Grant Thornton New Zealand

Name

Grant Thornton New Zealand

Legal name

Grant Thornton New Zealand Ltd

Website

https://grantthornton.co.nz

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Auckland

HQ country

New Zealand

HQ region

Oceania

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Audit Services: External audit, compliance and audit reviews, financial reporting advisory services for clients.
2. Tax Services: Corporate tax, indirect tax, individual tax, private business tax structuring, tax disputes, and R&D tax incentive advisory.
3. Business Advisory Services: Management reporting, financial reporting advisory, succession planning, trust management, forecasting, budgeting, and outsourced accounting including Virtual CFO services.
4. Management Consulting: Policy reviews, performance improvement, programme & project management, strategy, and risk management consulting.
5. Deals & Transaction Advisory: Business valuations, M&A, transaction advisory, capital markets, and financial modelling for deal execution.
6. Insolvency & Restructuring: Complex international insolvency, corporate insolvency, independent business reviews, and litigation support.
7. Digital Advisory: Cloud services, data analytics, IT assurance, cyber resilience, virtual asset advisory, and Virtual CSO services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Grant Thornton New Zealand is a mid-tier professional services firm delivering audit, tax, and business advisory services to mid-market and enterprise clients across New Zealand. As an independent member firm of Grant Thornton International Ltd (GTIL), it provides partner-led consulting across financial services, property, not-for-profit, public sector, and aged care verticals. The firm also offers specialised services including digital advisory, deals advisory, forensic accounting, insolvency, and restructuring.

Product overview

Grant Thornton New Zealand is a professional services firm offering a unified portfolio of audit, tax, and advisory services. Its service lines include Audit, Tax, Business Services, Management Consulting, Modern Digital Resiliency (comprising MDPR, RiskOps, CtrlOps, FinOps, Cloud InfraOps, and Digital Infrastructure), Digital Advisory (cloud services, data analytics, IT assurance, cyber resilience, virtual asset advisory, and virtual CSO), Finance & Funding, Deals, Insolvency, Restructuring & Turnaround, and Forensics. Services are organized as distinct but interconnected practice areas rather than a modular software platform; clients engage with individual or combined service lines based on their advisory needs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Audit and Assurance
• Tax Services
• Business Advisory
• Management Consulting
• Modern Digital Resiliency
• Digital Advisory
• Finance & Funding
• Deals Advisory
• Insolvency, Restructuring & Turnaround
• Forensics

Quantifiable outcome

• Global revenue of $8.5B USD in 2025 with 6.1% growth
• +1 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Grant Thornton Advisors (Brazil expansion)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 November 2025Grant Thornton Advisors is expanding its multinational platform to include Brazil, following recent expansions across the Americas, Europe, and Middle East through transactions with several firms including France, Spain, Belgium, and New Zealand.
• Grant Thornton AdvisorscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 October 2025Grant Thornton New Zealand joined the Grant Thornton Advisors multinational platform, expanding its ability to serve clients across the Americas, Europe, Middle East, and New Zealand through coordinated member firm relationships. Steve Tennant was appointed CEO for EMEA leading expansion and operational growth.
• JBWereminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJBWere partnered with Grant Thornton New Zealand for a PBE IPSAS insights session, presenting on the 'The Bequest Report' regarding inter-generational wealth transfer opportunities for charities.
• Duncan CotterillminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerDuncan Cotterill legal firm partnered with Grant Thornton New Zealand for an event on business exit planning, providing legal perspectives alongside advisory insights.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• BDO New Zealand: BDO New Zealand is the NZ member firm of BDO Global, a mid-tier professional services network providing audit, tax, and advisory services to mid-market and enterprise clients. BDO is one of GTNZ's closest direct competitors in the NZ mid-market for audit, tax, and advisory work.
• Baker Tilly Staples Rodway: Baker Tilly Staples Rodway is a NZ-headquartered mid-tier accounting and advisory firm providing audit, tax, and business advisory services. It is a direct mid-market competitor to Grant Thornton NZ, particularly for privately owned businesses and SME audit work.
• RSM New Zealand: RSM New Zealand is the NZ member of RSM International, a global mid-tier network offering audit, tax, and consulting services. RSM competes with Grant Thornton NZ across the same mid-market segments with a similar global-network-plus-local-presence model.
• Crowe New Zealand: Crowe New Zealand is a mid-tier audit, tax, and advisory firm and member of Crowe Global. It competes directly with Grant Thornton NZ in mid-market audit and advisory, with comparable vertical specialization in financial services and not-for-profit sectors.
• William Buck: William Buck is an Australasian mid-tier accounting and advisory firm with NZ operations, providing audit, tax, and business advisory services. It competes directly with Grant Thornton NZ for privately owned businesses and SME clients across similar service lines.

Broad incumbents

• Deloitte New Zealand: Deloitte New Zealand is the local member of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, one of the Big Four global professional services firms. It competes with Grant Thornton NZ in audit, tax, consulting, and risk advisory, but at significantly larger scale and with broader service lines including strategy consulting and large-scale transformation.
• PwC New Zealand: PwC New Zealand is the local member firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers, one of the Big Four. It offers audit, tax, and advisory services across enterprise and mid-market clients, providing direct competition to Grant Thornton NZ particularly in financial services and public sector verticals.
• EY New Zealand: EY New Zealand is the NZ member of Ernst & Young Global, a Big Four firm. It competes with Grant Thornton NZ in audit, tax, and advisory with particular strength in transactions and consulting services across enterprise clients.
• KPMG New Zealand: KPMG New Zealand is the NZ member of KPMG International, one of the Big Four global professional services firms. It competes with Grant Thornton NZ in audit, tax, and advisory, particularly in the public sector, financial services, and large enterprise segments.

Regional players

• Findex NZ: Findex is a large Australasian accounting and advisory network with NZ presence, offering business advisory, audit, and tax services. It overlaps with Grant Thornton NZ's mid-market and SME-focused services but is structured around regional partner firms rather than a single NZ-wide brand.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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