PCAOB audit firm inspections (Big 4 + 1,779 firms · deficiency rates)

Dataset · Public Company Accounting Oversight Board · source URL ↗

Every PCAOB inspection report on every registered audit firm — 4,292 inspections covering 1,779 firms globally. Each report includes the firm's Part I.A deficiency rate (the audit-quality score), how many audits were reviewed, how many had deficiencies, whether the report includes public quality-control criticisms, and a link to the underlying PDF report. Big Four (PwC, Deloitte, EY, KPMG) are inspected annually; smaller firms triennially. The dataset exposes which audit firms have systematic quality problems and which engagement teams the PCAOB targeted via risk-based vs. random selection.

Source organization
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
License / terms
Coverage
4,292 inspections · 1,779 distinct firms · 2018-present
Latest local indexed-row date
2026-05-16
API endpoint

Keywords

PCAOBaudit inspectionPart I.A deficiencyBig FourPwCDeloitteEYKPMGaudit qualityaccounting

Provenance

The listed URL identifies a referenced source; it does not by itself document the ingestion endpoint. Referenced source URL: https://pcaobus.org/oversight/inspections/firm-inspection-reports. PCAOB source material retains its terms; MORVS does not relicense it. Free or keyless access does not alter source terms. Metadata and normalization authored by MORVS (AI Analytics LLC) are CC0 only where expressly stated.

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