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Top 22 Trade associations based in Switzerland

Name: Trade associations based in Switzerland
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026 62 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 62 trade associations headquartered in Switzerland as of September 2026 and tracks 538 professional contacts across them, including 116 with verified work emails. Zurich is the largest hub.

This list covers trade associations headquartered in Switzerland, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 19, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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538Contacts tracked

116Verified emails

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The 22 largest trade associations based in Switzerland

Ranked by team size

Top 22 of 62 trade associations based in Switzerland, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to trade associations: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Union Patronale DU Canton DE Fribourg Upcf	Indirect evidence	Fribourg, SwitzerlandHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	46 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “L’Union Patronale du Canton de Fribourg (UPCF) est une entreprise privée au service des entreprises et des groupements professionnels.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2	Handel Schweiz	Indirect evidence	Basel, SwitzerlandHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	32 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Handel Schweiz ist der Dachverband des Handels, dem 33 Branchenverbände mit insgesamt Unternehmen angehören.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3	Wirtschaftskammer Baselland	Indirect evidence	Pratteln, SwitzerlandHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	24 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Die Wirtschaftskammer Baselland setzt sich als Dachverband der Baselbieter KMU-Wirtschaft seit 1887 für die Interessen ihrer mehr als Mitglieder und mehr als 100 angeschlossenen…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4	Schweizer Fleisch-Fachverband SFF	Indirect evidence	Dübendorf, SwitzerlandHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	23 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Als starke Branchen- und Berufsorganisation ist der Schweizer Fleisch-Fachverband SFF die zentrale Anlaufstelle für alle Fragen rund um die Fleischwirtschaft.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5	Suissenégoce	Partial evidence	Geneva, SwitzerlandHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	22 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The Swiss Commodity Trading Association SUISSENÉGOCE is a non-profit, non-political organisation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6	Handels- UND Industrieverein DES Kantons Bern	Indirect evidence	Bern, SwitzerlandHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	21 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Der HIV nimmt die folgenden drei wichtigen Aufgaben wahr: 1.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7	Swissavant	Indirect evidence	Wallisellen, SwitzerlandHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	19 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Swissavant - Wirtschaftsverband Handwerk und Haushalt setzt sich für die gemeinsamen Interessen seiner rund 800 Mitglieder ein und übernimmt als wirtschaftspolitische…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8	Promarca	Indirect evidence	Bern, SwitzerlandHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	19 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Promarca – die engagierte Stimme der Marken – wurde 1929 gegründet und vertritt die Interessen von aktuell 104 Markenunternehmen im Konsumgüterbereich in der Schweiz und pflegt…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9	Luzerner Bäuerinnen- UND Bauernverband	Indirect evidence	Sursee, SwitzerlandHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	18 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Der Luzerner Bäuerinnen- und Bauernverband (LBV) ist im Bereich Landwirtschaft erster Ansprechpartner für Politik, Märkte und Gesellschaft.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10	Gastrograubünden	Indirect evidence	Chur, SwitzerlandHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	11 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “GastroGraubünden ist mit rund Mitglieder aus Hotellerie & Gastronomie der grösste gastgewerbliche Arbeitgeberverband Graubündens und versteht sich als Partner der Gastro- und…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11	Arbeitgeber Zürich VZH	Indirect evidence	SwitzerlandHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	10 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Seit 100 Jahren ist Arbeitgeber Zürich VZH mit seinen rund 2’200 Mitgliedsfirmen die starke Stimme und der kompetente Partner für Arbeitgeberinnen im Wirtschaftsraum Zürich.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12	Aargauischer Gewerbeverband	Indirect evidence	Aarau, SwitzerlandHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	10 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Unser Leitmotiv Wir sind unabhängig, kompetent und innovativ.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13	Swisscofel	Indirect evidence	Bern, SwitzerlandHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	7 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Die rund 160 Mitglieder sind im Bereich Gross- und Detailhandel, Import und branchenverwandten Bereichen tätig und erwirtschaften mit Früchten, Gemüse und Kartoffeln jährlich…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14	Swiss Livecom Association Expo Event	Partial evidence	Bern, SwitzerlandHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	7 contacts →
	Partial evidence “EXPO EVENT Swiss LiveCom Association steht für einen starken nationalen Branchenverband, der sich aktiv für die Anliegen seiner rund 180 Mitglieder einsetzt.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15	Gastroneuchâtel	Partial evidence	Saint-blaise, SwitzerlandHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	6 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Notre association regroupe près de 500 entreprises, représentant quelque emplois.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16	Spitex Verband Thurgau	Indirect evidence	Weinfelden, SwitzerlandHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	5 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Als Verband sind wir zuständig für die Koordination und Interessenvertretung unserer Mitgliedorganisationen.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17	Agvs Zentralschweiz	Indirect evidence	Horw, SwitzerlandHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	5 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Der AGVS Zentralschweiz schafft mit und für seine Mitglieder, langfristige und nachhaltige Wettbewerbsvorteile und bildet das führende Kompetenzcentrum für Themen aus der…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18	Schweizerischer Kaderverband SKV	Indirect evidence	St. Gallen, SwitzerlandHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	3 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Die Gründung des Schweizerischen Kaderverbandes erfolgte 1988 zur Förderung der wirtschaftlichen und beruflichen Interessen seiner Mitglieder.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19	Swiss Insurance Association SIA	Partial evidence	SwitzerlandHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	2 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The Swiss Insurance Association (SIA) represents the interests of the private insurance industry at national and international level.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20	Zürcher Hotellerie	Indirect evidence	Zurich, SwitzerlandHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	2 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Der Verein der Zürcher Hotellerie (ZHV) erbringt als Regionalverband von Hotellerie Suisse für seine 250 Mitglieder verschiedene Dienstleistungen und engagiert sich für die…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21	Zürcher Kreis	Indirect evidence	Zürich, SwitzerlandHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1-10	1 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Mitglieder sind Inhaber, Vorstände und Geschäftsführer von grossen mittelständischen Unternehmen und börsennotierten Konzernen.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22	Swissmechanic Sektion Zürich, SMZ	Indirect evidence	Effretikon, SwitzerlandHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	n/a	1 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “SWISSMECHANIC Ist der führende Arbeitgeberberband Für Die KMU-MEM-BRANCHE.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: trade associations. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names trade associations.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of trade associations, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name trade associations. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Trade associations based in Switzerland at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026

21.6%Verified-email coverage

8.7Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

17.7%Largest-city concentration · Zurich

Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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11-50

51-200

201-500

1,001-5,000

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Switzerland, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Switzerland, over 62 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among trade associations, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in Switzerland whose own description of what they do matches “trade associations”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names trade associations), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among trade associations, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Switzerland are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 116 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names trade associations, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many trade associations are there based in Switzerland?

RevenueBase identified 62 trade associations headquartered in Switzerland as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Union Patronale DU Canton DE Fribourg Upcf, headquartered in Fribourg, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most trade associations?

Zurich leads with 11 headquartered companies, followed by Bern (9) and Basel (4).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 116 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 62 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.