Swiss chemicals and materials brands: the 2026 numbers

Givaudan leads the chemicals and materials ranking

CHF 65.8bn

combined annual revenue of the 20 brands in the ranking

7 of 20

are in the Swiss Lions 100, with 6.0% of its combined revenue

1913

median founding year, excluding brands formed by a merger or spin-off

The chemicals and materials ranking covers flavours and fragrances, building materials, specialty chemicals and packaging. Givaudan ranks first. The building-materials groups Holcim and Sika are larger by revenue but create less of their value in Switzerland.

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Score by brand. Chemicals and Materials ranking, Swiss Lions 100, 2026. Red: in the Swiss Lions 100. Source: Swiss Lions 100, 2026 edition.

Category rank	Brand	Overall rank	Score
1	Givaudan	No. 15	61.2
2	Holcim	No. 16	60.8
3	Sika	No. 32	55.9
4	DSM-Firmenich	No. 56	51
5	Clariant	No. 69	48
6	Dottikon ES	No. 71	47.1
7	Swiss Steel Group	No. 94	42
8	Swiss Krono	Outside top 100	39.5
9	Autoneum	Outside top 100	39.4
10	EMS-Chemie	Outside top 100	39
11	Omya	Outside top 100	38.7
12	Dätwyler	Outside top 100	37.5
13	Forbo	Outside top 100	31.6
14	Jungbunzlauer	Outside top 100	30.6
15	Sefar	Outside top 100	27.8
16	3A Composites	Outside top 100	27.2
17	Perlen Packaging	Outside top 100	26.5
18	Motorex	Outside top 100	26.3
19	Vetropack	Outside top 100	25.7
20	Gurit	Outside top 100	21.6

See the full chemicals and materials ranking, with each brand's scores and sources.

Key facts

Largest by revenue

Holcim, CHF 15.8bn

Smallest by revenue

Motorex, CHF 180m (estimate)

Revenue estimates

4 of 20, where the company publishes no figure

Most visible

Sika, 57.6 out of 100

Average visibility

31.3 (Swiss Lions 100: 52.1)

Oldest

Sefar, 1830

Youngest

Swiss Krono, 1966

Formed by merger, spin-off or renaming

DSM-Firmenich (merger of DSM and Firmenich), Clariant (spin-off from Sandoz), Swiss Steel Group (merger of Swiss Steel and Schmolz + Bickenbach) and Autoneum (spin-off from Rieter)

Family or founder control

9 of 20

Swiss made

1 of 20

Validated climate target

11 of 20 (5 net zero)

Most common location

Zug (4 brands)

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Revenue and visibility by brand. Chemicals and Materials ranking, Swiss Lions 100, 2026. Source: Swiss Lions 100, 2026 edition.

Brand	Revenue (CHF m)	Estimate	Visibility score
Holcim	15,780	no	56
Sika	11,110	no	57.6
DSM-Firmenich	8516	no	35.9
Givaudan	7410	no	49.8
Omya	4000	yes	35.1
Clariant	3790	no	43.7
Swiss Steel Group	2670	no	23.4
Autoneum	2291	no	27.2
EMS-Chemie	1940	no	26.1
Swiss Krono	1800	yes	32.9
Dätwyler	1120	no	23.7
Forbo	1085	no	40.6
Jungbunzlauer	1000	yes	22.3
3A Composites	904	no	18.7
Vetropack	779	no	20
Dottikon ES	428	no	27.2
Sefar	346	no	22.4
Perlen Packaging	334	no	0
Gurit	320	no	23.9
Motorex	180	yes	39.1

Most of these companies sell to other businesses, and the category has the lowest average visibility score in the dataset. Nine of the twenty are owned or controlled by families or their founders.