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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 (11) 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 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 SA (CHE-140.989.034) in Sion (VS)
PricewaterhouseCoopers AG (CHE-289.904.602) in Thun (BE)
Membership in Associations EXPERTsuisse
Number of auditors with permission 302  (17.03 audit engagements per employee on average)
Auditor Statistics

Average engagement duration: 11.8 years (max.: 36.7 years)

Total number of statutory audit engagements: 5'142 (Ranked #2 in Switzerland)

Change in number of audit engagements: -97 (since 31.12.2024), -127 (over the last 12 months)

Number of audit clients listed on a Swiss stock exchange: 77 (thereof 4 in the SMI, 9 in the SMI Expanded and 49 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 148 3 29 306 113 162 52 369 19 40 23 192 72 15 9 250 36 61 86 62 120 6 270 47 241 932 3'663
Limited liability company 11     16 17 12 4 44 1 4   49 12 1 2 15 16 6 10 8 11   29   75 85 428
Foundation 25 2 7 79 27 97 4 103 3 6   41 25 7 3 50 13 4 6 6 14 4 57 3 29 219 834
Cooperative 2     7 1 4   1 1     3 1     6 1 2               13 42
Association 3   1 8 1 10   19   1   6       5   1 1   2   7     32 97
Special legal forms 3 1   5 1 6 2 15 2 1   3   2 1 1     1 2 1 1 11 1 3 15 78
∑ 192 6 37 421 160 291 62 551 26 52 23 294 110 25 15 327 66 74 104 78 148 11 374 51 348 1'296 5'142

This audit firm is recorded as statutory auditor for 5277 deleted entities. These are not included in the table above.

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Audit Engagements by Branch Office

The 5'142 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 36     3 5 2   1       1       3   8 1   1   1   2 13 77
Basel 50     30 128 250 5 11 3 2 7 13 14 1 1 6 16 8 9 1 2   2 1 19 55 634
Bern 7     281 10 5 10 1 1 4 1 27 2     5 2 27 2 1     10 4 4 41 445
Chur                 1 5           2             1       9
Genève 5     8 1 1 10 472     1 7 16   1 2   1 2 2 3   91 5 15 19 662
Lausanne 1     3   3 25 29     1   9       1   1   1   234 14 4 11 337
Lugano     1     3   3   1   7       2 1   2   127   2   2   151
Luzern 12     13   1 1 1 1     171   17 7 3 2 8 7   1 3 2 2 13 16 281
Neuchâtel       20 1   9 7     10   65               1 1 13   2 5 134
Sion       1       1                             1 21     24
St. Gallen 2 6 31 4   4   1 6 29   4 2     269 6 1 3 48 1   3   7 39 466
Thun       1                                             1
Winterthur 2     4   1 1 1       2     1 2 11   3 14     1   3 73 119
Zug 11     2 4 2   1 2 1   9       4 3 1 8 1   2     91 14 156
Zürich 66   5 51 11 19 1 22 12 10 3 53 2 7 5 29 24 20 66 11 11 5 13 4 186 1'010 1'646
∑ 192 6 37 421 160 291 62 551 26 52 23 294 110 25 15 327 66 74 104 78 148 11 374 51 348 1'296 5'142

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Total number of audit engagements across the network: 5'147

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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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Le Verdon S.A. CHE-100.333.117 Genève 13.11.2025 Auditor switch Genève
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Cavotec Switzerland SA CHE-225.305.149 Lugano 12.11.2025 First auditor Lugano
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
dormakaba Finance AG CHE-105.624.786 Rümlang 12.11.2025 Auditor switch Zürich
dormakaba International Holding AG CHE-153.281.476 Rümlang 12.11.2025 Auditor switch Zürich
dormakaba Schweiz AG CHE-105.972.106 Wetzikon (ZH) 12.11.2025 Auditor switch Zürich
Legic Identsystems AG CHE-109.564.769 Wetzikon (ZH) 12.11.2025 Auditor switch Zürich
SRS Swiss Recycling Services SA CHE-105.861.984 Basel 12.11.2025 Auditor switch Lausanne