Municipal government in Switzerland_
As of 4 November 2026, 870 municipal government companies 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
- 870
- Hiring now
- 3 · 0 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Political candidate sites · 276
- Top city
- Zürich · 35
- Parent market
- Public, community & associations · 46,546
Municipal government in Switzerland, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Political candidate sites | 276 | 32% |
| Municipal authorities & general public bodies | 212 | 24% |
| Local party branches | 140 | 16% |
| Public libraries | 66 | 8% |
| Advocacy campaign nonprofits | 46 | 5% |
| Neighbourhood community associations | 36 | 4% |
| Other municipal government | 36 | 4% |
| Nonprofit libraries & archives | 21 | 2% |
| Volunteer fire brigades | 16 | 2% |
| Regional development initiatives | 13 | 1% |
| Civic tech & open data initiatives | 7 | 1% |
| Other public programmes & agencies | 5 | 1% |
| Catholic parishes | 4 | 0% |
| Government agencies & ministries | 4 | 0% |
| Housing cooperatives | 3 | 0% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 195 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 631 · 1 |
| 11-50 employees | 24 · 0 |
| 51-200 employees | 15 · 1 |
| 201-500 employees | 5 · 1 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Zürich | 35 | 4% |
| Basel | 13 | 1% |
| Bern | 13 | 1% |
| Winterthur | 8 | 1% |
| Biel/Bienne | 7 | 1% |
| Chur | 4 | 0% |
| Fribourg | 4 | 0% |
| Genève | 4 | 0% |
| Liestal | 4 | 0% |
| Zugerberg | 4 | 0% |
| Aarau | 3 | 0% |
| Affoltern am Albis | 3 | 0% |
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The stack of municipal government 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 →
Membership associations & unions · 6,963 →
Churches congregations · 3,462 →
Public programmes & agencies · 3,100 →
Research institutes & think tanks · 1,567 →
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870 municipal government companies are based in Switzerland; 3 are hiring right now and Zürich has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/community_associations_public/switzerland/municipal_government)
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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.
Municipal government in Switzerland: questions
How many municipal government companies are there in Switzerland?
870 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Public, community & associations → Municipal government → leaf niches such as political candidate sites, municipal authorities & general public bodies, local party branches. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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