| Type | Limited Liability Partnership |
|---|---|
| Industry | Professional services |
| Founded | January 2, 1923 |
| Headquarters | Springfield, Missouri |
| Key people | Neal Spencer, CEO |
| Services | Audit & Assurance Tax Consulting Accounting Outsourcing |
| Revenue | $350 million |
| Employees | 2,500 |
| Website | www.bkd.com |
BKD, LLP, formerly Baird, Kurtz & Dobson, is an accounting and advisory firm in the United States, providing consulting, tax, assurance, and accounting outsourcing solutions to business, government entities, not-for-profit organizations, and individuals.
BKD is headquartered in Springfield, Missouri, has 30 offices in 12 states, primarily focused in the central United States. In 2008, BKD reported revenues of over $350 million and over 2,000 personnel, including over 250 partners.
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After the disbandment of the Montgomery Firm in 1922, three men — William Baird, Wade Kurtz, and Claire Dobson — decide to start their own firm with offices in Kansas City and Joplin, Missouri. On January 2, 1923, the men opened their business with only $1,700 in the bank.
With Joplin being a booming mining town in the 1920s, a great amount of business was created for Baird, Kurtz, and Dobson. It was said Dobson would take the downtown Joplin trolley out to the mining company offices, which were directly in the mine shafts, and conduct audits with a cot, card table and a direct current light bulb flickering over his head.
In the late 1920s the firm looked to expand to St. Louis and Chicago, but the 1929 stock market crash and the following Great Depression curtailed all growth. Instead, the firm focuses on its reputation and expertise — Baird in tax and the grain industry, Dobson and Kurtz in mining.