Arts, culture & leisure · Schaffhausen

83 companies in arts, culture and leisure in the canton of Schaffhausen.

The commercial register lists 83 active companies in arts, culture and leisure in the canton of Schaffhausen, placing Schaffhausen 22nd nationally for this sector (<1 % of the national total). 40 of them (48 %) are VAT-registered, and 29 (35 %) published an official change in the past 18 months: registration, amendment, change of officers, share capital or address.

83active companies
0registered in the past 30 days
40VAT-registered
22ndcanton's Swiss rank
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The canton in brief

Arts, culture & leisure in the canton of Schaffhausen: what the register shows.

Arts, culture and leisure: gyms, clubs, festivals, galleries, studios. A sector of small structures and associations, where the registered companies are the most professionalised and therefore the most worth approaching.

This sector accounts for 1 % of companies classified in the canton of Schaffhausen, against 2 % across Switzerland. No recent registration has been recorded in the canton of Schaffhausen in this scope over the past 90 days.

Schaffhausen is a border industrial canton (mechanical engineering, packaging, automotive) that has attracted international head offices thanks to its tax regime and its position between Zurich and Germany. The register is modest in size, with a high share of industrial and trading companies.

Market analysis

The market in arts, culture and leisure in the canton of Schaffhausen, in figures

14companies registered in 2025 and 2026
CHF 4 Mof combined share capital (43 capital companies)
40VAT-registered
2are hiring right now (Job-Room postings)

Of these 83 companies, the dominant legal forms are: Limited liability company (GmbH / Sàrl) (39 %), Sole proprietorship (37 %), Public limited company (AG / SA) (13 %). 14 were entered in the commercial register in 2025 and 2026, that is 17 % of the active base; 10 registrations in 2025. That is well above the average of the three previous years (6 a year): the sector is attracting new entrants.

Share capital is known for 43 companies (52 %): CHF 4 M combined, median company in the 20-100k band; 15 of them (35 %) have capital of at least CHF 100,000.

40 companies (48 %) are VAT-registered, a sign of real activity; 83 (100 %) have at least one registered director; 25 publish a general phone or email, 29 have a website verified by ciblr, and 2 run job postings on Job-Room.

SOGC publications in the last 90 days: 3 changes of directors, 1 relocations of seat.

Registrations by year

02,557,5102020 : 8820202021 : 4420212022 : 6620222023 : 7720232024 : 4420242025 : 101020252026 : 442026
Companies still active, by year of first registration; 2026 year to date (light tint).

Legal forms

Limited liability company (GmbH / Sàrl)
3239 %
Sole proprietorship
3137 %
Public limited company (AG / SA)
1113 %
Coopérative
56 %
General partnership
22,4 %
The most common legal forms in this sector.
By size

Small or large?

Micro companies
6680 %
Small companies
1012 %
Medium companies
33,6 %
Large companies
44,8 %
ciblr size index, computed from registry signals (capital, legal form, age, VAT). n/a: no signal yet.
By city

Where are they?

Schaffhausen
4858 %
Neuhausen am Rheinfall
911 %
Hallau
56 %
Stein am Rhein
44,8 %
Beringen
44,8 %
Thayngen
33,6 %
Rüdlingen
22,4 %
Wilchingen
11,2 %
The 8 municipalities with the most companies in the sector.
Frequently asked questions

In brief.

How many companies in arts, culture and leisure are active in the canton of Schaffhausen?

83 companies in arts, culture and leisure are registered with the commercial register as active in the canton of Schaffhausen, or <1 % of the 13 198 companies in the sector across Switzerland.

How many are VAT-registered?

40 of these companies (48 %) 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. 155 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

What about next door?

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

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