Bay Area · license-checked directory
Find a California CPA
whose license you can check.
Every listing comes from the California Board of Accountancy’s public license data: license number, status and expiration, checked Oct 20, 2026.
- Active CA CPA & firm licenses
- 38,834
- Listed in 5 Bay Area cities
- 3,936
- License data checked
- Oct 20, 2026
- Data source
- CA Board
How it works
Three steps to a CPA you can verify
- 01
Search the state record
Look up by name, city or license number. Every result is an active license in the Board’s file.
- 02
Read the license panel
License type, status, expiration and first-issue year, with the date we last checked.
- 03
Confirm at the source
One click to the official DCA license search before you hire. It is always the final word.
Why license-checked matters
Not every “accountant” is a licensed CPA.
Only a licensed CPA can sign an audit or a reviewed financial statement in California. Licenses also lapse: in the Board’s current file, thousands of records are no longer active. We show only active ones, and we say when we checked.
CPA vs EA vs tax preparer →- 39,960
- records marked Active
- 9,925
- marked Inactive, not shown
- 8,931
- marked Delinquent, not shown
All license types in the Board’s file of 58,816 records, checked Oct 20, 2026.
City showcase
Browse CPAs by city
Active licenses with an address of record in each city.
Know who you’re hiring
CPA, enrolled agent or tax preparer?
CPA
Licensed by the California Board of Accountancy
- Tax returns and IRS representation
- Audits & reviewed financial statements
- Business accounting and advisory
Enrolled agent
Licensed by the IRS
- Tax returns
- Full IRS representation
- No audits or attest work
Tax preparer
Registered with CTEC in California
- Individual and simple returns
- Limited IRS representation
- No audits or attest work
For California CPAs
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