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Grant Thornton
Grant Thornton was named in 3 of the 15 fractional CFO and outsourced accounting firms questions measured by The Shortlist Report, appearing in 138 of the 1107 AI responses sampled across those questions (12.5%).
Grant Thornton is strongest on “What are the best fractional CFO firms?”, where it was named in 70 of 382 responses (18.3%), placing it in tier 7 of that report.
What Grant Thornton is surfaced for in fractional CFO and outsourced accounting firms
Based on the measured answers, Grant Thornton is most likely to be surfaced when buyers ask about “What are the best fractional CFO firms?”, “Which outsourced firms handle business tax and compliance?” and “Our books are a mess and we have an audit coming. Who can help?”.
How the answers describe the firmProvides outsourced accounting, advisory, tax, and finance transformation services for mid-market and larger companies.
In this sample, Grant Thornton was named on 3 of the 14 fractional CFO and outsourced accounting firms ranking questions measured. These are the buyer questions where it appeared most often:
- Fractional CFO firms — named in 70 of 382 responses (18.3%), tier 7.
- Outsourced tax and compliance — named in 61 of 345 responses (17.7%), tier 3.
- Books are mess — named in 7 of 380 responses (1.8%), tier 2.
This describes when the firm is surfaced, not whether it is the right firm to hire. The sample measures recommendation visibility, not client outcomes.
Every question in fractional CFO and outsourced accounting firms
Grant Thornton was named on 3 of these 14 ranking questions. The rest are questions buyers ask that it did not come up for — with whoever did.
Who leads fractional CFO and outsourced accounting firms overall: Pilot tops 3 of 14 · Armanino tops 1 of 14 · Burkland Associates tops 1 of 14 · Etisson tops 1 of 14 · InterimCFO tops 1 of 14 · Local Fractional tops 1 of 14. See all reports.
Where Grant Thornton was named
| Question | Tier | Responses | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What are the best fractional CFO firms? | 7 | 70 of 382 | 18.3% | |
| Which outsourced firms handle business tax and compliance? | 3 | 61 of 345 | 17.7% | |
| Our books are a mess and we have an audit coming. Who can help? | 2 | 7 of 380 | 1.8% |
What Grant Thornton gets named for
Across the 15 fractional CFO and outsourced accounting firms questions measured, Grant Thornton is named most often on “What are the best fractional CFO firms?” — it appears in 70 of the 382 ChatGPT responses to that question, or 18.3% of them. Its next strongest question is “Which outsourced firms handle business tax and compliance?”, where it appears in 61 of 345 responses (17.7%).
Grant Thornton clears the reporting threshold on 3 of the 15 questions. The spread matters as much as the peak: a firm named across several different questions is one an assistant reaches for generally, where a firm named on one is attached to a single specialism.
What Grant Thornton’s tier placings mean
On “What are the best fractional CFO firms?”, Grant Thornton sits in tier 7 of 7, named in 70 of 382 responses (18.3%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 94.2% of responses against Grant Thornton’s 18.3%. It shares tier 7 with Deloitte, TechCXO and PwC, which the sample cannot separate from it.
On “Which outsourced firms handle business tax and compliance?”, Grant Thornton sits in tier 3 of 3, named in 61 of 345 responses (17.7%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 26.7% of responses against Grant Thornton’s 17.7%. It shares tier 3 with Novaric, TaxJar and Navatus, which the sample cannot separate from it.
On “Our books are a mess and we have an audit coming. Who can help?”, Grant Thornton sits in tier 2 of 2, named in 7 of 380 responses (1.8%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 9.2% of responses against Grant Thornton’s 1.8%. It shares tier 2 with CFO Associates, KPMG, Alliance, CBIZ, Nperspective CFO & Strategic Services, Riveron Consulting, Atlanta Business Services and Everyday Accounting LLC, which the sample cannot separate from it.
Firms named alongside Grant Thornton
When ChatGPT names Grant Thornton, these firms most often turn up on the same questions: BDO (2 shared questions), Deloitte (2 shared questions), KPMG (2 shared questions), PwC (2 shared questions) and RSM (2 shared questions).
That overlap is the closest thing this data holds to a shortlist: these are the firms a buyer asking the same questions is most likely to see beside Grant Thornton. It says nothing about which of them is the better fit.
BDO · Deloitte · KPMG · PwC · RSM
What this page is, and is not
- It is a count of how often AI assistants named Grant Thornton when asked buyer questions about fractional CFO and outsourced accounting firms. Nothing here is a review, a rating, or an assessment of the firm’s work.
- Grant Thornton did not submit this listing, was not contacted about it, and cannot pay to change it, move up, or be removed.
- A firm named in few responses may still be excellent. Share follows what has been published about a firm online, which is what an AI assistant reads.
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