Arts, culture & leisure · Thurgau

368 companies in arts, culture and leisure in the canton of Thurgau.

The commercial register lists 368 active companies in arts, culture and leisure in the canton of Thurgau, placing Thurgau 13th nationally for this sector (3 % of the national total). 167 of them (45 %) are VAT-registered, and 117 (32 %) published an official change in the past 18 months: registration, amendment, change of officers, share capital or address.

368active companies
1registered in the past 30 days
167VAT-registered
13thcanton's Swiss rank
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The canton in brief

Arts, culture & leisure in the canton of Thurgau: what the register shows.

Arts, culture and leisure: gyms, clubs, festivals, galleries, studios. A sector of small structures and associations, where the registered companies are the most professionalised and therefore the most worth approaching.

This sector accounts for 2 % of companies classified in the canton of Thurgau, against 2 % across Switzerland. 1 companies in arts, culture and leisure were registered in the canton of Thurgau over the past 30 days, 5 over 90 days.

Thurgau is a farming and industrial canton on Lake Constance: fruit and vegetables, food processing, mechanical engineering and plastics (Arbon, Frauenfeld, Kreuzlingen), and heavy cross-border activity with Germany. Family SMEs dominate, with an above-average share of construction and crafts.

Market analysis

The market in arts, culture and leisure in the canton of Thurgau, in figures

55companies registered in 2025 and 2026
CHF 40 Mof combined share capital (209 capital companies)
167VAT-registered
3are hiring right now (Job-Room postings)

Of these 368 companies, the dominant legal forms are: Limited liability company (GmbH / Sàrl) (36 %), Sole proprietorship (32 %), Public limited company (AG / SA) (20 %). 55 were entered in the commercial register in 2025 and 2026, that is 15 % of the active base; 36 registrations in 2025. That is well above the average of the three previous years (25 a year): the sector is attracting new entrants.

Share capital is known for 209 companies (57 %): CHF 40 M combined, median company in the 20-100k band; 75 of them (36 %) have capital of at least CHF 100,000.

167 companies (45 %) are VAT-registered, a sign of real activity; 368 (100 %) have at least one registered director; 81 publish a general phone or email, 89 have a website verified by ciblr, and 3 run job postings on Job-Room.

SOGC publications in the last 90 days: 6 new registrations, 6 changes of directors, 5 relocations of seat, 5 other amendments.

Registrations by year

02040602020 : 202020202021 : 424220212022 : 242420222023 : 212120232024 : 303020242025 : 363620252026 : 19192026
Companies still active, by year of first registration; 2026 year to date (light tint).

Legal forms

Limited liability company (GmbH / Sàrl)
13236 %
Sole proprietorship
11732 %
Public limited company (AG / SA)
7420 %
Association
133,5 %
General partnership
133,5 %
The most common legal forms in this sector.
By size

Small or large?

Micro companies
30282 %
Small companies
359,5 %
Medium companies
287,6 %
Large companies
30,8 %
ciblr size index, computed from registry signals (capital, legal form, age, VAT). n/a: no signal yet.
By city

Where are they?

Frauenfeld
3911 %
Kreuzlingen
339 %
Weinfelden
246,5 %
Romanshorn
174,6 %
Amriswil
164,3 %
Bottighofen
123,3 %
Arbon
113 %
Tägerwilen
92,4 %
The 8 municipalities with the most companies in the sector.
Frequently asked questions

In brief.

How many companies in arts, culture and leisure are active in the canton of Thurgau?

368 companies in arts, culture and leisure are registered with the commercial register as active in the canton of Thurgau, or 3 % of the 13 230 companies in the sector across Switzerland.

How many are VAT-registered?

167 of these companies (45 %) 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. 635 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

What about next door?

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

The same sector elsewhere
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