The commercial register lists 853 active companies in engineering and architecture in the canton of Basel-Stadt, placing Basel-Stadt 12th nationally for this sector (3 % of the national total). 653 of them (77 %) are VAT-registered, and 293 (34 %) published an official change in the past 18 months: registration, amendment, change of officers, share capital or address.
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Engineering and architecture: design offices, architects, surveyors, civil and building-services engineers. These offices specify the materials and companies used on construction sites; their new registrations and changes of partner are closely followed by building-sector suppliers.
This sector accounts for 5 % of companies classified in the canton of Basel-Stadt, against 3 % across Switzerland. 3 companies in engineering and architecture were registered in the canton of Basel-Stadt over the past 30 days, 10 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.
Of these 853 companies, the dominant legal forms are: Limited liability company (GmbH / Sàrl) (52 %), Public limited company (AG / SA) (25 %), Sole proprietorship (17 %). 117 were entered in the commercial register in 2025 and 2026, that is 14 % of the active base; 59 registrations in 2025. That is in line with the average of the three previous years (65 a year): a steady pace of registration.
Share capital is known for 674 companies (79 %): CHF 46 M combined, median company in the 20-100k band; 221 of them (33 %) have capital of at least CHF 100,000.
653 companies (77 %) are VAT-registered, a sign of real activity; 852 (100 %) have at least one registered director; 235 publish a general phone or email, 282 have a website verified by ciblr, and 30 run job postings on Job-Room.
SOGC publications in the last 90 days: 14 new registrations, 7 changes of directors, 3 relocations of seat, 7 other amendments.
853 companies in engineering and architecture are registered with the commercial register as active in the canton of Basel-Stadt, or 3 % of the 25 678 companies in the sector across Switzerland.
653 of these companies (77 %) are VAT-registered according to the UID register, which generally indicates turnover above CHF 100 000 and genuine activity.
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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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The same figures for neighbouring cantons, useful for regional prospecting.