Top 20 International Alliances and Associations 2020
The Accountancy Age Top 20 International Alliances and Associations 2020 promotes excellence in the accountancy industry worldwide by ranking accountancy organisations by combined annual total income. Figures are collected from individual questionnaires, websites and other publicly available material. The ranking has been compiled based on data collected in Autumn 2020.
The research, rankings, and written analysis for this project was completed by freelance contributor, Philip Smith.
Ranking vs 2019
International Company
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
Previous year’s income ($m)
% change
Year end
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
6,377
Previous year’s income ($m)
5,835
% change
9.3%
Year end
12/19
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
6,001
Previous year’s income ($m)
5,632
% change
6.6%
Year end
12/19
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
4,810
Previous year’s income ($m)
4,747
% change
1.3%
Year end
12/19
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
4,110
Previous year’s income ($m)
3,301
% change
24.5%
Year end
12/19
#5
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
3,139
Previous year’s income ($m)
3,429
% change
-8.0%
Year end
12/19
#6
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
2,926
Previous year’s income ($m)
2,649
% change
10.0%
Year end
03/20
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
2,800
Previous year’s income ($m)
2,700
% change
3.7%
Year end
03/19
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
1,543
Previous year’s income ($m)
1,454
% change
6.1%
Year end
12/19
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
1,424
Previous year’s income ($m)
1,406
% change
1.2%
Year end
06/19
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
1,402
Previous year’s income ($m)
1,303
% change
8.0%
Year end
12/19
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
1,295
Previous year’s income ($m)
1,222
% change
6.0%
Year end
12/19
#12
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
958
Previous year’s income ($m)
903
% change
6.2%
Year end
12/18
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
689
Previous year’s income ($m)
617
% change
11.7%
Year end
10/20
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
618
Previous year’s income ($m)
579
% change
9.0%
Year end
12/19
#15
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
587
Previous year’s income ($m)
544
% change
7.9%
Year end
12/19
#16
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
454
Previous year’s income ($m)
290
% change
56.5%
Year end
12/19
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
293
Previous year’s income ($m)
272
% change
7.7%
Year end
12/19
#18
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
272
Previous year’s income ($m)
280
% change
-2.8%
Year end
09/19
#19
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
268
Previous year’s income ($m)
282
% change
-5.1%
Year end
12/19
#20
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
249
Previous year’s income ($m)
233
% change
6.0%
Year end
12/19
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