The top 10 auditors in Switzerland
Larger companies in Switzerland are obliged to have their annual financial statements audited by a licensed auditor. There are over 3000 auditing companies in Switzerland. The business information service Bisnode D & B published a ranking of the largest auditors in April. The largest of them have over 1000 mandates.
Anyone who has their annual financial statements audited by an external auditor must officially publish this or the auditor. Based on these publications, it is possible to count the number of audit mandates per auditor. For the present ranking, the business information service Bisnode D&B examined all companies entered in the Swiss Commercial Register in April 2016 and compiled a ranking list of the largest auditors in Switzerland. PricewaterhouseCoopers holds the most audit mandates with 6,493 mandates, followed by BDO with 5,220 mandates. Third place is held by Ernst & Young with 3,766 audit mandates, followed by KMPG with 3,297 mandates. Deloitte is the auditor of 1,117 companies, directly followed by OBT with 1,038 mandates. All other auditors have fewer than 1,000 mandates.
The ranking of the largest Swiss audit firms:
- PricewaterhouseCoopers AG Zurich: 6,493 mandates
- BDO AG Zurich: 5,220 mandates
- Ernst & Young AG Basel: 3,766 mandates
- KPMG AG Zurich: 3,297 mandates
- Deloitte AG Zurich: 1,117 mandates
- OBT AG St. Gallen: 1,038 mandates
- Fiduciaire FIDAG SA Martigny: 764 mandates
- Balmer-Etienne AG Lucerne: 600 mandates
- PROVIDA Wirtschaftsprüfung AG St. Gallen: 511 mandates
- T + R AG Gümligen: 423 mandates
The top 100 list as well as information on the mandates of the auditing companies can be found at www.wer-revidiert-wen.ch.
