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EXHIBIT 23.1
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                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


The Board of Directors
Century Business Services, Inc.:

         We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration
statement on Form S-8 of Century Business Services, Inc. for the Beall,
Garner, Screen & Geare, Inc. Employee Savings and Stock Ownership Plan,
effective as amended and restated as of January 1, 1997 of the consolidated
and combined balance sheets of Century Business Services, Inc. and
subsidiaries as of December 31, 1998 and 1997, and the related consolidated
and combined statements of income, shareholders' equity, and cash flows for
each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1998, and all
related schedules, which appear in the December 31, 1998 annual report on
Form 10-K of Century Business Services, Inc.



/s/ KPMG LLP

KPMG LLP
Cleveland, Ohio
March 18, 1999