Industrial automation systems in Switzerland
As of 5 November 2026, 326 industrial automation systems companies are based in Switzerland; 10 are hiring right now and La Chaux-de-Fonds has the most.
As of 5 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 326
- Hiring now
- 10 · 2 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Automation integrators · 164
- Top city
- La Chaux-de-Fonds · 7
- Parent market
- Manufacturing & industry · 28,578
Industrial automation systems in Switzerland, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Automation integrators | 164 | 50% |
| Automation component manufacturers | 66 | 20% |
| Sensor instrument manufacturers | 31 | 10% |
| Special purpose machine builders | 13 | 4% |
| Automation services & supply general | 12 | 4% |
| Ems contract manufacturing | 11 | 3% |
| Other industrial automation systems | 8 | 2% |
| Other industrial machinery manufacturing | 8 | 2% |
| Precision CNC machining | 8 | 2% |
| Valve actuator manufacturers | 6 | 2% |
| Electrical equipment manufacturers | 5 | 2% |
| Other electronics & electrical manufacturing | 5 | 2% |
| Conveyor material handling | 4 | 1% |
| IoT device manufacturers | 4 | 1% |
| PCB fabrication | 4 | 1% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 3 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 186 · 1 |
| 11-50 employees | 99 · 0 |
| 51-200 employees | 31 · 5 |
| 201-500 employees | 3 · 1 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 3 · 2 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 1 · 1 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| La Chaux-de-Fonds | 7 | 2% |
| St. Gallen | 7 | 2% |
| Zürich | 6 | 2% |
| Basel | 4 | 1% |
| Biel/Bienne | 4 | 1% |
| Steinhausen | 4 | 1% |
| Winterthur | 4 | 1% |
| Baden | 3 | 1% |
| Bern | 3 | 1% |
| Herisau | 3 | 1% |
| Langenthal | 3 | 1% |
| Stans | 3 | 1% |
The biggest industrial automation systems companies in Switzerland
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The stack of industrial automation systems in Switzerland
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Other segments of manufacturing & industry in Switzerland
Manufacturing & industry in Switzerland, the whole market →
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Metal fabrication workshops · 3,198 →
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Furniture makers & sellers · 2,330 →
Print signage packaging production · 2,227 →
Electronics & electrical manufacturing · 2,049 →
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326 industrial automation systems companies are based in Switzerland; 10 are hiring right now and La Chaux-de-Fonds has the most. (Breaknorm, 5 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/manufacturing_industry/switzerland/industrial_automation_systems)
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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.
Industrial automation systems in Switzerland: questions
How many industrial automation systems companies are there in Switzerland?
326 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Manufacturing & industry → Industrial automation systems → leaf niches such as automation integrators, automation component manufacturers, sensor instrument manufacturers. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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