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As of 4 November 2026, 1,567 research institutes & think tanks companies are based in Switzerland; 21 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
- 1,567
- Hiring now
- 21 · 8 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Biomedical research groups · 265
- Top city
- Zürich · 264
- Parent market
- Public, community & associations · 46,546
Research institutes & think tanks in Switzerland, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Biomedical research groups | 265 | 17% |
| Humanities social research projects | 215 | 14% |
| Health services research groups | 192 | 12% |
| University research labs | 189 | 12% |
| Other research institutes & think tanks | 186 | 12% |
| Policy think tanks | 129 | 8% |
| Multidisciplinary research institutes | 109 | 7% |
| Environmental & agri research | 92 | 6% |
| Biodiversity conservation research | 85 | 5% |
| Cultural heritage research projects | 75 | 5% |
| Eu technology research consortia | 75 | 5% |
| Ai & society research | 55 | 4% |
| Medical research charities | 55 | 4% |
| Local history societies | 54 | 3% |
| Advocacy campaign nonprofits | 51 | 3% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 518 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 712 · 6 |
| 11-50 employees | 251 · 6 |
| 51-200 employees | 68 · 4 |
| 201-500 employees | 12 · 1 |
| 501-1000 employees | 3 · 1 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 3 · 3 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Zürich | 264 | 17% |
| Bern | 169 | 11% |
| Basel | 121 | 8% |
| Genève | 83 | 5% |
| Lausanne | 83 | 5% |
| Genève 5 | 43 | 3% |
| St. Gallen | 31 | 2% |
| Fribourg | 24 | 2% |
| Lugano | 19 | 1% |
| Luzern | 17 | 1% |
| Dübendorf 1 | 16 | 1% |
| Bern 65 | 15 | 1% |
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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 →
Municipal government · 870 →
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1,567 research institutes & think tanks companies are based in Switzerland; 21 are hiring right now and Zürich has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/community_associations_public/switzerland/research_institutes_and_think_tanks)
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- HiringOpen roles read hourly from the company's own career system.
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