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Investigations into Swiss companies, analysis of the commercial register and industry reports from our research team.
9 articles
- 10 min read
How to monitor a Swiss company after you sign
Which register events actually change your exposure, why the publication date is the one that binds, and how to set a cadence that survives a busy quarter.
- monitoring
- shab
- registry
- due-diligence
- switzerland
- 10 min read
Active, merged or dissolved: Swiss company status
What 'active' really means on a Swiss register entry, how liquidation and mergers appear in the gazette, and why a deleted company is not always bad news.
- registry
- shab
- due-diligence
- compliance
- switzerland
- 11 min read
How a Swiss company credit check works
What a Swiss commercial credit report is assembled from, why the register cannot tell you whether a company pays, and what a debt-enforcement extract adds.
- credit
- due-diligence
- compliance
- registry
- switzerland
- 9 min read
Swiss company research tools in 2026
Which source answers which question about a Swiss company: the register index, the UID, the gazette, cross-border aggregators, B2B directories and graph tools.
- registry
- due-diligence
- shab
- compliance
- switzerland
- 10 min read
How to verify a Swiss company before you sign
A practical checklist for verifying a Swiss counterparty: identity, status, signing authority, publication history, and what the register does not certify.
- due-diligence
- registry
- compliance
- switzerland
- 9 min read
How to read a Swiss corporate network
What a network view of the Swiss commercial register shows — shared officers, addresses and publication history — and how to read one without over-reading it.
- registry
- due-diligence
- compliance
- ownership
- switzerland
- 8 min read
Beneficial ownership in Swiss companies
The commercial register names officers and signatories, not ultimate owners. What is visible, what is recorded privately, and how to read control.
- registry
- ownership
- compliance
- due-diligence
- switzerland
- 9 min read
AG or GmbH: what the legal form tells you
The practical differences between the two Swiss capital companies: capital, share transfers, and who is actually named in the commercial register.
- legal-forms
- ownership
- due-diligence
- switzerland
- 8 min read
How to read a SHAB publication
What the Swiss Official Gazette of Commerce actually publishes, which fields carry signal, and how to read a change of signatory authority or domicile.
- shab
- registry
- due-diligence
- switzerland