What are the largest manufacturing companies in Switzerland?

By the revenue shown in the directory above, the largest manufacturing companies in Switzerland include Givaudan SA ($9.3B), Hitachi Energy AG ($2.7B) and Buhler AG ($2.3B). Sort the Revenue column or filter by sub-sector, size and region to explore the full ranking.

How many manufacturing companies are there in Switzerland?

InfobelPRO lists 63,669 manufacturing companies registered in Switzerland, classified under NACE 24 activity codes, sourced from Zefix. The directory covers all registered entities in scope, not a sampled subset.

Which regions of Switzerland have the most manufacturing companies?

Zürich holds the largest share with 15% of Switzerland's manufacturing companies, followed by Bern (12%) and Vaud (9%). The region chart above shows the full distribution.

What NACE codes cover manufacturing companies in Switzerland?

Manufacturing companies in Switzerland are classified under NACE 24 activity codes — 187 sub-sector codes appear in this segment. Each record can carry up to six NACE Rev. 2 activity codes, plus a US SIC code and the national activity code.

How is the data sourced and how current is it?

Core firmographics come directly from Zefix and are refreshed daily — new incorporations, address changes and status updates flow through within 24 hours of publication. Revenue and employee figures track annual report filings and carry an Actual-or-Modeled reliability flag.

Is the data GDPR-compliant?

Yes. InfobelPRO combines registry-sourced firmographics with licensed contact data, processed under GDPR Article 6(1)(f) — legitimate interest. Individual opt-outs are honoured and compliance documentation is available on request.

Manufacturing companies in Switzerland

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Largest manufacturing companies in Switzerland (2026)

The largest manufacturing companies in Switzerland by revenue are Givaudan SA ($9.3B), Hitachi Energy AG ($2.7B) and Buhler AG ($2.3B). The directory below ranks them — sort any column, or filter by sub-sector, company size and region.

Last updated June 2026.

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Sector (NACE)

