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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  (17.34 audit engagements per employee on average)
Auditor Statistics

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

Total number of statutory audit engagements: 5'202 (Ranked #2 in Switzerland)

Change in number of audit engagements: -36 (since 31.12.2024), -149 (over the last 12 months)

Number of audit clients listed on a Swiss stock exchange: 78 (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 153 3 30 303 124 158 57 370 19 44 29 190 73 17 8 265 38 55 83 62 123 5 264 48 244 933 3'698
Limited liability company 13     16 16 14 5 47 1 5   46 12 1 2 14 16 6 10 7 11   28 1 74 79 424
Foundation 28 2 7 80 27 101 4 103 3 6   42 26 10 3 51 13 4 6 8 15 4 60 5 29 223 860
Cooperative 3     8 1 4   1 1     3 1     6 1 2         1     13 45
Association 3   1 9 2 10   18   1   7       5   1 1   2   7     32 99
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
∑ 203 6 38 421 171 291 68 554 26 57 29 291 112 30 14 342 69 68 101 79 152 10 371 55 350 1'294 5'202

This audit firm is recorded as statutory auditor for 5218 deleted entities. These are not included in the table above.

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Audit Engagements by Branch Office

The 5'202 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 50     3 5 3   1       1       3   8 1   1   1   2 13 92
Basel 51     29 138 251 5 5 3 2 7 13 14 1 1 4 16 8 7 1 2   2 1 21 57 639
Bern 6     292 10 5 12 1 1 4 2 27 2     6 2 27 2 1     13 4 5 41 463
Chur                 1 9           3             1       14
Genève 3     6 1 1 11 478     1 7 16     2   1 3 2 2   93 5 11 18 661
Lausanne 1     3   3 25 33     1   9       1   2   1   224 7 4 10 324
Lugano     1     3   3   1   5       2 1   3   129       2   150
Luzern 12     13   1 1 1 1     169   22 7 3 2 4 7   1 3 2 2 15 16 282
Neuchâtel       15 1   11 7     14   66               1 1 15   2 5 138
Sion       1     1 1                             1 32     36
St. Gallen 2 6 32 4   4   1 6 30   4 2     276 6 1 1 48 1   2   7 40 473
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     92 14 150
Zürich 68   5 49 13 17 1 22 12 11 4 54 3 7 5 37 26 18 64 12 14 5 16 4 184 1'005 1'656
∑ 203 6 38 421 171 291 68 554 26 57 29 291 112 30 14 342 69 68 101 79 152 10 371 55 350 1'294 5'202

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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.
 
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