Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services - US Industry Market Research Report with Updated Analysis & Forecasts
The 78-page 2025 Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services Market Research Report is one of the most comprehensive and in-depth assessments of the industry in the United States with over 100+ data sets covering 2016-2029.
This Kentley Insights report is full of industry insights including historical and forecasted market size, revenue and industry breakdowns by product lines, size of company, concentration segmentation, business structure, customer type, state and MSA, profitability, financial ratios, balance sheet benchmarks, BCG matrix, extensive statistics by state and MSA, operating expense details, workforce composition, industry consolidation analysis, sector benchmarks, employee productivity, price inflation, pay bands for the top 20 industry jobs, trend analysis and forecasts on numerous industry statistics including companies, locations, employees, pay, and much more.
The Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services industry includes companies primarily engaged in auditing accounting records; designing accounting systems; preparing financial statements; developing budgets; preparing tax returns; processing payrolls; bookkeeping; and billing.
This report was developed utilizing the results from extensive business surveys and econometrics. Professionals utilize this report for market sizing, industry analysis, benchmarking, forecasting, strategic planning, market analysis, due diligence, valuation, sales & marketing strategy, operational streamlining, organizational strategy, evaluating opportunities, and many other analyses.
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Below are a few of the hundreds of stats from the report:
INDUSTRY SIZE
In 2024, industry sales were $222.4 billion
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INDUSTRY GROWTH
Over the past 5 years, the industry has grown at an annual rate of 6.1%
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COMPANY GROWTH
There are 116,111 companies in the industry
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SALES PER COMPANY
In 2024, the average sales per company was $1.9 million
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INFLATION & PRICING
Inflation has averaged 3.5% over the past 5 years
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PROFITABILITY
For unprofitable companies, the average net loss is -9.3%
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PRODUCTIVITY ANALYSIS
Employee productivity is $132,904
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EXPENSE BENCHMARKING
3.1% of expenses is spent on health insurance
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OPERATING EXPENSES
In 2024, industry operating expenses declined -0.5%
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PAYROLL BY STATE
California averages $62,873 in payroll per employee
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JOB CATEGORIZATION BENCHMARKS
10.5% of employees in the industry are in management positions
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JOB CATEGORIZATION PAY RANGES
The average industry hourly pay for office and administrative jobs is $24.42
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NAICS
54121
- Overview
- Industry Snapshot - Revenue & Growth
- Industry Snapshot - Costs & Financial Metrics
- SECTION ONE
- REVENUE & GROWTH ANALYSIS
- Industry Growth Details
- Industry Revenue, Companies, Locations
- historicals, & -yr forecasts
- Growth Benchmarks
- Revenue per Company & Location
- historicals, & -yr forecasts
- Revenue by Product Lines
- % of Revenue from Product Lines
- BCG Income vs Revenue Growth Matrix
- Service Subsectors vs. Industry
- Total Revenue by Industry Segments
- Concentration, Size, Structure & Franchise
- Total Revenue per State
- Revenue per State and State Rankings
- Revenue per Capita by State
- Revenue per Capita and State Rankings
- Revenue per Metropolitan Statistical Area
- Revenue per Capita per Metropolitan Statistical Area
- Revenue per Company by Industry Segment
- Concentration, Business Size, & Business Structure
- Revenue per Location by Industry Segment
- Concentration, Size, Structure, & Franchise
- Revenue per Location by State
- Revenue per Location and State Rankings
- Revenue per Location per MSA
- Industry Segmentation by Business Size
- Revenue, Companies, Locations, Employees & Payroll
- Absolute Figures & % of Industry
- Industry Consolidation Analysis
- Revenue, Companies, Locations & Employees
- vs. by Business Size
- Industry Consolidation Benchmarks
- Revenue per Company, Location & Employee
- vs. by Business Size
- Industry Segmentation by Top Companies
- Revenue, Locations, Employees & Payroll
- Absolute Figures & % of Industry
- Sector Concentration Benchmarks
- % of Sector Revenue from the Top Companies
- Sectors
- Industry Segmentation by Business Structure
- Revenue, Companies, Locations, Employees & Payroll
- Absolute Figures & % of Industry
- Pricing & Inflation
- Annual Inflation - Indexed to
- historicals, & -yr forecasts
- Monthly Inflation Figures for the Past Years
- historicals, & -yr forecasts
- Service Subsector Growth
- Revenue and -Year CAGR
- Subsectors
- Service Subsector Analysis
- Revenue per Company
- Revenue per Location
- Subsectors
- Revenue per Location
- Service Subsector Analysis
- Revenue per Employee
- Payroll per Employee
- SECTION TWO
- COST & FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
- Profitability & Financial Ratio Analysis
- Percent of Companies that are Profitable
- Average Net Income as a Percent of Revenue
- Financial Ratios
- Average Net Income as a Percent of Revenue
- Balance Sheet Benchmarks
- Asset & Liabilities Categories
- Indexed at to Total Revenue
- Operating Expenses
- Industry Operating Expenses
- Industry Revenue vs. Operating Expense Growth
- Operating Expense as a Percent of Revenue
- historicals, & -yr forecasts
- Industry Revenue vs. Operating Expense Growth
- Operating Expenses by Company & Location
- Operating Expenses per Company
- Operating Expenses per Location
- Revenue vs. Expenses Growth per Location
- historicals, & -yr forecasts
- Operating Expenses per Location
- Operating Expense Detail
- Categories covering Employee, Property, Equipment, IT, Inventory, & Miscellaneous Costs
- % of Cost Structure
- Productivity & Industry Employment
- Revenue per Employee
- Total Industry Employees
- Employees per Company
- historicals, & -yr forecasts
- Total Industry Employees
- Employee Productivity by Segments
- Revenue per Employee
- Concentration, Business Size, Structure & Franchise
- Employee Productivity by State
- Revenue per Employee and State Rankings
- Employee Productivity per MSA
- Revenue per Employee
- Industry Payroll
- Payroll per Employee
- Payroll per Company
- Payroll per Location
- historicals, & -yr forecasts
- Payroll per Company
- Workforce Composition Benchmarks
- Job Categories across Management & Finance, Sales, Services, Marketing, Ops, IT, & Others
- Percent of Industry's Employees
- Job Categorization Pay Ranges
- Job Categories across Management & Finance, Sales, Services, Marketing, Ops, IT, & Others
- Pay Bands (%, %, Mean, %, %)
- Top Jobs Breakdown
- Percent of Total Employees by Job
- Rank Ordered by Top Job Categories
- Pay Ranges of Top Jobs
- Pay Bands (%, %, Mean, %, %)
- Payroll per Company by Segments
- Concentration, Business Size, & Business Structure
- Payroll per Location by Segments
- Concentration, Business Size, Structure, & Franchise
- Payroll per Employee by Segments
- Concentration, Business Size, Structure, & Franchise
- Payroll per Employee by State
- Payroll per Employee
- State Rankings
- Payroll per Employee per MSA
- Employees per Company by Segments
- Concentration, Business Size, & Business Structure
- Employees per Company by Segments
- Concentration, Business Size, Structure, & Franchise
- Total Employment by State
- Number of Employees and State Rankings
- Population to Every Employee by State
- Number of Residents to Industry Employee
- State Rankings
- Total Employment per MSA
- Locations per Company by Segments
- Concentration, Business Size, & Business Structure
- Locations per MSA
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