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We reviewed 243 firms in Maryland: 51 met the listing bar, but none reached 70% evidence coverage, so no list in Maryland can be ranked yet.
Start with the metro page nearest you. Maryland has 2 metro pages, largest first: Bethesda-Frederick (26) and Baltimore-Columbia (20). None has enough third-party evidence to rank yet, so each compares firms without an order. 5 more firms outside those metros are listed below.
Outside the metro pages: 32 profiles reviewed, 5 met the listing bar, 0 scored (evidence coverage of 70% or more).
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20 bookkeeping firms in the Baltimore-Columbia area, checked against their own sites and public records: 3 publish a price, and QuickBooks is the software named most. No stars, no paid ranks.
26 bookkeeping firms in the Bethesda-Frederick area, checked against their own sites and public records: 3 publish a price, and QuickBooks is the software named most. No stars, no paid ranks.
Check a Maryland bookkeeper before you hire: the Maryland Board of Public Accountancy lookup, the state business search, and what 51 Maryland firms put in writing about fees and reporting.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affordable Bookkeeping | Salisbury, MD | AP/AR, payroll coordination, month-end close | QuickBooks | Not verified | Not verified | 26% | Not scored |
| Integrity Tax & Business Services, Inc. | Salisbury, MD | Not verified | Not verified | Not verified | Not verified | 69% | Not scored |
| Pilchard & Co. | SALISBURY, MD | payroll coordination, month-end close | Not verified | Not verified | Not verified | 15% | Not scored |
| Sulchek & Moore | Hagerstown, MD | payroll coordination | QuickBooks | Not verified | Not verified | 69% | Not scored |
| Wigglesworth, Layton, Moyers & Chance, P.C. | Salisbury, MD Local | payroll coordination, month-end close | QuickBooks | Not verified | Not verified | 66% | Not scored |
Across all 51 firms we list in Maryland, 6 publish a price or a starting price and 42 say nothing about fees. That's close to the national share of 10%.
Without Maryland records we can match, the evidence here is what firms publish about themselves, and that alone stops short of the 70% coverage a ranking needs. Median evidence coverage here is 69%. Any firm that says it's a CPA practice can be checked on the Maryland Board of Public Accountancy 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 Maryland Board of Public Accountancy 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 Maryland 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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