Industry Breakdown of Companies
in Switzerland

Explore more than 582,172 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 582,172 (1.3%)
Largest Country: United Kingdom 7,413,451 (16.0%)
Total Number of Companies in Europe 46,248,032

According to our database, a total of more than 582,172 businesses are registered in Switzerland . That represents 1.26% of all companies available in the HitHorizons database. These Switzerland-based companies have a share of 3.08% of all sales generated by EU-based businesses and employ 3.75% of all EU employees.

Switzerland: TOP Industries

According to our database, the industry with the highest number of companies registered is Services (250,825 companies in total), followed by Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate (116,865) and Retail Trade (51,291).

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 582,172 registered companies

  Industry, Number of Companies Number of
Companies
Services 250,825 43.1% 250,825
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate 116,865 20.1% 116,865
Retail Trade 51,291 8.8% 51,291
Construction 49,052 8.4% 49,052
Wholesale Trade 39,835 6.8% 39,835
Manufacturing 35,780 6.1% 35,780
Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services 20,024 3.4% 20,024
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing 8,671 1.5% 8,671
Public Sector 6,085 1.0% 6,085
Unknown industry 3,331 0.6% 3,331
Mining 413 0.1% 413

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 (5.69%), Subdivider/developer (5.02%) and Misc business credit institutions (4.46%).

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 582,172 registered companies

Switzerland: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales

According to our database, companies registered in the Switzerland generated € 2,675,470,179,466 in sales, which represents 3.08% 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 582,172 registered companies

  Company Name, Sales & Share Sales
1. Glencore International AG € 236.5B 8.84% € 236.5B
2. Zurich Insurance Group AG € 58.89B 2.2% € 58.89B
3. Swiss Re AG € 52.28B 1.95% € 52.28B
4. Novartis AG € 47.7B 1.78% € 47.7B
5. UBS Group AG € 42.87B 1.6% € 42.87B
6. Nacora Holding AG € 38.13B 1.43% € 38.13B
7. Coop-Gruppe Genossenschaft € 35.23B 1.32% € 35.23B
8. ABB Ltd € 33.84B 1.26% € 33.84B
9. Migros-Genossenschafts-Bund € 33.54B 1.25% € 33.54B
10. MSC MEDITERRANEAN SHIPPING COMPANY HOLDING SA € 32.9B 1.23% € 32.9B
Total Sales of the TOP 10 Companies € 611.9B

Switzerland: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees

According to our database, companies registered in the UK employ 14,506,174 people, which represents 3.75% of all people employed by companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest number of employees is MSC MEDITERRANEAN SHIPPING COMPANY HOLDING SA (200,000), followed by UBS Group AG (115,038) and ABB Ltd (107,900).

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 582,172 registered companies

  Company Name, Employees & Share Number of Employees
1. MSC MEDITERRANEAN SHIPPING COMPANY HOLDING SA 200,000 1.38% 200,000
2. UBS Group AG 115,038 0.79% 115,038
3. ABB Ltd 107,900 0.74% 107,900
4. Roche Holding AG 103,605 0.71% 103,605
5. Migros-Genossenschafts-Bund 99,175 0.68% 99,175
6. SGS SA 98,545 0.68% 98,545
7. Coop-Gruppe Genossenschaft 95,826 0.66% 95,826
8. Kuhne Holding AG 80,983 0.56% 80,983
9. Novartis AG 76,057 0.52% 76,057
10. Unterstützungsfonds General Electric Schweiz 75,000 0.52% 75,000
Total Number of Employees of the TOP 10 Companies 1,052,129

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