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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
Firm 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
Coopers & Lybrand, Revisa, Revisuisse AG (CHE-101.269.060)
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 (13) 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 326  (16.88 audit engagements per employee on average)
Auditor Statistics

Average engagement duration: 11.4 years (max.: 34.2 years)

Total number of statutory audit engagements: 5'504 (Ranked #2 in Switzerland)

Change in number of audit engagements: -98 (since 31.12.2022), -314 (over the last 12 months)

Number of audit clients listed on a Swiss stock exchange: 86 (thereof 6 in the SMI, 8 in the SMI Expanded and 55 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 33 326 130 175 70 374 17 64 35 182 98 19 9 261 41 42 91 77 131 5 280 59 263 973 3'909
Limited liability company 9   1 16 17 11 4 51 1 8   40 11 1 2 14 17 10 10 6 10   34 1 71 95 440
Foundation 31 2 7 76 27 120 3 102 3 19   47 29 10 3 56 14 6 3 6 15 4 59 9 31 248 930
Cooperative 4     12 1 4   1 1 1   6 3     7 1 1         2     14 58
Association 2     12 2 9   13   2   7       6   1 1   2   9     29 95
Branch office of a foreign company               1               1                     2
Special legal forms 2 1   6 1 3 2 12 2 3   4   2 1 1 1   1 2 1 1 8 2 2 12 70
∑ 199 6 41 448 178 322 79 554 24 97 35 286 141 32 15 346 74 60 106 91 159 10 392 71 367 1'371 5'504

This auditor is recorded as statutory auditor for 4923 deleted entities. These are not included in the table above.

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Audit Engagements by Branch Office

The 5'504 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 56     2 5 6   1       1       1   8     1   1   1 15 98
Basel 39     25 146 274 4 5 3 4 7 10 14 1 1 5 14 10 3 2 2 2 2 2 22 57 654
Bern 7     302 6 4 10 2     1 20 3     4   14   1     8 2 5 30 419
Chur                 1 55           5             1       62
Genève 1     6 1 1 10 468     1 3 16   2 2   1 1 2 2   97 7 13 18 652
Lugano 1   1     4   3   1   4       2 1   3   138       3   161
Luzern 13   1 17   2 1 1       187 1 23 8 4 2 5 8   1 3 2 2 23 17 321
Neuchâtel       20 1   6 10     21   94     1   1     1   16 1 2 5 179
Pully 2     6   5 36 37     1 4 9       3 1 3 1     242 12 5 5 372
Sion       1     1 1                             2 42     47
St. Gallen 2 6 34 5   4   1 6 28   4 2     285 5   3 58 1   1   8 54 507
Thun       1                                             1
Winterthur 1     1   1 1         1       2 14   4 15         5 92 137
Zug 8       1 1   1 2     6         3   10     1     99 16 148
Zürich 69   5 62 18 20 10 24 12 9 4 46 2 8 4 35 32 20 71 12 13 4 20 3 181 1'062 1'746
∑ 199 6 41 448 178 322 79 554 24 97 35 286 141 32 15 346 74 60 106 91 159 10 392 71 367 1'371 5'504

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Total number of audit engagements across the network: 5'510

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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
Akara Property Development AG CHE-422.371.079 Zug 26.05.2023 Auditor switch Zürich
CSS Verein CHE-105.803.461 Luzern 26.05.2023 First auditor Zürich
Swiss Prime Site Solutions AG CHE-211.793.771 Zug 26.05.2023 Auditor switch Zürich
streamnow ag CHE-115.731.857 Zürich 25.05.2023 Auditor switch Zürich
Hohenlinden AG CHE-102.826.313 Zürich 22.05.2023 Auditor switch Aarau
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
Albert Hofer-Stiftung CHE-109.772.960 Hergiswil (NW) 26.05.2023 Auditor switch Luzern
Tefina Holding-Gesellschaft AG CHE-102.430.004 Zug 26.05.2023 Auditor switch Zürich
Wohlfahrtsstiftung für das Personal der Hofer-Betriebe CHE-109.369.073 Hergiswil (NW) 26.05.2023 Auditor switch Luzern
Graf + Cie AG CHE-101.214.395 Rapperswil-Jona 24.05.2023 Auditor switch Zürich
Emco AG CHE-105.903.915 Rheinfelden 23.05.2023 Discontinued Basel