---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001698991-25-000056"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ACEL"
cik: "0001698991"
company_name: "Accel Entertainment, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-12-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T12:16:10.356003+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Accel Entertainment appoints Deloitte as auditor for FY2026, dismisses KPMG after audit completion

## Summary
- Audit Committee approved Deloitte & Touche as independent auditor for fiscal year ending Dec 31, 2026; KPMG dismissed after completing 2025 audit.
- KPMG’s reports on FY2024 and FY2023 financials were unqualified, with no adverse opinions or modifications.
- No disagreements or reportable events occurred with KPMG during the past two fiscal years and subsequent interim period.
- KPMG provided a letter to SEC agreeing with the disclosures, filed as Exhibit 16.1.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001698991-25-000056
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ACEL
- cik: 0001698991
- company_name: Accel Entertainment, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-12-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698991/000169899125000056/0001698991-25-000056-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698991/000169899125000056/acel-20251218.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: c063d97272e6bac7186eed69fcb60e948ec4898b
  claim: Accel Entertainment, Inc. engaged Deloitte and Touche, LLP as its auditor.
  evidence_excerpt: the Committee approved the engagement of Deloitte and Touche, LLP (“Deloitte”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026, subject to completion of its standard client acceptance procedures
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698991/000169899125000056/0001698991-25-000056-index.htm
- claim_id: c7547cad08fd036073274f74f190579f1627d443
  claim: Accel Entertainment, Inc. dismissed KPMG LLP as its auditor.
  evidence_excerpt: the Committee approved the engagement of Deloitte and Touche, LLP (“Deloitte”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026, subject to completion of its standard client acceptance procedures. Concurrently, the Committee also approved the dismissal of KPMG as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1698991/000169899125000056/0001698991-25-000056-index.htm

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