Deloitte grew the fastest of the Big Four accounting firms last year as booming advisory businesses countered slowing growth in their core audit market.
Big four accountants (2007)| - | Revenue
£m
| Revenue per partner £’000 |
|---|
| PwC | 2,107 | 843 |
| Deloitte | 1,802 | 877 |
| KPMG | 1,607 | 806 |
| E&Y | 1,226 | 688 |
| Source: companies |
On Monday KPMG was the last of the four to report with revenue growth of 11 per cent to £1.6bn ($3.2bn). This narrowly missed Deloitte’s 12 per cent growth to £1.7bn, adjusted to remove the inclusion of its Swiss firm. PwC, the biggest of the four with fee income of £2.1bn, was the slowest grower at 6 per cent while Ernst & Young earned £1.3bn – an 8 per cent rise.
