Grant Thornton Austria GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungs- und Steuerberatungs

What Grant Thornton Austria GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungs- und Steuerberatungs does

Grant Thornton Austria GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungs- und Steuerberatungs is an Austrian mid-tier professional services firm operating in tax advisory, statutory audit, and consulting/advisory services. It is the Austrian member firm of Grant Thornton International, a global network spanning more than 150 markets, and serves a mix of SMEs, large enterprises, and listed companies across at least ten industry verticals including real estate, financial services, public sector, manufacturing, energy, and non-profits. The firm runs approximately 250-300 professionals, including 23 partners, across three offices in Vienna, Wiener Neustadt, and Klagenfurt.

The firm's core products comprise statutory and voluntary audits, tax compliance and structuring, transaction and valuation advisory, and a growing Sustainability/ESG practice covering CSRD/ESRS reporting, EmpCo compliance, and Green Claims Directive advisory. Its underlying technology stack includes proprietary data-analytics tooling — notably gt.Vendor-Analyzer — and AI-augmented end-to-end accounting workflows. The firm has obtained ISO 27001 (information security) and ISO 42001 (AI management system) certifications, positioning AI governance as a formal rather than informal capability.

The business model is engagement-based professional services: revenue is generated through fees on audit, tax, and advisory mandates, with cross-sell across the three service lines following a 2025 reorganization. Distribution leans on the Grant Thornton International network for cross-border mandates, partner-led origination, and reputational signals such as the Leitbetrieb Austria certification and Employer-of-the-Year recognition to compete against Big Four and other mid-tier firms in the Austrian market.

Name

Grant Thornton Austria GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungs- und Steuerberatungs

Legal name

Grant Thornton Austria GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungs- und Steuerberatungsgesellschaft

Website

https://grantthornton.at

Company type

Private

Founded year

1974

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Grant Thornton Austria is an Austrian mid-tier audit, tax, and advisory firm (~250-300 professionals, 23 partners, three offices) serving SMEs, large enterprises, and listed companies across multiple verticals as the local member of Grant Thornton International's global network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Vienna

HQ country

Austria

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Audit Services: Annual and consolidated financial statement audits, review engagements, IT audit, internal audit, and special attestations. Revenue is generated through professional service fees for assurance engagements.
2. Tax Advisory Services: Corporate tax, international tax, transfer pricing, VAT, private wealth, real estate tax, global mobility, tax controversy, and tax technology services. Revenue is generated through consulting fees for tax advisory engagements.
3. Advisory Services: Valuation, forensic services, cyber security, sustainability services, transaction support, M&A, restructuring, litigation support, blockchain and crypto asset advisory. Revenue generated through project-based advisory fees.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Grant Thornton Austria is a professional services firm delivering integrated Tax, Audit and Advisory services to corporate clients in Austria. The firm provides corporate tax advisory, international tax structuring, transfer pricing, audit of annual and consolidated financial statements, IT and internal audit, valuation, forensic, cyber security, sustainability and ESG advisory, M&A, restructuring and transaction support services. As a member firm of Grant Thornton International Ltd, it leverages a global network across 150+ countries to serve cross-border engagements.

Product overview

Grant Thornton Austria operates as a professional services firm providing integrated tax, audit, and advisory services to corporate clients. The firm's service portfolio is organized into three core pillars: Tax Services (covering corporate tax, international tax, transfer pricing, and tax technology), Audit Services (covering financial statement audits, IT audits, and internal audits), and Advisory Services (covering M&A, valuation, forensic, cyber security, and sustainability). The firm is not a software product company but rather a consulting practice that may leverage technology tools in delivering its professional services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Tax Services
• Audit Services
• Advisory Services

Segments11 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Grant Thornton International Ltd (GTIL)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerGrant Thornton Austria is a member firm of Grant Thornton International Ltd, a global network of independent audit and advisory firms operating in over 150 countries with over 80,000 employees. GTIL is a non-operational umbrella organisation. Member firms are independently owned and operated, sharing the Grant Thornton brand and methodology. The partnership provides access to cross-border advisory capabilities, global audit technology, and international client referrals.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• PKF Austria: PKF Austria is a member of PKF International, offering audit, tax and advisory services to mid-market Austrian clients — a comparable mid-tier peer with similar service-line structure.
• BDO Austria: BDO Austria is the Austrian member of BDO Global, the closest direct competitor to Grant Thornton in Austria's mid-tier audit/tax/advisory market, serving SMEs, large enterprises and listed companies with the same three-pillar service model.
• Forvis Mazars Austria: Forvis Mazars (formerly Mazars) Austria is the Austrian member of the Forvis Mazars international network, offering audit, tax and advisory services with similar mid-tier positioning and comparable target segments.
• Baker Tilly Austria: Baker Tilly Austria is part of the Baker Tilly global network, providing audit, tax and advisory services to Austrian SMEs and listed companies — a close head-to-head mid-tier competitor with comparable service breadth.
• Crowe Austria: Crowe Austria, part of Crowe Global, delivers audit, tax and advisory services focused on mid-market and listed companies in Austria — directly comparable in scale and service mix.
• RSM Austria: RSM Austria is the Austrian member of RSM International, another top-6 global mid-tier network providing audit, tax and advisory services to mid-market Austrian clients — directly comparable in positioning, scale and target customer base.
• LeitnerLeitner: LeitnerLeitner is a leading Austrian tax advisory and audit firm with strong CEE presence, competing directly with Grant Thornton Austria on transfer pricing, international tax and audit mandates.
• TPA Austria: TPA is one of Austria's largest independent tax advisory and audit firms (Baker Tilly network affiliate), directly competing with Grant Thornton Austria in tax compliance, transfer pricing and audit services for SMEs and large corporates.

Broad incumbents

• Deloitte Austria: Deloitte Austria is one of the Big Four in Austria, dominating large-enterprise audit, tax and advisory mandates — provides overlapping capability across all of Grant Thornton's service lines but as part of a much larger global portfolio.
• KPMG Austria: KPMG Austria is another Big Four incumbent, leading in audit of large Austrian corporates and listed companies, and a key competitor for enterprise advisory mandates that Grant Thornton Austria also targets.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Subsidiaries10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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