Energy, water & waste · Valais

346 companies in energy, water and waste in the canton of Valais.

The commercial register lists 346 active companies in energy, water and waste in the canton of Valais, placing Valais 7th nationally for this sector (6 % of the national total). 276 of them (80 %) are VAT-registered, and 204 (59 %) published an official change in the past 18 months: registration, amendment, change of officers, share capital or address.

346active companies
0registered in the past 30 days
276VAT-registered
7thcanton's Swiss rank
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The canton in brief

Energy, water & waste in the canton of Valais: what the register shows.

The energy, water and waste sector includes many public or quasi-public companies, but also a recent wave of new registrations in solar power, storage and energy renovation. New registrations here are a good indicator of projects getting under way.

This sector accounts for 1 % of companies classified in the canton of Valais, against <1 % across Switzerland. 0 companies in energy, water and waste were registered in the canton of Valais over the past 30 days, 2 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 energy, water and waste in the canton of Valais, in figures

33companies registered in 2025 and 2026
CHF 1.8 bnof combined share capital (310 capital companies)
276VAT-registered
5are hiring right now (Job-Room postings)

Of these 346 companies, the dominant legal forms are: Public limited company (AG / SA) (69 %), Limited liability company (GmbH / Sàrl) (20 %), Sole proprietorship (6 %). 33 were entered in the commercial register in 2025 and 2026, that is 10 % of the active base; 17 registrations in 2025. That is in line with the average of the three previous years (19 a year): a steady pace of registration.

Share capital is known for 310 companies (90 %): CHF 1.8 bn combined, median company in the 100-500k band; 244 of them (79 %) have capital of at least CHF 100,000.

276 companies (80 %) are VAT-registered, a sign of real activity; 346 (100 %) have at least one registered director; 87 publish a general phone or email, 92 have a website verified by ciblr, and 5 run job postings on Job-Room.

SOGC publications in the last 90 days: 2 new registrations, 26 changes of directors, 1 capital changes, 4 relocations of seat, 4 other amendments, 8 liquidations or deletions.

Registrations by year

01020302020 : 232320202021 : 252520212022 : 191920222023 : 242420232024 : 151520242025 : 171720252026 : 16162026
Companies still active, by year of first registration; 2026 year to date (light tint).

Legal forms

Public limited company (AG / SA)
23969 %
Limited liability company (GmbH / Sàrl)
7020 %
Sole proprietorship
205,8 %
Coopérative
123,5 %
Association
10,3 %
The most common legal forms in this sector.
By size

Small or large?

Micro companies
14542 %
Small companies
4312 %
Medium companies
8825 %
Large companies
7020 %
ciblr size index, computed from registry signals (capital, legal form, age, VAT). n/a: no signal yet.
By city

Where are they?

Sion
349,8 %
Martigny
195,5 %
Vétroz
123,5 %
Visp
123,5 %
Gamsen
113,2 %
Sierre
102,9 %
Susten
92,6 %
Bourg-St-Pierre
82,3 %
The 8 municipalities with the most companies in the sector.
Frequently asked questions

In brief.

How many companies in energy, water and waste are active in the canton of Valais?

346 companies in energy, water and waste are registered with the commercial register as active in the canton of Valais, or 6 % of the 5 455 companies in the sector across Switzerland.

How many are VAT-registered?

276 of these companies (80 %) 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: 23 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.

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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