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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 320  (16.01 audit engagements per employee on average)
Auditor Statistics

Average engagement duration: 12 years (max.: 37.3 years)

Total number of statutory audit clients: 5'123 (Ranked #2 in Switzerland)

Change in number of audit engagements: -31 (since 31.12.2025), -84 (over the last 12 months)

Number of audit clients listed on a Swiss stock exchange: 76 (thereof 4 in the SMI, 8 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 151 3 29 305 111 153 52 371 17 39 26 199 72 15 8 250 35 64 89 62 113 6 272 47 235 935 3'659
Limited liability company 12     16 16 12 4 45   4   51 11 1 2 15 13 7 9 9 10   34 1 75 89 436
Foundation 28 2 7 72 25 96 4 101 3 6   40 22 7 2 48 12 4 7 6 14 4 54 3 30 218 815
Cooperative 2     7 1 4   1 1     4 1     6 1 2               12 42
Association 4     5 1 11   18       6       6   1 1   2   7     31 93
Special legal forms 3 1   6 1 6 2 14 1 1   3 1 2 1 1     1 2 1 1 11 1 3 15 78
∑ 200 6 36 411 155 282 62 550 22 50 26 303 107 25 13 326 61 78 107 79 140 11 378 52 343 1'300 5'123

This audit firm is recorded as statutory auditor for 5340 deleted entities. These are not included in the table above.

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Audit Engagements by Branch Office

The 5'123 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 2   1       1       3   9 1   1   1   2 15 81
Basel 54     30 124 244 5 10 2 2 7 15 14 1 1 6 15 8 9 2 2   2 1 18 58 630
Bern 8     273 10 5 9 1 1 2 1 27 2     5 2 27 3 2     10 4 3 44 439
Chur                   3           2             1       6
Genève 5     8 1   11 467     1 11 18   1 1   2 2 2 3   88 5 16 27 669
Lausanne 1     6   2 24 30     1   8       1   1   1   245 32 4 11 367
Lugano     1     3   3   1   7       2 1   2   120   2   2   144
Luzern 12     11   1 1 1 1     172   17 7 4 2 9 7   1 3 2 2 13 16 282
Neuchâtel       17 1   9 9     13   61               1 1 12     6 130
Sion               1                             1 5     7
St. Gallen 2 6 29 4   4   1 4 31   4 2     266 6 1 4 47 1   3   6 37 458
Thun       1                                             1
Winterthur 3     4   1 1 1       2     1 2 10   3 14     1   4 70 117
Zug 12   1 2 4 2   1 2 1   8       5 3 1 9 1   2     87 14 155
Zürich 67   5 51 10 18 2 24 12 10 3 56 2 7 3 30 21 21 66 11 10 5 10 3 188 1'002 1'637
∑ 200 6 36 411 155 282 62 550 22 50 26 303 107 25 13 326 61 78 107 79 140 11 378 52 343 1'300 5'123

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Total number of audit engagements across the network: 5'128

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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.
 
Client Name Client UID Domicile End Date Reason Auditor Branch
BAZ Belag AG Zentralschweiz CHE-189.335.388 Cham 05.06.2026 Auditor switch St. Gallen
HPH Hardegger AG CHE-103.562.915 Gaiserwald 04.06.2026 Auditor switch St. Gallen
Kuwait Petroleum Aviation (Switzerland) Ltd CHE-109.310.565 Zürich 03.06.2026 Auditor switch Zürich
atrimos ag CHE-111.683.188 Wallisellen 29.05.2026 Auditor switch St. Gallen
Nova Chemicals (International) S.A. CHE-108.169.525 Fribourg 29.05.2026 Auditor switch Bern