According to the commercial register, 67 280 companies are active in the canton of Berne. 39 331 of them (58 %) are VAT-registered, and 21 844 (32 %) have been the subject of an official publication in the past 18 months. The leading sector is "Trade (wholesale & retail)" with 9 749 companies.
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Berne combines the federal administration, telecoms and energy (historic head offices in the capital), precision industry and watchmaking in the Bernese Jura and in Biel, tourism in the Oberland, and farming that remains very present in the Emmental and the Seeland. The fabric is dominated by family-owned SMEs, with a bilingual French and German register.
335 companies were registered with the commercial register in the canton of Berne over the past 30 days, 938 over 90 days.
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| Sector | Companies | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Trade (wholesale & retail) | 9 749 | 15 % |
| Industry & manufacturing | 6 875 | 10 % |
| Construction | 6 719 | 10 % |
| Other business services | 5 061 | 8 % |
| Associations & personal services | 4 466 | 7 % |
| Real estate | 4 426 | 7 % |
| Hospitality (hotels & restaurants) | 4 134 | 6 % |
| Finance & insurance | 4 118 | 6 % |
| Holdings & management consulting | 3 526 | 5 % |
| Health & social care | 2 902 | 4 % |
| IT & telecoms | 2 718 | 4 % |
| Engineering & architecture | 2 353 | 4 % |
| Legal, accounting & fiduciary | 1 534 | 2 % |
| Transport & logistics | 1 382 | 2 % |
| Arts, culture & leisure | 1 349 | 2 % |
| Advertising & marketing | 1 321 | 2 % |
| Education & training | 1 166 | 2 % |
| Publishing, media & audiovisual | 716 | 1 % |
| Energy, water & waste | 627 | <1 % |
| Agriculture, forestry & fishing | 595 | <1 % |
| Research & development | 0 | 0 % |
1 540 active companies do not yet have a sector assigned (no NOGA code in the register) and do not appear in this table.
| Estimated size | Companies | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Micro companies | 53 628 | 80 % |
| Small companies | 6 966 | 10 % |
| Medium companies | 5 167 | 8 % |
| Large companies | 1 515 | 2 % |
| Size not determined | 4 | <1 % |
Most recent SOGC publication captured for this canton: 23 h ago. 2,056 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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