Deloitte Overview: Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu is one of the Big Four international public accounting firms. Deloitte has a complex organizational structure with a number of independent member firms divided among functional and/or regional lines. Member firms are organized as partnerships. Its main lines of business include:
- Assurance (Audit)
- Consulting
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Tax
Size: Deloitte operates in 142 countries, through 69 member firms. These figures are as of May, 2007:
- Employees (worldwide) = 165,000
- Employees (U.S.) = 40,998
- CPAs (U.S.) = 8,108
- Partners (U.S.) = 2,758
- Offices (U.S.) = 101
Positives and Negatives: See discussion under the public accounting firms overview.
