Specialized services backed by decades of agribusiness experience help crop and livestock producers, commodity processors, food and beverage manufacturers, cooperatives, and distributors navigate price fluctuations, regulatory complexity, food safety demands, evolving technology, and global market pressures through solutions designed specifically for production, processing, distribution, and sales. The Crowe agribusiness group brings more than 40 years of industry experience and a national, cross-functional team that serves more than 300 clients across the food value chain, serving agribusiness organizations end to end to deliver broader insight and stronger, more connected value. Services for the agribusiness industry include audit, tax, advisory, and consulting.

Banking specialists bring deep functional knowledge and expertise to help banks understand market volatility and unlock competitive advantages in uncertainty. As banks approach different asset-based thresholds, they face heightened regulatory scrutiny, increased compliance requirements, and operational complexities that demand strategic foresight — working with Crowe allows organizations to proactively address challenges, streamline operations, and position for sustained success. With more than 2,900 financial services clients and more than three-quarters of the top 100 U.S. banks working with Crowe, the firm offers services spanning financial statement audits, tax, consulting, internal audit, credit solutions, financial crime, integrated risk management, digital transformation, data governance, M&A support, regulatory response, business resiliency, blockchain and digital assets, responsible optimization, and cybersecurity.

As one of the first national accounting firms to serve cannabis businesses, the team has been at the forefront of professionalizing the cannabis industry, working with all types of cannabis-related businesses across the U.S. — from startup cultivators to multistate dispensaries — to streamline company processes and optimize times, costs, and resources. Services span tax planning and compliance (including IRC Section 280E, sales and use taxes, excise taxes, and international taxes), managing growth, accounting advisory, mergers and acquisitions, internal controls, and audit and assurance — covering cultivators, brands, dispensaries, manufacturers, and ancillary services across cannabis, hemp, and CBD.

Embracing the consumer markets evolution means delivering nimble strategies for companies that have moved swiftly past traditional retail models. A specialized, risk-based approach combined with deep understanding of this rapidly changing environment supports businesses at every stage — from startups to fully established or reinvented companies — focused on evolving market dynamics. Key consumer markets segments served include personal care products, retail and e-commerce, specialty retail, packaged foods, and beverage (including wineries, distilleries, and breweries). Services span audit, tax, advisory, and consulting, all backed by deep industry expertise and innovative technologies.

Dealerships require a nuanced understanding of the industry from their professional services provider. With more than 1,100 dealerships clients — including some of the most successful in the U.S. — industry specialists provide the specialized audit, tax, advisory, and consulting services they require, backed by decades of experience and strong relationships with the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) as well as state and metro auto associations. Solutions include Crowe Navigator for dealers (a web-based performance management platform providing daily visibility across the entire business), control of operating procedures and systems, succession planning, and specialized dealerships tax services covering automated LIFO, pass-through entity tax planning, Form 8300 cash reporting, IRS audit defense, and transactional tax consulting.

The energy sector is transforming rapidly, and specialists understand the challenges, market needs, and opportunities across each subsector — from upstream and midstream oil and gas to power and utilities and renewable and clean energy. Services include diligent and quality audit, tax, advisory, and consulting tailored to each energy business's complex needs, backed by up-to-date technology. Subsectors served include oil and gas upstream, midstream, and downstream; power and utilities (electric power distribution, natural gas distribution, fossil fuel and biomass generation, water treatment); and renewable and clean energy (solar, hydroelectric, wind, renewable natural gas, and nuclear power generation), with ESG strategy support as well.

With decades of financial services experience, a risk-based approach from a deeply specialized team helps organizations navigate blockchain, digital assets, cloud computing, and AI — technologies changing how financial services companies do business and build customer relationships. The firm provides the people, tools, technology, and deep industry knowledge to help instill trust with stakeholders and customers. Segments served include banking, blockchain and digital asset companies, capital markets (asset management, private equity funds, broker-dealers), credit unions, fintech companies, and insurance. Services span audit, tax, advisory, consulting, and responsible optimization for the full financial services landscape.

