Company Identifiers
- UID (Unternehmens-Identifikationsnummer): Primary registration number for all Swiss entities.
- Format for search:
CHE-XXX.XXX.XXX(with separators) orCHEXXXXXXXXXXX(without separators) - Format for
companyProfile: OnlyCHEXXXXXXXXXXX(without separators, e.g.,CHE123456789) - Example:
CHE123456789
- Format for search:
- EHRAID: Enterprise and Holdings Register ID (secondary identifier, when available)
- CHID: Commercial Register ID (secondary identifier, when available)
Search Capabilities
- By UID (with or without separators):
search("CHE-123.456.789")orsearch("CHE123456789") - By company name (minimum 3 characters):
search("Nestlé SA") - Inputs can be either UID or company name
- Supports all companies registered in the Swiss commercial register
companyProfile endpoint, only the UID format without separators is accepted: CHE123456789
Data Sources
- Zefix (Central Business Name Index): Primary official source maintained by the Federal Office of Justice
- Provides all company information: name, status, legal form, address, capital, activity description
- Multi-language support (German, French, Italian, English)
- SHAB (Swiss Official Gazette of Commerce): Official publication platform for commercial registry documents
- Certificate of Incorporation and other official publications
Company Status
Company status is harmonized from official registers. Possible statuses:- Active
- Closed
- Unknown
- Signals are taken from the Zefix registry
- If Zefix displays status “Active”, company is Active
- When a deletion date is present, status is Closed
- Closure dates are captured when available from SOGC publications
Legal Forms
The local legal form is preserved from Zefix and standardized. Legal forms follow the eCH-0097 data standard with multi-language support. Swiss legal forms (exhaustive list):| Code/Abbr. | German | French | Italian | English |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EI | Einzelunternehmen | Entreprise individuelle | Ditta individuale | Sole proprietorship |
| KolG | Kollektivgesellschaft | Société en nom collectif | Società in nome collettivo | General partnership |
| KG | Kommanditgesellschaft | Société en commandite | Società in accomandita | Limited partnership |
| GmbH | Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung | Société à responsabilité limitée | Società a garanzia limitata | Limited liability company |
| AG | Aktiengesellschaft | Société anonyme | Società anonima | Public limited company |
| KomAG | Kommanditaktiengesellschaft | Société en commandite par actions | Società in accomandita per azioni | Partnership limited by shares |
| GenG | Genossenschaft | Société coopérative | Società cooperativa | Cooperative |
| Verein | Verein | Association | Associazione | Association |
| Stiftung | Stiftung | Fondation | Fondazione | Foundation |
| einfG | Einfache Gesellschaft | Société simple | Società semplice | Simple partnership |
| Zweignd. | Zweigniederlassung | Succursale | Succursale | Branch |
| Einz.Rechtsträger | Einzelner Rechtsträger | Entité juridique individuelle | Entità giuridica individuale | Single legal entity |
| Verein (n.e.) | Verein (nicht eingetragen) | Association (non inscrite) | Associazione (non iscritta) | Association (not registered) |
| Stift. (n.e.) | Stiftung (nicht eingetragen) | Fondation (non inscrite) | Fondazione (non iscritta) | Foundation (not registered) |
| EWIV | Europäische wirtschaftliche Interessenvereinigung | Groupement européen d’intérêt économique | Gruppo europeo di interesse economico | European Economic Interest Grouping |
| SE | Societas Europaea (Europäische Gesellschaft) | Société européenne | Società europea | European Company |
| SCE | Societas Cooperativa Europaea | Société coopérative européenne | Società cooperativa europea | European Cooperative Society |
| Institut | Institut des öffentlichen Rechts | Institut de droit public | Istituto di diritto pubblico | Public law institution |
| Anstalt | Anstalt | Établissement | Stabilimento | Establishment |
| Korp. | Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts | Corporation de droit public | Corporazione di diritto pubblico | Public corporation |
legalForm.localName field will reflect the registration language.
Legal Representatives
- Extracted from SOGC publications (Swiss Official Gazette of Commerce)
- Role names are kept locally and standardized
- Start/end dates captured when available in publications
- Note: Zefix does not provide structured legal representative data; extraction relies on AI parsing of SOGC publication texts
Available Documents
- Certificate of Incorporation: Available when applicable (for companies with SOGC publication containing incorporation event)
- Format: PDF
- Source: SHAB (Swiss Official Gazette of Commerce)
- Not all companies have a downloadable certificate of incorporation (depends on publication history)