Number of PwC employees worldwide by region 2013-2021
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) is a professional services company, which has its headquarters in London, United Kingdom. The company, in its current state, was formed in 1998 when Price Waterhouse merged with Coopers & Lybrand. PwC is one of the so-called “Big Four” audit firms that offer audit, tax, assurance, advisory, consulting, actuarial, legal and corporate finance services. The other companies of the Big Four are Deloitte, Ernst & Young and KPMG. In 2020, PwC was the second biggest of the four in terms of revenue with 43 billion U.S. dollars. Deloitte topped the list, with revenue amounting to 47.6 billion U.S. dollars in 2020.
As of October 2019, PricewaterhouseCoopers operates offices and firms in 157 countries and employs more than 295,000 people. The majority of PwC’s employees work in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Since 2010, the number of employees has seen a year-on-year increase.
PwC’s revenue has also seen growth over the past few years, from 22.1 billion U.S. dollars in the 2006 fiscal year to more than 45 billion U.S. dollars in the 2021 fiscal year. The Americas generate the most revenue - 18.3 billion U.S. dollars in 2021. PwC generates roughly 38 percent of its revenue through the assurance services segment - 17.1 billion U.S. dollars in 2021.