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Ranking26 cantons · 50 citiesUpdated November 7, 2026

Cantons of Switzerland ranked by stores per capita

How many stores there are per 100,000 inhabitants — in all 26 cantons and in the cities with more than 20,000 inhabitants. On average 1,158.8 per 100,000 inhabitants, one listing per 86 inhabitants.

CantonsCitiesRanking of the chains: Retail
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1,158.8
stores per 100,000 inhabitants — Switzerland
one listing per 86 inhabitants
1,528.7
most — Zug
one listing per 65 inhabitants
918.5
fewest — Basel-Landschaft
one listing per 109 inhabitants
9.1M
Inhabitants
FSO (BFS), permanent resident population on December 31, 2025
How we count. Listings — the active stores in our database as of the data date. A listing belongs to a canton by its address (postal code). Population — FSO (BFS), permanent resident population on December 31, 2025; cities — GeoNames. Tourist and urban cantons rank higher: many companies relative to the resident population.

Cantons: stores per 100,000 inhabitants

Stores per 100,000 inhabitants and inhabitants per listing. Click a column to sort.

No. ↕Canton ↕Inhabitants ↕Retail ↕Per 100,000 inh. ↕Inhabitants per listing ↕
01 ZugCentral Switzerland 135,018 2,064
1,528.7
 65
02 GrisonsEastern Switzerland 207,400 3,094
1,491.8
 67
03 TicinoTicino region 359,783 4,926
1,369.2
 73
04 NeuchâtelEspace Mittelland 180,365 2,450
1,358.4
 74
05 Appenzell InnerrhodenEastern Switzerland 16,890 225
1,332.1
 75
06 SchaffhausenEastern Switzerland 90,087 1,189
1,319.8
 76
07 Basel-StadtNorthwestern Switzerland 204,157 2,686
1,315.7
 76
08 GlarusEastern Switzerland 42,451 534
1,257.9
 79
09 NidwaldenCentral Switzerland 45,664 572
1,252.6
 80
10 SchwyzCentral Switzerland 170,072 2,099
1,234.2
 81
11 JuraEspace Mittelland 75,178 912
1,213.1
 82
12 ObwaldenCentral Switzerland 39,879 482
1,208.7
 83
13 St. GallenEastern Switzerland 544,040 6,555
1,204.9
 83
14 ZurichZurich region 1,632,918 19,412
1,188.8
 84
15 LucerneCentral Switzerland 441,500 5,242
1,187.3
 84
16 ValaisLake Geneva region 376,113 4,390
1,167.2
 86
17 BernEspace Mittelland 1,076,127 12,403
1,152.6
 87
18 Appenzell AusserrhodenEastern Switzerland 57,221 659
1,151.7
 87
19 ThurgauEastern Switzerland 302,806 3,457
1,141.7
 88
20 VaudLake Geneva region 863,650 9,732
1,126.8
 89
21 GenevaLake Geneva region 537,084 5,836
1,086.6
 92
22 AargauNorthwestern Switzerland 743,768 7,437
999.9
 100
23 UriCentral Switzerland 38,581 377
977.2
 102
24 FribourgEspace Mittelland 350,918 3,425
976.0
 102
25 SolothurnEspace Mittelland 291,583 2,817
966.1
 104
26 Basel-LandschaftNorthwestern Switzerland 303,872 2,791
918.5
 109
Average of Switzerland — 1,158.8 per 100,000 inhabitants105,766 stores · 9,127,125 inhabitants

Cities with more than 20,000 inhabitants

Stores per 100,000 inhabitants in the larger cities. Population of the cities — GeoNames.

No. ↕City ↕Inhabitants ↕Retail ↕Per 100,000 inh. ↕Inhabitants per listing ↕
01 ZugZug 30,542 733
2,400.0
 42
02 AarauAargau 21,503 445
2,069.5
 48
03 DietikonZurich 20,893 395
1,890.6
 53
04 BernBern 121,631 2,292
1,884.4
 53
05 BaarZug 20,546 383
1,864.1
 54
06 NeuchâtelNeuchâtel 33,475 615
1,837.2
 54
07 ChurGrisons 35,373 638
1,803.6
 55
08 LucerneLucerne 81,691 1,463
1,790.9
 56
09 St. GallenSt. Gallen 75,833 1,313
1,731.4
 58
10 GenevaGeneva 201,741 3,487
1,728.5
 58
11 SchaffhausenSchaffhausen 36,587 625
1,708.3
 59
12 SionValais 34,708 581
1,674.0
 60
13 LuganoTicino 63,185 1,043
1,650.7
 61
14 FrauenfeldThurgau 25,607 422
1,648.0
 61
15 ZurichZurich 415,367 6,629
1,595.9
 63
16 La Chaux-de-FondsNeuchâtel 37,942 596
1,570.8
 64
17 Yverdon-les-BainsVaud 30,157 468
1,551.9
 64
18 Biel/BienneBern 55,120 825
1,496.7
 67
19 ThunBern 43,723 652
1,491.2
 67
20 FribourgFribourg 38,365 570
1,485.7
 67
21 WilSt. Gallen 23,955 354
1,477.8
 68
22 BaselBasel-Stadt 177,595 2,518
1,417.8
 71
23 LausanneVaud 139,111 1,970
1,416.1
 71
24 MontreuxVaud 25,984 367
1,412.4
 71
25 BulleFribourg 23,438 331
1,412.2
 71
26 WetzikonZurich 24,764 339
1,368.9
 73
27 KreuzlingenThurgau 21,997 294
1,336.5
 75
28 WinterthurZurich 111,840 1,394
1,246.4
 80
29 BülachZurich 20,443 253
1,237.6
 81
30 OpfikonZurich 21,554 260
1,206.3
 83
31 KriensLucerne 25,010 294
1,175.5
 85
32 UsterZurich 34,715 373
1,074.5
 93
33 HorgenZurich 22,662 230
1,014.9
 99
34 RenensVaud 20,927 209
998.7
 100
35 EmmenLucerne 30,926 289
934.5
 107
36 BellinzonaTicino 43,220 326
754.3
 133
37 RiehenBasel-Stadt 20,000 145
725.0
 138
38 LancyGeneva 27,291 161
589.9
 170
39 VernierGeneva 30,086 167
555.1
 180
40 KönizBern 41,784 152
363.8
 275
41 Glattpark (Opfikon)Zurich 21,554 42
194.9
 513
42 Renens (VD)Vaud 20,927 2
9.6
 10,464
43 Baar, ZugZug 20,546 1
4.9
 20,546
44 Chernex / MontreuxVaud 25,984 1
3.8
 25,984
45 Pont-de-la-Morge (SionValais 34,708 1
2.9
 34,708
46 Schaffhausen/HemmentalSchaffhausen 36,587 1
2.7
 36,587
47 Reutlingen (Winterthur)Zurich 111,840 1
0.9
 111,840
48 GinebraGeneva 201,741 1
0.5
 201,741
49 GenebraGeneva 201,741 1
0.5
 201,741
50 Oetwil a. d. Limmat / ZürichZurich 415,367 1
0.2
 415,367

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