Economy · 01. March 2023
CRIF has investigated how the proportion of women in management and on the board of directors in Swiss companies has developed over the last ten years.
Economy · 07. February 2023
Across Switzerland, bankruptcies increased by 23.2 percent in 2022 compared to the previous year.
Strategic alliances · 24. January 2022
Experian is expanding its strategic partnership with Intrum Switzerland and thus extending its commitment in the DACH region. Intrum clients in Switzerland now benefit from business information from Germany and Austria, enabling them to tap into additional target groups within the DACH region.
Economy · 21. October 2021
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.
Economy · 07. March 2021
CRIF examined who set up new companies in 2020. In Switzerland, 67,753 people founded new companies in 2020. Of these, 74.4% were…
Economy · 05. February 2021
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.
Members News · 22. January 2021
The international information services provider Experian is expanding its presence in the DACH region, with the establishment of Experian Switzerland AG, which is based in Opfikon near Zurich. For Experian, this is...
Economy · 09. October 2020
CRIF AG has looked at how many new businesses were established in the 3rd quarter and how many companies went out of business. All in all, 11,682 companies were set up in Switzerland during
Economy · 07. July 2020
Zurich, 2nd July 2020 – 10,539 new businesses were set up in the 2nd quarter of 2020, which represents a decline of 5.3% compared with the previous year. Ticino and Geneva suffered declines of 22% and 21% respectively, but a record total of 4486 company start-ups were also reported in June. CRIF AG has looked at how many new businesses were established in the 2nd quarter and how many companies went out of business. All in all, 11,413 companies were set up in Switzerland during this time. This...
Economy · 26. March 2020
Introduction According to the KOF Swiss Institute of Business Cycle Research at ETH Zurich, investment in construction represents about 10% of Switzerland’s gross domestic product. A particular feature of this industry is that the upfront expenditure largely comes from inside the country, and that any fluctuations probably exert a more profound effect on the economic position of other industrial sectors. How is the situation in the construction sector in detail? CRIF has taken a look and...