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As of 4 November 2026, 4,412 schools & childcare companies are based in Switzerland; 46 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
- 4,412
- Hiring now
- 46 · 17 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Kindergartens preschools · 1,570
- Top city
- Zürich · 255
- Parent market
- Consumer services & leisure · 88,153
Schools & childcare in Switzerland, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergartens preschools | 1,570 | 36% |
| Childcare early learning centres | 1,340 | 30% |
| Primary schools | 1,126 | 26% |
| Comprehensive all through schools | 663 | 15% |
| Secondary schools | 433 | 10% |
| Home childminding | 365 | 8% |
| Montessori & alternative schools | 242 | 5% |
| Private k12 schools | 215 | 5% |
| Vocational technical schools | 187 | 4% |
| Universities | 156 | 4% |
| Special educational needs schools | 125 | 3% |
| Montessori preschools | 119 | 3% |
| Summer camps | 71 | 2% |
| After school & holiday clubs | 69 | 2% |
| Vocational training centres | 60 | 1% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 317 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 3,432 · 14 |
| 11-50 employees | 297 · 5 |
| 51-200 employees | 269 · 7 |
| 201-500 employees | 62 · 7 |
| 501-1000 employees | 19 · 7 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 12 · 5 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 1 · 0 |
| 10,001+ employees | 3 · 1 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Zürich | 255 | 6% |
| Basel | 109 | 2% |
| Bern | 77 | 2% |
| Winterthur | 64 | 1% |
| Genève | 55 | 1% |
| Lausanne | 54 | 1% |
| Luzern | 45 | 1% |
| St. Gallen | 44 | 1% |
| Fribourg | 35 | 1% |
| Baar | 25 | 1% |
| Biel/Bienne | 24 | 1% |
| Schaffhausen | 21 | 0% |
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4,412 schools & childcare companies are based in Switzerland; 46 are hiring right now and Zürich has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/consumer_services_leisure/switzerland/schools_and_childcare)
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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.
Schools & childcare in Switzerland: questions
How many schools & childcare companies are there in Switzerland?
4,412 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Consumer services & leisure → Schools & childcare → leaf niches such as kindergartens preschools, childcare early learning centres, primary schools. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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