RANKED BY NUMBER OF LOCAL CPAS
Legend for Chart:
A - Rank
B - Name Address Phone/Web site
C - 8/31/2009: Number of local CPAs
D - 8/31/2008: Number of local CPAs
E - % change
F - Number of degreed professionals 8/31/2009
G - Full-time permanent employees
H - Audit-accounting: Practice personnel engaged in
I - Tax: Practice personnel engaged in
J - Consulting: Practice personnel engaged in
K - Other: Practice personnel engaged in
L - Top local executive Title
A
B
C D E F G H I J K
L
1
Ernst & Young LLP 925 Euclid Ave., Suite 1300, Cleveland 44115
(216) 861-5000/www.ey.com
234 240 -2.5% 865 1,036 422 112 NA 502
Donald T. Misheff Northeast Ohio managing partner
2
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 200 Public Square, 18th floor, Cleveland
44114 (216) 875-3000/www.pwc.com
155 162 -4.3% 280 290 164 80 0 44
Richard P. Stovsky office managing partner
3
Deloitte LLP 127 Public Square, Cleveland 44114 (216)
589-1300/www.deloitte.com
130 150 -13.3% 417 458 121 74 185 4
Patrick S. Mullin managing partner
4
SS&G Financial Services Inc. 32125 Solon Road, Cleveland 44139
(440) 248-8787/www.ssandg.com
112 113 -0.9% 357 339 84 80 175 72
Gary S. Shamis managing director
5
KPMG LLP 1375 E. Ninth St., Suite 2600, Cleveland 44114 (216)
696-9100/www.us.kpmg.com
90 103 -12.6% 165 175 80 20 65 10
John S. Macintosh managing partner
6
Cohen & Co. 1350 Euclid Ave., Suite 800, Cleveland 44115 (216)
579-1040/www.cohencpa.com
89 90 -1.1% 173 179 76 50 16 22
Randall S. Myeroff president, CEO
7
Meaden & Moore LLP 1100 Superior Ave., Suite 1100, Cleveland
44114 (216) 241-3272/www.meadenmoore.com
78 70 11.4% 156 172 62 32 52 26
James P. Carulas CEO
8
Maloney + Novotny LLC 1111 Superior Ave., seventh floor, Cleveland
44114 (216) 363-0100/www.maloneynovotny.com
59 54 9.3% 91 108 70 20 6 12
Matthew J. Maloney managing shareholder
9
RSM McGladrey/McGladrey & Pullen LLP 1001 Lakeside Ave., Suite
1400, Cleveland 44114 (216) 523-1900/www.rsmmcgladrey.com
58 44 31.8% 80 92 60 25 NA NA
Jim Grigg Ohio practice leader
10
Grant Thornton LLP 1228 Euclid Ave., Suite 800, Cleveland 44115
(216) 771-1400/www.grantthornton.com
54 60 -10.0% 107 117 60 33 9 15
Daniel S. Zittnan managing partner
10
Skoda Minotti 6685 Beta Drive, Mayfield Village 44143 (440)
449-6800/www.skodaminotti.com
54 56 -3.6% 115 131 64 25 30 12
Gregory J. Skoda chairman
12
CBiz Inc. 6050 Oak Tree Blvd. S., Suite 500, Cleveland 44131 (216)
447-9000/www.cbiz.com
53 56 -5.4% 161 236 24 20 71 140
Steven L. Gerard chairman, CEO
13
Bruner-Cox LLP 388 S. Main St., Suite 403, Akron 44311 (330)
376-0100/www.brunercox.com
50 50 0.0% 86 105 33 32 23 17
Ronald J. Manse managing partner
14
Apple Growth Partners 1540 W. Market St., Akron 44313 (330)
867-7350/www.applegrowth.com
39 43 -9.3% 72 100 32 43 37 22
David J. Gaino chairman
15
Barnes Wendling CPAs Inc. 1215 Superior Ave., Suite 400, Cleveland
