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As of 4 November 2026, 3,214 industrial machinery manufacturing companies are based in Switzerland; 108 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
- 3,214
- Hiring now
- 108 · 36 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Other industrial machinery manufacturing · 501
- Top city
- Zürich · 61
- Parent market
- Manufacturing & industry · 28,578
Industrial machinery manufacturing in Switzerland, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Other industrial machinery manufacturing | 501 | 16% |
| Cutting tool manufacturers | 296 | 9% |
| Special purpose machine builders | 249 | 8% |
| Commercial kitchen food equipment | 178 | 6% |
| Precision CNC machining | 162 | 5% |
| Agricultural machinery manufacturers | 130 | 4% |
| Industrial cleaning equipment | 120 | 4% |
| Valve actuator manufacturers | 117 | 4% |
| Packaging machinery manufacturers | 96 | 3% |
| Storage racking systems | 95 | 3% |
| Machine tool manufacturers | 90 | 3% |
| Conveyor material handling | 81 | 3% |
| Pump manufacturers | 81 | 3% |
| Crushing recycling equipment | 80 | 2% |
| Other electronics & electrical manufacturing | 74 | 2% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 115 · 1 |
| 2-10 employees | 1,968 · 12 |
| 11-50 employees | 685 · 17 |
| 51-200 employees | 317 · 34 |
| 201-500 employees | 70 · 19 |
| 501-1000 employees | 25 · 9 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 23 · 11 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 4 · 1 |
| 10,001+ employees | 7 · 4 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Zürich | 61 | 2% |
| La Chaux-de-Fonds | 33 | 1% |
| St. Gallen | 32 | 1% |
| Aigle | 27 | 1% |
| Samstagern | 27 | 1% |
| Biel/Bienne | 25 | 1% |
| Grenchen | 22 | 1% |
| Winterthur | 21 | 1% |
| Basel | 16 | 0% |
| Cham | 16 | 0% |
| Baar | 15 | 0% |
| Küssnacht am Rigi | 15 | 0% |
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The stack of industrial machinery manufacturing in Switzerland
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Other segments of manufacturing & industry in Switzerland
Manufacturing & industry in Switzerland, the whole market →
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3,214 industrial machinery manufacturing companies are based in Switzerland; 108 are hiring right now and Zürich has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/manufacturing_industry/switzerland/industrial_machinery_manufacturing)
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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 machinery manufacturing in Switzerland: questions
How many industrial machinery manufacturing companies are there in Switzerland?
3,214 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Manufacturing & industry → Industrial machinery manufacturing → leaf niches such as other industrial machinery manufacturing, cutting tool manufacturers, special purpose machine builders. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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