Dain Ellsworth: From Solo Practice to a Thousand-Client Firm
Dain Ellsworth launched his accounting practice in Las Vegas in 2000, starting with a small client roster and the kind of hands-on, every-client-matters approach that defines most first-year CPA firms. What separated Ellsworth’s trajectory was the pace and consistency of growth that followed. Over the next two decades, the firm expanded to more than a thousand active clients — a volume that places it among the larger independent CPA practices in the Las Vegas Valley. The firm operated for a period as Ellsworth, Gilman & Stout before assuming its current name, Ellsworth & Stout CPAs. Jeff Stout joined the practice and brought a focus on audit, review, and compilation work that expanded the firm’s capacity well beyond tax preparation. Together, Ellsworth and Stout built a generalist practice with enough depth to handle specialized engagements across multiple industries.
Ellsworth & Stout CPAs operates from 7881 West Charleston Boulevard, Suite 155, in the western Las Vegas corridor between Summerlin and the core of the valley. The firm provides tax planning and preparation for individuals and businesses, along with audit, review, and compilation services that Jeff Stout oversees. The client base spans medical and legal professionals, construction companies, homeowners associations, nonprofit organizations, and employee benefit plans — a cross-section that reflects the diversity of the Las Vegas economy itself. The Charleston Boulevard office sits within one of the valley’s densest concentrations of professional services firms, providing convenient access for clients across the west side, Summerlin, and the Spring Valley corridor. The firm’s growth from a solo practice to its current scale has been organic, driven by referral volume and client retention rather than acquisition or franchise expansion.
Ellsworth & Stout CPAs in the Las Vegas Valley
Independent CPA firms in the Las Vegas Valley compete with national brands that bring institutional resources and name recognition, alongside dozens of smaller practices that offer personalized service but limited capacity. The firms that thrive in the middle of that spectrum are the ones that can handle complex engagements — audits, benefit plan compliance, multi-entity structures — without losing the direct partner access that smaller clients expect. Ellsworth & Stout has occupied that position since 2000, growing to a thousand-plus client base while maintaining the kind of principal-led service model that attracted those clients in the first place. For medical practices, law firms, and HOAs that need more than a seasonal tax preparer but do not want to be a small file at a national firm, that balance is precisely the point.
- Partners
- Dain Ellsworth and Jeff Stout
- Founded
- 2000
- Address
- 7881 W Charleston Blvd, Ste 155, Las Vegas, NV 89117
- Phone
- (702) 871-2727
- Website
- lvcpas.com