General & specialty stores in Switzerland
As of 4 November 2026, 884 general & specialty stores are based in Switzerland; 3 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
- 884
- Hiring now
- 3 · 2 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Other general & specialty stores · 154
- Top city
- Zürich · 27
- Parent market
- Commerce & trade · 31,979
General & specialty stores in Switzerland, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Other general & specialty stores | 154 | 17% |
| Convenience stores & kiosks | 78 | 9% |
| Consumer electronics appliance webshops | 48 | 5% |
| Sporting goods webshops | 48 | 5% |
| General merchandise webshops | 42 | 5% |
| Organic grocery stores | 32 | 4% |
| Gift & giftware webshops | 31 | 4% |
| Charity & thrift shops | 30 | 3% |
| Tile & flooring webshops | 30 | 3% |
| Antique & vintage dealers | 29 | 3% |
| Kitchen & bathroom showrooms | 28 | 3% |
| Independent supermarkets | 27 | 3% |
| Fashion retail stores | 21 | 2% |
| Furniture webshops | 21 | 2% |
| Greengrocers produce shops | 21 | 2% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 135 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 698 · 0 |
| 11-50 employees | 33 · 1 |
| 51-200 employees | 7 · 0 |
| 201-500 employees | 5 · 0 |
| 501-1000 employees | 4 · 1 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 1 · 0 |
| 10,001+ employees | 1 · 1 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Zürich | 27 | 3% |
| Bern | 16 | 2% |
| Basel | 11 | 1% |
| St. Gallen | 8 | 1% |
| Biel/Bienne | 7 | 1% |
| Genève | 7 | 1% |
| Burgdorf | 6 | 1% |
| Winterthur | 6 | 1% |
| Altendorf | 5 | 1% |
| Baden | 5 | 1% |
| Chur | 5 | 1% |
| Grindelwald | 5 | 1% |
The biggest general & specialty stores in Switzerland
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The stack of general & specialty stores in Switzerland
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Other segments of commerce & trade in Switzerland
Commerce & trade in Switzerland, the whole market →
General consumer goods ecommerce · 13,155 →
Food production, wholesale & retail · 6,679 →
Fashion & apparel ecommerce · 5,035 →
Health, beauty & food ecommerce · 3,360 →
Trade & technical equipment ecommerce · 2,688 →
Jewellery & watch ecommerce · 1,674 →
Machinery equipment wholesale · 1,436 →
Industrial & chemical distribution · 1,399 →
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884 general & specialty stores are based in Switzerland; 3 are hiring right now and Zürich has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/commerce_trade/switzerland/general_and_specialty_stores)
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- ClassificationEvery company is classified from its own website into vertical, sub-vertical and leaf with a confidence score; this page counts industry confidence ≥ 0.7 and country confidence ≥ 0.8.
- 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.
General & specialty stores in Switzerland: questions
How many general & specialty stores are there in Switzerland?
884 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Commerce & trade → General & specialty stores → leaf niches such as other general & specialty stores, convenience stores & kiosks, consumer electronics appliance webshops. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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