List of Employment Agencies in Switzerland

Last updated 3 November 2026

There are 4,594 employment agencies in Switzerland, one in every 298 Swiss companies. Most of them are small: three in five have one to four people, and only 53 firms employ 50 people or more. One in four staffing agencies is based in Zurich, Ginevra, Basilea, Zoug and Lausanne. Below you find the largest staffing agencies in Switzerland, the cities where they cluster, how many started this year and which are the oldest. The full list with addresses, phone numbers and email is in our Swiss company database or through the Zefix API.

4,594 companies indexed · Data counted on 3 November 2026

Companies4,5941 in298 Swiss companiesCities783Largest cityZurich 549Sole traders17%Employees1-4 (59%)Revenue$100-500K (66%)Email49%Phone63%Website63%

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	Company Name	Country	City	Address 1	State/Province	Postal Code	Website	Founding Year	Yearly Revenue in U.S. Dollars	Employees Total	Business Legal Type - Description	Number of Companies in Group	Company Registration Number
1	Work Selection AG	Switzerland	Risch	Schöngrund 31	Zug	6343	*****.com	1987	$46,781,488	68	Corporation	5	CHE-105.672.986
2	Opus Personal AG	Switzerland	Zoug	Bundesplatz 10	Zug	6300	*****.ch	2011	$46,069,601	68	Corporation	12	CHE-258.983.698
3	Team Personnel Solutions SA	Switzerland	Arbedo-castione	Via San Gottardo 18a	Ticino	6532	*****.ch	2012	$26,644,324	19	Corporation	2	CHE-466.864.654
4	Randstad (schweiz) AG	Switzerland	Zurich	Leutschenbachstrasse 45	Zürich	8050	*****.ch	1978	$24,330,308	250	Corporation	4417	CHE-105.866.266
5	Peko AG	Switzerland	Bad Zurzach	Ocostrasse 1	Aargau	5330	*****.ch	1981	$19,464,246	250	Corporation	N/A	CHE-109.903.423
6	Gi Group SA	Switzerland	Neuchâtel	Avenue Edouard-dubois 20	Neuchâtel	2000	*****.com	1985	$19,464,246	439	Corporation	29	CHE-105.861.694
7	Jobcloud AG	Switzerland	Zurich	Albisriederstrasse 253	Zürich	8047	*****.ch	2011	$18,491,034	350	Corporation	4	CHE-443.545.563
8	Hays (schweiz) AG	Switzerland	Zurich	Beethovenstrasse 19	Zürich	8002	*****.ch	1999	$15,571,397	160	Corporation	346	CHE-105.270.719
9	Im Sibold GMBH	Switzerland	Brugg	Badenerstrasse 13	Aargau	5200	*****.ch	2013	$14,598,185	150	Corporation	N/A	CHE-305.958.478
10	Global Projects Services AG	Switzerland	Zurich	Uetlibergstrasse 134a	Zürich	8045	*****.ch	1964	$12,651,760	75	Corporation	155	CHE-107.849.557
11	Mobil Services AG	Switzerland	Wolfhalden	Friedberg 806	Appenzell Ausserrhoden	9427	*****.ch	1924	$11,305,401	4	Corporation	N/A	CHE-109.487.353
12	Careerplus SA	Switzerland	Neuchâtel	Place Coquillon 2	Neuchâtel	2000	*****.ch	1995	$9,798,900	150	Corporation	12	CHE-106.126.309
13	Asspro AG	Switzerland	Wagenhausen	Rheingasse 5	Thurgau	8259	*****.ch	2002	$9,732,123	106	Corporation	2	CHE-109.905.907
14	Tempobrain AG	Switzerland	Zurich	Buckhauserstrasse 1	Zürich	8048	*****.ch	1998	$9,245,517	95	Corporation	12	CHE-100.223.368
15	Manpower SA	Switzerland	Lancy	Esplanade de Pont-rouge 2	Genève	1212	*****.ch	1997	$7,785,698	80		3505	CHE-483.381.285
16	Hans Leutenegger SA	Switzerland	Lucerna	Töpferstrasse 8	Luzern	6004	*****.ch	1992	$7,785,698	80		11	CHE-465.672.247
17	Iepc Energy SA	Switzerland	Ginevra	Rue Des Charmilles 8	Genève	1203	*****.com	2009	$7,299,092	50	Corporation	2	CHE-114.905.221
18	Business Life AG In Liquidation	Switzerland	Wangen-brüttisellen	Hegnaustrasse 60	Zürich	8602	*****.ch	2009	$7,299,092	650	Corporation	6	CHE-115.113.599
19	Heidrick & Struggles AG	Switzerland	Zurich	Othmarstrasse 8	Zürich	8008	*****.com	1988	$7,201,772	74	Corporation	87	CHE-106.040.748
20	Academic Work Switzerland SA	Switzerland	Ginevra	Rue Des Deux-ponts 14	Genève	1205	*****.ch	2006	$7,007,129	75	Corporation	113	CHE-113.295.325
21	Interiman S.A.	Switzerland	Renens Vd	Avenue Des Baumettes 7	Vaud	1020	*****.ch	1997	$6,663,252	102	Corporation	77	CHE-106.835.914
22	Active.personal AG	Switzerland	Zoug	Bundesplatz 10	Zug	6300	*****.ch	2017	$6,299,161	5	Corporation	12	CHE-494.748.326
23	Wilhelm AG, Zurich	Switzerland	Zurich	Hagenholzstrasse 56	Zürich	8050	*****.ch	1987	$6,202,977	43	Corporation	6	CHE-106.200.354
24	Swissjob Service AG	Switzerland	Lucerna	Littauerboden 1	Luzern	6014	*****.ch	2013	$5,839,274	81	Corporation	3	CHE-346.201.208
25	Ghr Global Human Resources LTD	Switzerland	Baar	Blegistrasse 13	Zug	6340	*****.ch	2000	$5,552,710	85	Corporation	2	CHE-110.561.418

