BDO is the brand name for the BDO network and for each of our 101 BDO Member Firms. Our brand stands for exceptional client service, delivered by exceptional people. BDO’s distinctive reputation for client proximity is built upon our commitment to all our stakeholders that what matters to them matters to us. Our clients recognise us as their preferred adviser, appreciating our seamless service world wide.
We were founded in 1963 when firms from the UK, Netherlands, Germany, US and Canada joined forces to share and expand their knowledge to better support clients. We were known as Binder Seidman International Group until 1973, when we adopted the name Binder Dijker Otte & Co: BDO.
We continued to build our international capabilities, growing the strong local roots that mean we now provide services to our clients in 135 countries. In 1988, we established a world wide structure and the BDO acronym was placed before each local member firm’s name. This, together with the introduction of a new logo and a consistent global brand, clearly demonstrated that the local expertise of our member firms was combined with the international expertise and strength of our international network.
Since then, our network has continued to transform in response to client needs, culminating in the change of our name in 2009 to simply BDO. Our move to a single global trading name demonstrates our commitment to service our clients and to compete successfully in our market on a multinational basis.
BDO is the world’s fifth largest accounting network. We have an excellent partner to staff ratio, with almost 55,000 people working with our clients and offering challenging, ethical and practical advice from 1,204 offices in 138 countries.
Our commitment to knowledge and best practice sharing means that expertise is easily shared across the network. Our common methodologies and IT platform ensure effective and efficient service delivery to all our clients. To maintain standards we have a robust accreditation process and quality assurance review procedure.
We remain focused on helping our clients navigate ever-changing economic and market conditions by providing high quality advice and service to all our clients on a consistent basis. This will enable us to achieve our ambition to significantly increase our market share and ensure that we are recognised in the market as a unified global network.
Services
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Audit |
Audit and accounting services account for a large percentage of the BDO network’s combined fee income. The main services offered in this area:
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Tax |
Each BDO Member Firm has appointed tax specialists who contribute to and can draw upon our network’s expertise in order to assist clients with cross-border transactions. We are structured to give you quicker access to senior professionals who will give you straightforward practical and technical advice.
BDO Member Firms provide a range of services to meet the domestic and international tax needs of their clients around the world and offer advice in areas including: Business planning, Mergers & acquisitions, Transfer pricing, Shareholder and owner-manager tax planning, Employee benefit consulting, and among others.
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Advisory |
BDO’s dedicated and highly experienced advisory services teams across the world have the depth of industry and technical resources to respond rapidly to our clients’ needs.
Across the world, BDO provides the optimum blend of accountancy expertise, sector understanding and personal attributes in order to meet your unique challenges.
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Corporate Social Responsibility
We have a responsibility to our communities and our people are involved in them. Our global culture is built upon respect and awareness of local cultural needs and differences and we aim to be an ethical, socially and environmentally organisation in every country in which we have a presence.
BDO is an active member of the community in all its locations and the strength of the BDO name in its local communities derives from its expert knowledge of the local market. It is the people on the ground in these offices who best understand the needs and priorities of the local community. Furthermore, our international network enables us to facilitate the disaster relief efforts of all our member firms right across our world.
Our range of social responsibility activities includes:
Many of our firms also support their employees’ individual charitable efforts, for example by matching an individual’s fund-raising efforts.
