What JobScout24 does

JobScout24 is a Switzerland-focused online job board platform founded in 2000 and operated by JobCloud AG, headquartered in Zurich. The platform serves Swiss job seekers through a free, web-based self-service interface available in the country's three principal languages (German, French, English), with searchable inventory of 92,688+ active job listings and 325 apprenticeship openings organized by region, professional group, employment type, and sector. Supporting features include saved favorites, email job alerts, a candidate profile for direct employer applications, company reviews, and a content library (JobScout24 Guide) offering free CV and cover letter templates, interview checklists, and career advice.

The platform's underlying technology is a conventional server-rendered, SEO-optimized web job board with multi-language content management and category/region taxonomy spanning roughly 23 professional groups and all Swiss cantons. There is no public API, mobile app, or documented AI/ML capability. Job seekers interact directly with the site; a separate B2B portal at jobcloud.ai and b2b.jobscout24.ch allows employers to self-purchase job postings and employer branding products.

Revenue is generated almost entirely from B2B job advertising — employers pay to publish vacancies and access branding solutions on the platform. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; the consumer-facing site is free. The go-to-market is hybrid: pure self-service for SMB and transactional employers via the B2B portal, with implicit enterprise reach through the broader JobCloud AG commercial structure. No named enterprise customer logos, funding history, headcount figures, or revenue disclosures are available in the source material, and the company explicitly restricts listings to Switzerland.

Name

JobScout24

Legal name

JobCloud AG

Website

https://jobscout24.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Short description

JobScout24 is a Switzerland-only, multi-language job board operated by JobCloud AG, serving Swiss job seekers with 92,000+ free listings and generating revenue from employer job-posting advertising through a separate B2B portal.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Job Board

akta.pro primary industry

Vertical/Specialty Search (e.g., jobs, real estate, travel, products) (BPAMAAAD)

Keywords

• Job search platform
• Online job board
• Recruitment advertising
• Apprenticeship portal
• Career resources

Headquarters

HQ city

Bern

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Job Advertising for Employers: Employers pay to post job advertisements on the platform. The B2B portal at jobcloud.ai offers products and pricing for recruiters to publish job ads and access employer branding solutions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

JobScout24.ch is a free online job board platform serving job seekers across Switzerland with searchable listings filterable by keyword, profession, region, employment type, and sector. The platform generates revenue from employers who pay to post job advertisements and purchase employer branding solutions through a separate B2B portal (jobcloud.ai). Additional offerings include a dedicated apprenticeship portal, company reviews, and free career guidance resources.

Product overview

JobScout24 is a Swiss job board platform operated by JobCloud AG, offering a unified platform consisting of a job search engine (92,688+ job listings), an apprenticeship portal (325+ apprenticeship positions), and B2B employer services for job advertising. The core platform integrates professional categories spanning Management, Banking/Financial Services, IT, Medicine/Health, Technical Jobs, and 18+ other sectors. Supporting modules include company reviews, downloadable career templates (CV, cover letter, interview checklist), job alert subscriptions, and candidate profile management. The platform is available in German, French, and English.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Job Search Platform Core free job board enabling job seekers in Switzerland to search and filter job listings by keyword, profession, region, employment type, and sector, with 92,688+ active vacancies at the time of review.
• Apprenticeship Portal Dedicated platform section for young people and career changers to find apprenticeship positions across Switzerland, featuring 325 available apprenticeships across regions and professions.
• Employer Job Posting Services B2B service enabling Swiss employers and recruiters to advertise job vacancies on the JobScout24 platform, access employer branding solutions, and reach the Swiss candidate pool.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Indeed: Global, multi-category job aggregator and search engine with a Swiss-localized edition. A broad incumbent competing for the same employer job-posting budgets and candidate traffic, but operating across many countries and verticals.
• Xing: DACH-region professional network with an integrated job marketplace. Comparable because it competes for Swiss recruiter budgets and candidate traffic, although stronger in German-speaking markets beyond Switzerland.
• LinkedIn: Global professional network with an integrated job board and recruiter tools. A broad incumbent competitor for both employer recruitment budgets and job seeker mindshare in Switzerland, though anchored in a professional-networking rather than pure-listing model.
• Monster: Legacy global job-board brand with a Swiss-localized site. A broad incumbent competing for employer recruitment advertising spend across categories similar to those indexed on JobScout24.
• StepStone: European specialist job-board operator owned by Axel Springer with strong DACH presence. Comparable as a broad incumbent in European online recruitment advertising, including a Swiss footprint.
• CareerBuilder: Global recruitment and job-board platform with European operations. Comparable as a broad incumbent competing for the same cross-border employer job-posting budgets that target Swiss candidates.

Emerging players

• Glassdoor: Employee-review platform with an integrated job marketplace. Comparable as an emerging player that combines company-review content (which JobScout24 also offers) with job listings, attacking the recruitment marketing value chain from a different angle.

Direct peers

• JobUp.ch: Third JobCloud AG brand serving the Romandie market. Comparable as a sister Swiss job portal with the same employer-paid listing model targeting French-speaking Swiss job seekers.
• Jobs.ch: Sister brand under the same JobCloud AG parent operating the largest Swiss job portal. Direct peer because it targets the same Swiss job seeker and employer base with the same B2B job-posting model.
• jobwinner.ch: Independent Swiss job board focused on SME and regional employers. Directly comparable as a Switzerland-only job portal monetizing employer job postings to job seekers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/jobscout24_ch

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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