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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1
 
                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
 
The Board of Directors
The Profit Recovery Group International, Inc.:
 
     We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement (No.
333-8707) on Form S-8 of The Profit Recovery Group International, Inc. of our
report dated January 24, 1997, except for the final paragraph of Note 8, as to
which the date is February 11, 1997, relating to the Consolidated Balance Sheets
of The Profit Recovery Group International, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December
31, 1996 and 1995, and the related Consolidated Statements of Earnings,
Shareholders' Equity (Deficit), and Cash Flows for each of the years in the
three-year period ended December 31, 1996, and which report appears in the
December 31, 1996, annual report on Form 10-K of The Profit Recovery Group
International, Inc.
 
                                          KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP
 
Atlanta, Georgia
March 24, 1997