How much does an audit cost
We price your audit from its scope: the entities and locations we cover, the years in question, the standard you are audited under, the condition of your records, and your deadline. Send us your statements and you get a written quote before you sign anything.
Typical Audit Cost Range
We quote company audits in these ranges, as of October 2026. You can pay less or more than these ranges, depending on your scope:
| Company size | Annual revenue | Typical fee |
|---|---|---|
| Small | Under $5 million | $7,000 to $15,000 |
| Mid-sized | $5 million to $50 million | $15,000 to $35,000 |
| Large | Over $50 million | $35,000 to $50,000 or more |
Key Factors Affecting Audit Costs
We base audit pricing on five factors. For each one, we show what raises the fee and what lowers it:
Scale of the business. We estimate scale from revenue and transaction volume, then size testing around risk, tolerable and expected misstatement, and the population, following AICPA audit sampling guidance. You pay more for high volume and high risk.
Entities and locations. You pay least with one entity. We add fieldwork for each subsidiary or branch in scope, and we test the consolidation, including intercompany balances.
Condition of the ledger. If your general ledger matches your bank statements, we start testing straight away. If it does not, we scope any permitted cleanup separately and price it on top of the audit.
The standard you are audited under. We audit private companies under generally accepted auditing standards and public companies under PCAOB standards. We do more work on a PCAOB audit or a Single Audit than on a GAAS audit of the same company, and charge for it.
First year or repeat. We spend longer on your first audit, including when you move up from a review, because we perform procedures on opening balances. You pay less in later years.
A single private company with books that match the bank and a repeat audit is at the low end of its band.
These are the factors, not a quote.
What raises and lowers your audit fee
What raises and lowers your audit fee
Four scope decisions we look at before we quote. No prices are shown.
Entities and locations
Raises the fee
Several entities, branches or intercompany balances to evaluate
Lowers the fee
One entity, one location, one set of books
Condition of the ledger
Raises the fee
General ledger does not match the bank statements
Lowers the fee
Accounts reconciled and schedules ready at kickoff
Standard applied
Raises the fee
PCAOB standards or a Single Audit under the Yellow Book
Lowers the fee
A nonissuer audit under generally accepted auditing standards
Timing
Raises the fee
First audit with us, or a tight deadline
Lowers the fee
Repeat audit on a calendar agreed in advance
Dimov Audit
500+
completed audits
50
states served
AICPA
peer-reviewed firm
16+
years in audit
Firm figures as of September 2026, from the Dimov Audit homepage.
What happens when your statements are not prepared yet
We quote bookkeeping and financial statement preparation separately from the audit. Under the independence rules, we tell you whether the same firm may do both, and management keeps responsibility for any permitted nonattest work. Send us what you have and we will tell you which one you need first.
Bookkeeping servicesHow we quote your audit
- Step 01
Your latest statements.
We read the balance sheet and income statement and take your annual gross income from them.
- Step 02
Your scope.
Tell us the years to cover, how many entities you own, and who asked for the audit.
- Step 03
Your fee, in writing.
One number for the scope we agreed, with anything outside it named.
- Step 04
Your start date.
We put the deadline you are working to into the engagement letter.
Additional Fees for Specialized Audits
We price these audits on their own pages, because we scope each one differently:
Nonprofit audit cost, with review and compilation options.
Tips for Reducing Audit Costs
Keep records clean and current.
Hand us a ledger that matches the bank, with schedules ready, and we skip the cleanup.
Clear last year's findings first.
We test each open finding again, so fix them before fieldwork.
Pick an auditor who knows your industry.
We spend less time learning your revenue model and your regulator.
Run a pre-audit review.
Find the obvious issues yourself before we do, so we book fewer adjustments.
“We always had a 24-hour rule at the company. And really, if you ask me, it's a same day rule. The same day rule means that if you contact us and you're a client, you'll get a response that day, worst case, within 24 hours.”
Related audit services
- Financial statement audits
- Compiled financial statements
- External audit services
- Forensic audit services
Use this as general information, not advice for your circumstances. Ask a CPA to look at your own records before you budget for an audit.
Ask us what your audit will cost
Send your latest balance sheet and income statement, tell us who is asking for the audit and by when, and we will come back with a fee and a start date. A senior audit professional reviews your file and gives you the next step.
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Reviewed by George Dimov, CPA. Dimov Audit performs financial statement audits for private companies across all 50 states.