Industry Breakdown of Companies
in Switzerland

Explore more than 540,152 Switzerland-based companies available in the HitHorizons database and see top industries and biggest players with highest sales and number of employees.

Current Country: Switzerland 540,152 (1.2%)
Largest Country: United Kingdom 6,879,753 (15.0%)
Total Number of Companies in Europe 45,836,063

According to our database, a total of more than 540,152 businesses are registered in Switzerland . That represents 1.18% of all companies available in the HitHorizons database. These Switzerland-based companies have a share of 3.47% of all sales generated by EU-based businesses and employ 3.81% of all EU employees.

Switzerland: TOP Industries

According to our database, the industry with the highest number of companies registered is Services (232,823 companies in total), followed by Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate (108,593) and Retail Trade (46,432).

This TOP 10 list was generated automatically using the latest data from the HitHorizons database. Search through the whole HitHorizons database using filtering criteria relevant for your search and get more data and insights on specific countries, industries, or segments with HitHorizons Screener.

Switzerland: TOP Industries 540,152 registered companies

  Industry, Number of Companies Number of
Companies
Services 232,823 43.1% 232,823
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate 108,593 20.1% 108,593
Retail Trade 46,432 8.6% 46,432
Construction 44,590 8.3% 44,590
Wholesale Trade 38,587 7.1% 38,587
Manufacturing 33,935 6.3% 33,935
Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services 18,421 3.4% 18,421
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing 8,036 1.5% 8,036
Public Sector 6,065 1.1% 6,065
Unknown industry 2,273 0.4% 2,273
Mining 397 0.1% 397

Switzerland: Breakdown of Companies by SIC Code

The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC Code) is used to assign companies to specific industries. According to our database, the top 3 SIC Codes for Switzerland are Management consulting services (5.6%), Subdivider/developer (4.97%) and Misc business credit institutions (4.43%).

This breakdown was generated automarically using the latest data from the HitHorizons database. Search through the whole HitHorizons database using filtering criteria relevant for your search and find companies leading within individual SIC Codes, SIC Code distribution among individual countries, or SIC Code breakdowns within other industries using HitHorizons Screener.

Switzerland: Breakdown of Companies by SIC Code 540,152 registered companies

Switzerland: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales

According to our database, companies registered in the Switzerland generated € 2,933,091,302,168 in sales, which represents 3.47% of all sales generated by companies available in the HitHorizons database.

This TOP 10 list of companies operating in Switzerland was generated automatically using the latest data from the HitHorizons database. Search through the whole HitHorizons database using filtering criteria relevant for your search and get more data and insights on specific countries, industries, or segments with HitHorizons Screener.

Switzerland: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales 540,152 registered companies

  Company Name, Sales & Share Sales
1. Glencore International AG € 242.9B 8.28% € 242.9B
2. Nestlé S.A. € 93.93B 3.2% € 93.93B
3. Procter & Gamble International Operations SA € 76.09B 2.59% € 76.09B
4. Novartis AG € 49.18B 1.68% € 49.18B
5. Swiss Re AG € 46.5B 1.59% € 46.5B
6. Gunvor SA € 44.6B 1.52% € 44.6B
7. Zurich Insurance Group AG € 40.84B 1.39% € 40.84B
8. Kühne Holding AG € 39.19B 1.34% € 39.19B
9. Coop-Gruppe Genossenschaft € 34.03B 1.16% € 34.03B
10. UBS Group AG € 32.8B 1.12% € 32.8B
Total Sales of the TOP 10 Companies € 700.1B

Switzerland: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees

According to our database, companies registered in the UK employ 14,982,347 people, which represents 3.81% of all people employed by companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest number of employees is Nestlé S.A. (275,000), followed by MSC MEDITERRANEAN SHIPPING COMPANY HOLDING SA (150,000) and UBS Group AG (120,000).

This TOP 10 list of companies with the highest number of employees was generated automatically using the latest data from the HitHorizons database. Search through the whole HitHorizons database using filtering criteria relevant for your search and get more data and insights on specific countries, industries, or segments with HitHorizons Screener.

Switzerland: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees 540,152 registered companies

  Company Name, Employees & Share Number of Employees
1. Nestlé S.A. 275,000 1.84% 275,000
2. MSC MEDITERRANEAN SHIPPING COMPANY HOLDING SA 150,000 1% 150,000
3. UBS Group AG 120,000 0.8% 120,000
4. ABB Ltd 105,100 0.7% 105,100
5. Roche Holding AG 103,613 0.69% 103,613
6. Novartis AG 101,703 0.68% 101,703
7. Migros-Genossenschafts-Bund 97,727 0.65% 97,727
8. SGS SA 96,759 0.65% 96,759
9. Coop-Gruppe Genossenschaft 94,790 0.63% 94,790
10. Kühne Holding AG 80,334 0.54% 80,334
Total Number of Employees of the TOP 10 Companies 1,225,026

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