What Sorab S Engineer And Co does

Sorab S. Engineer & Co. is an Indian chartered accountancy partnership firm established in 1914 and headquartered in Mumbai. It is one of the country's oldest continuously operating CA practices, with offices in Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Kanpur, and Savarkundla covering Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, and Uttar Pradesh. The firm employs between 60 and 100 persons (figures vary between the homepage and About page) and is led by partners with 20–50 years of professional experience, including a Managing Partner (N. D. Anklesaria) with over 50 years in practice and marquee mandates such as advising on a USD 1 billion-plus overseas bond offering.

The firm delivers professional services across five core verticals: Audit & Assurance (statutory audits, tax audits, internal audits, IND-AS/IFRS advisory, internal financial controls, risk advisory); Direct Taxes (corporate and personal tax, transfer pricing, withholding tax, advance pricing agreements); Indirect Taxes (GST, customs, foreign trade policy, legacy excise/service tax/VAT advisory); Business Advisory (M&A, demergers, joint ventures, valuations, corporate restructuring); and Accounting Business Process Outsourcing (financial accounting, account reconciliation, fixed assets management, global ERP implementation support). Service delivery is partner-driven and supported by IT-enabled audit and documentation processes running on proprietary software, with internal publications, training, and seminars for continuous knowledge development.

The firm generates revenue exclusively through professional services fees on a quote-based engagement model; pricing is not publicly disclosed and there is no subscription, product, or platform revenue line. Its client base consists of large and medium enterprises and institutions across 17+ verticals — pharmaceuticals, banking/financial services, NBFCs, insurance, manufacturing, engineering, chemicals, oil & gas, textiles, defence equipment, shipping, telecom, e-commerce, real estate, hospitality, education, and NGOs/charitable trusts. Go-to-market is primarily reputation- and referral-driven, supplemented by a LinkedIn presence, with no external funding, no parent company, and no institutional investors.

Name

Sorab S Engineer And Co

Legal name

Sorab S. Engineer & Co.

Website

https://sseco.in

Company type

Private

Founded year

1914

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Sorab S. Engineer & Co. is a 110-year-old Mumbai-headquartered Indian chartered accountancy partnership firm providing audit, taxation, business advisory, and accounting BPO services to large and medium enterprises across 17+ industry verticals through five offices in India.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Chartered Accountancy Services

NAICS

Offices of Certified Public Accountants (541211), Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services (5416)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Due Diligence Advisory (Commercial/Financial/Operational) (BPAHADAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Due Diligence & Investigative Research (BPAHALAI)

Keywords

• Chartered accountancy services
• Audit and assurance
• Tax advisory services
• Business advisory services
• Accounting outsourcing

Headquarters

HQ city

Mumbai

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Services Fees: Revenue generated through professional fees for assurance, taxation, accounting, advisory, and consulting services delivered to corporate and institutional clients. Services include statutory audits, tax compliance, business advisory, M&A support, and BPO services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Sorab S. Engineer & Co. is a chartered accountancy firm providing audit and assurance, direct and indirect tax advisory, business advisory (M&A, valuation, restructuring), and accounting business process outsourcing services to large and medium businesses and institutions across India. Engagements are delivered by partner-led teams with 20-50 years of professional experience in an IT-enabled environment.

Product overview

Sorab S. Engineer & Co. is a chartered accountant firm offering a comprehensive suite of professional services organized into five core service lines: Audit & Assurance, Direct Taxes, Indirect Taxes, Business Advisory, and Accounting Business Process Outsourcing. The firm operates as a full-service professional entity with specialized teams managing each vertical, providing clients a single-window partner-driven approach in an IT-enabled environment. Services span statutory and tax audits, IFRS/IND-AS conversion, internal financial controls, transfer pricing, GST compliance, M&A advisory, valuation, and outsourced accounting functions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Audit & Assurance Assurance services including financial statements audit, IND-AS and IFRS advisory, internal financial controls testing, and risk advisory for statutory, tax, and internal audits across various industries.
• Direct Taxes Tax advisory and compliance services covering personal tax, corporate tax, tax due diligence, transfer pricing audits, withholding tax advisory, and advance pricing agreement assignments.
• Indirect Taxes Indirect tax management system advisory covering GST, customs, foreign trade policies, and legacy laws including excise, service tax and VAT, along with GST compliance and statutory audit services.
• Business Advisory M&A advisory, valuation services for mergers, acquisitions, demergers, joint ventures, and corporate restructuring services for unlocking shareholder value and optimizing holding structures.
• Accounting Business Process Outsourcing Outsourced accounting services including financial accounting, account reconciliation, and fixed assets management with expertise in global ERP software implementations.

Quantifiable outcome

• Successfully assisted leading financial institution to raise over 1 Billion US Dollar bonds in overseas offering

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

Feature1 record

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• BDO India LLP: Indian member of BDO Global, providing audit, tax, and advisory services. Targets similar client segments to SSE (mid-market corporates, family businesses) with international network support and broader practice areas.
• Deloitte Haskins & Sells: Indian affiliate of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, one of India's largest CA firms. Competes with SSE on audit, tax, and advisory for large listed companies and multinationals, but operates at significantly larger scale with global methodology, proprietary technology, and broader industry coverage.
• Grant Thornton Bharat LLP: Indian member firm of Grant Thornton International, offering audit, tax, and advisory services. Competes with SSE on mid-market and large-cap mandates, with international network backing and broader service portfolio.
• S.R. Batliboi & Co LLP: Indian audit practice affiliate of Ernst & Young, one of India's largest CA firms. Directly competes with SSE on enterprise audit, tax, and M&A advisory, with deeper resources, technology platforms, and global reach through EY network.
• BSR & Co. LLP: Indian audit practice affiliate of KPMG. Competes with SSE for large corporate audits, IND-AS/IFRS advisory, and complex transactions, with substantially larger bench and global methodology.
• Price Waterhouse & Co: Indian affiliate of PwC, one of the top CA firms in India. Directly competes with SSE on audit, tax, and advisory for listed and large private companies, but with significantly broader scale and global capabilities.

Direct peers

• C.C. Chokshi & Co: Established Mumbai-based chartered accountancy firm with similar heritage, multi-office Indian presence, and full-service audit/tax/advisory offering. Directly comparable to SSE on legacy, scale, and target client segments.
• Lodha & Co: One of India's largest and oldest chartered accountancy firms, founded in 1941, headquartered in Mumbai. Competes with SSE across audit, tax, and advisory for mid- to large-cap corporates, with similar multi-office, partner-driven model and comparable vintage in the Indian market.
• N.M. Raiji & Co: Long-established Mumbai-based chartered accountancy firm with similar vintage, multi-office presence, and full-service audit/tax/advisory practice. Comparable in size and target client profile to SSE.
• R.K. Khanna & Co: Established Indian chartered accountancy firm with similar long-standing heritage, multi-office presence, and full-service audit/tax/advisory offering targeting listed and large private companies.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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