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Fact Sheet KPMG AG

Core Company Information
Company Name KPMG AG
UID CHE-106.084.881
Alternative / previous Names KPMG SA, KPMG Ltd
KPMG Fides Peat
Domicile Zürich
Canton ZH
Legal Form Limited corporation
Firm Inscription Date 11.02.1992
Website https://www.kpmg.ch
Takeovers: KPMG Fides (CHE-105.977.196), per 08.01.2007
FAOA Information
FAOA ID 501403
RAB Permission state-regulated audit firm
FAOA License active (since 13.12.2007)
Link to FAOA website View auditor profile at FAOA
Branch offices (9) KPMG AG (CHE-381.603.787) in Aarau (AG)   [+]
KPMG AG (CHE-154.017.048) in Basel (BS)
KPMG AG (CHE-229.062.543) in Bern (BE)
KPMG SA (CHE-367.357.514) in Delémont (JU)
KPMG SA (CHE-269.239.380) in Fribourg (FR)
KPMG SA (CHE-269.292.664) in Lancy (GE)
KPMG SA (CHE-171.168.286) in Lausanne (VD)
KPMG SA (CHE-150.208.425) in Lugano (TI)
KPMG AG (CHE-253.502.577) in Luzern (LU)
KPMG SA (CHE-474.400.908) in Neuchâtel (NE)
KPMG AG (CHE-255.496.640) in St. Gallen (SG)
KPMG AG (CHE-209.561.530) in Zug (ZG)
Membership in Associations EXPERTsuisse
veb.ch
SVIR
Number of auditors with permission 307  (9.54 audit engagements per employee on average)
Auditor Statistics

Average engagement duration: 9.4 years (max.: 31.3 years)

Total number of statutory audit engagements: 2'929 (Ranked #4 in Switzerland)

Change in number of audit engagements: -49 (since 31.12.2022), -35 (over the last 12 months)

Number of audit clients listed on a Swiss stock exchange: 60 (thereof 9 in the SMI, 6 in the SMI Expanded and 38 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 126 1 4 129 45 95 32 198 10 27 7 75 28 10 11 140 25 15 49 60 88 12 174 28 231 536 2'156
Limited liability company 8     8 5 34 5 31     1 13 1     3 12 1 1 2 7 1 18 2 62 48 263
Foundation 12 2 1 21 3 44 7 62 1 3 1 14 10   1 25 1 5 7 7 7 1 36 3 9 145 428
Branch office                                               1     1
Cooperative       2   4           1               1     1     5 14
Association       3     1 8                         2   2     18 34
Branch office of a foreign company               1                                     1
Special legal forms 1   1 2 1 2 1 4 1   1   1 1 1   3       2 1 3   2 4 32
∑ 147 3 6 165 54 179 46 304 12 30 10 103 40 11 13 168 41 21 57 70 106 15 234 34 304 756 2'929

This audit firm is recorded as statutory auditor for 3383 deleted entities. These are not included in the table above.

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Audit Engagements by Branch Office

The 2'929 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 ∑
Basel 26     2 39 123   3 1 2   1       4   2 3 1 1   1 5 10 16 240
Bern 10     103   2 7   1       1     1   8   1     1   5 7 147
Lancy       3   1 11 260     5 2 6   1         1 2   51 2 18 7 370
Lausanne           2 20 13   2     2         2     1   152 20 7 2 223
Lugano                   1   1             2   93       3 1 101
Luzern 20     4 1     3   1 1 80   10 8       1 2   3 1   6 14 155
Neuchâtel       7     4 5     1   29                   13 2     61
St. Gallen 7 3 5 3   1     1 1   2       124 3 3 3 52     1   9 23 241
Zug 10       1 4   6       4 1   4 2 1 1 6 1   4 3   134 18 200
Zürich 74   1 43 13 46 4 14 9 23 3 13 1 1   37 37 5 42 12 9 8 11 5 112 668 1'191
∑ 147 3 6 165 54 179 46 304 12 30 10 103 40 11 13 168 41 21 57 70 106 15 234 34 304 756 2'929

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Total number of audit engagements across the network: 2'929

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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
Centre d'Imagerie Médicale du Chablais SA CHE-218.724.392 Aigle 08.12.2023 Auditor switch Neuchâtel
BTI Asset Distribution GmbH CHE-221.603.369 Zug 04.12.2023 First auditor Zug
BTI Capex Distribution GmbH CHE-235.458.406 Zug 04.12.2023 First auditor Zug
BTI Energy Distribution GmbH CHE-262.109.517 Zug 04.12.2023 First auditor Zug
Celanese (Switzerland) IP Holdings 2 Sàrl CHE-215.523.325 Meyrin 04.12.2023 First auditor Lancy
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
Augenzentrum Bahnhof Basel AG CHE-331.912.996 Basel 08.12.2023 Auditor switch Zürich
Gonet SA CHE-100.119.191 Genève 08.12.2023 Auditor switch Lancy
HI Productions AG CHE-331.599.847 Belp 08.12.2023 Opting-out Bern
Ophthamed AG CHE-115.054.873 Basel 08.12.2023 Auditor switch Zürich
AMCI Carbon GmbH CHE-114.661.987 Zug 07.12.2023 Auditor switch Zug