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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
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 (12) 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 300  (17.44 audit engagements per employee on average)
Auditor Statistics

Average engagement duration: 11.8 years (max.: 36.1 years)

Total number of statutory audit engagements: 5'233 (Ranked #2 in Switzerland)

Change in number of audit engagements: -5 (since 31.12.2024), -153 (over the last 12 months)

Number of audit clients listed on a Swiss stock exchange: 79 (thereof 5 in the SMI, 10 in the SMI Expanded and 52 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 153 3 30 304 128 163 56 371 19 44 36 189 71 17 8 266 43 54 85 63 126 5 264 48 239 941 3'726
Limited liability company 13     15 16 15 5 47 1 5   46 12 1 2 13 17 6 10 7 11   29 1 75 80 427
Foundation 28 2 7 78 27 101 4 103 3 6   42 27 10 3 51 13 4 6 8 15 4 61 5 29 224 861
Cooperative 3     8 1 4   1 1     3 1     6 1 2         1     13 45
Association 3   1 9 2 10   18   1   7       5   1 1   2   6     32 98
Special legal forms 3 1   5 1 4 2 15 2 1   3   2 1 1 1   1 2 1 1 11 1 3 14 76
∑ 203 6 38 419 175 297 67 555 26 57 36 290 111 30 14 342 75 67 103 80 155 10 372 55 346 1'304 5'233

This audit firm is recorded as statutory auditor for 5190 deleted entities. These are not included in the table above.

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Audit Engagements by Branch Office

The 5'233 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 51     3 5 3   1       1       3   8 1   1   1   2 13 93
Basel 49     29 142 256 4 5 3 2 7 12 14 1 1 4 16 8 7 1 3   2 1 21 57 645
Bern 6     290 10 5 12 1 1 4 2 27 2     6 2 26 2 2     14 4 5 41 462
Chur                 1 9           3             1       14
Genève 3     6 1 1 11 478     1 7 15     2   1 3 2 2   92 5 11 18 659
Lugano     1     3   3   1   5       2 1   3   130       2   151
Luzern 12     13   1 1 1 1     170 1 22 7 3 2 4 7   1 3 2 2 15 16 284
Neuchâtel       14 1   11 7     20   66               1 1 15   2 5 143
Pully 2     3   3 25 34     1   8       1   2   1   224 7 4 10 325
Sion       1     1 1                             2 32     37
St. Gallen 2 6 32 4   4   1 6 30   4 2     276 6 1 1 48 1   2   7 40 473
Thun       1                                             1
Winterthur 2     4   1 1         2     1 2 12   3 14     1   5 79 127
Zug 10     1 3 2   1 2     9       4 3 1 9 1   1     92 11 150
Zürich 66   5 50 13 18 1 22 12 11 5 53 3 7 5 37 32 18 65 12 15 5 16 4 180 1'014 1'669
∑ 203 6 38 419 175 297 67 555 26 57 36 290 111 30 14 342 75 67 103 80 155 10 372 55 346 1'304 5'233

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Total number of audit engagements across the network: 5'238

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Latest audit engagements
These are this auditor's latest audit engagements.
 
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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
Oscilloquartz SA CHE-101.815.583 Laténa 22.04.2025 Auditor switch Neuchâtel
Twitter Switzerland GmbH CHE-303.233.329 Bern 16.04.2025 Discontinued Bern
Procare Vorsorge AG CHE-112.461.070 Niederrohrdorf 10.04.2025 Auditor switch Zürich
Créations Haute Joaillerie S.A. CHE-424.420.820 Meyrin 08.04.2025 Discontinued Genève
Stiftung Horyzon CHE-114.638.770 Olten 08.04.2025 Auditor switch Basel