MBE CPAs

Name

MBE CPAs

Legal name

MBE CPAs

Website

https://mbecpa.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

MBE CPAs is a privately-held U.S. accounting firm providing accounting, audit, tax, and business consulting services to small and mid-sized businesses, high-net-worth individuals, and six specialized verticals including agribusiness, restaurants, manufacturing, construction, audiology, and hospitality.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Baraboo

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Services Revenue: MBE CPAs generates revenue through professional services engagements including accounting and bookkeeping, audit and assurance, business consulting and advisory, tax planning and compliance, trust and estates, and valuations. Revenue is derived from fee-for-service arrangements with both individual and business clients across various industries.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

MBE CPAs is a professional accounting firm delivering comprehensive accounting and bookkeeping, audit and assurance, tax planning and compliance, and business consulting and advisory services. The firm serves clients across multiple industry verticals including agribusiness, restaurants, manufacturing, construction, audiology, and hospitality, while also providing specialized tax and estate services for high-net-worth individuals. Services are delivered through a multi-office U.S. network with relationship-based, partner-led engagements.

Product overview

MBE CPAs offers a comprehensive suite of accounting, tax, and business consulting services delivered through a unified professional practice. The core service portfolio includes Accounting & Bookkeeping, Audit & Assurance (with specialized 401(k) and Title IV audit sub-products), Business Consulting & Advisory (encompassing business formation, restructuring, and valuations), and Tax Services (including high-net-worth planning, IRS audit representation, and trusts & estates). The firm serves diverse industries including Agribusiness, Audiology, Construction, Hospitality, Manufacturing, and Restaurants, with specialized subsector expertise in crop farms, dairy farms, forestry, livestock, creameries, meat processors, franchise restaurants, and specific restaurant brands like Culver's and pizzerias.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Accounting & Bookkeeping

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles8 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• BDO USA, P.C.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMBE CPAs is a member of the BDO Alliance USA, a national association of independent professional services firms. This alliance provides access to BDO resources, expertise, and support while maintaining MBE's local presence and autonomy. The partnership enables MBE to offer expanded capabilities and resources to clients while benefiting from BDO's national platform and methodologies.
• Brand House MarketingminorOthersBrand House Marketing is identified as the agency that designed the MBE CPAs website. This is a vendor relationship for marketing and design services.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Eide Bailly LLP: Top-25 regional CPA firm offering audit, tax, and advisory with industry practices in agribusiness, construction, manufacturing, and hospitality — directly comparable in scale, vertical mix, and relationship-driven GTM.
• Wipfli LLP: Top-25 U.S. accounting and advisory firm headquartered in Wisconsin serving industries including agriculture, manufacturing, construction, and hospitality — directly comparable to MBE's regional mid-market CPA profile and many of the same Midwest-rooted verticals.
• KerberRose CPA: Wisconsin-based regional CPA firm serving agribusiness, construction, and small-to-mid-sized businesses — comparable as a similarly sized Wisconsin-rooted firm with overlapping Midwestern vertical exposure.
• Forvis Mazars (formerly BKD): Top-10 U.S. CPA firm resulting from the BKD-and-Forvis merger, serving mid-market clients in agribusiness, manufacturing, construction, and hospitality — directly comparable by scale and vertical portfolio.
• Plante Moran: Top-15 U.S. accounting and business advisory firm with practices in manufacturing, agribusiness, and construction — highly comparable in vertical mix, mid-market orientation, and Midwest origin.
• CliftonLarsenAllen (CLA): Top-10 U.S. accounting firm focused on mid-market clients with deep industry specialization in agribusiness, construction, manufacturing, and restaurants — overlaps almost one-for-one with MBE's six target verticals and the same SMB-to-mid-market client profile.
• Baker Tilly US: Top-10 U.S. advisory, tax, and assurance firm serving mid-market clients with industry specializations overlapping MBE's manufacturing, construction, and hospitality verticals; similar client size tier and multi-office regional footprint.

Broad incumbents

• Crowe LLP: Top-10 U.S. public accounting and consulting firm serving mid-market and large clients across construction, manufacturing, and hospitality — relevant incumbent whose service breadth and scale frame the competitive ceiling for a regional specialist like MBE.
• RSM US LLP: Top-10 U.S. audit, tax, and consulting firm serving the middle market across manufacturing, construction, hospitality, and agribusiness — broadly comparable as a larger incumbent that competes for the same mid-market engagements MBE targets.
• BDO USA, P.C. Top-10 global accounting and advisory firm and the parent network behind the BDO Alliance USA that MBE belongs to — relevant as the alliance partner that extends MBE's reach and benchmarks service quality against a much larger incumbent.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/mbecpas
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mbecpas
• Instagraminstagram.com/mbecpas

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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