Fintech companies have been a primary force in the rapid expansion, innovation, and entrepreneurship within financial services, and working with Crowe helps uncover new connections and stay on the right track. The fintech practice addresses navigating an increasingly complex regulatory environment, driving profitability and operational efficiency, exploring new industry partnerships, and offering new products to consumers through unique business models. Services include financial statement audits, consulting, technical accounting, tax consulting, and M&A activities. Key inflection points addressed include regulatory standards, M&A involving banks or private equity, funding for growth, IPO readiness, and regulatory response — with deep expertise in the bank-fintech partnership ecosystem through the Alloy Labs Alliance relationship.

By dedicating specialists to the insurance industry, Crowe brings deeper and broader knowledge and expertise — grounded in an in-depth understanding of the industry from hands-on practitioners — to help companies of all types meet reporting and regulatory needs, improve risk management and compliance activities, drive strategic differentiation, and adapt quickly to changing realities. The practice serves more than 700 insurance clients spanning over 35 different domiciles. Segments served include large commercial carriers (public and nonpublic), national and local mutuals, risk retention groups, captive insurance companies, public entity risk pools, alternative risk structures, reciprocal exchanges, and managing general agents and underwriters. Services include audit and assurance, insurance tax (including captive structuring and M&A), cyber strategy, GRC technology, and digital transformation solutions.

Life sciences affects everyone, and the practice brings extensive experience across all facets — from end to end — including academic, animal health, biotech, supply chain, and contract research organizations, as well as diagnostics companies, drug wholesalers, pharmacies, and hospitals. The team has the technology and skill sets needed to provide high-quality services, from M&A support to constructing new facilities, informed by deep specialization in related industries such as healthcare, manufacturing, cannabis, technology, and health insurers. Segments served include medical device manufacturers, pharmaceuticals and biotech, clinical research organizations, diagnostics, pharmacies, animal health, consumer products, and contract manufacturing organizations. Services include audit, tax, advisory, life sciences consulting, and the Crowe Risk Intelligence Suite for automated economic risk analysis.

Reducing the uncertainty surrounding global manufacturing challenges requires deep expertise and industry-specific solutions designed to help manufacturers navigate disruption and convert complexity into competitive advantage. With more than 75 years working alongside manufacturers of every size, the practice addresses supplier delivery and performance, raw material cost and availability, and logistics — helping clients move faster, make better decisions, and stay ahead of what's coming next. Services span audit, tax, advisory, and consulting tailored to a wide range of manufacturing subsectors. A demonstrated case study shows Crowe performance improvement specialists helping a global manufacturer of commercial vehicle parts achieve $15 million of annualized savings by aligning operational excellence with financial strategy — increasing throughput and labor efficiency while reducing unnecessary labor costs.

For private equity groups and their portfolio companies, market shifts can level up private equity value. With more than 500 PE firm clients having a combined fund size of more than $250 billion and more than 1,400 PE portfolio company clients, Crowe brings deep experience working with both buyers and sellers in all market conditions to identify challenges, address issues, and unlock new opportunities for growth. Services span the entire investment life cycle — M&A strategy, due diligence (buy-side and sell-side), portfolio optimization, and value realization — supported by deep industry expertise across healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, technology, and other sectors. More than 50% of PE clients work with multiple Crowe business units.

Timely, targeted assistance from professionals who understand professional services businesses helps navigate shifting regulations, resource constraints, evolving technologies, and other trends that put a strain on large law firms, corporate legal departments, consulting firms, staffing companies, and other technical services organizations. High-quality audit, tax, and consulting services are tailored based on a company's specific risks and business model. Services include legal business services (digital forensics, e-discovery, operational efficiency), audit services for consulting, marketing, digital advertising, staffing and law firms, tax compliance and consulting (including partnership and corporate tax complexities), finance transformation and accounting services, and professional staffing services focused on maximizing profits and minimizing turnover.

Building better communities and bringing good things to life for constituents drives public sector work across all levels of government — state, local, and federal — to address accountability, performance, and access. Whether linking performance to results, addressing infrastructure concerns, or dealing with fiscal challenges, Crowe helps so organizations can focus on making a difference in constituents' lives. Services include audit and accounting services (high-quality financial services with access to the latest technology), consulting services (planning and strategy, debt and risk management, operations and technology), and tax services (comprehensive tax compliance, planning, and advisory). The practice brings more than 50 years of experience serving public sector organizations.

