Top 21 International Alliances and Associations 2022
The Accountancy Age Top 21 International Alliances and Associations 2022 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 2022.
Read this year’s full report about the rankings here.
The research, rankings, and written analysis for this project was completed by freelance contributor, Philip Smith.
Ranking vs 2021
International Company
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
Previous year’s income ($m)
% change
Year end
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
7,942
Previous year’s income ($m)
6,956
% change
14.2%
Year end
12/21
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
6,352
Previous year’s income ($m)
6,154
% change
3.2%
Year end
12/21
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
4,990
Previous year’s income ($m)
4,770
% change
4.6%
Year end
12/21
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
4,780
Previous year’s income ($m)
4,178
% change
14.4%
Year end
12/21
#5
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
3,943
Previous year’s income ($m)
3,509
% change
12.4%
Year end
05/21
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
2,315
Previous year’s income ($m)
2,700
% change
-14.3%
Year end
12/21
#7
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
2,200
Previous year’s income ($m)
2,100
% change
4.8%
Year end
12/21
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
1,650
Previous year’s income ($m)
1,560
% change
5.8%
Year end
12/21
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
1,532
Previous year’s income ($m)
1,487
% change
3%
Year end
12/21
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
1,523
Previous year’s income ($m)
1,424
% change
7%
Year end
06/21
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
1,419
Previous year’s income ($m)
1,339
% change
6%
Year end
12/21
#12
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
1,066
Previous year’s income ($m)
1,009
% change
5.6%
Year end
10/21
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
790
Previous year’s income ($m)
730
% change
8.2%
Year end
09/22
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
661
Previous year’s income ($m)
636
% change
3.9%
Year end
12/21
#15
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
555
Previous year’s income ($m)
557
% change
-0.4%
Year end
12/21
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
408
Previous year’s income ($m)
264
% change
54.5%
Year end
09/22
#17
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
380
Previous year’s income ($m)
370
% change
2.7%
Year end
12/21
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
332
Previous year’s income ($m)
311
% change
6.8%
Year end
12/21
#19
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
282
Previous year’s income ($m)
268
% change
5.2%
Year end
12/20
#20
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
272
Previous year’s income ($m)
273
% change
-0.1%
Year end
09/21
#21
Latest combined annual total income ($m)
69
Previous year’s income ($m)
115
% change
-40.3%
Year end
12/21
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