Industry Breakdown of Companies in Switzerland

This statistic shows TOP industries, TOP companies by sales and number of employees and the most common SIC codes in Switzerland

The number of companies in Switzerland is 553,403, which represents 1.21% of all 45,639,763 companies in the HitHorizons database. The country with the highest number of registered companies is United Kingdom with 6,756,179 companies.

Current Country:
Switzerland 553,403 (1.2%)
Largest Country:
United Kingdom 6,756,179 (14.8%)
Total Number of Companies 45,639,763

TOP Industries in Switzerland

The industry with the highest number of companies registered in Switzerland is Services with 244,547 companies followed by Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate and Retail Trade with 107,447 and 47,446 companies respectively.

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TOP Industries in Switzerland 553,403 registered companies

  Industry, Number of Companies Number of Companies
Services 244,547 44.2% 244,547
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate 107,447 19.4% 107,447
Retail Trade 47,446 8.6% 47,446
Construction 44,713 8.1% 44,713
Wholesale Trade 39,015 7.1% 39,015
Manufacturing 34,662 6.3% 34,662
Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services 18,563 3.4% 18,563
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing 8,390 1.5% 8,390
Public Sector 6,017 1.1% 6,017
Unknown industry 2,204 0.4% 2,204
Mining 399 0.1% 399

Breakdown of Companies in Switzerland by SIC Code

The Standard Industrial Classification code (SIC code) allows to classify individual industries. The top three SIC codes for Switzerland are Management consulting services (5.38%), Subdivider/developer (4.67%) and Misc business credit institutions (4.2%) .

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Breakdown of Companies in Switzerland by SIC Code 553,403 registered companies

TOP 10 Companies by Sales Registered in Switzerland

Companies registered in Switzerland generate € 2,985,294,174,848 in sales per annum, which represents 3.86% of sales of all companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest sales is Glencore International AG with € 193.4B followed by Nestlé S.A. and Procter & Gamble International Operations SA with € 86.64B and € 72.23B in sales respectively.

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TOP 10 Companies by Sales in Switzerland 553,403 registered companies

  Company Name, Sales & Share Sales
1. Glencore International AG € 193.4B 6.48% € 193.4B
2. Nestlé S.A. € 86.64B 2.9% € 86.64B
3. Procter & Gamble International Operations SA € 72.23B 2.42% € 72.23B
4. Zurich Insurance Group AG € 67.52B 2.26% € 67.52B
5. Novartis AG € 48.99B 1.64% € 48.99B
6. Swiss Re AG € 46.50B 1.56% € 46.50B
7. Gunvor SA € 44.60B 1.49% € 44.60B
8. UBS Group AG € 33.73B 1.13% € 33.73B
9. Kühne Holding AG € 32.63B 1.09% € 32.63B
10. Coop-Gruppe Genossenschaft € 31.71B 1.06% € 31.71B

TOP 10 Companies by Number of Employees Registered in Switzerland

Companies registered in Switzerland have 14,268,486 employees, which represents 3.67% of all employees of companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest number of employees is Nestlé S.A. with 276,000 people followed by MSC MEDITERRANEAN SHIPPING COMPANY HOLDING SA and ABB Ltd with 150,000 and 104,400 employees respectively.

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TOP 10 Companies by Number of Employees in Switzerland 553,403 registered companies

  Company Name, Employees & Share Employees
1. Nestlé S.A. 276,000 1.93% 276,000
2. MSC MEDITERRANEAN SHIPPING COMPANY HOLDING SA 150,000 1.05% 150,000
3. ABB Ltd 104,400 0.73% 104,400
4. Novartis AG 104,323 0.73% 104,323
5. Roche Holding AG 100,920 0.71% 100,920
6. Migros-Genossenschafts-Bund 97,541 0.68% 97,541
7. SGS SA 96,216 0.67% 96,216
8. Coop-Gruppe Genossenschaft 95,420 0.67% 95,420
9. Radiologie Luzern AG 89,140 0.62% 89,140
10. Kühne Holding AG 78,087 0.55% 78,087

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