Over the course of two decades, Deloitte has overtaken all its major rivals to become the largest accounting and consulting firm in Western Australia, helped by multiple acquisitions.
The slowing economy has hit smaller accounting firms harder than the big players, judging by revenue data released over the past month, with practices in Western Australia affected more than those in other states.
Deloitte has become the latest of the big four to get involved in a wave of professional services deals, acquiring the boutique tax specialist KD Johns & Company which will make the post-merger firm the state's biggest accounting partnership.
