Largest Companies in Switzerland (2026)

Glencore is the largest company in Switzerland by revenue and third in the whole Fortune 500 Europe, with fiscal 2025 revenue of US$247.5bn, up 7.18% in dollar terms. Its net profit was much smaller, at US$363m. Fortune notes that the group is incorporated in Jersey and has its executive offices in Switzerland, at Baar in the canton of Zug. It reported 80,423 employees. On the Fortune Global 500 2026 it ranks 24th, the highest of any Swiss-based company.

Nestlé, headquartered in Vevey on Lake Geneva, is the largest Swiss company outside commodities, with fiscal 2025 revenue of US$107.7bn, up 3.84%. Its net profit of US$10.9bn was the third highest in the Swiss top 25, after Roche and Novartis, and it is the largest employer on the list, with 271,000 staff. Fortune lists Philipp Navratil as chief executive. The group makes packaged foods, coffee, pet food and nutrition products sold in most countries, and ranks 17th in Europe overall.

UBS is Switzerland's largest bank and the third-largest Swiss company by revenue. Fortune records fiscal 2025 revenue of US$78.8bn, down 9.60% on the previous year, and net profit of US$7.8bn. For banks, Fortune's revenue figure is the sum of gross interest income and gross non-interest income, so it is not directly comparable with a bank's own reported operating income. UBS employs 103,177 people and is led by Sergio P. Ermotti.

Roche, based in Basel, is the larger of Switzerland's two pharmaceutical groups by revenue, with fiscal 2025 revenue of US$76.3bn, up 7.64%. Its net profit of US$15.5bn was the highest of any Swiss company in the ranking. Roche employs 112,774 people across its pharmaceuticals and diagnostics divisions. It ranks 42nd in the Fortune 500 Europe, one place behind UBS.

Bunge Global is an agribusiness and food-ingredient company that trades and processes oilseeds and grains. Fortune lists it as Swiss, noting that it is incorporated in Switzerland with executive offices in Switzerland and the United States; the Fortune entry gives Geneva as its headquarters city. Its fiscal 2025 revenue of US$70.3bn rose 32.43%, while net profit was US$816m. It reports 34,000 employees.

Zurich Insurance Group is the largest Swiss insurer on Fortune's revenue measure, which for insurers includes premium and annuity income, investment income and realised capital gains or losses but excludes deposits. Fiscal 2025 revenue was US$69.8bn, up 6.05%, and net profit was US$6.8bn. The group employs 63,965 people. It ranks 52nd in the Fortune 500 Europe 2026.

Chubb is a property and casualty insurer that Fortune assigns to Switzerland, giving Zurich as its headquarters city. Its fiscal 2025 revenue was US$59.4bn, up 6.54%, with net profit of US$10.3bn. Unlike most companies on this list, Chubb prepares its accounts under US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, as Fortune notes in its profile, which also names Evan G. Greenberg as chief executive. It reports 45,000 employees.

Novartis is Switzerland's second pharmaceutical group by revenue, after Roche, reporting fiscal 2025 revenue of US$56.7bn, up 9.57%. Net profit was US$14.0bn, the second highest in the Swiss top 25. Like Roche, it is headquartered in Basel, and it employs 75,267 people. It ranks 69th in the Fortune 500 Europe 2026.

Swiss Re is one of the world's largest reinsurers. Fortune records its fiscal 2025 revenue at US$44.1bn, down 3.87%, and net profit at US$4.7bn. With 14,893 employees it has by far the highest revenue per employee among Swiss insurers in the ranking. Swiss Re is the fourth of five Zurich-headquartered financial groups in the Swiss top 25, alongside UBS, Zurich Insurance, Chubb and Swiss Life.

Coop is one of Switzerland's two dominant retail cooperatives. Fortune classifies it as a cooperative and a private company. Its fiscal 2025 revenue was US$42.7bn, up 7.84%, ahead of its rival Migros, and it employs 84,276 people. Fortune cautions that profits for cooperatives are reported but are not comparable with those of other companies on the list, because they are not taxed on a comparable basis.

Migros is Switzerland's other large retail cooperative, headquartered in Zurich. Fortune lists it as a private company organised as a cooperative. Revenue was US$37.0bn in fiscal 2025, almost unchanged at +0.20%, placing it behind Coop for the year. The group employs 69,042 people. Fortune names Mario Irminger as chief executive.

ABB, based in Zurich, makes electrification and automation equipment for utilities, industry and transport. Fortune records fiscal 2025 revenue of US$35.6bn, up 8.22%, and net profit of US$4.7bn. It is the largest Swiss industrial-machinery company in the ranking and employs 111,900 people. ABB ranks 129th in the Fortune 500 Europe 2026.

