Highlights (all in constant currency):
- Regionally, strong growth was led by Americas (up 16.2% to USD3.3bn), followed by Asia Pacific (up 13.5% to USD1.3bn), and EMEA (up 11% to USD2.6bn).
- Double-digit growth across all major service lines was led by advisory (up 18.1% to USD2.7bn), followed by tax (up 12.3% to USD1.5bn), and assurance (up 10.9% to USD2.9bn), reinforcing Grant Thornton’s commitment to the multidisciplinary model.
- Among the network’s larger firms, particularly strong growth was reported by India, Ireland, Korea, US, France, and Japan.
- Key strategic growth market firms saw growth of 13.6%. Strong performance in these key markets was led by Singapore, India and Brazil. Other markets in this group include China, Japan, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Nigeria and a cohort of five ASEAN countries.
- Overall, 112 member firms reported growth with over half (57%) reporting double digit growth.
- Headcount grew from 62,000 to 68,000 reflecting the network’s ongoing investment in its people and its commitment to building a diverse and inclusive global culture.
Peter Bodin, CEO Grant Thornton International Ltd says: “These results highlight the value of our continued focus on our network strategy and its ability to deliver sustainable growth for the network, despite another challenging year in many markets.
“Over the past year our member firms have continued to focus on helping their clients navigate volatile markets, whether due to geo-political tensions and their macro-economic consequences, or the ongoing impacts of COVID. Through all this, our firms have helped clients realise their international ambitions as businesses continue to look abroad for growth opportunities.
“These results also reinforce the true value of our multidisciplinary model for the network and for clients, as it enables us to invest in the technology and enhanced capabilities needed by today’s international clients. This in turn provides great opportunities for our people to further develop their skills and expertise – making Grant Thornton an attractive place to work.
“The resilience of our network will continue to be tested in the months and years ahead, but I have every confidence our member firms will continue to deliver for their clients, their people and their communities.”
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*GTIL reports global results in US dollars (USD). However, most of our member firms do not use USD as their local reporting currency so current year results are calculated using the prior year USD rate to remove the impact of currency fluctuation of the current year. This is referenced as 'constant currency'.