Manufacture of other fabricated metal products n.e.c.(1,939)Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes(1,871)Manufacture of plastics and rubber machinery(1,640)Manufacture of watches and clocks(1,633)Manufacture of builders’ ware of plastic(1,453)Manufacture of other general-purpose machinery n.e.c.(1,435)Operation of dairies and cheese making(1,400)Manufacture of perfumes and toilet preparations(1,111)Manufacture of electronic components(1,083)Manufacture of instruments and appliances for measuring, testing and navigation(943)Pre-press and pre-media services(904)Manufacture of pharmaceutical preparations(842)Manufacture of other chemical products n.e.c.(569)Manufacture of steam generators, except central heating hot water boilers(423)Manufacture of motor vehicles(357)Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products(335)Manufacture of optical instruments and photographic equipment(319)Manufacture of lifting and handling equipment(290)Manufacture of metal forming machinery(274)Manufacture of office and shop furniture(211)Manufacture of electric motors, generators and transformers(204)Manufacture of electricity distribution and control apparatus(190)Manufacture of electric domestic appliances(168)Manufacture of machinery for food, beverage and tobacco processing(147)Manufacture of prepared feeds for farm animals(146)Manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery(133)Manufacture of wiring devices(113)Manufacture of machinery for metallurgy(94)Manufacture of wire products, chain and springs(89)Manufacture of hollow glass(66)Manufacture of cement(28)Manufacture of sugar(8)Sawmilling and planing of wood(9,181)Manufacture of other furniture(2,913)Other printing(2,815)Other manufacturing n.e.c.(2,789)Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures(2,432)Cutting, shaping and finishing of stone(2,026)Manufacture of other wearing apparel and accessories(1,930)Manufacture of other food products n.e.c.(1,890)Manufacture of jewellery and related articles(1,774)Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies(1,344)Manufacture of other electrical equipment(1,268)Manufacture of wine from grape(1,150)Treatment and coating of metals(959)Production of meat and poultry meat products(949)Manufacture of other products of wood; manufacture of articles of cork, straw and plaiting materials(913)Manufacture of other textiles n.e.c.(897)Manufacture of tools(755)Manufacture of doors and windows of metal(701)Manufacture of beer(557)Building of ships and floating structures(526)Other processing and preserving of fruit and vegetables(520)Forging, pressing, stamping and roll-forming of metal; powder metallurgy(495)Manufacture of computers and peripheral equipment(465)Distilling, rectifying and blending of spirits(450)Manufacture of luggage, handbags and the like, saddlery and harness(449)Manufacture of other outerwear(424)Manufacture of sports goods(402)Manufacture of electric lighting equipment(400)Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery(385)Manufacture of non-domestic cooling and ventilation equipment(385)Manufacture of musical instruments(360)Manufacture of games and toys(342)Finishing of textiles(341)Manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles(338)Manufacture of ceramic household and ornamental articles(330)Manufacture of other articles of concrete, plaster and cement(313)Processing of tea and coffee(307)Manufacture of communication equipment(282)Building of pleasure and sporting boats(281)Manufacture of soft drinks; production of mineral waters and other bottled waters(277)Manufacture of made-up textile articles, except apparel(264)Manufacture of transport equipment n.e.c.(252)Binding and related services(244)Manufacture of consumer electronics(243)Manufacture of paints, varnishes and similar coatings, printing ink and mastics(239)Manufacture and processing of other glass, including technical glassware(236)Manufacture of other parts and accessories for motor vehicles(232)Reproduction of recorded media(227)Manufacture of soap and detergents, cleaning and polishing preparations(213)Manufacture of other pumps and compressors(203)Manufacture of machinery for mining, quarrying and construction(198)Manufacture of tubes, pipes, hollow profiles and related fittings, of steel(193)Manufacture of ice cream(185)Manufacture of basic iron and steel and of ferro-alloys(181)Manufacture of agricultural and forestry machinery(166)Manufacture of ready-mixed concrete(161)Aluminium production(149)Manufacture of prepared pet foods(148)Manufacture of ovens, furnaces and furnace burners(148)Manufacture of plastics in primary forms(147)Manufacture of footwear(141)Manufacture of corrugated paper and paperboard and of containers of paper and paperboard(140)Manufacture of rusks and biscuits; manufacture of preserved pastry goods and cakes(138)Manufacture of grain mill products(136)Manufacture of paper stationery(132)Manufacture of bearings, gears, gearing and driving elements(125)Manufacture of rubber tyres and tubes; retreading and rebuilding of rubber tyres(117)Manufacture of wooden containers(115)Manufacture of macaroni, noodles, couscous and similar farinaceous products(112)Manufacture of machinery for textile, apparel and leather production(110)Weaving of textiles(108)Manufacture of assembled parquet floors(105)Manufacture of locks and hinges(104)Manufacture of other articles of paper and paperboard(102)Precious metals production(101)Manufacture of workwear(100)Manufacture of other organic basic chemicals(99)Manufacture of other taps and valves(98)Manufacture of ceramic sanitary fixtures(97)Manufacture of other rubber products(96)Manufacture of knitted and crocheted fabrics(91)Manufacture of refined petroleum products(91)Cold forming or folding(91)Manufacture of electronic components and boards(91)Manufacture of ceramic tiles and flags(90)Manufacture of concrete products for construction purposes(89)Manufacture of other tanks, reservoirs and containers of metal(89)Manufacture of fasteners and screw machine products(89)Manufacture of industrial gases(88)Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products n.e.c.(86)Manufacture of margarine and similar edible fats(78)Manufacture of paper and paperboard(75)Processing and preserving of fish, crustaceans and molluscs(71)Preparation and spinning of textile fibres(67)Manufacture of articles of fur(67)Manufacture of weapons and ammunition(67)Manufacture of cutlery(65)Manufacture of bricks, tiles and construction products, in baked clay(61)Manufacture of underwear(60)Manufacture of household and sanitary goods and of toilet requisites(58)Manufacture of pesticides and other agrochemical products(58)Manufacture of flat glass(56)Manufacture of engines and turbines, except aircraft, vehicle and cycle engines(56)Manufacture of refractory products(55)Manufacture of central heating radiators and boilers(54)Manufacture of other transport equipment n.e.c.(54)Casting of other non-ferrous metals(52)Manufacture of mattresses(51)Manufacture of carpets and rugs(50)Tanning and dressing of leather; dressing and dyeing of fur(50)Manufacture of veneer sheets and wood-based panels(49)Manufacture of plaster products for construction purposes(48)Manufacture of tobacco products(46)Manufacture of railway locomotives and rolling stock(46)Manufacture of batteries and accumulators(44)Processing and preserving of poultry meat(40)Manufacture of office machinery and equipment (except computers and peripheral equipment)(40)Manufacture of electrical and electronic equipment for motor vehicles(40)Manufacture of steel drums and similar containers(38)Manufacture of power-driven hand tools(38)Casting of iron(37)Casting of steel(34)Manufacture of other inorganic basic chemicals(33)Shaping and processing of flat glass(32)Manufacture of fertilisers and nitrogen compounds(29)Manufacture of leather clothes(28)Manufacture of machinery for paper and paperboard production(28)Manufacture of brooms and brushes(27)Manufacture of glues(26)Manufacture of light metal packaging(23)Manufacture of cordage, rope, twine and netting(22)Production of abrasive products(19)Manufacture of knitted and crocheted hosiery(18)Manufacture of explosives(17)Manufacture of magnetic and optical media(17)Manufacture of wiring and wiring devices(15)Manufacture of other technical and industrial textiles(14)Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery(12)Manufacture of dyes and pigments(11)Manufacture of man-made fibres(10)Manufacture of pulp(9)Copper production(8)Manufacture of lime and plaster(7)Processing and preserving of potatoes(6)Manufacture of malt(6)Manufacture of non-wovens and articles made from non-wovens, except apparel(6)Cold drawing of wire(5)Manufacture of starches and starch products(4)Manufacture of synthetic rubber in primary forms(4)Manufacture of ceramic insulators and insulating fittings(3)Manufacture of irradiation, electromedical and electrotherapeutic equipment(3)Manufacture of other knitted and crocheted apparel(2)Manufacture of other special-purpose machinery n.e.c.(2)Manufacture of kitchen furniture(1)Repair and maintenance of aircraft and spacecraft(1)

