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We reviewed 425 firms in Illinois: 120 met the listing bar and 92 reached 70% evidence coverage, and 65 of them hold a numbered place on one of its 2 ranked lists.
Start with the Chicago-Naperville metro page, the only one in Illinois, which lists 102 firms and carries a ranked list. 18 more firms outside that metro are listed below.
Outside the metro pages: 85 profiles reviewed, 18 met the listing bar, 13 scored (evidence coverage of 70% or more). 10 document at least 6 of the items we score and are ranked by Evidence Score; the other 3 are under the list as Also scored.
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102 bookkeeping firms in the Chicago-Naperville area, checked against their own sites and public records: 7 publish a price, and QuickBooks is the software named most. No stars, no paid ranks.
Check an Illinois bookkeeper before you hire: the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Professional Regulation lookup, the state business search, and what 120 Illinois firms put in writing about fees and reporting.
The top two firms on the Chicago-Naperville list, Hunter Green CPA and Amber's Accounting & Bookkeeping, 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.
These firms reached 70% evidence coverage, but fewer than 6 of the items we score are documented for them, so they carry a score and no number.
| Firm | Where | Services documented | Software | Pricing | Credentials verified | Coverage | Evidence Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hjerpe & Tennison | Bloomington, IL | payroll coordination, month-end close | QuickBooks | Not verified | Active CPA firm or individual license | 75% | 27 |
| Axis Accounting & Tax Service, Inc | Springfield, IL | monthly bookkeeping, payroll coordination, month-end close | Not verified | Not verified | Not verified | 77% | 20 |
| Supreme Accounting & Tax Services | Peoria, IL | payroll coordination, month-end close | Not verified | Not verified | Not verified | 77% | 15 |
| Firm | Where | Services documented | Software | Pricing | Credentials verified | Coverage | Evidence Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MH CPA PLLC Says it serves: technology | Champaign, IL | monthly bookkeeping, payroll coordination, month-end close | QuickBooks, Xero, Sage | Not verified | Active CPA firm or individual license | 74% | 46 |
| White Income Tax Service Ltd. | Peoria, IL Local | AP/AR, payroll coordination, month-end close | QuickBooks | Not verified | Not verified | 77% | 37 |
| Gorenz and Associates, Ltd. Says it serves: contractors, professional services, agriculture | Peoria, IL | payroll coordination, month-end close | QuickBooks | Not verified | Active CPA firm or individual license | 77% | 35 |
| Total Income Tax | Peoria, IL Local | AP/AR, payroll coordination, month-end close | QuickBooks | Not verified | Not verified | 77% | 33 |
| MCK CPAs & Advisors Says it serves: technology | Decatur, IL | payroll coordination, month-end close | Not verified | Not verified | Active CPA firm or individual license | 75% | 33 |
| Insight CPAs & Financial PLLC | Decatur, IL Local + remote | AP/AR, payroll coordination, month-end close | Not verified | Not verified | Active CPA firm or individual license | 72% | 32 |
| Neff Accounting Says it serves: technology, manufacturing | Peoria, IL Local | monthly bookkeeping, payroll coordination, month-end close | Not verified | Not verified | Not verified | 77% | 30 |
| Feller Kuester | Champaign, IL | payroll coordination, month-end close | Not verified | Not verified | Active CPA firm or individual license | 77% | 28 |
| Cowan, Epperson & Associates Says it serves: restaurants, construction, medical, dental, retail | Springfield, IL Local | payroll coordination | QuickBooks | Not verified | Active CPA firm or individual license | 75% | 28 |
| Kent G. Klauer, CPA PC Says it serves: professional services | Moline, IL Local | payroll coordination, month-end close | Not verified | Not verified | Not verified | 74% | 25 |
These firms met the listing bar but have under 70% evidence coverage, so they are not ranked.
| Firm | Where | Services documented | Software | Pricing | Credentials verified | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D'Amico Accounting | Champaign, IL Local | payroll coordination | Not verified | Not verified | Not verified | 17% |
| Fierce Financial Planning Services | Kankakee, IL | payroll coordination | Not verified | Not verified | Not verified | 14% |
| Murphy & Associates | Springfield, IL | payroll coordination, month-end close | QuickBooks | Not verified | Active CPA firm or individual license | 58% |
| PREMIER Accounting & Tax, Inc | Rockford, IL | payroll coordination | Not verified | Not verified | Not verified | 14% |
| Summit CPA Group, P.C. Says it serves: construction, real estate, manufacturing | Rockford, IL | payroll coordination | QuickBooks | Not verified | Not verified | 69% |
Across all 120 firms we list in Illinois, 7 publish a price or a starting price and 106 say nothing about fees. The share publishing, 6%, compares with 10% nationally.
Illinois publishes records we can match, so we could check every firm we list in Illinois against them: 35 firms with an active CPA license or permit on Illinois's published register. Check any CPA claim yourself on the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Professional Regulation lookup.
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 the firm or the person on the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Professional Regulation lookup. A bookkeeper doesn't need a CPA license to keep your books; it matters when a firm uses the CPA title or you need audited or reviewed statements.
Search its legal name on the Illinois business entity search. A sole proprietor trading under its own name may not appear, and that alone isn't a warning sign.
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