According to the commercial register, 42 048 companies are active in the canton of St. Gallen. 24 393 of them (58 %) are VAT-registered, and 13 538 (32 %) have been the subject of an official publication in the past 18 months. The leading sector is "Trade (wholesale & retail)" with 6 876 companies.
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St. Gallen is a large industrial and trading canton: traditional textiles and machinery, medical technology and automation in the Rhine valley, a university and banks in the city, food and tourism in the Toggenburg and on Lake Constance. The SME fabric is very dense and the register one of the most extensive in the country.
215 companies were registered with the commercial register in the canton of St. Gallen over the past 30 days, 652 over 90 days.
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| Sector | Companies | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Trade (wholesale & retail) | 6 876 | 17 % |
| Industry & manufacturing | 4 439 | 11 % |
| Construction | 4 371 | 11 % |
| Real estate | 3 636 | 9 % |
| Other business services | 2 701 | 7 % |
| Finance & insurance | 2 550 | 6 % |
| Associations & personal services | 2 395 | 6 % |
| Holdings & management consulting | 2 204 | 5 % |
| Hospitality (hotels & restaurants) | 2 109 | 5 % |
| IT & telecoms | 1 666 | 4 % |
| Health & social care | 1 484 | 4 % |
| Engineering & architecture | 1 426 | 3 % |
| Legal, accounting & fiduciary | 1 040 | 3 % |
| Advertising & marketing | 895 | 2 % |
| Transport & logistics | 809 | 2 % |
| Education & training | 694 | 2 % |
| Arts, culture & leisure | 635 | 2 % |
| Publishing, media & audiovisual | 321 | <1 % |
| Energy, water & waste | 314 | <1 % |
| Agriculture, forestry & fishing | 300 | <1 % |
| Research & development | 0 | 0 % |
1 175 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 | 26 154 | 62 % |
| Small companies | 2 489 | 6 % |
| Medium companies | 12 185 | 29 % |
| Large companies | 1 219 | 3 % |
| Size not determined | 1 | <1 % |
Most recent SOGC publication captured for this canton: 23 h ago. 1,111 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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