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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 312  (17.26 audit engagements per employee on average)
Auditor Statistics

Average engagement duration: 11.6 years (max.: 35.2 years)

Total number of statutory audit engagements: 5'384 (Ranked #2 in Switzerland)

Change in number of audit engagements: +11 (since 31.12.2023), -137 (over the last 12 months)

Number of audit clients listed on a Swiss stock exchange: 84 (thereof 5 in the SMI, 10 in the SMI Expanded and 53 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 32 305 127 168 71 366 21 63 34 178 94 17 8 272 36 44 97 78 131 5 264 60 257 949 3'833
Limited liability company 9   1 16 15 14 4 50 1 8   42 11 1 2 14 17 9 9 7 11   34 1 70 91 437
Foundation 32 2 7 76 27 106 4 104 3 13   43 28 10 3 54 14 6 6 7 16 4 62 7 31 229 894
Cooperative 3     11 1 4   1 1 1   3 2     7 1 1         1     14 51
Association 3   1 11 2 9   12   3   7       5   1 1   2   7     32 96
Branch office of a foreign company               1               1                     2
Special legal forms 3 1   6 1 5 2 11 2 3   3   2 1 1 1   1 2 1 1 9 1 2 12 71
∑ 203 6 41 425 173 306 81 545 28 91 34 276 135 30 14 354 69 61 114 94 161 10 377 69 360 1'327 5'384

This audit firm is recorded as statutory auditor for 5038 deleted entities. These are not included in the table above.

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Audit Engagements by Branch Office

The 5'384 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               3   9 1   1   1   2 14 99
Basel 48     29 142 259 4 6 3 4 6 10 14 1 1 5 13 9 6 1 3   2 1 19 56 642
Bern 7     280 6 5 7 1 3 2 1 20 3     4   15 4 1     7 3 5 31 405
Chur                 1 46           4             1       52
Genève 1     6 1 2 12 460     1 5 14     2   1 3 2 2   90 8 12 15 637
Lugano 2   1     3   3   1   5       2 1   4   137       3   162
Luzern 11     19   1 1 1 1     165 1 21 8 3 2 5 9   1 3 2 2 24 16 296
Neuchâtel       14 1   11 8     21   90     1   1     1 1 15 1 2 4 171
Pully 1     3   5 34 36     1 4 8       1   3   1   236 9 3 7 352
Sion       1     1 1                             2 41     46
St. Gallen 2 6 34 4   4   1 6 28   4 3     288 5 2 2 60 1   2   8 50 510
Thun       1                                             1
Winterthur 1     5   1 1         1     1 2 12   5 17     1   5 86 138
Zug 9     1 1 1   1 2     7       3 3   10     1     96 11 146
Zürich 67   6 60 17 19 10 26 12 10 4 55 2 8 4 37 32 19 67 13 14 5 18 4 181 1'037 1'727
∑ 203 6 41 425 173 306 81 545 28 91 34 276 135 30 14 354 69 61 114 94 161 10 377 69 360 1'327 5'384

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Total number of audit engagements across the network: 5'389

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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
Siemens Healthineers International AG CHE-105.742.500 Steinhausen 03.05.2024 Auditor switch Zürich
Gautschi Holz- & Fensterbau AG CHE-297.122.257 St. Margrethen 02.05.2024 First auditor St. Gallen
Gautschi Management AG CHE-314.626.868 St. Margrethen 02.05.2024 First auditor St. Gallen
Katana Holding SA CHE-295.494.601 Carouge (GE) 02.05.2024 First auditor Genève
SCOTT Sports SA CHE-103.535.982 Givisiez 01.05.2024 Auditor switch Pully
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
Credit Suisse (Schweiz) AG CHE-166.233.400 Zürich 01.05.2024 Auditor switch Zürich
Batmaid Dry Sàrl CHE-444.735.652 Lausanne 30.04.2024 Opting-out Genève
BFB Facility Services Sàrl CHE-166.500.251 Lausanne 30.04.2024 Opting-out Genève
FIS MARKETING AG CHE-115.100.993 Freienbach 30.04.2024 Auditor switch Zürich
CORPMEDIA AG CHE-137.365.933 Zürich 26.04.2024 Opting-out Zürich