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2026 EMPLOYER ATTRACTIVENESS RANKING
Swiss Re is the most attractive employer in Switzerland’s SMI 20 for 2026, at 52%, with ABB and Sika close behind at 48%. Several of the highest-scoring companies also posted some of the year’s strongest gains.
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Swiss Re is Switzerland’s most attractive SMI 20 employer in 2026 at 52%, up 6 points year on year.
Improvement extended across the top of the ranking, with Lonza (+9), Sika (+6) and ABB (+4) all climbing.
Among companies with low familiarity, Amrize scores highest at 73%, with Alcon following at 58%.
Employer Attractiveness is determined by observing the percentage of the informed public (i.e. those familiar with the rated company) that say they are very likely to consider the rated company as a possible place to work. The percentage includes only those answering 6 or 7 on a 7-point scale.
| Nr.↕ | Company↕ | 2025↕ | 2026↕ | Change↕ | Familiarity↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swiss Re | 46% | 52% | +6 | 18% |
| 2 | ABB | 44% | 48% | +4 | 25% |
| 3 | Sika | 42% | 48% | +6 | 22% |
| 4 | Lonza | 38% | 47% | +9 | 19% |
| 5 | Kuehne + Nagel | 46% | 44% | -2 | 16% |
| 6 | Logitech | 42% | 43% | +1 | 43% |
| 7 | Geberit | 38% | 40% | +2 | 30% |
| 8 | Swisscom | 40% | 40% | — | 68% |
| 9 | Holcim | 37% | 39% | +2 | 21% |
| 10 | Swiss Life | 37% | 39% | +2 | 41% |
| 11 | Roche | 37% | 39% | +2 | 39% |
| 12 | Zurich | 45% | 38% | -7 | 53% |
| 13 | UBS | 40% | 35% | -5 | 62% |
| 14 | Novartis | 37% | 33% | -4 | 39% |
| 15 | Nestlé | 42% | 30% | -12 | 61% |
These companies are known to fewer than 15% of the public. With so few people familiar with them, their scores come from a small and unusually informed group rather than the general public, so they are not directly comparable to the main ranking and are listed separately here.
| Nr.↕ | Company↕ | 2025↕ | 2026↕ | Change↕ | Familiarity↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amrize | New | 73% | — | 6% |
| 2 | Alcon | 59% | 58% | -1 | 10% |
| 3 | Partners Group | 63% | 54% | -9 | 9% |
| 4 | Richemont | 46% | 50% | +4 | 14% |
| 5 | Givaudan | 50% | 50% | — | 12% |
METHODOLOGY
Employer Attractiveness is the percentage of the informed public, who say they would consider that company as a place to work.
Respondents rate the statement “If I were looking for a job, I would consider [company] as a place to work” on a 7-point scale from strongly disagree to strongly agree.The score is the share who answer 6 or 7, the two highest levels of agreement.
The 2026 results are based on 8,654 responses representative of the Swiss population, collected daily between January and July 2026 through Caliber’s real-time tracking study. Results can be broken down by age, sex, geography, and occupation.
Familiarity shapes how an Employer Attractiveness score should be read, because the score only counts people who already know the company.
Companies that serve niche audiences, operate in less visible industries, or provide B2B services tend to be less widely known. The people who do know them are more likely to be potential employees, which can lift Employer Attractiveness under this methodology.
Highly familiar companies reach a much broader audience through marketing, media presence, and consumer appeal. A smaller share of that audience are potential employees, which can pull scores in the other direction.
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