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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 295  (17.80 audit engagements per employee on average)
Auditor Statistics

Average engagement duration: 11.7 years (max.: 35.8 years)

Total number of statutory audit engagements: 5'250 (Ranked #2 in Switzerland)

Change in number of audit engagements: -123 (since 31.12.2023), -120 (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 156 3 30 307 126 159 55 357 20 50 36 174 79 17 8 267 42 55 89 77 129 5 263 53 236 943 3'736
Limited liability company 12     16 16 14 5 47 1 7   46 11 1 2 13 20 6 10 7 11   29 2 74 83 433
Foundation 29 2 7 75 27 102 4 104 3 6   42 28 10 3 50 13 6 6 7 15 4 61 6 30 224 864
Cooperative 3     8 1 4   1 1 1   3 2     6 1 2         1     14 48
Association 3   1 8 2 10   15   2   7       5   1 1   2   6     31 94
Branch office of a foreign company                               1                     1
Special legal forms 3 1   5 1 5 2 14 2 1   3   2 1 1 1   1 2 1 1 9 1 3 14 74
∑ 206 6 38 419 173 294 66 538 27 67 36 275 120 30 14 343 77 70 107 93 158 10 369 62 343 1'309 5'250

This audit firm is recorded as statutory auditor for 5151 deleted entities. These are not included in the table above.

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Audit Engagements by Branch Office

The 5'250 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 53     3 5 4   1               3   9 1   1   1   2 14 97
Basel 49     28 141 252 4 6 3 3 7 11 14 1 1 5 16 9 7 1 3   2 1 21 56 641
Bern 7     289 10 5 12 1 2 4 2 26 2     6 2 26 3 2     14 4 5 43 465
Chur                 1 16           3             1       21
Genève 3     6 1 1 11 460     1 7 15     2   1 3 2 2   89 5 11 16 636
Lugano     1     3   3   1   5       2 1   4   132       2   154
Luzern 12     14   1 1 1 1     157 1 22 7 3 2 4 7   1 3 2 2 17 15 273
Neuchâtel       14 1   11 8     21   74               1 1 16   2 4 153
Pully 1     3   4 24 33     1 2 8       1   3   1   223 8 3 12 327
Sion       1     1 1   1                         2 38     44
St. Gallen 2 6 32 4   4   1 6 31   4 3     278 5 1 2 59 1   2   7 44 492
Thun       1                                             1
Winterthur 2     4   1 1         2     1 2 12   3 16     1   5 82 132
Zug 10     1 2 2   1 2     8       4 3 1 9     1     91 10 145
Zürich 67   5 51 13 17 1 22 12 11 4 53 3 7 5 35 35 19 65 13 16 5 16 4 177 1'013 1'669
∑ 206 6 38 419 173 294 66 538 27 67 36 275 120 30 14 343 77 70 107 93 158 10 369 62 343 1'309 5'250

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Total number of audit engagements across the network: 5'255

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Latest audit engagements
These are this auditor's latest audit engagements.
 
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Laureate International GmbH CHE-180.728.853 Zug 11.12.2024 First auditor Zürich
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
Arundel AG CHE-102.543.252 Zürich 12.12.2024 Auditor switch Zürich
Equinix (Switzerland) Enterprises GmbH CHE-298.251.791 Zürich 12.12.2024 Auditor switch Bern
Equinix (Switzerland) GmbH CHE-100.935.049 Zürich 12.12.2024 Auditor switch Bern
SBM PRODUCTION CONTRACTORS INC. SA CHE-100.424.234 Marly 12.12.2024 Auditor switch Zürich
Schweizerische Kulturstiftung für Audiovision CHE-110.401.594 Chur 11.12.2024 Auditor switch Chur