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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 300  (17.78 audit engagements per employee on average)
Auditor Statistics

Average engagement duration: 11.7 years (max.: 35.5 years)

Total number of statutory audit engagements: 5'335 (Ranked #2 in Switzerland)

Change in number of audit engagements: -38 (since 31.12.2023), -76 (over the last 12 months)

Number of audit clients listed on a Swiss stock exchange: 82 (thereof 5 in the SMI, 11 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 154 3 32 310 126 164 58 358 20 57 36 173 87 17 9 270 39 51 93 78 130 5 269 60 245 955 3'799
Limited liability company 11     16 16 14 5 49 1 8   44 11 1 2 13 21 7 10 7 11   33 2 69 85 436
Foundation 31 2 7 76 26 106 4 102 3 10   43 28 10 3 51 14 6 6 7 16 4 61 7 31 227 881
Cooperative 3     8 1 4   1 1 1   3 2     7 1 2         1     14 49
Association 3   1 9 2 10   12   3   7       5   1 1   2   7     31 94
Branch office of a foreign company                               1                     1
Special legal forms 3 1   5 1 5 2 14 2 3   3   2 1 1 1   1 2 1 1 9 1 2 14 75
∑ 205 6 40 424 172 303 69 536 27 82 36 273 128 30 15 348 76 67 111 94 160 10 380 70 347 1'326 5'335

This audit firm is recorded as statutory auditor for 5128 deleted entities. These are not included in the table above.

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Audit Engagements by Branch Office

The 5'335 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 54     3 5 6   1               3   10 1   1   1   2 14 101
Basel 47     29 142 258 4 7 3 3 7 10 14 1 1 6 13 9 6 1 3   2 1 20 59 646
Bern 7     288 8 5 12 1 2 4 2 26 2     5 2 24 3 2     13 4 5 44 459
Chur                 1 34           3             1       39
Genève 1     6 1 1 11 458     1 5 14     2   1 3 2 2   91 6 13 15 633
Lugano 1   1     3   3   1   5       2 1   4   134       2   157
Luzern 11     16   1 1 1 1     156 1 21 8 3 2 4 8   1 3 2 2 20 15 277
Neuchâtel       14 1   11 8     21   83               1 1 16 1 2 4 163
Pully 1     3   5 25 33     1 3 8       1   3   1   231 9 3 11 338
Sion       1     1 1   1                         2 43     49
St. Gallen 2 6 32 4   4   1 6 28   4 3     282 5 1 2 59 1   2   8 47 497
Thun       1                                             1
Winterthur 1     4   1 1         2     1 2 13   5 16     1   5 83 135
Zug 10     1 1 1   1 2     7       3 3   9     1     93 11 143
Zürich 70   7 54 14 18 3 21 12 11 4 55 3 8 5 37 36 18 67 14 16 5 18 4 174 1'023 1'697
∑ 205 6 40 424 172 303 69 536 27 82 36 273 128 30 15 348 76 67 111 94 160 10 380 70 347 1'326 5'335

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Total number of audit engagements across the network: 5'340

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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
Air-Sea Holiday GmbH CHE-103.522.614 Solothurn 12.09.2024 Auditor switch Zürich
Personalvorsorgestiftung der PB & AM FvL-Unternehmen (Schweiz) CHE-109.636.251 Basel 11.09.2024 Auditor switch Zürich
Kitz AG CHE-109.639.947 Zug 10.09.2024 Opting-out Zürich
Medica Mondiale Foundation Switzerland CHE-114.521.010 Zürich 10.09.2024 Auditor switch Zürich
Walter Looser AG CHE-101.451.328 Zürich 10.09.2024 Auditor switch Winterthur