Arts, culture & leisure · Valais

726 companies in arts, culture and leisure in the canton of Valais.

The commercial register lists 726 active companies in arts, culture and leisure in the canton of Valais, placing Valais 6th nationally for this sector (6 % of the national total). 301 of them (41 %) are VAT-registered, and 262 (36 %) published an official change in the past 18 months: registration, amendment, change of officers, share capital or address.

726active companies
4registered in the past 30 days
301VAT-registered
6thcanton's Swiss rank
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The canton in brief

Arts, culture & leisure in the canton of Valais: 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 Valais, against 2 % across Switzerland. 4 companies in arts, culture and leisure were registered in the canton of Valais over the past 30 days, 14 over 90 days.

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.

Market analysis

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

113companies registered in 2025 and 2026
CHF 209 Mof combined share capital (434 capital companies)
301VAT-registered
11are hiring right now (Job-Room postings)

Of these 726 companies, the dominant legal forms are: Limited liability company (GmbH / Sàrl) (42 %), Sole proprietorship (21 %), Public limited company (AG / SA) (17 %). 113 were entered in the commercial register in 2025 and 2026, that is 16 % of the active base; 63 registrations in 2025. That is well above the average of the three previous years (54 a year): the sector is attracting new entrants.

Share capital is known for 434 companies (60 %): CHF 209 M combined, median company in the 20-100k band; 119 of them (27 %) have capital of at least CHF 100,000.

301 companies (41 %) are VAT-registered, a sign of real activity; 726 (100 %) have at least one registered director; 144 publish a general phone or email, 168 have a website verified by ciblr, and 11 run job postings on Job-Room.

SOGC publications in the last 90 days: 14 new registrations, 10 changes of directors, 1 capital changes, 8 relocations of seat, 5 other amendments, 3 liquidations or deletions.

Registrations by year

0204060802020 : 575720202021 : 707020212022 : 515120222023 : 656520232024 : 464620242025 : 636320252026 : 50502026
Companies still active, by year of first registration; 2026 year to date (light tint).

Legal forms

Limited liability company (GmbH / Sàrl)
30542 %
Sole proprietorship
15021 %
Public limited company (AG / SA)
12117 %
Association
729,9 %
Foundation
243,3 %
The most common legal forms in this sector.
By size

Small or large?

Micro companies
55877 %
Small companies
679,2 %
Medium companies
8712 %
Large companies
141,9 %
ciblr size index, computed from registry signals (capital, legal form, age, VAT). n/a: no signal yet.
By city

Where are they?

Sion
7610 %
Zermatt
415,6 %
Martigny
324,4 %
Sierre
263,6 %
Verbier
253,4 %
Crans-Montana
243,3 %
Monthey
202,8 %
Glis
131,8 %
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 Valais?

726 companies in arts, culture and leisure are registered with the commercial register as active in the canton of Valais, or 6 % of the 13 198 companies in the sector across Switzerland.

How many are VAT-registered?

301 of these companies (41 %) 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: 9 h ago. 1,148 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.

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