Numica buys seven accounting firms, keeps CPAs for client meetings

According to a report by Fortune on November 5, 2026, the AI company Numica has acquired seven small accounting firms, each of them run by partners who were preparing to retire. Under the post-acquisition arrangement, bookkeeping work is handled by software, while the CPAs who previously worked at the acquired firms stay on in their roles and continue to meet clients face-to-face. The deal positions AI automation at the bookkeeping layer of accounting practice while retaining the professionals who maintain client relationships. The publicly available information at this stage covers only the acquisition and the resulting work arrangement; no details on the transaction's financial terms, or on plans for integrating the acquired firms, have been disclosed.