Accountancy: Global Industry Guide is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the Accountancy industry. It includes detailed data on market size and segmentation, textual analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, and profiles of the leading companies. This incisive report provides expert analysis on a global, regional and country basis.

Scope of the Report

* Contains an executive summary and data on value, volume and segmentation

* Provides textual analysis of the industry's prospects, competitive landscape and profiles of the leading companies

* Incorporates in-depth five forces competitive environment analysis and scorecards

* Covers the Global, European and Asia-Pacific markets as well as individual chapters on 5 major markets (France, Germany, Japan, the UK and the US).

* Includes a five-year forecast of the industry

Highlights

The global accountancy market grew by 2.9% in 2008 to reach a value of $268 billion.

In 2013, the global accountancy market is forecast to have a value of $293.6 billion, an increase of 9.6% since 2008.

The Audit segment generated 49.3% of the global accountancy market's overall value.

Americas contributes 53.8% of the global accountancy market's overall value.

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Market Definition

The accountancy market consists of all revenues generated by firms engaged in designing, preparing and auditing accounting records. Income from assurance, tax and other accounting related fields like developing budgets, preparing tax returns; processing payrolls, bookkeeping, and billing have also been included. For Japan, the market covers certified public accountant firms only. Any currency conversions used in the creation of this report have been calculated using constant 2008 annual average exchange rates.

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 23
1.1 What is this report about? 23
1.2 Who is the target reader? 23
1.3 How to use this report 23
1.4 Definitions 23
CHAPTER 2 GLOBAL ACCOUNTANCY 24
2.1 Market Overview 24
2.2 Market Value 26
2.3 Market Segmentation I 27
2.4 Market Segmentation II 28
2.5 Five Forces Analysis 29
2.6 Market Forecasts 35
CHAPTER 3 ACCOUNTANCY IN ASIA-PACIFIC 36
3.1 Market Overview 36
3.2 Market Value 38
3.3 Market Segmentation I 39
3.4 Market Segmentation II 40
3.5 Five Forces Analysis 41
3.6 Market Forecasts 47
CHAPTER 4 ACCOUNTANCY IN EUROPE 48
4.1 Market Overview 48
4.2 Market Value 50
4.3 Market Segmentation I 51
4.4 Market Segmentation II 52
4.5 Five Forces Analysis 53
4.6 Market Forecasts 59
4.7 Macroeconomic Indicators 60
CHAPTER 5 ACCOUNTANCY IN BELGIUM 61
5.1 Market Overview 61
5.2 Market Value 63
5.3 Market Segmentation I 64
5.4 Market Segmentation II 65
5.5 Five Forces Analysis 66
5.6 Market Forecasts 72
5.7 Macroeconomic Indicators 73
CHAPTER 6 ACCOUNTANCY IN CANADA 75
6.1 Market Overview 75
6.2 Market Value 77
6.3 Market Segmentation I 78
6.4 Market Segmentation II 79
6.5 Five Forces Analysis 80
6.6 Market Forecasts 86
6.7 Macroeconomic Indicators 87
CHAPTER 7 ACCOUNTANCY IN CHINA 89
7.1 Market Overview 89
7.2 Market Value 91
7.3 Market Segmentation I 92
7.4 Market Segmentation II 93
7.5 Five Forces Analysis 94
7.6 Market Forecasts 100
7.7 Macroeconomic Indicators 101
CHAPTER 8 ACCOUNTANCY IN FRANCE 103
8.1 Market Overview 103
8.2 Market Value 105
8.3 Market Segmentation I 106
8.4 Market Segmentation II 107
8.5 Five Forces Analysis 108
8.6 Market Forecasts 115
8.7 Macroeconomic Indicators 116
CHAPTER 9 ACCOUNTANCY IN GERMANY 118
9.1 Market Overview 118
9.2 Market Value 120
9.3 Market Segmentation I 121
9.4 Market Segmentation II 122
9.5 Five Forces Analysis 123
9.6 Market Forecasts 129
9.7 Macroeconomic Indicators 130
CHAPTER 10 ACCOUNTANCY IN ITALY 132
10.1 Market Overview 132
10.2 Market Value 134
10.3 Market Segmentation I 135
10.4 Market Segmentation II 136
10.5 Five Forces Analysis 137
10.6 Market Forecasts 143
10.7 Macroeconomic Indicators 144
CHAPTER 11 ACCOUNTANCY IN JAPAN 146
11.1 Market Overview 146
11.2 Market Value 148
11.3 Market Segmentation I 149
11.4 Market Segmentation II 150
11.5 Five Forces Analysis 151
11.6 Market Forecasts 157
11.7 Macroeconomic Indicators 158
CHAPTER 12 ACCOUNTANCY IN THE NETHERLANDS 160
12.1 Market Overview 160
12.2 Market Value 162
12.3 Market Segmentation I 163
12.4 Market Segmentation II 164
12.5 Five Forces Analysis 165
12.6 Market Forecasts 171
12.7 Macroeconomic Indicators 172
CHAPTER 13 ACCOUNTANCY IN SPAIN 174
13.1 Market Overview 174
13.2 Market Value 176
13.3 Market Segmentation I 177
13.4 Market Segmentation II 178
13.5 Five Forces Analysis 179
13.6 Market Forecasts 185
13.7 Macroeconomic Indicators 186
CHAPTER 14 ACCOUNTANCY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM 188
14.1 Market Overview 188
14.2 Market Value 190
14.3 Market Segmentation I 191
14.4 Market Segmentation II 192
14.5 Five Forces Analysis 193
14.6 Market Forecasts 200
14.7 Macroeconomic Indicators 201
CHAPTER 15 ACCOUNTANCY IN THE UNITED STATES 203
15.1 Market Overview 203
15.2 Market Value 205
15.3 Market Segmentation I 206
15.4 Market Segmentation II 207
15.5 Five Forces Analysis 208
15.6 Market Forecasts 215
15.7 Macroeconomic Indicators 216
CHAPTER 16 COMPANY PROFILES 217
16.1 Leading Companies 217
CHAPTER 17 APPENDIX 225
17.1 Data Research Methodology 225


LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Global Accountancy Market Value: $ billion, 2004-2008 26
Table 2: Global Accountancy Market Segmentation I: % Share, by Value, 2008 27
Table 3: Global Accountancy Market Segmentation II: % Share, by Value, 2008 28
Table 4: Global Accountancy Market Value Forecast: $ billion, 2008-2013 35
Table 5: Asia-Pacific Accountancy Market Value: $ billion, 2004-2008 38
Table 6: Asia-Pacific Accountancy Market Segmentation I: % Share, by Value, 2008 39
Table 7: Asia-Pacific Accountancy Market Segmentation II: % Share, by Value, 2008 40
Table 8: Asia-Pacific Accountancy Market Value Forecast: $ billion, 2008-2013 47
Table 9: Europe Accountancy Market Value: $ billion, 2004-2008 50
Table 10: Europe Accountancy Market Segmentation I: % Share, by Value, 2008 51
Table 11: Europe Accountancy Market Segmentation II: % Share, by Value, 2008 52
Table 12: Europe Accountancy Market Value Forecast: $ billion, 2008-2013 59
Table 13: Europe Exchange Rate, 2004-2008 60
Table 14: Belgium Accountancy Market Value: $ billion, 2004-2008 63
Table 15: Belgium Accountancy Market Segmentation I: % Share, by Value, 2008 64
Table 16: Belgium Accountancy Market Segmentation II: % Share, by Value, 2008 65
Table 17: Belgium Accountancy Market Value Forecast: $ billion, 2008-2013 72
Table 18: Belgium Size of Population (million) , 2004-2008 73
Table 19: Belgium GDP (Constant 2000 Prices, $ billion), 2004-2008 73
Table 20: Belgium Inflation, 2004-2008 74
Table 21: Belgium Exchange Rate, 2004-2008 74
Table 22: Canada Accountancy Market Value: $ billion, 2004-2008 77
Table 23: Canada Accountancy Market Segmentation I: % Share, by Value, 2008 78
Table 24: Canada Accountancy Market Segmentation II: % Share, by Value, 2008 79
Table 25: Canada Accountancy Market Value Forecast: $ billion, 2008-2013 86
Table 26: Canada Size of Population (million) , 2004-2008 87
Table 27: Canada GDP (Constant 2000 Prices, $ billion), 2004-2008 87
Table 28: Canada Inflation, 2004-2008 88
Table 29: Canada Exchange Rate, 2004-2008 88
Table 30: China Accountancy Market Value: $ billion, 2004-2008 91
Table 31: China Accountancy Market Segmentation I: % Share, by Value, 2008 92
Table 32: China Accountancy Market Segmentation II: % Share, by Value, 2008 93
Table 33: China Accountancy Market Value Forecast: $ billion, 2008-2013 100
Table 34: China Size of Population (million) , 2004-2008 101
Table 35: China GDP (Constant 2000 Prices, $ billion), 2004-2008 101
Table 36: China Inflation, 2004-2008 102
Table 37: China Exchange Rate, 2004-2008 102
Table 38: France Accountancy Market Value: $ billion, 2004-2008 105
Table 39: France Accountancy Market Segmentation I: % Share, by Value, 2008 106
Table 40: France Accountancy Market Segmentation II: % Share, by Value, 2008 107
Table 41: France Accountancy Market Value Forecast: $ billion, 2008-2013 115
Table 42: France Size of Population (million) , 2004-2008 116
Table 43: France GDP (Constant 2000 Prices, $ billion), 2004-2008 116
Table 44: France Inflation, 2004-2008 117
Table 45: France Exchange Rate, 2004-2008 117
Table 46: Germany Accountancy Market Value: $ million, 2004-2008 120
Table 47: Germany Accountancy Market Segmentation I: % Share, by Value, 2008 121
Table 48: Germany Accountancy Market Segmentation II: % Share, by Value, 2008 122
Table 49: Germany Accountancy Market Value Forecast: $ million, 2008-2013 129
Table 50: Germany Size of Population (million) , 2004-2008 130
Table 51: Germany GDP (Constant 2000 Prices, $ billion), 2004-2008 130
Table 52: Germany Inflation, 2004-2008 131
Table 53: Germany Exchange Rate, 2004-2008 131
Table 54: Italy Accountancy Market Value: $ million, 2004-2008 134
Table 55: Italy Accountancy Market Segmentation I: % Share, by Value, 2008 135
Table 56: Italy Accountancy Market Segmentation II: % Share, by Value, 2008 136
Table 57: Italy Accountancy Market Value Forecast: $ million, 2008-2013 143
Table 58: Italy Size of Population (million) , 2004-2008 144
Table 59: Ita