CRIF has investigated how many of the businesses entered into the Commercial Register are economically active and how many of these businesses are ghost companies.
CRIF AG has looked at the changes occurring in the business portfolio during 2020. In spite of the coronavirus pandemic, the number of companies operating in Switzerland grew by 2.8% (compared with 2.3% in 2019). This growth can be attributed to an increase of around 5% in the number of new start-ups.