Top 25 accounting firm Aprio has set foot in the cannabis industry by acquiring Phoenix-based CPA firm Price Kong, which provides attest, tax, and advisory services to a variety of businesses, including cannabusinesses.
Financial terms of the deal, which is expected to close on June 1, weren’t disclosed. More than 40 Price Kong professionals, including Managing Partner Ross Dietrich and five additional partners, will join Atlanta-based Aprio.
This is private equity-backed Aprio’s fifth M&A deal of 2026. The firm has added two Oregon-based CPA firms—Delap LLP and Hoffman, Stewart & Schmidt PC—the SALT team from TaxOps in Denver, and CAVU Advisors in Maryland. Aprio also launched Aprio Global in March to serve clients with cross-border tax, accounting, and advisory needs worldwide.
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The addition of Price Kong also adds to Aprio’s footprint in Arizona. The firm combined with Scottsdale, AZ-based boutique business law practice Radix Law last year to form Aprio Legal, an alternative business structure law firm that provides clients with comprehensive legal counsel across estate planning, bankruptcy, commercial litigation, real estate, and business law.
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“Bringing our capabilities—accounting, advisory, audit, wealth, and legal—together in one market is a landmark moment for Aprio. Our goal is to be the firm that Arizona’s most ambitious entrepreneurs and business leaders turn to when navigating a growth opportunity, a complex transaction, managing regulatory risk, or building toward an exit,” Aprio CEO Richard Kopelman said in a statement on May 6. “We are thrilled to welcome the Price Kong team to Aprio and to deepen our presence in the Phoenix metro area.”
Founded in 1967, Price Kong has advised entrepreneurs and business leaders across construction, dental, healthcare, real estate, technology, and other growth-oriented industries.
The firm was also among the first to offer accounting services to the cannabis industry, helping operators and ancillary businesses navigate complex regulatory, tax, and financial challenges for the last 10-plus years.
“We couldn’t be more excited to join Aprio and bring our clients an even stronger platform to help them grow,” Dietrich said in a statement. “Our team has spent decades building deep experience in complex and fast-moving industries, and by joining Aprio, we are able to pair that specialization with broader capabilities and deeper resources. I’m incredibly proud of what this team has built, and I’m excited about what we will accomplish together as part of Aprio.”
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