McGill, Power, Bell & Associates LLP

What McGill, Power, Bell & Associates LLP does

McGill, Power, Bell & Associates, LLP (MPB) is a privately held certified public accounting firm organized as a Pennsylvania Limited Liability Partnership, headquartered in Meadville, Pennsylvania, with five offices across Western Pennsylvania (Erie, Franklin, Grove City, Meadville, Titusville) and active practice in New York, Ohio, and West Virginia. Founded by predecessor Bell & Company in 1926 and taking its current name in 1982, the firm serves individuals, for-profit businesses, non-profit organizations, employee benefit plans, governmental entities (including school districts), and affordable housing developers through four service lines: Tax, Accounting, Consulting, and Audit. Specialty service groups concentrate on manufacturing, non-profit and government, employee benefit plans, R&E tax credits, and business valuation/litigation support; the firm is a member of the AICPA Employee Benefit Plan Audit Quality Center, AICPA Governmental Audit Quality Center, IRS National Roundtable on R&E Tax Credits, and the Allinial Global affiliation network.

The firm's underlying technology stack is conventional for a regional CPA: cloud-based payroll processing software operated in-house, QuickBooks (Online and Desktop), Sage, and Foundation Construction supported by a QuickBooks ProAdvisor consulting practice, plus the QuickFee-hosted "Pay Now" online payment portal for client invoiced collections. There is no public or partner-facing API, no proprietary software product, and no AI/ML capability disclosed. Revenue is generated entirely through fee-based professional services — recurring compliance (tax preparation, payroll processing, bookkeeping) and project-based work (audits, valuations, M&A advisory, business consulting, R&E studies) — with engagements custom-quoted via RFP and no published rate card.

Name

McGill, Power, Bell & Associates LLP

Legal name

McGill, Power, Bell & Associates LLP

Website

https://mpbcpa.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1926

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

McGill, Power, Bell & Associates, LLP is a Western Pennsylvania CPA firm operating five offices, delivering tax, accounting, consulting, and audit services to individuals, businesses, non-profits, governmental entities, and employee benefit plans across PA, NY, OH, and WV.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Meadville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional services — Tax, Audit, Accounting, Consulting: Fee-based professional services for individuals, businesses, nonprofit organizations, employee benefit plans, and governmental entities across four service lines: Tax Services, Accounting Services, Consulting Services, and Audit Services. Engagements span recurring compliance (tax prep, payroll processing, bookkeeping) and one-time projects (audits, valuations, M&A advisory, business consulting, R&E tax credit studies).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Core offering

McGill, Power, Bell & Associates, LLP is a certified public accounting firm in Western Pennsylvania that provides a full range of tax, accounting, consulting, and audit/attest services. Its practice spans individual tax preparation and financial/estate planning alongside business tax, bookkeeping, payroll processing, financial statement preparation, audits (for-profit, non-profit, governmental, employee benefit plans, and affordable housing), and advisory services including business valuation, litigation support, M&A advisory, part-time CFO consulting, and collaborative dispute resolution.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• MPB Foundation, Inc. Affiliated nonprofit through which MPB staff participate in community events and activities.

