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Ranking26 cantons · 42 citiesUpdated November 8, 2026

Cantons of Switzerland ranked by food and drink businesses per capita

How many food and drink businesses there are per 100,000 inhabitants — in all 26 cantons and in the cities with more than 20,000 inhabitants. On average 570.3 per 100,000 inhabitants, one listing per 175 inhabitants.

CantonsCitiesRanking of the chains: Food and drink
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570.3
food and drink businesses per 100,000 inhabitants — Switzerland
one listing per 175 inhabitants
1,041.9
most — Grisons
one listing per 96 inhabitants
394.7
fewest — Aargau
one listing per 253 inhabitants
9.1M
Inhabitants
FSO (BFS), permanent resident population on December 31, 2025
How we count. Listings — the active food and drink businesses 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: food and drink businesses per 100,000 inhabitants

Food and drink businesses per 100,000 inhabitants and inhabitants per listing. Click a column to sort.

No. ↕Canton ↕Inhabitants ↕Food and drink ↕Per 100,000 inh. ↕Inhabitants per listing ↕
01 GrisonsEastern Switzerland 207,400 2,161
1,041.9
 96
02 TicinoTicino region 359,783 3,060
850.5
 118
03 ValaisLake Geneva region 376,113 3,062
814.1
 123
04 Basel-StadtNorthwestern Switzerland 204,157 1,626
796.4
 126
05 UriCentral Switzerland 38,581 281
728.3
 137
06 GenevaLake Geneva region 537,084 3,756
699.3
 143
07 Appenzell InnerrhodenEastern Switzerland 16,890 114
675.0
 148
08 NeuchâtelEspace Mittelland 180,365 1,146
635.4
 157
09 GlarusEastern Switzerland 42,451 265
624.2
 160
10 ObwaldenCentral Switzerland 39,879 248
621.9
 161
11 SchaffhausenEastern Switzerland 90,087 557
618.3
 162
12 VaudLake Geneva region 863,650 4,891
566.3
 177
13 St. GallenEastern Switzerland 544,040 3,080
566.1
 177
14 Appenzell AusserrhodenEastern Switzerland 57,221 322
562.7
 178
15 JuraEspace Mittelland 75,178 422
561.3
 178
16 BernEspace Mittelland 1,076,127 5,945
552.4
 181
17 SchwyzCentral Switzerland 170,072 939
552.1
 181
18 ZurichZurich region 1,632,918 8,633
528.7
 189
19 NidwaldenCentral Switzerland 45,664 236
516.8
 193
20 ThurgauEastern Switzerland 302,806 1,514
500.0
 200
21 ZugCentral Switzerland 135,018 659
488.1
 205
22 LucerneCentral Switzerland 441,500 2,062
467.0
 214
23 SolothurnEspace Mittelland 291,583 1,352
463.7
 216
24 FribourgEspace Mittelland 350,918 1,574
448.5
 223
25 Basel-LandschaftNorthwestern Switzerland 303,872 1,210
398.2
 251
26 AargauNorthwestern Switzerland 743,768 2,936
394.7
 253
Average of Switzerland — 570.3 per 100,000 inhabitants52,051 food and drink businesses · 9,127,125 inhabitants

Cities with more than 20,000 inhabitants

Food and drink businesses per 100,000 inhabitants in the larger cities. Population of the cities — GeoNames.

No. ↕City ↕Inhabitants ↕Food and drink ↕Per 100,000 inh. ↕Inhabitants per listing ↕
01 GenevaGeneva 201,741 2,369
1,174.3
 85
02 AarauAargau 21,503 232
1,078.9
 93
03 LuganoTicino 63,185 607
960.7
 104
04 NeuchâtelNeuchâtel 33,475 321
958.9
 104
05 FribourgFribourg 38,365 367
956.6
 105
06 BernBern 121,631 1,151
946.3
 106
07 SionValais 34,708 326
939.3
 106
08 St. GallenSt. Gallen 75,833 691
911.2
 110
09 LausanneVaud 139,111 1,235
887.8
 113
10 LucerneLucerne 81,691 724
886.3
 113
11 BaselBasel-Stadt 177,595 1,552
873.9
 114
12 ZugZug 30,542 266
870.9
 115
13 ZurichZurich 415,367 3,603
867.4
 115
14 FrauenfeldThurgau 25,607 211
824.0
 121
15 MontreuxVaud 25,984 214
823.6
 121
16 ChurGrisons 35,373 282
797.2
 125
17 SchaffhausenSchaffhausen 36,587 289
789.9
 127
18 Biel/BienneBern 55,120 435
789.2
 127
19 DietikonZurich 20,893 163
780.2
 128
20 Yverdon-les-BainsVaud 30,157 224
742.8
 135
21 La Chaux-de-FondsNeuchâtel 37,942 278
732.7
 136
22 BulleFribourg 23,438 157
669.9
 149
23 ThunBern 43,723 291
665.6
 150
24 RenensVaud 20,927 138
659.4
 152
25 WetzikonZurich 24,764 163
658.2
 152
26 WilSt. Gallen 23,955 152
634.5
 158
27 WinterthurZurich 111,840 665
594.6
 168
28 KreuzlingenThurgau 21,997 127
577.4
 173
29 OpfikonZurich 21,554 124
575.3
 174
30 KriensLucerne 25,010 128
511.8
 195
31 BellinzonaTicino 43,220 215
497.5
 201
32 BaarZug 20,546 102
496.4
 201
33 BülachZurich 20,443 95
464.7
 215
34 HorgenZurich 22,662 92
406.0
 246
35 EmmenLucerne 30,926 116
375.1
 267
36 UsterZurich 34,715 128
368.7
 271
37 LancyGeneva 27,291 96
351.8
 284
38 VernierGeneva 30,086 88
292.5
 342
39 RiehenBasel-Stadt 20,000 58
290.0
 345
40 KönizBern 41,784 74
177.1
 565
41 Glattpark (Opfikon)Zurich 21,554 10
46.4
 2,155
42 ZürihZurich 415,367 1
0.2
 415,367

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