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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 320  (15.98 audit engagements per employee on average)
Auditor Statistics

Average engagement duration: 12 years (max.: 37.3 years)

Total number of statutory audit clients: 5'115 (Ranked #2 in Switzerland)

Change in number of audit engagements: -39 (since 31.12.2025), -91 (over the last 12 months)

Number of audit clients listed on a Swiss stock exchange: 76 (thereof 4 in the SMI, 8 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 151 3 29 305 109 154 52 369 17 39 26 199 71 15 8 251 35 64 89 63 113 6 273 47 236 932 3'656
Limited liability company 12     16 16 12 4 46   4   51 11 1 2 15 13 7 9 9 10   34 1 75 89 437
Foundation 28 2 7 72 25 96 4 100 3 6   39 22 7 2 48 12 4 7 6 13 4 54 3 30 215 809
Cooperative 2     7 1 4   1 1     4 1     6 1 2               12 42
Association 4     5 1 11   18       6       6   1 1   2   7     31 93
Special legal forms 3 1   6 1 6 2 14 1 1   3 1 2 1 1     1 2 1 1 11 1 3 15 78
∑ 200 6 36 411 153 283 62 548 22 50 26 302 106 25 13 327 61 78 107 80 139 11 379 52 344 1'294 5'115

This audit firm is recorded as statutory auditor for 5348 deleted entities. These are not included in the table above.

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Audit Engagements by Branch Office

The 5'115 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     4 5 2   1       1       3   9 1   1   1   2 16 82
Basel 54     30 122 245 5 10 2 2 7 14 14 1 1 6 15 8 9 2 2   2 1 18 55 625
Bern 8     273 10 5 9 1 1 2 1 27 2     5 2 27 3 2     10 4 3 44 439
Chur                   3           2             1       6
Genève 5     8 1   11 464     1 11 18   1 1   2 2 2 3   88 5 16 27 666
Lausanne 1     6   2 24 30     1   8       1   1   1   245 32 4 11 367
Lugano     1     3   3   1   7       2 1   2   119   2   2   143
Luzern 12     11   1 1 1 1     171   17 7 4 2 9 7   1 3 2 2 13 16 281
Neuchâtel       17 1   9 9     13   60               1 1 13     6 130
Sion               1                             1 5     7
St. Gallen 2 6 29 4   4   1 4 31   4 2     267 6 1 4 47 1   3   6 34 456
Thun       1                                             1
Winterthur 3     4   1 1 1       2     1 2 10   3 14     1   4 70 117
Zug 12   1 2 4 2   1 2 1   8       5 3 1 9 2   2     87 14 156
Zürich 67   5 51 10 18 2 25 12 10 3 57 2 7 3 30 21 21 66 11 10 5 10 3 189 1'001 1'639
∑ 200 6 36 411 153 283 62 548 22 50 26 302 106 25 13 327 61 78 107 80 139 11 379 52 344 1'294 5'115

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Total number of audit engagements across the network: 5'120

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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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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
Moveagain AG CHE-380.033.835 Zürich 15.06.2026 Discontinued Zürich
Helvetica Property Managers AG CHE-437.785.975 Zürich 12.06.2026 Opting-out Zürich
Xrail AG CHE-139.424.239 Basel 12.06.2026 Auditor switch Basel
Fondation Panarae CHE-486.945.994 Genève 11.06.2026 Discontinued Genève
Pensionskasse Manor CHE-109.634.105 Hochdorf 11.06.2026 Auditor switch Basel