Grant Thornton to acquire MCA Connect

Grant Thornton Advisors will acquire MCA Connect, a consulting and technology firm that helps manufacturing and distribution companies modernize their operations with digital solutions.

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Based in Denver, MCA Connect is a Microsoft partner for manufacturing and distribution, and is a three-time Microsoft Global Supply Chain Partner of the Year. It will join the Top 10 Firm’s multinational platform, strengthening its footprint in the sector as demand for AI-solutions increases. 

The deal is expected to close over the summer, when about 350 employees from MCA Connect will join Grant Thornton Advisors’ Denver presence. As a Microsoft partner, it will bolster Grant Thornton’s existing Microsoft ecosystem.

“From the start, it was clear that Grant Thornton Advisors shared our values, our client‑first mindset and our belief that real transformation comes from connecting strategy to execution,” MCA Connect CEO David Durham said in a statement Wednesday. “This combination will allow us to scale what makes MCA Connect special: our people, our Microsoft expertise and our delivery discipline — while also expanding the ways we can help clients modernize faster and with greater confidence. This is a really meaningful moment for our team and we cannot wait to embrace the opportunities that it presents.”

Grant Thornton ranked No. 9 on Accounting Today‘s 2026 Top 100 Firms list, with $2.5 billion in revenue. The firm took a private equity investment from New Mountain Capital in 2024, splitting its attest services from its business advisory and non-attest services. 

In January 2025, it formed its multinational, multidisciplinary platform, which now consists of almost 25,000 professionals. In November 2025, it announced it would be adding firms in Puerto Rico, Brazil, Poland and New Zealand. It has already added GT firms in the U.S., Ireland, France, the United Arab Emirates, the Netherlands, the Channel Islands, the Cayman Islands, Spain, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Belgium, Luxembourg, and most recently Australia last month.

In the past year, the firm also acquired strategy consulting firm Stax and outsourcing firm Auxis.

“MCA Connect brings deep industry expertise and proven technical capabilities in one of the most operationally complex sectors of the economy,” Jim Peko, CEO of Grant Thornton Advisors and leader of its multinational platform, said in a statement. “Adding those strengths to our multinational platform enhances our ability to help clients modernize how they run their businesses — across borders, industries and time zones.”