---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-26-012705"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HYFM"
cik: "0001695295"
company_name: "HYDROFARM HOLDINGS GROUP, INC."
filed_at: "2026-04-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T05:20:26.045312+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hydrofarm Holdings Group replaces auditor: Deloitte out, CBIZ in

## Summary
- Dismissed Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent auditor, effective April 14, 2026.
- Engaged CBIZ CPAs P.C. as new independent registered public accounting firm for FY 2026.
- No disagreements or reportable events in fiscal years 2024, 2025 or interim period.
- Deloitte's audit reports for 2024 and 2025 were unqualified and not modified.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-26-012705
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HYFM
- cik: 0001695295
- company_name: HYDROFARM HOLDINGS GROUP, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-04-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1695295/000143774926012705/0001437749-26-012705-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1695295/000143774926012705/hyfm20260415_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  HYDROFARM HOLDINGS GROUP, INC. dismissed Deloitte & Touche LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: dismissal
  - Auditor: Deloitte & Touche LLP
  - Successor: CBIZ CPAs P.C.
  source text: the Committee dismissed Deloitte & Touche LLP (“Deloitte”) as independent registered public accounting firm of the Company effective April 14, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1695295/000143774926012705/0001437749-26-012705-index.htm
- Auditor Changes
  HYDROFARM HOLDINGS GROUP, INC. engaged CBIZ CPAs P.C. as its auditor.
  - Action: engagement
  - Auditor: CBIZ CPAs P.C.
  source text: the Committee approved the engagement of CBIZ CPAs P.C. (“CBIZ CPAs”) as its independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1695295/000143774926012705/0001437749-26-012705-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.