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Ranking48 chainsBuilding materials storeUpdated November 9, 2026

Building materials stores: the largest chains in Switzerland

The largest chains in the “Building materials store” category in Switzerland by number of active locations in the category. In total 1,490 building materials stores, 28% of them belong to chains; number one is Baubedarf with 54 locations (4% of the category). The ranking lists all 48 chains with two or more locations in the category.

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48 chains in the ranking·Switzerland · Building materials store·Chain — two or more active locations in the category
1–48 of 48
RankChainLocationsCantonsMarket shareAddresses
01
BaubedarfZurich, Grisons and others
54 15
3.6%
02
Gétaz-MiautonVaud, Valais and others
37 11
2.5%
03
HGCZurich, Bern and others
33 15
2.2%
04
Richner - HandwerkerzentrumZurich, Bern and others
19 10
1.3%
05
SABAGZurich, Bern and others
14 11
0.9%
06
CREABETON AGLucerne, St. Gallen and others
11 8
0.7%
07
SA
Sto AGZurich, Bern and others
11 9
0.7%
08
RI
RichnerBern, St. Gallen and others
10 8
0.7%
09
HORNBACHVaud, Zurich and others
8 7
0.5%
10
FixitZurich, Aargau and others
8 6
0.5%
11
Gasser BaumaterialienGrisons, Glarus
8 2
0.5%
12
BaumatBern
7 1
0.5%
13
Saint-Gobain Weber AGZurich, Aargau and others
6 4
0.4%
14 6 1
0.4%
15
MOBAU Schweiz AGThurgau, Zurich and others
6 5
0.4%
16
TA
Tschümperlin AGLucerne, Zurich and others
5 4
0.3%
17
Richner - AusstellungZurich, Bern and others
5 5
0.3%
18
ST
starchLucerne, Uri and others
4 4
0.3%
19
JN
Judith Nägeli - KeramikSchwyz, Solothurn and others
4 4
0.3%
20
MS
MÜLLER-STEINAGLucerne, Nidwalden and others
4 3
0.3%
21
DK
Durrisol KusterBasel-Landschaft, Zurich and others
4 3
0.3%
22
SikaZurich, Fribourg and others
3 3
0.2%
23
GreutolBern, Thurgau and others
3 3
0.2%
24
KIBAGZurich, Vaud
2 2
0.1%
25
MS
MÜLLER-STEINAG BAUSTOFF AGLucerne, Nidwalden
2 2
0.1%
26
LI
LiettiValais
2 1
0.1%
27
SG
Sarna-GranolNidwalden
2 1
0.1%
28
CE
CementwarenSt. Gallen
2 1
0.1%
29
DB
Dusch Bad AGBern, St. Gallen
2 2
0.1%
30
RA
Real AGBern, Thurgau
2 2
0.1%
31
XA
Xorrox AGZurich
2 1
0.1%
32
FL
FloorightZurich, Aargau
2 2
0.1%
33
FP
Frey ParkettBasel-Landschaft
2 1
0.1%
34
BA
Brumma AGAargau, Thurgau
2 2
0.1%
35
VA
VAS AGSolothurn, St. Gallen
2 2
0.1%
36
SA
Synovatec AGLucerne, Zug
2 2
0.1%
37
PR
prosolBasel-Landschaft
2 1
0.1%
38
HolcimAargau
2 1
0.1%
39 2 1
0.1%
40
RÖFIX AGZurich, St. Gallen
2 2
0.1%
41
TH
THYMOSZurich, Bern
2 2
0.1%
42
DG
2 1
0.1%
43
GI
GibaBasel-Landschaft
2 1
0.1%
44
SS
Sto SATicino, Vaud
2 2
0.1%
45
SB
2 2
0.1%
46
SA
stone-atelierZurich, Zug
2 2
0.1%
47
BU
BugelBern, Zug
2 2
0.1%
48
WG
2 1
0.1%
Share — of all building materials stores in Switzerland; under the chain — the cantons with most of its locations in the category1,490 in the category
Chains and independent companies
In chains418 · 28%
Independent1,072 · 72%

The five largest chains account for 10.5% of all building materials stores in Switzerland.

The database
Building materials stores in one file

1,490 building materials stores — chains and independents — with phone, website, opening hours and chain.

How we count

Rank — by number of active locations of the chain in the “Building materials store” category in all of Switzerland; share — of all building materials stores. A chain has at least two locations; the chain affiliation comes from the source. Closed locations are not counted.

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