Auditors
bullet Highest number of Stockmarket clients
bullet Clients with the highest market capitalisation
bullet Clients making the most profit

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The running order across the whole market is hardly changed from last time although the top five are down in overall numbers. KPMG heads the client numbers table and is still comfortably clear of PricewaterhouseCoopers, although the positions are reversed for market caps and profits rankings.

Deloitte also has more than 300 clients in total and is followed by Grant Thornton and Ernst & Young. BDO Stoy Hayward in sixth place does best overall with four gains and is now the only other auditor with more than 100 clients, as Baker Tilly has slipped just below the magic mark.

Single gains are recorded by Mazars and Chantrey Vellacott.

Figures as at 3 August 2009 and information in brackets from 5 May 2009.

Highest number of Stockmarket Clients
Rank Auditor No. Clients
1 (1) KPMG 381 (385)
2 (2) PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 339 (341)
3 (3) Deloitte 309 (316)
4 (4) Grant Thornton 277 (286)
5 (5) Ernst & Young LLP 271 (285)

6 (6) BDO Stoy Hayward LLP 164 (160)
7 (7) Baker Tilly 98 (100)
8 (8) PKF (UK) LLP 91 (92)
9 (9) Mazars 39 (38)
10 (10) Nexia Smith & Williamson 31 (33)
10 (10) PricewaterhouseCoopers 31 (33)
12 (12) UHY Hacker Young 24 (25)
13 (13) Moore Stephens LLP 21 (22)
14 (16) Jeffreys Henry 17 (17)
14 (15) Littlejohn 17 (18)
16 (14) Kingston Smith 15 (19)
17 (17) BDO Novus 14 (14)
18 (20) Chantrey Vellacott DFK 13 (12)
18 (19) Chapman Davis LLP 13 (13)
20 (17) Horwath Clark Whitehill LLP 12 (14)
Total Market Cap of Stock Market clients
Rank Auditor £m
1 (1) PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 639557 (576371)
2 (2) KPMG 398316 (352385)
3 (3) Deloitte 274992 (259545)
4 (4) Ernst & Young LLP 230340 (208191)
5 (5) Grant Thornton 13384 (12669)

6 (6) BDO Stoy Hayward LLP 13072 (12149)
7 (7) PricewaterhouseCoopers 9053 (8048)
8 (8) Baker Tilly 2518 (2270)
9 (9) PKF (UK) LLP 1949 (1892)
10 (11) BDO Orion 1338 (1530)
11 (12) BDO Novus 982 (685)
12 (10) Moore Stephens LLP 810 (1840)
13 (19) Shipleys LLP 765 (295)
14 (13) Mazars 760 (683)
15 (14) UHY Hacker Young 588 (544)
16 (15) Nexia Smith & Williamson 559 (424)
17 (17) BDO Dunwoody 357 (349)
18 - MGI Midgley Snelling Chartered Accountants 333 -
19 (16) Chantrey Vellacott DFK 324 (418)
20 (20) Horwarth Clark Whitehill LLP 321 (251)
Total Profit of Stock Market clients
Rank Auditor £m
1 (1) PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 79550 (98016)
2 (2) KPMG 31793 (34144)
3 (3) Ernst & Young LLP 30796 (33996)
4 (4) PricewaterhouseCoopers 873 (1186)
5 (13) Baker Tilly Hong Kong 714 (13)

6 (5) Grant Thornton 226 (486)
7 (6) BDO Orion 84 (84)
8 (8) HLB Hodgson Impey Cheng 55 (55)
9 (14) Horwath Belize 44 (30)
10 (16) UHY Mann Frankfort Stein LIPP 25 (28)
11 (18) Hawsons 19 (19)
12 - Tenon Audit 15 -
13 (15) BSG Valentine 13 (30)
14 - Haysmacintyre 12 -
15 - BDO Visura 11 -
16 - Saffery Champness 11 -
17 (19) Chantrey Vellacott DKF 8 (18)
18 - M.J Abedin & Co Chartered Accountants 7 -
19 - Eisner LLP 7 -
20 - French Duncan 6 -