Kuehne + Nagel International is a freight-forwarding and contract-logistics group headquartered in Schindellegi, in the canton of Schwyz. Its fiscal 2025 revenue was US$29.5bn, up 4.61%, with net profit of US$1.1bn. It is among the largest Swiss employers on the list, with 105,444 people. It ranks 149th in Europe.

Richemont owns jewellery and watch houses and is headquartered in Geneva. Unlike most of the list, its figures are for the fiscal year ended 31 March 2026, as stated in its Fortune profile. Revenue for that year was US$26.1bn, up 4.45%, and net profit was US$4.0bn, a margin well above most Swiss companies in the ranking. It employs 39,601 people. Fortune lists Nicolas Bos as chief executive.

Adecco Group is one of the world's largest staffing companies. Fortune records fiscal 2025 revenue of US$26.0bn, up 4.05%, and net profit of US$333m, reflecting the low margins typical of temporary staffing. Its 33,744 employees are its own staff rather than the temporary workers it places. Its Dutch competitor Randstad appears immediately below it in the European ranking, at 166th.

Amcor makes flexible and rigid packaging for food, beverage, health-care and consumer products. Fortune notes that the company is incorporated in Jersey, has executive offices in the United Kingdom and Switzerland, and reports figures for the fiscal year ended 30 June 2026. Revenue rose 56.61% to US$23.5bn, the fastest growth in the Swiss top 25, and Fortune records 75,000 employees. Its Fortune entry gives Zurich as headquarters city.

Aptiv supplies electrical architecture, connectors and software to vehicle makers. According to Fortune, it is incorporated in Jersey with executive offices in Switzerland, and its Fortune entry gives Schaffhausen as headquarters city. Fiscal 2025 revenue was US$20.4bn, up 3.47%, and net profit was US$165m. With 140,000 employees it has the second-largest workforce in the Swiss top 25, after Nestlé.

Holcim, headquartered in Zug, produces cement and other building materials. Fortune records fiscal 2025 revenue of US$18.9bn, down 36.88%, the largest decline among the Swiss top 25; net profit was US$15.9bn. Fortune lists Amrize, another Zug-based building-materials company, as a separate entry with US$11.8bn of revenue and no prior-year comparison. Holcim employs 45,536 people.

Swisscom is Switzerland's largest telecommunications operator, based in Bern. Fortune flags it as government owned 50% or more. Its fiscal 2025 revenue was US$18.1bn, up 44.54%, and net profit was US$1.5bn. It employs 23,266 people. Fortune lists Christoph Aeschlimann as chief executive.

Barry Callebaut makes chocolate and cocoa products for food manufacturers and professional users. Its figures in Fortune's ranking are for the fiscal year ended 31 August 2025. Revenue rose 47.74% to US$17.3bn, while net profit was US$217m. The company, headquartered in Zurich, employs 13,138 people. Its growth rate was the third highest in the Swiss top 25.

Avolta operates duty-free shops and airport food-and-beverage outlets and is headquartered in Basel. Fiscal 2025 revenue was US$16.8bn, up 8.00%, and net profit was US$240m. It employs 69,278 people. Fortune classifies the company under specialty retailers.

Liebherr is a machinery manufacturer whose products include cranes and earthmoving equipment; Fortune gives its headquarters city as Bulle, in the canton of Fribourg. Fortune lists it as a private company and names Jan Liebherr as chief executive. Revenue for fiscal 2025 was US$16.7bn, up 5.37%, and the group employs 55,963 people.

ALSO Holding distributes IT hardware, software and cloud services to resellers in Europe. Based in Emmen, near Lucerne, it reported fiscal 2025 revenue of US$15.2bn, up 48.14%, the second-highest growth rate in the Swiss top 25 after Amcor. With 5,353 employees, it has the smallest workforce among the 25 companies listed here.

Swiss Life provides life insurance, pensions and asset management. Fortune records fiscal 2025 revenue of US$14.2bn, up 4.45%, and net profit of US$1.5bn. It employs 10,844 people. Fortune classifies it under life and health insurance, separately from the property and casualty insurers Zurich, Chubb and Swiss Re.

DSM-Firmenich produces ingredients for nutrition, health and fragrances. Fortune describes it as incorporated in Switzerland but maintaining head offices in both the Netherlands and Switzerland; its Fortune entry gives Kaiseraugst as headquarters city. Fiscal 2025 revenue was US$14.1bn, up 2.03%, but the company reported a net loss of US$1.2bn, the only loss in the Swiss top 25. It employs 26,177 people.