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[LOGO 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  12, 1996  included the
related financial statement schedule  as of September 30,  1996 and for each  of
the  years in the  three-year period ended  September 30, 1996,  included in the
1996 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 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 12,  1996 relating to  the
consolidated  balance sheets of BHA Group, Inc. and subsidiaries as of September
30, 1996  and  1995,  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, 1996,  and the  related schedule,  which report  is
incorporated  by reference in the September 30,  1996 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.
 
                                                         KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP
 
Kansas City, Missouri
December 20, 1996



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