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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
Firm Inscription Date 22.06.1998
Website https://www.pwc.ch
Takeovers: Controllexpert AG (ADM-137.181.853), per 24.09.2001
Revisuisse Price Waterhouse AG (ADM-271.016.843), per 25.01.2001
Price Waterhouse AG (ADM-315.960.011), per 25.01.2001
STG-Coopers & Lybrand Consulting AG (ADM-405.109.008), per 19.03.2001
Ofor Révision Bancaire SA (CHE-100.093.893), per 30.04.2012
Willy Bühler & Co Treuhand und Revisions AG (CHE-101.271.602), per 19.07.2005
Trewi Treuhand- und Revisions-AG (CHE-103.390.270), per 19.07.2005
Ofor (CHE-103.852.431), per 22.12.2005
Frei + Kläui Treuhand AG (CHE-107.159.412), 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 (13) 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 AG (CHE-421.817.078) in Chur (GR)
PricewaterhouseCoopers SA (CHE-390.062.005) in Genève (GE)
PricewaterhouseCoopers SA (CHE-478.378.975) in Lugano (TI)
PricewaterhouseCoopers AG (CHE-434.873.063) in Luzern (LU)
PricewaterhouseCoopers AG (CHE-346.954.590) in Münchenstein (BL)
PricewaterhouseCoopers SA (CHE-291.782.389) in Neuchâtel (NE)
PricewaterhouseCoopers SA (CHE-497.306.752) in Pully (VD)
PricewaterhouseCoopers SA (CHE-140.989.034) in Sion (VS)
PricewaterhouseCoopers AG (CHE-364.598.872) in St. Gallen (SG)
PricewaterhouseCoopers AG (CHE-289.904.602) in Thun (BE)
PricewaterhouseCoopers AG (CHE-151.657.932) in Winterthur (ZH)
PricewaterhouseCoopers AG (CHE-254.525.813) in Zug (ZG)
Membership in Associations EXPERTsuisse
Number of auditors with permission 305  (17.63 audit engagements per employee on average)
Auditor Statistics

Average engagement duration: 11.6 years (max.: 34.7 years)

Total number of statutory audit engagements: 5'376 (Ranked #2 in Switzerland)

Change in number of audit engagements: -226 (since 31.12.2022), -239 (over the last 12 months)

Number of audit clients listed on a Swiss stock exchange: 85 (thereof 5 in the SMI, 8 in the SMI Expanded and 56 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 148 3 31 308 127 166 71 368 18 61 34 171 95 16 7 270 39 44 95 73 130 4 263 59 254 960 3'815
Limited liability company 8   1 13 15 14 4 49 1 8   40 11 1 2 15 17 10 9 7 11   35 1 67 93 432
Foundation 32 2 7 74 26 115 4 105 3 17   43 28 10 3 55 14 6 4 6 16 4 60 9 31 235 909
Cooperative 3     11 1 4   1 1 1   4 2     7 1 1         2     14 53
Association 3     10 2 9   12   2   7       5   1 1   2   8     32 94
Branch office of a foreign company               1               1                     2
Special legal forms 2 1   6 1 4 2 12 2 3   3   2 1 1 1   1 2 1 1 9 2 2 12 71
∑ 196 6 39 422 172 312 81 548 25 92 34 268 136 29 13 354 72 62 110 88 160 9 377 71 354 1'346 5'376

This audit firm is recorded as statutory auditor for 5006 deleted entities. These are not included in the table above.

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Audit Engagements by Branch Office

The 5'376 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 54     2 5 6   1               3   9 1   1   1   2 14 99
Basel 41     26 142 266 4 5 3 4 6 10 14 1 1 4 14 9 4 1 2   2 1 20 55 635
Bern 7     282 5 4 9 1     1 20 3     4   15   1     8 3 4 30 397
Chur                 1 51           4             1       57
Genève 1     6 1 2 12 464     1 4 14     2   1 3 2 2   94 8 12 18 647
Lugano 2   1     3   3   1   5       2 1   4   138       3   163
Luzern 12     19   1 1 1 1     164 1 20 8 3 2 5 9   1 3 2 2 23 16 294
Neuchâtel       13 1   11 8     21   91     1   1     1 1 15 1 2 4 171
Pully 1     4   5 32 36     1 4 8       2   3 1 1   232 9 2 5 346
Sion       1     1 1                             2 43     48
St. Gallen 3 6 32 4   4   1 6 27   4 3     288 5 2 2 57 1   2   8 50 505
Thun       1                                             1
Winterthur 1     1   1 1                 2 13   4 15         5 85 128
Zug 9       1 1   1 2     7       3 3   10     1     94 15 147
Zürich 65   6 63 17 19 10 26 12 9 4 50 2 8 4 38 32 20 70 11 13 4 18 4 179 1'054 1'738
∑ 196 6 39 422 172 312 81 548 25 92 34 268 136 29 13 354 72 62 110 88 160 9 377 71 354 1'346 5'376

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Total number of audit engagements across the network: 5'382

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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
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DiNATEQ AG CHE-343.891.415 Schlieren 27.11.2023 First auditor Basel
DentaCore International AG CHE-181.313.934 Baar 24.11.2023 First auditor Zug
GETEC Schweiz Holding AG CHE-259.195.060 Muttenz 24.11.2023 First auditor Basel
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
Aker Solutions Hydropower Switzerland AG CHE-191.488.742 Opfikon 29.11.2023 Opting-out Aarau
HeartFlow International Sàrl, en liquidation CHE-491.290.822 Lausanne 28.11.2023 Opting-out Bern
Bergbahnen Samnaun AG CHE-105.848.185 Samnaun 27.11.2023 Auditor switch Chur
Alliance universelle des Unions chrétiennes de jeunes gens CHE-107.025.361 Vernier 23.11.2023 Auditor switch Genève
Centre d'imagerie médicale CIM SA CHE-114.591.306 La Chaux-de-Fonds 22.11.2023 Auditor switch Neuchâtel