Mark Horner
The SME Market in Switzerland
What is a Small to Medium Enterprise in Switzerland?
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are businesses that maintain revenues, assets or a number of employees between certain thresholds. Each country has its own definition of what constitutes a small and medium-sized enterprise (SME). Small and medium-sized enterprises in Europe generally are businesses with no more than 500 employees and encompasses enterprises with different ownership structures and varying numbers of employees and levels of economic activity. The European Union has its own rules for its member states.
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How big is the SME Market in Switzerland?
Small and medium-size enterprises play a hugely important role in the economy of Switzerland. They outnumber large firms considerably, employ vast numbers of people and are entrepreneurial in nature, helping to shape innovation and support local communities.
Switzerland has a population of over 8,516,543 people.
What help is available for SMEs in Switzerland?
Help for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) includes virtual peer-to-peer advisory boards. With our blended model utilising Zoom and supplemented by in person meetings we are able to support and grow businesses anywhere in the world. Our growing network of Regional Directors ensure that we have suitable people to help you whatever your language or time zone.
Help for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) includes virtual peer-to-peer advisory boards. With our blended model utilising Zoom and supplemented by in person meetings we are able to support and grow businesses anywhere in the world. Our growing network of Regional Directors ensure that we have suitable people to help you whatever your language or time zone.
Switzerland has links with UAE
🇨🇭 Geneva, 🇦🇪 Dubai
Switzerland has links with Argentina
