Top Accountancy firms in London

London is the home to the Big Four accountancy firms that provide accountancy services, not only to corporations in London but also to the rest of the world. These Big Four firms have offices in the financial heart of London and deal with some of the biggest companies in the world to ensure that their accounts are handles correctly. These companies will deal with the large public limited companies, many of whom have their offices in London too, so to them they are dealing with a local accountant.

The largest of the Big Four accountants is Price Waterhouse Cooper which was formed in 1998 by the merger of Price Waterhouse and Coopers & Lybrand. Price Waterhouse Cooper has 5 offices based in London and others throughout the UK and the world. The second largest accountants firm in London is Deloitte and Touche who also has 5 London offices. Deloitte and Touche was formed in 1989 by the merger of Deloitte Haskins and Sells

Touche Ross. The next of the Big Four is KPMG LLP who has their head office in London as well as many other major cities. KPMG LLP was formed in 1987 by the merger of Peat Marwick and the KMG Group. Ernst and Young are the last of the Big Four that have their main offices in London. This accountancy firm was formed in 1989 by the merger of Ernst & Whinney and Arthur Young.

These large London accountants can trace their history back through Europe and have developed from a series of mergers and takeovers. There did used to be in the '80's, the Big Eight accountants until the wave of mergers started.