Market map · Switzerland · Public, community & associations

Public programmes & agencies in Switzerland_

As of 4 November 2026, 3,100 public programmes & agencies companies are based in Switzerland; 33 are hiring right now and Bern has the most.

As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.

Companies
3,100
Hiring now
33 · 20 new in 30 d
Largest niche
Municipal authorities & general public bodies · 1,882
Top city
Bern · 130
Parent market
Public, community & associations · 46,546
3,100public programmes & agencies companies in Switzerland
33hiring today
20opened a role in the last 30 days
20niches inside the segment
02 — Niches, sizes, cities

Public programmes & agencies in Switzerland, broken down

By niche
companiesshare
Municipal authorities & general public bodies
1,88261%
Other public programmes & agencies
2859%
Government agencies & ministries
2809%
Regional development initiatives
2338%
Youth & education programmes
863%
Public employment & welfare agencies
752%
Advocacy campaign nonprofits
742%
Other nonprofit civic associations
381%
Youth welfare organisations
361%
Neighbourhood community associations
331%
Grantmaking foundations
301%
Rescue & first aid organisations
261%
Local social welfare foundations
231%
Grant information portals
221%
Civic tech & open data initiatives
201%
By company size
companies · hiring
Self-employed
203 · 0
2-10 employees
2,281 · 5
11-50 employees
306 · 2
51-200 employees
196 · 2
201-500 employees
66 · 8
501-1000 employees
20 · 3
1001-5000 employees
22 · 10
5001-10000 employees
4 · 2
10,001+ employees
2 · 1
By city
companiesshare
Bern
1304%
Zürich
873%
Luzern
431%
Basel
411%
Genève
411%
Lausanne
281%
St. Gallen
191%
Aarau
171%
Chur
130%
Fribourg
130%
Sion 4
120%
Bern 65
110%
03 — Largest companies

The biggest public programmes & agencies companies in Switzerland

The largest companies of the segment, by headcount; job boards and portals left out.

Etat de FribourgMunicipal authorities & general public bodies10,001+ employeesMairie de GenèveMunicipal authorities & general public bodies · Onex5001-10000 employeesKanton St.GallenGovernment agencies & ministries · St. Gallen5001-10000 employeesStadt SchaffhausenMunicipal authorities & general public bodies · Schaffhausen1001-5000 employeesStadt UsterMunicipal authorities & general public bodies · Uster1001-5000 employeesKanton SchwyzGovernment agencies & ministries · Schwyz1001-5000 employeesFondation genevoise pour l'animation socioculturelle (FASe)Local social welfare foundations · Petit-Lancy 11001-5000 employeesThe United Nations Office at GenevaEmbassies & consulates · Genève 51001-5000 employeesCanton de NeuchâtelMunicipal authorities & general public bodies1001-5000 employeesHospice généralLocal social welfare foundations1001-5000 employeesInternational Labour Organization (ILO)Policy think tanks · Genève 51001-5000 employeesStadt WetzikonMunicipal authorities & general public bodies501-1000 employeesStadt AdliswilMunicipal authorities & general public bodies · Adliswil501-1000 employeesKanton SchaffhausenMunicipal authorities & general public bodies · Schaffhausen501-1000 employeesMunicipalité de NyonMunicipal authorities & general public bodies · Nyon 1201-500 employeesStadt DietikonMunicipal authorities & general public bodies · Dietikon 1201-500 employeesStadtbüro BadenMunicipal authorities & general public bodies · Baden201-500 employeesKanton GlarusMunicipal authorities & general public bodies201-500 employeesAssociation de communes Sécurité Riviera (ASR)Other municipal government201-500 employees
3,100 public programmes & agencies companies in Switzerland.

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04 — What they run

The stack of public programmes & agencies in Switzerland

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3,100 public programmes & agencies companies are based in Switzerland; 33 are hiring right now and Bern has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/community_associations_public/switzerland/public_programmes_and_agencies)
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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.
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Public programmes & agencies in Switzerland: questions

How many public programmes & agencies companies are there in Switzerland?

3,100 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.

What is a sub-vertical?

The middle level of our industry tree: Public, community & associations → Public programmes & agencies → leaf niches such as municipal authorities & general public bodies, other public programmes & agencies, government agencies & ministries. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.

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