No. Many farms publish neither a phone number nor a website, and most are not in the commercial register. The official number of businesses (STATENT) is therefore considerably higher than the number of farms with public contact details.
NOGA 01–03 · 10–11
Dairy and arable farms, vineyards, forestry businesses, cheese dairies, bakeries with production, butchers, breweries and distilleries: for agricultural machinery and feed dealers, packaging manufacturers and buyers of regional products.
Our Swiss database holds 1,005,992 records (as of 4 November 2026): the entities in the commercial register and places from Overture Maps without a match. They are not yet assigned to industries; the quotation states the size available for this industry, the reference date and the delivery date.
Export of the whole industry: CHF 389 (final price). Selections by canton, municipality, language region or your own filters are quoted on request.
Official statistics: 54,140 businesses in Switzerland according to FSO, STATENT, table px-x-0602010000_106 (reference year 2024, table updated 20 August 2026). Divisions 01 agriculture (47,725), 02 forestry (1,227), 03 fishing (163), 10 food and feed products (4,336) and 11 beverages (689) combined. This is the size of the market, not the size of our database.
This industry covers primary production (NOGA 01 to 03) and the manufacture of food and beverages (10 and 11). Unlike some business registers abroad, the Swiss STATENT also covers farms: 47,725 businesses in division 01 (2024), of which 18,315 keep dairy cattle.
Among manufacturers, bakeries (10.71: 1,469) and cheese dairies (10.51.02: 592) are the largest types according to the FSO, followed by breweries (11.05: 254). Shops of bakeries and butchers without their own production belong to retail.
| NOGA 2008 | Official title | For your selection |
|---|---|---|
| 01.41 | Raising of dairy cattle | largest agricultural type (STATENT 2024: 18,315) |
| 01.50 | Mixed farming | crops and livestock without a main focus (4,350) |
| 01.21 | Growing of grapes | vineyards (2,177) |
| 10.51 | Operation of dairies and cheese making | Swiss types for fresh dairy products, cheese and other dairy processing |
| 10.71 | Manufacture of bread; fresh pastry goods and cakes | bakeries with production |
| 11 | Manufacture of beverages | breweries, wineries, distilleries, mineral water |
The main obligations for food businesses are set out in the Food and Utility Articles Ordinance. They do not produce public address lists.
These 16 columns are planned.
Most farms are family businesses without legal personality of their own. Name and address are then personal data of the farm manager. The Data Protection Act and the right to object apply to advertising; telephone advertising is only allowed to numbers without the asterisk marking.
For manufacturers, a selection by type pays off: cheese dairies, bakeries and breweries have very different needs in packaging, machinery and logistics.
We sell milking equipment and are looking for farms keeping dairy cattle (01.41) in the cantons of Lucerne, Bern and St. Gallen that list a phone number. How many records is that?
Use
Select farms by livestock or crop per canton for field sales.
Approach cheese dairies, bakeries and breweries in a region by post.
Find regional producers as suppliers.
Contact farms in a region for bookkeeping and tax services.
Questions
No. Many farms publish neither a phone number nor a website, and most are not in the commercial register. The official number of businesses (STATENT) is therefore considerably higher than the number of farms with public contact details.
Planned once the records carry a NOGA code; until then we check the definition in the quotation. NOGA 2008 has its own Swiss type for cheese making (10.51.02), 592 businesses in 2024 according to the FSO.
Sales calls are allowed to numbers listed in the telephone directory without the asterisk marking (Art. 3 para. 1 let. u UWG). Many farms use private lines with an asterisk; you may not call those numbers for advertising. The phone numbers in the export are not checked against the asterisk marking and are not intended for sales calls.
54,140 businesses in Switzerland according to FSO, STATENT, table px-x-0602010000_106 (reference year 2024, table updated 20 August 2026). Divisions 01 agriculture (47,725), 02 forestry (1,227), 03 fishing (163), 10 food and feed products (4,336) and 11 beverages (689) combined. This is an official statistic, not the size of our dataset.
Format, sources, price and marketing law (UWG, asterisk marking): questions about all industries.