Bernard Robinson & Company

What Bernard Robinson & Company does

Bernard Robinson & Company, L.L.P. (d/b/a BRC CPAs and Advisors) is a privately held, full-service Certified Public Accounting and advisory firm founded in 1947 and headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina. The firm operates from four North Carolina offices (Greensboro, Charlotte, Raleigh, and Dunn) with a team of 200+ professionals organized into dedicated practice areas covering assurance, tax, and advisory services. BRC serves middle-market and private companies, nonprofit organizations, government entities, high-net-worth individuals, and a nationally significant affordable housing practice spanning more than 1,000 entities. Industry specializations include Affordable Housing, Construction, Dealerships, Employee Benefit Plans, Government, Healthcare, Manufacturing & Distribution, Nonprofit, Real Estate, Senior Living, Transportation & Logistics, and Wholesale & Retail—15+ verticals in total.

The firm's service portfolio spans audit and attestation (including financial statement audits and Employee Benefit Plan audits, where BRC ranks in the top 5% of CPA firms nationally by plan volume), a comprehensive tax practice (individual, business, corporate, international, transfer pricing, R&D credits, trusts and estate planning), and advisory services (business valuation, quality of earnings, outsourced accounting, healthcare consulting, affordable housing consulting, peer review). Technology infrastructure consists of standard accounting platforms—CCH Axcess for client collaboration, Citrix ShareFile for file sharing, QuickBooks/Yardi/ResMan for affordable housing clients, and the AiWYN client payment portal—with no disclosed proprietary technology or AI/ML capabilities. International tax and cross-border engagements are supported through membership in DFK International, a global association providing access to 430+ offices across 90+ countries.

BRC operates as a Limited Liability Partnership under partner/employee ownership, with no identified venture capital, private equity, or institutional investor backing. The firm has grown historically through organic client development and selective tuck-in acquisitions, including McClure CPA (October 2018) and Haas and Morgan (November 2019). Current leadership includes CEO Alisa Moody, Managing Partner Benjamin Ripple, and a deep bench of practice area leaders across assurance, tax, consulting, R&D tax credits, international tax, healthcare, and affordable housing. Revenue is generated on a quote-based, multi-year professional services engagement model and is not publicly disclosed.

Name

Bernard Robinson & Company

Legal name

Bernard Robinson & Company, L.L.P.

Website

https://brc.cpa

Company type

Private

Founded year

1947

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Bernard Robinson & Company is a privately held CPA and advisory firm founded in 1947, operating from four North Carolina offices with 200+ professionals. It serves middle-market, private, nonprofit, government, and high-net-worth clients across 15+ industries with assurance, tax, and advisory services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Greensboro

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Assurance Services: Audit and attestation services including financial statement audits, reviews, and compilations for clients across all served industries.
2. Tax Services: Individual tax, business tax, corporate tax, international tax, trusts and estate planning, transfer pricing, and R&D tax credit services.
3. Advisory Services: Business valuation, healthcare consulting, quality of earnings analysis, outsourced accounting and advisory, peer review, and consulting services.
4. Affordable Housing Consulting: Specialized compliance, finance, and development consulting for multifamily affordable housing programs including cost certifications and regulatory compliance services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Bernard Robinson & Company (BRC) is a full-service Certified Public Accounting and advisory firm delivering assurance (audit, attestation, employee benefit plan audits), tax (individual, business, corporate, international, trusts/estate, R&D credits, transfer pricing), and advisory (business valuation, quality of earnings, outsourced accounting, healthcare and affordable housing consulting, peer review) services to middle-market, private, nonprofit, governmental, and affordable housing clients across the Southeast US.

