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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
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 306  (17.62 audit engagements per employee on average)
Auditor Statistics

Average engagement duration: 11.6 years (max.: 34.6 years)

Total number of statutory audit engagements: 5'392 (Ranked #2 in Switzerland)

Change in number of audit engagements: -210 (since 31.12.2022), -260 (over the last 12 months)

Number of audit clients listed on a Swiss stock exchange: 86 (thereof 5 in the SMI, 8 in the SMI Expanded and 56 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 149 3 31 316 127 166 70 369 17 63 35 178 95 16 9 263 39 41 91 75 129 4 261 56 253 965 3'821
Limited liability company 8   1 14 15 14 4 50 1 8   40 11 1 2 15 17 10 11 6 10   37 1 67 93 436
Foundation 32 2 7 70 27 116 3 104 3 18   44 29 10 3 55 14 6 4 6 15 4 64 9 31 238 914
Cooperative 3     11 1 4   1 1 1   4 3     7 1 1         2     14 54
Association 3     10 2 9   13   2   7       5   1 1   2   7     32 94
Branch office of a foreign company               1               1                     2
Special legal forms 2 1   6 1 4 2 12 2 3   3   2 1 1 1   1 2 1 1 9 2 2 12 71
∑ 197 6 39 427 173 313 79 550 24 95 35 276 138 29 15 347 72 59 108 89 157 9 380 68 353 1'354 5'392

This audit firm is recorded as statutory auditor for 4993 deleted entities. These are not included in the table above.

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Audit Engagements by Branch Office

The 5'392 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     2 5 6   1               2   8 1   1   1   1 14 96
Basel 39     26 142 266 4 5 3 4 7 10 14 1 1 5 14 10 3 1 2   2 1 21 54 635
Bern 7     289 5 4 9 2     1 19 3     4   14   1     8 2 4 30 402
Chur                 1 54           4             1       60
Genève 1     6 1 2 12 464     1 3 15   2 2   1 2 2 2   94 7 12 17 646
Lugano 1   1     4   3   1   5       2 1   3   136       3   160
Luzern 13   1 16   1 1 1       173 1 20 8 4 2 5 7   1 3 2 2 23 16 300
Neuchâtel       13 1   8 9     21   93     1   1     1 1 15 1 2 4 171
Pully 2     4   5 33 36     1 4 8       2   3 1     234 9 3 5 350
Sion       1     1 1                             2 43     48
St. Gallen 3 6 32 5   4   1 6 27   4 2     287 5   3 57 1   2   8 52 505
Thun       1                                             1
Winterthur 1     1   1 1                 2 13   4 15         5 88 131
Zug 8       1 1   1 2     7         3   10     1     93 15 142
Zürich 68   5 63 18 19 10 26 12 9 4 51 2 8 4 34 32 20 72 12 13 4 19 3 178 1'059 1'745
∑ 197 6 39 427 173 313 79 550 24 95 35 276 138 29 15 347 72 59 108 89 157 9 380 68 353 1'354 5'392

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Total number of audit engagements across the network: 5'398

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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
OPEN MINERAL AG CHE-197.320.561 Baar 26.09.2023 Auditor switch Zürich
REBAG DATA AG CHE-393.781.272 Horgen 26.09.2023 Auditor switch Zürich
Alba d'Oro SA CHE-100.340.258 Zürich 22.09.2023 Auditor switch Zürich
Colleverde SA CHE-100.416.683 Zürich 22.09.2023 Auditor switch Zürich
Wärmeverbund Riehen AG CHE-115.116.712 Riehen 20.09.2023 Auditor switch Basel
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
Borderfree PayCo Switzerland GmbH CHE-412.186.592 Baar 26.09.2023 Opting-out Zürich
INPHER Sàrl CHE-342.009.379 Ecublens (VD) 25.09.2023 Auditor switch Genève
VT Wealth Capital AG CHE-242.428.310 Hünenberg 25.09.2023 Opting-out Basel
Chargeurs Développement International SA CHE-108.570.000 Genève 22.09.2023 Discontinued Pully
Peka System AG CHE-101.409.013 Hitzkirch 22.09.2023 Auditor switch Luzern