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Top 25 Big 4 accounting firms based in New Zealand
RevenueBase identified 68 big 4 accounting firms headquartered in New Zealand as of September 2026 and tracks 2,881 professional contacts across them, including 693 with verified work emails. Auckland is the largest hub.
This list covers big 4 accounting firms headquartered in New Zealand, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 21, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest big 4 accounting firms based in New Zealand
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,271 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “KPMG is one of the world's leading professional services organisations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 136 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “You can trust Moore Markhams to guide your business to success.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 41 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Who we are: We’re the accounting firm that breaks the boring stereotype while delivering the expertise and stability your business depends on.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 32 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Welcome to Johnston Associates, we're an independent organisation committed to providing you with the best quality professional service to meet all your accounting and business…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 25 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Twenty-plus years ago the founders of BFA made a smart move.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 23 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We support and inspire people and businesses to make the right decisions for their future.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 20 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The caliber of our team is the foundation of the nsaTax business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 19 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We specialise in- Working with businesses and individuals, helping to make them more successful- Tailoring advice and solutions to ensure your business succeeds and grows-…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 18 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We are committed to forming close partnerships with our accounting and business advisory clients.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 17 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Where smart businesses get sharper.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “As the world changes and becomes more connected than ever before, we need to change the way we operate.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Barr Burgess & Stewart Limited (BB & S) delivers business advisory and accounting services, by fully qualified Chartered Accountants with a focus on people, not numbers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “WHAT WE DO: ACCOUNTANCY + BUSINESS ACUMEN Clients come to ECOVIS KGA because we take good care of the fundamentals – accounting, auditing and tax compliance.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Welcome to McCoy & Co, Christchurch's most progressive accounting firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “CEG supports businesses with accounting, taxation, business advisory, accounting systems, equity partnerships, and succession planning.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 10 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At PKF Tauranga, we know that behind the numbers are real people trying their best to make an impact for their clients, their businesses and their communities.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Giles & Liew Chartered Accountants is an Accounting and Business Advisory Services firm with a passion for innovation, growth and success.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We help business owners to understand their numbers and pay the right taxes, so they can focus on their strengths and succeed.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Catapult Partners is a progressive accounting and advisory firm providing the very best in accounting and advisory services on offer with a focus on GROWTH and PROFIT MAXIMISATION.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Kindred.co we make things happen.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At The Hive we are a team of Accounting professionals that offer everything you need to grow your business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Quantum is a dynamic professional services company that works with clients to support, guide and inspire them on their business journey.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We are a professional accounting firm delivering quality, expert advice on a comprehensive range of accounting, audit, tax and advisory services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Proactive business advisors and accountants to privately-owned businesses and their owners who benefit from unique professional services that target balanced business growth…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: big 4 accounting firms. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names big 4 accounting firms.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of big 4 accounting firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name big 4 accounting firms. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Big 4 accounting firms based in New Zealand at a glance
As of Sep 21, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for New Zealand, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for New Zealand, over 68 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among big 4 accounting firms, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in New Zealand whose own description of what they do matches “big 4 accounting firms”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names big 4 accounting firms), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among big 4 accounting firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside New Zealand are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 693 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 21, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
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Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names big 4 accounting firms, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many big 4 accounting firms are there based in New Zealand?
RevenueBase identified 68 big 4 accounting firms headquartered in New Zealand as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Kpmg NEW Zealand, headquartered in Auckland, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most big 4 accounting firms?
Auckland leads with 25 headquartered companies, followed by Christchurch (7) and Wellington (7).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 693 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 68 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 21, 2026.
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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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