🇨🇭 St. Moritz, 🇦🇷 Bariloche 🇨🇭 Sion, 🇦🇷 Colón 🇨🇭 Champéry, 🇦🇷 Esperanza 🇨🇭 Hérémence, 🇦🇷 Esperanza 🇨🇭 Riddes, 🇦🇷 Esperanza 🇨🇭 Saint-Martin, 🇦🇷 Esperanza 🇨🇭 Trient, 🇦🇷 Esperanza 🇨🇭 Vex, 🇦🇷 Esperanza 🇨🇭 Brusino Arsizio, 🇦🇷 San José de Metán
Switzerland has links with Austria
🇨🇭 Brig-Glis, 🇦🇹 Bad Aussee 🇨🇭 Herisau, 🇦🇹 Bad Aussee 🇨🇭 Zug, 🇦🇹 Fürstenfeld 🇨🇭 Winterthur, 🇦🇹 Hall in Tirol 🇨🇭 Frauenfeld, 🇦🇹 Kufstein 🇨🇭 Chur, 🇦🇹 Mayrhofen 🇨🇭 Zürich, 🇦🇹 Vienna 🇨🇭 Brig-Glis, 🇦🇹 Villach 🇨🇭 Herisau, 🇦🇹 Villach 🇨🇭 Bischofszell, 🇦🇹 Waidhofen an der Ybbs
Switzerland has links with Bosnia and Herzegovina
🇨🇭 Zug, 🇧🇦 Kalesija
Switzerland has links with Belgium
🇨🇭 La Chaux-de-Fonds, 🇧🇪 Frameries 🇨🇭 Chur, 🇧🇪 Spa 🇨🇭 Sierre, 🇧🇪 Zelzate
Switzerland has links with Bulgaria
🇨🇭 Schaffhausen, 🇧🇬 Dobrich 🇨🇭 Thun, 🇧🇬 Gabrovo 🇨🇭 Lausanne, 🇧🇬 Pernik 🇨🇭 Épalinges, 🇧🇬 Pernik 🇨🇭 Brienz, 🇧🇬 Tryavna
Switzerland has links with Brazil
🇨🇭 Schaffhausen, 🇧🇷 Joinville 🇨🇭 Fribourg, 🇧🇷 Nova Friburgo
Switzerland has links with Switzerland
🇨🇭 Neuchâtel, 🇨🇭 Aarau 🇨🇭 Bassersdorf, 🇨🇭 Aigle 🇨🇭 Aigle, 🇨🇭 Bassersdorf 🇨🇭 Thun, 🇨🇭 Bern 🇨🇭 Brig-Glis, 🇨🇭 Brig-Glis 🇨🇭 Herisau, 🇨🇭 Brig-Glis 🇨🇭 Thun, 🇨🇭 Burgdorf 🇨🇭 Dietikon, 🇨🇭 Calanca 🇨🇭 Calanca, 🇨🇭 Dietikon 🇨🇭 Renens, 🇨🇭 Dietikon 🇨🇭 Winterthur, 🇨🇭 Frauenfeld 🇨🇭 Thun, 🇨🇭 Fribourg 🇨🇭 Brig-Glis, 🇨🇭 Herisau 🇨🇭 Herisau, 🇨🇭 Herisau 🇨🇭 Winterthur, 🇨🇭 La Chaux-de-Fonds 🇨🇭 Solothurn, 🇨🇭 Le Landeron 🇨🇭 Onex, 🇨🇭 Liestal 🇨🇭 Vevey, 🇨🇭 Locarno 🇨🇭 Sursee, 🇨🇭 Martigny 🇨🇭 Thun, 🇨🇭 Murten 🇨🇭 Neuchâtel, 🇨🇭 Neuchâtel 🇨🇭 Aarau, 🇨🇭 Neuchâtel 🇨🇭 Liestal, 🇨🇭 Onex 🇨🇭 Dietikon, 🇨🇭 Renens 🇨🇭 Thun, 🇨🇭 Rheinfelden 🇨🇭 Winterthur, 🇨🇭 Schaffhausen 🇨🇭 Le Landeron, 🇨🇭 Solothurn 🇨🇭 Winterthur, 🇨🇭 St. Gallen 🇨🇭 Martigny, 🇨🇭 Sursee 🇨🇭 Bern, 🇨🇭 Thun 🇨🇭 Burgdorf, 🇨🇭 Thun 🇨🇭 Murten, 🇨🇭 Thun 🇨🇭 Rheinfelden, 🇨🇭 Thun 🇨🇭 Fribourg, 🇨🇭 Thun 🇨🇭 Locarno, 🇨🇭 Vevey 🇨🇭 Frauenfeld, 🇨🇭 Winterthur 🇨🇭 St. Gallen, 🇨🇭 Winterthur 🇨🇭 Schaffhausen, 🇨🇭 Winterthur 🇨🇭 Yverdon-les-Bains, 🇨🇭 Winterthur 🇨🇭 La Chaux-de-Fonds, 🇨🇭 Winterthur 🇨🇭 Winterthur, 🇨🇭 Yverdon-les-Bains
