The export contains businesses whose main activity is in NOGA division 78. Whether a business is licensed can be checked in SECO’s public directory; the export does not contain licence status.
NOGA 78
Temporary staffing agencies, recruitment agencies, executive search and HR consulting: for providers of HR software, job boards, insurance and training, and for companies comparing staffing agencies in a region.
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: 2,187 businesses in Switzerland according to FSO, STATENT, table px-x-0602010000_106 (reference year 2024, table updated 20 August 2026). Division 78 employment activities: employment placement agencies (78.1), temporary employment agencies (78.2) and other human resources provision (78.3). This is the size of the market, not the size of our database.
This industry corresponds to NOGA division 78 employment activities. According to the FSO (STATENT 2024) there are 2,187 businesses: 1,134 in temporary employment and 1,013 in placement.
Many providers do both, placing permanent staff and hiring out temporary workers. NOGA classifies them by their main activity.
| NOGA 2008 | Official title | For your selection |
|---|---|---|
| 78.10 | Activities of employment placement agencies | recruitment and executive search |
| 78.20 | Temporary employment agency activities | temporary staffing and staff leasing |
| 78.30 | Other human resources provision | longer-term staff leasing, payrolling |
Private employment placement and staff leasing require a licence in Switzerland. This makes the industry easy to delimit.
These 16 columns are planned.
Large staffing providers have many branches. Branches in other cantons need their own licence (Art. 2 and 12 AVG) and therefore often appear as separate locations. For offers to head office, the head office is enough.
NOGA does not show specialisations such as construction, care, IT or finance. A website as a mandatory field helps you check the specialisation yourself.
We offer payroll software for staff leasing and are looking for temporary employment agencies (78.20) across German-speaking Switzerland, with a website and a phone number.
Use
Select staffing and placement agencies per canton for product presentations.
Win staffing providers as advertisers.
Approach staff leasing businesses for group insurance.
Compare and contact staffing providers in a region.
Questions
The export contains businesses whose main activity is in NOGA division 78. Whether a business is licensed can be checked in SECO’s public directory; the export does not contain licence status.
Planned once the records carry a NOGA code; until then we check the definition in the quotation. Temporary employment agency activities are a separate NOGA class (78.20), 1,134 businesses in 2024 according to the FSO.
No. The export contains company data of staffing providers, no data of job seekers or temporary workers.
2,187 businesses in Switzerland according to FSO, STATENT, table px-x-0602010000_106 (reference year 2024, table updated 20 August 2026). Division 78 employment activities: employment placement agencies (78.1), temporary employment agencies (78.2) and other human resources provision (78.3). This is an official statistic, not the size of our dataset.
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