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SCORE was named in 1 of the 13 fractional CFO and outsourced accounting firms questions measured by The Shortlist Report, appearing in 5 of the 240 AI responses sampled across those questions (2.1%).

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SCORE is strongest on “Our books are a mess and we have an audit coming. Who can help?”, where it was named in 5 of 240 responses (2.1%), placing it in tier 2 of that report.

What SCORE is surfaced for in fractional CFO and outsourced accounting firms

Based on the measured answers, SCORE is most likely to be surfaced when buyers ask about “Our books are a mess and we have an audit coming. Who can help?”.

How the answers describe the firmOffers free mentoring, cash-flow forecasting, and guidance on accounting and fractional CFO support progression for startups.

In this sample, SCORE was named on 1 of the 12 fractional CFO and outsourced accounting firms ranking questions measured. These are the buyer questions where it appeared most often:

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

SCORE was named on 1 of these 12 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 12 · Armanino tops 1 of 12 · BPM tops 1 of 12 · Burkland Associates tops 1 of 12 · InterimCFO tops 1 of 12 · PwC tops 1 of 12. See all reports.

Where SCORE was named

One row per report in which SCORE cleared the reporting threshold. Reports where it was not named often enough to clear that threshold are not listed. Each report states its own sample size and collection window.
QuestionTierResponsesShare
Our books are a mess and we have an audit coming. Who can help?25 of 2402.1%

What SCORE gets named for

Across the 13 fractional CFO and outsourced accounting firms questions measured, SCORE is named most often on “Our books are a mess and we have an audit coming. Who can help?” — it appears in 5 of the 240 ChatGPT responses to that question, or 2.1% of them.

That is the only question in this set where SCORE cleared the reporting threshold, so its visibility is concentrated in one kind of buyer question rather than spread across the category.

What SCORE’s tier placings mean

On “Our books are a mess and we have an audit coming. Who can help?”, SCORE sits in tier 2 of 2, named in 5 of 240 responses (2.1%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 10.4% of responses against SCORE’s 2.1%. It shares tier 2 with CFO Associates, KPMG, Alliance, CBIZ, Everyday Accounting LLC, Grant Thornton, Accordion and Carolina Grasso CPA, LLC, which the sample cannot separate from it.

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