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                     [LETTERHEAD OF KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP]

Exhibit 23


                   INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT ON FINANCIAL
                        STATEMENT SCHEDULES AND CONSENT



The Board of Directors
BHA Group, Inc.:


The audits referred to in our report dated November 7, 1995 included the related
financial  statement schedule as of September 30, 1995 and for each of the years
in the three-year  period ended September 30, 1995,  included in the 1995 annual
report on Form 10-K. This financial  statement schedule is the responsibility of
the Company's  management.  Our  responsibility is to express an opinion on this
financial  statement  schedule  based  on our  audits.  In our  opinion,  such a
financial  statement  schedule,   when  considered  in  relation  to  the  basic
consolidated  financial  statements taken as a whole,  presents  fairly,  in all
material respects, the information set forth therein.

We consent to incorporation  by reference in the registration  statement on Form
S-8 of BHA Group,  Inc. of our report  dated  November  7, 1995  relating to the
consolidated  balance sheets of BHA Group, Inc. and subsidiaries as of September
30,  1995  and  1994,  and the  related  consolidated  statements  of  earnings,
shareholders'  equity  and cash  flows for each of the  years in the  three-year
period ended  September  30,  1995,  and the related  schedule,  which report is
incorporated  by reference in the  September 30, 1995 annual report on Form 10-K
of BHA  Group,  Inc.  We also  consent  to the  reference  to our firm under the
heading  "Selected  Financial Data," in Form 10-K. Our report refers to a change
in the method of accounting for income taxes.


                                                           KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP

Kansas City, Missouri
December 15, 1995


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