Top 20 International Networks 2020
The Accountancy Age Top 20 International Networks 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.
* 43% of firms are presently in an association, CPAAI, which is a member of the network
Ranking vs 2019
International Company
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
Previous year’s income ($m)
% change
Year end
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
47,600
Previous year’s income ($m)
46,200
% change
3.0%
Year end
05/20
#2
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
43,032
Previous year’s income ($m)
42,488
% change
1.4%
Year end
06/20
#3
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
37,200
Previous year’s income ($m)
34,800
% change
6.9%
Year end
06/20
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
29,750
Previous year’s income ($m)
28,960
% change
2.7%
Year end
09/19
#5
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
9,618
Previous year’s income ($m)
8,999
% change
6.9%
Year end
09/19
#6
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
5,739
Previous year’s income ($m)
5,370
% change
6.9%
Year end
12/19
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
5,720
Previous year’s income ($m)
5,450
% change
5.1%
Year end
09/19
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
4,495
Previous year’s income ($m)
4,262
% change
5.4%
Year end
06/20
#9
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
4,376
Previous year’s income ($m)
4,331
% change
1.0%
Year end
12/19
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
3,858
Previous year’s income ($m)
3,639
% change
6.0%
Year end
12/19
#11
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
3,045
Previous year’s income ($m)
3,061
% change
-0.5%
Year end
12/19
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
2,933
Previous year’s income ($m)
2,727
% change
7.6%
Year end
12/19
#13
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
2,305
Previous year’s income ($m)
2,318
% change
-0.6%
Year end
10/19
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
1,454
Previous year’s income ($m)
1,475
% change
-1.4%
Year end
06/20
#15
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
1,294
Previous year’s income ($m)
1,281
% change
1.0%
Year end
12/19
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
1,157
Previous year’s income ($m)
1,079
% change
7.2%
Year end
12/19
#17
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
945
Previous year’s income ($m)
475
% change
99.0%
Year end
12/19
#18
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
660
Previous year’s income ($m)
652
% change
1.0%
Year end
07/20
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
581
Previous year’s income ($m)
573
% change
1.4%
Year end
03/20
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
574
Previous year’s income ($m)
499
% change
15.0%
Year end
12/19
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