Switzerland has links with Côte d'Ivoire
🇨🇭 Basel, 🇨🇮 Abidjan
Switzerland has links with Chile
🇨🇭 Basel, 🇨🇱 Valparaíso
Switzerland has links with China
🇨🇭 Lugano, 🇨🇳 Beihai 🇨🇭 Basel, 🇨🇳 Changning 🇨🇭 Fribourg, 🇨🇳 Changsha 🇨🇭 Lugano, 🇨🇳 Hangzhou 🇨🇭 Interlaken, 🇨🇳 Huangshan 🇨🇭 Zürich, 🇨🇳 Kunming 🇨🇭 Opfikon, 🇨🇳 Nanping 🇨🇭 Basel, 🇨🇳 Qingpu District 🇨🇭 Basel, 🇨🇳 Shanghai
Switzerland has links with Czech Republic
🇨🇭 Küsnacht, 🇨🇿 Červený Kostelec 🇨🇭 Rüschlikon, 🇨🇿 Česká Skalice 🇨🇭 Bolligen, 🇨🇿 Hluboká nad Vltavou 🇨🇭 Port, 🇨🇿 Holýšov 🇨🇭 Münsingen, 🇨🇿 Humpolec 🇨🇭 Hinwil, 🇨🇿 Jablonné nad Orlicí 🇨🇭 Locarno, 🇨🇿 Karlovy Vary 🇨🇭 Dietikon, 🇨🇿 Kolín 🇨🇭 Hausen am Albis, 🇨🇿 Letohrad 🇨🇭 Gurbrü, 🇨🇿 Lhenice 🇨🇭 St. Gallen, 🇨🇿 Liberec 🇨🇭 Lucerne, 🇨🇿 Litovel 🇨🇭 Wetzikon, 🇨🇿 Mělník 🇨🇭 Lucerne, 🇨🇿 Olomouc 🇨🇭 Illnau-Effretikon, 🇨🇿 Orlová 🇨🇭 Winterthur, 🇨🇿 Plzeň 🇨🇭 Lengnau, 🇨🇿 Strakonice 🇨🇭 Uetendorf, 🇨🇿 Sušice 🇨🇭 Belp, 🇨🇿 Telč 🇨🇭 Interlaken, 🇨🇿 Třeboň 🇨🇭 Grosshöchstetten, 🇨🇿 Žirovnice 🇨🇭 Möhlin, 🇨🇿 Zlín
Switzerland has links with Germany
🇨🇭 Altdorf, 🇩🇪 Altdorf bei Nürnberg 🇨🇭 Olten, 🇩🇪 Altenburg 🇨🇭 Reigoldswil, 🇩🇪 Bad Bellingen 🇨🇭 Chur, 🇩🇪 Bad Homburg 🇨🇭 Chur, 🇨🇭 Brig-Glis, 🇩🇪 Bad Reichenhall 🇨🇭 Herisau, 🇩🇪 Bad Reichenhall 🇨🇭 Glarus Nord, 🇩🇪 Bad Säckingen 🇨🇭 Glarus, 🇩🇪 Biebrich 🇨🇭 Thun, 🇩🇪 Bräunlingen 🇨🇭 Burgdorf, 🇩🇪 Burgdorf 🇨🇭 Cham, 🇩🇪 Cham 🇨🇭 Gstaad, 🇩🇪 Darmstadt 🇨🇭 Buochs, 🇩🇪 Deidesheim 🇨🇭 Felsberg, 🇩🇪 Felsberg 🇨🇭 Thun, 🇩🇪 Freiburg im Breisgau 🇨🇭 Männedorf, 🇩🇪 Freudenstadt 🇨🇭 Solothurn, 🇩🇪 Heilbronn 🇨🇭 Neuenhof, 🇩🇪 Holzgerlingen 🇨🇭 Auenstein, 🇩🇪 Ilsfeld 🇨🇭 Biel/Bienne, 🇩🇪 Iserlohn 🇨🇭 Flawil, 🇩🇪 Isny im Allgäu 🇨🇭 Laufen, 🇩🇪 Laufen 🇨🇭 Reitnau, 🇩🇪 Lindau 🇨🇭 Eiken, 🇩🇪 Melle 🇨🇭 Vevey, 🇩🇪 Müllheim 🇨🇭 Münsingen, 🇩🇪 Münsingen 🇨🇭 Grenchen, 🇩🇪 Neckarsulm 🇨🇭 Neuchâtel, 🇩🇪 Neuburg an der Donau 🇨🇭 Thun, 🇩🇪 Neuenburg am Rhein 🇨🇭 Oberkirch, 