Awards

We’re honored to have been recognized for our culture and workplace excellence by a number of prestigious organizations. Here’s a quick overview. 

• Fortune magazine — Plante Moran has been named to Fortune magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For” list for 27 consecutive years. The firm ranked No. 21 on the list for 2025.
• The Detroit Free Press’ Community’s Choice Awards — The Detroit Free Press has recognized Plante Moran as the No. 1 Best Accounting Firm on their 2024 Community’s Choice Awards.
• Association for Talent Development BEST Award — In May 2025, the Association for Talent Development (ATD) recognized Plante Moran as a BEST Award winner for exceptional learning and talent development practices.
• Vault’s 25 Best Accounting Firms — In April 2025, Vault released its “Vault Accounting 25” list of top 25 accounting firms for 2026. Plante Moran ranked No. 4 overall on the list.
• USA Today’s Top Workplaces — USA Today recognized Plante Moran as one of the top workplaces in the United States for 2025. The firm ranked No. 2 in the 2,500-plus staff category.
• Handshake Early Talent Award — In March 2025, Plante Moran received the Early Talent Award from Handshake. This is the firm’s third year receiving this award.
• Toledo Blade Top Workplaces 2025 — In February 2025, The Toledo Blade named Plante Moran one of its 2025 Top Workplaces. This is our 12th consecutive year on the list, and we ranked No. 5 in the small companies category.
• Best Places to Work in IT 2025 — In December 2024, Plante Moran was ranked the No. 4 midsized company on Computerworld’s “100 Best Places to Work in IT” list. This is our seventh consecutive year on the list. 
• Best Workplaces for Parents — In December 2024, Fortune and Great Place to Work® named Plante Moran to their list of “Best Workplaces for Parents” for the eighth consecutive year. We ranked No. 15 on the list.
• Best Places to Work in Columbus — In November 2024, Columbus Business First named Plante Moran one of its “Best Workplaces to Work in Central Ohio” for the 10th year.
• Detroit Free Press Top Workplaces — In November 2024, Plante Moran was named a Top Workplace by the Detroit Free Press for the 15th consecutive year. We ranked No. 1 in the “large company” category.
• Chicago Tribune Top Workplaces — In November 2024, the Chicago Tribune named Plante Moran to its list of “Top Workplaces.” This is our eighth consecutive year on the list, and we ranked No. 5 in the “midsize companies” category.
• Best Workplaces for Women — In October 2024, Fortune and Great Place to Work® named Plante Moran to their list of “Best Workplaces for Women.” We ranked No. 17 in the large company category, and this is our eighth time being recognized on this list.
• Entrepreneur magazine Top Franchise Supplier — In October 2024, for the seventh consecutive year, Entrepreneur Magazine named Plante Moran to its list of Top Franchise Suppliers. We ranked No. 16 on the accounting list.
• Barron’s Top 100 RIA Firms — In September 2024, Plante Moran Financial Advisors ranked No. 24 on Barron’s list of the 2024 Top 100 RIA Firms.
• Fortune Best Workplaces in Consulting & Professional Services — In September 2024, Fortune magazine and Great Place to Work® named Plante Moran as one of their “Best Workplaces in Consulting & Professional Services™.” This is our sixth consecutive year on the list, and we ranked No. 2 in the large workplaces category.
• Cincinnati Business Courier’s 2024 Best Places to Work — Plante Moran was named on Cincinnati Business Courier’s list of 2024 Best Places to Work in Cincinnati, Ohio.
• North Forty’s Best 10 Accounting Firms in Colorado — In August 2024, North Forty named Plante Moran No. 8 on its list of the top 10 best accounting firms in Colorado.
• Crain’s Detroit Business Fast 50 — In August 2024, Crain’s Detroit Business named Plante Moran to their list of Crain’s Detroit Business 2024 “Fast 50: Detroit’s fastest growing companies for 2024.”
• Construction Executive's 2024 Top Accounting Firms — In August 2024, Plante Moran was ranked No. 7 in “Construction Executive’s 2024 Top Construction Accounting Firms.”
• Financial Advisor Magazine's 2024 RIA Survey and Ranking — In July 2024, Plante Moran Financial Advisors ranked No. 28 on Financial Advisor Magazine’s annual “RIA Ranking.” This is our 19th consecutive year on the list.
  • Disclosure: Awards or inclusion on ranking lists are not indicative of PMFA’s future performance or representative of any one client’s experience. Payment was not required for inclusion in ranking or awards lists. For additional information please visit www.PMFA.com/WMawards.
• PEOPLE Magazine — In August 2024, Plante Moran was named to People magazine’s list of 100 Companies that Care. This was our third consecutive year on the list, and we ranked No. 21 on the list.
• Fortune’s Best Workplaces for Millennials — In July 2024, Fortune magazine and Great Place to Work® named Plante Moran to their list of “Best Workplaces for Millennials 2024.” This is our second consecutive year on the list, and we ranked No. 21 in the large companies’ category.
• Cleveland Top Workplaces — In June 2024, the Plain Dealer and Cleveland.com named Plante Moran to its list of “Top Workplaces in Northeast Ohio.” We ranked No. 25 in the small business category, and this is our sixth consecutive year on the list.
• 2024 Top Firms by AUM — In June 2024, we were recognized by Accounting Today as the No. 3 firm by assets under management.
  • Disclosure: Awards or inclusion on ranking lists are not indicative of PMFA’s future performance or representative of any one client’s experience. Payment was not required for inclusion in ranking or awards lists. For additional information please visit pmfa.com/WMawards.
