Switzerland: wholesale & retail trade enterprises 2022

In 2022, the number of enterprises in the wholesale and retail trade industry incl. repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles in Switzerland decreased by 619 enterprises (-1.98 percent) since 2021. Therefore, 2022 marks the lowest number of enterprises in this industry during the observed period.
In accordance with EU REGULATION (EC) No 250/2009 only companies are included here which were active during at least a part of the reference period. It also includes local units (branches) which do not constitute a separate legal entity and which are dependent on foreign enterprises.

Find more statistics on the wholesale and retail trade industry incl. repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles in Switzerland with key insights such as turnover, production value, and personnel costs.

Number of enterprises in the wholesale and retail trade including the repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles industry in Switzerland from 2013 to 2022

Characteristic	Number of enterprises
2022p	30,650
2021e	31,269
2020d	31,566
2019d	31,496
2018d	31,870
2017	32,448
2016	32,856
2015	33,511
2014d	35,065
2013d	35,024

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Release date

March 2024

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Region

Switzerland

Survey time period

2013 to 2022

Supplementary notes

d: Definition differs, see metadata.
e: Estimated value.
p: Provisional value.
Structural business statistics (SBS) describes the structure, conduct and performance of economic activities, down to the most detailed activity level (several hundred economic sectors).
Number of enterprises: a count of the number of enterprises active during at least a part of the reference period.
Data coverage is for the code G of the CE_R2 of economic activities, which is wholesale and retail trade including the repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles.

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