{"id":6173,"date":"2024-02-12T11:13:44","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T10:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.startups.ch\/en\/?p=6173"},"modified":"2024-02-12T11:15:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T10:15:00","slug":"founding-report-january-4000-mark-cracked-at-the-beginning-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.startups.ch\/en\/founding-report-january-4000-mark-cracked-at-the-beginning-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Foundation Report January: 4000-mark cracked at the beginning of the year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In January 2024, 4276 new companies were founded nationwide in Switzerland. The lively start to the new year represented an increase of 3.43% compared to the previous year and a decrease of 8.90% compared to the previous month of December.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" data-attachment-id=\"6174\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.startups.ch\/en\/founding-report-january-4000-mark-cracked-at-the-beginning-of-the-year\/2-26\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.startups.ch\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2.png?fit=940%2C788&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"940,788\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.startups.ch\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2.png?fit=940%2C788&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.startups.ch\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2.png?fit=940%2C788&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.startups.ch\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2.png?resize=940%2C788&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6174\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Romandie region starts off strong<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In Romandie, there were 1196 new startups, allowing the region to score a 12.72 percentage point increase compared to January 2023, with a decrease of 7.79% compared to December 2023. In the canton of Vaud, 422 companies were founded, corresponding to a decrease of 2.99% compared to December 2023 and an increase of 4.46% compared to last January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eastern Switzerland presented 565 new companies, resulting in a change of -9.46% compared to the previous month and a gain of 1.25% compared to the previous year. A similar picture was seen in Northwestern Switzerland, with a loss of 7.46 percentage points compared to December 2023 and an increase of 3.31% compared to January of the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Slight declines in Zurich and Ticino<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In Zurich, 766 new companies were registered in the commercial register, representing a slight decrease compared to the previous month, which was 3.40%. In January of the previous year, there were still 775 startups, resulting in a decrease of 1.16% compared to the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Similarly, Ticino showed only a small change. There were 189 new companies founded, corresponding to a decrease of 3.57% compared to the previous month and 1.56% compared to the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Decline in Central Switzerland<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Central Switzerland recorded a particularly large decrease in January compared to the previous month, as it was 21.01%, resulting in 530 new companies being founded. Compared to January 2023, the region lost 3.81%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the canton of Zug, the strongest in terms of founding, there were 193 entries in the commercial register, representing a change of -19.58% compared to December 2023 and -18.22% compared to January 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Outlook<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The number of company formations in January 2024, with a total of 4276, was 3.34% higher than the value of the previous January. Thus, the 4000-mark has been cracked, raising hopes for a strong founding year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In January 2024, 4276 new companies were founded nationwide in Switzerland. 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