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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 303  (17.31 audit engagements per employee on average)
Auditor Statistics

Average engagement duration: 11.8 years (max.: 36 years)

Total number of statutory audit engagements: 5'244 (Ranked #2 in Switzerland)

Change in number of audit engagements: +7 (since 31.12.2024), -148 (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 154 3 30 304 127 162 56 372 19 45 36 187 73 17 8 268 43 55 86 65 126 5 262 48 240 945 3'736
Limited liability company 13     16 16 15 5 49 1 5   45 12 1 2 13 17 6 10 7 11   29 1 74 79 427
Foundation 29 2 7 78 27 101 4 103 3 6   42 27 10 3 51 13 5 6 7 15 4 61 5 30 224 863
Cooperative 3     8 1 4   1 1     3 1     6 1 2         1     13 45
Association 3   1 9 2 10   17   1   7       5   1 1   2   6     32 97
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
∑ 205 6 38 420 174 296 67 557 26 58 36 287 113 30 14 344 75 69 104 81 155 10 370 55 347 1'307 5'244

This audit firm is recorded as statutory auditor for 5174 deleted entities. These are not included in the table above.

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Audit Engagements by Branch Office

The 5'244 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               3   9 1   1   1   2 14 94
Basel 49     29 141 255 4 5 3 3 7 12 14 1 1 4 16 9 7 1 3   2 1 21 57 645
Bern 7     291 10 5 12 1 1 4 2 26 2     6 2 26 2 2     14 4 5 41 463
Chur                 1 9           3             1       14
Genève 3     6 1 1 11 479     1 7 15     2   1 3 2 2   92 5 11 18 660
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 16 15 284
Neuchâtel       14 1   11 7     20   67               1 1 15   2 5 144
Pully 2     3   3 25 33     1   9       1   2   1   222 7 4 10 323
Sion       1     1 1                             2 32     37
St. Gallen 2 6 32 4   4   1 6 30   4 2     278 6 1 1 47 1   2   7 39 473
Thun       1                                             1
Winterthur 2     4   1 1         2     1 2 12   3 16     1   5 82 132
Zug 10     1 3 2   1 2     8       4 3 1 9 1   1     92 10 148
Zürich 67   5 50 13 18 1 24 12 11 5 53 3 7 5 37 32 18 66 12 15 5 16 4 180 1'016 1'675
∑ 205 6 38 420 174 296 67 557 26 58 36 287 113 30 14 344 75 69 104 81 155 10 370 55 347 1'307 5'244

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Total number of audit engagements across the network: 5'249

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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
Hirslanden Institute for Medical Education CHE-291.539.512 Opfikon 18.03.2025 Auditor switch Zürich
Société coopérative Migros Neuchâtel-Fribourg CHE-105.925.472 Laténa 12.03.2025 Auditor switch Neuchâtel
KUMARO Holding AG CHE-322.546.289 La Chaux-de-Fonds 07.03.2025 Auditor switch St. Gallen
Triconti Invest AG CHE-472.887.043 Zürich 04.03.2025 Auditor switch St. Gallen
Stiebel Eltron AG CHE-107.944.262 Lupfig 03.03.2025 Auditor switch Aarau