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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 302  (17.03 audit engagements per employee on average)
Auditor Statistics

Average engagement duration: 11.8 years (max.: 36.8 years)

Total number of statutory audit engagements: 5'144 (Ranked #2 in Switzerland)

Change in number of audit engagements: -96 (since 31.12.2024), -112 (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 150 3 29 306 113 161 52 372 19 40 23 192 75 15 9 251 36 61 86 62 118 6 270 44 231 937 3'661
Limited liability company 11     16 17 12 4 41 1 4   49 12 1 2 15 15 7 10 8 11   34   75 86 431
Foundation 26 2 7 78 25 98 4 105 3 6   41 25 7 3 50 13 4 6 6 14 4 57 3 29 219 835
Cooperative 2     7 1 4   1 1     4 1     6 1 2               13 43
Association 3   1 8 1 10   19   1   6       5   1 1   2   7     32 97
Special legal forms 3 1   5 1 6 2 15 1 1   3   2 1 1     1 2 1 1 11 1 3 15 77
∑ 195 6 37 420 158 291 62 553 25 52 23 295 113 25 15 328 65 75 104 78 146 11 379 48 338 1'302 5'144

This audit firm is recorded as statutory auditor for 5281 deleted entities. These are not included in the table above.

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Audit Engagements by Branch Office

The 5'144 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     3 5 2   1               3   8 1   1   1   2 13 76
Basel 52     30 127 251 5 11 3 2 7 13 14 1 1 6 16 8 9 1 2   2 1 18 56 636
Bern 8     281 10 5 10 1 1 4 1 27 2     5 2 27 2 1     10 4 2 43 446
Chur                   5           2             1       8
Genève 5     8 1 1 11 473     1 7 18   1 2   1 2 2 3   90 3 13 20 662
Lausanne 1     4   3 25 29     1   9       1   1   1   241 23 4 12 355
Lugano     1     3   3   1   7       2 1   2   126   2   2   150
Luzern 12     12   1 1 1 1     173   17 7 3 2 8 7   1 3 2 2 13 16 282
Neuchâtel       20 1   9 8     10   66               1 1 13   1 5 135
Sion               1                             1 11     13
St. Gallen 2 6 31 4   4   1 6 29   4 2     269 6 1 3 48 1   3   7 39 466
Thun       1                                             1
Winterthur 2     4   1 1 1       2     1 2 11   3 14     1   4 71 118
Zug 11     2 4 2   1 2 1   9       4 3 1 8 1   2     91 14 156
Zürich 66   5 51 10 18   22 12 10 3 53 2 7 5 30 23 21 66 11 10 5 12 4 181 1'013 1'640
∑ 195 6 37 420 158 291 62 553 25 52 23 295 113 25 15 328 65 75 104 78 146 11 379 48 338 1'302 5'144

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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
Arnold Schenkel-Stiftung CHE-101.756.489 Winterthur 09.12.2025 Auditor switch Winterthur
Kristian Gerhard Jebsen Stiftung CHE-465.901.873 Freienbach 08.12.2025 Auditor switch Zürich
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