, Holland, Whitesell & Co.

Staff in island attire for a "tropical" theme day fundraiser for the Hickory Soup Kitchen.

Headquarters: Hickory, N.C.
Staff: 24
Best Firms 2020 - WSW website

No. 37: WSW CPAs

The firm's website, at https://www.wswcpas.com/.

Headquarters: Nashville, Tenn.
Staff: 21
Best Firms 2020 - Whisman Giordano

No. 36: Whisman Giordano & Associates

Staff at a crab feast.

Headquarters: Newark, Del.
Staff: 27
Best Firms 2020 - Swindell Bohn

No. 35: Swindell Bohn Durden & Phillips

The firm's website, at https://www.beachcpafirm.com/.

Headquarters: Jacksonville Beach, Fla.
Staff: 24
Best Firms 2020 - Riney Hancock website

No. 34: Riney Hancock CPAs

The firm's website, at https://rineyhancock.com/.

Headquarters: Owensboro, Ky.
Staff: 30
Best Firms 2020 - Davidson Fox

No. 33: Davidson Fox & Co.

The firm's annual Halloween costume contest.

Headquarters: Binghamton, N.Y.
Staff: 23
Best Firms 2020 - Cullari Carrico

No. 32: Cullari Carrico

The firm's Ugly Sweater/Cookie Challenge.

Headquarters: Fairfield, N.J.
Staff: 42
Best Firms - Elliott Robinson

No. 31: Elliott, Robinson & Co. CPAs

The firm's annual Back-to-School Bash for staff and their families.

Headquarters: Springfield, Mo.
Staff: 44
Best Firms 2020 - EHT Echelbarger Himebaugh Tamm

No. 30: EHTC*

The firm's annual "Bowling with the Interns" event before for busy season.

Headquarters: Grand Rapids, Mich.
Staff: 41

* Echelbarger, Himebaugh, Tamm & Co.
Best Firms 2020 - Ennis Pellum

No. 29: Ennis, Pellum & Associates CPAs

The firm's annual team volunteer day at Feeding Northeast Florida.

Headquarters: Jacksonville, Fla.
Staff: 35
Best Firms 2020 - McCarthy & Co.

No. 28: McCarthy & Co.

Staff working with nonprofit Cradles to Crayons.

Headquarters: Lafayette Hill, Pa.
Staff: 27
Best Firms 2020 - Houldsworth Russo website

No. 27: Houldsworth, Russo & Co.

The firm's website, at https://trusthrc.com/.

Headquarters: Las Vegas
Staff: 18
Best Firms 2020 - Shannon & Associates

No. 26: Shannon & Associates

Starting the Shannon & Friends Foundation in 2018.

Headquarters: Kent, Wash.
Staff: 33
Best Firms 2020 -- Damitz Brooks

No. 25: DBNT&M*

Volunteering with Habitat for Humanity.

Headquarters: Santa Barbara, Calif.
Staff: 35

* Damitz, Brooks, Nightingale, Turner & Morrisset
Best Firms 2020 - PAAST

No. 24: PAAST

The firm's annual holiday lunch.

Headquarters: Coral Gables, Fla.
Staff: 47
Best Firms 2020 - Fair Anderson
Meghan McLean

No. 23: Fair, Anderson & Langerman

Dressing in black to mark the start of Tax Season.

Headquarters: Las Vegas
Staff: 32
Best Firms 2020 - Rudler

No. 22: Rudler

The firm's volunteer day at the DCCH Center for Children and Families, repairing and painting the fence for the horse pasture.

Headquarters: Ft. Wright, Ky.
Staff: 46
Best Firms 2020 - Reynolds Bone & Griesbeck

No. 21: Reynolds Bone & Griesbeck

Celebrating receiving the 2019 Commercial Appeal Top Workplaces Award.

Headquarters: Memphis, Tenn.
Staff: 45
Best Firms 2020 - Measured Results

No. 20: Measured Results CPAs

A staff outing for a hot air balloon ride through Napa Valley.

Headquarters: Roseville, Calif.
Staff: 16
Best Firms 2020 - BKC

No. 19: BKC | Brink, Key & Chludzinski

Celebrating the firm's rebranding to BKC.

Headquarters: Portage, Mich.
Staff: 27
Best Firms 2020 - Markham Norton

No. 18: Markham Norton Mosteller Wright & Co.

Team members celebrate "Red Nose Day" for charity.

Headquarters: Fort Myers, Fla.
Staff: 45
Best Firms 2020 - Brinker Simpson

No. 17: Brinker Simpson & Co.

Staff supporting a Main Line Chamber running event.

Headquarters: Springfield, Pa.
Staff: 36
Best Firms 2020 - Bormel Grice & Huyett

No. 16: Bormel, Grice & Huyett

Staff supporting local firefighters and EMTs at the Laurel Volunteer Fire Department by providing dinner.

Headquarters: Laurel, Md.
Staff: 23
Best Firms 2020 - Dillwood Burkel & Millar

No. 15: Dillwood Burkel & Millar

The firm's website, at https://www.dbmcpa.com.

Headquarters: Santa Rosa, Calif.
Staff: 21
Best Firms 2020 - SD Mayer website

No. 14: SD Mayer & Associates

The firm's website, at https://www.sdmayer.com.

Headquarters: San Francisco
Staff: 39
Best Firms 2020 - GunnChamberlain

No. 13: GunnChamberlain

Celebrating the "Best Places to Work" award with Scampi, the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp mascot.

Headquarters: Jacksonville, Fla.
Staff: 24
Best Firms 2020 - Navolio & Tallman

No. 12: Navolio & Tallman

Staff on a summer outing to a baseball game.

Headquarters: San Francisco
Staff: 32
Best Firms 2020 - Rushton

No. 11: Rushton

A firm Halloween costume contest.

Headquarters: Gainesville, Ga.
Staff: 39
Best Firms 2020 - ATKG

No. 10: ATKG

Heading out for a firm event.

Headquarters: San Antonio
Staff: 43
Best Firms 2020 - Capata

No. 9: CAPATA CPA

The firm's Christmas lunch.

Headquarters: Laguna Niguel, Calif.
Staff: 19
Best Firms 2020 - Whipplewood

No. 8: WhippleWood CPAs

A firm retreat.

Headquarters: Littleton, Colo.
Staff: 26
Best Firms 2020 - Blackman Sloop

No. 7: Blackman & Sloop CPAs

A visit from Santa at the firm's holiday lunch.

Headquarters: Chapel Hill, N.C.
Staff: 38
Best Firms 2020 - TaxOps

No. 6: TaxOps

Volunteering with the Family Resource Center Association.

Headquarters: Englewood, Colo.
Staff: 20
Best Firms 2020 - Wouch Maloney

No. 5: Wouch Maloney

Team at the Alzheimer's Foundation in Philadelphia.

Headquarters: Horsham, Pa.
Staff: 27
Best Firms 2020 - Realize CPAs

No. 4: Realize CPA

Staff at the "Adventure Games" firm event.

Headquarters: San Francisco
Staff: 40
Best Firms 2020 - Williams Benator & Libby

No. 3: Williams Benator & Libby

Partners and associates preparing meals at Project Open Hand ahead of Thanksgiving 2019.

Headquarters: Atlanta
Staff: 43
Best Firms 2020 - Hawaii Accounting

No. 2: Hawaii Accounting

The office Pop-a-Shot Competition during March Madness.

Headquarters: Honolulu, Hawaii
Staff: 17
Best Firms 2020 - LevitZacks

No. 1: Levitzacks CPAs

A firm-sponsored sorting event at Feeding San Diego.

Headquarters: San Diego
Staff: 40
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