# KPMG US

> KPMG US is the American member firm of the KPMG global organization, selling audit and assurance, tax, advisory, technology implementation, and managed services to public companies, private businesses, governments, and other large institutions. Its position in the market rests on combining regulated accounting work with industry specialists, proprietary platforms such as KPMG Clara and Digital Gateway, and alliances with major cloud and enterprise-software vendors. The firm is a Delaware limited liability partnership, not a venture-backed corporation, and the international KPMG network consists of legally separate member firms.

- **Founded:** 1897
- **Headquarters:** New York City, United States
- **Founders:** James Marwick (Co-founder of Marwick, Mitchell & Company, the U.S. predecessor firm), Roger Mitchell (Co-founder of Marwick, Mitchell & Company, the U.S. predecessor firm)
- **Team size:** Approximately 36,000 U.S. employees according to supplied company data; KPMG reported more than 276,000 people across its global member-firm network in 2026.
- **Products:** Audit and Assurance, Tax Services, Advisory Services, KPMG Managed Services, KPMG Clara AI
- **Notable:** Built a U.S. accounting lineage dating to Marwick, Mitchell & Company's 1897 founding in New York City., Became part of the KPMG global organization created through the 1987 merger of Peat Marwick International and Klynveld Main Goerdeler., Organized the U.S. firm along client industry lines, an approach KPMG says it introduced first among the Big Four.

## Products & services

- **Audit and Assurance** — Financial-statement audits and assurance over controls, technology, sustainability reporting, AI and other risk areas, supported by KPMG Clara AI.
- **Tax Services** — Tax planning, compliance, reporting, controversy, transfer pricing, deals, workforce mobility and technology-enabled tax-function transformation.
- **Advisory Services** — Consulting across strategy, transactions, risk, cyber, data and AI, finance, supply chain, customer operations, human capital and modern technology.
- **KPMG Managed Services** — Multi-year, as-a-service operation of defined finance, tax, risk, compliance, legal, learning and customer processes using KPMG teams and technology alliances.
- **KPMG Clara AI** — The firm's AI-enabled audit platform, designed to automate data-intensive procedures while keeping professional judgment and human accountability central.
- **KPMG Digital Gateway Powered by Claude** — An AI-enabled client delivery platform built on Microsoft Azure that embeds Claude for tax and private-equity workflows and agent creation.
- **KPMG Private** — Integrated audit, tax and advisory services tailored to private companies, family enterprises and growth businesses.

## Achievements

- Built a U.S. accounting lineage dating to Marwick, Mitchell & Company's 1897 founding in New York City.
- Became part of the KPMG global organization created through the 1987 merger of Peat Marwick International and Klynveld Main Goerdeler.
- Organized the U.S. firm along client industry lines, an approach KPMG says it introduced first among the Big Four.
- Ranked number one for overall consulting quality in the U.S. in Source's 2025 client survey, according to KPMG.
- Reported its lowest U.S. audit deficiency rate since 2009 during the leadership term ending in 2025.
- Opened KPMG Lakehouse as a dedicated center for learning, development and collaboration.
- Expanded major AI alliances across Microsoft, Google Cloud, ServiceNow and Anthropic.

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — KPMG and Anthropic announced a global alliance and launched Digital Gateway Powered by Claude, initially focused on tax and private-equity clients.
- **2026-05** — KPMG said Claude access would extend across its 276,000-plus global workforce and that the firms would co-develop AI-enabled offerings.
- **2026-03** — KPMG International elected Gary Wingrove as its next global chair and CEO, effective October 1, 2026; this is separate from KPMG US leadership.
- **2026-02** — KPMG and Rhino.ai advanced their alliance to deliver AI-powered modernization for government legacy systems.
- **2025-07** — Tim Walsh began a five-year term as KPMG US chair and CEO, with Atif Zaim serving as deputy chair.
- **2024-11** — KPMG announced a US$100 million expansion of its U.S. Google Cloud alliance, estimating that the practice could generate US$1 billion in incremental growth.

## Links

- Website: https://kpmg.com/us/en.html
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kpmg-us
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/KPMG_US
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@KPMGUSA
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KPMGUS/

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Last updated: 2026-08-13