Real estate and construction firms face continually evolving challenges — supply chain and labor shortages being among the most recent — and specialists help clients plan for and manage these challenges, risks, and complexities. With a reputation for credibility among real estate and construction industry players, including lenders and sureties, clients include all forms of ownership groups across the United States with complex accounting, consulting, and technology needs. Solutions include real estate and construction audit services, the Crowe Construction Contract Optimizer (industry-leading technology combining accounting and tax compliance knowledge with deep industry expertise), specialized tax services (captive insurance, cost segregation, ESOP, R&D credits, estate planning, real estate transaction structuring), and financial performance consulting.

Focused supply chain solutions address labor shortages, manufacturing and distribution challenges, port delays, trade wars, regulatory hurdles, and ethical considerations across 60-plus functional solutions spanning four primary phases: strategy and planning, supply base management, transformation, and distribution, warehousing and logistics. The team looks at these challenges as opportunities, supporting companies in achieving the right balance between disruption and efficiency. Services include supply chain visibility management and optimization, strategic sourcing (supplier negotiations, freight cost optimization), transformation of internal systems, and distribution and warehousing optimization. The practice helps organizations develop effective supply chain strategies improving performance and resiliency while implementing improved tactical planning best practices.

Success in the technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT) industry means moving at amazing speeds, and specialized teams empower businesses by helping seamlessly align with operations to improve processes, manage risk, and position for growth. With more than 25 years working with TMT industry leaders, Crowe brings industry and functional expertise along with the ability to enable technology and harness data for insights to thousands of TMT clients of all sizes — from startups to large publicly traded companies, most with a global presence. Services address complex challenges including revenue recognition (SaaS-based models), software development costs, compliance requirements, cybersecurity and privacy risks, and supply chain issues. Offerings span financial statement audits, SOC reports, IT assurance services, consulting, tax, and advisory — covering technology companies, media organizations, and telecommunications providers.

Delivers risk-based financial statement audits designed to prioritize integrity, objectivity, and deep knowledge of the client's business. Draws on a team of more than 1,400 audit professionals who bring significant industry specialization to every engagement. Applies AICPA, SEC, and PCAOB standards alongside proprietary project management technology for efficiency. Supports clients across critical moments such as obtaining financing, planning acquisitions, or funding portfolio companies. Undergoes annual PCAOB inspections to reinforce audit quality and consistency.

Provides employee benefit plan audits performed by experienced, technically trained CPAs. Tailors its approach to the specific structure, size, and regulatory requirements of each plan. Focuses on efficient, thorough execution to help plan sponsors meet critical filing deadlines. Draws on deep knowledge of ERISA and Department of Labor requirements relevant to benefit plans. Aims to strengthen client confidence in the accuracy and compliance of their plan reporting.

Offers System and Organization Controls (SOC) reporting built on a risk-based methodology. Considers the client's industry, the complexity of its control environment, and the specific needs of report users. Helps organizations demonstrate the effectiveness of internal controls to customers, partners, and regulators. Supports a range of SOC report types tailored to different assurance objectives. Positions clients to build trust with stakeholders who rely on independent control validation.

Helps organizations keep pace with evolving Payment Card Industry (PCI) data security standards. Staffed by a qualified team focused specifically on PCI compliance requirements. Identifies practical solutions suited to each business's payment processing environment. Supports companies through assessment, remediation, and ongoing compliance maintenance. Reduces risk exposure tied to cardholder data handling and payment security gaps.

Specializes in evaluating IT controls and systems before they go live in production. Combines deep audit expertise with a strong understanding of underlying business processes. Helps organizations identify control gaps, configuration risks, and data integrity issues early. Reduces the likelihood of costly post-implementation fixes or compliance failures. Supports a smoother transition when new systems or platforms are introduced.

Helps organizations optimize federal tax planning while navigating the impacts of ongoing tax reform. Works with businesses to identify opportunities that enhance financial outcomes and support strategic goals. Covers areas including federal tax credits and incentives, partnership taxation, and accounting method changes. Addresses complex issues such as Section 174 capitalization and evolving IRS guidance. Assembles industry-specific specialists to align federal tax strategy with each client's broader business objectives.

