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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  (17.25 audit engagements per employee on average)
Auditor Statistics

Average engagement duration: 11.8 years (max.: 35.9 years)

Total number of statutory audit engagements: 5'226 (Ranked #2 in Switzerland)

Change in number of audit engagements: -12 (since 31.12.2024), -138 (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 155 3 30 303 127 162 55 360 19 47 37 186 78 17 8 267 42 55 86 65 127 5 262 48 237 946 3'727
Limited liability company 13     16 16 15 5 47 1 7   45 11 1 2 13 17 6 10 7 11   28 1 73 79 424
Foundation 29 2 7 75 27 101 4 104 3 6   42 27 10 3 50 13 5 6 7 15 4 61 5 30 222 858
Cooperative 3     8 1 4   1 1 1   3 2     6 1 2         1     13 47
Association 3   1 9 2 10   15   1   7       5   1 1   2   6     32 95
Branch office of a foreign company                               1                     1
Special legal forms 3 1   5 1 4 2 14 2 1   3   2 1 1 1   1 2 1 1 10 1 3 14 74
206 6 38 416 174 296 66 541 26 63 37 286 118 30 14 343 74 69 104 81 156 10 368 55 343 1'306 5'226

This audit firm is recorded as statutory auditor for 5170 deleted entities. These are not included in the table above.

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Audit Engagements by Branch Office

The 5'226 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 53     3 5 3   1               3   9 1   1   1   3 14 97
Basel 49     28 141 254 4 5 3 3 7 11 14 1 1 4 16 9 7 1 3   2 1 21 58 643
Bern 7     287 10 5 12 1 1 4 2 26 2     6 2 26 3 2     14 4 5 41 460
Chur                 1 11           3             1       16
Genève 3     6 1 1 11 464     1 7 15     2   1 3 2 2   91 5 10 16 641
Lugano     1     3   3   1   5       2 1   3   131       2   152
Luzern 12     14   1 1 1 1     170 1 22 7 3 2 4 7   1 3 2 2 16 15 285
Neuchâtel       14 1   11 8     21   72               1 1 16   2 5 152
Pully 1     3   4 24 33     1   8       1   2   1   220 7 4 10 319
Sion       1     1 1                             2 32     37
St. Gallen 2 6 32 4   4   1 6 33   4 3     277 5 1 1 49 1   2   7 41 479
Thun       1                                             1
Winterthur 2     4   1 1         2     1 2 12   3 16     1   5 83 133
Zug 10     1 3 2   1 2     8       4 3 1 9     1     92 10 147
Zürich 67   5 50 13 18 1 22 12 11 5 53 3 7 5 37 32 18 65 11 15 5 16 4 176 1'013 1'664
206 6 38 416 174 296 66 541 26 63 37 286 118 30 14 343 74 69 104 81 156 10 368 55 343 1'306 5'226

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Total number of audit engagements across the network: 5'231

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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
UBAG - Unterflurbetankungsanlage Flughafen Zürich AG CHE-108.074.907 Rümlang 05.02.2025 Auditor switch Zürich
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TRAVYS - Transports Vallée-de-Joux - Yverdon-les-Bains - Sainte-Croix S.A. CHE-109.263.121 Yverdon-les-Bains 04.02.2025 Auditor switch Pully
Arabelle Operations Switzerland GmbH CHE-192.319.361 Baden 31.01.2025 Auditor switch Aarau
Biggie Switzerland SA CHE-432.654.426 Genève 30.01.2025 Auditor switch Genève
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
Bethesda Alterszentren AG CHE-115.336.107 Küsnacht (ZH) 31.01.2025 Auditor switch Basel
curafox AG CHE-296.382.614 Roggwil (BE) 29.01.2025 Opting-out Zürich
Fr. Sauter Holding AG CHE-100.648.199 Basel 29.01.2025 Auditor switch Basel
Clever Sports AG CHE-456.480.097 Arbon 27.01.2025 Auditor switch St. Gallen
i Wohnungen AG CHE-364.446.104 Hefenhofen 27.01.2025 Auditor switch St. Gallen