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Fact Sheet KPMG AG

Core Company Information
Company Name KPMG AG
UID CHE-106.084.881
Alternative / previous Names KPMG SA, KPMG Ltd
KPMG Fides Peat
Domicile Zürich
Canton ZH
Legal Form Limited corporation
Firm Inscription Date 11.02.1992
Website https://www.kpmg.ch
Takeovers: KPMG Fides (CHE-105.977.196), per 08.01.2007
FAOA Information
FAOA ID 501403
RAB Permission state-regulated audit firm
FAOA License active (since 13.12.2007)
Link to FAOA website View auditor profile at FAOA
Branch offices (9) KPMG AG (CHE-381.603.787) in Aarau (AG)   [+]
KPMG AG (CHE-154.017.048) in Basel (BS)
KPMG AG (CHE-229.062.543) in Bern (BE)
KPMG SA (CHE-367.357.514) in Delémont (JU)
KPMG SA (CHE-269.239.380) in Fribourg (FR)
KPMG SA (CHE-269.292.664) in Lancy (GE)
KPMG SA (CHE-171.168.286) in Lausanne (VD)
KPMG SA (CHE-150.208.425) in Lugano (TI)
KPMG AG (CHE-253.502.577) in Luzern (LU)
KPMG SA (CHE-474.400.908) in Neuchâtel (NE)
KPMG AG (CHE-255.496.640) in St. Gallen (SG)
KPMG AG (CHE-209.561.530) in Zug (ZG)
Membership in Associations EXPERTsuisse
veb.ch
SVIR
Number of auditors with permission 307  (9.58 audit engagements per employee on average)
Auditor Statistics

Average engagement duration: 9.4 years (max.: 31.1 years)

Total number of statutory audit engagements: 2'941 (Ranked #4 in Switzerland)

Change in number of audit engagements: -37 (since 31.12.2022), +2 (over the last 12 months)

Number of audit clients listed on a Swiss stock exchange: 59 (thereof 9 in the SMI, 5 in the SMI Expanded and 38 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 126 1 5 129 44 98 32 201 10 28 7 79 27 10 10 136 25 15 51 60 89 13 175 25 232 531 2'159
Limited liability company 8     8 5 34 5 30     1 11 1     3 12 1 2 2 8 1 20 2 61 46 261
Foundation 12 2 1 24 2 43 7 63 1 3 1 14 10   1 27 1 5 10 7 7 1 33 3 9 153 440
Branch office                                               1     1
Cooperative       2   4           1               1     1     5 14
Association       3     1 7                       1 2   2     18 34
Branch office of a foreign company               1                                     1
Special legal forms 1   1 2 1 2 1 4 1   1   1   1   3       2 1 3   2 4 31
∑ 147 3 7 168 52 181 46 306 12 31 10 105 39 10 12 166 41 21 63 71 108 16 234 31 304 757 2'941

This audit firm is recorded as statutory auditor for 3377 deleted entities. These are not included in the table above.

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Audit Engagements by Branch Office

The 2'941 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 ∑
Basel 26     2 38 124   3 1 2   1       4   2 3 1 1   1 5 9 16 239
Bern 10     103   2 7   1       1     1   8   1   1 1   5 7 148
Lancy       3   1 11 263     5 2 6   1         1 2   55 2 17 8 377
Lausanne           2 20 13   2     2         2     2   150 17 7 2 219
Lugano                   2   1             2   94       3 1 103
Luzern 20     4 1     3   1 1 84   9 8       1 2   3 1   6 14 158
Neuchâtel       6     4 3     1   28               1   12 2     57
St. Gallen 6 3 5 3   1     1 1   2       121 3 3 5 53     1   6 21 235
Zug 10       1 4   6       4 1   3 2 1 1 6 1   4 2   136 18 200
Zürich 75   2 47 12 47 4 15 9 23 3 11 1 1   38 37 5 46 12 8 8 11 5 115 670 1'205
∑ 147 3 7 168 52 181 46 306 12 31 10 105 39 10 12 166 41 21 63 71 108 16 234 31 304 757 2'941

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Total number of audit engagements across the network: 2'941

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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
Alpiq Holding SA CHE-369.267.193 Lausanne 20.09.2023 Auditor switch Zürich
Alpiq Suisse SA CHE-105.951.021 Lausanne 20.09.2023 Auditor switch Zürich
Alpiq Hydro Aare AG CHE-106.848.118 Boningen 18.09.2023 Auditor switch Zürich
NbW Netzwerk für betriebswirtschaftliche Weiterbildung AG CHE-105.607.090 Zürich 18.09.2023 Auditor switch Zürich
Krankentransport ALPHA MEDIC AG CHE-161.943.954 Baar 15.09.2023 Auditor switch Lancy
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
Agenus Schweiz AG in Liquidation CHE-109.865.722 Basel 21.09.2023 Discontinued Zürich
Sigma-Aldrich (Switzerland) Holding AG CHE-100.156.298 Buchs (SG) 21.09.2023 Auditor switch St. Gallen
Sigma-Aldrich Chemie GmbH CHE-317.687.843 Buchs (SG) 21.09.2023 Auditor switch St. Gallen
Sigma-Aldrich International GmbH CHE-105.315.977 Buchs (SG) 21.09.2023 Auditor switch St. Gallen
Sigma-Aldrich Production GmbH CHE-106.844.528 Buchs (SG) 21.09.2023 Auditor switch St. Gallen