According to the commercial register, 33 990 companies are active in the canton of Valais. 18 917 of them (56 %) are VAT-registered, and 11 658 (34 %) have been the subject of an official publication in the past 18 months. The leading sector is "Real estate" with 4 464 companies.
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Valais lives off tourism (Zermatt, Verbier, Crans-Montana), hydropower, chemicals and aluminium in the Rhone plain, and winegrowing. A bilingual canton, it has a very high proportion of small construction, hotel and cable-car businesses, with a register marked by seasonality.
228 companies were registered with the commercial register in the canton of Valais over the past 30 days, 661 over 90 days.
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| Sector | Companies | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Real estate | 4 464 | 14 % |
| Trade (wholesale & retail) | 4 147 | 13 % |
| Construction | 4 010 | 12 % |
| Hospitality (hotels & restaurants) | 3 149 | 10 % |
| Industry & manufacturing | 2 566 | 8 % |
| Other business services | 2 170 | 7 % |
| Finance & insurance | 2 083 | 6 % |
| Associations & personal services | 1 767 | 5 % |
| Holdings & management consulting | 1 217 | 4 % |
| Engineering & architecture | 1 158 | 4 % |
| Health & social care | 1 113 | 3 % |
| IT & telecoms | 803 | 2 % |
| Transport & logistics | 738 | 2 % |
| Arts, culture & leisure | 728 | 2 % |
| Legal, accounting & fiduciary | 647 | 2 % |
| Education & training | 501 | 2 % |
| Advertising & marketing | 474 | 1 % |
| Agriculture, forestry & fishing | 424 | 1 % |
| Energy, water & waste | 347 | 1 % |
| Publishing, media & audiovisual | 255 | <1 % |
| Research & development | 0 | 0 % |
1 211 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 | 26 832 | 79 % |
| Small companies | 2 884 | 8 % |
| Medium companies | 3 802 | 11 % |
| Large companies | 471 | 1 % |
| Size not determined | 1 | <1 % |
Most recent SOGC publication captured for this canton: 22 h ago. 1,193 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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