Facts and figures

Geographic coverage

PricewaterhouseCoopers has member firm offices in 749 cities in 153 countries.

PricewaterhouseCoopers people as of June 2008:

Partners	8,603
Client service staff	116,935
Practice support staff	30,155
Total	155,693

Global revenues

Aggregated revenues of PricewaterhouseCoopers firms by service line (USD millions):

	FY08 at FY08 ex. rates	FY07 at FY07 ex. rates	% change	% change at constant ex. rate
Assurance	13,808	12,699	9%	3%
Advisory	6,899	5,739	20%	14%
Tax	7,478	6,291	19%	13%
Total gross revenues	28,185	24,729	14%	8%
FY08 revenues are expressed in US dollars at average FY08 exchange rates. FY07 revenues are shown at average FY07 exchange rates. Gross revenues are inclusive of expenses billed to clients. Fiscal year ends 30 June.

Aggregated revenues of PricewaterhouseCoopers firms by region (USD millions):

	FY08 at FY08 ex. rates	FY07 at FY07 ex. rates	% change	% change at constant ex. rate
Asia	2,601	2,084	25%	21%
Australasia and Pacific Islands	1,366	1,086	26%	12%
Central and Eastern Europe	861	659	31%	20%
Western Europe	12,619	10,711	18%	8%
Middle East and Africa	715	596	20%	20%
North America and the Caribbean	9,332	9,029	3%	2%
South and Central America	691	564	22%	13%
Total gross revenues	28,185	24,729	14%	8%
FY08 revenues are expressed in US dollars at average FY08 exchange rates. FY07 revenues are shown at average FY07 exchange rates. Gross revenues are inclusive of expenses billed to clients. Fiscal year ends 30 June.

Additional facts

• People by Region: Europe 41%, North America & Caribbean 25%, Asia 17%, Middle East & Africa 6%, South & Central America 6%, Australasia & Pacific Islands 5%.



• PwC audits 32% of the FT Global 500; 30% of the Fortune Global 500; 31% of the FT Europe 500; 34% of the S & P Latin America 40; 38% of the S & P Asia 50; 29% of the Fortune 500.



• FY 2008 worldwide gross revenues of its network of firms increased 14 percent to a record 28.2 billion USD for the fiscal year ended 30 June.



• PwC was ranked 3^rd in the Business Week's Best Places to Launch a Career.

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.