Accounting Affiliates

What Accounting Affiliates does

Accounting Affiliates is a certified public accounting (CPA) firm headquartered in Des Plaines, Illinois, that has served clients in the Chicago metropolitan area for over 30 years since its founding in 1987. The firm provides a comprehensive suite of professional financial services to corporations, business owners, executives, and independent professionals. Its service portfolio spans nine documented offerings: accounting and bookkeeping, individual and business income tax preparation, financial statement preparation, trusts and estates tax preparation, sales and payroll tax compliance, business consulting, and accounting software management. The primary customer segment is small business owners seeking accurate and timely financial information for short- and long-term decision-making, with secondary segments in independent professionals and corporate and executive clients.

The firm operates without proprietary technology. No software platform, API, mobile application, or technology product offering is disclosed; services are delivered using standard professional accounting software. There is no evidence of AI or ML capabilities, patents, integrations, third-party model dependencies, or technology differentiation in the input data. The firm's competitive position rests on professional expertise—the team collectively holds over 150 years of accounting experience—and personal service rather than technology.

Accounting Affiliates operates as a traditional professional services firm with a sales-led, direct client engagement go-to-market. Revenue is generated through billable engagements for accounting, tax, and advisory services, with fees varying by scope and complexity; pricing is not publicly disclosed and is quote-based. The firm's sole documented marketing channel is a website contact form, and it relies primarily on local reputation within the Chicago business community. The firm has 1–10 employees, no disclosed funding rounds, no parent company, no acquisitions or divestitures, no leadership changes, and no partnerships documented in the available data.

Name

Accounting Affiliates

Legal name

Accounting Affiliates

Website

https://accounting-affiliates.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Accounting Affiliates is a Des Plaines, Illinois-based CPA firm founded in 1987 that provides bookkeeping, accounting, tax preparation, payroll tax, and business consulting services to small business owners, corporations, executives, and independent professionals in the Chicago metropolitan area.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Accounting Services

NAICS

Offices of Certified Public Accountants (541211)

akta.pro primary industry

Financial Reporting & Technical Accounting Advisory (GAAP/IFRS) (BPAHABAF)

Keywords

• Accounting services
• Tax preparation
• Bookkeeping services
• Financial statements
• Business consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Des Plaines

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Accounting and Tax Services: Professional services revenue generated through billable engagements for accounting, bookkeeping, tax preparation, and business consulting services. Revenue is derived from fees for service delivered to corporations, business owners, executives, and independent professionals.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Accounting Affiliates is a CPA firm that provides traditional accounting and tax services to corporations, business owners, executives, and independent professionals in the Chicago metropolitan area. Core offerings include accounting and bookkeeping, individual and business income tax preparation, trust and estate tax preparation, sales and payroll tax compliance, financial statement preparation, business consulting, and accounting software management. Services are delivered as direct, quote-based professional engagements rather than through any software platform.

Product overview

Accounting Affiliates is a certified public accounting (CPA) firm offering a unified set of professional financial services rather than a technology product platform. The core service portfolio includes accounting and bookkeeping, tax preparation (individual and business), financial statements, trusts and estates, and sales and payroll taxes. Additional advisory services include business consulting and accounting software management. All services are delivered through traditional professional service delivery, without a software platform or technology product component.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

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 indicators3 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Emerging players

• Pilot.com: Tech-enabled bookkeeping, accounting, and CFO services for small businesses and startups. Comparable service offerings (bookkeeping, tax, financial statements) but delivered via technology platform rather than local in-person service.
• Bench.co: Online bookkeeping service pairing software with dedicated accountants for small businesses. Directly comparable in bookkeeping and financial-statement services, with a different delivery model.
• Botkeeper: AI-augmented bookkeeping service combining automation with human accountants. Competes with traditional CPA firm bookkeeping offerings and represents the automation risk facing the anchor.

Direct peers

• Liberty Tax: Tax preparation franchise focused on individual and small business returns. Comparable in core tax offerings and small business / individual customer segments.
• H&R Block: National tax preparation and bookkeeping chain offering individual and small business tax and accounting services. Directly comparable in core tax-preparation and bookkeeping offerings to Accounting Affiliates' small business and individual client base.
• Jackson Hewitt: Tax preparation franchise network serving individuals and small businesses. Comparable in target customer (individuals and small business owners) and core tax-preparation service line.

Broad incumbents

• BDO USA: Large global accounting network providing audit, tax, and advisory services. Comparable in service categories, but serves much larger clients than a 1-10 person local practice.
• Marcum LLP: Large national accounting firm offering audit, tax, advisory, and compliance services. Comparable in service breadth (accounting, tax, consulting) but operates at a substantially larger scale than the anchor.
• RSM US: Major mid-market accounting and advisory firm with full tax, audit, and consulting capabilities. Comparable service portfolio but scaled to mid-market and enterprise clients.

Others

• Insperity: HR and payroll services provider that bundles payroll-tax and benefits administration. Adjacent overlap with Accounting Affiliates' payroll-tax services and small business client base.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/AccountingAffiliates

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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