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Between 1987 and 1998 six of the eight largest U.S. accounting firms merged in pairs, leaving four with Arthur Andersen’s end in 2002.

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1987–1998

Mergers of the Big Eight accounting firms. Between 1987 and 1998 six of the eight largest U.S. accounting firms merged in pairs, leaving four with Arthur Andersen’s end in 2002.

Mergers of the Big Eight accounting firms involved Peat Marwick Mitchell, Ernst & Whinney, Arthur Young, Deloitte Haskins & Sells, Touche Ross, Price Waterhouse and Coopers & Lybrand.

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