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As of 4 November 2026, 6,963 membership associations & unions companies are based in Switzerland; 62 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
- 6,963
- Hiring now
- 62 · 9 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Industry & employer associations · 2,553
- Top city
- Zürich · 684
- Parent market
- Public, community & associations · 46,546
Membership associations & unions in Switzerland, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Industry & employer associations | 2,553 | 37% |
| Professional bodies | 1,523 | 22% |
| Other membership associations & unions | 1,043 | 15% |
| Healthcare professional societies | 1,041 | 15% |
| Local trade & craft associations | 742 | 11% |
| Chambers of commerce | 630 | 9% |
| Other nonprofit civic associations | 354 | 5% |
| Trade unions | 327 | 5% |
| Networking communities | 250 | 4% |
| Advocacy campaign nonprofits | 228 | 3% |
| Housing cooperatives | 109 | 2% |
| Cultural arts associations | 105 | 2% |
| General purpose associations | 85 | 1% |
| Service & social clubs | 82 | 1% |
| School support associations | 75 | 1% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 2,673 · 2 |
| 2-10 employees | 2,305 · 23 |
| 11-50 employees | 1,128 · 13 |
| 51-200 employees | 635 · 15 |
| 201-500 employees | 132 · 6 |
| 501-1000 employees | 44 · 1 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 28 · 2 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 7 · 0 |
| 10,001+ employees | 11 · 0 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Zürich | 684 | 10% |
| Bern | 504 | 7% |
| Basel | 227 | 3% |
| Genève | 196 | 3% |
| Lausanne | 140 | 2% |
| St. Gallen | 128 | 2% |
| Luzern | 104 | 1% |
| Bern 65 | 102 | 1% |
| Fribourg | 84 | 1% |
| Genève 5 | 69 | 1% |
| Winterthur | 63 | 1% |
| Solothurn | 54 | 1% |
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The stack of membership associations & unions in Switzerland
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Other segments of public, community & associations in Switzerland
Public, community & associations in Switzerland, the whole market →
Nonprofit civic associations · 21,800 →
Amateur sports clubs · 10,754 →
Charitable foundations · 6,966 →
Churches congregations · 3,462 →
Public programmes & agencies · 3,100 →
Research institutes & think tanks · 1,567 →
Municipal government · 870 →
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6,963 membership associations & unions companies are based in Switzerland; 62 are hiring right now and Zürich has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/community_associations_public/switzerland/membership_associations_and_unions)
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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.
Membership associations & unions in Switzerland: questions
How many membership associations & unions companies are there in Switzerland?
6,963 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
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