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Which accountants AI recommends for restaurants

We asked Claude, Gemini, Perplexity and ChatGPT who the best accountant for restaurants is. Here are the firms named in the 6 answers that came back, from Claude, Gemini and Perplexity.

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What the answers say

Latest answer October 16, 2026.

  • 6answers from Claude, Gemini and Perplexity
  • 25different firms named
  • 83%of answers named at least one firm
  • 4 of 6answers named The Fork CPAs, the firm named most often

Firms named for restaurants

Every firm the answers named, and how many answers named each.

Firm namedNamed byAnswers
The Fork CPAsClaude, Gemini and Perplexity4 of 6
Baker TillyGemini and Perplexity3 of 6
BDOClaude, Gemini and Perplexity3 of 6
AprioClaude and Gemini2 of 6
CohnReznickGemini2 of 6
Gordon AdvisorsClaude and Perplexity2 of 6
Harmony GroupClaude and Perplexity2 of 6
KROSTGemini and Perplexity2 of 6
Moss AdamsGemini2 of 6
The Restaurant CPAsGemini and Perplexity2 of 6
VastPerplexity2 of 6
WCGPerplexity2 of 6
AnchinGemini1 of 6
Bennett ThrasherGemini1 of 6
Dark Horse CPAsPerplexity1 of 6
EisnerAmperGemini1 of 6
GBQPerplexity1 of 6
Indevia AccountingGemini1 of 6
Laufer LLPClaude1 of 6
Moore ColsonClaude1 of 6
On-Call Restaurant AccountingClaude1 of 6
PKF O’Connor DaviesGemini1 of 6
RASIGemini1 of 6
RSM USGemini1 of 6
XendooGemini1 of 6

Every answer

The question asked, the assistant that answered, and the firms its answer named.

“Who is the best accountant for restaurants?”

Answered by Claude (claude-haiku-4-5) on October 16, 2026

Named no firm.

“Who is the best accountant for restaurants?”

Answered by Gemini (gemini-3.8-flash) on October 16, 2026

Named 7 firms: The Fork CPAs, Baker Tilly, CohnReznick, Moss Adams, Indevia Accounting, RASI and Xendoo.

“Who is the best accountant for restaurants?”

Answered by Perplexity (perplexity fast) on October 16, 2026

Named 3 firms: The Restaurant CPAs, Vast and WCG.

“Which CPA firms specialize in restaurants? Name the top ones.”

Answered by Claude (claude-haiku-4-5) on October 16, 2026

Named 8 firms: The Fork CPAs, BDO, Aprio, Gordon Advisors, Harmony Group, Laufer LLP, Moore Colson and On-Call Restaurant Accounting.

“Which CPA firms specialize in restaurants? Name the top ones.”

Answered by Gemini (gemini-3.8-flash) on October 16, 2026

Named 13 firms: The Fork CPAs, Baker Tilly, BDO, Aprio, CohnReznick, KROST, Moss Adams, The Restaurant CPAs, Anchin, Bennett Thrasher, EisnerAmper, PKF O’Connor Davies and RSM US.

“Which CPA firms specialize in restaurants? Name the top ones.”

Answered by Perplexity (perplexity fast) on October 16, 2026

Named 10 firms: The Fork CPAs, Baker Tilly, BDO, Gordon Advisors, Harmony Group, KROST, Vast, WCG, Dark Horse CPAs and GBQ.

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Questions

About the answers for restaurants.

Which accounting firm do AI assistants recommend most for restaurants?

The Fork CPAs, named in 4 of the 6 stored answers about accountants for restaurants.

How many firms do AI assistants name for restaurants?

25 different firms across 6 answers from Claude, Gemini and Perplexity; 1 of those answers named no firm at all.

Where do these answers come from?

Each one is a real reply from an AI assistant, asked through its API with web search on and with no city named. We store the reply as given and count the firms it names. Nothing on this page is typed in by hand.

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