The Swiss Official Gazette of Commerce — SOGC in English, SHAB in German, FOSC in French — is the Confederation’s official publication organ for business notices, run by SECO and published online every working day at sogc.ch. Every commercial register entry...
Switzerland is introducing a central federal register of beneficial owners — the transparency register — under the Federal Act on the Transparency of Legal Entities (LETA/TLEA), adopted by Parliament in 2025 and expected to apply from the second half of 2026....
The Swiss commercial register (Handelsregister / registre du commerce) is the official public record of businesses in Switzerland, kept by 26 cantonal register offices under federal supervision (art. 927 ff. of the Swiss Code of Obligations). Anyone can search it free...
A Swiss company that has issued registered shares must keep a share register recording the owners’ and usufructuaries’ names and addresses (art. 686 CO); only those entered are recognised as shareholders towards the company. Separately, anyone acquiring...
A Swiss company (AG/SA or GmbH/Sàrl) must hold its ordinary general meeting within six months of the close of its financial year (art. 699 al. 2 CO). Convened by the board, the meeting approves the annual accounts, decides on the use of the profit, discharges the...