Company size

1–9(51,491)10–49(8,703)50–199(2,230)200–999(740)1,000+(181)

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Manufacture of other chemical products n.e.c.	Vernier	Chemin de la Parfumerie 5	17,580	$9.3B	1796	CHE-100.284.341	Corporation	230
Manufacture of electronic components	Zurich	Brown-Boveri-Strasse 5	649	$2.7B	2018	CHE-339.599.331	Corporation	3,021
Manufacture of machinery for food, beverage and tobacco processing	Uzwil	Gupfenstrasse 5	12,350	$2.3B	1860	CHE-105.968.441	Corporation	167
Manufacture of pharmaceutical preparations	Basilea	Lichtstrasse 35	7,000	$2.2B	1758	CHE-106.052.527	Corporation	570
Manufacture of builders’ ware of plastic	Schaffhausen	Ebnatstrasse 111	13,300	$2B	1992	CHE-105.971.839	Corporation	234
Manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery	Stans	Pilatusstrasse 1	3,326	$1.9B	1939	CHE-105.943.984	Corporation	12
Manufacture of pharmaceutical preparations	Saint-Prex	Chemin de la Vergognausaz 50	6,500	$1.6B	2000	CHE-108.747.971	Corporation	139
Manufacture of electric motors, generators and transformers	Baden	Bruggerstrasse 71	3,219	$1.3B	2021	CHE-270.303.139	Corporation	41
Manufacture of wiring devices	Herisau	Degersheimerstrasse 14	4,224	$1.1B	1882	CHE-105.815.317	Corporation	47
Manufacture of other fabricated metal products n.e.c.	Aarburg	Franke-Strasse 2	8,524	$1.1B	1995	CHE-108.337.863	Corporation	215
Operation of dairies and cheese making	Vevey	Rue d'Entre Deux Villes 10	8,000	$950M	1867	CHE-101.237.723	Corporation	2,273
Manufacture of perfumes and toilet preparations	Buchs AG	Bolimattstrasse 1	2,000	$912M	1961	CHE-101.417.567	Corporation	30
Manufacture of office and shop furniture	Menziken	Badstrasse 5	6,000	$844M	1898	CHE-106.777.984	Corporation	11
Manufacture of watches and clocks	Ginevra	Rue François-Dussaud 3	6,500	$843M	1905	CHE-105.962.823	Corporation	158
Manufacture of metal forming machinery	Lyss	Industriering 8	2,851	$822M	1959	CHE-100.251.293	Corporation	215
Manufacture of pharmaceutical preparations	Visp	Lonzastrasse	4,700	$816M	1897	CHE-101.368.029	Corporation	156
Manufacture of instruments and appliances for measuring, testing and navigation	Basilea	Guterstrasse 86	5,000	$808M	2003	CHE-110.226.569	Corporation	2,332
Manufacture of motor vehicles	Niederweningen	Murzlenstrasse 80	430	$684M	2011	CHE-326.350.733	Corporation	168
Manufacture of optical instruments and photographic equipment	Balgach	Heinrich-Wild-Strasse 201	4,500	$662M	1819	CHE-105.959.465	Corporation	670
Manufacture of pharmaceutical preparations	Sempach	Seesatz 17	1,118	$550M	1973	CHE-106.032.803	Corporation	7
Manufacture of perfumes and toilet preparations	Arlesheim	Dychweg 14	2,214	$488M	1921	CHE-105.966.347	Corporation	43
Manufacture of electric motors, generators and transformers	Baden	Haselstrasse 18	3,000	$476M	1953	CHE-105.595.570	Corporation	37,062
Manufacture of instruments and appliances for measuring, testing and navigation	Bonaduz	Via Crusch 8	2,850	$460M	1975	CHE-105.945.836	Corporation	39
Manufacture of machinery for food, beverage and tobacco processing	Aarburg	Franke-Strasse 9	953	$455M	1911	CHE-109.417.401	Corporation	215
Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes	Volketswil	Erlenwiesenstrasse 9	4,600	$437M	1931	CHE-105.903.499	Corporation	2,084

