Pricing
Most firms I talk to are underpriced by 20% or more and don't know it. Here's how to read the signals and raise fees without losing your best clients.
M&A Advisory
Compliance work is a race to the bottom. M&A advisory is the opposite. Here's why the firms that learn deal work stop fighting over price and start choosing their clients.
Firm Acquisition
MSP-niche accounting firms are commanding 1.8x-2.5x revenue in 2026. Here's what drives the premium and how to vet the expertise.
A Firmlever teardown...and why it’s not a “more clients” problem
Would you buy a house based solely on a curbside view, without ever stepping inside to check the foundation, the plumbing, or the wiring? It sounds absurd, y...
The difference between a practice that sells for a 1.2x multiple or more.
You have spent decades building your firm. You’ve weathered tax season changes, navigated staffing shortages, and built deep relationships with clients who t...
From solo to $7.5M, get our proven playbooks to grow, price, automate and hire the best.
We hit $292M this week...
How IT and MSP accounting firms command 6x-9x EBITDA in 2026, plus what buyers actually pay for when they acquire a specialized book.
Cannabis accounting firms trade at 1.35x revenue in 2026. Here's how to value the 280E moat, spot red flags, and structure the earn-out.
The Firmlever Network has grown in the past week from 48 to 138 accounting firms now covering 37 US states: For full transparency we updated our homepage to show realtime stats from actual deals running on our platform. (Next Saturday I will be making a major announcement on a new
Cannabis accounting firms trade at 0.9x to 1.35x revenue in 2026. Here's what drives the premium, what kills it, and how to structure the deal.
A node-by-node decision map for 2026 SMB accounting fee increases. Profitability gate, scope creep, market adjustment, and delivery mechanism.
$190,000--remember that number. But first... Quick update from inside the FirmLever Network--some stats from our first 48 member firms that I found interesting: 87% offer CAS or advisory services. Not surprising — advisory is where the industry is heading. What surprised me: When I looked at what those same firms
A 100-day PAI playbook for accounting firms: Day 1 scripts, branding decisions, tech stack timing, and the talent moves that protect deal value.
Firms that pick a lane charge twice what generalists do for the same hours. The gap is about to get wider, and AI is the reason.
A new way to buy, sell, divest and refer accounting clients.
Nine concrete signals your firm is underpriced, from realization rates to scope creep. If three or more apply, you're probably 20 to 40 percent below market.
Things are heating up this week
