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FINANCE MAGAZINE Accountancy Survey 2008

Fee Income (€ million) Top 20 Irish Accountancy Firms

Company	2008 Survey	2007 Survey	% Change	Market Share
PricewaterhouseCoopers	355.0	322.0	10.2	28.0
KPMG	307.7	269.3	14.3	24.3
Deloitte	165.1	143.6	15.0	13.0
Ernst & Young	148.0	138.0	7.2	11.7
BDO Simpson Xavier	69.0	72.0	-4.2	5.5
Grant Thornton	45.0	40.0	12.5	3.6
Mazars	30.0	26.0	15.4	2.4
FGS	29.0	21.8	33.3	2.3
Horwath Bastow Charleton	19.2	16.0	20.0	1.5
Russell Brennan Keane	17.4	16.5	5.5	1.4
Baker Tilly Ryan Glennon, Business Partners and Accountants	13.0	12.0	8.3	1.0
IFAC Accountants	11.7	10.7	9.3	0.9
HLB Nathans	11.4	10.0	14.0	0.9
Oliver Freaney & Co	9.1	9.0	1.1	0.7
PKF O'Connor, Leddy & Holmes	8.0	8.0	0.0	0.6
Brenson Lawlor	6.2	6.1	1.6	0.5
OSK	5.9	5.7	3.5	0.5
Ormsby and Rhodes	5.5	5.4	1.8	0.4
McInerney Saunders	3.8	3.4	11.8	0.3
KSI Faulkner Orr	3.5	2.4	45.8	0.3
	1263.5

Company	Fee Income	Partners	2008 Income per Partner	2007 Income per Partner	% Change	Staff/Partner Ratio
KPMG	307.7	85	3,620,000	3,543,421	2.2	24.5
Deloitte	165.1	48	3,439,583	3,191,111	7.8	20.3
Ernst & Young	148.0	44	3,363,636	2,705,882	24.3	0.0
PricewaterhouseCoopers	355.0	123	2,886,179	3,617,978	-20.2	21.5
Mazars	30.0	18	1,666,667	1,529,412	9.0	9.6
Grant Thornton	45.0	28	1,607,143	0	-	0.0
PKF O'Connor, Leddy & Holmes	8.0	5	1,600,000	1,333,333	20.0	10.8
Brenson Lawlor	6.2	4	1,550,000	508,333	204.9	15.0
Russell Brennan Keane	17.4	12	1,450,000	1,650,000	-12.1	13.9
Baker Tilly Ryan Glennon, Business Partners and Accountants	13.0	9	1,444,444	1,500,000	-3.7	9.6
BDO Simpson Xavier	69.0	50	1,380,000	1,636,364	-15.7	11.2
Oliver Freaney & Co	9.1	7	1,300,000	0	-	7.9
Horwath Bastow Charleton	19.2	16	1,200,000	1,066,667	12.5	9.9
OSK	5.9	5	1,180,000	950,000	24.2	11.0
HLB Nathans	11.4	10	1,140,000	1,000,000	14.0	9.0
FGS	29.0	30	966,667	1,035,714	-6.7	8.7
KSI Faulkner Orr	3.5	4	875,000	0	-	5.3
Ormsby and Rhodes	5.5	7	785,714	900,000	-12.7	0.0
McInerney Saunders	3.8	5	760,000	0	-	6.4
IFAC Accountants	11.7	0	0	0	-	-
	1263.5

Company	Partners	Non-partner Chargable	Support Staff	Total 2008	Total 2007	% Change	Staff/Partner Ratio
PricewaterhouseCoopers	123	2355	292	2770	2620	5.7	21.5
KPMG	85	1758	327	2170	1800	20.6	24.5
Deloitte	48	917	57	1022	944	8.3	20.3
BDO Simpson Xavier	50	417	143	610	522	16.9	11.2
FGS	30	239	23	292	230	27.0	8.7
Mazars	18	160	13	191	176	8.5	9.6
Russell Brennan Keane	12	145	22	179	169	5.9	13.9
Horwath Bastow Charleton	16	135	24	175	163	7.4	9.9
IFAC Accountants	0	124	15	139	123	13.0	-
Baker Tilly Ryan Glennon, Business Partners and Accountants	9	78	8	95	112	-15.2	9.6
HLB Nathans	10	73	17	100	118	-15.3	9.0
Brenson Lawlor	4	57	3	64	63	1.6	15.0
OSK	5	49	6	60	57	5.3	11.0
PKF O'Connor, Leddy & Holmes	5	47	7	59	63	-6.3	10.8
Oliver Freaney & Co	7	40	15	62	0	-	7.9
McInerney Saunders	5	29	3	37	26	42.3	6.4
KSI Faulkner Orr	4	21	0	25	24	4.2	5.3
Grant Thornton	28	0	0	28	251	-88.8	0.0
Ernst & Young	44	0	0	44	1030	-95.7	0.0
Ormsby and Rhodes	7	0	0	7	57	-87.7	0.0

