Facts and figures

Geographic coverage

PwC has offices in 771 locations in 158 countries.

PwC people as of June 2011:

Partners
8,697
Client service staff
129,720
Practice support staff
30,293
Total
168,710


Revenues

In FY 2011 (ending 30 June) worldwide gross revenues of PwC's network of member firms increased by 10.0% to US$ 29.2 billion. At constant exchange rates, revenues rose by 8.2%. For additional information go to www.pwc.com/annualreview.

 

Additional facts

  • In FY 2011, PwC firms provided services for 419 of the companies in the Fortune Global 500 and 443 of the companies in the FT Global 500.
  • At 30 June 2011, 2,267 PwC people were on long-term international assignments, an increase of 21%.
  • PwC ranked as a business consulting leader worldwide in a series of IDC Marketscape reports. In seperate reports, IDC also commended PwC's global talent and compliance consulting capabilities.
  • Kennedy ranked PwC number one globally in its Financial Consulting Marketplace 2010-2013 report.
  • Globally and in the US, PwC ranked in the top three of DiversityInc's top companies for diversity.
  • PwC UK placed 1st in The Times (London) Top 100 Graduate Employers survey and was also listed in its Top 50 Employers for Women.
  • PwC UK won Consultancy of the Year at the 2011 Business Green Leaders Awards and was listed in the Sunday Times Best Green Companies.
  • PwC US secured a place in the Top 100 of Fortune Magazine's Best Companies to Work For and in the top 10 in Working Mother's 100 Best Companies list.
    PwC Australia was recognised as an Employer of Choice for Women by EOWA.
  • In recognition of its CR initiatives, PwC Malaysia won The BrandLaureate Societe Awards 2009-2010, Corporate Responsibility.
  • PwC China was ranked first in the Chinese Institute of Certified Public Accountants (CICPA) Top China Accounting Firms 2011 for the 9th consecutive year and won International Tax Review's Asia Tax Awards 2010.
  • PwC Russia was named European Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year by International Tax Review, 2011 and Best Tax Practice in Russia by World Finance, 2011.

Our history

PwC 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 PwC.