- Find out how your firm really stacks up with others like you, not where you hope you sit.
- See what top-performing firms are doing differently, and what’s actually driving their results.
- Make confident decisions about pricing, people, and investment with evidence you can trust.
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THE CRUNCH – THE ANNUAL AUSTRALIAN ACCOUNTING FIRM BENCHMARK REPORT
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Learn from top performers
See how the strongest firms are structured, priced, and run, and where your firm differs.
Focus on what actually moves the needle
See which decisions deliver better margins, stronger partner returns, and sustainable performance.
Lift productivity without adding people
Understand how leading firms are improving output, leverage, and margins through smarter resourcing and technology.
Why we created Crunch
Your internal reporting is a key part of running your firm. But on its own, it only tells part of the story.
Crunch was created to give firm leaders an external reference point. One that shows how results compare across the market, what stronger-performing firms are doing differently, and where change is most likely to deliver return.
It provides the broader context needed to test assumptions, sharpen strategy, and make decisions with greater confidence.
See your true position in the market
Strong results are not always strong positioning.
Crunch shows exactly where your firm sits relative to peers and top performers across key financial and operational measures. It highlights where performance is leading, holding, or lagging and where the most material gaps sit.
Insights are interpreted with industry experts to reflect commercial reality, not just raw numbers.
Understand what drives top-performer outcomes
Better results follow consistent decisions.
Crunch examines how top-performing firms approach pricing, leverage, service mix, cost control, and investment. The result is practical insight into the decisions that separate stronger firms from the rest of the market.
This helps leaders focus effort where it matters most.
How firms use Crunch
Pricing decisions grounded in the market
Check whether rates and margins are keeping pace and where change is justified.
Productivity gains without more people
Understand how firms are improving output through leverage, AI, and delivery models.
Clearer investment and growth choices
Sense-check strategy by comparing outcomes across firms taking different approaches.
Better partner alignment
Move conversations from opinion to evidence and accelerate decision-making.
Make pricing and investment decisions with confidence
Evidence improves decision quality.
Crunch provides external benchmarks that support pricing reviews, technology investment, resourcing choices, and service mix decisions.
Leaders can justify change with evidence rather than intuition or precedent.
Improve productivity without defaulting to headcount
Productivity now matters more than size.
Crunch examines how firms are lifting productivity through technology, AI-enabled workflows, and offshore or hybrid delivery models, and how these choices affect margins, capacity, and partner outcomes.
You see where productivity gains are real, where risk sits, and what translates into sustainable return.
Improve the quality of partner conversations
External evidence changes internal dynamics.
Crunch provides a neutral reference point that reduces anecdote-driven debate and replaces it with shared facts.
Firms use Crunch to support planning sessions, business cases, and strategic reviews, helping partners reach alignment faster and move decisions forward.
Industry expert contributors
Crunch 2026 includes insight and commentary from experienced industry voices who help interpret the data and highlight what matters in practice.
Their role is simple.
Translate benchmarking into commercially useful insight for real firms.
Mark Holton
MARK HOLTON CONSULTING
Amanda Gascoigne
Amanda Gascoigne
Matt Feehan
THREE RIVERS GROUP
Rebecca Mihalic
IGNITION
Trent McLaren
VINYL
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTION
What people want to know?
What is the Crunch?
The Crunch is a new report that will benchmark Australian accounting firms against each other. It will be a 20-30 page report highlighting industry insights, trends and challenges and forecasts.
Can I see a sample?
You can download a sample of the Crunch Report here.
Why should I participate?
When your firm participates, you receive a custom version of the report tailored to your firm. This means you can clearly see how you are performing against similar firms. The report will also provide recommendations based on your results.
How much does it cost?
The final report costs $495.
We are part of a group, what's the cost?
For accounting groups that participate the cost is $495+$100 per additional site. For accounting groups larger that 5 sites, please contact us for a custom quote.
I thought it was free?
Participation in the report is free for all Benchmarking Suite Subscribers. Find out more about becoming a subscriber here: https://benchmarking.com.au/benchmarking-for/accountants/
What's the process and timeframes?
Once you have signed up, you will receive an email with instructions on how to enter your details. After data entry is complete, we will analyse the results and create a custom report for you.
I have more questions, who can I contact?
Please reach out to us via:
- phone 02 9262 5564
- or any of our other contact methods here
