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We reviewed 298 firms in Arizona: 91 met the listing bar and 65 reached 70% evidence coverage, and 48 of them hold a numbered place on one of its 3 ranked lists.
Start with the metro page nearest you. Arizona has 3 metro pages, largest first: Phoenix-Mesa (61), Tucson (11) and Flagstaff (8). Every one of them carries a ranked list. 11 more firms outside those metros are listed below.
Outside the metro pages: 49 profiles reviewed, 11 met the listing bar, 7 scored (evidence coverage of 70% or more).
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8 bookkeeping firms in the Flagstaff area, checked against their own sites and public records: none publishes a monthly price, and QuickBooks is the software named most. No stars, no paid ranks.
61 bookkeeping firms in the Phoenix-Mesa area, checked against their own sites and public records: 5 publish a monthly price, and QuickBooks is the software named most. No stars, no paid ranks.
11 bookkeeping firms in the Tucson area, checked against their own sites and public records: 1 publish a monthly price, and QuickBooks is the software named most. No stars, no paid ranks.
Check an Arizona bookkeeper before you hire: the Arizona Board of Accountancy lookup, the state business search, and what 91 Arizona firms put in writing about fees and reporting.
The top two firms on the Flagstaff list, Lauzon & Lauzon CPAs and WS Weiss CPA PC, side by side on services, pricing, software and what public records confirm.
The top two firms on the Phoenix-Mesa list, 2Morrow Bookkeeping and LedgeTrakr Bookkeeping, side by side on services, pricing, software and what public records confirm.
The top two firms on the Tucson list, Michael Salomon CPA and Sandra L Reed, CPA, side by side on services, pricing, software and what public records confirm.
Firms outside the market pages that met the listing bar. A town gets its own page once it has 8 listed firms.
| Firm | Where | Services documented | Software | Pricing | Credentials verified | Coverage (%) | Evidence Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C3 PEO | Sierra Vista, AZ Local + remote | monthly bookkeeping, payroll coordination | QuickBooks | Not verified | Not verified | 75 | 37 |
| EVO Bookkeeping | Colorado City, AZ | monthly bookkeeping, catch-up/cleanup, month-end close | QuickBooks Online | Not verified | Not verified | 60 | Not scored |
| Fast-Tax | Sierra Vista, AZ | payroll coordination | Not verified | Not verified | Not verified | 12 | Not scored |
| Just Your Books | Prescott, AZ Local + remote | catch-up/cleanup, payroll coordination, month-end close | QuickBooks Online | Not verified | Not verified | 72 | 25 |
| Lantero & Associates, CPAs Says it serves: professional services | Prescott, AZ | payroll coordination, month-end close | Not verified | Not verified | Not verified | 72 | 25 |
| MTE | Sierra Vista, AZ | payroll coordination | QuickBooks Online | Not verified | IRS preparer record | 70 | 21 |
| NPTA SOLUTIONS PLLC | Prescott, AZ | payroll coordination | Not verified | Not verified | Not verified | 12 | Not scored |
| Prescott Business Solutions LLC | Prescott, AZ | payroll coordination, month-end close | QuickBooks | Quote only (stated) | IRS preparer record | 75 | 32 |
| Red Rock Consulting & Tax | Lake Havasu City, AZ Local | AP/AR, payroll coordination, month-end close | Not verified | Not verified | Not verified | 69 | Not scored |
| Shippen, Pope & Associates, PLLC Says it serves: real estate, healthcare, retail, professional services, restaurants | Yuma, AZ | payroll coordination, month-end close | QuickBooks | Not verified | IRS preparer record | 75 | 36 |
| Slater & Rutherford Says it serves: medical | Prescott, AZ Local | payroll coordination, month-end close | QuickBooks | Not verified | IRS preparer record | 72 | 39 |
Across all 91 firms we list in Arizona, 6 publish a monthly price or a starting price and 72 say nothing about fees. The share publishing, 7%, compares with 4% nationally.
There's no Arizona open data for us to match licenses or registrations against, which is why so few firms here reach 70% coverage. A website on its own can't get a firm there. Median evidence coverage here is 73%.
General information, not tax advice. Which of these reach your business depends on its entity type, what it sells, whether it has employees and the schedule each agency assigns. Your bookkeeper keeps the records; you, or whoever your engagement letter names, file. Checked on the linked official pages on September 26, 2026.
Search its legal name on the Arizona business entity search. A sole proprietor trading under its own name may not appear, and that alone isn't a warning sign.
Dates are when we checked. Report an error.