Bookkeepers in the Salt Lake City-Murray Area, UT Compared (2026)
Key Takeaways
- Too few firms reached 70% evidence coverage to rank (none of the 15, where a ranking needs 8), so the list is alphabetical.
- Pricing is hidden across the board: no firm here publishes a price, and 13 of 15 don't mention fees at all.
- Compared with every firm we list, this group stands out on onboarding: 4 of 15 describe their onboarding (27% against 15%).
Sources cited in this article: DNS check, Firm's own website, and our published methodology.
85 profiles reviewed, 15 met the listing bar, 0 scored (evidence coverage of 70% or more). Fewer than 8 firms reached the scoring bar, so this is an unranked comparison. The bar is not lowered to make a ranking.
Firms on this page have offices in Draper (4), Salt Lake City (4), West Jordan (3), Sandy (2), Murray (1) and West Valley City (1). The page covers 34 towns and cities in the metro area, and a firm elsewhere in Utah appears on the state page.
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This page compares the 15 Salt Lake City-Murray bookkeeping firms that met our listing bar, alphabetically, because too few have enough checked evidence to rank. Narrow it by need first. The filters above the list cover catch-up work (2 firms) and remote service (4).
Comparison (unranked, alphabetical)
| Firm | Where | Services documented | Software | Pricing | Credentials verified | Coverage | Evidence Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Business Services | Salt Lake City, UT Local + remote | payroll coordination, month-end close | Not verified | Not verified | Not verified | 69% | Not scored |
| Brandol and Associates | West Jordan, UT Local | Not verified | QuickBooks | Not verified | Not verified | 69% | Not scored |
| BRITA'S BOOKKEEPING | Salt Lake City, UT Local + remote | payroll coordination, month-end close | QuickBooks | Quote only (stated) | Not verified | 39% | Not scored |
| Elevation Tax | West Jordan, UT Local + remote | payroll coordination, month-end close | Xero, Gusto | Not verified | Not verified | 69% | Not scored |
| Epsilon Tax & Accounting | Sandy, UT Local | AP/AR, payroll coordination | Not verified | Not verified | Not verified | 69% | Not scored |
| Goodrock Bookkeeping | West Valley City, UT | monthly bookkeeping, catch-up/cleanup, month-end close | QuickBooks | Not verified | Not verified | 69% | Not scored |
| Grant Strickland | Draper, UT Local | payroll coordination | Not verified | Not verified | Not verified | 66% | Not scored |
| Incite Tax | Draper, UT Local + remote | catch-up/cleanup, payroll coordination, month-end close | QuickBooks Online | Not verified | Not verified | 69% | Not scored |
| Johnson & Semken | Murray, UT Local | AP/AR, payroll coordination | QuickBooks | Not verified | Not verified | 66% | Not scored |
| Klingler & Associates Says it serves: trucking, restaurants, construction, medical, technology | Sandy, UT Local | AP/AR, payroll coordination, month-end close | QuickBooks | Not verified | Not verified | 69% | Not scored |
| Mellor and Associates Says it serves: construction, non-profits, manufacturing, restaurants, nonprofits | Draper, UT | monthly bookkeeping, payroll coordination, month-end close | Not verified | Not verified | Not verified | 66% | Not scored |
| Outsourced Bookkeeping Services Says it serves: restaurants, real estate, fitness, medical, consultants | Salt Lake City, UT | AP/AR, payroll coordination, month-end close | QuickBooks Online | Quote only (stated) | Not verified | 69% | Not scored |
| Proactive Accounting & Advisory Services | West Jordan, UT Local | payroll coordination, month-end close | Not verified | Not verified | Not verified | 66% | Not scored |
| Sadler Gibb Says it serves: real estate | Draper, UT Local | payroll coordination, month-end close | Not verified | Not verified | Not verified | 62% | Not scored |
| Suisse Business Advisors | Salt Lake City, UT | monthly bookkeeping | Not verified | Not verified | Not verified | 66% | Not scored |
What the evidence shows
Pricing
No firm on this page puts a price on its website. 2 of 15 say they quote each client, and the other 13 say nothing about fees at all. That's less open than Utah as a whole, where 8% publish a price. Ask for the fee and what it covers in writing before the first month starts.
Services and process
2 of 15 say they take on catch-up or cleanup work, which matters if your books are months behind. On this page that's Goodrock Bookkeeping and Incite Tax. On process, 3 of 15 give a reporting schedule and 4 explain onboarding.
Software and remote work
QuickBooks leads the software firms here name (33%); after it come QuickBooks Online 13% and Xero 7%. If you run Xero, Elevation Tax names it. 4 of 15 say they work with clients remotely, so a firm across the metro can still take you on.
Licenses and public records
There's no Utah 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 69%. Any firm that says it's a CPA practice can be checked on the Utah Board of Accountancy lookup.
Salt Lake City-Murray area in figures
Shares of the 15 firms listed, from accepted evidence only. A firm with no evidence for an item counts as not stating it.
| Publish a price or starting price | 0% (0 of 15) |
|---|---|
| State they price by quote | 13% (2 of 15) |
| Say nothing about pricing | 87% (13 of 15) |
| Hold a third-party-verified credential | 0% (0 of 15) (the Utah CPA register isn't searched automatically, so licenses read Not verified) |
| State a reporting cadence | 20% (3 of 15) |
| Describe onboarding | 27% (4 of 15) |
| Offer catch-up or cleanup work | 13% (2 of 15) |
| Work remotely (stated) | 27% (4 of 15) |
| Most-mentioned software | QuickBooks 33%, QuickBooks Online 13%, Xero 7%, Gusto 7% |
| Median evidence coverage | 69% |
Frequently Asked Questions
Do any Salt Lake City-Murray bookkeepers publish their prices?
Not on their websites. 2 of 15 say they quote each client, and the rest don't mention fees. Ask for the monthly fee and what it covers in writing.
Which firms in Salt Lake City-Murray take on catch-up bookkeeping?
Goodrock Bookkeeping and Incite Tax say they do catch-up or cleanup work. The catch-up filter above the list shows only those firms.
Which Salt Lake City-Murray bookkeepers work in Xero?
Elevation Tax names Xero on its site. More firms here name QuickBooks, so ask which one a firm prefers before you switch anything.
Which Salt Lake City-Murray bookkeepers say which industries they serve?
4 of 15 name them on their own sites, among them Klingler & Associates (trucking and restaurants), Mellor and Associates (construction and non-profits), Outsourced Bookkeeping Services (restaurants and real estate) and Sadler Gibb (real estate). It's self-reported, so ask for a client reference in your trade.
Every place this page covers (34)
Alta, Bluffdale, Brighton, Copperton metro, Cottonwood Heights, Draper, Dugway, Emigration Canyon metro, Erda, Granite, Grantsville, Herriman, Holladay, Kearns metro, Magna metro, Midvale, Millcreek, Murray, Ophir, Riverton, Rush Valley, Salt Lake City, Sandy, South Jordan, South Salt Lake, Stansbury Park, Stockton, Taylorsville, Tooele, Vernon, Wendover, West Jordan, West Valley City, White City metro.
Sources and further reading
Dates are when we checked. Report an error.
- DNS checkChecked Sep 26, 2026
- Firm's own websiteChecked Sep 26, 2026
- Utah Board of Accountancy: license lookupUtah Board of Accountancy
- Utah business entity searchState of Utah
- How the Evidence Score worksBookkeeping Index methodology
- Commercial disclosuresBookkeeping Index