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Staffing agencies in Zurich

Zurich has 549 employment agencies and staffing agencies, 0.6% of all 91,818 Zurich companies and 78% above the national share. Half Zurich firms have fewer than five people; 13 have 50 or more. 8 new firms were entered in 2026, 34 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 276 · 51%
5-9: 204 · 38%
10-19: 28 · 5%
20-49: 22 · 4%
50+: 13 · 2%

Legal form

Sole traders: 70 · 13%
Partnerships: 5 · 0.9%
GmbH and AG (Sàrl and SA): 386 · 70%
Other or none: 88 · 16%

Of the Swiss total: 12.0%
Of all Zurich companies: 0.6%
Against the national share: 1.8×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 8
Entered 2025: 28
Of Switzerland's 2026 entries: 5.1%

Old

Before 1990: 34 · 6%
1990 or later: 515 · 94%
Of Switzerland's pre-1990 firms: 15.5%

Reachable

Email: 281 · 51%
Phone: 370 · 67%
Website: 377 · 69%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 32 · 6%
$100K-$500K: 358 · 66%
$500K-$1M: 109 · 20%
$1M and more: 43 · 8%

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Where in Switzerland?

Zurich has the most employment agencies in Switzerland (549), ahead of Ginevra (220), Basilea (187), Zoug (171) and Lausanne (126). Together the five hold one in four of them. Relative to their size, Zoug, Zurich and Basilea have the most: 1.7 to 2.3 times the national share.

Cities by number of firms

783 Swiss cities have at least one staffing agency; 83 have ten or more; 389 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

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Where they cluster

Staffing agencies per 100 companies, in cities with at least 100 of them. The national share is 0.34. Zoug has 2.3 times the national share.

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How many employment agencies are there in Switzerland?

Employment agencies and staffing agencies in Switzerland

4,594

3 November 2026

There are 4,594 employment agencies and staffing agencies in Switzerland in our data (3 November 2026). That is one in every 298 Swiss companies. About 4 new firms are entered in the register every week this year (158 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 3,523 77%
Head offices: 344
Branch offices: 727

Classification

NACE Rev. 2 codes 7810 and 7820. Our platform filter is NACE Rev. 2 7810, 7820.

2,940 of the 4,594 are GmbH and AG (Sàrl and SA) (64%); 788 are sole traders. They come from Zefix and our Swiss register data, through the Zefix API.

Largest staffing agencies in Switzerland

The biggest firms by staff and by revenue, the largest in Zurich. Click a name for the record.

Jti Services Switzerland is the largest staffing agency in Switzerland by headcount. 53 firms employ 50 people or more; 28 employ 100 or more.

1Ginevra1,300 staff
2Baar775 staff
3Wangen-Brüttisellen650 staff
4Saint-Gall600 staff
5Neuchâtel439 staff
6Zurich350 staff
7Morges300 staff
8Bad Zurzach250 staff
9Zurich250 staff
10Zurich239 staff

By employee size · 4,552 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	2,680	59%
5-9	1,474	32%
10-19	261	6%
20-49	84	2%
50-99	25	0.5%
100-199	13	0.3%
200-499	9	0.2%
500-999	2	<0.1%
1,000+	4	<0.1%

59% have 1 to 4 people; 84 have 20 to 49; 53 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	474	10%
$100K-$500K	2,996	66%
$500K-$1M	823	18%
$1M-$5M	197	4%
$5M-$10M	15	0.3%
$10M-$50M	11	0.2%

66% between $100,000 and $500,000; 197 between $1M and $5M; 26 above $5M.

