Arts, culture & leisure · Aargau

704 companies in arts, culture and leisure in the canton of Aargau.

The commercial register lists 704 active companies in arts, culture and leisure in the canton of Aargau, placing Aargau 6th nationally for this sector (5 % of the national total). 293 of them (42 %) are VAT-registered, and 220 (31 %) published an official change in the past 18 months: registration, amendment, change of officers, share capital or address.

704active companies
7registered in the past 30 days
293VAT-registered
6thcanton's Swiss rank
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The canton in brief

Arts, culture & leisure in the canton of Aargau: what the register shows.

Arts, culture and leisure: gyms, clubs, festivals, galleries, studios. A sector of small structures and associations, where the registered companies are the most professionalised and therefore the most worth approaching.

This sector accounts for 2 % of companies classified in the canton of Aargau, against 2 % across Switzerland. 7 companies in arts, culture and leisure were registered in the canton of Aargau over the past 30 days, 16 over 90 days.

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.

Market analysis

The market in arts, culture and leisure in the canton of Aargau, in figures

108companies registered in 2025 and 2026
CHF 61 Mof combined share capital (392 capital companies)
293VAT-registered
9are hiring right now (Job-Room postings)

Of these 704 companies, the dominant legal forms are: Limited liability company (GmbH / Sàrl) (40 %), Sole proprietorship (35 %), Public limited company (AG / SA) (15 %). 108 were entered in the commercial register in 2025 and 2026, that is 15 % of the active base; 58 registrations in 2025. That is in line with the average of the three previous years (60 a year): a steady pace of registration.

Share capital is known for 392 companies (56 %): CHF 61 M combined, median company in the 20-100k band; 104 of them (27 %) have capital of at least CHF 100,000.

293 companies (42 %) are VAT-registered, a sign of real activity; 704 (100 %) have at least one registered director; 229 publish a general phone or email, 266 have a website verified by ciblr, and 9 run job postings on Job-Room.

SOGC publications in the last 90 days: 16 new registrations, 10 changes of directors, 6 relocations of seat, 9 other amendments.

Registrations by year

0204060802020 : 424220202021 : 636320212022 : 606020222023 : 727220232024 : 484820242025 : 585820252026 : 50502026
Companies still active, by year of first registration; 2026 year to date (light tint).

Legal forms

Limited liability company (GmbH / Sàrl)
28140 %
Sole proprietorship
24735 %
Public limited company (AG / SA)
10415 %
Association
253,6 %
General partnership
152,1 %
The most common legal forms in this sector.
By size

Small or large?

Micro companies
47367 %
Small companies
395,5 %
Medium companies
18026 %
Large companies
121,7 %
ciblr size index, computed from registry signals (capital, legal form, age, VAT). n/a: no signal yet.
By city

Where are they?

Aarau
375,3 %
Baden
304,3 %
Zofingen
243,4 %
Lenzburg
202,8 %
Rheinfelden
192,7 %
Oftringen
182,6 %
Wohlen AG
182,6 %
Wettingen
172,4 %
The 8 municipalities with the most companies in the sector.
Frequently asked questions

In brief.

How many companies in arts, culture and leisure are active in the canton of Aargau?

704 companies in arts, culture and leisure are registered with the commercial register as active in the canton of Aargau, or 5 % of the 13 230 companies in the sector across Switzerland.

How many are VAT-registered?

293 of these companies (42 %) are VAT-registered according to the UID register, which generally indicates turnover above CHF 100 000 and genuine activity.

How can I get their contact details?

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Method

Where do these figures come from?

Most recent SOGC publication captured for this canton: 2 days ago. 1,478 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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Neighbouring cantons

What about next door?

The same figures for neighbouring cantons, useful for regional prospecting.

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