Product overview

BRC is a full-service Certified Public Accounting and Advisory firm offering a unified portfolio of assurance, tax, and advisory services. The core service lines include Audit & Attestation (financial statement audits, reviews, compilations), Tax Services (individual, business, corporate, international, trusts/estate, R&D credits, transfer pricing), and Advisory Services (business valuation, quality of earnings, outsourced accounting, healthcare consulting, affordable housing consulting). The firm organizes its practices by industry specialization including Affordable Housing, Construction, Dealerships, Government, Manufacturing, Nonprofit, Real Estate, Senior Living, Transportation, and Wholesale/Retail. Services are delivered through offices in Greensboro, Charlotte, Raleigh, and Dunn, NC, with a team of over 200 employees serving middle-market companies, private companies, nonprofits, and government entities throughout the Southeast.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Audit & Attestation Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Top 5% of CPA firms nationally for Employee Benefit Plan audits
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• DFK InternationalcoreTechnology or IntegrationGlobal association of accounting and management consulting firms providing BRC with additional domestic and international resources when needed for clients. Over 430 offices in over 90 countries.
• AICPA Employee Benefit Plan Audit Quality Center (EBPAQC)coreOthersBRC is a member of AICPA's EBPAQC ensuring specific CPE credits related to EBPs each year including training on IRS, DOL, and ERISA Reporting requirements.
• AICPA Governmental Audit Quality CentercoreOthersMembership in AICPA's Governmental Audit Quality Center supporting quality standards in government auditing.
• Community Associations Institute (CAI)minorOthersProfessional membership organization for community associations; BRC stays abreast of industry changes through CAI membership.
• LeadingAge North CarolinaminorOthersAssociation serving senior living providers in North Carolina.
• Carolinas MGMAminorOthersMedical Group Management Association Carolinas chapter supporting healthcare practice management professionals.
• Carolinas AGCminorOthersAssociated General Contractors of the Carolinas for construction industry professionals.
• ACG Raleigh DurhamminorOthersAssociation for Corporate Growth chapter supporting M&A and corporate development professionals.
• AICPA Private Companies Practice Section (PCPS)coreOthersMembership in AICPA's PCPS supporting quality standards for private company services.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Grant Thornton: US audit, tax, and advisory firm serving dynamic middle-market clients — competes with BRC for larger enterprise engagements in overlapping industries.
• RSM US: Leading provider of audit, tax, and consulting services focused on the middle market — comparable service portfolio and target customer base, but with substantially greater national and international scale.
• Crowe LLP: Major US public accounting and consulting firm serving middle-market companies with audit, tax, and advisory services — comparable service mix with broader national footprint.
• FORVIS: Top-10 US accounting firm formed from the merger of BKD and Dixon Hughes, offering the same assurance/tax/advisory platform as BRC but at significantly larger national scale — sets the competitive ceiling for BRC's addressable market.
• BDO USA: Top-5 global accounting network's US member firm providing assurance, tax, and advisory services to middle-market clients — directly competes with BRC for larger middle-market engagements.

Regional players

• Marks Paneth: Northeast US-based accounting and advisory firm with comparable middle-market and high-net-worth service lines; serves as a useful geographic analog of BRC's regional specialization, though operating in a different territory.

Direct peers

• Withum: Top-30 US accounting and advisory firm with comparable middle-market focus, industry specializations, and integrated service portfolio — similar scale and growth trajectory.
• Dixon Hughes Goodman (DHG): Top-20 US accounting and advisory firm headquartered in the Southeast with similar middle-market focus, industry-specialized assurance/tax/advisory services, and comparable scale to BRC. Direct overlap in target customers, service portfolio, and go-to-market approach.
• Cherry Bekaert: Large Southeast- and Mid-Atlantic-based CPA and advisory firm serving middle-market, government, nonprofit, and real estate clients with integrated assurance, tax, and advisory services — directly comparable to BRC's industry-segmented service model.
• Elliott Davis: Southeast US-based accounting and advisory firm of similar regional scale, with comparable industry specializations (real estate, healthcare, manufacturing) and integrated assurance/tax/advisory delivery.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A2 records

Investments

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