Holdings & management consulting · Solothurn

878 companies in holdings and management consulting in the canton of Solothurn.

The commercial register lists 878 active companies in holdings and management consulting in the canton of Solothurn, placing Solothurn 18th nationally for this sector (2 % of the national total). 473 of them (54 %) are VAT-registered, and 271 (31 %) published an official change in the past 18 months: registration, amendment, change of officers, share capital or address.

878active companies
12registered in the past 30 days
473VAT-registered
18thcanton's Swiss rank
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Holdings & management consulting in the canton of Solothurn: what the register shows.

Head offices and management consulting: holdings, participation companies, strategy and organisational consultants. Many of these companies have no website or staff; the register, with its officers and domicile addresses, is often the only way to reach them.

This sector accounts for 5 % of companies classified in the canton of Solothurn, against 7 % across Switzerland. 12 companies in holdings and management consulting were registered in the canton of Solothurn over the past 30 days, 23 over 90 days.

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.

Market analysis

The market in holdings and management consulting in the canton of Solothurn, in figures

138companies registered in 2025 and 2026
CHF 37 Mof combined share capital (580 capital companies)
473VAT-registered
10are hiring right now (Job-Room postings)

Of these 878 companies, the dominant legal forms are: Limited liability company (GmbH / Sàrl) (50 %), Sole proprietorship (31 %), Public limited company (AG / SA) (15 %). 138 were entered in the commercial register in 2025 and 2026, that is 16 % of the active base; 75 registrations in 2025. That is in line with the average of the three previous years (67 a year): a steady pace of registration.

Share capital is known for 580 companies (66 %): CHF 37 M combined, median company in the 20-100k band; 129 of them (22 %) have capital of at least CHF 100,000.

473 companies (54 %) are VAT-registered, a sign of real activity; 877 (100 %) have at least one registered director; 166 publish a general phone or email, 191 have a website verified by ciblr, and 10 run job postings on Job-Room.

SOGC publications in the last 90 days: 21 new registrations, 8 changes of directors, 2 capital changes, 9 relocations of seat, 17 other amendments, 4 liquidations or deletions.

Registrations by year

0204060802020 : 636320202021 : 707020212022 : 676720222023 : 616120232024 : 727220242025 : 757520252026 : 63632026
Companies still active, by year of first registration; 2026 year to date (light tint).

Legal forms

Limited liability company (GmbH / Sàrl)
44050 %
Sole proprietorship
27431 %
Public limited company (AG / SA)
13115 %
General partnership
80,9 %
Limited partnership
30,3 %
The most common legal forms in this sector.
By size

Small or large?

Micro companies
80692 %
Small companies
455,1 %
Medium companies
222,5 %
Large companies
50,6 %
ciblr size index, computed from registry signals (capital, legal form, age, VAT). n/a: no signal yet.
By city

Where are they?

Solothurn
13415 %
Olten
9511 %
Dornach
414,7 %
Grenchen
384,3 %
Biberist
202,3 %
Lohn-Ammannsegg
192,2 %
Feldbrunnen
182,1 %
Egerkingen
151,7 %
The 8 municipalities with the most companies in the sector.
Frequently asked questions

In brief.

How many companies in holdings and management consulting are active in the canton of Solothurn?

878 companies in holdings and management consulting are registered with the commercial register as active in the canton of Solothurn, or 2 % of the 49 952 companies in the sector across Switzerland.

How many are VAT-registered?

473 of these companies (54 %) 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?

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Method

Where do these figures come from?

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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Neighbouring cantons

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