Guides for winning new Swiss companies
Practical playbooks on finding newly registered companies and turning them into clients, built on official Zefix and SOGC data.
Swiss commercial register extract: what you can see free, and when you need the paid one
You can read any Swiss company's register data free of charge: name, UID, legal form, seat, capital, officers and register history. Here is exactly what is free, what the signed cantonal extract costs, and when you actually need which.
Read articleBankruptcies and liquidations in Switzerland: the live list, and what the terms actually mean
Konkurs, liquidation, struck off: what each register event means, how they are announced in the SOGC, and where to see a free, daily-updated list of Swiss companies entering liquidation or leaving the register.
Read articleFounding a company in Switzerland: the practical 2026 checklist
Legal form, name check, capital, register entry, VAT and first hires: the founding steps in order, with the register facts behind them. GmbH from CHF 20,000, AG from CHF 100,000, sole proprietorship from zero.
Read articleGmbH vs AG: what 744,362 register entries say about how Switzerland incorporates in 2026
The GmbH has overtaken the AG as Switzerland's most common company form. Numbers from the full commercial register: 268,140 GmbH vs 240,363 AG, plus where sole proprietorships, associations and foundations fit.
Read articleWhere Switzerland starts companies in 2026: Zurich leads on volume, Valais and Zug on intensity
Canton-by-canton company formation from the official register: Zurich added 5,538 companies in twelve months, but relative to register size, Valais (4.8%), Aargau and Zug (4.6%) are Switzerland's founding hotspots.
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Regista: a modern, AI-first alternative to Moneyhouse
Looking for a Moneyhouse alternative? Regista gives you free company and person profiles, an interactive relationship graph, PDF dossiers and AI summaries on official Swiss register data, with transparent pricing.
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How to look up any Swiss company: the UID, the register extract and the people behind it
A simple guide to finding a Swiss company: what the UID is, how to read a commercial-register extract, and how to see the officers and relationships behind a business, free.
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How to find newly registered companies in Switzerland (Zefix and SOGC explained)
A practical guide to where new Swiss company data lives, the Zefix central index and the SOGC daily gazette, and how to track new registrations every business day.
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New-company leads for fiduciaries: how to win clients in the first week
Newly founded Swiss companies pick a fiduciary fast. Here is a first-week playbook to reach them with the right offer, before they sign with someone else.
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New-company leads for insurance brokers: how to reach new businesses first
A new Swiss company has risks from day one and few of the policies it needs. Here is how to use new registrations to reach founders while their cover is still open.
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New-company leads for web and marketing agencies: be the first call a new brand makes
A newly founded company has a name and little else: no site, no logo, often no domain. Here is how to reach new Swiss brands while their launch budget is still unspent.
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A practical alternative to buying static company lists
Bought company lists go stale the day you export them. Here is why timing beats volume, and how a live, matched feed of new registrations works better.
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