SWOT analysis of the Swiss legal business framework
Switzerland's legal business framework is characterized by a balance between regulatory rigor & economic freedom.
As of 2022, Switzerland had a total of 619,946 commercial enterprises across the primary, secondary, and tertiary sectors.
These businesses are categorized by size based on the number of employees:
|
Company
Size |
Number of
Companies |
Percentage
of Total |
Number of
Employees |
Percentage
of Total Employment |
|
Micro (1–9
employees) |
556,360 |
89.7% |
1,191,596 |
25.0% |
|
Small
(10–49 employees) |
52,191 |
8.4% |
1,008,744 |
21.2% |
|
Medium
(50–249 employees) |
9,619 |
1.5% |
959,515 |
20.2% |
|
Large
(250+ employees) |
1,776 |
0.3% |
1,598,405 |
33.6% |
|
Total |
619,946 |
100% |
4,758,260 |
100% |
Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), defined as businesses with fewer than 250 employees, constitute 99.7% of all companies in Switzerland and employ approximately two-thirds of the workforce. Micro-enterprises alone account for nearly 90% of all companies.
Despite their small numbers, large enterprises (those with 250 or more employees) employ over one-third of the total workforce, highlighting their significant role in the Swiss economy.