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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  (17.21 audit engagements per employee on average)
Auditor Statistics

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

Total number of statutory audit engagements: 5'162 (Ranked #2 in Switzerland)

Change in number of audit engagements: -76 (since 31.12.2024), -185 (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 146 3 29 305 122 157 55 365 19 44 23 189 70 17 8 262 38 57 80 62 121 5 260 46 243 935 3'661
Limited liability company 12     16 15 13 5 47 1 5   46 11 1 2 15 16 6 10 7 11   28 1 73 80 421
Foundation 28 2 7 80 27 101 4 103 3 6   42 26 10 3 52 13 4 6 8 14 4 60 5 29 222 859
Cooperative 3     8 1 4   1 1     3 1     6 1 2         1     13 45
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
∑ 195 6 37 423 168 289 66 550 26 57 23 290 108 30 14 341 69 70 98 79 149 10 367 53 348 1'296 5'162

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 5'162 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 42     3 5 2   1       1       3   8 1   1   1   2 13 83
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     289 10 5 11 1 1 4 1 27 1     5 2 27 2 1     13 4 5 41 457
Chur                 1 9           3             1       14
Genève 3     6 1 1 10 475     1 7 15     2   1 3 2 2   90 5 11 18 653
Lausanne 1     3   3 25 31     1   9       1   2   1   224 7 4 10 322
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     274 6 1 1 48 1   2   7 39 469
Thun       1                                             1
Winterthur 2     4   1 1         2     1 2 12   3 14     1   5 75 123
Zug 8     1 3 2   1 2     9       4 3 1 8 1   1     89 13 146
Zürich 68   5 49 13 17 1 22 12 11 4 55 3 7 5 37 26 20 61 12 13 5 15 4 185 1'010 1'660
∑ 195 6 37 423 168 289 66 550 26 57 23 290 108 30 14 341 69 70 98 79 149 10 367 53 348 1'296 5'162

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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
GF Casting Solutions Novazzano SA CHE-418.972.465 Novazzano 14.07.2025 Auditor switch Lugano
Indutrade Management AG CHE-242.776.277 Rheinfelden 11.07.2025 Auditor switch Aarau
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Basilea Pharmaceutica International AG, Allschwil CHE-114.147.271 Allschwil 09.07.2025 Auditor switch Basel
Younergy Solar (Suisse) SA CHE-160.379.442 Ecublens (VD) 09.07.2025 Auditor switch Zürich