Overall, it was a good year for the firms in our ten sub-regions of the U.S., with all of them turning in respectable-to-strong growth - despite being frequently raided as merger targets by the national and larger regional accounting firms. Hardly any of the regions escaped 2015 without losing at least a member or two to roving acquirers, many of whom were larger firms from nearby regions looking to expand beyond their native marketplaces. The Gulf Coast Region (below) was particularly hard hit - but nonetheless turned in above-trend growth, with the average firm rate at 9.45 percent.
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