There are 1,366,883 companies and businesses in Switzerland in our data, counted on 2 November 2026. 546,248 of them are corporations.
List of all companies in Switzerland
Switzerland has 1,366,883 registered companies and businesses in our data, counted on 2 November 2026. 546,248 of them are corporations. We build the records from Zefix and other official sources, and add the sole traders, branch locations and public bodies a register leaves out. Most of them are small: 69% have fewer than five employees. Below you find the largest, the smallest, the newest and the oldest companies in Switzerland, where they are based and what they do. Want to buy the list of all 1,366,883 Swiss companies as an API integration or Excel file? Get it from our Swiss company database.
1,366,883 companies indexed · Data counted on 2 November 2026
Companies1,366,883
Corporations546,248
Cantons26
Largest cantonZürich 17%
Employees1-4
Revenue$100K-$500K
Email26%
Phone39%
Website38%
Swiss company list: all 1,366,883 companies
The list of all companies and businesses in Switzerland, live and sorted by revenue. Narrow it by region, city, industry, size, revenue, legal form or founding year. The full search is on our Swiss company directory.
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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 | Kanton Nidwalden | Switzerland | Stans | Dorfplatz 2 | Nidwalden | 6370 | *****.ch | 2009 | $599,595,823,589 | 612 | Government body | 8307 | CHE-114.809.221 |
| 2 | Glencore International AG | Switzerland | Baar | Baarermattstrasse 3 | Zug | 6340 | *****.com | 1987 | $255,984,000,000 | 1,085 | Corporation | 270 | CHE-106.909.694 |
| 3 | Nestle S.A. | Switzerland | Vevey | Avenue Nestle 55 | Vaud | 1800 | *****.ch | 1866 | $111,185,776,620 | 291,000 | Corporation | 2327 | CHE-105.909.036 |
| 4 | Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft | Switzerland | Bern | Bundeshaus West | Bern | 3011 | *****.ch | 1848 | $94,497,469,479 | 38,765 | Government body | 8307 | CHE-114.587.210 |
| 5 | Schweizerische Nationalbank | Switzerland | Bern | Bundesplatz 1 | Bern | 3011 | *****.ch | 1907 | $92,154,875,133 | 1,015 | Corporation | 10 | CHE-105.944.570 |
| 6 | Schweizerische Nationalbank | Switzerland | Zurich | Börsenstrasse 15 | Zürich | 8001 | *****.ch | 1907 | $92,154,875,133 | 1,015 | Corporation | 10 | CHE-105.944.570 |
| 7 | Roche Holding AG | Switzerland | Basilea | Grenzacherstrasse 124 | Basel-stadt | 4058 | *****.com | 1896 | $78,715,901,928 | 112,774 | Corporation | 606 | CHE-101.602.521 |
| 8 | Bunge Global SA | Switzerland | Ginevra | Route de Florissant 13 | Genève | 1206 | *****.com | 2023 | $70,329,000,000 | 34,000 | Corporation | 955 | CHE-318.451.510 |
| 9 | Zurich Insurance Group AG | Switzerland | Zurich | C/o Zurich Versicherungs-gesellschaft Ag | Zürich | 8002 | *****.com | 1872 | $65,488,000,000 | 65,437 | Corporation | 1464 | CHE-101.236.480 |
| 10 | Chubb LIMITED | Switzerland | Zurich | Bärengasse 32 | Zürich | 8001 | *****.com | 1985 | $56,776,000,000 | 43,000 | Corporation | 778 | CHE-114.425.464 |
| 11 | Novartis AG | Switzerland | Basilea | Lichtstrasse 35 | Basel-stadt | 4056 | *****.ch | 1885 | $56,674,000,000 | 75,267 | Corporation | 565 | CHE-103.867.266 |
| 12 | Ubs Group AG | Switzerland | Zurich | Bahnhofstrasse 45 | Zürich | 8001 | *****.com | 1883 | $49,573,000,000 | 105,236 | Corporation | 1762 | CHE-395.345.924 |
| 13 | Swiss Re AG | Switzerland | Zurich | Mythenquai 50-60 | Zürich | 8002 | *****.com | 1863 | $45,936,000,000 | 15,238 | Corporation | 157 | CHE-191.546.434 |
