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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 305  (17.59 audit engagements per employee on average)
Auditor Statistics

Average engagement duration: 11.6 years (max.: 34.8 years)

Total number of statutory audit engagements: 5'366 (Ranked #2 in Switzerland)

Change in number of audit engagements: -237 (since 31.12.2022), -238 (over the last 12 months)

Number of audit clients listed on a Swiss stock exchange: 84 (thereof 5 in the SMI, 8 in the SMI Expanded and 55 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 31 303 127 168 71 368 18 61 34 172 95 16 7 270 39 44 95 73 129 4 262 59 253 960 3'810
Limited liability company 8   1 14 15 14 4 49 1 8   40 11 1 2 14 17 9 9 7 11   35 1 73 89 433
Foundation 32 2 7 74 26 110 4 104 3 17   43 28 10 3 55 14 6 4 6 16 4 60 9 31 235 903
Cooperative 3     11 1 4   1 1 1   4 2     7 1 1         2     14 53
Association 3     10 2 9   12   2   7       5   1 1   2   8     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
∑ 196 6 39 418 172 309 81 547 25 92 34 269 136 29 13 353 72 61 110 88 159 9 376 71 359 1'342 5'366

This audit firm is recorded as statutory auditor for 5009 deleted entities. These are not included in the table above.

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Audit Engagements by Branch Office

The 5'366 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 41     27 142 261 4 5 3 4 6 10 14 1 1 4 14 9 4 1 2   2 1 21 55 632
Bern 7     278 5 6 9 1     1 20 3     4   15   1     8 3 4 30 395
Chur                 1 51           4             1       57
Genève 1     6 1 2 12 463     1 5 14     2   1 3 2 2   94 8 12 18 647
Lugano 2   1     3   3   1   5       2 1   4   137       3   162
Luzern 12     19   1 1 1 1     164 1 20 8 3 2 5 9   1 3 2 2 23 16 294
Neuchâtel       13 1   11 8     21   91     1   1     1 1 14 1 2 4 170
Pully 1     3   5 32 36     1 4 8       2   3 1 1   232 9 2 5 345
Sion       1     1 1                             2 43     48
St. Gallen 3 6 32 4   4   1 6 27   4 3     287 5 2 2 57 1   2   8 50 504
Thun       1                                             1
Winterthur 1     1   1 1                 2 13   3 15         5 85 127
Zug 9       1 1   1 2     7       3 3   10     1     98 11 147
Zürich 65   6 63 17 19 10 26 12 9 4 50 2 8 4 38 32 19 71 11 13 4 18 4 179 1'054 1'738
∑ 196 6 39 418 172 309 81 547 25 92 34 269 136 29 13 353 72 61 110 88 159 9 376 71 359 1'342 5'366

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Total number of audit engagements across the network: 5'372

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Latest audit engagements
These are this auditor's latest audit engagements.
 
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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
Centre d'Imagerie Médicale du Chablais SA CHE-218.724.392 Aigle 08.12.2023 Auditor switch Neuchâtel
FLAWA Consumer GmbH CHE-418.560.306 Flawil 07.12.2023 Auditor switch St. Gallen
Padelswissarena AG CHE-422.936.260 Wollerau 07.12.2023 Opting-out Winterthur
RTR Copper AG CHE-245.535.310 Steinhausen 06.12.2023 Opting-out Zürich
Data World Consulting AG CHE-105.359.638 Köniz 04.12.2023 Auditor switch Bern