Accounting Firms The Big Four

Each one of the big four is actually a network of independant firms who have entered into agreements with other member firms in the network to share a common name. Their agreements also set quality standards; each member is still an independantly owned and operated organization.

Here's a list of the Big Four firms

• Ernst & Young LLP,
• PricewaterhouseCoopers,
• KPMG LLP
• Deloitte & Touche LLP

Together, the companies that make up the big four audit more than 78 percent of all U.S. public companies, according to the U.S. General Accounting Office. source: http://www.issproxy.com/articles/2003archived/archived99.asp

Here's a listing, with links to their websites, of the top 100 accounting firms.