	(June to June) 2007/2008				(June to June) 2008/2009
Company	Prof	Non Prof Graduate	Trainee	Total	Prof	Non Prof Graduate	Trainee	Total
PricewaterhouseCoopers	120	90	280	490	80	50	280	410
KPMG	150	30	346	526	30	20	320	370
Deloitte	87	40	230	357	72	26	228	326
BDO Simpson Xavier	31	21	55	107	20	8	51	79
Grant Thornton	30	5	40	75	30	5	40	75
FGS	19	7	28	54	31	6	30	67
Mazars	15	4	30	49	10	2	30	42
Horwath Bastow Charleton	22	11	23	56	9	0	21	30
Baker Tilly Ryan Glennon, Business Partners and Accountants	18	0	14	32	10	0	12	22
Russell Brennan Keane	10	5	23	38	5	2	15	22
HLB Nathans	4	4	9	17	5	2	10	17
Brenson Lawlor	1	2	15	18	0	2	15	17
OSK	3	1	8	12	2	1	8	11
Ormsby and Rhodes	3	1	6	10	3	1	5	9
Oliver Freaney & Co	2	1	7	10	2	0	7	9
PKF O'Connor, Leddy & Holmes	5	0	5	10	3	0	3	6
McInerney Saunders	4	0	1	5	2	0	1	3
KSI Faulkner Orr	2	4	0	6	1	1	0	2
IFAC Accountants	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Ernst & Young	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTALS	527	226	1120		315	126	1076

Company	Total Staff 2008	Income 2008 Per Total	Income 2007 Per Total	% Change	Chargable Staff 2008	Income 2008 Per Chargable	Income 2007 Per Chargable	% Change
Deloitte	1022	161,546	152,119	6.20	965	171,088	165,629	3.30
Mazars	191	157,068	147,727	6.32	178	168,539	158,537	6.31
Oliver Freaney & Co	62	147,258	0	-	47	194,255	0	-
KPMG	2170	141,797	149,611	-5.22	1843	166,956	170,228	-1.92
KSI Faulkner Orr	25	140,000	100,000	40.00	25	140,000	0	-
Baker Tilly Ryan Glennon, Business Partners and Accountants	95	136,842	107,143	27.72	87	149,425	123,711	20.79
PKF O'Connor, Leddy & Holmes	59	135,593	126,984	6.78	52	153,846	140,351	9.62
PricewaterhouseCoopers	2770	128,159	122,901	4.28	2478	143,261	199,752	-28.28
HLB Nathans	100	114,000	84,746	34.52	83	137,349	107,527	27.73
BDO Simpson Xavier	610	113,115	137,931	-17.99	467	147,752	153,518	-3.76
Horwath Bastow Charleton	175	109,714	98,160	11.77	151	127,152	114,286	11.26
McInerney Saunders	37	102,703	130,769	-21.46	34	111,765	0	-
FGS	292	99,315	94,565	5.02	269	107,807	105,072	2.60
OSK	60	98,333	100,000	-1.67	54	109,259	111,765	-2.24
Russell Brennan Keane	179	97,207	97,633	-0.44	157	110,828	110,738	0.08
Brenson Lawlor	64	96,875	96,825	0.05	61	101,639	101,667	-0.03
IFAC Accountants	139	84,173	86,992	-3.24	124	94,355	104,902	-10.05

Company	Female	Male	Tot	24-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	60+	Tot
Baker Tilly Ryan Glennon, Business Partners and Accountants	2	7	9	0	1	6	2	0	9
BDO Simpson Xavier	4	46	50	1	14	25	10	0	50
Brenson Lawlor	0	4	4	0	1	2	0	1	4
Deloitte	8	40	48	0	20	19	9	0	48
Ernst & Young	7	37	44	0	0	0	0	0	0
FGS	3	27	30	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grant Thornton	5	23	28	0	0	0	0	0	0
HLB Nathans	0	10	10	0	2	4	2	2	10
Horwath Bastow Charleton	2	14	16	0	8	4	3	1	16
IFAC Accountants	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
KPMG	11	74	85	0	0	0	0	0	0
KSI Faulkner Orr	0	4	4	0	0	2	2	0	4
Mazars	2	16	18	0	8	3	7	0	18
McInerney Saunders	1	4	5	0	3	0	2	0	5
Oliver Freaney & Co	0	7	7	0	3	2	2	0	7
Ormsby and Rhodes	1	6	7	0	2	1	4	0	7
OSK	1	4	5	0	1	3	1	0	5
PKF O'Connor, Leddy & Holmes	2	3	5	0	2	2	1	0	5
PricewaterhouseCoopers	25	98	123	0	0	0	0	0	0
Russell Brennan Keane	2	10	12	0	4	4	4	0	12
	76	438	514	1	73	77	49	4	204