FAQ on the domicile address in Switzerland
Questions and answers to the most frequently asked questions in connection with the company domicile in Zurich.
FAQ
Questions about the address
You do not have your own office space for your company
Do you work from home, on the road or in a coworking space? With a domicile address in Zurich, your company is easily accessible for mail from Switzerland and abroad. Mail addressed to your company is delivered to the domicile address in Zurich and reliably forwarded to you with our domicile service. A domicile address protects your privacy. If your company address is the same as your private address, a domicile address ensures that you do not have to publish your private address. In addition, a Swiss domicile address in a prestigious location in the city of Zurich creates trust.
You need a delivery address in Switzerland
In proceedings before Swiss authorities and courts, you may be obliged to designate a domicile for service in Switzerland if you are resident or domiciled abroad. In this case, reliable forwarding of postal items is essential in order to be informed of any deadlines in good time.
Our domicile address can be used by companies (such as stock corporations (AG), limited liability companies (GmbH), general partnerships and sole proprietorships), associations, foundations and private individuals.
We will confirm the services you have requested and send you the invoice for them within three working days of your order at the latest. After receiving payment, we need three to six working days for the Standard and Premium subscriptions until your new company address is also deposited with the post office and your correspondence finds its way to us. With the Budget subscription, the address can be used immediately.
Yes, this is possible.
Please note that an additional fee is charged per consignment for the acceptance and forwarding of parcels.
The letters “c/o” stand for “care of” and are used to indicate that a consignment is to be delivered to a person at a specific location, even if that person does not live at that address or a company has actually rented office space there. It means “for the attention of” or “at”.
We do not rent out offices, workstations or meeting rooms.
We do not offer a telephone service.
Yes, you can use a domicile address for your private mail. There are various reasons for using a domicile address for private purposes: You are staying abroad for a longer period of time and need a delivery address in Switzerland or you live abroad and are asked by a Swiss authority to designate a domicile for delivery in Switzerland.
Yes, we also forward your mail abroad.
Accordingly, higher postage costs are incurred for shipping abroad.
The costs can be found on the Swiss Post website.
FAQ
Questions about the commercial register
Yes, you can have the domicile address entered in the commercial register.
To do this, you need a so-called domicile acceptance declaration from us.
In principle, a sole proprietorship can be founded informally, which makes it possible to start business quickly. It can be entered in the commercial register voluntarily. An entry in the commercial register is mandatory if the company is run in a commercial manner and the annual turnover exceeds CHF 100’000.00.
We would be happy to take care of the entry in the commercial register for you.
No, no P.O. box addresses can be entered in the commercial register.