New York City · Finance

CPA & Tax

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How to read the rankings

Columns

Rank
Position in the ranking within the latest snapshot.
Mentions
Latest-snapshot AI responses that named this business.
Response mention rate (±margin)
Mentions ÷ latest-snapshot AI responses. The ± is the 95% confidence margin.
Per-AI columns
Responses from each assistant that named the business; together they sum to Mentions.

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The independent record of which businesses ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity put on the shortlist when New York City buyers describe what they need.

All time: 2,425 unique businesses ranked 4,512 responses analyzed v1.0
Latest ranking: 1,332 businesses published 1 month ago 1,128 responses used for ranking NYC-CPA-2026-09-v1.0
Model versions and response counts

openai/gpt-4o: 282 · perplexity/sonar: 282 · google/gemini-2.5-flash: 282 · anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6: 282

All-time CPA & Tax results

AI responses, all time

4,512

of 64,422 across Atlas · 7.0%

Business mentions, all time

13,542

of 218,877 across Atlas · 6.2%

Unique businesses ranked, all time

2,425

of 24,531 across Atlas · 9.9%

Unique buyer questions, all time

141

of 1,616 across Atlas · 8.7%

Published ranking editions

3

of 143 across Atlas · 2.1%

Businesses in latest ranking

1,332

in the latest snapshot

These totals cover all published CPA & Tax research; the highlighted count is only the latest edition. The latest ranking uses 1,128 eligible AI responses from Sep 7, 2026.

# Business Hits Rate
#1
Anchin Unverified
Claude 104 ChatGPT 98 Gemini 92 Perplexity 18
312 27.7% ±2.6
#2
Marks Paneth LLP Unverified
Claude 67 ChatGPT 99 Gemini 85 Perplexity 0
251 22.3% ±2.4
#3
EisnerAmper Unverified
Claude 48 ChatGPT 62 Gemini 57 Perplexity 17
184 16.3% ±2.2
#4
Citrin Cooperman Unverified
Claude 50 ChatGPT 29 Gemini 59 Perplexity 7
145 12.9% ±2.0
#5
Mazars USA LLP Unverified
Claude 4 ChatGPT 38 Gemini 34 Perplexity 0
76 6.7% ±1.5
#6
Braj Aggarwal, CPA, P.C.
Claude 27 ChatGPT 1 Gemini 11 Perplexity 34
73 6.5% ±1.4
#7
Marcum LLP Unverified
Claude 6 ChatGPT 9 Gemini 46 Perplexity 4
65 5.8% ±1.4
#8
Friedman LLP Unverified
Claude 23 ChatGPT 36 Gemini 6 Perplexity 0
65 5.8% ±1.4
#9
Kostelanetz LLP Unverified
Claude 17 ChatGPT 23 Gemini 21 Perplexity 2
63 5.6% ±1.3
#10
WithumSmith+Brown, PC Unverified
Claude 6 ChatGPT 40 Gemini 1 Perplexity 6
53 4.7% ±1.2
#11
Nonprofit Accountant New York City
Claude 1 ChatGPT 12 Gemini 8 Perplexity 29
50 4.4% ±1.2
#12
Gary Mehta, CPA, EA
Claude 9 ChatGPT 4 Gemini 12 Perplexity 23
48 4.3% ±1.2
#13
Bench Unverified
Claude 36 ChatGPT 4 Gemini 4 Perplexity 4
48 4.3% ±1.2
#14
Deloitte Private Unverified
Claude 6 ChatGPT 13 Gemini 22 Perplexity 4
45 4.0% ±1.2
#15
PwC Private Unverified
Claude 4 ChatGPT 13 Gemini 21 Perplexity 6
44 3.9% ±1.1
#16
Grassi & Co. Unverified
Claude 26 ChatGPT 14 Gemini 0 Perplexity 2
42 3.7% ±1.1
#17
Travis C. Advisors CPA Unverified
Claude 11 ChatGPT 2 Gemini 1 Perplexity 27
41 3.6% ±1.1
#18
KPMG Personal Financial Services Unverified
Claude 4 ChatGPT 18 Gemini 15 Perplexity 4
41 3.6% ±1.1
#19
Andersen Tax Unverified
Claude 2 ChatGPT 12 Gemini 24 Perplexity 3
41 3.6% ±1.1
#20
Reed Corporation CPA Firm Unverified
Claude 0 ChatGPT 0 Gemini 0 Perplexity 41
41 3.6% ±1.1
#21
Berdon LLP Unverified
Claude 23 ChatGPT 8 Gemini 8 Perplexity 0
39 3.5% ±1.1
#22
Kruze Unverified
Claude 15 ChatGPT 9 Gemini 7 Perplexity 7
38 3.4% ±1.1
#23
Miller & Company Unverified
Claude 0 ChatGPT 1 Gemini 0 Perplexity 37
38 3.4% ±1.1
#24
Pilot Unverified
Claude 7 ChatGPT 11 Gemini 10 Perplexity 5
33 2.9% ±1.0
#25
Greenback Tax Services Unverified
Claude 10 ChatGPT 9 Gemini 8 Perplexity 6
33 2.9% ±1.0

Sources cited by AI

Directories, associations, and other sources

These sources appeared in AI answers as places to research, verify, or compare businesses. We show them here because they helped shape the answers.

How sources are classified

1. New York State Board of Public Accountancy

cited source

20 source · 0 verification · 0 comparison mentions

2. National Association of Enrolled Agents

cited source

8 source · 0 verification · 0 comparison mentions

3. New York State Education Department

cited source

7 source · 0 verification · 0 comparison mentions

4. AICPA

cited source

6 source · 0 verification · 0 comparison mentions

5. Harness Wealth

harness.co

cited source

5 source · 0 verification · 0 comparison mentions

6. Reddit

cited source

3 source · 0 verification · 0 comparison mentions

7. Compass

compass

cited source

2 source · 0 verification · 0 comparison mentions

8. Digital Asset Council of Professionals

cited source

1 source · 0 verification · 0 comparison mentions

9. Tax Court

cited source

1 source · 0 verification · 0 comparison mentions

10. NerdWallet

cited source

1 source · 0 verification · 0 comparison mentions

11. NYC Bar Association

cited source

1 source · 0 verification · 0 comparison mentions

12. XY Planning Network

cited source

1 source · 0 verification · 0 comparison mentions

13. New York State Bar Association

nysba.org

cited source

1 source · 0 verification · 0 comparison mentions

14. FINRA BrokerCheck

cited source

1 source · 0 verification · 0 comparison mentions

15. NYC Department of Finance

cited source

1 source · 0 verification · 0 comparison mentions

16. Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

internal revenue service (irs)

cited source

1 source · 0 verification · 0 comparison mentions

17. NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection

cited source

1 source · 0 verification · 0 comparison mentions

These sources can reveal where buyers and AI assistants research the market. Source mentions are reported separately from business rankings.

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