{"id":199,"slug":"bdo-industries-slash-services-mirror","title":"BDO USA: mirrors Crowe — /industries/<slug>/ pattern with separate /services/ namespace","kind":"reference","scope":"business","status":"current","audiences":["claude-code","candid-team"],"topics":["information-architecture"],"reference_body":"**Claim:** **BDO USA** mirrors the Crowe IA pattern: `/industries/<slug>/` for industries, separate `/services/` namespace for services. Same orthogonal-axis logic.\n\n**Source:** <https://www.bdo.com/industries> (field research, May 2026).\n\n**Confidence:** Verified.\n\n**The data point:** When two independent large professional services firms (Crowe + BDO USA) converge on the same URL convention, that's an industry-level signal. Treat `/industries/<slug>/` as the **default Pattern A** for new multi-vertical service business sites. See [[url-structure-patterns-by-pattern]].","rationale_body":null,"metadata":null,"links":{"outgoing":[{"slug":"crowe-cleanest-industries-slug-pattern","title":"Crowe LLP: cleanest /industries/<slug>/ URL pattern in the sample (Audit/Tax/Advisory/Consulting × industries)","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"}],"incoming":[{"slug":"rule-use-industries-slug-as-default-url","title":"RULE: Default to /industries/<slug>/ for multi-vertical service business URLs. Never /for-audience/ as primary IA.","kind":"rule","scope":"business","link_type":"depends-on"},{"slug":"research-brief-ia-multi-vertical-service-business","title":"Research brief: Information architecture for service businesses with multiple verticals (piece 6 of 15)","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"}]},"created_at":"2026-05-22T19:40:49.105Z","updated_at":"2026-05-22T19:40:49.105Z"}