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Local firms don't have as strong a presence as one might think on the Houston Business Journal's Largest-Houston Area Public Accounting Firms List, which publishes March 7.
Only 40 percent of the firms on The List are headquartered in Houston, and only one Houston-based firm — Briggs & Veselka Co., No. 9 — made it to the top 10 when ranked by the number of local CPAs.
This could explain the recent boom in consolidation of the accounting industry as firms join forces to build more…