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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 334  (15.08 audit engagements per employee on average)
Auditor Statistics

Average engagement duration: 12 years (max.: 37.4 years)

Total number of statutory audit clients: 5'037 (Ranked #2 in Switzerland)

Change in number of audit engagements: -118 (since 31.12.2025), -123 (over the last 12 months)

Number of audit clients listed on a Swiss stock exchange: 76 (thereof 4 in the SMI, 8 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 148 3 29 297 110 148 51 360 15 41 25 194 70 15 7 247 35 62 87 61 113 6 275 45 236 913 3'593
Limited liability company 12     16 16 12 4 46   4   50 11 1 2 13 13 7 8 9 10   33 1 73 88 429
Foundation 30 2 7 73 25 96 3 101 3 6   37 22 7 2 48 11 4 7 6 13 4 53 3 30 209 802
Cooperative 2     7 1 4   1 1     4       6 1 2               11 40
Association 4     5 1 11   18       6       6   1 1   2   7     32 94
Special legal forms 3 1   6 1 6 2 15 1 1   3 1 2 1 1     1 2 1 1 10 1 3 16 79
199 6 36 404 154 277 60 541 20 52 25 294 104 25 12 321 60 76 104 78 139 11 378 50 342 1'269 5'037

This audit firm is recorded as statutory auditor for 5400 deleted entities. These are not included in the table above.

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Audit Engagements by Branch Office

The 5'037 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     4 5 2   1       1       3   9 1   1   1   2 16 82
Basel 54     30 124 239 5 10 2 2 7 14 14 1 1 6 15 8 10 2 2   2 1 18 54 621
Bern 7     270 10 5 8 1   2 1 28 1     5 2 25 3 1     9 4 3 42 427
Chur                   2           2             1       5
Genève 5     8 1   11 458     1 9 18     1   2 2 2 3   88 5 16 25 655
Lausanne 1     6   2 23 30     1   8       1   1   1   245 30 4 11 364
Lugano     1     3   4   1   7       2 1   2   119   2   2   144
Luzern 12     9   1 1 1 1     165   17 7 4 2 9 7   1 3 2 2 12 14 270
Neuchâtel       16 1   9 9     12   59               1 1 13     6 127
Sion               1                             1 5     7
St. Gallen 2 6 29 4   4   1 4 31   4 2     262 4 1 4 47 1   3   6 32 447
Thun       1                                             1
Winterthur 3     3   1 1 1       2     1 2 10   3 13     1   4 67 112
Zug 12   1 2 3 2   1 2 1   8       5 3 2 9 2   2     85 15 155
Zürich 67   5 51 10 18 2 23 11 13 3 56 2 7 3 29 22 20 62 11 10 5 10 3 190 987 1'620
199 6 36 404 154 277 60 541 20 52 25 294 104 25 12 321 60 76 104 78 139 11 378 50 342 1'269 5'037

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Total number of audit engagements across the network: 5'042

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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
DUFERCO INNOVATION SA CHE-171.943.714 Lugano 21.07.2026 First auditor Lugano
Pensionskasse der V-ZUG AG CHE-109.787.565 Zug 21.07.2026 Auditor switch Zürich
Praxis Andreoni & Meier AG CHE-483.162.576 Zürich 21.07.2026 Auditor switch Zug
ROPE L-QIF KmGK CHE-248.983.811 Meilen 20.07.2026 First auditor Zürich
EBL Pellets Rigi AG CHE-474.529.620 Küssnacht (SZ) 17.07.2026 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
Bächler + Güttinger AG CHE-236.384.058 Kiesen 21.07.2026 Auditor switch Bern
BHZ Baustoff Verwaltungs AG CHE-103.596.819 Küsnacht (ZH) 21.07.2026 Auditor switch St. Gallen
Tobega AG CHE-101.296.016 Neftenbach 21.07.2026 Auditor switch St. Gallen
Transamine SA CHE-113.083.763 Genève 20.07.2026 Auditor switch Genève
Pensionskasse der CONCORDIA Schweizerische Kranken- und Unfallversicherung AG CHE-109.776.403 Luzern 17.07.2026 Auditor switch Luzern