Statistics
Accounting statistics, with their sources
Every number on these pages links to the document it came from and states the date that document gives. Figures we could not trace to a primary source are left out rather than rounded off.
Alongside the government and industry figures are our own: what we found reading every firm website in the directoryand matching every listing to the IRS preparer file. Those are marked as original data.
Accountant shortage statistics 2026
How fast the CPA pipeline is shrinking, what the shortage costs companies, how pay is responding, and what states are changing. Every figure sourced.
41 figures · checked Oct 10, 2026
Accounting industry statistics 2026
How many accountants, CPAs and firms the US has, what they earn and charge, who files the returns, and where the software money goes. Every figure sourced.
54 figures · checked Oct 10, 2026
Bookkeeping statistics 2026
The bookkeeping workforce, what small businesses do about their books, what it costs, the software, and what bad books cost in fraud and tax. All sourced.
40 figures · checked Oct 10, 2026
Tax preparer statistics 2026
How many paid tax preparers there are, what credentials they hold, how many returns they file, what it costs, how often they err, and who regulates them.
42 figures · checked Oct 10, 2026