According to the commercial register, 44 657 companies are active in the canton of Aargau. 26 189 of them (59 %) are VAT-registered, and 15 244 (34 %) have been the subject of an official publication in the past 18 months. The leading sector is "Trade (wholesale & retail)" with 7 558 companies.
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Aargau is the canton of energy and industry: power plants and electrical engineering (Baden, Aarau), mechanical engineering, plastics and logistics along the A1, food processing in the Fricktal. Its position between Zurich, Basel and Berne makes it a fast-growing residential canton with a steady flow of new registrations.
358 companies were registered with the commercial register in the canton of Aargau over the past 30 days, 882 over 90 days.
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| Sector | Companies | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Trade (wholesale & retail) | 7 558 | 17 % |
| Construction | 4 674 | 11 % |
| Industry & manufacturing | 4 284 | 10 % |
| Real estate | 3 842 | 9 % |
| Other business services | 3 409 | 8 % |
| Holdings & management consulting | 2 543 | 6 % |
| Associations & personal services | 2 525 | 6 % |
| Finance & insurance | 2 083 | 5 % |
| IT & telecoms | 1 949 | 4 % |
| Hospitality (hotels & restaurants) | 1 791 | 4 % |
| Health & social care | 1 746 | 4 % |
| Engineering & architecture | 1 626 | 4 % |
| Transport & logistics | 1 247 | 3 % |
| Legal, accounting & fiduciary | 1 101 | 3 % |
| Advertising & marketing | 857 | 2 % |
| Education & training | 778 | 2 % |
| Arts, culture & leisure | 703 | 2 % |
| Energy, water & waste | 409 | <1 % |
| Publishing, media & audiovisual | 365 | <1 % |
| Agriculture, forestry & fishing | 337 | <1 % |
| Research & development | 0 | 0 % |
813 active companies do not yet have a sector assigned (no NOGA code in the register) and do not appear in this table.
| Estimated size | Companies | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Micro companies | 27 449 | 61 % |
| Small companies | 2 885 | 6 % |
| Medium companies | 12 874 | 29 % |
| Large companies | 1 448 | 3 % |
| Size not determined | 1 | <1 % |
Most recent SOGC publication captured for this canton: 18 h ago. 1,687 publications captured in the past 30 days. Company officers there are re-read directly in the cantonal commercial register.
Every company counted here is registered with the commercial register (Zefix) with the status "active". The sector is derived from the FSO's NOGA code, the size is estimated by ciblr from official publications (legal form, share capital, declared headcount, VAT registration), and "recent signal" means an SOGC publication (registration, amendment, change of officers, share capital or address) in the past 18 months. The figures are recalculated every week from the ciblr database. No data is purchased or invented.
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