Report on Company Foundations February 2022: Figures keep staying strong
In February 2022, 4’222 companies were founded in Switzerland. Although this represents a decrease of -3.74% compared to February 2021, the number of foundations increased by +10.76% compared to January 2022.
Outstanding Start to 2022
With a total of 4’222 newly founded companies throughout Switzerland, February 2022 is the second strongest February since STARTUPS.CH has been publishing monthly reports. The previous record of 4’386 foundations was set in February 2021. Despite a decrease of -3.74% compared to February 2021, a growth of +10.76% was recorded compared to the previous month.
Only Northwestern Switzerland recorded a decrease compared to the previous month
Northwestern Switzerland is the only region that recorded a decrease (-5.64%) in company foundations compared to January 2022. With 108 new companies founded in both January and February, Basel-Land is the only canton in the Northwestern Switzerland region which was not in the red. Indeed, Bern (-1.76%), Aargau (-9.38%), Solothurn (-4.63%) and Basel-Stadt (-15.6%) all recorded declining foundation figures.
Nevertheless, the situation is quite different in the other Swiss regions. Ticino is the region with the strongest upswing (+29.29%) compared to January 2022, followed by French-speaking Switzerland with +20.3% more company foundations. Central and Eastern Switzerland are both in third place (+15.5%). Region Zurich takes the fourth place with +7.89% company foundations.
Mixed results compared to the previous year
Compared to February 2022, half of the Swiss regions saw a decline in foundations. Northwestern Switzerland recorded, again, the hardest hit (-18.46%). In Western Switzerland, the number of foundations fell by -4.56%. Ticino recorded a very small decline of -0.55%. Eastern Switzerland recorded the strongest increase compared to February 2021. In Central Switzerland, the number of newly founded companies increased by +3.95% and in the region of Zurich by +1.73%.
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