Thanks to its June expansion into the Pacific Northwest, Utah-based Sadler Gibb & Associates brought on the most new Securities and Exchange Commission audit clients in the second quarter. Processing ContentThe Salt Lake City firm added Spokane, Washington-based Assure CPAs at the start of the summer, which brought 11 of Sadler Gibb's 13 new clients for the quarter. Meanwhile, among the largest audit firms, Big Four firm KPMG topped the list with eight new clients and a net of six, while Grant Thornton added 11 new clients, netting three. <img src="https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/29912186/thumbnail" width="100%" alt="chart visualization" />New client leadersKPMG led the audit field in terms of both new market capitalization audited and new audit fees. Finally, Grant Thornton took second in new audit fees, thanks to its wide range of new clients for the quarter.