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The Accounting Industry Index: Q3 2026 Edition

Operational data from 15,000+ firms to benchmark your firm’s performance.

In the first half of 2026, 70% of firms grew their client base, and the top quarter of firms grew theirs 25% or more;

Clients added after the April 2025 deadline paid higher prices: 19% more than existing clients;

81% of firms applying the technology fee in April were still applying it in June.

Find out which firm size sets 60% of its deposits to the full price.

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This is how 15,000+ firms grew and got paid in the first half of 2026, measured from their operational data, with no survey involved. One report, built to answer the question every owner asks and few can measure: how do we stack up?

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Four findings from the first half of 2026

The Index tracks how firms take on clients, price their work, and get paid. Here are four findings that showed up clearest in the data.

7 in 10 firms grew, and the leaders pulled far ahead

70% of firms grew their client base year over year, and the typical firm grew 9%. The gap is wide: the top quarter of firms grew 25% or more, while about 30% of firms held flat or shrank.

New clients pay higher prices

Clients added after the April 2025 deadline paid 19% more than existing clients at the typical firm. A similar gap appeared a year earlier.

Firms are asking for more at signing

Nearly half of the firms that require deposits, 47%, set one or more of them to the full price, so the whole fee is collected the moment the client signs. How often they do it depends on firm size, and the report shows where your firm fits.

Walk-in clients are coming online

Firms using TaxDome Kiosk each month grew 5.6x from January to June. The report shows how Kiosk is bringing walk-in clients into the same system as everyone else, and which firm sizes are leading the way.

See how your firm compares

The Accounting Industry Index benchmarks your practice against firms of the same size and profession-wide figures.

Client growth from the typical firm to the top 10%, by firm size

New-client pricing, what clients added after the deadline pay compared with existing clients

Getting paid, from deposits and full fees at signing to technology fee adoption

Document collection and TaxDome Kiosk, how clients use checklists and how walk-in clients get online

Why firm owners read the Index

See where your firm ranks

Growth was uneven in the first half of 2026. The Index turns operational data from 15,000+ firms into benchmarks by firm size, so you can see where your firm sits against the typical firm and the top quarter.

Set next season’s terms now

Engagement letters, packages, deposits, and the technology fee for next season are set in Q4. Every finding in the report ties to a decision you can make before tax season starts.

See what’s working for growing firms

Firms are asking for more at signing, keeping the technology fee once they start, and asking for documents in one checklist. The report shows how each one plays out at every firm size.

WHAT THE FIRST HALF OF 2026 SHOWED US

What stands out to me is how these pieces stack. A full fee collected at signing means less chasing. Documents gathered in one checklist mean less follow-up. A front-desk visit that brings a client online means the next request goes digital. Each one gives teams back a little time, and that’s what lets a growing firm take on more clients without the work growing as fast.

Petar Iliev, Chief Revenue Officer at TaxDome

Benchmark your firm against data from 15,000+ firms

Download the Accounting Industry Index and see how your firm compares on client growth, new-client pricing, getting paid, and document collection, all broken down by firm size.

The Accounting Industry Index: Q3 2026 Edition

Get the full report

Four findings from the first half of 2026

See how your firm compares

Why firm owners read the Index

Benchmark your firm against data from 15,000+ firms

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