According to the commercial register, 17 745 companies are active in the canton of Solothurn. 10 269 of them (58 %) are VAT-registered, and 5 881 (33 %) have been the subject of an official publication in the past 18 months. The leading sector is "Trade (wholesale & retail)" with 2 931 companies.
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Solothurn is an industrial canton: watchmaking and microtechnology in Grenchen and Solothurn, mechanical and metal engineering in the Niederamt and around Olten, and logistics around Olten and Egerkingen at the motorway junction. Industrial SMEs dominate, supported by fiduciaries and engineering firms.
91 companies were registered with the commercial register in the canton of Solothurn over the past 30 days, 287 over 90 days.
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| Sector | Companies | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Trade (wholesale & retail) | 2 931 | 17 % |
| Construction | 1 843 | 11 % |
| Industry & manufacturing | 1 823 | 11 % |
| Real estate | 1 484 | 9 % |
| Other business services | 1 273 | 7 % |
| Associations & personal services | 1 063 | 6 % |
| Finance & insurance | 1 018 | 6 % |
| Holdings & management consulting | 883 | 5 % |
| Hospitality (hotels & restaurants) | 839 | 5 % |
| Health & social care | 718 | 4 % |
| IT & telecoms | 710 | 4 % |
| Engineering & architecture | 598 | 3 % |
| Transport & logistics | 466 | 3 % |
| Legal, accounting & fiduciary | 379 | 2 % |
| Advertising & marketing | 313 | 2 % |
| Arts, culture & leisure | 309 | 2 % |
| Education & training | 277 | 2 % |
| Energy, water & waste | 173 | <1 % |
| Publishing, media & audiovisual | 144 | <1 % |
| Agriculture, forestry & fishing | 104 | <1 % |
| Research & development | 0 | 0 % |
397 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 | 14 585 | 82 % |
| Small companies | 1 640 | 9 % |
| Medium companies | 1 090 | 6 % |
| Large companies | 430 | 2 % |
Most recent SOGC publication captured for this canton: 2 days ago. 608 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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