Can Independent Accounting Firms Compete with PE?

Opublikowano: 2026-11-03

When a competitor sells to private equity, most independent firms shrug it off. They're not for sale, so it isn't their problem. Then a recruiter calls their best manager, a long-standing client gets a better pitch and pricing starts to feel harder than it used to. In Part 4 of INSIDE THE SHIFT, Rob Brown looks at what happens to the firms that aren't selling. He explains why a rival's deal puts your people on someone else's shopping list, why your clients start comparing what they get, and how fresh capital shifts pricing power away from independent firms.<...