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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.: 36.8 years)

Total number of statutory audit engagements: 5'141 (Ranked #2 in Switzerland)

Change in number of audit engagements: -99 (since 31.12.2024), -110 (over the last 12 months)

Number of audit clients listed on a Swiss stock exchange: 77 (thereof 4 in the SMI, 9 in the SMI Expanded and 49 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 150 3 28 304 113 161 52 373 19 40 23 192 75 15 9 250 36 61 86 62 118 6 269 44 232 934 3'655
Limited liability company 12     16 17 12 4 42 1 4   49 12 1 2 15 15 7 10 8 11   34   75 86 433
Foundation 26 2 7 78 25 99 4 105 3 6   41 25 7 3 50 13 4 6 6 14 4 57 3 29 219 836
Cooperative 2     7 1 4   1 1     4 1     6 1 2               13 43
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 1 1   3   2 1 1     1 2 1 1 11 1 3 15 77
∑ 196 6 36 418 158 292 62 555 25 52 23 295 113 25 15 327 65 75 104 78 146 11 378 48 339 1'299 5'141

This audit firm is recorded as statutory auditor for 5287 deleted entities. These are not included in the table above.

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Audit Engagements by Branch Office

The 5'141 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               3   8 1   1   1   2 13 76
Basel 52     30 127 252 5 11 3 2 7 13 14 1 1 6 16 8 9 1 2   2 1 18 56 637
Bern 8     279 10 5 10 1 1 4 1 27 2     5 2 27 2 1     10 4 2 43 444
Chur                   5           2             1       8
Genève 5     8 1 1 11 475     1 7 18   1 2   1 2 2 3   90 3 13 20 664
Lausanne 1     4   3 25 29     1   9       1   1   1   240 23 4 12 354
Lugano     1     3   3   1   7       2 1   2   126   2   2   150
Luzern 12     12   1 1 1 1     173   17 7 3 2 8 7   1 3 2 2 13 16 282
Neuchâtel       20 1   9 8     10   66               1 1 13   1 5 135
Sion               1                             1 11     13
St. Gallen 2 6 30 4   4   1 6 29   4 2     268 6 1 3 48 1   3   7 39 464
Thun       1                                             1
Winterthur 3     4   1 1 1       2     1 2 11   3 14     1   4 71 119
Zug 11     2 4 2   1 2 1   9       4 3 1 8 1   2     91 14 156
Zürich 66   5 51 10 18   22 12 10 3 53 2 7 5 30 23 21 66 11 10 5 12 4 182 1'010 1'638
∑ 196 6 36 418 158 292 62 555 25 52 23 295 113 25 15 327 65 75 104 78 146 11 378 48 339 1'299 5'141

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Latest audit engagements
These are this auditor's latest audit engagements.
 
Client Name Client UID Domicile Start Date Type of switch Auditor Branch
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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.
 
Client Name Client UID Domicile End Date Reason Auditor Branch
FRAMA AG CHE-101.389.468 Lauperswil 11.12.2025 Auditor switch Bern
FRAMA Holding AG CHE-101.164.194 Lauperswil 11.12.2025 Auditor switch Bern
Arnold Schenkel-Stiftung CHE-101.756.489 Winterthur 09.12.2025 Auditor switch Winterthur
Kristian Gerhard Jebsen Stiftung CHE-465.901.873 Freienbach 08.12.2025 Auditor switch Zürich
Technische Betriebe Glarus Nord (TBGN) CHE-116.402.439 Glarus Nord 08.12.2025 Auditor switch Chur