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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), -127 (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 29 298 110 148 51 361 15 41 25 194 70 15 7 248 35 62 87 61 112 6 275 45 236 914 3'596
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 28 2 7 73 25 96 3 101 3 6   38 22 7 2 48 11 4 7 6 13 4 53 3 29 209 800
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 15 78
∑ 197 6 36 405 154 277 60 542 20 52 25 295 104 25 12 322 60 76 104 78 138 11 378 50 341 1'269 5'037

This audit firm is recorded as statutory auditor for 5399 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 9 2 2   2 1 18 54 620
Bern 7     271 10 5 8 1   2 1 28 1     5 2 25 3 1     9 4 3 42 428
Chur                   2           2             1       5
Genève 5     8 1   11 459     1 9 18     1   2 2 2 3   88 5 16 25 656
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   118   2   2   143
Luzern 12     9   1 1 1 1     166   17 7 4 2 9 7   1 3 2 2 12 14 271
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     263 4 1 4 47 1   3   6 34 450
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 14 154
Zürich 65   5 51 10 18 2 23 11 13 3 56 2 7 3 29 22 20 63 11 10 5 10 3 189 986 1'617
∑ 197 6 36 405 154 277 60 542 20 52 25 295 104 25 12 322 60 76 104 78 138 11 378 50 341 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
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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
HG COMMERCIALE Handelsgenossenschaft des Schweizerischen Baumeisterverbandes CHE-105.836.561 Zürich 16.07.2026 Auditor switch Zürich
HGC Handel AG CHE-106.535.292 Zürich 16.07.2026 Auditor switch Zürich
Manotel SA CHE-100.251.933 Genève 15.07.2026 Auditor switch Genève
Multone Construction SA CHE-267.528.519 Monthey 15.07.2026 Auditor switch Lausanne
Eskimo Textil AG CHE-101.811.237 Turbenthal 14.07.2026 Auditor switch Winterthur