Surprising results when looking at the S&P 500 companies in California and their auditors. First of all, 74 companies in S&P 500 is headquartered in California. That’s whopping 15% in one state. EY audits some of the big names in Tech while PwC manages to hold on to its lead in terms of total fee. Deloitte only earns 7% of the total fee while KPMG takes a 22% share. Audit revenues of PwC from California clients is $293.32 million and this is just looking at the S&P 500 companies.
| Firm | # of companies audited | Total fees ($ million) | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| PwC | 24 | 293.32 | 37% |
| EY | 25 | 280.30 | 35% |
| KPMG | 17 | 172.95 | 22% |
| Deloitte | 8 | 54.41 | 7% |
As always, for those interested here is the full list of S&P 500 companies headquartered in California and the total fees earned by big4 firms.
| Company | Headquarters Location | Auditor | Total fees ($ million) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wells Fargo | San Francisco, California | KPMG | 57.18 |
| The Walt Disney Company | Burbank, California | PwC | 38.50 |
| Oracle Corp. | Redwood Shores, California | EY | 32.45 |
| Cisco Systems | San Jose, California | PwC | 30.80 |
| Chevron Corp. | San Ramon, California | PwC | 30.20 |
| Alphabet Inc. (Class A) | Mountain View, California | EY | 29.85 |
| Facebook, Inc. | Menlo Park, California | EY | 22.34 |
| Apple Inc. | Cupertino, California | EY | 21.28 |
| HP Inc. | Palo Alto, California | EY | 21.20 |
| Salesforce.com | San Francisco, California | EY | 20.33 |
| Broadcom Inc. | San Jose, California | PwC | 20.23 |
| Hewlett Packard Enterprise | Palo Alto, California | EY | 19.00 |
| Intel Corp. | Santa Clara, California | EY | 18.60 |
| CBRE Group | Los Angeles, California | KPMG | 18.30 |
| eBay Inc. | San Jose, California | PwC | 17.77 |
| Western Digital | Irvine, California | KPMG | 15.54 |
| Edison Int'l | Rosemead, California | PwC | 14.48 |
| PayPal | San Jose, California | PwC | 14.09 |
| Avery Dennison Corp | Glendale, California | PwC | 13.70 |
| QUALCOMM Inc. | San Diego, California | PwC | 13.12 |
| Sempra Energy | San Diego, California | Deloitte | 12.58 |
| Live Nation Entertainment | Beverly Hills, California | EY | 12.51 |
| Franklin Resources | San Mateo, California | PwC | 12.33 |
| Charles Schwab Corporation | San Francisco, California | Deloitte | 12.20 |
| Visa Inc. | San Francisco, California | KPMG | 12.12 |
| SVB Financial | Santa Clara, California | KPMG | 12.11 |
| Activision Blizzard | Santa Monica, California | PwC | 11.54 |
| Twitter, Inc. | San Francisco, California | PwC | 10.58 |
| Gilead Sciences | Foster City, California | EY | 10.51 |
| Equinix | Redwood City, California | PwC | 8.67 |
| Amgen Inc. | Thousand Oaks, California | EY | 8.51 |
| Gap Inc. | San Francisco, California | Deloitte | 8.38 |
| Adobe Inc. | San Jose, California | KPMG | 8.20 |
| NetApp | Sunnyvale, California | Deloitte | 7.88 |
| Netflix Inc. | Los Gatos, California | EY | 7.86 |
| KLA Corporation | Milpitas, California | PwC | 7.82 |
| Applied Materials Inc. | Santa Clara, California | KPMG | 7.36 |
| Juniper Networks | Sunnyvale, California | EY | 7.33 |
| Varian Medical Systems | Palo Alto, California | PwC | 7.02 |
| ServiceNow | Santa Clara, California | PwC | 6.26 |
| Autodesk Inc. | San Rafael, California | EY | 6.20 |
| Align Technology | San Jose, California | PwC | 6.16 |
| The Clorox Company | Oakland, California | EY | 6.09 |
| Advanced Micro Devices Inc | Santa Clara, California | EY | 5.55 |
| Keysight Technologies | Santa Rosa, California | PwC | 5.43 |
| The Cooper Companies | San Ramon, California | KPMG | 5.40 |
| Edwards Lifesciences | Irvine, California | PwC | 5.30 |
| Synopsys Inc. | Mountain View, California | KPMG | 5.26 |
| Nvidia Corporation | Santa Clara, California | PwC | 5.24 |
| Intuit Inc. | Mountain View, California | EY | 5.21 |
| Arista Networks | Santa Clara, California | EY | 5.20 |
| First Republic Bank | San Francisco, California | KPMG | 5.10 |
| Electronic Arts | Redwood City, California | KPMG | 5.00 |
| Lam Research | Fremont, California | EY | 4.92 |
| Prologis | San Francisco, California | KPMG | 4.88 |
| Digital Realty Trust Inc | San Francisco, California | KPMG | 4.63 |
| Agilent Technologies Inc | Santa Clara, California | PwC | 4.62 |
| Healthpeak Properties | Long Beach, California | Deloitte | 4.55 |
| Intuitive Surgical Inc. | Sunnyvale, California | PwC | 4.23 |
| Fortinet | Sunnyvale, California | Deloitte | 3.86 |
| Realty Income Corporation | San Diego, California | KPMG | 3.77 |
| Cadence Design Systems | San Jose, California | KPMG | 3.69 |
| Xilinx | San Jose, California | EY | 3.67 |
| Illumina Inc | San Diego, California | EY | 3.25 |
| Alexandria Real Estate Equities | Pasadena, California | EY | 3.14 |
| Robert Half International | Menlo Park, California | PwC | 2.84 |
| Monster Beverage | Corona, California | Deloitte | 2.69 |
| ResMed | San Diego, California | KPMG | 2.67 |
| DexCom | San Diego, California | EY | 2.66 |
| Maxim Integrated Products Inc | San Jose, California | PwC | 2.42 |
| Ross Stores | Dublin, California | Deloitte | 2.29 |
| Essex Property Trust, Inc. | Palo Alto, California | KPMG | 1.76 |
| Public Storage | Glendale, California | EY | 1.40 |
| Chipotle Mexican Grill | Newport Beach, California | EY | 1.25 |
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