BDO Global

This article is about global professional services network. For other uses, see BDO (disambiguation).
BDO
Company typeGlobal professional services network
Industry
Founded1963 (in 1973, European members took on the current name)
FoundersHans Otte and M. L. Seidman [1]
HeadquartersZaventem, Belgium
Key people
Patrick Kramer, Global CEO
ServicesProfessional services
RevenueIncrease US$14 billion (2023)[2]
Number of employees
115,661 (2023)
Websitewww.bdo.global

BDO (an acronym for Binder Dijker Otte) is an international network of public accounting, tax, consulting and business advisory firms that provide professional services under the name BDO. It is the fifth-largest accounting network in the world. Global fee income of the member firms in the network for the year ended 30 September 2023, including the members of their exclusive alliances, totaled US$ 14 billion.[3] Each BDO member firm is an independent legal entity in its own country. The network, founded in 1963 as Binder Seidman International Group by firms from Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, the UK and the US, is coordinated by BDO Global Coordination B.V., with an office in Zaventem, Belgium. In 1973, the organisation adopted the name BDO, made up from the initials of the three founding firms: Binder (UK), Dijker (Netherlands) and Otte (Germany).[4]

  1. ^ "BDO History". BDO. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  2. ^ "BDO announces financial results 2023". BDO. BDO Global. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  3. ^ "BDO announces financial results 2023". www.bdo.global. Archived from the original on 13 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Background".