List of Swiss companies by revenue

Switzerland has a large economy and highly skilled labor force. Fifteen Swiss companies are included on Fortune's "Global 500" list (in 2011). As at 2005 the largest non-financial companies in terms of annual revenue were Glencore, Nestlé and Novartis, with Nestlé as the largest employer. The largest banks were UBS and Credit Suisse, and the largest insurance company was Zurich Insurance Group.

Largest companies

Ranked by revenue 2005.

Rank	Name	Headquarters	Revenue (Mil. CHF)	Net income (Mil. CHF)	Employees	Industry	Director
1.	Glencore	Baar	119 938		181 000^[1]	commodity trading
2.	Nestlé	Vevey	91 075	7 995	253 000	agriculture/food	Peter Brabeck-Letmathe
3.	Novartis	Basel	42 455	8 093	90 924	chemical/pharmaceutical
4.	Roche	Basel	35 511	2 390	68 218	chemical/pharmaceutical
5.	ABB	Zurich	29 169	955	140 000	engineering
6.	Adecco	Opfikon	28 534	706	33 000	temp workers
7.	Migros	Zurich	20 385	699	59 934	retail/services
8.	Holcim	Jona	18 468	1 818	59 901	construction materials
9.	Cargill International SA	Geneva	18 275		475	commodity trading
10.	Coop	Basel	14 901	270	37 370	retail/services
11.	Kühne + Nagel	Schindellegi	14 048	315	25 607	international transport/logistics
12.	Mercuria Energy Trading	Geneva	11 200	200		petroleum
13.	Syngenta	Basel	10 681	779	19 337	chemical/pharmaceutical
14.	Xstrata	Zug	10 609	2 249	17 000	mining
15.	Swisscom	Bern	9 732	2 346	16 088	telecommunications
16.	Schindler	Ebikon	8 870	401	40 385	engineering
17.	Atel / Motor-Columbus	Olten	8 580	413	8 649	energy production/distribution
18.	Alstom Suisse	Baden	8 500		4 500	engineering/manufacturing
19.	Panalpina	Basel	8 293	120	13 583	international shipping/logistics
20.	Liebherr	Bulle	8 270		23 762	engineering
21.	Clariant	Muttenz	8 181	192	23 383	chemical/pharmaceutical
22.	La Poste	Bern	7 499	811	41 073	service
23.	DKSH Management AG	Zurich	7 454		20 500	import/export
24.	Ciba	Basel	7 419	-256	19 105	chemical/pharmaceutical
25.	CFF	Bern	7 087	-166	28 383	public transport/railroads
26.	Axpo	Baden	6 716	571	2 990	energy production/distribution
27.	Richemont	Geneva	6 716
28.	Globus-Cosmos	Montagnola	5 600		5 000	travel agency/tourism
29.	Swatch	Bienne	4 497	621	20 650	watchmaking
30.	Fenaco	Bern	4 380	54	7 244	retail
31.	Careal Holding	Zurich	4 174		6 889
32.	Barry Callebaut	Zurich	4 061	68	8 542	chocolate
33.	EG Laufenburg	Laufenbourg	4 010	124	322	energy production/distribution
34.	Omya	Oftringen	3 700		6 500
35.	Georg Fischer	Schaffhausen	3 692	175	12 403	engineering
36.	Kuoni	Zurich	3 688	-42	6 943	travel agency/tourism
37.	Hilti	Schaan	3 638	284	16 062	power tools
38.	Swiss	Basel	3 580	-178	6 094	air transport
39.	Rehau	Muri bei Bern	3 500		14 800	synthetic materials
40.	SGS	Geneva	3 308	388	41 460	service
41.	AMAG	Zurich	3 200		3 946	automobile sales/imports
42.	Rieter	Winterthur	3 160	138	14 652	engineering
43.	Serono	Coinsins	3 082	-138	4 826	chemical/pharmaceutical
44.	Sika	Baar	2 916	152	10 852	construction materials
45.	Rolex	Les Acacias	2 850		5 800	watchmaking
46.	Valora	Bern	2 846		7 454	retail
47.	Tamoil	Collombey	2 829	13	382	petroleum
48.	Manor	Basel	2 803		11 500	retail
49.	Givaudan	Vernier	2 778	407	5 924	chemical/pharmaceutical
50.	Synthes	Oberdorf	2 739	402	7 627	medical technology
51.	Ziegler	Basel	2 700		4 300	international transport/logistics
52.	Swiss Steel	Emmen	2 633	122	5 389	metallurgy
53.	Lonza	Basel	2 521	188	5 984	chemical/pharmaceutical
54.	Gate Gourmet	Kloten	2 500			catering
55.	Sulzer	Winterthur	2 498	130	9 656	engineering
56.	Saurer	Arbon	2 431	85	10 021	engineering
57.	Triumph	Zurzach	2 430		42 881	clothing
58.	Oettinger Davidoff	Basel	2 420		2 856	tobacco
59.	Logitech	Apples	2 368	238		software
60.	SIG	Neuhausen am Rheinfall	2 262	73	4 776	packaging
61.	Lindt & Sprüngli	Kilchberg	2 246	172	6 713	food products
62.	Siemens Suisse	Zurich	2 232	55		electronics
63.	Rast Holding	Wollerau	2 190		3 652	retail
64.	Denner	Zurich	2 150		3 577	retail
65.	Galenica	Bern	2 088	80	2 460	wholesale (pharmacy)
66.	Asea Brown Boveri Suisse	Baden	2 058			engineering
67.	Firmenich	Geneva	2 035			chemical/pharmaceutical
68.	Emmi	Lucerne	2 027	51	2 765	food products
69.	NOK	Baden	2 018	347	1 242	energy production/distribution
70.	PubliGroupe	Lausanne	2 015			advertising agency
71.	Sunrise	Zurich	1 991	208	2 300	telecommunications
72.	ALSO Group	Hergiswil	1 980	17	623	computers
73.	Franke	Aarburg	1 959		7 040	electrical appliances
74.	Mettler-Toledo	Greifensee	1 953	143	8 700	tools
75.	Emil Frey	Zurich	1 950		2 144	automobile sales/imports
76.	Bucher Industries	Niederweningen	1 948	86	6 874	engineering
77.	BKW FMB Energie	Bern	1 931	306	2 120	energy production/distribution
78.	Geberit	Rapperswil	1 922		5 162
79.	Hotelplan	Glattbrugg	1 728	16	3 109	travel agency/tourism
80.	Esso Suisse	Zurich	1 720		155	petroleum
81.	Forbo	Baar	1 702		5 538	carpets/floor coverings
82.	Nuance	Glattbrugg	1 690		4 936
83.	Cementia	Zurich	1 650		6 000	construction materials
84.	BP Suisse	Zug	1 634	32	134	petroleum
85.	Unaxis	Pfäffikon	1 605		6 434
86.	SRG SSR idée suisse	Bern	1 591	-0.3		service
87.	Bobst	Prilly	1 591	46	5 587	engineering
88.	Hewlett-Packard Suisse	Dübendorf	1 550		1 400	computers
89.	Krupp Presta	Eschen	1 550		4 600	engineering
90.	Allied Steel	Lugano	1 519	33	70	import/export
91.	Bühler	Uzwil	1 502	72	6 266	engineering
92.	Swissport	Opfikon	1 499		21 000	service
93.	Migrol	Zurich	1 496		285	petroleum
94.	Shell Suisse	Baar	1 466		171	petroleum
95.	Bell	Basel	1 443	35	3 326	meat products
96.	DaimlerChrysler Suisse	Schlieren	1 427		403	automobile sales/imports
97.	Sicpa	Prilly	1 400		3 400	chemicals/pharmaceuticals
98.	BMW Suisse	Dielsdorf	1 392		299	automobile sales/imports
99.	Steiner Group	Zurich	1 379		500	general contractors
100.	EOS Holding	Lausanne	1 371	51	333	energy production/distribution

