K Coe Isom Company

K·Coe Isom formed January 1, 2015 upon merging Kennedy and Coe and Matson and Isom. At $56.3 million in revenue with 360 people, K·Coe Isom ranks approximately 60th in size in the US and leads, nationally, as consultants and CPAs in food and agriculture—the firm’s primary industry. The firm serves domestic and international clientele from 17 coast-to-coast offices.

The name K·Coe Isom (pronounced Kay-Koh Eye-Sum) honors the legacies of both firms.

Kennedy and Coe began in 1932 in Kansas as M.J. Kennedy and Company, becoming Kennedy and Coe in 1940 and spreading steadily across the Midwestern states. The firm moved into the Mississippi Delta, Wyoming, and Washington, DC in 2013, with its acquisition of Vela Environmental and AgKnowledge, expanding the offerings to include proactive policy and legislative involvement, sustainability and resource planning, and detailed profit-margin management at the crop and acre level. The firm ranked in the nation’s Top 100 firms with its pre-merger size of 249 people, including 37 principals.

Matson and Isom began in 1955 in California as Robert M. Matson, CPA and became Matson and Isom in 1962, shortly after Howard Isom joined. The firm was already the largest CPA firm north of Sacramento, and one of Chico’s largest employers. The firm expanded its presence into Redding in 1989, and into Yuba City and Colusa in the last five years. The firm ranked in the nation’s Top 200 at its pre-merger size of 111 people, including 23 principals.

Summary:

360 people, including 60 principals (35% female owned)

17 offices in 6 states (CA, CO, DC, KS, MS, and WY)

Locations:

• California: Chico, Colusa, Redding, Yuba City

• Colorado: Lamar, Loveland

• Kansas: Garden City, Goodland, Lenexa (Kansas City Metro), Pratt, Salina, Wichita

• Mississippi: Greenwood, Clarksdale, Oxford

• Wyoming: Sheridan

• Washington, DC

The firm does not consider any specific office as its physical headquarters. The board, CEO, and leadership team collaborate from across the multiple states they reside in. Operations are centralized with the leadership team.