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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
Inscription Date 11.02.1992
Website https://www.kpmg.ch
Takeovers: Fides Revision AG (CHE-100.041.933), per 18.12.2023
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 325  (8.68 audit engagements per employee on average)
Auditor Statistics

Average engagement duration: 9.8 years (max.: 32.4 years)

Total number of statutory audit engagements: 2'820 (Ranked #4 in Switzerland)

Change in number of audit engagements: -5 (since 31.12.2024), -99 (over the last 12 months)

Number of audit clients listed on a Swiss stock exchange: 62 (thereof 9 in the SMI, 7 in the SMI Expanded and 41 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 123 1 4 119 45 85 29 195 9 27 9 80 27 10 11 137 24 16 52 61 67 11 158 26 231 512 2'069
Limited liability company 7     9 6 35 5 26     1 14 2     3 16 1 2 2 5 1 17   74 44 270
Foundation 14 2 1 21 3 44 6 53 1 4 1 14 9 1 1 23 1 6 8 7 8 1 29 3 10 129 400
Cooperative       2   4           1               1           3 11
Association             1 9                         3   2     18 33
Branch office of a foreign company               1                                     1
Special legal forms 1   1 4 1 2 1 4 1   2   3 1 1   3       2 1 2   2 4 36
∑ 145 3 6 155 55 170 42 288 11 31 13 109 41 12 13 163 44 23 62 71 85 14 208 29 317 710 2'820

This audit firm is recorded as statutory auditor for 3458 deleted entities. These are not included in the table above.

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Audit Engagements by Branch Office

The 2'820 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 28     1 38 121   4 1 2   1       4   2 2 1 1   1 4 10 13 234
Bern 11     90   1 6   1     1 1     1 1 9         1   5 7 135
Lancy 2     4     11 246     6 2 4   1         1 1   38 2 23 6 347
Lausanne       1   2 18 12   2 1   2         2     1   142 16 6 1 206
Lugano               1   1   1             2   72       2 1 80
Luzern 20     4 1 1   2   2 1 84   11 8       1 2   3 1   8 13 162
Neuchâtel       8     4 5     2   32                   14 2     67
St. Gallen 8 3 5 3         1 1   2       120 3 3 3 52     1   11 24 240
Zug 8       1 3   3       5 1   4 2 2 1 6 2 1 3 1   138 15 196
Zürich 68   1 44 15 42 3 15 8 23 3 13 1 1   36 38 6 48 13 9 8 9 5 114 630 1'153
∑ 145 3 6 155 55 170 42 288 11 31 13 109 41 12 13 163 44 23 62 71 85 14 208 29 317 710 2'820

Show client list for Basel, Bern, Lancy, Lausanne, Lugano, Luzern, Neuchâtel, St. Gallen, Zug, Zürich.

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Total number of audit engagements across the network: 2'820

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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
European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) CHE-104.297.673 Genève 13.01.2025 First auditor Lancy
ARGOnet SA CHE-109.433.742 Bellinzona 31.12.2024 Auditor switch Zürich
Burger King (Swiss) 245 GmbH CHE-213.335.008 Zug 27.12.2024 First auditor Zug
Chiquita Holding SA CHE-357.874.417 Givisiez 27.12.2024 Auditor switch Lancy
Bally Foundation CHE-113.750.861 Caslano 24.12.2024 Auditor switch Lugano
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
CRIGEL SA CHE-102.101.523 Lausanne 10.01.2025 Auditor switch Lausanne
Qiagen AG CHE-107.647.166 Steinhausen 10.01.2025 Auditor switch Basel
Pro Senectute CHE-105.827.378 Zürich 09.01.2025 Auditor switch Zürich
SOTIO Biotech AG CHE-354.429.802 Basel 08.01.2025 Auditor switch Lancy
Eaglehawk Energy AG CHE-160.431.120 Basel 03.01.2025 Opting-out Zug