Products and services

• Tax Services Tax compliance, planning, preparation, and advisory services for individuals and businesses, including Individual Tax Preparation, Business Tax Preparation, ACA Reporting (Forms 1095-C/1094-C), and Research and Experimentation Tax Credit studies.
• Accounting Services Outsourced bookkeeping, cloud-based payroll processing and reporting, financial statement preparation, compilations, reviews, agreed-upon procedures, and forecasts/projections for for-profit and non-profit organizations.
• Consulting Services Business and personal advisory services including estate planning, financial planning, management consulting, part-time CFO consulting, QuickBooks/software consulting, business valuation and litigation services, collaborative dispute resolution, and M&A advisory.
• Audit Services Independent financial statement audits and attest engagements with sub-specialties in For-Profit, Non-Profit and Government, Affordable Housing (HUD/LIHTC), and Employee Benefit Plan (ERISA) audits. MPB is a member of the AICPA Employee Benefit Plan Audit Quality Center and the AICPA Governmental Audit Quality Center.
• MPB Payroll Processing MPB-operated cloud-based payroll service handling payroll calculations, tax filings, direct deposit (no extra fee), paystub/W-2 online access, and full responsibility for required payments and filings.
• QuickBooks and Software Consulting Advisory, selection, implementation, and ongoing support for accounting software including QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Desktop, Foundation Construction, and Sage. MPB holds the QuickBooks ProAdvisor designation.
• Part-Time CFO Consulting Outsourced CFO services for small businesses, growing firms, and non-profits, including strategic planning, GAAP guidance, tax strategy, budgeting, cash-flow forecasting, internal controls, and bank financing support.
• Mergers & Acquisitions Advisory M&A advisory for acquiring and target companies including due diligence, purchase price allocation, deal structuring, cash flow analysis, business valuation, tax planning, and budgeting/forecasting.
• Business Valuation & Litigation Services Business valuation, forensic accounting, expert witness testimony, and litigation support delivered by practitioners holding credentials ABV, CDBV, CFF, CPA, CSMC, CVA, and PFS.
• Collaborative Dispute Resolution Financial neutral services in the collaborative law dispute resolution process, including tax analysis, cash-flow analysis, retirement asset consulting, budgeting, education funding, investment/insurance review, and asset/liability analysis.
• Financial Planning Personalized financial planning delivered by Personal Financial Specialists (PFS) covering asset allocation, education planning, estate planning, income tax planning, investment planning, and retirement planning.
• Estate Planning

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Schneider Downs & Co., Inc. Pittsburgh-based regional CPA and business advisory firm of comparable scale to MPB, serving similar mid-market, nonprofit, governmental, and manufacturing clients across Western Pennsylvania with audit, tax, and advisory services.
• Reinsel Kuntz Lesher LLP: Central Pennsylvania regional CPA and business consulting firm with a comparable four-service-line model (audit, tax, accounting, advisory) and similar mid-market and employee-benefit-plan client focus.
• Wessel & Company: Regional Pennsylvania CPA firm of comparable scale offering audit, tax, and advisory services to closely-held businesses, nonprofits, and governmental entities — a direct competitor in the PA regional mid-market.
• Maher Duessel: Pittsburgh-based CPA firm specializing in governmental, nonprofit, and ERISA audits with comparable specialty-group structure to MPB, operating in the same Western Pennsylvania market.
• Herbein + Company, Inc. Reading, PA-headquartered regional CPA firm with comparable size and service mix (audit, tax, advisory, accounting outsourcing) and a similar focus on privately-held, nonprofit, and employee benefit plan clients across Pennsylvania.

Broad incumbents

• CliftonLarsonAllen (CLA): Top-10 U.S. accounting firm with significant Pennsylvania presence serving the same mid-market, nonprofit, governmental, and EBP audit clients that MPB targets — competing for the same engagements at a larger scale.
• RSM US LLP: National mid-market-focused CPA firm with Pennsylvania offices actively competing for the manufacturing, nonprofit, and employee-benefit-plan engagements that anchor MPB's practice.
• Wipfli LLP: Large U.S. accounting and advisory firm with strong manufacturing, construction, and nonprofit practices — directly overlapping MPB's specialty service groups and target middle-market client profile.
• BDO USA / Forvis: Top global accounting networks with strong Pennsylvania offices; BKD (now part of Forvis following its 2023 merger) previously had an Erie office that MPB acquired in 2019, illustrating direct overlap in target clients and geography.

Others

• Allinial Global: International affiliation of independent accounting firms of which MPB is a member; provides peer benchmarking, referral capability, and shared back-office resources across similarly-sized regional CPA firms in the U.S. and abroad.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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