Facts and figures

Geographic coverage

PricewaterhouseCoopers has member firm offices in 757 cities in 151 countries.

PricewaterhouseCoopers people as of June 2009:

Partners
8,552
Client service staff
123,548
Practice support staff
31,445
Total
163,545


Global Gross Revenues
Year ended June 2009 

  Geographic Revenues   Actual
($m)		   FY08 at FY08
ex. rates ($m)		  Variances -- fav / unfav
v FY08 at
FY09 ex. 		 v FY08 at
FY08 ex.  
 Asia 2,627  2,601  5.4%  1.0% 
 Australasia and Pacific 1,176  1,366  1.4%  -13.9% 
 Central & Eastern Europe 778  861  -3.8%  -9.7% 
 Western Europe 11,155  12,619  -0.8%  -11.6% 
 Middle East & Africa 704  715  9.1%  -1.5% 
 North America &Caribbean 9,032  9,332  -1.2%  -3.2% 
 South & Central America 699  691  13.3%  1.3% 
 Total 26,171  28,185  0.2%  -7.1% 

 

  Line of Service Revenues   Actual
($m)		   FY08 at FY08
ex. rates ($m)		  Variances -- fav / unfav
v FY08 at
FY09 ex. 		 v FY08 at
FY08 ex.  
 Assurance 13,143 13,808 2.0%  4.8% 
 Advisory 6,110 6,899 -2.9%  -11.4% 
 Tax 6,918 7,478 -0.3%  -7.5% 
 Total 26,171  28, 185  0.2%  -7.1% 
 FY09 revenues are expressed in US dollars at average FY09 exchange rates. FY08 revenues are shown at average FY08 exchange rates for continuing operations. Gross revenues are inclusive of expenses billed to clients. Fiscal year ends 30 June.

 

Additional facts

  • PwC audits 31% of the FT Global 500; 30% of the Fortune Global 500; 29% of the FT Europe 500; 38% of the S & P Latin America 40; 38% of the S & P Asia 50; 29% of the Fortune 500.
  • FY 2009 worldwide gross revenues of its network of firms was 26.2 billion USD for the fiscal year ended 30 June.
  • PwC was named the 2009 Top Company for Global Diversity by DiversityInc
  • PwC’s Gender Advisory Council won Opportunity Now's global award, which recognises an outstanding international
    diversity initiative
  • PwC was a top 10 winner in the 11th Annual Global Most Admired Knowledge Enterprise (MAKE) Award
  • PwC US was named one of Fortune's '100 Best Companies to Work For' in 2009

Our history

PricewaterhouseCoopers has been created by the merger of two firms—Price Waterhouse and Coopers & Lybrand—each with historical roots going back some 150 years. Set out below are some key milestones in the history of both firms.

  • 1849 – Samuel Lowell Price sets up in business in London.
  • 1854 – William Cooper establishes his own practice in London, which seven years later becomes Cooper Brothers.
  • 1865 – Price, Holyland and Waterhouse join forces in partnership 1874 Name changes to Price, Waterhouse & Co.
  • 1898 – Robert H. Montgomery, William M. Lybrand, Adam A. Ross Jr. and his brother T. Edward Ross form Lybrand, Ross Brothers and Montgomery.
  • 1957 – Cooper Brothers & Co (UK), McDonald, Currie and Co (Canada) and Lybrand, Ross Bros & Montgomery (US) merge to form Coopers & Lybrand.
  • 1982 – Price Waterhouse World Firm formed.
  • 1990 – Coopers & Lybrand merges with Deloitte Haskins & Sells in a number of countries around the world.
  • 1998 – Worldwide merger of Price Waterhouse and Coopers & Lybrand to create PricewaterhouseCoopers.