| 14 | Migros-Genossenschafts-Bund | Switzerland | Zurich | Limmatstrasse 152 | Zürich | 8005 | *****.ch | 1941 | $39,653,651,208 | 89,582 | Cooperative | 2082 | CHE-105.829.940 |
| 15 | Coop-Gruppe Genossenschaft | Switzerland | Basilea | Thiersteinerallee 12 | Basel-stadt | 4053 | *****.ch | 1895 | $38,287,014,087 | 97,040 | Cooperative | 2284 | CHE-109.029.938 |
| 16 | Msc Mediterranean Shipping Company Holding SA | Switzerland | Ginevra | Chemin Rieu 12-14 | Genève | 1208 | *****.com | 1976 | $35,582,800,000 | 200,000 | Corporation | 1037 | CHE-107.910.760 |
| 17 | Abb LTD | Switzerland | Zurich | Affolternstrasse 44 | Zürich | 8050 | *****.abb | 1999 | $33,220,000,000 | 111,900 | Corporation | 1587 | CHE-101.049.653 |
| 18 | Kuhne Holding AG | Switzerland | Feusisberg | Dorfstrasse 50 | Schwyz | 8834 | *****.com | 1993 | $30,409,912,488 | 85,407 | Corporation | 1325 | CHE-102.149.553 |
| 19 | Adecco Group AG | Switzerland | Zurich | Bellerivestrasse 30 | Zürich | 8008 | *****.com | 1957 | $28,677,953,916 | 34,000 | Corporation | 5546 | CHE-107.031.232 |
| 20 | Met Holding AG | Switzerland | Baar | Neuhofstrasse 24 | Zug | 6340 | *****.com | 2012 | $26,630,789,500 | 1,000 | Corporation | 65 | CHE-135.897.834 |
| 21 | Naftogaz Trading Europe AG | Switzerland | Zoug | Bahnhofplatz | Zug | 6300 | N/A | 2013 | $26,497,125,760 | 51,947 | Corporation | 500 | CHE-267.610.150 |
| 22 | Zurich Versicherungs-Gesellschaft AG | Switzerland | Zurich | Mythenquai 2 | Zürich | 8002 | *****.com | 1872 | $25,369,763,328 | 6,783 | Corporation | 1464 | CHE-105.833.114 |
| 23 | Compagnie Financiere Richemont SA | Switzerland | Bellevue | Chemin de la Chênaie 50 | Genève | 1293 | *****.com | 1988 | $22,462,637,295 | 38,896 | Corporation | 814 | CHE-106.325.524 |
| 24 | Kanton Zurich | Switzerland | Zurich | Neumuhlequai 10 | Zürich | 8001 | *****.ch | 1803 | $21,495,639,363 | 35,000 | Government body | 8307 | CHE-114.809.327 |
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Companies and businesses in Switzerland
1,366,883
2 November 2026
There are 1,366,883 companies and businesses in Switzerland in our data, counted on 2 November 2026. That is every kind of business, not only the registered companies: 546,248 corporations (GmbH and AG (Sàrl and SA)), 548,580 sole traders (Einzelunternehmen) and 30,565 partnerships. On top of those come 69,751 cooperatives, 18,328 non-profit organisations, 18,192 branches of foreign companies and 25,010 public bodies.
Structure
- Single-site businesses
- 1,277,524 93%
- Head offices
- 45,356
- Branch locations
- 44,003
Legal form
- Corporations
- 546,248 40%
- Sole traders
- 548,580
- Partnerships
- 30,565
Per working day this year
≈ 163
new companies registered · 35,570 so far in 2026
How to search the Swiss company register, or pull these counts yourself with the Zefix API.
Largest companies in Switzerland
Which are the largest companies in Switzerland? That depends on what you measure. By number of employees the biggest employer is Nestle S.A., with 291,000 staff, ahead of MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company Holding and Roche Holding. It is also the largest company by yearly revenue, ahead of Roche Holding and Bunge Global. Below are the top companies of Switzerland ranked four ways: by number of employees, by yearly revenue, the largest public-sector employers and the biggest foreign companies in Switzerland. 75 Swiss companies employ more than 10,000 people and 294 report more than $1 billion a year.
