Published by: Federal Statistical Office
In 2025, 13.9% of people in employment in Switzerland were self-employed in their main occupation (including employees who owned their own companies). Self-employed people were, on average, eight years older than employees. Their working conditions were characterised by longer weekly working hours and working hours that encroached more on weekends.
Documents and files
Press release (1)
Press release 20.10.2026
Swiss Labour Force Survey (SLFS)
One in seven people were self-employed in 2025
Diagrams (10)
Diagram 20.10.2026
Combinations of contributions to pillars 2 and 3a by employment status
Observation period: 2020-2024
FSO-No: gr-e-13.07.02.20
Diagram 20.10.2026
Days' holiday per year by sex, economic activities and employment status
Observation period: 2025
FSO-No: gr-e-03.02.01.01-08
Diagram 20.10.2026
Normal weekly working hours by employment status and sex
Observation period: 2025
FSO-No: gr-e-03.02.01.01-07
Diagram 20.10.2026
Share of employed persons by length of time in job and employment status
Observation period: 2025
FSO-No: gr-e-03.02.01.01-06
Diagram 20.10.2026
Share of self-employed persons by number of clients and type of self-employment
Observation period: 2025
FSO-No: gr-e-03.02.01.01-05
Diagram 20.10.2026
Share of self-employed persons by sex, with or without children under the age of 15
Observation period: 2025
FSO-No: gr-e-03.02.01.01-03
Diagram 20.10.2026
Share of self-employed persons by type
of self-employment
Observation period: 1991-2025
FSO-No: gr-e-03.02.01.01-01
Diagram 20.10.2026
Share of self-employed persons in Switzerland and in EU/EFTA countries
Observation period: 2005, 2028
FSO-No: gr-e-03.02.01.01-10
Diagram 20.10.2026
Share of self-employed persons, with and without personnel, by economic activities
Observation period: 2025
FSO-No: gr-e-03.02.01.01-04
Diagram 20.10.2026
Share of self-employed persons, with and without personnel, by type of self-employment
Observation period: 2025
FSO-No: gr-e-03.02.01.01-02