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The IPA 100 gets most of the attention, but the other 400 firms in the IPA rankings reveal how quickly strategies are spreading across the profession.

In this episode, Chelsea Summers and Rob Brown compare the IPA 200, 300, 400 and 500 across growth, profitability, service mix, leverage, pricing and offshore staffing.

Compliance remains more dominant among smaller firms, but advisory, alternative pricing and offshore staffing are increasingly part of their strategies. And while fewer smaller firms use offshore FTEs, those that do rely on them at higher concentrations than their larger peers.

Chelsea and Rob break down what the numbers mean for firm leaders and why the strategic gap across the rankings may be narrowing.

View the complete 2026 IPA 500 rankings and learn more about IPA’s benchmarking and analysis at insidepublicaccounting.com.