International Profit Associates Ranked 6th Largest Management/IT Consultants by Crain's Chicago Business

Buffalo Grove, IL, December 28, 2005 --(PR.com)-- International Profit Associates (IPA-IBA) was recently ranked the 6th Largest Management Consultants by Crain’s Chicago Business in their November 28, 2005 edition.

Crain’s reported that International Profit Associates had firm wide revenues of $203.6 million for the 12 month reporting period ending June 30, 2005, an increase over 2004 when IPA-IBA reported 192.8 million for the reporting period ending June 30, 2004. Crain’s also ranked IPA-IBA as the 6th Largest Management Consultants in the Chicago area in 2004. There were a total of 1,623 Chicago headquartered employees for the company in 2005 for the reporting period ending June 30, 2005. In addition, firm wide employees for the same reporting period were 1,801.

Crain’s Chicago Business is Chicago’s premier weekly business newspaper circulated to more than 50,000 customers. For more information or a copy of Crain’s Chicago Business lists, "Largest Privately Held Companies" and "Largest Management/IT Consultants," please visit www.chicagobusiness.com, the Web site for Crain’s Chicago Business.

International Profit Associates, Inc. (IPA-IBA), the largest privately held management consulting and professional services firm for small and medium size businesses in North America, is a leading authority on small business. With more than $200,000,000 in annual revenues, IPA-IBA is the 6th largest management consulting company in Chicago and the 61st largest consulting company in the world. IPA-IBA offers a wide range of proven and innovative methodologies to help businesses grow and prosper. IPA-IBA and its alliance partners, including Integrated Business Analysis, Inc. (IBA), International Tax Advisors, Inc. (ITA), Accountancy Associates, LLC (AAL) and IPA Advisory & Intermediary Services, LLC (IPA A&I), provide comprehensive business advisory services and tax strategies to companies in the United States, Canada and other locations worldwide. Additional information is immediately available by visiting http://www.ipa-iba.com, http://www.iba-usa.net, http://www.internationaltaxadvisors.com, http://www.accountancyassoc.com/ and http://www.aiservices.com. The Public Relations Department may be contacted at: telephone (847) 495-6786; facsimile (847) 495-6773.

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