KDN & Associates

What KDN & Associates does

K D N & Associates LLP is a privately held chartered accountancy firm founded in 2010 and headquartered in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. The firm delivers professional services across three broad practice areas: compliance (income tax, GST, payroll, ROC filings, accounting system design), assurance (statutory and internal audit), and advisory (corporate services including mergers, acquisitions, de-mergers and corporate re-organizations, corporate finance including private placement and working capital, and FEMA/RBI advisory for non-residents). It serves business clients in Ahmedabad and the surrounding Gujarat market on a direct-engagement basis, with no disclosed channel partners or franchise model.

The firm operates as a traditional time-and-fees professional services practice rather than a technology platform. Its service portfolio is delivered through human-led advisory engagements at the Ahmedabad office, supplemented by a digital knowledge bank on the firm website that includes tax/GST/TDS calculators, an EMI and home loan calculator suite, RERA calculators, regulatory bulletins (RBI/SEBI, Income Tax, GST, FEMA, IND-AS, Labour Laws, Company Law), and a tax and compliance calendar. Marketing and client acquisition rely on organic channels: the firm website, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. No proprietary software product, API, mobile app, or technology platform is disclosed.

The business model is engagement-based professional services revenue with no publicly disclosed fee schedules, pricing tiers, or contract structures. The firm has 11-50 employees, operates as a single LLP entity in India, and has no disclosed subsidiaries, parent company, funding rounds, institutional investors, partnerships, or acquisitions. No named customers, case studies, awards, patents, or partner identities are publicly disclosed in the available data.

Name

KDN & Associates

Legal name

K D N & Associates LLP

Website

https://kdnassociates.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

KDN & Associates is a privately held chartered accountancy firm in Ahmedabad, India, founded in 2010, offering audit, tax, GST, corporate finance, M&A advisory, payroll, and FEMA services to business clients in the Gujarat market.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Chartered Accountancy & Tax Advisory Services

NAICS

Offices of Certified Public Accountants (541211), Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services (54121)

SIC

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Transaction Services (Financial, Tax & Commercial Due Diligence) (BPAHAOAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Industry-Specialist / Sector-Focused M&A Advisory (FSAEAGAJ)

Keywords

• Chartered accountancy services
• Tax advisory services
• Audit and assurance
• Corporate compliance services
• Accounting and payroll

Headquarters

HQ city

Ahmedabad

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

K D N & Associates LLP is a chartered accountancy firm that delivers professional services including statutory and internal audit, income tax consultancy and advance rulings, corporate advisory (mergers, acquisitions, de-mergers, reorganizations), corporate finance advisory (private placements, inter-corporate deposits, term loans, working capital limits), services for non-residents (RBI applications for property transactions), accounting system design and financial accounting, payroll processing with statutory deductions, corporate governance advisory, and GST migration and registration. Engagements are delivered on a fee-for-service basis to business clients from its Ahmedabad office.

Product overview

K D N & Associates LLP is a leading chartered accountancy firm providing comprehensive professional services. The firm operates as a single-service offering model (not a platform-plus-modules architecture), delivering professional advisory services rather than software products. Core services include Audit, Income Tax consultancy, Corporate Services (M&A, reorganizations), Corporate Finance, Services for Non-Residents, Accounting Services, Payroll, Corporate Governance, and Goods & Service Tax. The firm also provides supplementary digital tools including a Tax & Compliance Calendar and Knowledge Bank Calculators (GST, Tax, TDS, Home Loan, EMI, and others) primarily for client use and awareness purposes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Audit Services In-depth study of existing systems, procedures and controls to provide a proper understanding of the client's organization, delivered as a chartered accountancy engagement for business clients.
• Income Tax Services Consultancy on intricate matters pertaining to Income Tax and obtaining Advance Tax Rulings, delivered to business and individual clients with tax filing and advisory needs.
• Corporate Services Planning for Mergers, Acquisitions, De-mergers and Corporate re-organizations, provided as advisory services to businesses undergoing structural change.
• Corporate Finance Advisory on private placement of shares, Inter-Corporate Deposits, term loans and working capital limits, delivered to businesses seeking capital raising and financing solutions.
• Services for Non-Residents Making applications to the Reserve Bank of India for matters including sale and purchase of residential properties, targeted at non-resident Indians (NRIs) with India property transactions.
• Accounting Services Accounting System Design & Implementation and Financial Accounting services for businesses needing books of account, financial reporting and accounting process setup.
• Payroll Services Payroll processing with statutory deductions as per applicable laws including Income Tax, Provident Fund and Professional Tax, delivered to businesses outsourcing payroll administration.
• Benefits of Outsourcing Outsourced finance and accounting delivery providing enhanced reporting capabilities for more timely and accurate financial data, targeted at businesses seeking to externalize back-office finance functions.
• Corporate Governance Advisory combining applicable laws, regulations, procedures and implicit rules for proper corporate management, targeted at companies seeking governance and board-level compliance support.
• Goods & Service Tax (GST) GST Migrations and Registrations services delivered to businesses transitioning into the GST regime or setting up new GST registrations.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• BDO India: BDO India is a mid-tier professional services network providing audit, tax, M&A advisory, and corporate finance services that directly overlap with KDN's service lines, particularly for mid-market clients.
• RSM India: RSM India is a mid-tier network firm offering audit, tax, and consulting services comparable to KDN, competing for the same SME and mid-market client base across India.
• Lodha & Co: Lodha & Co is a long-standing Indian chartered accountancy firm offering audit, tax, and corporate advisory services comparable to KDN's full-service CA practice model, including transaction support.
• Manubhai & Shah: An Ahmedabad-based chartered accountancy firm providing audit, tax, and corporate advisory services, making it the closest geographic direct competitor to KDN in the Gujarat market.
• Grant Thornton India (Bharat Rughani & Co): Grant Thornton India offers audit, tax, and transaction advisory services for mid-market Indian businesses, with overlapping M&A, tax, and compliance offerings tailored to the same segment as KDN.

Emerging players

• ClearTax: ClearTax is a tech-first Indian tax and compliance platform that overlaps with KDN's income tax, GST, and TDS services, but delivers them via software rather than partner-led engagements.
• Tax2Win (KDK Software): Tax2Win is an India tax-filing and compliance platform that offers fixed-price income tax and GST services, encroaching on the SME compliance work that KDN traditionally serves.
• KNAV International (KNAV CPA): An emerging mid-tier accounting firm in India providing audit, tax, and advisory services for mid-market and cross-border clients - a comparable scale challenger competing with KDN.

Broad incumbents

• Deloitte India (Deloitte Haskins & Sells): Deloitte India is one of the Big Four operating in the same audit, tax, and corporate finance space as KDN, but at significantly greater scale and a broader service portfolio.
• PwC India: PwC India provides audit, tax, and advisory services competing across the same Indian regulatory and corporate finance landscape as KDN, but at a much larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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