Engineering & architecture · St. Gallen

1 472 companies in engineering and architecture in the canton of St. Gallen.

The commercial register lists 1 472 active companies in engineering and architecture in the canton of St. Gallen, placing St. Gallen 7th nationally for this sector (6 % of the national total). 1 132 of them (77 %) are VAT-registered, and 426 (29 %) published an official change in the past 18 months: registration, amendment, change of officers, share capital or address.

1 472active companies
1registered in the past 30 days
1 132VAT-registered
7thcanton's Swiss rank
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The canton in brief

Engineering & architecture in the canton of St. Gallen: what the register shows.

Engineering and architecture: design offices, architects, surveyors, civil and building-services engineers. These offices specify the materials and companies used on construction sites; their new registrations and changes of partner are closely followed by building-sector suppliers.

This sector accounts for 4 % of companies classified in the canton of St. Gallen, against 4 % across Switzerland. 1 companies in engineering and architecture were registered in the canton of St. Gallen over the past 30 days, 14 over 90 days.

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.

Market analysis

The market in engineering and architecture in the canton of St. Gallen, in figures

163companies registered in 2025 and 2026
CHF 80 Mof combined share capital (1 119 capital companies)
1 132VAT-registered
13are hiring right now (Job-Room postings)

Of these 1 472 companies, the dominant legal forms are: Limited liability company (GmbH / Sàrl) (43 %), Public limited company (AG / SA) (33 %), Sole proprietorship (22 %). 163 were entered in the commercial register in 2025 and 2026, that is 11 % of the active base; 97 registrations in 2025. That is in line with the average of the three previous years (98 a year): a steady pace of registration.

Share capital is known for 1 119 companies (76 %): CHF 80 M combined, median company in the 20-100k band; 474 of them (42 %) have capital of at least CHF 100,000.

1 132 companies (77 %) are VAT-registered, a sign of real activity; 1 472 (100 %) have at least one registered director; 376 publish a general phone or email, 402 have a website verified by ciblr, and 13 run job postings on Job-Room.

SOGC publications in the last 90 days: 15 new registrations, 25 changes of directors, 18 relocations of seat, 28 other amendments, 1 liquidations or deletions.

Registrations by year

0501001502020 : 11011020202021 : 939320212022 : 10510520222023 : 11211220232024 : 787820242025 : 979720252026 : 66662026
Companies still active, by year of first registration; 2026 year to date (light tint).

Legal forms

Limited liability company (GmbH / Sàrl)
62843 %
Public limited company (AG / SA)
48533 %
Sole proprietorship
32022 %
Branch of a foreign company
120,8 %
Limited partnership
70,5 %
The most common legal forms in this sector.
By size

Small or large?

Micro companies
87860 %
Small companies
956,5 %
Medium companies
46532 %
Large companies
342,3 %
ciblr size index, computed from registry signals (capital, legal form, age, VAT). n/a: no signal yet.
By city

Where are they?

St. Gallen
28719 %
Wil SG
604,1 %
Jona
533,6 %
Rapperswil SG
432,9 %
Widnau
382,6 %
Buchs SG
332,2 %
Uznach
292 %
Diepoldsau
281,9 %
The 8 municipalities with the most companies in the sector.
Frequently asked questions

In brief.

How many companies in engineering and architecture are active in the canton of St. Gallen?

1 472 companies in engineering and architecture are registered with the commercial register as active in the canton of St. Gallen, or 6 % of the 26 262 companies in the sector across Switzerland.

How many are VAT-registered?

1 132 of these companies (77 %) 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. 1,060 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.

These companies, with their contact details.

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Neighbouring cantons

What about next door?

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

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