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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-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 AG (CHE-346.954.590) in Münchenstein (BL)
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-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 300  (17.40 audit engagements per employee on average)
Auditor Statistics

Average engagement duration: 11.8 years (max.: 36.2 years)

Total number of statutory audit engagements: 5'221 (Ranked #2 in Switzerland)

Change in number of audit engagements: -17 (since 31.12.2024), -161 (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 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 152 3 30 303 129 159 57 371 19 44 34 190 71 17 8 266 42 54 84 63 125 5 265 48 238 937 3'714
Limited liability company 13     16 16 15 5 47 1 5   46 12 1 2 14 16 6 10 7 11   29 1 74 80 427
Foundation 28 2 7 79 27 101 4 103 3 6   42 26 10 3 51 13 4 6 8 15 4 61 5 29 223 860
Cooperative 3     8 1 4   1 1     3 1     6 1 2         1     13 45
Association 3   1 9 2 10   18   1   7       5   1 1   2   7     32 99
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
∑ 202 6 38 420 176 293 68 555 26 57 34 291 110 30 14 343 73 67 102 80 154 10 374 55 344 1'299 5'221

This audit firm is recorded as statutory auditor for 5201 deleted entities. These are not included in the table above.

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Audit Engagements by Branch Office

The 5'221 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       1       3   8 1   1   1   2 13 93
Basel 50     29 142 252 5 5 3 2 7 13 14 1 1 4 16 8 7 1 2   2 1 21 57 643
Bern 6     291 10 5 12 1 1 4 2 27 2     6 2 26 2 2     14 4 5 41 463
Chur                 1 9           3             1       14
Genève 3     6 1 1 11 478     1 7 16     2   1 3 2 2   92 5 11 18 660
Lausanne 2     3   3 25 34     1   8       1   2   1   226 7 4 10 327
Lugano     1     3   3   1   5       2 1   3   130       2   151
Luzern 12     13   1 1 1 1     169 1 22 7 3 2 4 7   1 3 2 2 15 16 283
Neuchâtel       14 1   11 7     19   64               1 1 15   2 5 140
Sion       1     1 1                             2 32     37
St. Gallen 2 6 32 4   4   1 6 30   4 2     276 6 1 1 48 1   2   7 40 473
Thun       1                                             1
Winterthur 2     4   1 1         2     1 2 12   3 14     1   5 76 124
Zug 8     1 3 2   1 2     9       4 3 1 8 1   1     90 13 147
Zürich 66   5 50 14 18 1 22 12 11 4 54 3 7 5 38 30 18 65 12 15 5 16 4 180 1'010 1'665
∑ 202 6 38 420 176 293 68 555 26 57 34 291 110 30 14 343 73 67 102 80 154 10 374 55 344 1'299 5'221

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Total number of audit engagements across the network: 5'226

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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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Eurocapital Invest AG CHE-101.549.163 Basel 07.05.2025 Auditor switch Basel
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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
Fondation Jean-Ulysse Favre CHE-101.699.986 Val-de-Ruz 14.05.2025 Auditor switch Neuchâtel
Autag Automobil AG CHE-114.674.062 Zürich 13.05.2025 Opting-out Zürich
Credit Suisse Stiftung für Mitarbeiter-Beteiligungsmodelle CHE-112.154.946 Zürich 13.05.2025 Auditor switch Zürich
Fromiba AG CHE-109.886.150 Basel 13.05.2025 Auditor switch Basel
Parsifal Securities Corporation CHE-103.013.873 Basel 13.05.2025 Auditor switch Basel