Supports clients on tax issues throughout the full deal life cycle, from due diligence through post-close integration. Covers buy-side, sell-side, restructuring, and private equity transaction scenarios. Evaluates technical tax exposures and translates them into strategic, actionable recommendations. Draws on experience with challenging situations including bankruptcies and distressed company transactions. Helps clients balance strategic, operational, and tax risk when structuring deals.

Helps multistate companies manage increasingly complex state and local tax compliance obligations. Covers sales and use tax, property tax, unclaimed property, and audit advocacy support. Provides senior-level involvement combined with technology tools to streamline SALT compliance processes. Works to view SALT within the context of the client's overall tax department, not in isolation. Supports clients through state audits, private letter rulings, and multistate nexus challenges.

Supplements internal tax departments or fully outsources the income tax provision process for clients. Helps organizations address persistent income tax accounting challenges with staffing and technical support. Offers innovative, technology-enabled solutions to improve accuracy in tax provision calculations. Assists with ASC 740 compliance and related financial statement tax disclosures. Enhances overall efficiency and confidence in the client's income tax accounting process.

Assesses where an organization currently stands in its tax process maturity journey. Identifies gaps in technology, workflow design, and staffing that limit efficiency. Defines a clear path toward a more streamlined, effective tax function. Helps clients decide between improving cash flow, implementing new tax software, or outsourcing specific functions. Supports organizations in addressing major compliance requirements without unnecessary manual burden.

Supplements internal tax departments or fully outsources the income tax provision process for clients. Helps organizations address persistent income tax accounting challenges with staffing and technical support. Offers innovative, technology-enabled solutions to improve accuracy in tax provision calculations. Assists with ASC 740 compliance and related financial statement tax disclosures. Enhances overall efficiency and confidence in the client's income tax accounting process.

Provides an accessible, hands-on technical resource for navigating the most complex and novel tax issues. Draws on deep, specialized knowledge that spans the full breadth of the tax landscape. Helps clients interpret emerging IRS guidance, legislative changes, and technical position questions. Supports client-facing tax teams with escalation-level expertise on difficult technical matters. Acts as a knowledgeable partner for tackling challenging tax issues with confidence.

Delivers deep technical tax specialization tailored to families, private businesses, and high-net-worth individuals. Addresses complex financial and tax planning challenges unique to significant personal wealth. Provides strategic support across estate, gift, and generational wealth transfer planning. Helps private clients navigate investment structures, trusts, and multistate tax exposure. Offers a personalized approach suited to each family's or individual's financial circumstances.

Supports clients throughout the full M&A deal life cycle, from strategy setting to investment realization. Covers due diligence, integration planning, closing execution, and post-close value creation. Helps clients solve specific challenges at any single point in the transaction process. Draws on experience across buy-side, sell-side, and portfolio company transactions. Works to maximize deal value while minimizing disruption to ongoing operations.

Helps organizations address scaling for growth, underperformance, or full business turnarounds. Covers demand planning, inventory management, and productivity and throughput improvement. Assesses facility footprint and production capacity to identify efficiency opportunities. Supports working capital optimization alongside pricing and margin improvement initiatives. Focuses on delivering measurable, sustainable operational gains across the business.

Guides organizations through technology strategy development and roadmap planning decisions. Supports IT carve-outs, system integrations, and provider or platform selection processes. Provides oversight for project and program implementation to keep technology initiatives on track. Advises on technology organizational design and conducts situational assessments of current IT capability. Incorporates cybersecurity considerations throughout the technology decision-making process.

Combines deep consulting expertise with ITR Economics' proven economic forecasting methodology. Delivers sales and demand forecasting to help clients anticipate shifts in market conditions. Supports strategic and budget planning grounded in data-driven economic insight. Provides market insights and capital investment analysis to inform major business decisions. Offers data analysis and speaking services to help leadership teams plan with greater confidence.

