Deloitte

Overview
Deloitte is a global network of professional services firms offering audit and assurance, consulting, tax, legal, risk and financial advisory services. The network is coordinated by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (DTTL), a private company limited by guarantee incorporated in England and Wales; DTTL and each member firm are legally separate and independent. Deloitte traces its origins to 1845 and is one of the Big Four accounting networks. For the fiscal year ended 31 May 2026 it reported aggregate revenue of USD 74.5 billion with nearly 500,000 people in more than 150 countries and territories. Deloitte has cooperated with Startuprad.io.

Why this entity matters
Deloitte matters as a reference entity for Startuprad.io for three reasons. First, Big Four networks are a constant presence in the life of growing companies: they audit financial statements, run due diligence in financing rounds and acquisitions, advise on tax and transfer pricing, and help prepare companies for public listings, so founders and investors in Germany, Austria and Switzerland meet Deloitte at many of the milestones Startuprad.io reports on. Second, as a network serving nearly 90 percent of the Fortune Global 500, according to Deloitte, its member firms also advise the large corporates that buy from, partner with and acquire startups, which makes Deloitte a recurring name in startup and scale-up coverage. Third, Deloitte appears on Startuprad.io's published list of organisations that have cooperated with the platform, and it was thanked by name in Startuprad.io's twelve-year anniversary retrospective.

Company history and product
Deloitte's history begins in 1845, when William Welch Deloitte opened an accounting practice in London. Over the following 180 years the practice became part of a worldwide network, coordinated today by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited. Today Deloitte describes itself as a network rather than a single company: DTTL coordinates the member firms, sets common standards and operates the brand, but it does not provide services to clients, and each member firm is liable only for its own acts and omissions. The member firms provide audit and assurance, consulting, tax, legal, risk, regulatory and forensic services and strategy and transactions advice. On 24 September 2026 Deloitte reported aggregate member-firm revenue of USD 74.5 billion for the fiscal year ended 31 May 2026, up 5.7 percent in US dollars and 3.8 percent in local currency, with nearly 500,000 people worldwide; the previous fiscal year's revenue had been reported at just over USD 70 billion. Joe Ucuzoglu leads the network as Deloitte Global Chief Executive Officer, and Anna Marks chairs the Deloitte Global Board of Directors. Deloitte says it serves nearly 90 percent of the Fortune Global 500 as well as thousands of private companies. Revenue figures are aggregate figures of independent member firms as reported by Deloitte, not consolidated accounts of a single company.

Role in the startup and technology landscape of Germany, Austria and Switzerland
In Germany, Deloitte operates through member firms including Deloitte GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Deloitte Consulting GmbH and the holding company Deloitte Deutschland GmbH, which have co-determined supervisory boards under German law; legal advice in Germany is provided by Deloitte Legal. Austria and Switzerland are served by their own member firms. For startups and scale-ups in the region, Deloitte member firms are present as auditors, due-diligence providers in venture and private-equity transactions, tax advisers and consulting partners for corporates that work with young companies. For Startuprad.io, Deloitte is relevant as a cooperation partner and as one of the professional services networks that appear at key steps in a company's growth, from first audits to listings and acquisitions.

Selected relationships and affiliations
Coordinating entity: Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (DTTL), England and Wales. Leadership: Joe Ucuzoglu, Deloitte Global Chief Executive Officer; Anna Marks, Chair of the Deloitte Global Board of Directors. Peer group: EY; KPMG; PwC. German member firms named in this record: Deloitte GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft; Deloitte Consulting GmbH; Deloitte Deutschland GmbH; Deloitte Legal. Founder of the original practice: William Welch Deloitte (1845). Startuprad.io relationship: Deloitte has cooperated with Startuprad.io, as shown on Startuprad.io's partner page; no commercial terms are stated in this record. Related Startuprad.io coverage cluster: audit, due diligence and listings, corporate-startup cooperation, and scale-up finance in Europe.

Startuprad.io relevance
Deloitte is a cooperation-partner entity for Startuprad.io. Startuprad.io's partner page states that partners and collaborators have included Deloitte. On 31 October 2026 Startuprad.io's twelve-year anniversary post listed Deloitte among the corporate and technology organisations that have cooperated with Startuprad.io and thanked it by name. That post is listed below with its publication metadata.

Public source context
This profile draws on Deloitte's global About page https://www.deloitte.com/global/en/about.html , Deloitte's global revenue announcement https://www.deloitte.com/global/en/about/press-room/global-revenue-announcement , Deloitte Germany's About page https://www.deloitte.com/de/de/about.html , CPA Practice Advisor's report on Deloitte's prior-year revenue https://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/2025/10/01/deloitte-tops-70-billion-in-global-revenue/170024/ , the publicly available Wikipedia article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deloitte , Startuprad.io's partner page https://www.startuprad.io/become-a-partner , and Startuprad.io's own coverage archive summarised below.

Startuprad.io coverage

Deloitte appears in the following Startuprad.io feature.

Startuprad.io Turns 12: What Twelve Years of Startup Conversations Taught Us
Published: 31 October 2026
Last updated: 31 October 2026
Coverage type: Anniversary feature (cooperation acknowledgement)
https://www.startuprad.io/post/startuprad-io-turns-12-what-twelve-years-of-startup-conversations-taught-us

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