# Establishments in financial services (1995–2008)

A map of a former edition of the Atlas of Switzerland, the national atlas published by ETH Zurich. It opens only in the desktop atlas (version 4) for Windows and macOS, not in the web atlas; see the links below.

- Map: https://atlasderschweiz.ch/en/theme/establishments-in-financial-services-19952008/
- Short title: Financial services: establishments (1995–2008)
- Map id: 759
- Categories: Economy and Energy › Services › Service industries until 2008
- Keywords: Economy, Labour, Labour force
- Published: 2010-11-26
- Last revised: 2022-07-11
- Content language: English
- Other languages: [Deutsch](https://atlasderschweiz.ch/de/thema/arbeitsstaetten-in-finanzdienstleistungen-19952008.md), [Français](https://atlasderschweiz.ch/fr/theme/etablissements-dans-les-activites-financieres-19952008.md), [Italiano](https://atlasderschweiz.ch/it/tema/unita-locali-nel-ramo-dei-servizi-finanziari-19952008.md)

## Description

This branch is particularly important for Switzerland's international competitive position. Banks (including finance companies) and insurance companies together employed some 252,005 people in 2012. Geographically, there is a marked concentration of jobs in the main centres of the country: Zurich, Basel, Berne, Lausanne and Geneva, not to mention Lugano, which also plays a major role as a financial centre. For its part, Zurich and Winterthur are the main centres for insurance.

## Sources

- FSO (2015): Statistisches Jahrbuch der Schweiz. Neuchâtel: Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung

## Data sources

- Atlas der Schweiz: Administrative Einheiten 1:1 Mio. (Gemeinden, Bezirke, Kantone)
- Atlas of Switzerland (2010): [Basiskarte 1:500.000](http://www.atlasderschweiz.ch/)
- Atlas of Switzerland: [Administrative Einheiten 1:500.000 (Gemeinden, Bezirke, Kantone)](http://www.atlasderschweiz.ch/)
- ETH Zurich: [Atlas of Switzerland](https://www.atlasderschweiz.ch/)
- FSO: [Eidgenössische Betriebszählung 1995–2008](https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/dienstleistungen/geostat/geodaten-bundesstatistik/arbeitsstaetten-beschaeftigung/eidg-betriebszaehlung-1995-2008.html)
- swisstopo [J160089] (2010): [Gemeindegrenzen GG25](https://shop.swisstopo.admin.ch/de/products/landscape/boundaries3D)
- swisstopo [J160089] (2010): [Landeskarte 1:500.000](https://shop.swisstopo.admin.ch/de/products/maps/national/lk500)

## Data owners

- [Atlas of Switzerland (AoS)](http://www.atlasderschweiz.ch/)
- [Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO)](https://www.bfs.admin.ch/)
- [Swiss Federal Office of Topography (swisstopo)](http://www.swisstopo.admin.ch/)

## Citation

The terms of use ask to name the Atlas of Switzerland and the data owners, and to keep the source references in exports, screenshots and embeds. Cite the map as:

> Atlas of Switzerland (2022): Establishments in financial services (1995–2008). ETH Zürich. Map data © AoS, FSO, swisstopo. https://atlasderschweiz.ch/en/theme/establishments-in-financial-services-19952008/

## Links

- Map page, with the description and sources and a button that opens the map in the desktop atlas: https://atlasderschweiz.ch/en/theme/establishments-in-financial-services-19952008/
- Open the map in the desktop atlas (version 4), where it is installed: adsglobe://map/759
- Download of the desktop atlas (version 4) for Windows and macOS: https://atlasderschweiz.ch/en/ads4-download/

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- [Major bank companies](https://atlasderschweiz.ch/en/theme/major-bank-companies.md) (id 527, former edition, desktop atlas only)
- [Major insurance companies](https://atlasderschweiz.ch/en/theme/major-insurance-companies.md) (id 525, former edition, desktop atlas only)
- [Major property insurance companies](https://atlasderschweiz.ch/en/theme/major-property-insurance-companies.md) (id 522, former edition, desktop atlas only)
- [Major life insurance companies](https://atlasderschweiz.ch/en/theme/major-life-insurance-companies.md) (id 520, former edition, desktop atlas only)
- [Major reinsurance companies](https://atlasderschweiz.ch/en/theme/major-reinsurance-companies.md) (id 521, former edition, desktop atlas only)

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