Simple partnership / Société simple / Einfache Gesellschaft / Sociéta semplice
Simple partnership
SwitzerlandELF 2B81Simple Co.Countries / Europe / Switzerland
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Company setup in Switzerland
Swiss Confederation · 30 legal forms listed
CapitalBern
CurrencyCHF
LanguagesFrench, Swiss German, Italian, Romansh
RegionWestern Europe
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Explore legal entity forms and registration sources for Switzerland. Use the local terminology below when discussing your application with the relevant authority.
Detailed foreign-investor rules for this jurisdiction have not yet been independently reviewed here. The registry sources below are the starting point for confirming the available formation route.
Company & entity types
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30 legal forms listed
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Foundation / Fondation / Stiftung / Fondazione
Foundation
SwitzerlandELF 2JZ4Federal administration / Administration de la Confédération / Verwaltung des Bundes / Amministrazione della Confederazione
Federal administration
SwitzerlandELF 2XJAFederal administrationLimited liability company / Société à responsabilité limitée / Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung / Società a garanzia limitata
Limited liability company
SwitzerlandELF 3EKSLtd;Ltd.;LimitedInvestment company with fixed capital / Société d'investissement à capital fixe (SICAF) / Investmentgesellschaft mit festem Kapital (SICAF) / Società di investimento a capitale fisso (SICAF)
Investment company with fixed capital
SwitzerlandELF 54WISpecial legal form / Forme juridique particulière / Besondere Rechtsform / Natura giuridica particolare
Special legal form
SwitzerlandELF 5BEZPublic sector institution / Institut de droit public / Institut des öffentlichen Rechts / Istituti di diritto pubblico
Public sector institution
SwitzerlandELF 7MNNPub. Sec. inst.Sole proprietorship / Entreprise individuelle / Einzelunternehmen / Ditta individuale
Sole proprietorship
SwitzerlandELF AZA0Individually owned Co.Federal public company / Entreprise publique fédérale / Unternehmen des Bundes / Impresa pubblica federale
Federal public company
SwitzerlandELF BF9NFed. publ. co.Limited partnership / Société en commandite / Kommanditgesellschaft / Società in accomandita
Limited partnership
SwitzerlandELF CQMYLtd partnershipInternational organisation / Organisation Internationale / Internationale Organisation / Organizazioni Internazionali
International organisation
SwitzerlandELF DP2EInternat. Org.Public corporation / Corporation de droit public / öffentlich-rechtliche Körperschaft (Verwaltung) / Amm. corporazioni, consorzi, patriziati di diritto pubblico
Public corporation
SwitzerlandELF E0NEPublic corporationCantonal administration / Administration du canton / Verwaltung des Kantons / Amministrazione del cantone
Cantonal administration
SwitzerlandELF FFTNCantonal administrationTrust
SwitzerlandELF FJG4Fund / Fonds / Fonds / Fondo
Fund
SwitzerlandELF FLNBLocal administration / Administration communale / Verwaltung der Gemeinde / Amministrazione comunale
Local administration
SwitzerlandELF GP8MLocal administrationAssociation / Association politique, religieuse, scientifique, etc. / Verein / Associazione politico, religioso, scientifico, ecc.
Association
SwitzerlandELF H781Cantonal public company / Entreprise publique cantonale / Unternehmen des Kantons / Impresa pubblica cantonale
Cantonal public company
SwitzerlandELF HX77Cant. publ. co.Non-commercial power of attorney / Procurations non commerciales / Nichtkaufmännische Prokuren / Procura non commerciale
Non-commercial power of attorney
SwitzerlandELF KJ9QPower Att.Local public company / Entreprise publique communale / Unternehmen der Gemeinde / Impresa pubblica comunale
Local public company
SwitzerlandELF L5DULoc. publ. co.Corpororate public company / Entreprise publique d'une corpororation / öffentlich-rechtliche Körperschaft (Unternehmen) / Impresa o ente pubblico di una corporazione
Corpororate public company
SwitzerlandELF M848Corp. publ. co.General partnership / Société en nom collectif / Kollektivgesellschaft / Società in nome collettivo
General partnership
SwitzerlandELF MRSYPartnership (general)Company limited by shares / Société anonyme / Aktiengesellschaft / Società anonima
Company limited by shares
SwitzerlandELF MVIIPLCRepresentative of an ownership in undivided shares / Représentants d'indivisions / Haupt von Gemeinderschaften / Rappresentanti d'indivisioni
Representative of an ownership in undivided shares
SwitzerlandELF OBFUUndividedCooperative / Société coopérative / Genossenschaft / Società cooperativa
Cooperative
SwitzerlandELF QSI2Limited partnership for collective investments / Société en commandite de placements collectifs / Kommanditgesellschaft fuer kollektive Kapitalanlagen / Società in accomandita per investimenti collettivi di capitale
Limited partnership for collective investments
SwitzerlandELF TL87Ldt part. Coll. Invest.District public company / Entreprise publique de district / öffentliches Unternehmen des Bezirks / Impresa pubblica di distretto
District public company
SwitzerlandELF VPRHDistr. publ. co.Patnership limited by shares / Société en commandite par action / Kommanditaktiengesellschaft / Società in accomandita per azioni
Patnership limited by shares
SwitzerlandELF W6A7Investment company with variable capital / Société d'investissement à capital variable (SICAV) / Investmentgesellschaft mit variablem Kapital (SICAV) / Società di investimento a capitale variabile (SICAV)
Investment company with variable capital
SwitzerlandELF XJOTDistrict administration / Administration du district / Verwaltung des Bezirks / Amministrazione del distretto
District administration
SwitzerlandELF YRGMDistrict administrationSource: GLEIF ELF v1.6, February 2026 ↗. Active codes only; language variants grouped by code. The source is not an exhaustive list of all available legal forms.
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Registration authorities
Sources listed by GLEIF. Some authorities cover regulated entities or validation only; check the relevant remit before applying. Links have not all been individually revalidated.
- UID-Register ↗Switzerland · RA000548
- Commercial Register ↗Switzerland · RA000549
- Financial Market Supervisory Authority ↗Switzerland · RA000550
- Committee for the High Supervision of Pension Funds CHS PP ↗Switzerland · RA000678