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Aargau

Canton Aargau - your next business destination! The innovative high-tech region for your success.

Canton Aargau is the leading high-tech canton in Switzerland with a long tradition in cutting-edge technology. The canton lies in the heart of the strongest Swiss economic region. You profit from short distances to international airports (Zurich, Basel and Geneva), to all major cities (Zurich, Basel, Berne, Lucerne) and to your existing and potential customers.

The central location allows you to collaborate with renowned research insitutions such as the Paul Scherrer Institute, the Universities of Zurich (ETH) and Basel, several Universities of Applied Sciences and other research and education centers. In Aargau, you also profit from the cantonal research fund. The unbeatable combination of high tech know-how and traffic infrastructure guarantees a high availability of qualified, specialized workforce.

In Aargau, you get the best locational advantages for less costs. Aargau offers you a company friendly tax model with a tax burden lower than the Swiss average. In addition, wages and real estate costs are lower than in the surrounding metropolitan areas.

The quality of life in Aargau simply is excellent. Policital stability, legal security, first class schools and health care systems, combined with an astonishing nature and landscape guarantee your family and employees prosperity and freedom. As an entrepreneur and company, you are warmly welcomed by a very business friendly legislation and sensible authorities.

Your business accumen, Aargau's outstanding location advantages, our services - an unbeatable combination! Just call us, we are here to help you.

Our location benefits at a glance:

  • Larget industrial canton in Switzerland

Canton Aargau is the largest industrial canton in Switzerland. 34% of all job holders work in industry (CH: 24%). In total, the canton provides employment for 250'000 persons in 30'500 companies.

Industry in Aargau is strongly export-oriented. 25% of exports travel to neighboring Germany, while 7% of our high-quality products are shipped to the United States and another 5% to Great Britain. Leading export sectors include the Machine and Electrical Industries and Life Sciences. Firms in Canton Aargau are world-class performance leaders. Prominent representatives include ABB, Alstom, Roche, Johnson & Johnson and Rockwell Automation among others.

  • Optimal transport connections and infrastructure  in the heart of Europe

Thanks to three international airports that are quickly accessible from Aargau, Zurich Airport, EuroAirport in Basle and Geneva International Airport, you are connected to the entire world.  Zurich Airport offers direct flights to 150 cities in 80 countries. The most important European cities can be reached within a maximum of 2 hours.

Rail transit is also well-integrated in the European network. Zurich, Basle and Berne are quickly reached from major locations in Aargau. Munich is comfortably reached within 5 hours, and Stuttgart within 3 ½ hours.

With several hydropower stations and three atomic power stations, Canton Aargau produces nearly one third of Swiss electricity output. A well-constructed and maintained electricity network ensures a reliable power supply. Canton Aargau promotes environmentally-friendly energy production, and offers incentives for use of renewable energy resources.

In the area of telecommunication, the most modern infrastructure is available for efficient supply. Wide area glass fiber networks enable the use of broadband internet, ISDN and ADSL. In addition, our landline and mobile telephone networks keep you connected with the rest of the world.

  • Low taxation

The tax burden in Canton Aargau lies below the Swiss average, itself already low upon international comparison. The following advantages are convincing:

  • Moderate taxation rates for enterprises
  • Privileged taxation of special forms of enterprise (e.g. holding)
  • Tax-neutral business processes, provisions for research and development
  • Family-friendly income taxation
  • No inheritance tax for direct descendants
  • Tax reductions

Real Estate

About us

Aargau Services Economic Promotion

Rain 53, Postfach, 5001 Aarau, Switzerland.

Aargau Services is the One-Stop-Shop in Canton Aargau. As economic promotion organization we are your central contact hub for foundation of companies, local branch establishments and companies of long-time residence in Canton Aargau. We coordinate access to municipal administration and important contacts.

We provide you advice, support, and networking free of charge.

Our services comprise:

  • Support of enterprise branch establishments
  • Guidance for start-ups
  • Fostering relations to enterprises in Aargau
  • Advice in approval proceedings
  • Coordination of your concerns between cantonal authorities
  • Advice in questions of taxation law, coordination of contacts with the tax department
  • Assistance in questions of financing
  • Support in real estate searches
  • Support in finding adequate research partners and research fundings
  • Contacts to banks, industry associations and companies Information in questions of economy and location
Phone: +41 62 835 24 40
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