Firm sizes in Switzerland

Of the 4,552 Swiss staffing agencies with a known headcount, 2,680 (59%) have one to four people, 1,474 have five to nine, 345 have ten to 49 and 53 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over between $100,000 and $500,000 a year (2,996, 66%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all Swiss companies

Micro under 104,154 91%
Small 10 to 49345 8%
Medium 50 to 24947 1%
Large 250+6 0.1%

Grey line: the share among all Swiss companies (94% have under ten staff).

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 11 more than $10 million.

158

firms were entered in 2026.

The oldest firms in Switzerland

Our data holds 1 Swiss staffing agencies from before 1900, 3 from before 1950 and 219 from before 1990.

1891
1. Dietikon
1924
1. Zoug
1962
1. Morges
1964
1. Zurich
1965
1. Lausanne
1966
1. Winterthur

Fewer than five firms date from before 1950, so the timeline starts with the oldest firms before 1990.

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1990

219

Swiss staffing agencies date from before 1990

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How reachable are they?

Staffing agencies are easier to reach than the average Swiss company: 63% list a phone number and 63% a website.

Email2,231 49%
Phone2,890 63%
Website2,911 63%

Grey line: all Swiss companies (email 26%, phone 39%, website 38%).

The full list with these fields is in our Swiss company database.

Newcomers in Switzerland in 2026

158 staffing agencies were entered in the Swiss register so far in 2026, about 4 a week, after 219 in 2025. Switzerland as a whole saw 35,570 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes 0.4% of the inflow.

2172022
3842023
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2192025
1582026 so far

91 of this year's 158 are GmbH and AG (Sàrl and SA).

The biggest newcomers of 2026

The year is the register entry; an established firm that changes legal form appears as new.

1Speicher20 staff
2AltstättenForeign company14 staff
3Zoug5 staff
4Thal5 staff
5Lucerna5 staff

Sole traders or GmbH: how they are organised

One in six Swiss staffing agencies work as sole traders, against 40% of all Swiss companies. Two in three are GmbH and AG (Sàrl and SA).

Sole traders (Einzelunternehmen)78817%
Partnerships410.9%
GmbH and AG (Sàrl and SA)2,94064%
No form on record or other82518%

Single-site: 77%
Head offices: 344
Branches: 727

All Swiss companies: 40% sole traders, 2% partnerships, 40% GmbH and AG (Sàrl and SA).

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 3 cleaning companies for every staffing agency in Switzerland.

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Cleaning Companies	13,838	45%	65%
Landscapers	7,944	61%	77%
Employment Agencies	4,594	63%	58%
Security Companies	1,847	55%	67%
Event Companies	976	94%	69%
Rental Companies	369	68%	64%

In other countries

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
The USA	175,851	2.8
France	37,335	2.6
Germany	25,326	3.7
Australia	18,522	2.2
Brazil	15,304	0.5
Switzerland	4,594	3.4

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Frequently asked questions

How many employment agencies are there in Switzerland?

There are 4,594 employment agencies and staffing agencies in Switzerland in our data, counted on 3 November 2026. That is one in every 298 Swiss companies.

Which is the largest staffing agency in Switzerland?

Jti Services Switzerland in Ginevra, with 1,300 staff. By revenue Work Selection in Risch leads with $46.8 million a year.

Which Swiss city has the most employment agencies?

Zurich, with 549, ahead of Ginevra (220), Basilea (187), Zoug (171) and Lausanne (126). Relative to its size, Zoug has the most: 2.3 times the national share.

How many staffing agencies are there in Zurich?

549, which is 0.6% of all 91,818 Zurich companies and 78% above the national share.

How big is a typical staffing agency?

Small. 59% of the 4,552 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 53 have 50 or more. Most turn over between $100,000 and $500,000 a year.

Are Swiss employment agencies sole traders or companies?

One in six (788) are sole traders, 0.9% are partnerships and 64% (2,940) are GmbH and AG (Sàrl and SA).

How many staffing agencies started in 2026?

158 were entered in the Swiss register so far in 2026, after 219 in 2025. 91 of them are GmbH and AG (Sàrl and SA).

What is the oldest staffing agency in Switzerland?

PG Service und Betriebs-Ag in Dietikon, 1891, followed by Waller Consulting in Zoug (1924) and Manpower in Morges (1962). 1 firm dates from before 1900.

Which industry code covers employment agencies?

Swiss employment agencies are classified under NACE Rev. 2 codes 7810 and 7820. Our platform filters them on NACE Rev. 2 7810 and 7820.

Can I download the full list?

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