Provides strategic sourcing and logistics support spanning the full procurement function. Covers procurement spend analytics to identify cost reduction and efficiency opportunities. Develops category-specific sourcing strategies tailored to each client's supply base. Supports logistics optimization and supplier development to strengthen supply chain resilience. Helps transform procurement and logistics teams to operate more effectively over time.

Supports IPO readiness by helping organizations prepare for the reporting demands of going public. Assists with accounting standards implementation as new guidance takes effect. Enhances financial reporting quality and strengthens underlying reporting infrastructure. Helps optimize the financial closing process to reduce cycle time and manual effort. Includes CFO roadmap development to support the evolving needs of the finance function.

Delivers impairment testing and tangible asset review services for a range of business needs. Supports restructuring, divestitures, and carve-out transactions with independent valuation analysis. Applies complex analytics to help clients understand asset and business value drivers. Provides tangible asset appraisal expertise across varied industries and asset classes. Helps clients make informed decisions grounded in defensible, well-supported valuations.

Helps organizations address legacy systems that no longer meet evolving business needs. Supports selection of the right modern, scalable technology and implementation partners. Addresses situations where current technology investments aren't delivering expected ROI. Assesses adoption, alignment, and support structures needed to course-correct underperforming platforms. Helps expand successful technology platforms across additional teams and functions over time.

Supports the design of enterprise risk management and regulatory compliance programs. Helps organizations build frameworks to identify, assess, and mitigate operational risk. Addresses evolving and increasingly complex regulatory requirements across industries. Assists boards and audit committees with governance, risk oversight, and strategic decision-making. Supports "responsible optimization" approaches that balance efficiency with sound risk management.

Provides workforce strategy and human capital advisory as part of Crowe's broader outsourced service offerings. Supports organizations navigating growth, restructuring, or significant organizational change. Complements Crowe Y-Hire staffing solutions and embedded M&A integration support. Helps clients address workforce planning, talent strategy, and organizational design needs. Rounds out a "One Crowe" approach connecting human capital work to related finance and transaction services.

Helps organizations move from initial AI wins to long-term, tailored transformation across the business. Covers AI governance, data readiness, and custom AI engineering built to enterprise standards. Supports both organizations new to AI and those with advanced AI programs already in place. Integrates AI technologies with existing systems to reduce disruption and improve efficiency. Applies a blend of industry, functional, technology, and risk expertise to tailor solutions to each client's goals.

Provides independent testing to gauge compliance with anti-money laundering (AML) and sanctions regulations. Identifies overlooked gaps and applies technical expertise to recommend corrective actions. Supports organizations ranging from fintech startups to global banks. Draws on deep regulatory knowledge and continuous monitoring of rule changes. Offers turnkey testing solutions aligned to regulatory expectations and each client's specific risk profile.

Supports selection, implementation, and optimization of core business applications including ERP and CRM systems. Covers major platforms such as Microsoft Dynamics 365, Oracle NetSuite, and Salesforce. Helps organizations modernize legacy systems and improve operational efficiency. Provides implementation oversight from technology strategy through go-live. Tailors application configurations to industry-specific business processes.

Helps organizations build strong, well-governed data foundations to support informed decision-making. Uses tools such as Microsoft Power BI to transform complex data into clear, visual dashboards. Covers the full data life cycle, from governance and quality management to extracting actionable insights. Helps businesses correlate data from disparate systems into a unified view. Supports strategic and operational decisions with trusted, timely data.

Helps organizations define their risks and build a practical, right-sized enterprise risk management strategy. Draws on extensive ERM experience combined with deep knowledge of GRC technologies like Archer and ServiceNow. Offers COSO-aligned, top-down risk assessments to identify, prioritize, and report enterprise risks. Establishes governance-aligned ERM and operational risk management frameworks with clear roles and reporting. Helps organizations connect risk management to overall business strategy so it supports growth and resilience.

Uses analytics-driven methodologies and proprietary technologies to resolve complex investigation and litigation challenges. Supports insurance recovery claims covering natural disasters, employee theft, and cyberattacks. Helps clients defend working capital and earnout positions during settlement discussions and arbitration. Provides digital forensics and incident response for data theft and security breach matters. Draws on an interdisciplinary team of attorneys, CPAs, certified fraud examiners, and data analysts.