Plante & Moran Solidifies Michigan Presence In Merger With Flint-Based BKR Dupuis & Ryden
Firm now has offices in each of the state’s largest regions
Flint, Michigan, March 14, 2005 --- Michigan-based Plante & Moran is merging with the Flint and Ann Arbor-based accounting and consulting firm BKR Dupuis & Ryden. The merger will be effective July 1, 2005, and the combined firms will operate as Plante & Moran, PLLC.
The addition of BKR Dupuis & Ryden’s 60 staff, seven partners, and $7.5 million in annual revenue will give Plante & Moran a total of 1,450 staff, 204 partners, and annual revenues of $210 million. Plante & Moran Managing Partner Bill Hermann said the addition of BKR Dupuis & Ryden’s Flint office closes the gap in the firm’s geographic footprint in mid-Michigan while positioning itself to better reach clients in the Flint, Saginaw, and Midland corridor.
“Our goal is to be the accounting and consulting firm-of-choice for businesses, municipalities, school districts, and not-for-profit organizations in Michigan and the entire Great Lakes region,’ Hermann said. “And we’re positioned to serve these clients with a team of professionals right in their backyard.”
BKR Dupuis & Ryden, established in Flint in 1932, is Flint’s oldest and largest accounting firm. Plante & Moran will operate out of BKR Dupuis & Ryden’s downtown Flint offices, where the firm recently signed a seven-year lease. Staff from the firm’s Ann Arbor office will relocate to Plante & Moran’s Ann Arbor office.
Dave Gibbons, Managing Partner of BKR Dupuis & Ryden said the firm’s clients and staff now have access to a larger knowledge base, more advisors with in-depth industry specialization and additional services. “Our staff is excited about the opportunities to develop professionally with the highly regarded Plante & Moran team.
And coming into a culture that has won them accolades as one of Fortune magazine’s ‘100 Best Places to Work in America’ for seven years running is exciting in and of itself.”
BKR Dupuis & Ryden (www.bkrdupuisryden.com) is a professional services firm founded in 1932 offering accounting, assurance, tax, wealth care, estate and trust planning, business valuations and management consulting services to individuals and businesses throughout Southeast Michigan. The firm has specialty teams serving the construction, nonprofit and automobile dealership industries.
Plante & Moran (www.plantemoran.com) is the nation’s tenth largest professional services firm offering fully integrated business advisory services to help our clients thrive. With certified public accountants and consulting specialists focused in specific industries, Plante & Moran offers a wide range of assurance, tax, and consulting services in the areas of strategy, finance, operations, technology, people, and transactions. The firm has a staff of nearly 1,400 professionals in 17 offices throughout Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Nashville, Tennessee and Shanghai, China.
