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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  (15.10 audit engagements per employee on average)
Auditor Statistics

Average engagement duration: 12 years (max.: 37.4 years)

Total number of statutory audit clients: 5'045 (Ranked #2 in Switzerland)

Change in number of audit engagements: -105 (since 31.12.2025), -104 (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 148 3 30 297 110 151 53 366 15 41 25 192 71 15 7 246 35 62 87 61 113 6 278 48 232 914 3'606
Limited liability company 12     16 16 12 4 46   4   50 11 1 2 13 13 7 7 9 9   33 1 75 89 430
Foundation 30 2 7 72 25 96 3 100 3 6   37 22 7 2 48 11 4 7 6 13 4 53 3 30 205 796
Cooperative 2     7 1 4   1 1     4       6 1 2               10 39
Association 4     5 1 11   19       6       6   1 1   2   7     32 95
Special legal forms 3 1   6 1 6 2 15 1 1   3 1 2 1 1     1 2 1 1 10 1 3 16 79
∑ 199 6 37 403 154 280 62 547 20 52 25 292 105 25 12 320 60 76 103 78 138 11 381 53 340 1'266 5'045

This audit firm is recorded as statutory auditor for 5401 deleted entities. These are not included in the table above.

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Audit Engagements by Branch Office

The 5'045 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 16 82
Basel 54     30 124 242 5 10 2 2 7 14 14 1 1 6 15 8 10 2 2   2 1 18 54 624
Bern 7     269 10 5 8 1   2 1 28 1     5 2 25 3 1     9 4 3 42 426
Chur                   2           2             1       5
Genève 5     8 1   11 463     1 9 19     2   2 2 2 3   89 8 16 27 668
Lausanne 1     6   2 25 30     1   8       1   1   1   247 31 4 11 369
Lugano     1     3   4   1   7       2 1   2   118   2   2   143
Luzern 12     9   1 1 1 1     163   17 7 4 2 9 7   1 3 2 2 7 13 262
Neuchâtel       16 1   9 9     12   59               1 1 13     6 127
Sion               1                             1 4     6
St. Gallen 2 6 30 4   4   1 4 31   4 2     260 4 1 4 47 1   3   6 32 446
Thun       1                                             1
Winterthur 3     3   1 1 1       2     1 2 10   3 13     1   4 66 111
Zug 12   1 2 3 2   1 2 1   8       5 3 2 8 2   2     86 15 155
Zürich 67   5 51 10 18 2 24 11 13 3 56 2 7 3 29 22 20 62 11 10 5 10 3 192 984 1'620
∑ 199 6 37 403 154 280 62 547 20 52 25 292 105 25 12 320 60 76 103 78 138 11 381 53 340 1'266 5'045

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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
DDM Holding AG in Liquidation CHE-115.906.312 Zug 14.08.2026 Discontinued Luzern
direco AG CHE-104.003.386 St. Gallen 14.08.2026 Opting-out St. Gallen
Maison Denis SA CHE-107.913.586 Genève 14.08.2026 Auditor switch Genève
APPEL DE GENEVE / GENEVA CALL CHE-112.176.215 Genève 13.08.2026 Auditor switch Genève
Max Felchlin AG CHE-105.925.710 Schwyz 13.08.2026 Auditor switch Zug