SARB Associates - India

Name

SARB Associates - India

Legal name

S A R B & Associates

Website

https://sarb.co.in

Company type

Private

Founded year

1978

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Delhi

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Services - Tax Consultancy: Revenue generated from providing tax advisory, planning, and compliance services including direct taxation, indirect taxation, transfer pricing, and expatriate taxation.
2. Auditing & Assurance: Revenue from statutory audits, internal audits, tax audits, GST audits, stock audits, and trust audits for corporate clients.
3. Company Formation & Registration: Fees from assisting domestic and foreign companies with incorporation, registration with ROC, FEMA compliance, and setting up liaison offices, project offices, and branch offices in India.
4. Accounts Outsourcing: Recurring revenue from bookkeeping, financial statement preparation, payroll processing, and cash forecasting services provided on a retainer or project basis.
5. Corporate Compliance: Fees for statutory compliance services including ROC filings, board meeting consultancy, AGM assistance, and Companies Act compliance.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

SARB Associates is a chartered accountant firm offering professional services spanning direct and indirect taxation, transfer pricing, statutory and internal auditing, GST registration and compliance, company formation and incorporation, accounts outsourcing, corporate compliance under the Companies Act, foreign direct investment (FDI) approvals, and expatriate taxation. The firm is partner-led and serves domestic companies, startups, and foreign entities seeking to establish operations in India across its offices in Delhi, Ghaziabad, Agra, and Aligarh.

Product overview

SARB Associates is a chartered accountant firm offering a comprehensive suite of professional services including GST registration and compliances, taxation services (both direct and indirect), company incorporation, accounts outsourcing, foreign investment approvals, auditing, corporate compliance, transfer pricing, and taxation of expatriates. The firm operates as a service-based professional practice rather than a unified software product, providing these services across multiple cities in Northern India (Delhi, Ghaziabad, Agra, Aligarh) with a team of 7 partners supported by chartered accountants, management graduates, company secretaries, and cost accountants.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Foreign Investment Approvals
• Auditing and Assurance
• Transfer Pricing
• Company Formation in India
• Business Taxation
• GST Registration and Compliance
• Corporate Compliance
• Accounts Outsourcing
• Taxation of Expatriates

Named customers3 records

Segments4 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 moves4 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• EY India: Big 4 professional services firm in India offering audit, tax, transaction advisory, and consulting. Directly overlaps with SARB's audit and tax service lines at the upper end of the market.
• KPMG India: Big 4 professional services firm in India offering audit, tax, advisory, and consulting with full national coverage. Represents the large incumbent competitor that mid-tier firms like SARB face on enterprise mandates.
• Deloitte India: Big 4 professional services firm in India with broad audit, tax, consulting, and financial advisory capabilities. Represents the large incumbent competitor in the same audit and tax service categories.

Direct peers

• Grant Thornton India: Indian member of Grant Thornton International, offering audit, tax, and advisory services with strong cross-border FDI and inbound investment capabilities. Highly comparable in service mix and mid-market positioning.
• ASA & Associates LLP: Mid-sized Indian chartered accountancy firm providing audit, tax, and corporate advisory services. Closely comparable in scale, multi-disciplinary team structure, and service offering.
• Lodha & Co: Established Indian chartered accountancy firm offering audit, tax, and corporate advisory services across India. Comparable as an Indian partnership-based CA firm with similar service breadth.
• BDO India: Indian member firm of BDO Global, providing audit, tax, advisory, and accounting outsourcing services to domestic and multinational clients. Directly comparable as a full-service professional services firm competing for the same mid-market and FDI entry mandates.
• Nangia Advisors: India-focused tax, regulatory, and advisory firm specializing in FDI, transfer pricing, and inbound investment. Comparable mid-sized firm targeting similar foreign multinational and domestic corporate segments.
• Singhi & Co: Mid-sized Indian chartered accountancy firm providing audit, tax, consulting, and risk advisory services. Comparable in scale and service mix, with cross-border capabilities relevant to FDI clients.

Emerging players

• ClearTax (Defmacro Software): India-based tax-tech platform automating GST, income tax, and compliance filings. Adjacent competitor representing the technology-driven disruption risk to traditional CA firm compliance revenue.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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