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Fact Sheet PricewaterhouseCoopers AG

Core Company Information
Company Name PricewaterhouseCoopers AG
UID CHE-106.839.438
Alternative / previous Names PricewaterhouseCoopers SA, PricewaterhouseCoopers Ltd
Domicile Zürich
Canton ZH
Legal Form Limited corporation
Inscription Date 22.06.1998
Website https://www.pwc.ch
Takeovers: Controllexpert AG (ADM-137.181.853), per 24.09.2001
Frei + Kläui Treuhand AG (CHE-107.159.412), per 19.07.2005
Ofor (CHE-103.852.431), per 22.12.2005
Ofor Révision Bancaire SA (CHE-100.093.893), per 30.04.2012
Price Waterhouse AG (ADM-315.960.011), per 25.01.2001
Revisuisse Price Waterhouse AG (ADM-271.016.843), per 25.01.2001
STG-Coopers & Lybrand Consulting AG (ADM-405.109.008), per 19.03.2001
Trewi Treuhand- und Revisions-AG (CHE-103.390.270), per 19.07.2005
Willy Bühler & Co Treuhand und Revisions AG (CHE-101.271.602), per 19.07.2005
FAOA Information
FAOA ID 500003
RAB Permission state-regulated audit firm
FAOA License active (since 28.11.2007)
Link to FAOA website View auditor profile at FAOA
Branch offices (11) PricewaterhouseCoopers AG (CHE-251.833.951) in Aarau (AG)  
PricewaterhouseCoopers AG (CHE-393.441.652) in Basel (BS)
PricewaterhouseCoopers AG (CHE-308.775.052) in Bern (BE)
PricewaterhouseCoopers SA (CHE-390.062.005) in Genève (GE)
PricewaterhouseCoopers SA (CHE-497.306.752) in Lausanne (VD)
PricewaterhouseCoopers SA (CHE-478.378.975) in Lugano (TI)
PricewaterhouseCoopers AG (CHE-434.873.063) in Luzern (LU)
PricewaterhouseCoopers SA (CHE-291.782.389) in Neuchâtel (NE)
PricewaterhouseCoopers AG (CHE-364.598.872) in St. Gallen (SG)
PricewaterhouseCoopers AG (CHE-151.657.932) in Winterthur (ZH)
PricewaterhouseCoopers AG (CHE-254.525.813) in Zug (ZG)
PricewaterhouseCoopers AG (CHE-421.817.078) in Chur (GR)
PricewaterhouseCoopers AG (CHE-346.954.590) in Münchenstein (BL)
PricewaterhouseCoopers SA (CHE-140.989.034) in Sion (VS)
PricewaterhouseCoopers AG (CHE-289.904.602) in Thun (BE)
Membership in Associations EXPERTsuisse
Number of auditors with permission 302  (17.02 audit engagements per employee on average)
Auditor Statistics

Average engagement duration: 11.8 years (max.: 36.7 years)

Total number of statutory audit engagements: 5'140 (Ranked #2 in Switzerland)

Change in number of audit engagements: -99 (since 31.12.2024), -128 (over the last 12 months)

Number of audit clients listed on a Swiss stock exchange: 76 (thereof 4 in the SMI, 9 in the SMI Expanded and 48 in the SPI)

Details regarding the distribution of the audit engagements across legal forms and cantons are depicted in the table below.

  AG AI AR BE BL BS FR GE GL GR JU LU NE NW OW SG SH SO SZ TG TI UR VD VS ZG ZH ∑
Limited corporation 148 3 29 306 112 161 52 368 19 41 23 192 72 15 9 250 36 61 86 62 119 6 267 47 241 937 3'662
Limited liability company 11     16 17 12 4 44 1 4   49 12 1 2 15 16 5 10 8 11   29   75 85 427
Foundation 25 2 7 79 27 97 4 103 3 6   41 25 7 3 50 13 4 6 6 14 4 57 3 29 219 834
Cooperative 2     7 1 4   1 1     3 1     6 1 2               13 42
Association 3   1 8 1 10   19   1   6       5   1 1   2   7     32 97
Special legal forms 3 1   5 1 6 2 15 2 1   3   2 1 1     1 2 1 1 11 1 3 15 78
∑ 192 6 37 421 159 290 62 550 26 53 23 294 110 25 15 327 66 73 104 78 147 11 371 51 348 1'301 5'140

This audit firm is recorded as statutory auditor for 5277 deleted entities. These are not included in the table above.

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Audit Engagements by Branch Office

The 5'140 statutory audits are performed by the branch offices as indicated in the table below.

  AG AI AR BE BL BS FR GE GL GR JU LU NE NW OW SG SH SO SZ TG TI UR VD VS ZG ZH ∑
Aarau 36     3 5 2   1       1       3   8 1   1   1   2 13 77
Basel 50     30 128 249 5 11 3 2 7 13 14 1 1 6 16 8 9 1 2   2 1 19 55 633
Bern 7     281 10 5 10 1 1 4 1 27 2     5 2 27 2 1     11 4 4 41 446
Chur                 1 5           2             1       9
Genève 5     8 1 1 10 470     1 7 16   1 2   1 2 2 3   89 5 15 19 658
Lausanne 1     3   3 25 30     1   9       1   1   1   232 12 4 11 334
Lugano     1     3   3   1   7       2 1   2   126   2   2   150
Luzern 12     13   1 1 1 1     171   17 7 3 2 8 7   1 3 2 2 13 16 281
Neuchâtel       20 1   9 7     10   65               1 1 13   2 5 134
Sion       1       1                             1 23     26
St. Gallen 2 6 31 4   4   1 6 30   4 2     269 6 1 3 48 1   3   7 40 468
Thun       1                                             1
Winterthur 2     4   1 1 1       2     1 2 11   3 14     1   3 73 119
Zug 11     2 4 2   1 2 1   9       4 3 1 8 1   2     91 13 155
Zürich 66   5 51 10 19 1 22 12 10 3 53 2 7 5 29 24 19 66 11 11 5 13 4 186 1'015 1'649
∑ 192 6 37 421 159 290 62 550 26 53 23 294 110 25 15 327 66 73 104 78 147 11 371 51 348 1'301 5'140

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Total number of audit engagements across the network: 5'145

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Latest audit engagements
These are this auditor's latest audit engagements.
 
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Discontinued audit engagements
The following audit engagements were lost recently, either to a competitor, due to auditor resignation or due to an opting out.
 
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