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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-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 AG (CHE-346.954.590) in Münchenstein (BL)
PricewaterhouseCoopers SA (CHE-291.782.389) in Neuchâtel (NE)
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 300  (17.28 audit engagements per employee on average)
Auditor Statistics

Average engagement duration: 11.9 years (max.: 36.3 years)

Total number of statutory audit engagements: 5'185 (Ranked #2 in Switzerland)

Change in number of audit engagements: -53 (since 31.12.2024), -161 (over the last 12 months)

Number of audit clients listed on a Swiss stock exchange: 78 (thereof 5 in the SMI, 9 in the SMI Expanded and 51 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 30 305 123 158 56 367 19 44 29 189 71 17 8 262 38 55 83 62 122 5 264 48 242 932 3'683
Limited liability company 13     16 15 14 5 47 1 5   46 12 1 2 15 16 6 10 7 11   28 1 73 79 423
Foundation 28 2 7 80 27 101 4 103 3 6   42 26 10 3 51 13 4 6 8 14 4 60 5 29 223 859
Cooperative 3     8 1 4   1 1     3 1     6 1 2         1     13 45
Association 3   1 9 2 10   18   1   7       5   1 1   2   7     32 99
Special legal forms 3 1   5 1 4 2 15 2 1   3   2 1 1 1   1 2 1 1 11 1 3 14 76
∑ 201 6 38 423 169 291 67 551 26 57 29 290 110 30 14 340 69 68 101 79 150 10 371 55 347 1'293 5'185

This audit firm is recorded as statutory auditor for 5229 deleted entities. These are not included in the table above.

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Audit Engagements by Branch Office

The 5'185 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 50     3 5 3   1       1       3   8 1   1   1   2 13 92
Basel 49     30 136 251 5 5 3 2 7 13 14 1 1 4 16 8 7 1 2   2 1 21 56 635
Bern 6     290 10 5 11 1 1 4 2 27 1     6 2 27 2 1     13 4 5 41 459
Chur                 1 9           3             1       14
Genève 3     6 1 1 11 475     1 7 15     2   1 3 2 2   93 5 11 18 657
Lausanne 1     3   3 25 33     1   9       1   2   1   224 7 4 10 324
Lugano     1     3   3   1   5       2 1   3   128       2   149
Luzern 12     13   1 1 1 1     168   22 7 3 2 4 7   1 3 2 2 15 16 281
Neuchâtel       18 1   11 7     14   66               1 1 15   2 5 141
Sion       1     1 1                             1 32     36
St. Gallen 2 6 32 4   4   1 6 30   4 2     274 6 1 1 48 1   2   7 40 471
Thun       1                                             1
Winterthur 2     4   1 1         2     1 2 12   3 14     1   5 75 123
Zug 8     1 3 2   1 2     9       4 3 1 8 1   1     89 13 146
Zürich 68   5 49 13 17 1 22 12 11 4 54 3 7 5 37 26 18 64 12 13 5 16 4 184 1'006 1'656
∑ 201 6 38 423 169 291 67 551 26 57 29 290 110 30 14 340 69 68 101 79 150 10 371 55 347 1'293 5'185

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Total number of audit engagements across the network: 5'190

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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
Partners Group AG CHE-108.431.605 Baar 23.06.2025 Auditor switch Zürich
Cendres+Métaux Lux SA CHE-454.130.315 Biel/Bienne 20.06.2025 Auditor switch Neuchâtel
Cendres+Métaux SA CHE-108.784.268 Biel/Bienne 20.06.2025 Auditor switch Neuchâtel
Hexagon Innovation Hub GmbH CHE-135.993.320 Balgach 20.06.2025 First auditor St. Gallen
NewCo Swiss Holdings AG CHE-400.151.776 Zug 20.06.2025 First auditor Zürich
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
Aquinos Bedding Switzerland AG CHE-105.970.797 Büron 20.06.2025 Discontinued Luzern
WPZ Spisertor AG CHE-110.327.199 St. Gallen 20.06.2025 Auditor switch St. Gallen
ComatReleco AG CHE-102.235.425 Düdingen 19.06.2025 Auditor switch Bern
Fondazione SCISMA CHE-113.785.411 Paradiso 19.06.2025 Discontinued Lugano
Panotron AG CHE-114.773.362 Rapperswil (BE) 19.06.2025 Auditor switch Bern