Facts & figures

Our annual results, our history, our leadership and our offices at a glance.

With more than 3,100 employees, KPMG is one of the leading providers of professional services in Switzerland. We have a well-established presence in Switzerland and Liechtenstein as well as a strong global network.

Known for actionable insights that lead to new opportunities and better outcomes, we serve clients from a variety of industries in AuditTax & Legal, Deal Advisory and Consulting. The quality and integrity of the services we provide consistently demonstrates our commitment to excellence.

Our professionals are focused on creating long-term relationships founded on trust. We deliver tangible results by gaining a profound understanding of our clients’ needs and teaming this knowledge with our deep expertise and innovative thinking.

Values & culture

At KPMG, we inspire confidence and empower change in all we do, every single day.

Commitment

Making a positive impact on the world and delivering on our fundamental promise of quality.

Our annual report

Financial year 2024 was another year with an outstanding result. With CHF 548.8 million our net revenues grew by 4.1% compared to prior year. We also achieved record gross revenues of CHF 709.8 million, an increase of 11.8% compared to prior year. The results come from our outstanding capabilities in the Audit and Tax and Legal areas, as well as the continued strong demand for our Financial Services and Advisory capabilities. This result demonstrates KPMG’s relevance in the market and is proof of our successful multidisciplinary approach, client focus and our relentless will to challenge ourselves and deliver excellence in everything we do.

  • Audit and audit-related services provided a strong net revenue contribution of CHF 253.3 million, an increase of 4.8% compared to prior year, confirming our position as number 1 auditor of companies listed in the Swiss Stock Exchange SMI. Apart from the Audit portfolio we have also seen a continuous high demand for non-recurring / audit-related business and growing interest from our audit customers in non-financial assurance, especially in the ESG field.

  • Tax & Legal services demonstrated a strong performance resulting in a net revenue of CHF 130.1 million, an increase of 4.8% compared to prior year. Our expertise in tax is recognized in the market, which has again named KPMG as top three tax expert for the fifth consecutive year*.  

  • Advisory services posted net revenues of CHF 165.4 million, an increase of 2.6% compared to prior year in a challenging market environment. The Deal Advisory business saw again a strong performance despite a slow-down in the number of deals.

 

I would like to thank all our clients and business partners. It is thanks to their continued trust in KPMG Switzerland and our expertise that we have been able to achieve this outstanding result.

Stefan Pfister, CEO KPMG Switzerland

Employees & commitment

  1. 3,134

    Employees

  2. 477

    Part-time employees

  3. 150

    Partner

  4. 11

    Office locations    

  1. 43%

    Women

  2. 57%

    Men

  3. 65

    Nationalities

  4. 34

    Average age

  1. 350,712 hours

    Professional education & training

  2. 1,050 hours

    Volunteering work

  3. 880 hours

    Pro-bono work

  4. 8,990 training hours

    Initiative "Move for Charity"

Our network

KPMG is a global network of independent member firms providing Audit, Tax and Advisory services. We operate in 146 countries and territories, collectively employing close to 227,000 people, to serve the needs of business, governments, public-sector agencies, nonprofits and – through member firms’ audit and assurance practices – the capital markets.

We lead with a commitment to quality and consistency across our global network. In a world where rapid change and unprecedented disruption are the new normal, we inspire confidence and empower change in all we do.

Our locations

Creating lifetime value for our people, our revamped offices are future-oriented workplaces. They help us to encourage and nurture precious multidisciplinary collaboration, broaden our network, work closely with different colleagues and collaborate more easily.

KPMG has a total of 11 locations in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. Our strong local presence means we are always close to our clients.

Executive Board of Directors

Stefan Pfister

Chairman of the Executive Board of Directors & CEO

KPMG Switzerland

Lukas Marty

Partner, Head of Audit, Member of the Executive Board of Directors

KPMG Switzerland

Stefan Kuhn

Partner, Head of Tax & Legal, Member of the Executive Board of Directors

KPMG Switzerland

Tobias Valk

Partner, Head of Advisory, Member of the Executive Board of Directors

KPMG Switzerland

Pascal Sprenger

Partner, Head of Financial Services, Member of the Executive Board of Directors

KPMG Switzerland

Hans-Dieter Krauss

Partner, Head of National Quality & Risk Management, Ethics & Independence Partner, Member of the Executive Board of Directors

KPMG Switzerland

Mirko Liberto

Partner, Financial Services, Member of the Executive Board of Directors, CFO

KPMG Switzerland

Our history

KPMG in Switzerland

KPMG Switzerland arose from the Zürcher Treuhand-Vereinigung as a result of a series of mergers. The organization was founded in 1910. Two years later, Zürcher Treuhand-Vereinigung’s name was changed to Fides Treuhand-Vereinigung. Schweizerische Kreditanstalt (SKA) then acquired a majority stake in 1928. A number of takeovers and mergers followed, which led to further changes to the name.

The company operated as KPMG Fides Peat from 1987 onwards. Credit Suisse’s ownership ended after a management buyout in 1992 and the company became KPMG AG in 2007. 2010 marked KPMG Switzerland’s 100th anniversary.

The founding fathers

When the industrial revolution of the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries helped transform accounting into a profession, KPMG’s founding fathers were center stage, pioneering the industry.

William Barclay Peat (the P in KPMG) set up the firm of William Barclay Peat & Co. in London in 1891. In 1897, the US firm Marwick, Mitchell & Company got its start in New York City. The company was formed by James Marwick (the M in KPMG) and Roger Mitchell. Meanwhile, in 1917, Piet Klynveld (the K in KPMG) established Klynveld Kraayenhof & Company in Amsterdam. The last of our founding fathers, Reinhard Goerdeler (the G in KPMG) comes into the story almost half a century later in 1979 as co-founder of Klynveld Main Goerdeler.