Barnes Dennig Breaks the Top 125 on Inside Public Accounting’s 2026 Top 200 Firms List
Published on by Bec Morris in Firm News
- Barnes Dennig ranked No. 121 on INSIDE Public Accounting’s 2026 Top 200 Firms list, rising 29 spots from 2025 and entering the Top 125 for the first time.
- The firm’s growth reflects a combination of organic momentum and strategic mergers that have expanded our regional presence, specialized expertise, and client resources.
- With five offices across Ohio, Indiana, and Northern Kentucky, Barnes Dennig offers the capabilities of a growing regional firm while maintaining the responsiveness of a trusted local advisor.
Barnes Dennig is proud to be ranked No. 121 on INSIDE Public Accounting’s 2026 list of the nation’s Top 200 accounting firms, marking an impressive 29-position rise from the firm’s No. 150 ranking in 2025 and the first time the firm has cracked the Top 125 mark.
The annual IPA rankings recognize the 500 largest public accounting firms in the United States based on net revenue. Barnes Dennig has appeared on the Top 200 list every year since 2015, but this year’s significant leap reflects an especially exciting period of growth, investment, and opportunity for the firm.
“This recognition is an important milestone, but what makes it most meaningful is what that growth represents,” says Barnes Dennig Managing Director Jay Rammes. “We’ve brought together exceptionally talented people, strengthened our presence across the region, and expanded the expertise and resources available to our clients. Moving up the rankings is exciting, but our focus remains exactly where it has always been: helping our clients succeed, creating opportunities for our team, and building stronger communities.”
Growing with purpose
Barnes Dennig’s new rank reflects both organic growth and the success of strategic mergers that have expanded the firm’s reach, depth, and ability to serve increasingly complex client needs.
Most recently, Barnes Dennig joined forces with Indianapolis-based Greenwalt CPAs in January 2025, creating greater scale in the Indianapolis market while bringing together professionals with complementary experience in accounting, assurance, tax, fractional accounting, and business advisory services and creating myriad new career growth opportunities for members of the combined Barnes Dennig team.
More importantly, the combination increased the number of bright minds clients can turn to for guidance. Businesses and organizations throughout Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and beyond now have access to a broader range of specialized knowledge, enhanced resources, and professionals who understand both their industries and the regional markets in which they operate.
Each of Barnes Dennig’s mergers has been guided by the same principle: growth should create meaningful benefits for clients, colleagues, and communities. By partnering with firms that share Barnes Dennig’s commitment to strong relationships, exceptional service, and an employee-focused culture, the firm has expanded without losing the personal attention and responsiveness that clients value.
Regional strength with expanding capabilities
With five offices across Cincinnati, Dayton, Indianapolis, and Northern Kentucky, Barnes Dennig combines the resources and specialized capabilities of a growing regional firm with the accessibility of a trusted local advisor.
Clients can draw on experience across accounting, assurance, tax, fractional accounting, transaction advisory, business valuation, cybersecurity, SOC reporting, human resources consulting, wealth management, and other specialized services. The firm also maintains deep industry practices serving construction, manufacturing, wholesale/distribution, non-profit, healthcare, professional services, and other organizations throughout the region.
That breadth is increasingly important as clients face more interconnected challenges. Tax decisions can affect succession plans. Technology risks can influence financial reporting. Workforce pressures can shape growth strategies. By bringing specialists together across service lines, industries, and markets, Barnes Dennig helps clients see the complete picture and move forward with greater confidence.
More opportunities for clients and colleagues
The firm’s continued growth has also created new opportunities for our professionals. Team members can collaborate with colleagues across a larger regional platform, pursue increasingly specialized career paths, and work with a broader variety of clients and industries.
That investment in people remains central to the firm’s long-term strategy. Barnes Dennig’s success has always been built on professionals who care deeply about their clients, their colleagues, and their communities. As the firm grows, preserving that culture remains every bit as important as expanding its capabilities.
Being ranked No. 121 is a proud achievement and a testament to the people, partnerships, and client relationships that have driven Barnes Dennig forward. It also represents another step in the firm’s ongoing journey to build a better, brighter future throughout the region.
We’re grateful to our clients for their continued trust and to every member of the Barnes Dennig team for making this achievement possible. Together, we look forward to expanding on this momentum and finding even more ways to help our clients build a better, brighter future.
