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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  (16.03 audit engagements per employee on average)
Auditor Statistics

Average engagement duration: 12 years (max.: 37.1 years)

Total number of statutory audit clients: 5'130 (Ranked #2 in Switzerland)

Change in number of audit engagements: -26 (since 31.12.2025), -113 (over the last 12 months)

Number of audit clients listed on a Swiss stock exchange: 78 (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 29 303 110 157 53 368 19 39 26 195 73 15 8 252 35 63 87 63 116 6 273 46 230 934 3'654
Limited liability company 12     16 16 13 4 44   4   51 11 1 2 15 14 7 9 9 10   35 1 74 88 436
Foundation 28 2 7 76 25 98 4 104 3 6   40 23 7 2 48 12 4 6 6 14 4 57 3 29 218 826
Cooperative 2     7 1 4   1 1     4 1     6 1 2               12 42
Association 3     6 1 11   18   1   6       6   1 1   2   7     31 94
Special legal forms 3 1   5 1 6 2 14 1 1   3 1 2 1 1     1 2 1 1 11 1 4 15 78
∑ 199 6 36 413 154 289 63 549 24 51 26 299 109 25 13 328 62 77 104 80 143 11 383 51 337 1'298 5'130

This audit firm is recorded as statutory auditor for 5318 deleted entities. These are not included in the table above.

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Audit Engagements by Branch Office

The 5'130 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   8 1   1   1   2 13 76
Basel 54     30 123 250 5 10 2 2 7 15 14 1 1 6 15 8 9 1 2   2 1 17 57 632
Bern 8     275 10 5 10 1 1 3 1 27 2     5 2 27 2 2     10 4 2 44 441
Chur                   4           2             1       7
Genève 5     8 1   11 468     1 9 19   1 1   2 2 2 3   88 4 16 25 666
Lausanne 1     6   2 24 30     1   8       1   1   1   250 32 5 11 373
Lugano     1     3   3   1   7       2 1   2   123   2   2   147
Luzern 11     12   1 1 1 1     173   17 7 4 2 9 7   1 3 2 2 13 16 283
Neuchâtel       17 1   9 9     13   62               1 1 12     6 131
Sion               1                             1 5     7
St. Gallen 2 6 29 4   4   1 6 30   4 2     268 6 1 4 49 1   3   7 38 465
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 8 1   2     88 14 155
Zürich 68   5 51 10 19 2 22 12 10 3 53 2 7 3 30 22 21 65 11 10 5 10 3 181 1'004 1'629
∑ 199 6 36 413 154 289 63 549 24 51 26 299 109 25 13 328 62 77 104 80 143 11 383 51 337 1'298 5'130

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Total number of audit engagements across the network: 5'135

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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
Swiss Giving Foundation CHE-245.848.045 Luzern 10.04.2026 First auditor Luzern
HBL 3a Vorsorgestiftung CHE-221.348.438 Lenzburg 08.04.2026 First auditor Zürich
HBL Freizügigkeitsstiftung CHE-333.531.085 Lenzburg 08.04.2026 First auditor Zürich
De Luca AG CHE-105.789.708 Biel/Bienne 07.04.2026 Auditor switch Lausanne
De Luca Isolationen AG CHE-105.884.407 Biel/Bienne 07.04.2026 Auditor switch Lausanne
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
XXL Europe GmbH CHE-137.833.578 Luzern 13.04.2026 Auditor switch Luzern
Fondation Reinet CHE-302.378.379 Genève 09.04.2026 Auditor switch Genève
Stiftung Olivenzweig CHE-232.720.507 Basel 08.04.2026 Auditor switch Genève
Compagnie Financière Rupert CHE-101.498.608 Bellevue 02.04.2026 Auditor switch Genève
Förderstiftung für Soziale Arbeit Zürich CHE-106.828.771 Zürich 01.04.2026 Auditor switch Zürich