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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1
 
                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
 
The Board of Directors
Loder, Drew & Associates:
 
We consent to the inclusion of our report dated May 29, 1998, with respect to
the balance sheets of Loder, Drew & Associates as of December 31, 1996 and 1997,
and the related statements of earnings, shareholders' equity (deficiency), and
cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 1997,
which report appears in the Form 8-K of The Profit Recovery Group International,
Inc. dated August 6, 1998.
 
                                          KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP
 
Orange County, California
August 12, 1998