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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 295  (17.79 audit engagements per employee on average)
Auditor Statistics

Average engagement duration: 11.7 years (max.: 35.8 years)

Total number of statutory audit engagements: 5'249 (Ranked #2 in Switzerland)

Change in number of audit engagements: -124 (since 31.12.2023), -124 (over the last 12 months)

Number of audit clients listed on a Swiss stock exchange: 80 (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 156 3 30 308 126 159 56 355 20 50 36 172 79 17 8 266 42 55 89 77 128 5 263 53 237 944 3'734
Limited liability company 12     16 16 14 5 47 1 7   46 11 1 2 13 20 6 10 7 11   29 2 70 86 432
Foundation 29 2 7 75 27 101 4 104 3 7   43 28 10 3 50 13 6 6 7 16 4 61 6 30 224 866
Cooperative 3     8 1 4   1 1 1   3 2     6 1 2         1     14 48
Association 3   1 8 2 10   15   2   7       5   1 1   2   6     31 94
Branch office of a foreign company                               1                     1
Special legal forms 3 1   5 1 5 2 14 2 1   3   2 1 1 1   1 2 1 1 9 1 3 14 74
∑ 206 6 38 420 173 293 67 536 27 68 36 274 120 30 14 342 77 70 107 93 158 10 369 62 340 1'313 5'249

This audit firm is recorded as statutory auditor for 5150 deleted entities. These are not included in the table above.

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Audit Engagements by Branch Office

The 5'249 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 4   1               3   9 1   1   1   2 14 97
Basel 49     29 141 251 4 6 3 3 7 11 14 1 1 5 16 9 7 1 3   2 1 21 56 641
Bern 7     289 10 5 12 1 2 4 2 26 2     6 2 26 3 2     14 4 5 45 467
Chur                 1 18           3             1       23
Genève 3     6 1 1 11 458     1 7 15     2   1 3 2 2   89 5 11 16 634
Lugano     1     3   3   1   5       2 1   4   132       2   154
Luzern 12     14   1 1 1 1     156 1 22 7 3 2 4 7   1 3 2 2 17 15 272
Neuchâtel       14 1   11 8     21   74               1 1 16   2 4 153
Pully 1     3   4 24 33     1 2 8       1   3   1   223 8 3 12 327
Sion       1     1 1   1                         2 38     44
St. Gallen 2 6 32 4   4   1 6 30   4 3     277 5 1 2 59 1   2   8 44 491
Thun       1                                             1
Winterthur 2     4   1 1         2     1 2 12   3 16     1   5 82 132
Zug 10     1 2 2   1 2     8       4 3 1 9     1     91 11 146
Zürich 67   5 51 13 17 2 22 12 11 4 53 3 7 5 35 35 19 65 13 16 5 16 4 173 1'014 1'667
∑ 206 6 38 420 173 293 67 536 27 68 36 274 120 30 14 342 77 70 107 93 158 10 369 62 340 1'313 5'249

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Total number of audit engagements across the network: 5'254

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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
Ad Oculos Holding AG CHE-103.509.393 Zürich 09.12.2024 Auditor switch St. Gallen
Bracell Marketing SA CHE-113.651.012 Nyon 09.12.2024 Auditor switch Genève
C.B.R. Distribution Sàrl CHE-104.817.503 Carouge (GE) 09.12.2024 Opting-out Basel
PA Real Estate AG CHE-361.992.439 Freienbach 09.12.2024 Auditor switch Winterthur
qiio Switzerland AG CHE-220.157.976 Hünenberg 09.12.2024 Opting-out Zürich