Swiss Lions 100 | 2026 edition
Emil Frey
Emil Frey is No. 42 in the Swiss Lions 100 and No. 8 in Logistics, Services & Trade, with a score of 54.9 out of 100. Headquarters: Zurich, canton of Zurich.
- Swiss Lions score
- 54.9
- Overall rank
- 42of 100
About
Family-owned car importer and dealer group founded in Zurich in 1924, now active in a dozen European countries.
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Why Emil Frey ranks No. 42
Emil Frey started as a bicycle and motorcycle repair shop in Zurich in 1924 and became one of Europe's largest car dealer groups, with operations in a dozen countries from Germany and France to Poland and Serbia. The family still owns it. Its revenue is a press estimate, as the group publishes no accounts.
Swiss connections
- Founded in Zurich in 1924 by Emil Frey and still owned by the Frey family.
- In Switzerland it imports and sells cars for several manufacturers, and runs the Emil Frey Classics centre in Safenwil.
How the score is made
Global scale
CHF 16.8bn e revenue.
Swiss value
Founded in Switzerland.
Global visibility
Online attention across languages, and worldwide search interest.
Impact
No current SBTi target. Not a certified B Corp.
Philanthropy
No charitable foundation found.
Impact and philanthropy together make up the impact measure. How the ranking works.
Key figures
- Revenue used in the ranking
- CHF 16.8bn e2024, estimate
Not listed on a stock exchange, so profit, dividends and employee numbers are not published in a comparable form.
Employees in Switzerland and dividends paid to Swiss shareholders are not published consistently, so they are not shown.
Profile
- Headquarters
- ZurichCanton of Zurich
- Language region
- German-speaking
- Category
- Logistics, Services & Trade
- Ownership
- Family-ownedFrey family
- Main customers
- Consumers (B2C)
- Chief executive
- Gerhard SchürmannSource
- Founded
- 1924
Nearby in the Swiss Lions 100
Also in Logistics, Services & Trade
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2MSCScore 60.6
3TransgourmetScore 59.4
4AvoltaScore 59.3
5DKSHScore 59.3
6Kuehne+NagelScore 57.7
See all 15 brands in Logistics, Services & Trade.
Sources
- Revenue used in the ranking: bilanz.ch (2024).
- Climate target: Science Based Targets initiative dashboard, October 2026. Foundations: Swiss commercial register. B Corp: B Lab directory.
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