CPAs in Kent

159 certified public accountants are licensed to practise and on the Board’s record in Kent — 0.6% of everyone Washington currently licenses.

What the address on the record means, and what it does not

The Board records one place per licence holder. It is where the Board writes to them — not necessarily where they practise, and not a list of firms in Kent. Someone with a Kent address may serve clients across the state, and a firm in Kent may be staffed by CPAs recorded elsewhere.

Read against that limit, the number is still worth something: it says how many people Washington currently licenses with a Kent address, which is the closest a public register gets to the size of the local profession.

When they renew

Washington renews CPA licences every three years, between 1 January and 30 April. That splits Kent into cohorts:

The deadline that actually bites is earlier: the 120 hours of continuing education must be complete by 31 December of the preceding year. How the three-year cycle works.

How long they have been licensed

29 of the 159 CPAs on the record in Kent were first licensed before 2000 — 18.2%. By decade of first licence:

Board orders

None of the 159 licences held in Kent has a Board order published against it. Note what that does and does not mean: the Board has published orders as documents only since 1 January 2020, so an older matter would not show here at all.

Looking for a CPA in Kent?

A licence is the legal minimum to practise, not a recommendation, and this site makes none. Tell us what you need and we pass the enquiry to people holding a current Washington licence — 159 of them are on the record in Kent.

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Registered CPA firms in Kent

Alongside the 159 individually licensed CPAs, the Board lists 16 registered CPA firms with a Kent address. The two registers are separate: a firm registration is not a licence held by any person, and the file does not say who works where.

3 of them — 18.8% — are sole proprietorships: one person practising under a trading name, with no separate entity behind it. Worth knowing before picturing an office. What each legal form means.

The 159 CPAs on the record in Kent

Named as the Board holds them, 140 rows at most — the whole register, lapsed licences included, is in the search.

By renewal cohort in Kent

• Kent CPAs renewing by 30 April 2027 — 57
• Kent CPAs renewing by 30 April 2028 — 67
• Kent CPAs renewing by 30 April 2029 — 35

Towns of a similar size for the profession

• Edmonds 231
• Issaquah 213
• Lynnwood 208
• Olympia 175
• Everett 171
• Shoreline 166
• Snohomish 163
• Woodinville 157
• Spokane Valley 156
• Mercer Island 142
• Puyallup 137
• Yakima 133
• Auburn 121

Neighbours by size, not a ranking: this list slides with the town you are on, so each of the 91 city pages is reachable from the others rather than only the largest few. All of them.