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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  (17.42 audit engagements per employee on average)
Auditor Statistics

Average engagement duration: 11.8 years (max.: 36.2 years)

Total number of statutory audit engagements: 5'225 (Ranked #2 in Switzerland)

Change in number of audit engagements: -13 (since 31.12.2024), -157 (over the last 12 months)

Number of audit clients listed on a Swiss stock exchange: 79 (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 153 3 30 303 128 161 57 371 19 44 35 190 70 17 8 266 43 54 84 63 126 5 264 48 238 937 3'717
Limited liability company 13     16 16 15 5 47 1 5   46 12 1 2 14 16 6 10 7 11   29 1 74 80 427
Foundation 28 2 7 79 27 101 4 103 3 6   42 27 10 3 51 13 4 6 8 15 4 61 5 29 224 862
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   6     32 98
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
∑ 203 6 38 420 175 295 68 555 26 57 35 291 110 30 14 343 74 67 102 80 155 10 372 55 344 1'300 5'225

This audit firm is recorded as statutory auditor for 5196 deleted entities. These are not included in the table above.

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Audit Engagements by Branch Office

The 5'225 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 51     3 5 3   1       1       3   8 1   1   1   2 13 93
Basel 49     29 142 254 5 5 3 2 7 12 14 1 1 4 16 8 7 1 3   2 1 21 57 644
Bern 6     291 10 5 12 1 1 4 2 27 2     6 2 26 2 2     14 4 5 41 463
Chur                 1 9           3             1       14
Genève 3     6 1 1 11 478     1 7 15     2   1 3 2 2   92 5 11 18 659
Lugano     1     3   3   1   5       2 1   3   130       2   151
Luzern 12     13   1 1 1 1     170 1 22 7 3 2 4 7   1 3 2 2 15 16 284
Neuchâtel       14 1   11 7     20   65               1 1 15   2 5 142
Pully 2     3   3 25 34     1   8       1   2   1   224 7 4 10 325
Sion       1     1 1                             2 32     37
St. Gallen 2 6 32 4   4   1 6 30   4 2     276 6 1 1 48 1   2   7 40 473
Thun       1                                             1
Winterthur 2     4   1 1         2     1 2 12   3 14     1   5 77 125
Zug 10     1 3 2   1 2     9       4 3 1 8 1   1     91 11 148
Zürich 66   5 50 13 18 1 22 12 11 4 54 3 7 5 38 31 18 65 12 15 5 16 4 179 1'012 1'666
∑ 203 6 38 420 175 295 68 555 26 57 35 291 110 30 14 343 74 67 102 80 155 10 372 55 344 1'300 5'225

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Total number of audit engagements across the network: 5'230

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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
Alibaba Cloud (Switzerland) GmbH CHE-154.607.853 Bern 25.04.2025 First auditor Bern
Brülisauer Landmaschinen GmbH CHE-103.270.789 Eichberg 25.04.2025 First auditor Zürich
TrustBridge Global Foundation CHE-266.454.427 Thun 25.04.2025 Auditor switch Bern
Corden Pharma Fribourg SA CHE-107.364.343 Villars-sur-Glâne 23.04.2025 Auditor switch Basel
SkyCell International AG CHE-420.590.682 Zug 22.04.2025 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
Bully 1 (Switzerland) GmbH CHE-181.046.874 Baar 29.04.2025 Opting-out Zug
Omnicom S.A. CHE-108.436.442 Neuchâtel 29.04.2025 Discontinued Neuchâtel
Frama Communications AG CHE-336.741.093 Lauperswil 25.04.2025 Auditor switch Bern
N A S Invest Suisse AG CHE-447.534.423 Zürich 25.04.2025 Auditor switch Zürich
Triplan Ingenieur AG CHE-107.787.264 Basel 24.04.2025 Auditor switch Basel