Hospitality (hotels & restaurants) · St. Gallen

2 124 companies in hospitality in the canton of St. Gallen.

The commercial register lists 2 124 active companies in hospitality in the canton of St. Gallen, placing St. Gallen 7th nationally for this sector (6 % of the national total). 1 535 of them (72 %) are VAT-registered, and 614 (29 %) published an official change in the past 18 months: registration, amendment, change of officers, share capital or address.

2 124active companies
11registered in the past 30 days
1 535VAT-registered
7thcanton's Swiss rank
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The canton in brief

Hospitality (hotels & restaurants) in the canton of St. Gallen: what the register shows.

Hospitality and catering see the fastest turnover in the register: takeovers of establishments, new LLCs with every opening, frequent liquidations. Contacting an establishment as soon as it registers, before it has chosen its suppliers, makes all the difference.

This sector accounts for 5 % of companies classified in the canton of St. Gallen, against 5 % across Switzerland. 11 companies in hospitality were registered in the canton of St. Gallen over the past 30 days, 37 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 hospitality in the canton of St. Gallen, in figures

330companies registered in 2025 and 2026
CHF 149 Mof combined share capital (1 096 capital companies)
1 535VAT-registered
100are hiring right now (Job-Room postings)

Of these 2 124 companies, the dominant legal forms are: Sole proprietorship (43 %), Limited liability company (GmbH / Sàrl) (38 %), Public limited company (AG / SA) (13 %). 330 were entered in the commercial register in 2025 and 2026, that is 16 % of the active base; 179 registrations in 2025. That is in line with the average of the three previous years (166 a year): a steady pace of registration.

Share capital is known for 1 096 companies (52 %): CHF 149 M combined, median company in the 20-100k band; 284 of them (26 %) have capital of at least CHF 100,000.

1 535 companies (72 %) are VAT-registered, a sign of real activity; 2 123 (100 %) have at least one registered director; 290 publish a general phone or email, 321 have a website verified by ciblr, and 100 run job postings on Job-Room.

SOGC publications in the last 90 days: 41 new registrations, 17 changes of directors, 19 relocations of seat, 19 other amendments, 6 liquidations or deletions.

Registrations by year

0501001502002020 : 12812820202021 : 16516520212022 : 15015020222023 : 15515520232024 : 19419420242025 : 17917920252026 : 1511512026
Companies still active, by year of first registration; 2026 year to date (light tint).

Legal forms

Sole proprietorship
92043 %
Limited liability company (GmbH / Sàrl)
80038 %
Public limited company (AG / SA)
27813 %
General partnership
653,1 %
Coopérative
120,6 %
The most common legal forms in this sector.
By size

Small or large?

Micro companies
1 45168 %
Small companies
823,9 %
Medium companies
56527 %
Large companies
261,2 %
ciblr size index, computed from registry signals (capital, legal form, age, VAT). n/a: no signal yet.
By city

Where are they?

St. Gallen
46122 %
Rorschach
793,7 %
Wil SG
622,9 %
Rapperswil SG
562,6 %
Bad Ragaz
492,3 %
Jona
442,1 %
Buchs SG
422 %
Gossau SG
401,9 %
The 8 municipalities with the most companies in the sector.
Frequently asked questions

In brief.

How many companies in hospitality are active in the canton of St. Gallen?

2 124 companies in hospitality are registered with the commercial register as active in the canton of St. Gallen, or 6 % of the 37 454 companies in the sector across Switzerland.

How many are VAT-registered?

1 535 of these companies (72 %) 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: 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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