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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-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 300  (17.72 audit engagements per employee on average)
Auditor Statistics

Average engagement duration: 11.7 years (max.: 35.6 years)

Total number of statutory audit engagements: 5'315 (Ranked #2 in Switzerland)

Change in number of audit engagements: -58 (since 31.12.2023), -77 (over the last 12 months)

Number of audit clients listed on a Swiss stock exchange: 82 (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 155 3 32 310 126 163 57 361 20 54 36 173 87 17 8 266 39 52 93 78 130 5 271 60 241 955 3'792
Limited liability company 11     16 16 14 5 49 1 7   45 11 1 2 13 21 6 10 7 11   33 2 69 87 437
Foundation 29 2 7 76 26 106 4 102 3 8   43 28 10 3 51 13 6 6 7 16 4 61 6 30 225 872
Cooperative 3     8 1 4   1 1 1   3 2     7 1 2         1     14 49
Association 3   1 8 2 9   13   2   7       5   1 1   2   6     30 90
Branch office of a foreign company                               1                     1
Special legal forms 3 1   5 1 5 2 14 2 2   3   2 1 1 1   1 2 1 1 9 1 2 14 74
∑ 204 6 40 423 172 301 68 540 27 74 36 274 128 30 14 344 75 67 111 94 160 10 381 69 342 1'325 5'315

This audit firm is recorded as statutory auditor for 5139 deleted entities. These are not included in the table above.

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Audit Engagements by Branch Office

The 5'315 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     3 5 6   1               3   10 1   1   1   2 14 101
Basel 48     29 140 256 4 7 3 3 7 10 14 1 1 6 13 9 6 1 3   2 1 20 59 643
Bern 7     287 10 5 12 1 2 4 2 27 2     5 2 23 3 2     14 4 5 45 462
Chur                 1 27           3             1       32
Genève 1     6 1 1 11 462     1 5 14     2   1 3 2 2   91 5 11 16 635
Lugano     1     3   3   1   5       2 1   4   134       2   156
Luzern 11     16   1 1 1 1     157 1 21 7 3 2 4 8   1 3 2 2 20 15 277
Neuchâtel       14 1   11 8     21   83               1 1 16 1 2 4 163
Pully 1     3   5 24 33     1 3 8       1   3   1   231 9 3 12 338
Sion       1     1 1   1                         2 43     49
St. Gallen 2 6 32 4   4   1 6 27   4 3     279 5 1 2 59 1   2   8 47 493
Thun       1                                             1
Winterthur 2     4   1 1         2     1 2 12   5 16     1   5 83 135
Zug 10     1 1 1   1 2     7       3 3   9     1     92 11 142
Zürich 68   7 54 14 18 3 21 12 11 4 54 3 8 5 36 36 19 67 14 16 5 18 4 172 1'019 1'688
∑ 204 6 40 423 172 301 68 540 27 74 36 274 128 30 14 344 75 67 111 94 160 10 381 69 342 1'325 5'315

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Total number of audit engagements across the network: 5'320

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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
Nomisma AG CHE-190.536.278 Zürich 10.10.2024 First auditor Zürich
Roberit AG CHE-105.851.543 Windisch 10.10.2024 Auditor switch Winterthur
b+s Elektro Telematik AG CHE-441.070.069 Ormalingen 08.10.2024 Auditor switch Bern
Elektro Naegelin AG CHE-115.713.279 Frenkendorf 08.10.2024 Auditor switch Bern
Gdoc Lasercom SA CHE-113.330.973 Lancy 08.10.2024 Auditor switch Genève
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
Anoma Stiftung CHE-264.379.335 Zug 09.10.2024 Auditor switch Zürich
Petkovic Immo AG CHE-388.594.416 Kloten 09.10.2024 Opting-out Zürich
Stiftung Ferienkolonie der Stadt Chur CHE-110.190.718 Chur 09.10.2024 Auditor switch Chur
Alfasigma Schweiz AG CHE-103.713.686 Zofingen 07.10.2024 Discontinued Lugano
BRECO-Holding AG CHE-107.263.647 St. Gallen 07.10.2024 Auditor switch Zürich