Nestle S.A. has the largest headcount of any company in Switzerland in our data. 75 Swiss companies list more than 10,000 people, 1,837 more than 500.
- 1291,000 staff
- 2200,000 staff
- 3112,774 staff
- 4111,900 staff
- 5105,236 staff
- 6100,000 staff
- 785,407 staff
- 878,116 staff
- 975,267 staff
- 1069,000 staff
Headcount as it is recorded on the company; for a group's parent or holding company it is usually the whole group's, worldwide.
Nestle S.A. is the largest company in Switzerland by revenue; 294 Swiss companies report more than $1 billion a year. Corporations only.
- 1$111.2B
- 2$78.7B
- 3$70.3B
- 4$65.5B
- 5$56.8B
- 6$56.7B
- 7$49.6B
- 8$45.9B
- 9$35.6B
- 10$33.2B
Eidgenössische Bundesverwaltung is the largest public body in our data for Switzerland, with 38,765 staff.
- 138,765 staff
- 213,746 staff
- 39,000 staff
- 49,000 staff
18,192 foreign companies have a registered branch or establishment in Switzerland.
- 11,000 worldwide
- 21,000 worldwide
- 3565 worldwide
- 4473 worldwide
- 5453 worldwide
- 6450 worldwide
- 7350 worldwide
- 8350 worldwide
Headcount and revenue are those of the worldwide company, not of the branch in Switzerland.
By employee size · 1,314,163 companies with a known headcount
| Employees | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-4 | 905,493 | 69% | |
| 5-9 | 327,785 | 25% | |
| 10-19 | 48,609 | 4% | |
| 20-49 | 18,896 | 1% | |
| 50-99 | 5,837 | 0.4% | |
| 100-199 | 3,511 | 0.3% | |
| 200-499 | 2,195 | 0.2% | |
| 500+ | 1,837 | 0.1% |
69% have 1 to 4 employees; 1,837 have 500 or more.
By yearly revenue (USD)
| Revenue | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| < $100K | 60,580 | 5% | |
| $100K-$500K | 901,076 | 68% | |
| $500K-$1M | 253,021 | 19% | |
| $1M-$5M | 89,510 | 7% | |
| $5M-$10M | 5,895 | 0.4% | |
| $10M-$100M | 5,301 | 0.4% | |
| $100M-$1B | 885 | <0.1% | |
| $1B+ | 294 | <0.1% |
1,179 companies report more than $100 million; 294 more than $1 billion.
Small businesses in Switzerland
Most companies in Switzerland are small businesses. Of the 1,314,163 with a known headcount, 1,233,278 (94%) are micro businesses with fewer than ten employees, 67,505 are small (10 to 49) and 11,543 medium-sized (50 to 499). Only 1,837 employ 500 people or more, so 99.86% of Swiss companies are SMEs. This is where our data is strongest: sole traders, micro companies and single shops, each with an address and an industry code.
| Size class | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Micro · fewer than 10 | 1,233,278 | 94% | |
| Small · 10 to 49 | 67,505 | 5% | |
| Medium · 50 to 499 | 11,543 | 0.9% | |
| Large · 500 or more | 1,837 | 0.1% |
905,493
companies have 1 to 4 employees (69%). 60,580 turn over less than $100,000 a year.
548,580
sole traders are in the data, each with an address and an industry code.
96%
of the 35,570 companies started in 2026 have 1 to 4 employees (33,676). Only 24 started with 200 staff or more.
Where are companies in Switzerland based?
Zürich has more companies than any other canton in Switzerland: 236,767, or 17% of the total, ahead of Bern (139,489) and Vaud (127,018). Below you find the twelve largest of its 26 cantons and the ten busiest cities, with a link to the local list where we have one.
