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Apopka, Florida · Trusted since 1981

Trusted financial guidance for Central Florida families & businesses.

For more than four decades, Lareau & Lareau CPAs has helped Apopka families and local business owners build stable, confident lives — through proactive planning, personal relationships, and the kind of guidance that only comes from being part of the community.

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40+

Years serving Central Florida

Family-led

Multi-generational firm

Apopka, FL

Headquartered in

Relationships

Built on

A relationship-driven CPA firm for

Local FamiliesMulti-Generational BusinessesSmall Business OwnersEntrepreneursFamily-Owned CompaniesCentral Florida Communities

The Lareau & Lareau team in Apopka, Florida

A family firm, still growing

Apopka, Florida · Since 1981

Our story

Built in 1981. Rooted in Apopka. Guided by relationships.

Lareau & Lareau CPAs began in the early months of 1981 — in the middle of a deep recession — when two veterans, Robert Lareau and Steve Lareau, found themselves unemployed and decided to start something of their own.

The early days happened over coffee at Granny's Donuts in Apopka. There was no office, no client list, no marketing plan. Just two brothers, a shared belief in hard work, and a willingness to show up for the local nursery owners, farmers, and small business families who needed a steady hand with their finances.

One relationship led to another. Word spread through the Central Florida nursery industry, through neighbors, through families who trusted them — and slowly, the firm grew into a respected practice that has served Apopka and the surrounding communities for more than forty years.

Today, the next generation of Lareaus continues that work alongside a team that feels like family. The mission hasn't changed: take care of the people in front of you, do the work right, and help local families and businesses build stable, successful lives.

"We didn't start this firm to chase clients. We started it to help the people around us — and four decades later, that's still the only reason we're here."

— The Lareau Family

1981

Founded

Robert & Steve Lareau start the firm over coffee in Apopka.

1990s

Grew through trust

Reputation spreads through Central Florida's nursery and small business community.

Today

Next generation

A multi-generational firm carrying the same relationship-first values forward.

Why people stay with us

Financial life is personal. Your CPA should be too.

Most of our clients didn't come looking for a tax preparer. They came looking for someone who would actually listen — and stay. We're calm, experienced, responsive, and deeply invested in the families and businesses we serve.

Balancing family and business

When the lines blur between household and company, we bring structure and calm to both.

Planning for what's ahead

Retirement, succession, the next generation — we help you see the road, not just the next mile.

When taxes feel overwhelming

Steady, year-round guidance so April never feels like a surprise again.

Someone trustworthy in your corner

A CPA who knows your name, your business, and what matters to your family.

What we do

Services built around stability, clarity, and long-term support.

From your first conversation to the next forty years, every service we offer is designed to bring order to your finances and confidence to the decisions ahead.

Strategic Tax Planning

Confidence year-round — not just at filing time.

Proactive planning conversations that keep your tax picture clear and your decisions informed long before April.

Business Accounting

Clean books that actually tell you something.

Accurate, organized financials your team and advisors can rely on for real decisions throughout the year.

Bookkeeping

Day-to-day order, without the daily worry.

Reliable bookkeeping that keeps your business current, organized, and ready for whatever comes next.

Payroll

Pay your team accurately, on time, every cycle.

Setup, processing, and oversight so payroll runs smoothly and your team and filings stay in good standing.

Financial Guidance

Practical clarity for the choices in front of you.

Steady advice on cash flow, hiring, investing back, and the everyday financial questions that shape a business.

Business Support

A partner who's there beyond the numbers.

Year-round support on entity decisions, operations, and the practical realities of running a small business.

Family Financial Planning

Care for the family behind the business.

Personal tax, household planning, and guidance that supports the families our business clients are building.

Long-Term Advisory

A relationship that grows with you for decades.

Multi-year planning, succession conversations, and the kind of continuity only a long-tenured firm can offer.

Rooted in Central Florida

We grew up here. So did our clients.

Apopka isn't just where our office sits — it's the community that built this firm. For four decades we've worked alongside local nursery families, small business owners, and multi-generational businesses across Central Florida. Their stories are woven into ours.

Apopka roots

Born and built in the heart of Central Florida's nursery country.

Central Florida families

Helping local households plan, save, and pass things on with confidence.

Community businesses

Trusted advisors to the small businesses that make this region what it is.

Meet the team

Real people. Known names. A firm that feels like family.

When you call our office, you'll talk to someone you know. Our team has worked alongside Central Florida families and business owners for years — and we love what we do because we genuinely care about the people we do it for.

Steve Lareau

Co-Founder, CPA

One of the two brothers who started the firm in 1981. Four decades later, still the steady hand behind many of our longest client relationships.

Jeff Lareau

CPA, Partner

Carrying the family firm into its next generation — with the same relationship-first values that built it.

Colin

CPA

A trusted point of contact for clients across tax, accounting, and year-round planning.

Julie

Client Services

Keeps the day-to-day running smoothly — and the kind of warmth that makes clients feel like family.

The client experience

Decades of trust. Modern tools. Personal at every step.

We've kept the things that made this firm what it is — the relationships, the care, the steady follow-through — and layered modern systems on top so working with us feels easy, organized, and supportive.

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What it feels like to work with us

Responsive communication — we actually pick up the phone
Secure client portals for documents and signatures
Digital collaboration that works around your schedule
Organized workflows so nothing falls through the cracks
Proactive year-round check-ins, not just April scrambles
Modern systems with the warmth of a small local firm

And yes — the door is always open for coffee.

Long-term relationships

Generations of trust, in their own words.

Many of the clients we serve today started working with us decades ago — and the next generation of their families and businesses are doing the same.

We've been with Lareau & Lareau for over twenty years. They've watched our family business grow, helped us through every transition, and treated us like family the whole way.

A Central Florida nursery family

Client since the 1990s

What I appreciate most is how steady they are. Tax questions, planning decisions, the hard conversations — they're calm, prepared, and always in our corner.

Local small business owner

Apopka, FL

It feels like having a CPA in the family. Real conversations, real guidance, and a team that knows us by name.

A Central Florida family

Long-term client

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Decades of trust. Modern financial partnership.

Financial guidance should support the life you're building — and the family and business you're building it for. A short conversation is the easiest way to see what decades of Central Florida experience can do for you.

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Lareau & Lareau CPAs · Apopka, Florida · Serving Central Florida families and businesses since 1981.