Advertising & marketing · Basel-Stadt

462 companies in advertising and marketing in the canton of Basel-Stadt.

The commercial register lists 462 active companies in advertising and marketing in the canton of Basel-Stadt, placing Basel-Stadt 12th nationally for this sector (3 % of the national total). 295 of them (64 %) are VAT-registered, and 149 (32 %) published an official change in the past 18 months: registration, amendment, change of officers, share capital or address.

462active companies
1registered in the past 30 days
295VAT-registered
12thcanton's Swiss rank
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The canton in brief

Advertising & marketing in the canton of Basel-Stadt: 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 3 % of companies classified in the canton of Basel-Stadt, against 2 % across Switzerland. 1 companies in advertising and marketing were registered in the canton of Basel-Stadt over the past 30 days, 4 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 advertising and marketing in the canton of Basel-Stadt, in figures

57companies registered in 2025 and 2026
CHF 28 Mof combined share capital (312 capital companies)
295VAT-registered
7are hiring right now (Job-Room postings)

Of these 462 companies, the dominant legal forms are: Limited liability company (GmbH / Sàrl) (50 %), Sole proprietorship (29 %), Public limited company (AG / SA) (17 %). 57 were entered in the commercial register in 2025 and 2026, that is 12 % of the active base; 34 registrations in 2025. That is in line with the average of the three previous years (35 a year): a steady pace of registration.

Share capital is known for 312 companies (68 %): CHF 28 M combined, median company in the 20-100k band; 81 of them (26 %) have capital of at least CHF 100,000.

295 companies (64 %) are VAT-registered, a sign of real activity; 462 (100 %) have at least one registered director; 151 publish a general phone or email, 182 have a website verified by ciblr, and 7 run job postings on Job-Room.

SOGC publications in the last 90 days: 3 new registrations, 7 changes of directors, 7 relocations of seat, 6 other amendments, 1 liquidations or deletions.

Registrations by year

0102030402020 : 363620202021 : 333320212022 : 333320222023 : 333320232024 : 383820242025 : 343420252026 : 23232026
Companies still active, by year of first registration; 2026 year to date (light tint).

Legal forms

Limited liability company (GmbH / Sàrl)
22950 %
Sole proprietorship
13229 %
Public limited company (AG / SA)
8017 %
General partnership
122,6 %
Limited partnership
20,4 %
The most common legal forms in this sector.
By size

Small or large?

Micro companies
40187 %
Small companies
306,5 %
Medium companies
275,8 %
Large companies
40,9 %
ciblr size index, computed from registry signals (capital, legal form, age, VAT). n/a: no signal yet.
By city

Where are they?

Basel
44095 %
Riehen
204,3 %
Bettingen
20,4 %
The 3 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 Basel-Stadt?

462 companies in advertising and marketing are registered with the commercial register as active in the canton of Basel-Stadt, or 3 % of the 16 862 companies in the sector across Switzerland.

How many are VAT-registered?

295 of these companies (64 %) 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.

These companies, with their contact details.

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Neighbouring cantons

What about next door?

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

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