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← Back to Top 11 Bookkeepers in the Birmingham Area, AL (2026)Hagler & Brocato
Evidence Score 32/100 at 75% evidence coverage 9 of 11 on the Birmingham area list How the score works
What we could verify
- Registered business?
- Not verified
- CPA license or firm permit?
- Not verified
- Publishes prices?
- Not stated on its website
- Local or remote?
- Local + remote
- Software?
- None named on its website
1 of 5 answered from a dated source.
Documents 2 of 5 core services; IRS preparer record found for a named person.
Score breakdown
Dark bar: points earned. Grey bar: the weight we could check.
Evidence
| Claim | What the source shows | Source | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business name | Hagler & Brocato | home page | |
| Website | https://haglerbrocato.com/ | home page | |
| Office locality | Hoover, AL | home page | |
| Service area | United States (stated by the firm) | home page | |
| Phone | +12059885297 | home page | |
| Offers bookkeeping | Documented: ...with your business on day-to-day, strategic, and long-term financial decisions. Bookkeeping Running a business is hard, let us make it a little easier by taking in-house... | home page | |
| Payroll coordination | Documented: ...business, and assist you with tax reporting requirements. Accounting, Bookkeeping, & Payroll Business Consulting & Planning Financial Forecasts & Projections Financial Statement... | /client-services | 4 pts (max 4) |
| Month-end close + reporting | Documented: ...Bookkeeping, & Payroll Business Consulting & Planning Financial Forecasts & Projections Financial Statement Preparation Tax Preparation & Planning | /client-services | 6 pts (max 6) |
| Local / remote model stated | Local + remote | home page | 3 pts (max 3) |
| Bookkeeping designation (AIPB/NACPB) or IRS preparer record | IRS preparer record for Laurie Primeaux · CPA (self-reported to the IRS, not a state license) · business name on the record: Hagler & Brocato, LLC | IRS preparer records Third-party Sep 27, 2026 | 6 pts (max 6) |
| What is included / excluded | Documented: ...you through making sound financial decisions. Our business consulting and planning includes: Evaluating the correct business entity structure Establishing an accounting system to... | /client-services/business-consulting-planning | 5 pts (max 5) |
| Named contact / team | Laurie Primeaux, CPA | /about-us/our-team | 3 pts (max 3) |
| Communication channel / process | Documented: Hagler & Brocato Client Portal Pay Online What Makes Us Different Our team’s experience and passion means that we can... | home page | 3 pts (max 3) |
| Working contact route verified | [email protected] (mail server found) | DNS check Third-party Sep 26, 2026 | 2 pts (max 2) |
Checked and not found
- Not documented. Checked 11 pages of the firm's own site on 2026-09-26 (Firm's own website): Monthly bookkeeping (0 pts, max 8); Catch-up / cleanup (0 pts, max 5); AP / AR (0 pts, max 4); Industries served (documented) (0 pts, max 5); Software supported (0 pts, max 5); Pricing approach published (0 pts, max 6); Onboarding described (0 pts, max 4); Reporting cadence stated (0 pts, max 4); Privacy / data-handling page (0 pts, max 2).
Not verified (not checked yet, so each scores 0 and counts against coverage): Active CPA firm or individual license (state board) (0 pts, max 8); Current QuickBooks ProAdvisor or Xero advisor listing (0 pts, max 6); Entity found in the state business registry (0 pts, max 6); Operating 1+ year (registry formation date) (0 pts, max 5).
Check it yourself on the state's own records: Alabama State Board of Public Accountancy license search and business registry search.
- Bookkeeping designation (AIPB/NACPB) or IRS preparer record: The IRS's public file of active tax preparers (PTIN holders, updated 2026-02-23) lists Laurie Primeaux under the business name 'Hagler & Brocato, LLC' in Hoover, AL. The record lists: CPA. It is one individual's IRS preparer record, not a firm license or a directory listing. Its CPA entry is self-reported to the IRS and is not a state CPA license. It does not prove service quality.
- Working contact route verified: The email address the firm publishes is on a domain that accepts mail (MX record present).
Data limitations
- 21 of 23 evidenced items come from Hagler & Brocato's own website and are labelled self-reported.
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