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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
Firm 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 (13) 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  (17.75 audit engagements per employee on average)
Auditor Statistics

Average engagement duration: 11.6 years (max.: 35.1 years)

Total number of statutory audit engagements: 5'378 (Ranked #2 in Switzerland)

Change in number of audit engagements: +5 (since 31.12.2023), -148 (over the last 12 months)

Number of audit clients listed on a Swiss stock exchange: 84 (thereof 5 in the SMI, 10 in the SMI Expanded and 53 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 153 3 32 305 127 168 70 365 21 63 34 178 94 16 8 270 37 44 98 78 131 5 263 60 256 950 3'829
Limited liability company 9   1 16 15 14 4 50 1 8   42 11 1 2 14 17 9 9 7 11   36 1 70 91 439
Foundation 32 2 7 76 26 106 4 104 3 13   43 28 10 3 54 14 6 5 7 16 4 62 7 31 229 892
Cooperative 3     11 1 4   1 1 1   3 2     7 1 1         1     14 51
Association 3     11 2 9   12   3   7       5   1 1   2   7     32 95
Branch office of a foreign company               1               1                     2
Special legal forms 3 1   6 1 4 2 11 2 3   3   2 1 1 1   1 2 1 1 9 1 2 12 70
∑ 203 6 40 425 172 305 80 544 28 91 34 276 135 29 14 352 70 61 114 94 161 10 378 69 359 1'328 5'378

This audit firm is recorded as statutory auditor for 5036 deleted entities. These are not included in the table above.

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Audit Engagements by Branch Office

The 5'378 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 54     2 5 6   1               3   9 1   1   1   2 14 99
Basel 48     29 141 258 4 6 3 4 6 10 14 1 1 5 13 9 5 1 3   2 1 19 56 639
Bern 7     280 6 5 7 1 3 2 1 20 3     4   15 4 1     7 3 5 31 405
Chur                 1 46           4             1       52
Genève 1     6 1 2 12 459     1 5 14     2   1 3 2 2   92 8 12 15 638
Lugano 2   1     3   3   1   5       2 1   4   137       3   162
Luzern 11     19   1 1 1 1     165 1 20 8 3 2 5 9   1 3 2 2 24 16 295
Neuchâtel       14 1   11 8     21   90     1   1     1 1 15 1 2 4 171
Pully 1     3   5 33 36     1 4 8       1   3   1   235 9 3 7 350
Sion       1     1 1                             2 41     46
St. Gallen 2 6 33 4   4   1 6 28   4 3     286 5 2 2 60 1   2   8 50 507
Thun       1                                             1
Winterthur 1     5   1 1         1     1 2 13   5 17     1   5 86 139
Zug 9     1 1 1   1 2     7       3 3   10     1     96 11 146
Zürich 67   6 60 17 19 10 26 12 10 4 55 2 8 4 37 32 19 68 13 14 5 18 4 180 1'038 1'728
∑ 203 6 40 425 172 305 80 544 28 91 34 276 135 29 14 352 70 61 114 94 161 10 378 69 359 1'328 5'378

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Total number of audit engagements across the network: 5'383

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Latest audit engagements
These are this auditor's latest audit engagements.
 
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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
GSN Global Signature Net AG CHE-110.091.938 Zürich 25.04.2024 Auditor switch Zürich
Pensionskasse der Fritz Meyer Holding AG CHE-110.381.690 Basel 25.04.2024 Auditor switch Basel
Société d'Administration et de Gestion Atlantas Saga SA CHE-100.908.578 Genève 25.04.2024 Auditor switch Genève
Zimmer Biomet OUS Holdings 1 GmbH CHE-213.101.692 Zug 25.04.2024 Opting-out Zürich
Caisse de prévoyance du Canton du Valais CHE-323.636.274 Sion 23.04.2024 Auditor switch Sion