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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  (17.80 audit engagements per employee on average)
Auditor Statistics

Average engagement duration: 11.7 years (max.: 35.5 years)

Total number of statutory audit engagements: 5'340 (Ranked #2 in Switzerland)

Change in number of audit engagements: -33 (since 31.12.2023), -71 (over the last 12 months)

Number of audit clients listed on a Swiss stock exchange: 82 (thereof 5 in the SMI, 11 in the SMI Expanded and 52 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 154 3 32 313 126 164 58 357 20 57 36 173 87 17 9 268 39 51 92 78 131 5 269 59 246 954 3'798
Limited liability company 11     16 16 14 5 49 1 8   44 11 1 2 13 21 8 10 7 11   33 2 69 85 437
Foundation 31 2 7 77 26 107 4 102 3 10   43 28 10 3 53 14 7 6 7 16 4 61 7 31 227 886
Cooperative 3     8 1 4   1 1 1   3 2     7 1 2         1     14 49
Association 3   1 9 2 10   12   3   7       5   1 1   2   7     31 94
Branch office of a foreign company                               1                     1
Special legal forms 3 1   5 1 5 2 14 2 3   3   2 1 1 1   1 2 1 1 9 1 2 14 75
∑ 205 6 40 428 172 304 69 535 27 82 36 273 128 30 15 348 76 69 110 94 161 10 380 69 348 1'325 5'340

This audit firm is recorded as statutory auditor for 5121 deleted entities. These are not included in the table above.

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Audit Engagements by Branch Office

The 5'340 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 47     29 142 258 4 7 3 3 7 10 14 1 1 5 13 9 6 1 3   2 1 20 57 643
Bern 7     292 8 5 12 1 2 4 2 26 2     5 2 24 3 2     13 3 5 44 462
Chur                 1 34           3             1       39
Genève 1     6 1 1 11 456     1 5 14     2   1 3 2 2   91 6 13 15 631
Lugano 1   1     3   3   1   5       2 1   4   134       2   157
Luzern 11     16   1 1 1 1     156 1 21 8 3 2 4 8   1 3 2 2 20 15 277
Neuchâtel       13 1   11 8     21   83     1   1     1 1 16 1 2 4 164
Pully 1     3   5 25 33     1 3 8       1   3   1   231 9 3 11 338
Sion       1     1 1   1                         2 43     49
St. Gallen 2 6 32 4   4   1 6 28   4 3     282 5 1 2 59 1   2   8 47 497
Thun       1                                             1
Winterthur 1     4   1 1         2     1 2 13   5 16     1   5 84 136
Zug 10     1 1 1   1 2     7       3 3   9     1     93 11 143
Zürich 70   7 55 14 19 3 22 12 11 4 55 3 8 5 37 36 19 66 14 17 5 18 4 175 1'023 1'702
∑ 205 6 40 428 172 304 69 535 27 82 36 273 128 30 15 348 76 69 110 94 161 10 380 69 348 1'325 5'340

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Total number of audit engagements across the network: 5'345

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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
ASAG Air System AG CHE-108.426.053 Langenthal 05.09.2024 Auditor switch Bern
Guggisberg Kurz AG CHE-108.129.980 Ostermundigen 05.09.2024 Auditor switch Bern
Jaggi & Rieder AG CHE-107.222.246 Saanen 05.09.2024 Auditor switch Bern
Laboratoires La Prairie SA CHE-101.441.407 Zürich 05.09.2024 Auditor switch Basel
Adecco Ressources Humaines SA CHE-105.763.703 Lausanne 04.09.2024 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
Pro Kloster Disentis CHE-109.999.067 Disentis/Mustér 06.09.2024 Auditor switch Chur
FS Familienholding AG CHE-220.844.172 Basel 05.09.2024 Auditor switch Zürich
Verein Arud CHE-106.102.898 Zürich 05.09.2024 Auditor switch Zürich
Walter Siegmann Liegenschaften AG CHE-103.183.541 Zürich 05.09.2024 Auditor switch Zürich
BRECO-Bauelemente AG, St. Gallen CHE-109.349.633 St. Gallen 04.09.2024 Auditor switch Zürich