🇩🇪 Oberkirch 🇨🇭 Reinach, 🇩🇪 Ostfildern 🇨🇭 Ruswil, 🇩🇪 Pfarrkirchen 🇨🇭 Ettswil, 🇩🇪 Pfarrkirchen 🇨🇭 Buttisholz, 🇩🇪 Pfarrkirchen 🇨🇭 Grosswangen, 🇩🇪 Pfarrkirchen 🇨🇭 Lucerne, 🇩🇪 Potsdam 🇨🇭 Uster, 🇩🇪 Prenzlau 🇨🇭 Aarau, 🇩🇪 Reutlingen 🇨🇭 Rothenburg, 🇩🇪 Rotenburg 🇨🇭 Rothenburg, 🇩🇪 Rotenburg an der Fulda 🇨🇭 Brugg, 🇩🇪 Rottweil 🇨🇭 Thun, 🇩🇪 Sankt Peter 🇨🇭 Lachen, 🇩🇪 Schramberg 🇨🇭 Nottwil, 🇩🇪 Schwaigern 🇨🇭 Sierre, 🇩🇪 Schwarzenbek 🇨🇭 Brig-Glis, 🇩🇪 Sonthofen 🇨🇭 Herisau, 🇩🇪 Sonthofen 🇨🇭 Monthey, 🇩🇪 Tübingen 🇨🇭 Aigle, 🇩🇪 Tübingen 🇨🇭 Kilchberg, 🇩🇪 Tübingen 🇨🇭 Bischofszell, 🇩🇪 Tuttlingen 🇨🇭 Bex, 🇩🇪 Tuttlingen 🇨🇭 Thun, 🇩🇪 Villingen-Schwenningen 🇨🇭 Liestal, 🇩🇪 Waldkirch 🇨🇭 Thun, 🇩🇪 Weilheim an der Teck 🇨🇭 Montreux, 🇩🇪 Wiesbaden 🇨🇭 Kreuzlingen, 🇩🇪 Wolfach 🇨🇭 Interlaken, 🇩🇪 Zeuthen
Switzerland has links with Denmark
🇨🇭 Rapperswil-Jona, 🇩🇰 Aalborg
Switzerland has links with England
🇨🇭 Lucerne, 🏴 Bournemouth 🇨🇭 Neuchâtel, 🏴 Newcastle upon Tyne 🇨🇭 Neuchâtel, 🏴 Newcastle-under-Lyme 🇨🇭 Le Locle, 🏴 Sidmouth
Switzerland has links with France
🇨🇭 Brig-Glis, 🇫🇷 Annecy 🇨🇭 Herisau, 🇫🇷 Annecy 🇨🇭 Sierre, 🇫🇷 Aubenas 🇨🇭 Onex, 🇫🇷 Bandol 🇨🇭 Delémont, 🇫🇷 Belfort 🇨🇭 Neuchâtel, 🇫🇷 Besançon 🇨🇭 Chur, 🇫🇷 Cabourg 🇨🇭 Gstaad, 🇫🇷 Cannes 🇨🇭 Le Grand-Saconnex, 🇫🇷 Carantec 🇨🇭 Vevey, 🇫🇷 Carpentras 🇨🇭 Brig-Glis, 🇫🇷 Chambéry 🇨🇭 Herisau, 🇫🇷 Chambéry 🇨🇭 Brig-Glis, 🇫🇷 Chamonix 🇨🇭 Herisau, 🇫🇷 Chamonix 🇨🇭 Davos, 🇫🇷 Chamonix 🇨🇭 Brig-Glis, 🇫🇷 Gap 🇨🇭 Herisau, 🇫🇷 Gap 🇨🇭 Le Locle, 🇫🇷 Gérardmer 🇨🇭 Lucerne, 🇫🇷 Guebwiller 🇨🇭 Aigle, 🇫🇷 L'Aigle 🇨🇭 Montreux, 🇫🇷 Menton 🇨🇭 Neuchâtel, 🇫🇷 Neufchâteau 🇨🇭 Locarno, 🇫🇷 Nice 🇨🇭 Yverdon-les-Bains, 🇫🇷 Nogent-sur-Marne 🇨🇭 Nyon, 🇫🇷 Nyons 🇨🇭 La Tour-de-Peilz, 🇫🇷 Ornans 🇨🇭 Payerne, 🇫🇷 Paray-le-Monial 🇨🇭 Geneva, 🇫🇷 Paris 🇨🇭 Brig-Glis, 🇫🇷 Passy 🇨🇭 Herisau, 🇫🇷 Passy 🇨🇭 Yverdon-les-Bains, 🇫🇷 Pontarlier 🇨🇭 Fribourg, 🇫🇷 Rueil-Malmaison 🇨🇭 Grenchen, 🇫🇷 Sélestat 🇨🇭 Martigny, 🇫🇷 Vaison-la-Romaine 🇨🇭 Morges, 🇫🇷 Vertou 🇨🇭 Plan-les-Ouates, 🇫🇷 Villefranche-sur-Mer
