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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-497.306.752) in Lausanne (VD)
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-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  (17.22 audit engagements per employee on average)
Auditor Statistics

Average engagement duration: 11.9 years (max.: 36.3 years)

Total number of statutory audit engagements: 5'166 (Ranked #2 in Switzerland)

Change in number of audit engagements: -72 (since 31.12.2024), -172 (over the last 12 months)

Number of audit clients listed on a Swiss stock exchange: 79 (thereof 5 in the SMI, 9 in the SMI Expanded and 51 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 148 3 29 305 123 157 56 365 19 44 23 188 70 17 8 262 38 57 83 62 122 5 260 46 243 932 3'665
Limited liability company 12     16 15 14 5 47 1 5   46 11 1 2 15 16 6 10 7 11   28 1 73 79 421
Foundation 28 2 7 80 27 101 4 103 3 6   42 26 10 3 52 13 4 6 8 14 4 60 5 29 222 859
Cooperative 3     8 1 4   1 1     3 1     6 1 2         1     13 45
Association 3   1 9 2 10   19   1   7       5   1 1   2   7     32 100
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
∑ 197 6 37 423 169 290 67 550 26 57 23 289 108 30 14 341 69 70 101 79 150 10 367 53 348 1'292 5'166

This audit firm is recorded as statutory auditor for 5247 deleted entities. These are not included in the table above.

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Audit Engagements by Branch Office

The 5'166 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 44     3 5 2   1       1       3   8 1   1   1   2 13 85
Basel 50     30 136 251 5 5 3 2 7 12 14 1 1 6 16 8 7 1 2   2 1 21 55 636
Bern 7     289 10 5 11 1 1 4 1 27 1     5 2 27 2 1     12 4 5 41 456
Chur                 1 9           3             1       14
Genève 3     6 1 1 11 475     1 7 15     2   1 3 2 2   90 5 11 18 654
Lausanne 1     3   3 25 31     1   9       1   2   1   224 7 4 10 322
Lugano     1     3   3   1   5       2 1   3   128       2   149
Luzern 12     13   1 1 1 1     168   22 7 3 2 4 7   1 3 2 2 15 16 281
Neuchâtel       19 1   11 8     9   64               1 1 15   2 5 136
Sion       1     1 1                             1 30     34
St. Gallen 2 6 31 4   4   1 6 30   4 2     274 6 1 1 48 1   2   7 40 470
Thun       1                                             1
Winterthur 2     4   1 1         2     1 2 12   3 14     1   5 75 123
Zug 8     1 3 2   1 2     9       4 3 1 8 1   1     89 13 146
Zürich 68   5 49 13 17 1 22 12 11 4 54 3 7 5 37 26 20 64 12 13 5 16 4 185 1'006 1'659
∑ 197 6 37 423 169 290 67 550 26 57 23 289 108 30 14 341 69 70 101 79 150 10 367 53 348 1'292 5'166

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Total number of audit engagements across the network: 5'171

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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
Ogilvy AG CHE-107.299.869 Zürich 07.07.2025 Auditor switch Zürich
Espace Real Estate AG CHE-102.883.216 Solothurn 04.07.2025 Auditor switch Zürich
Espace Real Estate Holding AG CHE-104.079.024 Solothurn 04.07.2025 Auditor switch Zürich
Hasler Gartenbau AG CHE-105.172.442 Zuzgen 03.07.2025 Auditor switch Bern
FUCHS SWISS LUBRICANTS AG CHE-103.516.602 Spreitenbach 02.07.2025 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
KSA Praxiszentrum AG CHE-114.818.415 Aarau 07.07.2025 Auditor switch Aarau
Bureau commercial Freddy Michaud SA - Administration CHE-101.817.091 Val de Bagnes 04.07.2025 Auditor switch Sion
Bureau commercial Freddy Michaud SA - Immobilier CHE-101.253.745 Val de Bagnes 04.07.2025 Auditor switch Sion
ContiCap SA CHE-234.607.566 Nyon 03.07.2025 Auditor switch Genève
Continental Capital Markets S.A. CHE-104.128.496 Nyon 03.07.2025 Auditor switch Genève