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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 325  (15.40 audit engagements per employee on average)
Auditor Statistics

Average engagement duration: 12 years (max.: 37.6 years)

Total number of statutory audit clients: 5'005 (Ranked #2 in Switzerland)

Change in number of audit engagements: -144 (since 31.12.2025), -149 (over the last 12 months)

Number of audit clients listed on a Swiss stock exchange: 77 (thereof 3 in the SMI, 10 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 145 3 30 297 110 157 53 358 15 39 25 180 71 15 7 250 33 61 86 59 115 6 278 48 234 910 3'585
Limited liability company 12     16 16 12 4 48   4   48 11 1 2 13 13 7 9 9 9   34 1 76 89 434
Foundation 29 2 7 71 24 97 3 99 3 6   35 19 7 2 48 11 3 8 5 13 4 53 3 30 198 780
Cooperative 2     6 1 4   1 1     4       6 1 2               10 38
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 14 76
∑ 195 6 37 400 153 287 61 540 20 50 25 276 102 25 12 324 58 74 105 75 140 11 382 53 343 1'251 5'005

This audit firm is recorded as statutory auditor for 5419 deleted entities. These are not included in the table above.

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Audit Engagements by Branch Office

The 5'005 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     30 123 247 5 10 2 2 7 14 14 1 1 6 15 7 11 2 2   2 1 18 54 628
Bern 7     263 10 5 8 1   2 1 29 1     5 1 25 3 1     8 4 3 42 419
Chur                   2           2                     4
Genève 5     9 1   10 458     1 7 21     3   2 4 2 3   93 8 16 28 671
Lausanne 1     6   2 25 31     1   8       1   1   1   247 31 4 11 370
Lugano     1     3   4   1   7       2 1   2   119   2   2   144
Luzern 12     10   1 1 1 1     147   17 7 4 2 8 7   1 3 2 2 7 12 245
Neuchâtel       17 1   9 9     12   54               1 1 13     6 123
Sion               1                             1 4     6
St. Gallen 2 6 30 4   4   1 4 29   4 2     259 4 1 4 44 1   3   6 30 438
Thun       1                                             1
Winterthur 3     3   1 1 1       3     1 2 11   3 13     1   4 62 109
Zug 12   1 2 3 2   1 2 1   8       5 3 2 7 2   2     85 15 153
Zürich 63   5 51 10 18 2 21 11 13 3 56 2 7 3 33 20 20 62 11 11 5 9 3 196 975 1'610
∑ 195 6 37 400 153 287 61 540 20 50 25 276 102 25 12 324 58 74 105 75 140 11 382 53 343 1'251 5'005

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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
Stiftung Unsere kleinen Brüder und Schwestern CHE-104.620.515 Zürich 06.10.2026 Auditor switch St. Gallen
Werke am Zürichsee AG CHE-114.889.504 Küsnacht (ZH) 06.10.2026 Auditor switch Zürich
Energie und Wasser Erlenbach AG CHE-109.361.396 Erlenbach (ZH) 05.10.2026 Auditor switch Zürich
Eugen und Gertrud Läuppi-Heim-Stiftung CHE-109.380.778 Schönenwerd 05.10.2026 Auditor switch Zürich
FONDATION MILLENNIUM(at)EDU - SUSTAINABLE EDUCATION CHE-280.104.593 Genève 05.10.2026 Auditor switch Lausanne