Switzerland has links with Greece
🇨🇭 Schöfflisdorf, 🇬🇷 Missolonghi
Switzerland has links with Croatia
🇨🇭 Lausanne, 🇭🇷 Osijek 🇨🇭 Épalinges, 🇭🇷 Osijek 🇨🇭 Schaffhausen, 🇭🇷 Varaždin
Switzerland has links with Hungary
🇨🇭 Steckborn, 🇭🇺 Balatonföldvár 🇨🇭 Meilen, 🇭🇺 Ebes 🇨🇭 Worb, 🇭🇺 Edelény 🇨🇭 Monthey, 🇭🇺 Göd 🇨🇭 Sirnach, 🇭🇺 Helvécia 🇨🇭 Rorschach, 🇭🇺 Sopron 🇨🇭 Thur, 🇭🇺 Soroksár 🇨🇭 Schaffhausen, 🇭🇺 Tököl 🇨🇭 Carouge, 🇭🇺 Várkerület
Switzerland has links with Italy
🇨🇭 Vezia, 🇮🇹 Adro 🇨🇭 Martigny, 🇮🇹 Aosta 🇨🇭 Rapperswil-Jona, 🇮🇹 Bagno di Romagna 🇨🇭 Bischofszell, 🇮🇹 Battaglia Terme 🇨🇭 Brig-Glis, 🇮🇹 Belluno 🇨🇭 Herisau, 🇮🇹 Belluno 🇨🇭 Brig-Glis, 🇮🇹 Biella 🇨🇭 Herisau, 🇮🇹 Biella 🇨🇭 Brig-Glis, 🇮🇹 Bolzano 🇨🇭 Herisau, 🇮🇹 Bolzano 🇨🇭 Spreitenbach, 🇮🇹 Bra 🇨🇭 Brig-Glis, 🇮🇹 Bressanone 🇨🇭 Herisau, 🇮🇹 Bressanone 🇨🇭 Sierre, 🇮🇹 Cesenatico 🇨🇭 Kreuzlingen, 🇮🇹 Cisternino 🇨🇭 Brig-Glis, 🇮🇹 Domodossola 🇨🇭 Monthey, 🇮🇹 Ivrea 🇨🇭 Brig-Glis, 🇮🇹 Lecco 🇨🇭 Herisau, 🇮🇹 Lecco 🇨🇭 Lyss, 🇮🇹 Monopoli 🇨🇭 Locarno, 🇮🇹 Montecatini Terme 🇨🇭 Brig-Glis, 🇮🇹 Morbegno 🇨🇭 Herisau, 🇮🇹 Morbegno 🇨🇭 Saas-Fee, 🇮🇹 Rocca di Cambio 🇨🇭 Burgdorf, 🇮🇹 San Pellegrino Terme 🇨🇭 Neuchâtel, 🇮🇹 Sansepolcro 🇨🇭 Bülach, 🇮🇹 Santeramo in Colle 🇨🇭 Zermatt, 🇮🇹 Sexten 🇨🇭 Brig-Glis, 🇮🇹 Sondrio 🇨🇭 Herisau, 🇮🇹 Sondrio 🇨🇭 Chur, 🇮🇹 Terracina 🇨🇭 Brig-Glis, 🇮🇹 Tolmezzo 🇨🇭 Herisau, 🇮🇹 Tolmezzo 🇨🇭 Brig-Glis, 🇮🇹 Trento 🇨🇭 Herisau, 🇮🇹 Trento 🇨🇭 Locarno, 🇮🇹 Urbino 🇨🇭 Locarno, 🇮🇹 Venice
Switzerland has links with Japan
🇨🇭 Montreux, 🇯🇵 Chiba 🇨🇭 St. Moritz, 🇯🇵 Hakone 🇨🇭 St. Moritz, 🇯🇵 Kutchan 🇨🇭 Grindelwald, 🇯🇵 Matsumoto 🇨🇭 Zermatt, 🇯🇵 Myōkō 🇨🇭 Romainmôtier-Envy, 🇯🇵 Nagaoka 🇨🇭 Arosa, 🇯🇵 Nanto 🇨🇭 Lausanne, 🇯🇵 Ōita 🇨🇭 Interlaken, 🇯🇵 Ōtsu 🇨🇭 Brienz, 🇯🇵 Shimada 🇨🇭 Geneva, 🇯🇵 Shinagawa 🇨🇭 Neuchâtel, 🇯🇵 Shinshiro 🇨🇭 Basel, 🇯🇵 Toyama 🇨🇭 Davos, 🇯🇵 Ueda
Switzerland has links with South Korea
🇨🇭 Basel, 🇰🇷 Seoul
Switzerland has links with Luxembourg
🇨🇭 Monthey, 🇱🇺 Diekirch 🇨🇭 Chur, 🇱🇺 Mondorf-les-Bains
