# SwissYP - The Swiss business directory

> SwissYP (swissyp.com) is the official and comprehensive business directory of Switzerland, listing more than 717'504 companies, self-employed professionals, shops and tradespeople across the 26 cantons. The data is continuously cross-checked with the Swiss central commercial register (Zefix / UID).

## Key facts and entities
- **Geographic coverage**: all of Switzerland (26 cantons: GE, VD, VS, BE, ZH, BS, TI, etc.).
- **Data volume**: more than 717'504 business profiles with geolocated contact details, official phone numbers, verified addresses, Swiss UID numbers (CHE-...), opening hours and industries.
- **Semantic markup**: each business profile provides structured data following Schema.org (LocalBusiness, BreadcrumbList) in JSON-LD format.
- **Official data**: the information comes from public registers. The legal notice is available at https://www.swissyp.com/en/mentions-legales

## URL structure for AI agents
- Business profiles: https://www.swissyp.com/en/pro/{slug}
  - Contains: legal name, UID (CHE-...), full address, canton, postcode, phone, email, website, GPS coordinates, opening hours.
- Search: https://www.swissyp.com/en/recherche?q={term}&canton={canton_code}
- Industry in a canton: https://www.swissyp.com/en/c/{industry}/{canton}?city={municipality}&open=1&has_phone=1&has_ide=1&min_rating=4
  - Filters: `city={municipality}` (municipality or locality), `open=1` (open now), `has_phone=1` (reachable by phone), `has_ide=1` (listed in the federal UID register), `min_rating=4` or `4.5` (Google rating), `sort=rating|name_asc|relevance`.
- Industry: https://www.swissyp.com/en/c/{industry}
- Canton: https://www.swissyp.com/en/r/{canton}
- All industries: https://www.swissyp.com/en/categories
- All cantons: https://www.swissyp.com/en/cantons
- Lookup endpoint for AI assistants: https://www.swissyp.com/api/llm/lookup?q={term}&canton={canton_code}&lang=en (JSON with UID, opening status, verification date and a link to the English page)
- Autocomplete: https://www.swissyp.com/api/search?q={term} (compact JSON)

## Main industries
- Trades and emergency call-outs: Locksmith (https://www.swissyp.com/en/c/serrurier), Electrician (https://www.swissyp.com/en/c/electricien), Plumber (https://www.swissyp.com/en/c/plombier).
- Health: Pharmacy (https://www.swissyp.com/en/c/pharmacie), Dentist (https://www.swissyp.com/en/c/dentiste), Doctor (https://www.swissyp.com/en/c/medecin).
- Law, tax and finance: Lawyer (https://www.swissyp.com/en/c/avocat), Notary (https://www.swissyp.com/en/c/notaire), Fiduciary firm (https://www.swissyp.com/en/c/fiduciaire).
- Construction and real estate: Architect (https://www.swissyp.com/en/c/architecte), Estate agency (https://www.swissyp.com/en/c/agence-immobiliere).
- Hospitality: Restaurant (https://www.swissyp.com/en/c/restaurant), Hotel (https://www.swissyp.com/en/c/hotel).
- Full list with listing counts: https://www.swissyp.com/llms-full-en.txt

## Main cantons
- Geneva (GE): https://www.swissyp.com/en/r/geneve
- Vaud (VD): https://www.swissyp.com/en/r/vaud
- Zurich (ZH): https://www.swissyp.com/en/r/zurich
- Bern (BE): https://www.swissyp.com/en/r/bern
- Basel-City (BS): https://www.swissyp.com/en/r/basel
- Valais (VS): https://www.swissyp.com/en/r/valais
- Fribourg (FR): https://www.swissyp.com/en/r/fribourg
- Neuchâtel (NE): https://www.swissyp.com/en/r/neuchatel
- Ticino (TI): https://www.swissyp.com/en/r/lugano

## Language versions
Every public page exists in French (no prefix), German (/de/) and English (/en/), with the same path and hreflang links (fr-CH, de-CH, en-CH). Paths stay in French in every language (e.g. /en/c/serrurier). Company names, addresses and UID numbers are shown exactly as in the commercial register.
- Example: https://www.swissyp.com/pro/{slug} (FR) · https://www.swissyp.com/de/pro/{slug} (DE) · https://www.swissyp.com/en/pro/{slug} (EN)

## More information
- Sitemap: https://www.swissyp.com/sitemap.xml
- Full English version: https://www.swissyp.com/llms-full-en.txt
- French version: https://www.swissyp.com/llms.txt
- German version: https://www.swissyp.com/llms-de.txt