Beard Miller Company
| Company type | Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) |
|---|---|
| Industry | Accounting Professional Services Tax Consulting |
| Headquarters | Headquarters in Reading, Pennsylvania |
| Products | Professional Services |
| Revenue | $66 million USD (FY 2008) |
| Website | http://www.bmc-llp.com |
Beard Miller Company LLP (bmc), a legacy firm of ParenteBeard LLC, was an accounting and auditing firm serving clients mainly in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States. The firm was created through a series of mergers, the largest occurring in January 2001 between Beard & Company and Miller & Company.[1] Prior to merging with Parente Randolph in October 2009, bmc had 16 offices located in Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, and New York, and more than 600 employees. bmc was a member of the larger BDO Seidman Alliance, which enables Accounting and Consulting organizations other than the "Big 4 auditors" to share resources which may be otherwise unattainable. The CEO of bmc was Lamar Stoltzfus, who is now chairman of ParenteBeard.
Branding
[edit]Though the firm’s legal name was Beard Miller Company, the firm elected to use its initials in lowercase (bmc) in day-to-day operations. The firm also used numbers in place of letters when advertising the brand’s image, a form of "rebus". For instance, the word “vision”, which appeared prominently in the company’s literature, is spelled out V1510N.
Services
[edit]bmc provided the following services: Audit (including IT Audit and Employee Benefits), Tax Consulting and Form Preparation, and Business Consulting. The firm also had a sister organization, bmc Financial Advisors, which, while technically a separate entity, worked closely with the larger accounting organization.
National Rankings
[edit]- 9th in SEC clients serviced in 2008[2]
- 39th in Net Revenue in 2008[3]
- 14th in growth between 2007 and 2008[4]
Locations
[edit]Beard Miller Company has 16 American offices in Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York, and New Jersey.
Merger
[edit]In August 2009, the firm announced that it would merge with Parente Randolph, another Mid-Atlantic public accounting firm, effective October 1, 2009. The new firm is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA and is named ParenteBeard LLC.
References
[edit]- ^ "History". Archived from the original on 2009-01-22. Retrieved 2008-12-13.
- ^ http://www.mdbankers.com/resources/_press_releases/bmcRanks39th.pdf[permanent dead link]
- ^ [https://web.archive.org/web/20090220085006/http://www.plattgroupllc.com:80/top100_2008.pdf THE INSIDE PUBLIC ACCOUNTING 2008 TOP 100 ACCOUNTING FIRMS] at the Wayback Machine (archived February 20, 2009)
- ^ "301 Moved Permanently". Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2008-12-13.