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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  (15.99 audit engagements per employee on average)
Auditor Statistics

Average engagement duration: 12 years (max.: 37.2 years)

Total number of statutory audit clients: 5'118 (Ranked #2 in Switzerland)

Change in number of audit engagements: -36 (since 31.12.2025), -106 (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 151 3 29 303 111 154 53 368 17 39 26 196 72 15 8 250 35 64 89 64 116 6 272 46 234 927 3'648
Limited liability company 12     16 16 13 4 44   4   51 11 1 2 15 14 7 9 9 10   34 1 74 88 435
Foundation 28 2 7 74 25 97 4 102 3 6   40 22 7 2 48 12 4 7 6 14 4 54 3 30 218 819
Cooperative 2     7 1 4   1 1     4 1     6 1 2               12 42
Association 4     6 1 11   18   1   6       6   1 1   2   7     31 95
Special legal forms 3 1   6 1 6 2 14 1 1   3 1 2 1 1     1 2 1 1 11 1 4 15 79
∑ 200 6 36 412 155 285 63 547 22 51 26 300 107 25 13 326 62 78 107 81 143 11 378 51 342 1'291 5'118

This audit firm is recorded as statutory auditor for 5332 deleted entities. These are not included in the table above.

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Audit Engagements by Branch Office

The 5'118 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 35     3 5 2   1       1       3   9 1   1   1   2 13 77
Basel 54     30 124 247 5 10 2 2 7 15 14 1 1 6 15 8 9 2 2   2 1 17 58 632
Bern 8     274 10 5 10 1 1 3 1 27 2     5 2 27 3 2     10 4 3 44 442
Chur                   3           2             1       6
Genève 5     8 1   11 466     1 10 18   1 1   2 2 2 3   88 4 16 27 666
Lausanne 1     6   2 24 30     1   8       1   1   1   245 32 5 11 368
Lugano     1     3   3   1   7       2 1   2   123   2   2   147
Luzern 12     12   1 1 1 1     172   17 7 4 2 9 7   1 3 2 2 13 16 283
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 49 1   3   7 38 462
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 68   5 51 10 18 2 22 12 10 3 54 2 7 3 30 22 21 66 11 10 5 10 3 186 994 1'625
∑ 200 6 36 412 155 285 63 547 22 51 26 300 107 25 13 326 62 78 107 81 143 11 378 51 342 1'291 5'118

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Total number of audit engagements across the network: 5'123

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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
Swiss Paralympic Committee CHE-108.179.334 Ittigen 11.05.2026 Auditor switch Bern
Sammelstiftung Symova CHE-115.448.077 Bern 08.05.2026 Auditor switch Bern
Dusorel AG CHE-100.795.446 St. Gallen 07.05.2026 Auditor switch St. Gallen
Immofonds Asset Management AG CHE-101.315.085 Zürich 07.05.2026 Auditor switch Zürich
Braun Industrieholding AG CHE-103.333.510 Sempach 06.05.2026 Auditor switch Luzern