Cannon Wright Blount

Name

Cannon Wright Blount

Legal name

Ascent PLLC

Website

https://cannonwrightblount.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Memphis

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Accounting Services: Revenue generated from providing tailored accounting, tax, audit, and consulting services to individuals, businesses, and nonprofit organizations. Services are customized based on client needs and circumstances.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Ascent PLLC (formerly Cannon Wright Blount) is a professional accounting and advisory firm providing tax, audit, accounting, and consulting services. The firm delivers tailored solutions to three primary client segments: individuals and trusts, businesses, and nonprofit organizations and foundations, with an emphasis on understanding each client's circumstances and goals before customizing services.

Product overview

Ascent PLLC (formerly Cannon Wright Blount) is an accounting and advisory firm offering a unified suite of professional services including Tax, Audit, Accounting, and Consulting. The firm serves three primary client segments: Individuals & Trusts (including estate and trust planning), Businesses, and Nonprofits & Foundations. Services are delivered through a team of CPAs and accounting professionals, combining personalized attention with professional expertise.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Tax Services

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Reynolds Bone & Griesbeck (RBG): Memphis-headquartered regional CPA firm providing tax, audit, accounting, and advisory services to businesses, individuals, and not-for-profit clients. Direct local competitor to Ascent within the Memphis market, with very similar service segmentation and client mix.

Direct peers

• Horne LLP: Ridgeland, Mississippi-based regional accounting and advisory firm serving businesses, individuals, and government/middle-market clients across the Mid-South and Southeast. Geographic overlap with Ascent's Memphis/Mid-South stronghold and an overlapping service portfolio (tax, audit, advisory, wealth) make it a close peer.
• Plante Moran: Top-15 US accounting and business advisory firm serving mid-market and closely-held businesses, with audit, tax, consulting, and wealth services. Comparable to Ascent's full-service model for businesses and families, though considerably larger and headquartered in the Midwest.
• Eide Bailly LLP: Top-25 US accounting and advisory firm serving mid-market businesses, nonprofits, and individuals across the West and Midwest. Shares Ascent's full-stack CPA platform (tax, audit, advisory) and explicit nonprofit/government specialty, with a similar growth-by-acquisition streak.
• Wipfli LLP: Top-20 US accounting and advisory firm serving mid-market businesses, nonprofits, and individuals with a heavy SMB and nonprofit focus. Comparable to Ascent in its multi-segment CPA platform and strong nonprofit vertical, with distributed offices (Ascent's national reach ambition in peer form).
• Lattimore Black Morgan & Cain (LBMC): Headquartered in Brentwood/Nashville, Tennessee, LBMC is a large regional accounting and advisory firm serving businesses, individuals, and healthcare/life sciences clients across the Southeast. It is the most direct geographic and service-line comparable to Ascent, sharing a Tennessee base and a multi-segment CPA/advisory model.
• Carr, Riggs & Ingram (CRI): Large regional accounting firm with a Southeastern US footprint, providing tax, audit, advisory, and wealth services to businesses, individuals, and nonprofits. Direct comparable to Ascent in service mix, multi-segment client base, and regional-to-national growth trajectory.

Broad incumbents

• BDO USA: Top-5 US accounting firm offering assurance, tax, and advisory services across industries including substantial nonprofit and middle-market business coverage. Overlaps with Ascent across the full service portfolio, but operates at far greater scale and breadth — a broad incumbent setting competitive pressure on mid-market targets.
• Crowe LLP: Top-10 US accounting and advisory firm providing audit, tax, consulting, and risk services to mid-market and large clients nationwide, including a dedicated nonprofit practice. Comparable to Ascent in serving businesses and nonprofits, but with national reach and substantially broader specialty depth.

Emerging players

• Tate & Tryon: Washington, DC-based CPA and advisory firm exclusively focused on nonprofit and association clients (audit, tax, advisory). Narrower scope than Ascent, but exemplifies the nonprofit vertical specialization that Ascent uses as a differentiator, serving as a benchmark for depth in the segment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key highlights5 records

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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