Top companies in Switzerland
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Ranked by current headcount across companies headquartered in Switzerland. Refreshed daily.
- 1Nestlé· Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland
- 229.5k employees
- 2Adecco· Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- 205.8k employees
- Founded 1996
- 3ABB· Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Post-IPO debt
- 143.4k employees
- Founded 1988
- 4UBS· Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Post-IPO debt
- 118.5k employees
- 5Roche· Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Post-IPO equity
- 104.1k employees
- 6Novartis· Münchenstein, Basel-Country, Switzerland
- Post-IPO debt
- 83.4k employees
- Founded 1996
- 7SGS· Baar, Zug, Switzerland
- 77k employees
- 8Philip Morris International· Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
- Post-IPO debt
- 65.6k employees
- 9Kuehne+Nagel· Feusisberg, Schwyz, Switzerland
- Post-IPO debt
- 50.9k employees
- Founded 1996
- 10Zurich Insurance· Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Post-IPO debt
- 47.7k employees
- 11Holcim· Zug, Zug, Switzerland
- Grant
- 41.7k employees
- Founded 1912
- 12Nothing· Köniz, Berne, Switzerland
- 41.5k employees
- Founded 1999
- 13Chubb· Switzerland
- Post-IPO debt
- 41.2k employees
- Founded 1985
- 14Syngenta Group· Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Debt
- 39.9k employees
- Founded 2009
- 15Syngenta· Münchenstein, Basel-Country, Switzerland
- Grant
- 36.1k employees
- Founded 2000
- 16MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company· Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- 35.7k employees
- 17Hitachi Energy· Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Grant
- 35.5k employees
- 18STMicroelectronics· Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- Post-IPO debt
- 35.3k employees
- Founded 1987
- 19Swissport· Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- 34.2k employees
- Founded 1996
- 20Aptiv· Schaffhausen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland
- Post-IPO debt
- 34k employees
- Founded 2008
- 21Amcor· Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Post-IPO debt
- 33.4k employees
- 22Schindler Group· Ebikon, Lucerne, Switzerland
- 32.5k employees
- 23World Health Organization· Commugny, Vaud, Switzerland
- Grant
- 31.1k employees
- Founded 1948
- 24JTI· Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
- 31k employees
- Founded 1999
- 25Richemont· Bellevue, Geneva, Switzerland
- undisclosed
- 30.9k employees
- Founded 1988
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Switzerland is one of the densest markets for technology talent in the world. The list above ranks the largest companies headquartered in Switzerland by current headcount, drawn from public LinkedIn and Crunchbase records. With 13,699 matching companies in our index, the depth of engineers, designers, product managers, and founders is broad across stages and industries.
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