Top 25 Accounting Firms
Includes firms with a major Minnesota presence
ranked by CPA-certificate holders in Minnesota
Firm
Address
Phone • Website
FINANCE
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CliftonLarsonAllen LLP
220 S 6th St., Ste. 300
Minneapolis, MN 55402
612-376-4500 • cliftonlarsonallen.com
MN
Headquarters CPAs
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CPA
breakdown:2
Acctg./audit
Tax
Consulting
Managing Employees Metro-area
Worldwide
branch
partner/
in MN/
CPAs/
MN prof.1 worldwide locations/
partners1
partners1
Specialties
Minneapolis
373
205
120
48
Terry
Enger
766
3,349
Minneapolis,
Medina
1,592
534
Agribusiness, construction, real estate, dealerships, financial institutions,
health care, manufacturing and distribution, nonprofit, government, and
trucking and transportation sectors
Chicago
241
31
20
6
Michael
Nelson
672
32,500
Minneapolis
2,907
630
Industrial and consumer products, health care, financial services,
construction, real estate, and alternative energy industries
PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP (PwC)
225 S 6th St., Ste. 1400
Minneapolis, MN 55402
612-596-6000 • pwc.com
New York
238
146
80
12
Jim
Kolar
527
180,529
Minneapolis
11,0163
9,359
Deloitte, LLP (and its subsidiaries)
50 S 6th St., Ste. 2800
Minneapolis, MN 55402
612-397-4000 • deloitte.com
New York
230
129
95
0
Jeff
Cotton
788
193,359
Minneapolis
9,470
9,948
Audit, enterprise risk, tax, consulting, and financial advisory services
Ernst & Young, LLP
220 S 6th St., Ste. 1400
Minneapolis, MN 55402
612-343-1000 • ey.com
New York
228
111
83
34
John
Wilgers
507
175,939
Minneapolis
NP
9,465
Assurance, tax, transactions, performance improvement, IT, and risk
advisory services
KPMG, LLP
90 S 7th St., Ste. 4200
Minneapolis, MN 55402
612-305-5000 • kpmg.com
New York
175
109
52
14
George
Kehl
370
152,000
Minneapolis
6,3573
8,624
Audit, tax, and advisory services for finance, consumer, industrial,
information, communications, entertainment, health care, government, and
nonprofit industries
Chicago
105
63
42
3
Jeff
DeYoung
209
1,491
Minneapolis
652
167
Accounting, assurance, tax, consulting, financial and transaction advisory
services
Eide Bailly, LLP
800 Nicollet Mall, Ste. 1300
Minneapolis, MN 55402
612-253-6500 • eidebailly.com
Fargo, North
Dakota
98
23
20
2
David
Zaudtke
200
1,200
Minneapolis
1,200
180
Boulay, Heutmaker, Zibell &
Company, PLLP
7500 Flying Cloud Dr., Ste. 800
Eden Prairie, MN 55344
952-893-9320 • bhz.com
Eden Prairie
89
45
34
10
Mark
DeNucci
142
142
Eden Prairie
89
30
Chicago
85
38
38
7
Jarod
Allerheiligen
202
35,721
Minneapolis
NP
2,839
Assurance, tax, financial advising, internal audit, due diligence, valuation,
litigation support, and forensic services
Wipfli, LLP
7601 France Ave. S, Ste. 400
Minneapolis, MN 55435
952-548-3400 • wipfli.com
Milwaukee,
Wisconsin
74
36
2
36
Charles
Palmer
177
1,107
Minneapolis, St.
Paul
430
147
Audit, tax, and consulting services for financial institutions, manufacturing
companies, construction and real estate companies, dealerships, high-networth individuals, health care entities, nonprofit organizations, and
government entities
HLB Tautges Redpath, Ltd.
4810 White Bear Pkwy.
White Bear Lake, MN 55110
651-426-7000 • hlbtr.com
White Bear Lake
59
54
36
10
James
Redpath
White Bear Lake
98
107
109
61
13
Serves closely-held businesses, ESOPs, government, and NFP entities in the
areas of audit and attest, tax, benefits and compensation administration,
international consulting, M&As, succession and estate planning, and
valuation services
Lurie Besikof Lapidus & Company,
LLP
2501 Wayzata Blvd.
Minneapolis, MN 55405
612-377-4404 • lblco.com
Minneapolis
50
26
22
12
Beth
Kieffer
Leonard
116
116
Minneapolis
50
16
Audit, accounting, tax, business valuations, management and technology
consulting, litigation support, actuarial and benefits consulting and plan
design, private investment banking, entrepreneurial services, China
strategies, international tax, franchises, SEC compliance, medical services
Kern, DeWenter & Viere, Ltd. (KDV)
3800 American Blvd. W, Ste. 1000
Bloomington, MN 55431
952-563-6800 • kdv.com
Bloomington
49
16
29
34
Loren
Viere
164
164
Bloomington, St.
