Top 50: The fastest growing firms

Deloitte & Touche has grown 22% over the past year, leaving its rivals trailing. But growth has been even faster among smaller firms with Tenon the most successful of all.

Written by By AccountancyAge.com

1 Deloitte & Touche - 22%

2 Ernst & Young - 16%

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3 PricewaterhouseCoopers - 15%

Average growth for Big Five - 15%

MID-TIER

1 Tenon - (new)*

2 Wilkins Kennedy - 35%

3 Levy Gee - 20%

Average growth for mid-tier - 12%

SMALL FIRMS

1 Scott Moncrieff - 48%

2 Wilson Braithwaite Scholey - 27%

3 Buzzacott - 20.3%

Average growth for small firms - 13%

Big Five partners may make their firms more money than partners in smaller ones, but when it comes to fee-earning staff, it can be a different story.

MOST PRODUCTIVE PARTNERS

BIG FIVE

PricewaterhouseCoopers - Pounds 2.1m per partner

MID-TIER

PKF - Pounds 904,000 per partner

SMALL FIRMS

Mercer & Hole - Pounds 620,000 per partner

MOST PRODUCTIVE PROFESSIONAL STAFF

BIG FIVE

KPMG - Pounds 146,000 per professional

MID-TIER

Levy Gee - Pounds 122,624 per professional

SMALL FIRMS

Johnston Carmichael - Pounds 158,000 per professional

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