Holdings & management consulting · Basel-Stadt

1 553 companies in holdings and management consulting in the canton of Basel-Stadt.

The commercial register lists 1 553 active companies in holdings and management consulting in the canton of Basel-Stadt, placing Basel-Stadt 12th nationally for this sector (3 % of the national total). 914 of them (59 %) are VAT-registered, and 545 (35 %) published an official change in the past 18 months: registration, amendment, change of officers, share capital or address.

1 553active companies
10registered in the past 30 days
914VAT-registered
12thcanton's Swiss rank
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The canton in brief

Holdings & management consulting in the canton of Basel-Stadt: what the register shows.

Head offices and management consulting: holdings, participation companies, strategy and organisational consultants. Many of these companies have no website or staff; the register, with its officers and domicile addresses, is often the only way to reach them.

This sector accounts for 9 % of companies classified in the canton of Basel-Stadt, against 7 % across Switzerland. 10 companies in holdings and management consulting were registered in the canton of Basel-Stadt over the past 30 days, 34 over 90 days.

Basel-Stadt is the Swiss capital of life sciences: pharma, chemicals and biotech dominate, together with their suppliers, laboratories and service companies. River and rail logistics, the trade fair and banks round out a very urban fabric, dense with consultancies and law firms.

Market analysis

The market in holdings and management consulting in the canton of Basel-Stadt, in figures

259companies registered in 2025 and 2026
CHF 507 Mof combined share capital (1 112 capital companies)
914VAT-registered
21are hiring right now (Job-Room postings)

Of these 1 553 companies, the dominant legal forms are: Limited liability company (GmbH / Sàrl) (48 %), Sole proprietorship (26 %), Public limited company (AG / SA) (22 %). 259 were entered in the commercial register in 2025 and 2026, that is 17 % of the active base; 140 registrations in 2025. That is in line with the average of the three previous years (127 a year): a steady pace of registration.

Share capital is known for 1 112 companies (72 %): CHF 507 M combined, median company in the 20-100k band; 339 of them (30 %) have capital of at least CHF 100,000.

914 companies (59 %) are VAT-registered, a sign of real activity; 1 552 (100 %) have at least one registered director; 422 publish a general phone or email, 529 have a website verified by ciblr, and 21 run job postings on Job-Room.

SOGC publications in the last 90 days: 36 new registrations, 32 changes of directors, 24 relocations of seat, 26 other amendments.

Registrations by year

0501001502020 : 12612620202021 : 10610620212022 : 11211220222023 : 12512520232024 : 14514520242025 : 14014020252026 : 1191192026
Companies still active, by year of first registration; 2026 year to date (light tint).

Legal forms

Limited liability company (GmbH / Sàrl)
73848 %
Sole proprietorship
40926 %
Public limited company (AG / SA)
33822 %
General partnership
120,8 %
Coopérative
30,2 %
The most common legal forms in this sector.
By size

Small or large?

Micro companies
1 34186 %
Small companies
865,5 %
Medium companies
976,2 %
Large companies
291,9 %
ciblr size index, computed from registry signals (capital, legal form, age, VAT). n/a: no signal yet.
By city

Where are they?

Basel
1 37488 %
Riehen
16411 %
Bettingen
140,9 %
Basel 4051 Basel
10,1 %
The 4 municipalities with the most companies in the sector.
Frequently asked questions

In brief.

How many companies in holdings and management consulting are active in the canton of Basel-Stadt?

1 553 companies in holdings and management consulting are registered with the commercial register as active in the canton of Basel-Stadt, or 3 % of the 50 448 companies in the sector across Switzerland.

How many are VAT-registered?

914 of these companies (59 %) 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. 733 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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