Industry Breakdown of Companies
in Switzerland

Explore more than 721,640 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 721,640 (1.5%)
Largest Country: United Kingdom 7,787,566 (16.6%)
Total Number of Companies in Europe 47,053,672

According to our database, a total of more than 721,640 businesses are registered in Switzerland . That represents 1.53% of all companies available in the HitHorizons database. These Switzerland-based companies have a share of 2.66% of all sales generated by EU-based businesses and employ 3.56% of all EU employees.

Switzerland: TOP Industries

According to our database, the industry with the highest number of companies registered is Services (367,872 companies in total), followed by Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate (127,812) and Retail Trade (59,283).

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 721,640 registered companies

  Industry, Number of Companies Number of
Companies
Services 367,872 51.0% 367,872
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate 127,812 17.7% 127,812
Retail Trade 59,283 8.2% 59,283
Construction 52,394 7.3% 52,394
Wholesale Trade 37,915 5.3% 37,915
Manufacturing 35,444 4.9% 35,444
Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services 21,633 3.0% 21,633
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing 9,615 1.3% 9,615
Public Sector 7,422 1.0% 7,422
Unknown industry 1,851 0.3% 1,851
Mining 399 0.1% 399

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 Business services (13.76%), Management consulting services (4.28%) and Subdivider/developer (3.92%).

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 721,640 registered companies

Switzerland: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales

According to our database, companies registered in the Switzerland generated € 2,251,960,397,062 in sales, which represents 2.66% 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 721,640 registered companies

  Company Name, Sales & Share Sales
1. Nestle S.A. € 95.9B 4.26% € 95.9B
2. Roche Holding AG € 65.5B 2.91% € 65.5B
3. Novartis AG € 52.82B 2.35% € 52.82B
4. Zurich Insurance Group AG € 51.84B 2.3% € 51.84B
5. UBS Group AG € 44.92B 1.99% € 44.92B
6. Swiss Re AG € 42.45B 1.88% € 42.45B
7. Coop-Gruppe Genossenschaft € 35.23B 1.56% € 35.23B
8. ABB Ltd € 34.48B 1.53% € 34.48B
9. Migros-Genossenschafts-Bund € 33.54B 1.49% € 33.54B
10. MSC MEDITERRANEAN SHIPPING COMPANY HOLDING SA € 30.64B 1.36% € 30.64B
Total Sales of the TOP 10 Companies € 487.3B

Switzerland: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees

According to our database, companies registered in the UK employ 13,638,200 people, which represents 3.56% of all people employed by companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest number of employees is Nestle S.A. (270,000), followed by MSC MEDITERRANEAN SHIPPING COMPANY HOLDING SA (200,000) and UBS Group AG (115,038).

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 721,640 registered companies

  Company Name, Employees & Share Number of Employees
1. Nestle S.A. 270,000 1.98% 270,000
2. MSC MEDITERRANEAN SHIPPING COMPANY HOLDING SA 200,000 1.47% 200,000
3. UBS Group AG 115,038 0.84% 115,038
4. ABB Ltd 109,900 0.81% 109,900
5. Roche Holding AG 103,249 0.76% 103,249
6. SGS SA 99,500 0.73% 99,500
7. Migros-Genossenschafts-Bund 98,776 0.72% 98,776
8. Coop-Gruppe Genossenschaft 97,040 0.71% 97,040
9. Kuhne Holding AG 80,215 0.59% 80,215
10. Novartis AG 75,883 0.56% 75,883
Total Number of Employees of the TOP 10 Companies 1,249,601

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