Hinkle & Company

What Hinkle & Company does

Hinkle & Company PC is a privately held, licensed CPA firm headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with a second office in Greenwood Village, Colorado. The firm provides audit & assurance, income tax preparation and planning, small business accounting (financial statements, payroll, sales tax), and ancillary services such as business consulting, internal audit, and litigation support. Its core delivery model is professional services — fees charged on engagement scope and complexity — with no publicly disclosed pricing, no digital channel marketing, and no productized technology platform.

The firm concentrates on five primary verticals: higher education institutions, non-profit organizations (foundations, trusts, churches, service organizations), cities and counties, school districts, and governmental authorities, alongside small commercial businesses in manufacturing, construction, real estate, and professional services. Its stated differentiators are vertical-specific expertise (especially in higher education foundations and component units), personal attention from senior credentialed professionals (CPA, CIA, CISA, CFE), and long-term client relationships — reinforced by clients who return after mandatory auditor rotation cycles. Geographic reach spans Oklahoma, Colorado, Western Arkansas, Southern Kansas, Northern New Mexico, and Southern Wyoming.

Hinkle & Company extends its service set through an affiliate relationship with Forensic & Valuation Resources, pllc (FVR), which delivers litigation support, business valuations, fraud examinations, and M&A advisory. The firm is privately owned by its managing principals, has no disclosed external investment, and operates with 11–50 employees. Note that the founding year is inconsistently reported across sources — 1997 per firmographics versus 2004 per a separate source; the firm itself claims 20+ years of auditing experience.

Name

Hinkle & Company

Legal name

Hinkle & Company PC

Website

https://hinklecpas.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Hinkle & Company PC is a privately held regional CPA firm headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with a second office in Greenwood Village, Colorado. It provides audit, tax, accounting, and litigation support services primarily to higher education institutions, non-profits, governmental entities, and small businesses across six states.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Accounting & Audit Services

NAICS

Offices of Certified Public Accountants (541211)

akta.pro primary industry

Business Valuation & Litigation Support (BPAHABAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Fraud Risk Management & Anti-Bribery/Anti-Corruption (ABAC) (BPAHAFAL), Purchase Price Allocation (PPA) & Intangible Asset Valuation (FSAEAHAF)

Keywords

• Audit assurance services
• Income tax preparation
• Governmental accounting
• Nonprofit audit
• Small business accounting

Headquarters

HQ city

Tulsa

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Audit & Assurance Services: Provides audits, reviews, compilations, agreed-upon procedures, and internal audit services for governmental entities, non-profits, educational institutions, and commercial businesses. Revenue generated through professional service fees for assurance engagements.
2. Income Tax Services: Individual and business income tax preparation and planning services. Includes corporate (Form 1120), S-corporation (Form 1120S), and partnership (Form 1065) returns. Revenue generated through tax preparation and advisory fees.
3. Small Business Services: Financial statement preparation, payroll services, sales tax reporting, and business consulting. Revenue from ongoing accounting and bookkeeping service engagements.
4. Litigation Support & Business Valuations: Provided through affiliated company Forensic & Valuation Resources, pllc (FVR) including contract damage calculations, lost profits, fraud examinations, and divorce services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Hinkle & Company PC is a licensed CPA firm that provides audit and assurance, income tax preparation and planning, small business accounting, and consulting services. The firm serves governmental entities, non-profits, higher education institutions, and small-to-medium commercial businesses through offices in Tulsa, Oklahoma and Greenwood Village, Colorado. Litigation support, business valuations, and fraud examination are delivered through an affiliated firm, Forensic & Valuation Resources, pllc (FVR).

Product overview

Hinkle & Company PC is a traditional CPA firm offering a unified portfolio of professional services rather than a technology platform. The core offerings consist of Audit & Assurance (audits, reviews, compilations, agreed-upon procedures), Income Tax Services (individual and business tax preparation and planning), Small Business Services (financial statements, payroll, sales tax), and Other Services (consulting, valuations, litigation support). The firm also provides affiliate services through Forensic & Valuation Resources, pllc (FVR) for specialized litigation support, business valuations, and fraud examination services. Services are delivered through offices in Tulsa, Oklahoma and Greenwood Village, Colorado with a focus on governmental entities, higher education, non-profits, and small businesses.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Audit & Assurance Provides audits, reviews, compilations, and agreed-upon procedures for governmental entities, higher education institutions, non-profit organizations, and commercial businesses.
• Income Tax Services Provides individual and business income tax preparation, planning, and compliance services, including corporate (Form 1120), S-corporation (Form 1120S), partnership (Form 1065), and non-profit returns.
• Small Business Services Encompasses financial statement preparation, payroll services, and sales tax services for small businesses, entrepreneurs, and family-owned companies.
• Other Services Includes business consulting, business valuations, litigation support services, internal audit services, and general ledger preparation assistance for commercial and non-profit clients.
• Litigation Support Services Business valuations and litigation support services including contract damage calculations, lost profits, lost wages, and divorce services, delivered through affiliate Forensic & Valuation Resources, pllc (FVR).
• Fraud Examinations and Prevention Fraud examination and fraud prevention services provided through the firm's affiliate Forensic & Valuation Resources, pllc (FVR).

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Forensic & Valuation Resources, pllc (FVR)minorOthersAffiliated firm providing litigation support services such as contract damage calculations, lost profits, lost wages, divorce services, fraud examinations and prevention, and business valuations for litigation support, gift & estate taxation, and mergers & acquisitions.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Wipfli LLP: Major regional CPA firm with a strong governmental and nonprofit audit practice across the central U.S.; offers a similar mix of audit, tax, and advisory services to Hinkle but at significantly larger scale.
• Forvis Mazars (formerly BKD CPAs & Advisors): Large national accounting firm with one of the deepest higher education and government audit practices in the U.S.; competes for the same regional higher ed and government RFPs that Hinkle targets but operates at substantially greater scale.
• Plante Moran: Large Midwest-based CPA firm with a dedicated governmental practice serving state, local, higher education, and nonprofit clients; competes in adjacent geographies for similar engagements at much greater scale.
• BDO USA: Top-10 U.S. accounting firm with a Government & Public Sector practice that competes for larger higher education, governmental, and nonprofit engagements that Hinkle cannot bid on.
• RSM US LLP: Major national accounting firm with dedicated public sector, higher education, and nonprofit industry practices that overlap with Hinkle's service mix but at materially larger scale and broader geography.

Direct peers

• HoganTaylor LLP: Oklahoma-based regional CPA firm providing audit, tax, and advisory services to closely overlapping client segments including governmental, nonprofit, and small business clients in the same primary geography as Hinkle & Company.
• Eide Bailly LLP: Top-30 U.S. regional CPA firm with established Oklahoma and Colorado offices and dedicated governmental, higher education, and nonprofit practices that closely mirror Hinkle's specialization and regional footprint.
• Crowe LLP: National CPA firm with a dedicated higher education and government practice that competes for many of the same audit engagements; similar specialty focus on public sector and nonprofit audits.
• RubinBrown LLP: Midwest-based regional CPA with a dedicated Government Services and Nonprofit group; competes for similar governmental, higher education, and nonprofit audit work across adjacent geographies.
• KerberRose LLP: Oklahoma-based regional CPA firm providing audit, tax, and advisory services to small businesses, governments, and nonprofits, directly overlapping with Hinkle's Oklahoma client base.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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