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As of 4 November 2026, 1,399 industrial & chemical distribution companies are based in Switzerland; 16 are hiring right now and Genève has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 1,399
- Hiring now
- 16 · 4 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- General trading houses · 193
- Top city
- Genève · 38
- Parent market
- Commerce & trade · 31,979
Industrial & chemical distribution in Switzerland, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| General trading houses | 193 | 14% |
| Construction materials distribution | 175 | 13% |
| Other industrial & chemical distribution | 150 | 11% |
| Cleaning & hygiene distribution | 148 | 11% |
| Industrial parts distribution | 117 | 8% |
| Chemical raw materials distribution | 94 | 7% |
| Paint & coatings distribution | 82 | 6% |
| Packaging & plastics distribution | 76 | 5% |
| Fuel & lubricant distribution | 69 | 5% |
| Pipes valves & fittings distribution | 69 | 5% |
| Agricultural inputs distribution | 64 | 5% |
| Food import export traders | 57 | 4% |
| Other machinery equipment wholesale | 32 | 2% |
| Adhesives & technical consumables | 31 | 2% |
| Automation & electrical distributors | 30 | 2% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 77 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 1,095 · 3 |
| 11-50 employees | 157 · 6 |
| 51-200 employees | 50 · 5 |
| 201-500 employees | 9 · 0 |
| 501-1000 employees | 9 · 2 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 2 · 0 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Genève | 38 | 3% |
| Zugerberg | 29 | 2% |
| Zürich | 28 | 2% |
| Basel | 19 | 1% |
| Lugano | 15 | 1% |
| Baar | 14 | 1% |
| Bern | 14 | 1% |
| Luzern | 13 | 1% |
| Chur | 11 | 1% |
| Cham | 8 | 1% |
| Brüttisellen | 6 | 0% |
| Dietikon 1 | 6 | 0% |
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The stack of industrial & chemical distribution 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 →
Pet supplies ecommerce · 1,171 →
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1,399 industrial & chemical distribution companies are based in Switzerland; 16 are hiring right now and Genève has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/commerce_trade/switzerland/industrial_and_chemical_distribution)
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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.
Industrial & chemical distribution in Switzerland: questions
How many industrial & chemical distribution companies are there in Switzerland?
1,399 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Commerce & trade → Industrial & chemical distribution → leaf niches such as general trading houses, construction materials distribution, other industrial & chemical distribution. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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