Requirement
Resident director
Provide the Swiss-resident management the company and its licence require.
Resident directorStaffing & Recruitment
in Switzerland.
Placement and hiring-out of staff are regulated activities in Switzerland, and the licence depends on having the right people and substance in place first. We set up staffing and recruitment firms with the resident director, the registered office, the payroll and the books the activity and its licence require.
At a glance
The entity, the resident management and the payroll a staffing firm is built on.
Independent since 2007 · IFLR1000-ranked · offices in Zurich and Zug · one partner per file.
- Activity
- Placement & staff leasing
- Need
- Resident director & office
- Payroll
- Social security & AHV/ALV
- Books
- Compliant from day one
The challenge
What this sector has to get right in Switzerland
Personnel placement and the hiring-out of staff (Personalverleih) are licensed activities under Swiss law, supervised by the cantonal labour authorities and SECO. A firm that places or leases workers needs an authorisation, and that authorisation rests on having a properly constituted Swiss company, management resident in Switzerland who can be held responsible, suitable premises, and in the case of staff leasing a financial security. The licence is not a formality stapled onto a company; the company has to be built to support it.
Once trading, a staffing firm is a payroll business above all. It runs wages, AHV/ALV and other social-security contributions, source tax for foreign workers, and the reporting that goes with them, often across many short engagements. Errors here are not just costly; they put the licence and the client relationships at risk. The accounting and payroll have to be right and timely from the first placement.
We incorporate the company, provide or arrange the resident director and registered office that the authorisation needs, and set up the payroll and bookkeeping, so the firm meets the licensing conditions and can run placements compliantly from day one. Where the activity is licensed we prepare the application; the authority grants it.
What this desk handles
The services this sector uses most
Each links to the service page itself. Most mandates here combine several; one partner co-ordinates them.
Setup
Swiss company formation
Incorporate the operating company with the form and substance the activity needs.
Swiss company formationOffice
Registered office & domicile
A genuine Swiss business address and domicile for the company and its authorisation.
Registered office & domicilePayroll
Payroll & social security
Run wages, AHV/ALV, source tax and reporting across every engagement.
Payroll & social securityBooks
Accounting & bookkeeping
Keep the firm's books compliant and current, ready for review.
Accounting & bookkeepingVAT
VAT compliance
Register and report VAT correctly on placement and leasing fees.
VAT compliance
Talk to the desk
Speak to a partner who knows the sector
No intake form to a junior, no call centre. The partner who reads your enquiry is the one who has run this structure before, and the one who will own your file. Outline your situation and you will have a considered reply, with the likely route and the next step, within one business day.
Why Goldblum and Partners
Swiss depth, one accountable partner
A staffing licence rests on the company, the resident management and the payroll being right — not the other way round. We build that base and prepare the authorisation, have been independent since 2007, and have been ranked by IFLR1000 every year from 2015 to 2026. One partner co-ordinates the entity, the substance and the payroll.
Setting up a staffing or recruitment firm in Switzerland?
Tell us whether you place or lease staff and from which canton. A partner will map the entity, the resident management and the payroll it needs, and reply within one business day.