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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 (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 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 SA (CHE-140.989.034) in Sion (VS)
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 AG (CHE-289.904.602) in Thun (BE)
Membership in Associations EXPERTsuisse
Number of auditors with permission 300  (17.19 audit engagements per employee on average)
Auditor Statistics

Average engagement duration: 11.9 years (max.: 36.4 years)

Total number of statutory audit engagements: 5'158 (Ranked #2 in Switzerland)

Change in number of audit engagements: -80 (since 31.12.2024), -179 (over the last 12 months)

Number of audit clients listed on a Swiss stock exchange: 79 (thereof 5 in the SMI, 9 in the SMI Expanded and 51 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 145 3 29 307 122 157 55 366 19 44 23 189 70 17 8 261 37 57 79 62 120 5 260 46 241 936 3'658
Limited liability company 12     16 15 13 4 47 1 5   46 12 1 2 15 16 6 10 7 11   28 1 73 81 422
Foundation 28 2 7 80 27 101 4 103 3 6   42 26 10 3 52 13 4 6 8 14 4 60 5 29 221 858
Cooperative 3     7 1 4   1 1     3 1     6 1 2         1     13 44
Association 3   1 9 2 10   19   1   7       5   1 1   2   7     32 100
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
∑ 194 6 37 424 168 289 65 551 26 57 23 290 109 30 14 340 68 70 97 79 148 10 367 53 346 1'297 5'158

This audit firm is recorded as statutory auditor for 5249 deleted entities. These are not included in the table above.

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Audit Engagements by Branch Office

The 5'158 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 41     3 5 2   1       1       3   8 1   1   1   2 13 82
Basel 50     30 135 250 5 5 3 2 7 12 14 1 1 6 16 8 7 1 2   2 1 21 56 635
Bern 7     288 10 5 10 1 1 4 1 27 2     5 2 27 2 1     13 4 5 42 457
Chur                 1 9           3             1       14
Genève 3     6 1 1 10 476     1 7 15     2   1 3 2 2   90 5 11 18 654
Lausanne 1     3   3 25 31     1   9       1   1   1   224 7 4 11 322
Lugano     1     3   3   1   5       2 1   3   127       2   148
Luzern 12     13   1 1 1 1     168   22 7 3 2 4 7   1 3 2 2 15 16 281
Neuchâtel       19 1   11 8     9   64               1 1 15   2 5 136
Sion       1     1 1                             1 30     34
St. Gallen 2 6 31 4   4   1 6 30   4 2     275 6 1 1 48 1   2   7 39 470
Thun       1                                             1
Winterthur 2     4   1 1         2     1 2 12   3 14     1   3 74 120
Zug 8     1 3 2   1 2     9       4 3 1 8 1   1     90 13 147
Zürich 68   5 51 13 17 1 22 12 11 4 55 3 7 5 35 25 20 61 12 12 5 15 4 184 1'010 1'657
∑ 194 6 37 424 168 289 65 551 26 57 23 290 109 30 14 340 68 70 97 79 148 10 367 53 346 1'297 5'158

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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
Helpling Switzerland AG CHE-150.513.704 Zürich 18.07.2025 Auditor switch Zürich
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