Forvis, LLP

Forvis Mazars, LLP ranks among the U.S. top 10 public accounting firms, providing assurance, tax, and consulting services.

Forvis Mazars is a member of the Praxity group, a global alliance of independent accountancy and consulting firms.

The firm's affiliation with Praxity enables interaction with international clients, as well as provides global support and resources .

Forvis Mazars was formed by the merger of two large accounting firms BKD and Dixon Hughes Goodman on June 1, 2022.

A third office opened in Springfield, Missouri, in July 1948, and a uranium boom led the firm to purchase a tax practice in Grand Junction, Colorado.

[6] Expansion continued throughout the 1970s and 1980s, with the firm opening new offices in Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Texas, Nebraska and Kentucky.

On October 1, 2013 BKD officially acquired Malin Bergquist & Co, LLP, a firm that was previously based in Erie, Pennsylvania.

[11] In 2015, BKD launched women's initiatives, sales training that spanned the entire firm, and a national enterprise risk solutions[buzzword] practice.

[12] In 2016, the firm claimed 41 offices in 19 states, including Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, and Utah, making it one of the largest accounting firms in the United States.

[20] Stayner Bates was a firm based in Salt Lake City, Utah, Loeb & Troper LLP joined BKD July 15, 2018.

[22] Rylander, Clay & Opitz was a Fort Worth-based firm offering a variety of accounting and consulting services for clients across a broad range of industries—added to BKD's existing offices in Texas including Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and Waco.

FORVIS Capital Advisors, LLC – the firm's investment banking arm that provided services including mergers, acquisitions, company sales and divestitures, debt and equity recapitalization, strategic planning and select transactions.