Swiss Lions 100 | 2026 edition
MSC
MSC is No. 9 in the Swiss Lions 100 and No. 1 in Other Services, with a score of 69.5 out of 100. Headquarters: Geneva, canton of Geneva.
- Swiss Lions score
- 69.5
- Overall rank
- 9of 100
- Other Services
- 1of 12
About
Mediterranean Shipping Company, a family-owned container shipping line headquartered in Geneva. It runs one of the largest container fleets in the world.
Why MSC ranks No. 9
MSC has some of the highest revenue in the ranking, but the figure used dates from 2022 because the company does not publish results. Its Swiss value score is limited to its headquarters, and it does not hold a validated climate target.
Swiss connections
- The Aponte family founded the company in 1970 and moved its headquarters to Geneva in 1978.
- A shipping line with one of the largest container fleets in the world is run from a country with no coastline.
How the score is made
Global scale
CHF 81.2bn e revenue.
Swiss value
Swiss headquarters.
Prominence
Online attention across languages, and worldwide search interest.
Impact
No current SBTi target. Not a certified B Corp.
Philanthropy
Corporate foundation: MSC Foundation.
Key figures
- Revenue used in the ranking
- CHF 81.2bn eFY2022, 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
- GenevaCanton of Geneva
- Language region
- French-speaking
- Category
- Other Services
- Ownership
- Family-ownedAponte family
- Main customers
- Consumers and businesses
- Chief executive
- Soren ToftSince 2020. Source
- Founded
- 1970
Nearby in the Swiss Lions 100
Also in Other Services
2AdeccoScore 68.9
3Kuehne+NagelScore 64.9
4AvoltaScore 60.5
5DKSHScore 60.2
6SWISSScore 58.0
7GlencoreScore 53.9
See all 12 brands in Other Services.
Sources
- Revenue used in the ranking: Leaked group accounts reported by Splash247 (MSC does not publish results) (FY2022).
- Climate target: Science Based Targets initiative dashboard, October 2026. Foundations: Swiss commercial register. B Corp: B Lab directory.
Something out of date?
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