Advertising & marketing · Aargau

857 companies in advertising and marketing in the canton of Aargau.

The commercial register lists 857 active companies in advertising and marketing in the canton of Aargau, placing Aargau 8th nationally for this sector (5 % of the national total). 459 of them (54 %) are VAT-registered, and 264 (31 %) published an official change in the past 18 months: registration, amendment, change of officers, share capital or address.

857active companies
3registered in the past 30 days
459VAT-registered
8thcanton's Swiss rank
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The canton in brief

Advertising & marketing in the canton of Aargau: what the register shows.

Advertising and marketing: communications agencies, design studios, digital agencies and event companies. New registrations are numerous and the structures small; a newly registered agency is looking for its first tools, freelancers and fiduciary.

This sector accounts for 2 % of companies classified in the canton of Aargau, against 2 % across Switzerland. 3 companies in advertising and marketing were registered in the canton of Aargau over the past 30 days, 11 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 advertising and marketing in the canton of Aargau, in figures

122companies registered in 2025 and 2026
CHF 21 Mof combined share capital (462 capital companies)
459VAT-registered
6are hiring right now (Job-Room postings)

Of these 857 companies, the dominant legal forms are: Sole proprietorship (42 %), Limited liability company (GmbH / Sàrl) (42 %), Public limited company (AG / SA) (11 %). 122 were entered in the commercial register in 2025 and 2026, that is 14 % of the active base; 80 registrations in 2025. That is in line with the average of the three previous years (81 a year): a steady pace of registration.

Share capital is known for 462 companies (54 %): CHF 21 M combined, median company in the 20-100k band; 97 of them (21 %) have capital of at least CHF 100,000.

459 companies (54 %) are VAT-registered, a sign of real activity; 857 (100 %) have at least one registered director; 272 publish a general phone or email, 318 have a website verified by ciblr, and 6 run job postings on Job-Room.

SOGC publications in the last 90 days: 9 new registrations, 3 changes of directors, 13 relocations of seat, 12 other amendments.

Registrations by year

02550751002020 : 616120202021 : 666620212022 : 696920222023 : 959520232024 : 787820242025 : 808020252026 : 42422026
Companies still active, by year of first registration; 2026 year to date (light tint).

Legal forms

Sole proprietorship
36342 %
Limited liability company (GmbH / Sàrl)
36042 %
Public limited company (AG / SA)
9611 %
General partnership
263 %
Limited partnership
10,1 %
The most common legal forms in this sector.
By size

Small or large?

Micro companies
61872 %
Small companies
242,8 %
Medium companies
20924 %
Large companies
60,7 %
ciblr size index, computed from registry signals (capital, legal form, age, VAT). n/a: no signal yet.
By city

Where are they?

Baden
607 %
Aarau
505,8 %
Lenzburg
252,9 %
Wettingen
242,8 %
Zofingen
212,5 %
Wohlen AG
212,5 %
Rheinfelden
192,2 %
Würenlos
151,8 %
The 8 municipalities with the most companies in the sector.
Frequently asked questions

In brief.

How many companies in advertising and marketing are active in the canton of Aargau?

857 companies in advertising and marketing are registered with the commercial register as active in the canton of Aargau, or 5 % of the 16 808 companies in the sector across Switzerland.

How many are VAT-registered?

459 of these companies (54 %) 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?

ciblr gives you three days of watch on this target: the last 30 days of movements within the minute, then two morning emails with what has moved, as soon as there is something new. The subscription at CHF 299 per month gives access to the whole target, with contact details, Excel export and change tracking.

Method

Where do these figures come from?

Most recent SOGC publication captured for this canton: a day ago. 1,636 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

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