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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 319  (16.13 audit engagements per employee on average)
Auditor Statistics

Average engagement duration: 11.8 years (max.: 36.9 years)

Total number of statutory audit clients: 5'144 (Ranked #2 in Switzerland)

Change in number of audit engagements: -9 (since 31.12.2025), -93 (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 151 3 28 302 111 162 53 370 19 40 26 194 73 15 9 250 36 62 86 63 117 6 272 44 233 933 3'658
Limited liability company 12     16 15 12 4 43   4   51 12 1 2 15 15 7 10 9 11   35   76 86 436
Foundation 26 2 7 77 25 99 4 105 3 6   40 25 7 3 48 13 4 6 6 14 4 57 3 29 220 833
Cooperative 2     7 1 4   1 1     4 1     6 1 2               13 43
Association 3     7 1 10   19   1   6       6   1 1   2   7     32 96
Special legal forms 3 1   5 1 6 2 15 1 1   3   2 1 1     1 2 1 1 11 1 4 15 78
∑ 197 6 35 414 154 293 63 553 24 52 26 298 111 25 15 326 65 76 104 80 145 11 382 48 342 1'299 5'144

This audit firm is recorded as statutory auditor for 5295 deleted entities. These are not included in the table above.

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Audit Engagements by Branch Office

The 5'144 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 37     3 5 2   1       1       3   8 1   1   1   2 13 78
Basel 52     30 123 253 5 10 2 2 7 14 14 1 1 6 16 8 9 1 2   2 1 19 56 634
Bern 8     278 10 5 10 1 1 4 1 27 2     5 2 27 2 2     10 4 2 45 446
Chur                   4           2             1       7
Genève 5     8 1 1 11 472     1 7 18   1 1   1 2 2 3   89 3 15 20 661
Lausanne 1     4   3 25 30     1   8       1   1 1 1   246 26 4 12 364
Lugano     1     3   3   1   7       2 1   2   125   2   2   149
Luzern 12     12   1 1 1 1     174   17 7 4 2 9 7   1 3 2 2 13 16 285
Neuchâtel       17 1   9 9     13   65               1 1 13   1 5 135
Sion               1                             1 8     10
St. Gallen 2 6 29 4   4   1 6 30   4 2     267 6 1 3 48 1   3   7 39 463
Thun       1                                             1
Winterthur 3     4   1 1 1       2     1 2 11   3 14     1   4 70 118
Zug 11     2 4 2   1 2 1   9       4 3 1 8 1   2     91 14 156
Zürich 66   5 51 10 18 1 22 12 10 3 53 2 7 5 30 23 21 66 11 10 5 11 4 182 1'009 1'637
∑ 197 6 35 414 154 293 63 553 24 52 26 298 111 25 15 326 65 76 104 80 145 11 382 48 342 1'299 5'144

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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
Hubexo Switzerland AG CHE-100.944.344 Opfikon 12.01.2026 Auditor switch Zürich
Intertabak AG CHE-106.048.276 Pratteln 12.01.2026 Auditor switch Basel
Visilab Morges SA CHE-105.022.340 Morges 12.01.2026 Auditor switch Genève
Franz AG CHE-105.951.848 Zürich 09.01.2026 Opting-out Zürich
Pacific Eagle Asset Management SA CHE-109.882.092 Nyon 09.01.2026 Opting-out Zürich