Who we are
Switzerland Global Enterprise (S-GE) is the official Swiss organization for export and investment promotion. With a unique global network, S-GE supports more than 5,500 Swiss companies every year in their international business and helps innovative foreign companies on their way to settling in Switzerland. In this respect, S-GE has acted on behalf of the Swiss Confederation and cantons since 1927 to ensure strength in the country’s foreign trade and prosperity in Switzerland.
As a private consulting and platform organization working on behalf of the Confederation and the cantons, S-GE supports its customers in around 130 markets: S-GE operates its own teams (Swiss Business Hubs) at 22 locations, covering a total of 45 countries. The Swiss Business Hubs are integrated into the diplomatic missions of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). S-GE is present worldwide in many other countries through the respective Swiss diplomatic missions or through its own network of more than 3,000 partners, which includes bilateral chambers of commerce, industry associations and local experts, and the organization supports Swiss companies efficiently and effectively on the ground.
Export promotion
Export promotion is particularly needed in times of crisis and with increasing industrial policy and is therefore central to prosperity in Switzerland
1 in 3
Swiss francs is generated through foreign trade
70%
of Swiss employees work in internationally active companies
No. 1
According to the "Global Innovation Index", Switzerland is the most innovative country in the world
42%
of exports are from SMEs
Investment promotion
Investment promotion strengthens the innovative power of the Swiss economy as a whole with targeted relocations based on technologies with future potential
4%
of companies in Switzerland are international
50%
of the federal government's revenue comes from these companies
26%
of all jobs in Switzerland reside in such companies
1 third
of Switzerland's GDP is generated by these companies