The twelve largest of 26 cantons
| Canton | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zürich | 236,767 | 17% | |
| Bern | 139,489 | 10% | |
| Vaud | 127,018 | 9% | |
| Genève | 91,487 | 7% | |
| Aargau | 84,756 | 6% | |
| Sankt Gallen | 75,433 | 6% | |
| Ticino | 71,380 | 5% | |
| Valais | 63,740 | 5% | |
| Luzern | 62,145 | 5% | |
| Zug | 52,223 | 4% | |
| Freiburg | 47,071 | 3% | |
| Thurgau | 41,948 | 3% |
Ten busiest cities
- Zurich91,818
- Ginevra48,611
- Basilea31,985
- Lausanne26,316
- Bern25,413
- Zoug22,274
- Lugano20,758
- Lucerna16,698
- Winterthur14,655
- Saint-Gall13,979
Main industries in Switzerland
Administrative and support is the biggest sector in Switzerland by number of companies: 337,298, or 26% of all firms with an industry code. Next come professional, scientific and technical (177,617) and wholesale and retail (120,109). Swiss companies are classified by their NOGA code; 1,296,544 have one in our data. Below you find the main sectors, the largest industries with their biggest companies and our 108 industry lists for Switzerland.
- Administrative and support337,29826%
- Professional, scientific and technical177,61714%
- Wholesale and retail120,1099%
- Construction86,2267%
- Other services83,6116%
- Health and social work81,9926%
- Finance and insurance70,6515%
- Real estate68,4915%
- Manufacturing60,8025%
- Information and communication52,3924%
- Accommodation and food45,8504%
- Education34,6293%
- Arts and recreation27,3882%
- Transport and storage23,6972%
- Agriculture11,8460.9%
- Public administration7,6100.6%
- Water and waste3,2130.2%
- Energy2,3940.2%
- Mining517<0.1%
- Extraterritorial organisations210<0.1%
- Households as employers1<0.1%
Records without a NOGA code are not in this chart. Click a section for its industry pages.
Largest industries in Switzerland
68,491
NOGA 68: Real estate activities
- 19,169 staff
- 22,961 staff
- 31,500 staff
68,448
Human health
NOGA 86: Human health activities
- 110,307 staff
- 28,522 staff
- 35,670 staff
62,693
NOGA 43: Specialised construction activities
- 11,200 staff
- 21,100 staff
- 3798 staff
52,539
Head offices and management consultancy
NOGA 70: Activities of head offices and management consultancy
- 13,900 staff
- 23,865 staff
- 32,500 staff
46,899
NOGA 64: Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding
- 118,161 staff
- 211,000 staff
- 37,178 staff
43,538
Architecture and engineering
NOGA 71: Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis
- 13,261 staff
- 23,000 staff
- 32,126 staff
Discover more: all Swiss industries, cities and regions
Every Swiss list we publish. Industries are grouped by economic sector.
A · Agriculture
B · Mining
C · Manufacturing
- Automotive companies
- Chemical companies
- Clothing companies
- Cosmetics companies
- Electronics companies
- Fashion companies
- Food companies
- Leather companies
- Manufacturing companies
- Meat companies
- Medical device companies
- Paper companies
- Perfume companies
- Pharmaceutical companies
- Shipbuilders
- Shoe companies
- Sportswear companies
- Steel companies
- Tools companies
- Wine companies
D · Energy
F · Construction
G · Wholesale and retail
H · Transport and storage
I · Accommodation and food
J · Information and communication
K · Finance and insurance
L · Real estate
M · Professional, scientific and technical
N · Administrative and support
P · Education
Q · Health and social work
R · Arts and recreation
S · Other services
Countries
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Angola
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Aruba
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Bermuda
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Cayman Islands
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Curaçao
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Estonia
- Ethiopia
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Greenland
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Ivory Coast
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macao
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Malta
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- Serbia
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sweden
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkey
- UAE
- Uganda
- UK
- Ukraine
- Uruguay
- USA
- Uzbekistan
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
How many new companies are registered in Switzerland? (2026)
35,570 new companies and startups registered in Switzerland so far in 2026, about 163 every working day, after 54,507 new businesses in 2025. Most startups begin small: 96% of this year's newcomers have one to four employees. 20,913 of them are corporations (GmbH and AG (Sàrl and SA)).
