# How KPMG uses Databricks

**850**: “over 850 active power users successfully utilizing Databricks”

As published on [databricks.com](https://www.databricks.com/customers/kpmg). Captured by usedby on 2026-10-02.

- Company: [KPMG](https://www.usedby.ai/companies/kpmg.md)
- Tool: [Databricks](https://www.usedby.ai/tools/databricks.md)
- Industry: [Accounting & Audit](https://www.usedby.ai/companies/industry/accounting-audit.md)
- Teams: Chief Digital Office, finance, risk, human resources, growth and strategy
- Customer since (as the page says): KPMG embarked on a pivotal transition in 2021

## What the story says

KPMG moved from a legacy Hadoop infrastructure to Azure Databricks as the core of its cloud data platform. It uses it for data transformation, analytics, BI dashboards, governed data federation and machine learning, including risk prediction models for engagements.

Summary written by usedby from the source page, in English. The figures are those of Databricks and KPMG, not ours.

> At present, KPMG boasts a strong base of over 850 active power users successfully utilizing Databricks, supporting use cases within the Chief Digital Office and across the organization in areas like finance, risk prediction and human resources.

- **500TB**: “The amount of data managed under Databricks Unity Catalog currently exceeds 500TB and counting.”

> Azure Databricks has enabled KPMG to modernize the data estate with a platform that powers data transformation, analytics and AI workloads, meeting our emerging AI requirements across the firm while also reducing complexity and costs.
>
> Jodi Morton, Chief Data Officer

## What usedby checked

We compared the story with its live page on 2026-10-03.

- Checked: the figure 850 is printed word for word on the page, near the name of KPMG.
- Checked: the passage quoted above is copied word for word from the page, near the name of KPMG.
- Checked: KPMG uses Databricks. Confirmed line. Latest check across sources: 2026-10-02.
- Not checked: the result itself. We quote it; we did not measure it.

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