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Fact Sheet Ernst & Young AG

Core Company Information
Company Name Ernst & Young AG
UID CHE-105.932.265
Alternative / previous Names Ernst & Young SA, Ernst & Young Ltd
ATAG Ernst & Young AG, ATAG Ernst & Young SA, ATAG Ernst & Young Ltd
Domicile Basel
Canton BS
Legal Form Limited corporation
Inscription Date 28.09.1998
Website https://www.ey.com/ch
Takeovers: Neofidaria AG (ADM-169.740.521), per 09.08.2001
Hangartner Treuhand AG (CHE-100.067.795), per 19.11.2002
Verifica SA (CHE-100.818.159), per 11.05.2005
ATAG Allgemeine Treuhand AG (CHE-100.818.892), per 20.12.2019
GBR Ernst & Young AG (CHE-100.918.105), per 05.03.2002
Ernst & Young AG (CHE-101.392.967), per 11.11.2003
Treuhand- und Revisionsgesellschaft T + R Grischa AG (CHE-101.715.639), per 19.06.2001
Fiduciaire Jacques Ceriani SA (CHE-101.822.086), per 08.04.2005
Fiduciaire de gestion et d'informatique S.A. (CHE-102.664.306), per 31.05.2005
Bösch & Edthofer AG (CHE-103.349.066), per 17.08.2023
FAOA Information
FAOA ID 500646
RAB Permission state-regulated audit firm
FAOA License active (since 28.11.2007)
Link to FAOA website View auditor profile at FAOA
Branch offices (9) Ernst & Young AG (CHE-461.581.835) in Aarau (AG)   [+]
Ernst & Young AG (CHE-311.498.829) in Baden (AG)
Ernst & Young AG (CHE-441.858.784) in Bern (BE)
Ernst & Young AG (CHE-354.720.232) in Biel/Bienne (BE)
ATAG Ernst & Young AG (CHE-132.732.622) in Buchs (SG) (SG)
Ernst & Young AG (CHE-421.676.725) in Chur (GR)
Ernst & Young AG (CHE-357.440.711) in Granges-Paccot (FR)
Ernst & Young AG (CHE-367.926.091) in Kreuzlingen (TG)
Ernst & Young SA (CHE-186.791.979) in Lancy (GE)
Ernst & Young AG (CHE-475.755.395) in Lugano (TI)
Ernst & Young AG (CHE-259.230.495) in Luzern (LU)
Ernst & Young SA (CHE-185.564.694) in Neuchâtel (NE)
Ernst & Young SA (CHE-294.400.879) in Renens (VD) (VD)
Ernst & Young SA (CHE-264.470.869) in Sion (VS)
Ernst & Young AG (CHE-327.393.030) in St. Gallen (SG)
Ernst & Young AG (CHE-152.377.547) in Zug (ZG)
Ernst & Young AG (CHE-491.907.686) in Zürich (ZH)
Membership in Associations EXPERTsuisse
Number of auditors with permission 285  (11.10 audit engagements per employee on average)
Auditor Statistics

Average engagement duration: 11.1 years (max.: 36.4 years)

Total number of statutory audit engagements: 3'163 (Ranked #3 in Switzerland)

Change in number of audit engagements: -16 (since 31.12.2024), -140 (over the last 12 months)

Number of audit clients listed on a Swiss stock exchange: 47 (thereof 5 in the SMI, 7 in the SMI Expanded and 25 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 77 2 8 209 73 101 60 254 3 13 5 49 20 17 4 58 19 40 34 51 113 1 264 33 193 501 2'202
Limited liability company 14     9 9 19 5 32   1 1 10 7 1 1 7 15 6 6   12   38 2 63 53 311
Foundation 11 1   60 13 31 3 27 1 3 1 8 3 1   8   6 6 2 15 1 22 3 17 92 335
Cooperative 23 1 2 25 8 2 10 5 1 8 5 17 3 1 1 32 1 13 4 14 17 2 15 18 6 21 255
Association       8   1   3       2             1   1   6     14 36
Special legal forms       3   5 1 3 1 1                         3 1   6 24
∑ 125 4 10 314 103 159 79 324 6 26 12 86 33 20 6 105 35 65 51 67 158 4 348 57 279 687 3'163

This audit firm is recorded as statutory auditor for 3624 deleted entities. These are not included in the table above.

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Audit Engagements by Branch Office

The 3'163 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 26     2 4 1       1   1     1   3 5             3 6 53
Basel 36 2 4 34 85 128 17 97 1 8 9 21 5 2 1 39 4 22 15 16 23 3 106 27 24 89 818
Bern 6     227   6 20   1   1 9 5 12   3   20   2 2 1 12   7 30 364
Lancy       5 1 4 9 176       2 7         5         42 2 6 13 272
Lugano               2   3   1 1 1             119       1 5 133
Luzern 3     2   2           17     3                   3   30
Renens (VD)       14   2 27 33         11               7   165 23 7 4 293
St. Gallen 6   4 1 3     3   6 1   1     42 1   1 12 1   4 1 3 11 101
Zug 3     1 1     1   1   7   2     4   2 1 5       57 10 95
Zürich 45 2 2 28 9 16 6 12 4 7 1 28 3 3 1 21 23 13 33 36 1   19 4 168 519 1'004
∑ 125 4 10 314 103 159 79 324 6 26 12 86 33 20 6 105 35 65 51 67 158 4 348 57 279 687 3'163

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Total number of audit engagements across the network: 3'169

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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
alao AG CHE-488.569.169 Zürich 22.04.2025 First auditor Zürich
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Isomorphic Labs Switzerland AG CHE-280.829.348 Zürich 09.04.2025 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
Refinitiv International Holdings SARL CHE-100.977.711 Genève 24.04.2025 Auditor switch Zürich
Refinitiv SA CHE-105.816.802 Genève 24.04.2025 Auditor switch Zürich
Corden Pharma Fribourg SA CHE-107.364.343 Villars-sur-Glâne 23.04.2025 Auditor switch Bern
Kadervorsorge der SITAG CHE-109.781.166 Arbon 15.04.2025 Auditor switch Zürich
Präventionsstiftung der Kantonalen Gebäudeversicherungen CHE-110.093.995 Bern 15.04.2025 Auditor switch Bern