PricewaterhouseCoopers Overview: PricewaterhouseCoopers is one of the Big Four international public accounting firms. PricewaterhouseCoopers, headquartered in London, has a complex organizational structure with a number of independent member firms divided among functional and/or regional lines. Member firms are organized as partnerships. Its main lines of business include:
- Assurance (Audit)
- Advisory (Consulting)
- Transactions (Mergers and Acquisitions)
- Tax
Size: PricewaterhouseCoopers operates in over 150 countries and has offices in 33 U.S. states plus the District of Columbia. These figures are as of June, 2007:
- Employees (worldwide) = 146,767
- Employees (U.S.) = 31,631
- Partners (worldwide) = 8,578
- Partners (U.S.) = 2,151
- Offices (worldwide) = 766
By 6/30/2010, total employees had grown to 162,000 and annual revenues were $26.6 billion.
Positives and Negatives: See discussion under the public accounting firms overview.
