The Largest Accounting & Advisory Firm in Knoxville
Since 1983, PYA has been providing Knoxville and East Tennessee with expertise in tax, accounting, audit & assurance, and business consulting. We specialize in federal/state filings, compliance and risk assessment, business valuations, attestations, litigation support, IT advisory, mergers & acquisitions, fraud and forensic accounting advisory services, and overall financial and business strategy.
Our clients include a wide array of Knoxville-area businesses in the manufacturing, financial, technology, construction, entertainment, and healthcare industries. Ranked by Forbes as one of the Top Tax and Accounting Firms in the Nation, and among the nation’s Top 100 largest CPA firms by INSIDE Public Accounting, PYA has also been highlighted by Accounting Today as “One of the Most Successful Firms in the Country.”
Our success is the result of over four decades of steadfast adherence to a culture of integrity, responsiveness, and relationships–both with clients and teammates — that we call The PYA WAY.
PYA Is Proud of Our Knoxville Heritage
For the seventh time, PYA has earned the designation of a “Top Workplace” by Knox News. PYA is the only accounting firm in the midsize category and the largest to receive the honor. The firm has been named a Top Workplaces honoree every year it has participated in the program.
Additionally, PYA received the 2025 “Most Clued-in Senior Management” award, recognizing the firm’s top leaders for their engagement, vision, integrity, and trustworthiness based on employee feedback. In 2024, PYA President and CEO Marty Brown received the Top Workplaces Leadership Award.
The 2025 Top Workplaces designation recognizes companies in the Greater Knoxville area that create outstanding workplace cultures for employees. The award is based solely on employee feedback gathered through a confidential, voluntary third-party survey that measures several aspects of the workplace culture, including respect, support, growth opportunities, and empowerment.
“PYA’s consistent recognition as a top place to work in Knoxville is a reflection of the firm’s relationship-first culture and our history that is deeply rooted in Knoxville,” said Brown. “Not only is PYA’s Knoxville office noted for our outstanding culture, but our other offices across the country are regularly recognized, as well. Across PYA, our success is a team effort, which could not happen without the dedication of each and every employee with whom I’m honored to work.”
PYA’s continuing investment in Knoxville and East Tennessee and its dedication to a rich workplace culture are evident through the firm’s recent announcement of the relocation of its Knoxville-based headquarters to a newly purchased and renovated building in the Bearden area. The 60,000-square-foot Brookvale 2 building at 6016 Brookvale Lane will be PYA’s fifth headquarters in its 42-year history to accommodate growth, support employees, and better serve clients.
In addition to the Knox News Top Workplaces honor, PYA is consistently recognized with other esteemed rankings and awards. In 2025, Accounting Today named PYA a Top 100 firm for the ninth year, the ninth largest firm in the Southeast, and the second largest with headquarters in Tennessee. The firm was also named an INSIDE Public Accounting 2024 Top 100 Firm for the ninth year. PYA is the only firm headquartered in East Tennessee to be ranked among the nation’s Top 100 by both Accounting Today and INSIDE Public Accounting.
PYA’s Tax services were recognized in 2024 when the firm was named by USA TODAY as one of America’s Most Recommended Tax Firms for the second year in a row. Additionally, Modern Healthcare has ranked PYA among the Top 20 healthcare consulting firms in the U.S. for the past 17 years. In 2023, PYA was honored as the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Haslam College of Business Outstanding Corporate Partner.
In 2023, PYA was inducted into The University of Kansas Health System (TUKHS) Hall of Fame, the highest honor bestowed by the health system, and honored as the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Haslam College of Business Outstanding Corporate Partner.
PYA Named a Top 100 Firm for 10th Year, Again Ranks as a U.S. Leader in Consulting
March 11, 2026 – Knoxville, Tennessee
For the 10th year in a row, PYA is named a Top 100 Accounting Firm as published in the Accounting Today 2026 Top 100 Firms report. The company repeats as the U.S. leader in revenue attributable to consulting and advisory work among firms of similar size. And regionally, PYA, headquartered in Knoxville, is recognized again as one of the Top 10 largest firms in the Southeast.
The 2026 rankings are based on 2025 total revenues, percentage of revenue increase, number of employees, and other metrics collected through a survey process of accounting firms.
“The accounting industry is facing many challenges and growth opportunities, but we feel PYA is well positioned to provide responsive and expert service to our clients,” said Marty Brown, CEO. “PYA offers an impactful dyad approach for our clients as both a certified public accounting firm and a nationally awarded consulting and business advisory company. In today’s evolving industry, our flexibility and foresight ensure we’re serving our clients comprehensively.”
According to the Accounting Today report, the average growth rate in 2025 for the Top 100 firms was about 8.6%, an increase over 2024. The rate of growth was mainly due to mergers—225 in 2025, up from 122 in 2024—and an infusion of private-equity funding, according to the report. As an independently owned firm, PYA experienced a growth rate of 11%, well above the national average, and all of the firm’s growth was organic, with no mergers or acquisitions.
Noted in the 2026 report, a large percentage of the increased revenue reported by survey respondents came from the growth of client accounting and advisory services (CAAS)/fractional accounting and attestation services. During 2025, PYA’s fractional accounting services experienced sizeable growth by offering reporting and attestation, business process outsourcing, and virtual controllership and CFO services to help clients focus on running their businesses while reducing costs and scaling their operations. Several of PYA’s consulting service lines, such as forensic accounting, litigation support, and business valuation, also experienced tremendous growth during the year.
“PYA chooses to remain a privately owned firm, so we can keep clients as our top priority,” Brown said. “The 2026 report notes client service became a focus for the Top 100 firms. At PYA, client service has always been at the core of our culture, and as the industry shifts, one aspect will continue to remain constant for PYA: radical responsiveness to our clients’ needs.”
PYA Receives Pinnacle Large Business Excellence Award
March 12, 2025 – Knoxville, Tennessee
During an event on March 6, the Knoxville Chamber announced PYA is the recipient of the 2025 Pinnacle Business Award in the Large Business Excellence category. The award, sponsored by 21st Mortgage, is presented to a non-franchisee company with over 200 employees that has shown remarkable profitability, growth, and stability. PYA is also recognized for its reputation of integrity, client service, relationship-building, strategic expansion, and excellence in its Accounting and Advisory service.
“Our focus on building trusted relationships with clients in East Tennessee and across the nation helps define our reputation as a nimble firm able to respond quickly to our clients’ needs,” said Marty Brown, PYA President and CEO. “Here in Knoxville and in our offices in key locations across the country, we’re honored to be a trusted and knowledgeable resource for tax, audit, accounting, and management consulting.”
The annual Pinnacle Business Awards, presented by Pinnacle Financial Partners, celebrate regional business excellence, honoring outstanding professionals in nine categories for their contributions to the greater Knoxville economy. Winners are selected by the Knoxville Chamber board of directors. Approximately 200 companies are nominated annually.
“We look forward to PYA’s next 40 years and beyond,” said Mike Odom, Knoxville Chamber president and CEO. “The Pinnacle Award is another in a long line of accolades that PYA has received, further supporting their expertise in the industry and commitment to their community.”
PYA is proud to be a member of the Knoxville Chamber and the Blount County Chamber of Commerce. We are also pleased to sponsor and be members of:
