With almost 140,000 professionals employed in 2023, Deloitte represented the largest accounting firm in the United States in terms of staff. In the same year, Ernst & Young (EY) came second in the list of accounting firms with the most professionals, where they employed less than half of the number of that of Deloitte.
Number of professionals at the leading accounting firms in the United States in 2023
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