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Ranking23 chainsResearch foundationUpdated November 9, 2026

Research foundations: the largest chains in Switzerland

The largest chains in the “Research foundation” category in Switzerland by number of active locations in the category. In total 527 research foundations, 18% of them belong to chains; number one is ETH Zürich with 12 locations (2% of the category). The ranking lists all 23 chains with two or more locations in the category.

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23 chains in the ranking·Switzerland · Research foundation·Chain — two or more active locations in the category
1–23 of 23
RankChainLocationsCantonsMarket shareAddresses
01 12 1
2.3%
02
CSEMNeuchâtel, Bern and others
6 4
1.1%
03
EM
EmpaZurich, St. Gallen
5 2
0.9%
04
EPFLVaud, Geneva
4 2
0.8%
05
AgroscopeBern, Ticino and others
4 4
0.8%
06
UnilabsBern, Vaud and others
4 4
0.8%
07
ZHAWZurich
3 1
0.6%
08
AD
AdmedNeuchâtel
3 1
0.6%
09
CHUVVaud
2 1
0.4%
10
UNILVaud
2 1
0.4%
11
BFHBern
2 1
0.4%
12
StrickhofZurich, Zug
2 2
0.4%
13
NE
2 1
0.4%
14
SUPSITicino
2 1
0.4%
15
NagraAargau
2 1
0.4%
16
SP
SPHNBern, Basel-Stadt
2 2
0.4%
17 2 1
0.4%
18
WI
WinGDZurich
2 1
0.4%
19 2 2
0.4%
20
FI
FiBLAargau, Vaud
2 2
0.4%
21 2 2
0.4%
22
TS
The SenseVaud, Valais
2 2
0.4%
23 2 2
0.4%
Share — of all research foundations in Switzerland; under the chain — the cantons with most of its locations in the category527 in the category
Chains and independent companies
In chains95 · 18%
Independent432 · 82%

The five largest chains account for 5.9% of all research foundations in Switzerland.

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Research foundations in one file

527 research foundations — chains and independents — with phone, website, opening hours and chain.

How we count

Rank — by number of active locations of the chain in the “Research foundation” category in all of Switzerland; share — of all research foundations. A chain has at least two locations; the chain affiliation comes from the source. Closed locations are not counted.

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