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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 334  (15.07 audit engagements per employee on average)
Auditor Statistics

Average engagement duration: 12 years (max.: 37.5 years)

Total number of statutory audit clients: 5'034 (Ranked #2 in Switzerland)

Change in number of audit engagements: -115 (since 31.12.2025), -120 (over the last 12 months)

Number of audit clients listed on a Swiss stock exchange: 77 (thereof 4 in the SMI, 8 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 146 3 30 296 110 157 53 360 15 41 25 193 71 15 7 246 36 61 87 61 114 6 277 48 233 914 3'605
Limited liability company 12     16 16 12 4 47   4   50 11 1 2 13 13 7 7 9 9   34 1 76 89 433
Foundation 30 2 7 71 24 96 3 100 3 6   34 22 7 2 48 11 4 8 5 13 4 53 3 30 201 787
Cooperative 2     7 1 4   1 1     4       6 1 2               10 39
Association 4     5 1 11   18       6       6   1 1   2   7     30 92
Special legal forms 3 1   5 1 6 1 16 1 1   3 1 2 1 1     1 2 1 1 10 1 3 16 78
∑ 197 6 37 400 153 286 61 542 20 52 25 290 105 25 12 320 61 75 104 77 139 11 381 53 342 1'260 5'034

This audit firm is recorded as statutory auditor for 5408 deleted entities. These are not included in the table above.

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Audit Engagements by Branch Office

The 5'034 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 54     30 123 246 5 10 2 2 7 14 14 1 1 6 15 7 11 2 2   2 1 18 54 627
Bern 7     264 10 5 8 1   2 1 29 1     5 2 25 3 1     9 4 3 42 422
Chur                   2           2             1       5
Genève 5     9 1   10 459     1 9 20     2   2 2 2 3   89 8 16 28 666
Lausanne 1     6   2 25 32     1   8       1   1   1   248 31 4 11 372
Lugano     1     3   4   1   7       2 1   2   119   2   2   144
Luzern 12     10   1 1 1 1     159   17 7 4 2 8 7   1 3 2 2 7 12 257
Neuchâtel       16 1   9 9     12   58               1 1 13     6 126
Sion               1                             1 4     6
St. Gallen 2 6 30 4   4   1 4 31   4 2     260 4 1 4 46 1   3   6 31 444
Thun       1                                             1
Winterthur 3     3   1 1 1       3     1 2 11   3 13     1   4 64 111
Zug 12   1 2 3 2   1 2 1   8       5 3 2 8 2   2     85 14 153
Zürich 65   5 51 10 18 2 21 11 13 3 56 2 7 3 29 22 21 62 11 10 5 9 3 195 982 1'616
∑ 197 6 37 400 153 286 61 542 20 52 25 290 105 25 12 320 61 75 104 77 139 11 381 53 342 1'260 5'034

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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
Tonhalle Continuo - Stiftung CHE-362.148.966 Zürich 15.09.2026 Auditor switch Zürich
Wasserverbund Hinteres Leimental AG CHE-104.043.842 Hofstetten-Flüh 15.09.2026 Auditor switch Basel
Adina Hotel Geneva SA CHE-326.322.375 Genève 14.09.2026 Auditor switch Zürich
B+G Schweiz AG CHE-303.265.128 Kiesen 11.09.2026 Auditor switch Bern
Johnson Matthey & Brandenberger AG CHE-106.021.550 Zürich 11.09.2026 Opting-out Zug