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Firm Profile

Established over 75 years ago, LaPorte is one of the largest independent accounting and business advisory firms in the region, with approximately 190 personnel in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Covington, and Houma, Louisiana, as well as Houston, Texas.

LaPorte’s professionals are proud of the reputation they have helped build over the years. Examples of local and national recognition include the following:

  • ClearlyRated announced that LaPorte has achieved the “2025 Best of Accounting Award for Service Excellence,” achieving a Net Promoter Score of almost 82%, more than two times the industry average.
  • INSIDE Public Accounting has named LaPorte one of the “Top 200 Accounting Firms” for 16 consecutive years (2010-2025).
  • Accounting Today rated LaPorte 11 of 26 on the journal’s “2025 Regional Leaders” among Gulf Coast firms.
  • Forbes magazine named LaPorte to the list of “America’s Best Tax and Accounting Firms” in 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023.
  • LaPorte has been named eight times to the “Best Accounting Firms” list by the New Orleans CityBusiness Reader Rankings poll and is a 14-time honoree of “Best Places to Work” by New Orleans CityBusiness.
  • LaPorte has been named five times to the New Orleans Times-Picayune Top Workplaces – Midsize Employers list.
  • The Greater Baton Rouge Business Report listed LaPorte among the “Best Places to Work” honorees – Midsize Employers for 2023 and 2024.

Services

As a full-service accounting and business advisory firm, our services include the following:

  • Audit and assurance
  • Business consulting
  • Business succession planning
  • Client accounting services
  • Employee benefit plan services
  • Estate planning
  • Forensic and valuation services
  • International services
  • Outsourced controllership
  • Profitability enhancement
  • Risk advisory services
  • Strategic planning
  • Tax planning and compliance
  • Transaction advisory services

Industries

LaPorte’s principal industry groups include construction, dealerships, energy, financial services, healthcare, hospitality and entertainment, professional services, nonprofit, public sector, and real estate, but the firm serves clients in most major industries.