Who counts the money?
What accounting firms serve Orange County’s best-known companies?
Below is a Business Journal tally of select firms—the famous, the interesting, and even a little infamous—and the companies that count their beans culled
from past stories, SEC filings, and Business Journal research.
Ted Wilm, management partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Irvine, said a
company generating heat has growing revenue and employees, and, of
course, earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization.
“EBITDA is the [big one],” he said.
Public Cos.
Edwards Lifesciences Corp.
medical devices, OC’s largest public
firm at $40 billion
PwC
Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc.
largest restaurant chain and second-largest OC-based public company, $20.3 billion
EY
HCP Inc.
biggest REIT, $15.6 billion
Deloitte
Skyworks Solutions Inc.
largest chipmaker in OC, $13.1 billion
KPMG
Masimo Corp.
medical devices, $7.7 billion
Grant Thornton
First American Financial Corp.
largest title provider, $6.1 billion
PwC
Glaukos Corp.
medical devices, $2.8 billion
EY
Alteryx Inc.
top-valued software firm, $6.7 billion
Deloitte
Pacific Premier Bancorp Inc.
largest OC-based bank, $1.9 billion
Crowe
Boot Barn Holdings Inc.
largest retailer based here,
$959 million
Deloitte
Tilly’s Inc.
retailer, $236 million
BDO
KushCo Holdings Inc.
cannabis-related products,
$385 million
RBSM
Evolus Inc.
medical aesthetics, $361 million
BDO
Willdan Group Inc.
engineering and consulting,
$369 million
Crowe
Veritone Inc.
once valued near $1 billion,
now at $167 million
Grant Thornton
Lantronix Inc.
Internet of Things, $72 million
Squar Milner
ShiftPixy Inc.
went public 2017 at $6; now 48 cents,
$17 million, and a going concern
note from auditor
Marcum
Private Cos.
PIMCO
global bond giant, $1.8 trillion AUM
PwC
Ambry Genetics
lab testing; bought by Konica Minolta
for $1 billion in 2017
Squar Milner
SeneGence International
network marketing beauty firm;
value estimated at $1 billion
SingerLewak
Alorica
global customer service outsourcer;
100,000 employees, 14 countries,
$2.3 billion annual sales
PwC
Capital Group’s American Funds
mutual fund family
PwC