Switzerland has links with Montenegro
🇨🇭 Pfäffikon, 🇲🇪 Rožaje
Switzerland has links with Nicaragua
🇨🇭 Delémont, 🇳🇮 La Trinidad 🇨🇭 Biel/Bienne, 🇳🇮 San Marcos
Switzerland has links with Netherlands
🇨🇭 Aarau, 🇳🇱 Delft 🇨🇭 Sierre, 🇳🇱 Delfzijl 🇨🇭 Basel, 🇳🇱 Rotterdam
Switzerland has links with Poland
🇨🇭 Lucerne, 🇵🇱 Cieszyn 🇨🇭 Rothenburg, 🇵🇱 Czerwieńsk 🇨🇭 Solothurn, 🇵🇱 Kraków
Switzerland has links with Paraguay
🇨🇭 Acquarossa, 🇵🇾 Presidente Franco
Switzerland has links with Romania
🇨🇭 Herisau, 🇷🇴 Bacău 🇨🇭 Brig-Glis, 🇷🇴 Bacău 🇨🇭 Allschwil, 🇷🇴 Blaj 🇨🇭 Riehen, 🇷🇴 Miercurea Ciuc 🇨🇭 Plan-les-Ouates, 🇷🇴 Sângeorgiu de Pădure 🇨🇭 Baden, 🇷🇴 Sighișoara 🇨🇭 Zug, 🇷🇴 Vişeu de Sus
Switzerland has links with Serbia
🇨🇭 Köniz, 🇷🇸 Prijepolje 🇨🇭 Yverdon-les-Bains, 🇷🇸 Prokuplje
Switzerland has links with Slovenia
🇨🇭 Brig-Glis, 🇸🇮 Idrija 🇨🇭 Herisau, 🇸🇮 Idrija 🇨🇭 Brig-Glis, 🇸🇮 Maribor 🇨🇭 Herisau, 🇸🇮 Maribor 🇨🇭 Brienz, 🇸🇮 Škofja Loka 🇨🇭 Brig-Glis, 🇸🇮 Tolmin 🇨🇭 Herisau, 🇸🇮 Tolmin
Switzerland has links with Slovak Republic
🇨🇭 Hünenberg, 🇸🇰 Banská Štiavnica 🇨🇭 Herzogenbuchsee, 🇸🇰 Senica
Switzerland has links with Turkey
🇨🇭 Lausanne, 🇹🇷 Akhisar 🇨🇭 Épalinges, 🇹🇷 Akhisar
Switzerland has links with Ukraine
🇨🇭 Wohlen, 🇺🇦 Sumy
Switzerland has links with USA
🇨🇭 Davos, 🇺🇸 Aspen 🇨🇭 Basel, 🇺🇸 Boston 🇨🇭 Basel, 🇺🇸 Brookline 🇨🇭 Kloten, 🇺🇸 Cape Canaveral 🇨🇭 Lucerne, 🇺🇸 Chicago 🇨🇭 Pontresina, 🇺🇸 Gaylord 🇨🇭 Sursee, 🇺🇸 Highland 🇨🇭 Locarno, 🇺🇸 Lompoc 🇨🇭 Basel, 🇺🇸 Miami Beach 🇨🇭 Neuchâtel, 🇺🇸 New Castle 🇨🇭 Neuchâtel, 🇺🇸 New Castle 🇨🇭 Neuchâtel, 🇺🇸 New Castle 🇨🇭 Glarus, 🇺🇸 New Glarus 🇨🇭 Winterthur, 🇺🇸 Ontario 🇨🇭 Sion, 🇺🇸 Philippi 🇨🇭 Liestal, 🇺🇸 Sacramento 🇨🇭 Rapperswil-Jona, 🇺🇸 Sarasota 🇨🇭 Interlaken, 🇺🇸 Scottsdale 🇨🇭 Saas-Fee, 🇺🇸 Steamboat Springs 🇨🇭 Vevey, 🇺🇸 Vevay
Switzerland has links with Vietnam
🇨🇭 Geneva, 🇻🇳 Ho Chi Minh City 🇨🇭 Geneva,
Switzerland has links with Wales
🇨🇭 Champéry, 🏴 Llandudno
Switzerland has links with South Africa
🇨🇭 Neuchâtel, 🇿🇦 Newcastle