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

Dataset · Public Company Accounting Oversight Board · primary source ↗

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 agency
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
License
CC0 / US public domain
Coverage
4,292 inspections · 1,779 distinct firms · 2018-present
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Keywords

PCAOBaudit inspectionPart I.A deficiencyBig FourPwCDeloitteEYKPMGaudit qualityaccounting

Provenance

Every record in this dataset can be traced back to its primary source at https://pcaobus.org/oversight/inspections/firm-inspection-reports. Underlying content is a US federal government work (public domain under 17 USC §105); our derived data is licensed CC0 1.0.

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