Largest banks

Ranked by total assets in 2005.

Ranked	Name	Headquarters	Total assets (Mio. CHF)	Income (Mio. CHF)	Employees	Manager
1.	UBS	Basel	2 060 250	14 690	69 569	Marcel Ospel, Basler, 2008 abgewählt
2.	Credit Suisse	Zurich	1 339 052	5 850	63 523
3.	Raiffeisen	St. Gallen	108 187	608	6 549
4.	Zürcher Kantonalbank	Zurich	85 914	810	4 276
5.	HSBC Private Bank (Suisse)	Geneva	54 012	374	1 929
6.	BNP Paribas (Suisse)	Geneva	37 657	309	1 736
7.	Banque cantonale vaudoise	Lausanne	34 875	457	2 349
8.	Julius Baer Group	Zurich	28 648	144	3 427
9.	Banque Migros	Zurich	28 000	87	1 124
10.	Basler Kantonalbank	Basel	24 654	263	1 348
11.	Crédit Agricole (Suisse)	Geneva	24 512	154	1 119
12.	Berner Kantonalbank	Bern	20 724	85	1 441
13.	Saint Galler Kantonalbank	St. Gallen	19 117	168	957
14.	Luzerner Kantonalbank	Lucerne	18 879	120	951
15.	Coutts Bank von Ernst	Zurich	18 799	44	975
16.	Neur Aargauer Bank	Aarau	17 526	138	797
17.	Valiant Holding AG	Lucerne	17 138	122	960
18.	Union Bancaire Privée	Geneva	15 901	326	1 168
19.	Aargauische Kantonalbank	Laufenburg	15 546	84	641
20.		Lugano	15 237	82	1 150

Largest insurance companies

Ranked by gross inflow of premiums in 2005.

Rang	Name	Headquarters	Ranked by gross inflow of premimus (Mio. CHF)	Net profit (Mio. CHF)	Employees	Manager
1.	Zurich Financial Services	Zurich	61 678	4 388
2.	Swiss Re	Zurich	27 779	1 451
3.	Winterthur Group	Winterthur	21 269	1 061
4.	Swiss Life	Zurich	20 211	874
5.	Bâloise	Basel	6 839	403
6.	Helvetia Patria	St. Gallen	5 176	301
7.	Suva	Lucerne	4 149
8.	Groupe Allianz (Suisse)		3 631	258
9.	La Mobilière	Bern	2 608	272
10.	Vaudoise Assurances	Lausanne	1 955	44

References

↑ "Who we are | Glencore". www.glencore.com. Retrieved 2015-12-13.

Handelszeitung, PME Magazine - Top 2006, Les plus grandes entreprises en Suisse

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[1] "Who we are | Glencore". www.glencore.com. Retrieved 2015-12-13.