Hand-curated structure profiles of 10 companies registered in Switzerland, the entity type, the registration jurisdiction, ownership and the people on the filings. From Alphabet and Meta to Stripe, OpenAI and Anthropic.
Switzerland's 26 cantons compete on corporate tax rates, producing effective combined rates from 12% (Zug, Nidwalden) to 21% (Bern, Geneva) for trading companies. The two primary entity forms are AG (Aktiengesellschaft, public limited) and GmbH (Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung, private limited). Federal tax is uniform at 8.5% but cantonal and municipal layers vary sharply.
Switzerland remains the domicile of choice for family offices, commodity traders, and global pharma majors like Roche and Novartis.
The formation guide walks through LLC versus C-Corp, the EIN application, registered agents, franchise tax and BOI reporting.
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