Burr Pilger Mayer

Specialties

Burr Pilger Mayer (BPM) is the largest California-​based accounting and consulting firm. We’ve been serving the Bay Area’s emerging and mid-​cap businesses as well as high net worth individuals for 25 years.

As a full-​service accounting and consulting firm, our expertise spans far beyond the basics. We are deeply experienced in assurance, tax, business consulting, and wealth management with over 50 committed partners leading these groups. Our industry experience covers many sectors: technology (semiconductor, software, hardware, Internet/​online media), life sciences, real estate, financial services, nonprofit, and more

History

Established in 1986.

Curtis Burr, Henry Pilger, and Steve Mayer weren’t satisfied being your mainstream CPA’s. Working at Coopers & Lybrand, the trio was frustrated by the limitations of the large accounting firms they experienced. In 1986, they joined forces to service the emerging needs of Bay Area businesses and together founded Burr, Pilger & Mayer LLP.

Four years later, the San Francisco Business Times labeled us the 25^th Largest Accounting Firm. But we were in no way satisfied with our growth. In 1994, after another four years, we opened our second office in Palo Alto, the heart of the then-​emerging Silicon Valley. Today, we have six offices sprawling the Bay Area: San Francisco, San Jose, Palo Alto, Walnut Creek, Novato, and Santa Rosa. And we are now the largest regional-​based accounting firm in the state of California.

BPM’s annual growth has averaged more than 20 percent per year. As we’ve grown through expansion and mergers, we’ve kept the red tape away and held onto the personalized feel that