Big Eight accounting firms

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accounting firm group of accounting firms professional services networks

The Big Eight accounting firms were the dominant group of large international professional services networks that led the global audit and accounting industry before a series of mergers reduced them to today’s Big Four.

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Surface form Occurrences
Big Six accounting firms 2
Arthur Andersen 0
Arthur Young 0

Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf accounting firm ⓘ
group of accounting firms ⓘ
professional services networks ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Big 8 accounting firms NERFINISHED ⓘ
composition Arthur Andersen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Arthur Young NERFINISHED ⓘ
Coopers & Lybrand NERFINISHED ⓘ
Deloitte Haskins & Sells NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ernst & Whinney NERFINISHED ⓘ
Peat Marwick Mitchell NERFINISHED ⓘ
Price Waterhouse NERFINISHED ⓘ
Touche Ross NERFINISHED ⓘ
country International ⓘ
derivedFrom Big Eight accounting firms NERFINISHED ⓘ
dissolved 2002 ⓘ
dominantIn global accounting services market ⓘ
global audit market ⓘ
era before 1990s consolidation ⓘ
followedBy Big Four accounting firms NERFINISHED ⓘ
industry accounting ⓘ
audit ⓘ
mergedInto Deloitte & Touche NERFINISHED ⓘ
Deloitte & Touche NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ernst & Young NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ernst & Young NERFINISHED ⓘ
KPMG NERFINISHED ⓘ
PricewaterhouseCoopers NERFINISHED ⓘ
PricewaterhouseCoopers NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent series of mergers in late 1980s and 1990s ⓘ
precededBy earlier large accounting firm groupings ⓘ
providedService financial statement audit ⓘ
management consulting ⓘ
tax advisory ⓘ
reasonForDecline mergers among member firms ⓘ
reasonForReductionToBigFour firm mergers and collapse of Arthur Andersen ⓘ
status defunct grouping ⓘ
temporalExtent 20th century ⓘ

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Price Waterhouse → partOf → Big Eight accounting firms ⓘ
Price Waterhouse → partOf → Big Eight accounting firms ⓘ
this entity surface form: Big Six accounting firms
Price, Waterhouse & Co. → memberOf → Big Eight accounting firms ⓘ
Price, Waterhouse & Co. → memberOf → Big Eight accounting firms ⓘ
this entity surface form: Big Six accounting firms