Starting A Business As A Foreigner In Switzerland

Low tax rates, an excellent infrastructure and a highly qualified workforce attract many foreign entrepreneurs to Switzerland every year. Increasingly, foreign nationals also want to set up a company in Switzerland. However, the opportunities vary depending on the country of origin.

Switzerland also has a dual system for the establishment of companies by foreign nationals: EU/EFTA nationals benefit from the Agreement on the Free Movement of Persons (AFMP). Non-EU/EFTA nationals (so-called third-country nationals), on the other hand, are only admitted to the Swiss labor market under the stricter requirements of the Foreign Nationals and Integration Act (FNIA).

Legal residence requirements for founding a company