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As of 4 November 2026, 1,303 holding & investment companies companies are based in Switzerland; 16 are hiring right now and Zürich has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 1,303
- Hiring now
- 16 · 6 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Private equity firms · 388
- Top city
- Zürich · 188
- Parent market
- Business & finance services · 49,383
Holding & investment companies in Switzerland, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Private equity firms | 388 | 30% |
| Real estate investment firms | 329 | 25% |
| Family holdings | 306 | 23% |
| Venture capital firms | 292 | 22% |
| Other holding & investment companies | 149 | 11% |
| Private asset managers | 109 | 8% |
| Wealth management general | 68 | 5% |
| Other wealth management investment | 66 | 5% |
| Property investment advisers | 47 | 4% |
| Corporate finance advisers | 30 | 2% |
| Infrastructure investment funds | 28 | 2% |
| General management consulting | 8 | 1% |
| Registered agent & company secretarial services | 5 | 0% |
| Direct SME business lenders | 3 | 0% |
| Market entry internationalisation consulting | 3 | 0% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 632 · 1 |
| 2-10 employees | 445 · 6 |
| 11-50 employees | 176 · 5 |
| 51-200 employees | 28 · 2 |
| 201-500 employees | 7 · 0 |
| 501-1000 employees | 6 · 0 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 7 · 1 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 1 · 0 |
| 10,001+ employees | 1 · 1 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Zürich | 188 | 14% |
| Zugerberg | 148 | 11% |
| Genève | 82 | 6% |
| Baar | 50 | 4% |
| Basel | 26 | 2% |
| Lugano | 26 | 2% |
| Lausanne | 24 | 2% |
| Cham | 18 | 1% |
| Luzern | 18 | 1% |
| Bern | 13 | 1% |
| Pfäffikon SZ | 13 | 1% |
| Schindellegi | 10 | 1% |
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1,303 holding & investment companies companies are based in Switzerland; 16 are hiring right now and Zürich has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/business_finance_services/switzerland/holding_and_investment_companies)
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- Company listRich profiles with a LinkedIn-known headcount only; job boards, directories, portals and non-organisations are left out.
- HiringOpen roles read hourly from the company's own career system.
Holding & investment companies in Switzerland: questions
How many holding & investment companies companies are there in Switzerland?
1,303 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
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