According to the commercial register, 66 543 companies are active in the canton of Vaud. 37 412 of them (56 %) are VAT-registered, and 22 508 (34 %) have been the subject of an official publication in the past 18 months. The leading sector is "Trade (wholesale & retail)" with 9 342 companies.
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Vaud is the second Romandy canton by number of companies: multinational head offices on the shores of Lake Geneva, EPFL and biotech in Lausanne and Épalinges, winegrowing and food processing, tourism in Montreux and the Vaud Alps, and a very broad base of construction, real estate and services SMEs. The Vaud register is the most active in French-speaking Switzerland after Geneva.
399 companies were registered with the commercial register in the canton of Vaud over the past 30 days, 1 219 over 90 days.
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| Sector | Companies | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Trade (wholesale & retail) | 9 342 | 14 % |
| Construction | 6 690 | 10 % |
| Industry & manufacturing | 5 675 | 9 % |
| Real estate | 5 606 | 9 % |
| Other business services | 4 678 | 7 % |
| Finance & insurance | 4 108 | 6 % |
| Associations & personal services | 4 090 | 6 % |
| Holdings & management consulting | 3 926 | 6 % |
| Hospitality (hotels & restaurants) | 3 580 | 6 % |
| IT & telecoms | 2 808 | 4 % |
| Health & social care | 2 369 | 4 % |
| Engineering & architecture | 2 346 | 4 % |
| Transport & logistics | 1 614 | 2 % |
| Legal, accounting & fiduciary | 1 588 | 2 % |
| Education & training | 1 452 | 2 % |
| Advertising & marketing | 1 434 | 2 % |
| Arts, culture & leisure | 1 249 | 2 % |
| Publishing, media & audiovisual | 976 | 2 % |
| Agriculture, forestry & fishing | 729 | 1 % |
| Energy, water & waste | 476 | <1 % |
| Research & development | 0 | 0 % |
1 807 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 | 39 484 | 59 % |
| Small companies | 3 335 | 5 % |
| Medium companies | 22 121 | 33 % |
| Large companies | 1 595 | 2 % |
| Size not determined | 8 | <1 % |
Most recent SOGC publication captured for this canton: 9 h ago. 2,362 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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