≈ 163
new companies register every working day in 2026
96%
of this year's startups begin with one to four employees
54,507
new companies in 2025
Companies founded per year
- 46,0072022
- 351,3042023
- 51,3932024
- 54,5072025
- 35,5702026 so far
The biggest newcomers of 2026
A new registration is often a restructuring, not a start-up: the largest newcomers are new holding and property companies for existing businesses.
- 1750 staff
- 2650 staff
- 3520 staff
- 4430 staff
- 5390 staff
Oldest companies in Switzerland
The oldest company in Switzerland that still trades is Orell Fussli, founded in 1519. The oldest organisation still active is Universität Basel, from 1760. In total our data holds 22 Swiss organisations founded before 1700, 141 before 1800, 3,139 before 1900 and 15,735 before 1950.
Oldest organisations still active
- 17606,796 staff
Oldest large trading companies
- 1519$345.7M
- 1755$1.2B
- 1758$2.2B
- 1760$846.2M
- 1780$293.7M
- 1795$851.2M
The founding year is the year a business traces itself to, as recorded in the register and company filings, not the incorporation date of the current legal entity. Trading companies listed here report $100 million or more a year.
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83,841
Swiss companies were founded before 1990
5,141
were founded in 1990
1,207,855 Swiss companies, 94% of those with a founding year on record, were founded in 1990 or later. 83,841 are older.
Types of companies in Switzerland
Two in five Swiss businesses in our data are corporations (GmbH and AG (Sàrl and SA)), and two in five are sole traders (Einzelunternehmen). Partnerships make up 2%. 69,751 are cooperatives. The chart shows every legal form in our data.
- Corporations546,24840%
- No legal form on record110,2098%
- Sole traders548,58040%
- Partnerships30,5652%
- Foreign companies18,1921%
- Non-profit organisations18,3281%
- Cooperatives69,7515%
- Public bodies25,0102%
Which Swiss companies are part of a group?
Most Swiss companies stand alone: 93% are single-site businesses. The other 89,359 are part of a multi-site structure, as one of 45,356 head offices or 44,003 branches. The largest corporate family on this page is Nestle S.A., with 2,327 companies in its group.
The largest corporate families on this page
- 12,327 companies
- 21,762 companies
- 31,587 companies
- 41,529 companies
- 51,464 companies
- 61,325 companies
- 71,072 companies
- 81,037 companies
Counted from the largest companies on this page, not from all 1,366,883; the API has no group-size filter.
What you can reach: contact data on Swiss companies
514,916 Swiss companies have a website on record (38%), 535,648 a phone number (39%) and 352,289 an email address (26%). Corporations are easier to reach online: 50% have a website and 36% an email address.
| Field | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Website | 514,916 | 38% | |
| Phone | 535,648 | 39% | |
| 352,289 | 26% |
Questions about companies in Switzerland
Every answer is counted from the data on this page (2 November 2026).
1,366,883. That includes 548,580 sole traders and 30,565 partnerships.
546,248 corporations, 40% of all Swiss businesses in our data (2 November 2026).
Of the 1,314,163 Swiss companies with a known headcount, 1,312,326 have fewer than 500 employees: 1,233,278 micro, 67,505 small and 11,543 medium-sized. 1,837 are large enterprises.
Nestle S.A., with $111.2 billion in yearly revenue, ahead of Roche Holding ($78.7B) and Bunge Global ($70.3B).
Nestle S.A., with 291,000 staff on its record (for a group's parent this is usually the whole group's headcount).
Among large trading companies, Orell Fussli, founded in 1519. The oldest organisation still active is Universität Basel, 1760.
236,767, 17% of all Swiss companies (2 November 2026).
35,570 so far in 2026, about 163 per working day, after 54,507 in 2025.
From Zefix and other official sources, combined with company websites and filings, and refreshed every month.
514,916, 38% of all Swiss companies. 535,648 have a phone number and 352,289 an email address.
Yes. The full list of 1,366,883 companies is available as Excel, CSV or through the API from our Swiss company database.
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All 1,366,883 companies in Switzerland with address, NOGA code, legal form, employees, revenue, founding year, website, phone and email where we hold them. Excel, CSV or API. The product details are in our Swiss company database.
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