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Ranking10 chainsSelf defense schoolUpdated November 9, 2026

Self defense schools: the largest chains in Switzerland

The largest chains in the “Self defense school” category in Switzerland by number of active locations in the category. In total 172 self defense schools, 28% of them belong to chains; number one is SKEMA with 13 locations (8% of the category). The ranking lists all 10 chains with two or more locations in the category.

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10 chains in the ranking·Switzerland · Self defense school·Chain — two or more active locations in the category
1–10 of 10
RankChainLocationsCantonsMarket shareAddresses
01
SKEMAZurich, St. Gallen and others
13 6
7.6%
02
IWTOAAargau, Basel-Landschaft
4 2
2.3%
03
KM
Krav Maga IKMFZurich, Bern and others
4 4
2.3%
04 4 1
2.3%
05
SA
SMART-AcademyZurich, Thurgau
3 2
1.7%
06
CL
3 1
1.7%
07
WK
2 1
1.2%
08
FK
2 1
1.2%
09 2 1
1.2%
10
KC
KRAV COREBasel-Stadt
2 1
1.2%
Share — of all self defense schools in Switzerland; under the chain — the cantons with most of its locations in the category172 in the category
Chains and independent companies
In chains49 · 28%
Independent123 · 72%

The five largest chains account for 16.3% of all self defense schools in Switzerland.

The database
Self defense schools in one file

172 self defense schools — chains and independents — with phone, website, opening hours and chain.

How we count

Rank — by number of active locations of the chain in the “Self defense school” category in all of Switzerland; share — of all self defense schools. A chain has at least two locations; the chain affiliation comes from the source. Closed locations are not counted.

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