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Data coverage

What data is available on manufacturing companies in Switzerland

Switzerland business database

Firmographics

Legal name, registered address, NACE sub-sector, legal form, founding year and website. Every record is keyed to its CHE Number — the stable Zefix identifier that survives name changes and rebrands, making it the most reliable CRM deduplication key for Switzerland data.

Points of interest

Each company is geocoded to GPS coordinates covering its registered seat and operating locations across Switzerland, with a precision level on every point — useful for territory planning and proximity targeting.

Tax IDs

Records carry the CHE Number and, where applicable, the VAT registration number, with a flag for when the two coincide. These are the cleanest match keys for enriching lists and cross-referencing against the national tax authority and your CRM.

Group structure

InfobelPRO resolves the corporate hierarchy — parent, subsidiaries and the size of the worldwide corporate family — so sales and compliance teams can see who controls an entity before engaging or onboarding it.

Financials

Annual revenue in local currency, EUR and USD, employee headcount and founding year, with multi-year history where filed. Figures are sourced from Zefix filings and carry an Actual-or-Modeled reliability flag.

Data dictionary

Every attribute in the Swiss manufacturing companies dataset

The full field catalogue behind each record. Contact data (email, phone, executives) is part of the licensed dataset but is never displayed on this page.

Identity

companyName: Registered legal name.
businessName: Trading / commercial name where it differs from the legal name.
tradeName: Additional registered trade name.
nationalID: CHE Number — the official Zefix company identifier.
nationalIDIsVat: Flag indicating whether the national ID doubles as the VAT number.

Location

addressStreet: Registered street address.
postCode: Postal code.
city: City / locality.
province: Region / province / county.
country: Country (ISO).
longitude / latitude: Geocoded coordinates of the location.
geoLevel: Precision level of the geocode.

Web

website: Primary corporate URL.
webDomain: Normalised root domain.
websiteStatusFlag: Live / dead / redirect status from the last crawl.
websiteCrawlDate: Date the website was last checked.

Activity

altInternationalCode01–06: Up to six NACE Rev. 2 activity codes plus labels.
internationalCode: US SIC code.
localCode: National activity code.
infobelCode: Proprietary Infobel activity code.

Size

employeesHere: Headcount at this location.
employeesTotal: Total headcount across the entity (with Actual / Modeled flag).

Financials

salesVolume: Annual revenue in local currency.
salesVolumeEuros: Annual revenue converted to EUR.
salesVolumeDollars: Annual revenue converted to USD — shown in the table.
currency: Reporting currency.
yearStarted: Year the company was founded.
financialHistory: Multi-year revenue history where filed.

Status & legal

statusCodeName: HQ, branch or single-location indicator.
legalStatusCodeDescription: Legal form (e.g. limited company / corporation).

Group structure

familyMembers: Number of entities in the worldwide corporate family.
subsidiaryIndicator: Whether the entity is a subsidiary.
parentLinkage: Link to the parent company.
domesticLinkage / globalLinkage: Domestic and global ownership links.
hierarchyCode: Position within the corporate hierarchy.

Source comparison

Zefix vs InfobelPRO

Zefix gives you legal registration data. InfobelPRO adds the commercial intelligence sales, marketing and compliance teams actually need.

Attribute	ZefixFree official registry	InfobelPRO
CHE Number	Yes	Yes — on 99.9% of records
Legal name & registered address	Yes	Yes
Company status (HQ / branch)	Yes	Yes — daily sync
NACE sub-sector classification	Yes	Yes — up to 6 codes
Annual revenue (local / EUR / USD)	Filings only	Yes — multi-currency
Employee count	No	Yes
Decision-maker contacts	No	Yes — licensed
Geocoded coordinates	No	Yes
Corporate group structure	Filings only	Yes — full hierarchy
API access	No	Yes — REST API
Bulk export (CSV / JSON / Parquet)	No	Yes
Update frequency	Periodic (filings)	Daily sync

Related directories

See all company directories in Switzerland, explore the full Switzerland business database In the US classification, related SIC codes include SIC 0751 — Livestock Services, Except Veterinary, SIC 2077 — Animal and Marine Fats and Oils and SIC 2015 — Poultry Slaughtering and Processing., or see how Switzerland fits into the wider Europe business database.

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