SME Portal of SECO

Checklists and detailed information about setting up a business: choosing the right legal structure, steps to follow for market analysis, business plans and registration in the commercial register.

Practical tips for running a business successfully: Promoting innovation, marketing tools, product certification and much more.

Tips for transferring and taking over a business: the various scenarios, the business valuation methods and setting the purchase price. The procedure to follow in the event of liquidation.

All you need to know about loans, leasing and factoring, traditional and alternative financing plans, economic promotion and tax relief.

Here you will find legal provisions, relevant facts and information on staff management: recruitment, staff development, partial unemployment , job registration requirement  and social insurance, employment law, or health and safety at work.

Useful information and links for SMEs concerning foreign trade: federal customs administration and formalities for import and export, opening an establishment or a subsidiary abroad, risk control.

The Confederation actively supports SMEs, major players in the economy. Explanations and statistics.

Companies must adapt their operations and digitalize to remain competitive. Definitions and examples.

One out of three Swiss SMEs has already fallen victim to a cyberattack, and the risk continues to increase, according to the National Center for Cybersecurity (NCSC). How can one best protect their company against this risk?