44114 (216) 566-9000/www.barneswendling.com
36 38 -5.3% 66 84 41 19 11 6
Jeffrey D. Neuman president
16
Howard, Wershbale & Co. 23240 Chagrin Blvd., Cleveland 44122
(216) 831-1200/www.hwco.com
35 34 2.9% 78 81 33 14 25 6
Stephen E. Stanisa president, CEO
17
Hill Barth & King 7680 Market St., Boardman 44512 (330)
758-8613/www.hbkcpa.com
34 37 -8.1% 58 87 NA NA NA NA
Phillip L. Wilson COO
18
Walthall Drake & Wallace LLP 6300 Rockside Road, Suite 100,
Cleveland 44131 (216) 573-2330/www.walthall.com
33 35 -5.7% 44 49 33 8 3 NA
Richard T. Lash chairman
19
Bober, Markey, Fedorovich & Co. 3421 Ridgewood Road, Akron
44333 (330) 762-9785/www.bobermarkey.com
32 32 0.0% 65 68 42 18 5 NA
Richard C. Fedorovich president, CEO
20
Ciuni & Panichi Inc. 25201 Chagrin Blvd., Suite 200, Cleveland
44122 (216) 831-7171/www.cp-advisors.com
31 31 0.0% 55 62 31 15 9 7
Charles M. Ciuni chairman
21
BCG & Co. 1735 Merriman Road, Akron 44313 (330)
864-6661/www.bcgcompany.com
30 27 11.1% 78 82 18 29 27 8
David Brockman managing director
22
Rea & Associates Inc. 7325 Production Drive, Suite C, Mentor
44060 (440) 266-0077/www.reacpa.com
23 17 35.3% 39 59 27 21 6 1
Ryan Dumermuth Mentor office manager
22
Zinner & Co. LLP 29125 Chagrin Blvd., Pepper Pike 44122 (216)
831-0/33/www.zinnerco.com
23 25 -8.0% 30 35 21 12 4 1
Robin L. Baum managing partner
24
Four-Fifteen Group 4100 Holiday St., Canton 44718 (330)
492-0094/WWW.415group.com
21 20 5.0% 39 40 10 20 5 6
Frank J. Monaco managing partner
24
Hobe & Lucas CPAs Inc. 4807 Rockside Road, Suite 510,
Independence 44131 (216) 524-8900/www.hobe.com
21 21 0.0% 29 33 22 3 2 2
Jerome J. Lucas president, COO
26
Corrigan Krause 2055 Crocker Road, Suite 300, Westlake 44145 (440)
471-0800/www.corrigankrause.com
19 20 -5.0% 26 25 32 32 19 NA
Thomas L. Harrison managing director
26
Pease & Associates Inc. 1422 Euclid Ave., Suite 801, Cleveland
44115 (216) 348-9600/www.peasecpa.com
19 16 18.8% 38 48 20 19 2 7
Joseph V. Pease Jr. president
28
Plante & Moran PLLC 1111 Superior Ave., Suite 1250, Cleveland
44114 (216) 523-1010/www.plantemoran.com
18 17 5.9% 36 43 23 7 7 6
Craig M. Thornton office managing partner
29
Crowe Horwath LLP 5900 Landerbrook Drive, Suite 205, Cleveland
44124 (440) 449-9400/www.crowehorwath.com
17 12 41.7% 47 50 33 4 6 7
Greg McClure partner
29
Packer Thomas 6 Federal Plaza Central, Suite 1000, Youngstown 44503
(330) 7444277/www.packerthomas.com
17 NA NA 30 33 NA NA NA NA
Gregory L. Gett president
31
McManus, Dosen & Co. 7251 Engle Road, Suite 406, Middleburg
Heights 44130 (440) 243-3400/www.mcmanusdosen.com
11 11 0.0% 14 16 14 14 5 5
Michael D. McManus managing partner
32
Card, Palmer, Sibbison & Co. 4545 Hinckley Parkway, Cleveland
44109 (216) 621-6100/www.cps-cpa.com
10 14 -28.6% 15 19 16 15 7 2
James E. Stroh president
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