Accountanty is a directory for people and companies from abroad who need an accountant or a corporate service provider in another jurisdiction. A firm is listed because it fits that purpose, never because it paid. These are the criteria, and the reasons for them.
1. It helps foreign clients set up or run a company
A firm qualifies when its own website shows at least one of these:
- a company formation service (incorporation, registration, setting up a company), including formation handled through a company of the same group or filed through a partner, as long as the firm sells and manages it;
- a stated focus on foreign, non-resident or international clients, such as a service for foreign investors, a desk for a specific market, or pages written for founders moving their business.
Where the clients happen to come from is not enough on its own. The firm has to say that it serves clients from abroad.
2. It does the accounting or tax work itself
Every listed firm offers accounting or tax services, delivered by its own team. We leave out:
- providers that only register companies or act only as registered agents, with no accounting or tax service;
- intermediaries that pass clients on to partner or affiliated firms, and firms whose accounting and tax work is done only by outside associates;
- comparison sites, directories, associations and professional bodies;
- law firms without real formation and accounting or tax work.
3. Its information is public and verifiable
A firm needs a working website of its own that we could read. Firms whose site was missing, unreachable, under construction or belonged to another business are not listed. Every profile is written from what the firm publishes about itself: its services, languages, entity types, industries, other offices, published prices and the licences it declares. Where a public fact such as a founding year or a licence appears only on the firm's own company page on a professional network, it may be taken from there. Nothing is estimated or filled in by guesswork: when a firm does not state something, the profile leaves it out.
Licences and registrations are shown as declared by the firm. Accountanty does not verify them with the regulators, so check them before you rely on them.
4. No anonymity, no avoidance
We exclude any provider that advertises structures to hide who owns a company (for example nominee services sold for anonymity, or "anonymous companies"), ways around international tax reporting, or ways to escape tax obligations in the client's home country. A regulated nominee or fiduciary service described in neutral terms is not, by itself, a reason to exclude a firm.
5. Large networks and independent firms on the same terms
Firms that belong to an international network, and firms that are members of an association of independent practices, are assessed by the same rules. A network firm is listed when its local office in that country shows formation work or services for foreign clients; a global website that says nothing about the country is not enough. There is no limit per country. On each profile, the size reads "International network", "Medium-sized firm" or "Boutique firm".
How the lists are ordered
Lists on city and service pages show featured firms first, marked "Featured". The rest are ordered by how complete the profile is, then alphabetically. Being featured never changes what a profile says.
Corrections and removals
A firm can ask to correct, update or remove its profile at any time through Join Accountanty or by writing to info@accountanty.com. Visitors who spot an error can write to the same address.