• Top Workplaces Cultural Excellence Awards — In April 2024, Plante Moran received five Top Workplaces Culture Excellence National Awards from Top Workplaces and Energage. The firm was listed as a top workplace for compensation & benefits, innovation, leadership, purpose & values, and work-life flexibility. 
• Newsweek’s America's Greatest Workplaces for Mental Wellbeing – In April 2024, Newsweek named Plante Moran to their inaugural list of “America’s Greatest Workplaces for Mental Wellbeing 2024.” 
• LinkedIn’s Top Companies 2024 — In April 2024, LinkedIn named Plante Moran to its list of top midsized companies to grow your career in the United States. The firm ranked No. 10 on the list.  
• Denver Business Journal Best Places to Work 2024 — In February 2024, the Denver Business Journal named Plante Moran one of its “2024 Denver-Area Best Places to Work.” The firm ranked in the “giant” companies’ category.
• USA Today’s “America’s Most Recommended Tax and Accounting Firms 2024” — In February 2024, USA Today named Plante Moran one of “America’s Most Recommended Tax Firms” and “America’s Most Recommended Accounting Firms.” 
• Newsweek’s “America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity 2024” — In December 2023, Newsweek named Plante Moran to their list of “America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity 2024.” 
• Best Workplaces for Parents — In December 2023, Fortune and Great Place to Work® named Plante Moran to their list of “Best Workplaces for Parents” for the seventh consecutive year. We ranked No. 16 on the list.
• Best Workplaces in Consulting & Professional Services — In September 2023, Fortune magazine and Great Place to Work® named Plante Moran as one of their “Best Workplaces in Consulting & Professional Services™.” This is our fifth consecutive year on the list, and we ranked No. 3 in the large workplaces category.
• Michigan Lawyers Weekly’s Reader Rankings — In August 2023, Plante Moran was recognized on Michigan Lawyers Weekly’s annual Reader Rankings for the seventh consecutive year. We were finalists in the “Business Accounting & Business Partner” category as well as in the “Forensic Accounting Provider” category.
• Crain’s Detroit Business Fast 50 — In August 2023, Crain’s Detroit Business named Plante Moran to their list of “Crain’s Fast 50 2023: The fastest-growing companies in Southeast Michigan.” We ranked No. 37 on the list. 
• Best Workplace for Millennials — In July 2023, Fortune and Great Place to Work® named Plante Moran to their list of “Best Workplaces for Millennials 2023.” We ranked No. 76 on the list in the large companies’ category. 
• Denver Business Journal Best Places to Work 2023 — In March 2023, the Denver Business Journal named Plante Moran one of its Best Places to Work for 2023.
• Best of MichBusiness – In January 2023, Plante Moran was named a 2022 Best of MichBusiness award honoree. We ranked No. 1 in the enterprise business category.
• America’s Best Tax and Accounting Firms — In December 2022, Plante Moran was named one of the best tax and accounting firms, according to Forbes, for the third consecutive year. Identified firms were noted for their innovation, industry specialization, and value-added services.
• 25 Best Accounting Internships for 2023 — In October 2022, Firsthand recognized Plante Moran as one of the "25 Best Accounting Internships for 2023." We ranked No. 10 on the list.
• Top Workplaces October 2022 Cultural Excellence Awards – In October 2022, Plante Moran received four Cultural Excellence Awards from Top Workplaces. We were recognized as a top workplace for employee appreciation; professional development; employee well-being; and diversity, equity, & inclusion practices.
• Financial Advisor Magazine's 2022 RIA Survey and Ranking — In July 2022, Plante Moran Financial Advisors ranked No. 28 on Financial Advisor Magazine’s annual “RIA Ranking.” This is our 17th consecutive year on the list.
• Top Workplaces National Awards — In April 2022, Plante Moran received four “Top Workplaces Culture Excellence Awards” from Top Workplaces™ for compensation & benefits, innovation, great leadership, and purpose & values.
• RippleMatch’s Campus Forward Award — In February 2022, RippleMatch recognized Plante Moran with a Campus Forward award for excellence in early-career hiring and campus recruiting.
• Top Workplaces USA — In January 2022, Plante Moran was named to the Top Workplaces™ list of “2022 Top Workplaces USA.” We ranked No. 3 in the 2500+ staff category. 
• Accounting Today Top 100 Accounting Firms — In 2021, Accounting Today magazine ranked us the #13 accounting firm in the country. We also ranked in the top 30 for tax firms.
• Innovator Award — In September 2021, Plante Moran received the Innovator Award from MindBridge, the world’s leading financial risk discovery platform. Plante Moran is the first-ever recipient of this award.
• West Michigan’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For — In July 2021, Plante Moran was named one of “West Michigan’s 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For.” This is our 16th consecutive year on the list.
• Best of Colorado — In June 2021, Plante Moran received the Best of Colorado Business Choice award from ColoradoBiz magazine. In the professional services category, we were named the “Best Accounting Firm.”
• Best Workplaces in Chicago — In May 2021, Great Place to Work® named Plante Moran one of its “Best Workplaces in Chicago.” This is the fourth consecutive year we made the list.
• Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in the Nation® —Plante Moran was named one of the “Best and Brightest Companies To Work For in the Nation®.” This is the fourth year we were selected for the national list.
• 2020 Best CPA Firms for Women — In May 2020, we were recognized as one of the Best CPA Firms for Women, according to the Accounting MOVE Project. Firms were ranked on the range, depth, and success of programs and workplace culture proven to remove barriers to women’s success, especially at midlevel and above. This is the eighth consecutive year we received this distinction.
• Best Workplaces in Financial Services & Insurance — In March 2020, Fortune.com and Great Place to Work® named Plante Moran to their list of “Best Workplaces in Financial Services & Insurance™.” This is the second consecutive year we made the list.