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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  (16.14 audit engagements per employee on average)
Auditor Statistics

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

Total number of statutory audit clients: 5'148 (Ranked #2 in Switzerland)

Change in number of audit engagements: -5 (since 31.12.2025), -83 (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 87 63 117 6 273 44 233 936 3'663
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 24 7 3 48 13 4 6 6 14 4 57 3 29 220 832
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 26 298 110 25 15 326 65 76 105 80 145 11 383 48 342 1'302 5'148

This audit firm is recorded as statutory auditor for 5296 deleted entities. These are not included in the table above.

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Audit Engagements by Branch Office

The 5'148 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 24 665
Lausanne 1     4   3 25 30     1   8       1   1 1 1   247 26 4 11 364
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   64               1 1 13   1 5 134
Sion               1                             1 8     10
St. Gallen 2 6 29 4   4   1 6 30   4 2     267 6 1 4 48 1   3   7 39 464
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 26 298 110 25 15 326 65 76 105 80 145 11 383 48 342 1'302 5'148

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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.
 
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