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Accounting Firms - Top 25

Ranked by CPA-certificate holders in Minnesota | List information taken from the 2009-2010 Business Information Guide
Source: Minnesota Board of Accountancy, company representatives, and Web sites. If you were not contacted for this list but would like to be in the future, please contact research@tcbmag.com.
*See note at bottom of list.
Rank Company Minnesota CPA-certificate holders Employees in
MN / worldwide
Specialties

1

LarsonAllen, LLP

LarsonAllen, LLP

220 South Sixth Street, Suite 300
Minneapolis, MN 55402
612-376-4500 | larsonallen.com

360

684 / 1,308

Assurance, accounting, benefits, executive search, information security, internal audit, outsourcing, risk management, tax, valuation and forensic services, international services

2

Deloitte, LLP

50 South Sixth Street, Suite 2800
Minneapolis, MN 55402
612-397-4000 | deloitte.com

246

908 / 165,000

Audit, tax, consulting and financial advisory services

3

McGladrey & Pullen, LLP

801 Nicollet Avenue, 11th Floor
Minneapolis, MN 55402
612-332-4300 | mcgladrey.com

235

691 / 30,000

Manufacturing, wholesale distribution, construction, real estate, financial, health care, and nonprofit industries

4

PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP

225 South Sixth Street, Suite 1400
Minneapolis, MN 55402
612-596-6000 | pwc.com

189

379 / 155,000

Assurance, tax, and advisory services for public, multinational, and private companies

5

Ernst & Young

Ernst & Young, LLP

220 South Sixth Street, Suite 1400
Minneapolis, MN 55402
612-343-1000 | ey.com

168

442 / 135,000

Assurance, tax, transaction, business and risk advisory services, strategic growth markets

6

KPMG, LLP

90 South Seventh Street, Suite 4200
Minneapolis, MN 55402
612-305-5000 | kpmg.com

146

357 / 142,249

Audit, tax, and advisory services for finance, consumer, industrial, information, communications, entertainment, health care, government, and nonprofit industries

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7

Eide Bailly, LLP

5601 Green Valley Drive, Suite 700
Minneapolis, MN 55437
952-944-6166 | eidebailly.com

138

193 / 1,175

Assurance, tax planning and preparation, employee benefits design and administration, business valuation, enterprise risk management

8

Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP

225 South Sixth Street, Suite 2300
Minneapolis, MN 55402
612-876-4500 | bakertilly.com

109

225 / 1,225

Tax, audit, construction, real estate, public sector, manufacturing and distribution, commercial services, risk management, health care, wealth management, forensic valuation and litigation, life sciences

9

Grant Thornton, LLP

200 South Sixth Street, Suite 500
Minneapolis, MN 55402
612-332-0001 | grantthornton.com

90

Not provided / Not provided

Assurance, tax, financial advisory, internal audit, due diligence, valuation, litigation support, forensic services

10

Boulay Heutmaker Zibell & Company, PLLP

7500 Flying Cloud Drive, Suite 800
Eden Prairie, MN 55431
952-893-9320 | bhz.com

76

126 / 126

Audit, tax, SEC filings, mergers and acquisitions, business valuations, wealth management, employee stock ownership plans

11

Lurie Besikof Lapidus & Company, LLP

2501 Wayzata Boulevard
Minneapolis, MN 55405
612-377-4404 | lblco.com

51

133 / 133

Audit, accounting, tax, business valuations, management consulting, litigation support, technology consulting, actuarial and benefits consulting and plan design, private investment banking, entrepreneurial services, China strategies

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12

Olsen Thielen & Company, Ltd.

2675 Long Lake Road
St. Paul, MN 55113
651-483-4521 | otcpas.com

51

130 / 130

Manufacturing, utilities, nonprofits, SEC filings, business valuations, technology consulting, professional services, real estate

13

Wipfli, LLP

7601 France Avenue South, Suite 400
Minneapolis, MN 55435
952-548-3400 | wipfli.com

48

140 / 817

Audit, tax, and consulting services for financial institutions, manufacturing companies, auto dealerships, high-net-worth individuals, health care entities, nonprofit organizations, and government entities

14

HLB Tautges Redpath, Ltd.

4810 White Bear Parkway
White Bear Lake, MN 55110
651-426-7000 | hlbtr.com

45

94 / 94

Closely held and employee-owned businesses, manufacturing, distribution, construction, real estate, nonprofits, mergers and acquisitions, international

15

Schechter Dokken Kanter

100 Washington Avenue South, Suite 1600
Minneapolis, MN 55401
612-332-5500 | sdkcpa.com

42

66 / 66

SEC compliance, forensic accounting and valuation, construction, real estate, employee benefits, closely-held businesses, gaming, high-tech and emerging companies

16

Copeland Buhl & Company, PLLP

800 East Wayzata Boulevard, Suite 300
Wayzata, MN 55391
952-476-7100 | copelandbuhl.com

39

54 / 54

Closely-held businesses, property development and construction, manufacturing, technology consulting

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17

Smith Schafer and Associates, Ltd.

220 South Broadway, Suite 220
Rochester, MN 55904
507-288-3277 | smithschafer.com

37

80 / 80

Audits, reviews, compilation, valuation, business and individual tax preparation, small business consulting

18

Kern DeWenter Viere, Ltd. (KDV)

7100 Northland Circle North, Suite 119
Minneapolis, MN 55428
763-537-3011 | kdv.com

36

99 / 99

CPA services, wealth management, technology services, payroll services, business valuations

19

Carver Moquist & O'Connor, LLC

7650 Edinborough Way, Suite 225
Edina, MN 55435
952-854-5700 | cmocpa.com

34

65 / 65

Tax planning and consulting, accounting and audit, financial management, IT services

20

Abdo Eick & Meyers, LLP

5201 Eden Avenue, Suite 370
Edina, MN 55378
952-835-9090 | aemcpas.com

31

72 / 72

Closely held businesses, government and nonprofits, tax planning and preparation, employee benefits

21

Boyum and Barenscheer, PLLP

7800 Metro Parkway, Suite 200
Minneapolis, MN 55425
952-854-4244 | boybarcpa.com

27

48 / 48

Entrepreneurs, construction, health care, insurance, nonprofits, tech consulting, mergers and acquisitions, manufacturing, service industries, retail

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22

Mahoney Ulbrich Christiansen & Russ, PA

30 East Plato Boulevard
St. Paul, MN 55107
651-227-6695 | mucr.com

27

45 / 45

Real estate and housing tax credits, nonprofits, family-owned businesses, manufacturing, wholesale distribution, retail, construction

23

Schlenner Wenner & Company

630 Roosevelt Road, Suite 201
St. Cloud, MN 56302
320-251-0286 | swcocpas.com

27

64 / 64

Tax, audits, peer reviews, business valuations, payroll, fraud, cost segregation, research and development tax credits, Quickbooks, payroll, bookkeeping, compilation and reviews, internal controls

24

Conway Deuth & Schmiesing, PLLP

331 Third Street Southwest, Suite 2
Willmar, MN 56201
320-235-3311 | cdscpa.com

25

47 / 47

Tax planning and preparation, accounting, audits including governmental and nonprofit, business valuations, petroleum industry and auto dealership services, succession planning, estate planning, payroll

25

John A Knutson & Company, PLLP

1781 Prior Avenue North
Falcon Heights, MN 55113
651-641-1099 | knutson-cpa.com

22

43 / 43

Construction contractors

Note: The number of CPA-certificate holders and partners are as of May 20, 2009.
• Some CPAs might be counted under multiple practice areas (accounting/audit, tax, consulting)

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