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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 325  (15.38 audit engagements per employee on average)
Auditor Statistics

Average engagement duration: 12 years (max.: 37.6 years)

Total number of statutory audit clients: 4'997 (Ranked #2 in Switzerland)

Change in number of audit engagements: -153 (since 31.12.2025), -155 (over the last 12 months)

Number of audit clients listed on a Swiss stock exchange: 77 (thereof 3 in the SMI, 10 in the SMI Expanded and 50 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 145 3 30 295 110 156 53 358 15 39 25 179 71 15 7 249 33 61 86 59 118 6 279 48 233 907 3'580
Limited liability company 12     16 16 12 4 48   4   47 11 1 2 12 13 7 9 9 9   34 1 76 89 432
Foundation 29 2 7 71 24 96 3 99 3 5   35 19 7 2 48 11 3 8 5 13 4 53 3 30 199 779
Cooperative 2     6 1 4   1 1     4       6 1 2               10 38
Association 4     5 1 11   17       6       6   1 1   2   7     30 91
Special legal forms 3 1   5 1 6 1 16 1 1   4 1 2 1 1     1 2 1 1 10 1 3 14 77
∑ 195 6 37 398 153 285 61 539 20 49 25 275 102 25 12 322 58 74 105 75 143 11 383 53 342 1'249 4'997

This audit firm is recorded as statutory auditor for 5420 deleted entities. These are not included in the table above.

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Audit Engagements by Branch Office

The 4'997 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     4 5 4   1       1       3   9 1   1   1   2 16 84
Basel 53     30 123 245 5 10 2 2 7 14 14 1 1 6 15 7 11 2 2   2 1 18 55 626
Bern 7     262 10 5 8 1   2 1 29 1     5 1 25 3 1     8 4 3 42 418
Chur                   2           2                     4
Genève 5     9 1   10 457     1 7 21     3   2 4 2 3   94 8 16 28 671
Lausanne 1     6   2 25 31     1   8       1   1   1   247 31 4 11 370
Lugano     1     3   4   1   7       2 1   2   122   2   2   147
Luzern 13     10   1 1 1 1     147   17 7 4 2 8 7   1 3 2 2 7 12 246
Neuchâtel       17 1   9 9     12   54               1 1 13     6 123
Sion               1                             1 4     6
St. Gallen 2 6 30 4   4   1 4 29   4 2     259 4 1 4 44 1   3   6 29 437
Thun       1                                             1
Winterthur 3     3   1 1 1       3     1 1 11   3 13     1   4 60 106
Zug 12   1 2 3 2   1 2 1   7       5 3 2 7 2   2     84 15 151
Zürich 63   5 50 10 18 2 21 11 12 3 56 2 7 3 32 20 20 62 11 11 5 9 3 196 975 1'607
∑ 195 6 37 398 153 285 61 539 20 49 25 275 102 25 12 322 58 74 105 75 143 11 383 53 342 1'249 4'997

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