Health & social care · Valais

1 105 companies in health and social care in the canton of Valais.

The commercial register lists 1 105 active companies in health and social care in the canton of Valais, placing Valais 10th nationally for this sector (4 % of the national total). 154 of them (14 %) are VAT-registered, and 368 (33 %) published an official change in the past 18 months: registration, amendment, change of officers, share capital or address.

1 105active companies
7registered in the past 30 days
154VAT-registered
10thcanton's Swiss rank
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The canton in brief

Health & social care in the canton of Valais: what the register shows.

Health and social work: medical practices set up as companies, clinics, laboratories, care homes and home-help services. The incorporation of practices and their grouping into medical centres feed a steady flow of new registrations, of interest to equipment suppliers, insurers and specialised fiduciaries.

This sector accounts for 3 % of companies classified in the canton of Valais, against 4 % across Switzerland. 7 companies in health and social care were registered in the canton of Valais over the past 30 days, 26 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 health and social care in the canton of Valais, in figures

179companies registered in 2025 and 2026
CHF 50 Mof combined share capital (781 capital companies)
154VAT-registered
28are hiring right now (Job-Room postings)

Of these 1 105 companies, the dominant legal forms are: Limited liability company (GmbH / Sàrl) (51 %), Sole proprietorship (21 %), Public limited company (AG / SA) (19 %). 179 were entered in the commercial register in 2025 and 2026, that is 16 % of the active base; 111 registrations in 2025. That is in line with the average of the three previous years (99 a year): a steady pace of registration.

Share capital is known for 781 companies (71 %): CHF 50 M combined, median company in the 20-100k band; 212 of them (27 %) have capital of at least CHF 100,000.

154 companies (14 %) are VAT-registered, a sign of real activity; 1 105 (100 %) have at least one registered director; 225 publish a general phone or email, 253 have a website verified by ciblr, and 28 run job postings on Job-Room.

SOGC publications in the last 90 days: 26 new registrations, 20 changes of directors, 2 capital changes, 9 relocations of seat, 17 other amendments, 4 liquidations or deletions.

Registrations by year

0501001502020 : 888820202021 : 989820212022 : 939320222023 : 10110120232024 : 10310320242025 : 11111120252026 : 68682026
Companies still active, by year of first registration; 2026 year to date (light tint).

Legal forms

Limited liability company (GmbH / Sàrl)
56151 %
Sole proprietorship
23121 %
Public limited company (AG / SA)
20619 %
Foundation
494,4 %
Association
232,1 %
The most common legal forms in this sector.
By size

Small or large?

Micro companies
90081 %
Small companies
605,4 %
Medium companies
13512 %
Large companies
100,9 %
ciblr size index, computed from registry signals (capital, legal form, age, VAT). n/a: no signal yet.
By city

Where are they?

Sion
23421 %
Martigny
918,2 %
Sierre
696,2 %
Brig
504,5 %
Monthey
484,3 %
Visp
413,7 %
Glis
282,5 %
Conthey
262,4 %
The 8 municipalities with the most companies in the sector.
Frequently asked questions

In brief.

How many companies in health and social care are active in the canton of Valais?

1 105 companies in health and social care are registered with the commercial register as active in the canton of Valais, or 4 % of the 26 089 companies in the sector across Switzerland.

How many are VAT-registered?

154 of these companies (14 %) 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. 1,001 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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