Cloud
49
19
CPA services, wealth management, technology services, payroll services,
business valuations, fraud and forensic services, trust and estate planning
St. Paul
48
23
18
7
Patrick
Powers
101
103
Eden Prairie
50
13
SEC filings; business valuations; wealth management services; professional
services; real estate, manufacturing, utility, and not-for-profit sectors;
technology consulting; forensics and litigation support
Mankato
45
21
22
2
Steven
McDonald
105
105
Edina
45
15
Tax planning and preparation and business consulting for small to mediumsized closely held businesses; government audit and accounting
Minneapolis
41
32
13
14
Joseph
Kenyon
64
64
Minneapolis
10
41
10
Forensic accounting and valuation, SEC compliance, employee benefits,
gaming and real estate sectors, closely held businesses and emerging
companies
Rochester
40
30
28
12
Steve
Erchul
98
98
Edina,
Maplewood,
Red Wing
40
12
Closely held businesses, government and nonprofits, audits, reviews,
compilation, valuation, business and individual tax planning and
preparation, small business consulting
39
22
16
1
Nate
Lilleodden
57
57
Wayzata
39
12
Closely held businesses, property development and construction,
manufacturing, technology consulting
Edina
33
15
18
0
Kevin
Moquist
52
52
Edina
33
10
Assurance and accounting, including SEC audits; emerging businesses and
start-ups; comprehensive financial planning; M&A; tax planning and
compliance; business technology consulting; accounting software sales and
support; software, manufacturing, and business technology industry
specialties
St. Cloud
30
26
23
10
Steve
Schueller
63
63
Monticello,
Maple Lake
30
10
Tax, corporate audits, not-for-profit audits, peer reviews, business valuations,
trust and estates, payroll, fraud, cost segregation, QuickBooks, payroll,
bookkeeping, compilation and reviews, internal controls
St. Paul
29
29
7
10
John
Ries
46
46
St. Paul
29
9
Tax and audit services for nonprofit organizations, real estate, housing and
historic tax credits; closely-held and family-owned businesses; accounting
services; Quickbooks consulting; qualified plan audits
Bloomington
28
13
22
28
Thomas
Margarit
50
51
White Bear Lake
29
9
Privately held businesses; nonprofits; serves entrepreneurs, service industries,
and agriculture, construction, health care, insurance, nonprofit,
manufacturing, and retail sectors
Willmar
28
28
27
28
Brett
Aamot
49
49
None
28
14
Tax planning and preparation, accounting, audits including governmental
and nonprofit, business valuations, petroleum industry and auto-dealership
services, succession planning, estate planning, and payroll
McGladrey, LLP
801 Nicollet Ave., 11th Floor
Minneapolis, MN 55402
612-573-8750 • mcgladrey.com
Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP
225 S 6th St., Ste. 2300
Minneapolis, MN 55402
612-876-4500 • bakertilly.com
Grant Thornton LLP
200 S 6th St., Ste. 1400
Minneapolis, MN 55402
612-332-0001 • grantthornton.com
Olsen Thielen & Company, Ltd.
2675 Long Lake Road
Roseville, MN 55113
651-483-4521 • otcpas.com
Abdo, Eick & Meyers, LLP
5201 Eden Ave., Ste. 250
Edina, MN 55436
952-835-9090 • aemcpas.com
Schechter Dokken Kanter CPAs
100 Washington Ave. S, Ste. 1600
Minneapolis, MN 55401
612-332-5500 • sdkcpa.com
Smith Schafer and Associates, Ltd.
220 S Broadway, Ste. 220
Rochester, MN 55904
507-288-3277 • smithschafer.com
Copeland Buhl & Company, PLLP
800 E Wayzata Blvd., Ste. 300
Wayzata, MN 55391
952-476-7100 • copelandbuhl.com
Moquist Thorvilson Kaufmann, LLC
7650 Edinborough Way, Ste. 225
Edina, MN 55435
952-854-5700 • mtkcpa.com
Schlenner Wenner & Co.
630 Roosevelt Road, Ste. 201
St. Cloud, MN 56301
320-251-0286 • swcocpas.com
Mahoney Ulbrich Christiansen &
Russ, PA
30 E Plato Blvd.
St. Paul, MN 55107
651-227-6695 • mucr.com
Boyum & Barenscheer PLLP
3050 Metro Dr., Ste. 200
Bloomington, MN 55425
952-854-4244 • boybarcpa.com
Conway Deuth & Schmiesing, PLLP
331 3rd St. SW, Ste. 2
Willmar, MN 56201
320-235-3311 • cdscpa.com
Wayzata
560
412
501
690
427
293
178
153
117
161
148
82
83
81
78
48
72
49
35
45
42
50
52
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As of April 29, 2013
2
Breakdown of Minnesota CPAs by practice area (Note: Some CPAs might be counted under multiple practice areas.)
3
Includes U.S. operations only
129
59
37
61
42
33
26
32
30
21
29
13
16
19
13
15
12
12
10
10
9
9
14
Assurance, tax, and advisory services for public, multinational, and private
companies in all industries
Assurance and accounting, tax planning and preparation, wealth
management, forensic accounting, enterprise risk management, Cost
Segregations, employee benefits design and administration
Audit, tax, SEC filings, M&A, business valuations, wealth management, and
employee stock ownership plans; manufacturing, wholesale distribution,
retail distribution, construction, real estate, and professional services sectors;
business succession planning
Source: Minnesota Board of Accountancy, company representatives, and websites. If you were
not contacted for this list but would like to be in the future, please contact research@tcbmag.com.
Abbreviations: NP—Not provided, Acctg.—Accounting, M&A—Mergers and acquisitions,
Prof.—Professionals, R&D—Research and development
List current as of April 2013
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