Netzwerk Standort Schweiz

What Netzwerk Standort Schweiz does

Netzwerk Standort Schweiz is the national umbrella association (Dachverband) for location and economic development organizations in Switzerland. Founded in 2007 (originally as SVSM, Schweizerische Vereinigung für Standortmanagement) and rebranded in 2024, the association serves approximately 110 member organizations and individuals across German-speaking Switzerland, Romandie, and Ticino. Its mission is to professionalize Swiss location management through networking, knowledge exchange, training, and recognition of best practice. The association is led by President Remo Daguati (also of LOC AG) and Office Manager Alexandra Vogel, with a staff of five based at the Geschäftsstelle in Wald ZH, Canton Zurich.

Its offer is a portfolio of member services rather than a unified software product. The core is a recurring event calendar: biannual Dialog conferences (Spring with General Assembly, Autumn with Awards ceremony), regional variants Dialogo Ticino and Dialogue Romandie, and biannual site visits (Arealbesichtigungen) to industrial and innovation sites. The annual Standortförderungsawards program, running since 2007, recognizes innovative location projects and a Location Promoter of the Year. Education is delivered through partner institutions — LOC AG (Praxis-Seminare), Berner Fachhochschule (CAS programs), IMP-HSG Universität St. Gallen (ERFA group), and EspaceSuisse (Basiskurs Raumplanung) — with member discounts of 10% or CHF 125-500. Two newsletters (Impuls Standort Schweiz, in partnership with Café Europe, and the monthly Verbands-Newsletter) and a blog extend the reach. The underlying technology is a Joomla-based website with Google Analytics and Mailchimp — no proprietary platform.

The business model is membership dues (subscription/recurring). Pricing is not publicly disclosed and requires direct contact with the secretariat. The association is a private non-profit under Swiss law, governed by an elected board, with no external investors, no parent company, and no subsidiaries. Its revenue is not publicly disclosed. Recent strategic moves include the 2024 rebrand, board expansion to include Ticino and Romandie representatives (March 2025 and March 2026), new member onboarding (e.g., immoMedia GmbH in June 2026), and policy engagement on the Lex Koller revision and the 'Keine 10-Millionen-Schweiz!' initiative.

Name

Netzwerk Standort Schweiz

Legal name

Netzwerk Standort Schweiz

Website

https://netzwerkstandortschweiz.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Netzwerk Standort Schweiz is the national umbrella association for location and economic development organizations in Switzerland, serving approximately 110 members across all three language regions through networking events, professional development, an awards program, and knowledge-sharing content.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Wald ZH

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership dues: Netzwerk Standort Schweiz is a membership organization. Revenue is generated through membership subscriptions. The association had crossed the 100-member milestone and reported around 110 members as of early 2026, with members in German-speaking Switzerland, the Romandie, and Ticino.

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Core offering

Netzwerk Standort Schweiz is the Swiss national umbrella association for cantonal, regional, and municipal location- and economic-development organizations, plus individual practitioners. Its core offerings are a membership-based platform providing professional networking, training programs (including the CAS Standort- und Regionalmanagement), an annual conference, specialist events, study tours, a member directory, and the SVSM Award program recognizing excellence in Swiss location marketing.

Product overview

Netzwerk Standort Schweiz is a professional association (Dachverband) serving as the umbrella organization for location and economic development organizations in Switzerland. Rather than a unified software platform, the organization offers a portfolio of member services including professional events (Dialog conferences, Dialogo Ticino, Dialogue Romandie, Arealbesichtigungen site tours), an annual awards program (Standortförderungsawards), education and training courses (Basiskurs Raumplanung, Praxis-Seminare, ERFA-Gruppe, Basiskurs Standortförderung), and knowledge-sharing content (newsletters Impuls Standort Schweiz and Verbands-Newsletter, Blog). The association facilitates networking and professional development for its approximately 110 members across German-speaking, French-speaking, and Italian-speaking regions of Switzerland.

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Products and services

• Membership (Mitgliedschaft) Annual individual or institutional membership of Netzwerk Standort Schweiz, providing access to Fachveranstaltungen, Studienreisen, the Jahreskonferenz, the member directory, newsletters, and voting rights. Targeted at cantonal, regional, and municipal location and economic development organizations, plus individual Standortmanager and Standortberater.
• Jahreskonferenz (Annual Conference) Annual national conference of the association, held in a different Swiss city each year, featuring keynote speeches, panel discussions, and member networking. Targeted at member organizations and individual practitioners in Swiss location management.
• Fachveranstaltungen (Specialist Events) Series of topic-specific specialist events on location-marketing themes such as Ansiedlung und Bindung von Unternehmen, Standortmarketing, and Immobilien, delivered through workshops and webinars. Targeted at member practitioners in Swiss location and economic development.
• Studienreisen (Study Tours) Multi-day study tours (domestic and international) organized for members to benchmark best practices in location development and marketing, typically including site visits, meetings with local practitioners, and partner-supported logistics. Targeted at member organizations and individual practitioners.
• SVSM Award (formerly Prix SVC Standort Schweiz)

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Ideal customer profiles3 records

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Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Green (datacenter operator)minorOthers · 28 May 2026Green, a Swiss datacenter operator based in Dielsdorf, hosted a site visit organized by Netzwerk Standort Schweiz on May 28, 2026, focusing on datacenter operations and waste heat recovery. CEO Roger Süess participated as a panelist.
• IFJ Institut für JungunternehmenminorOthersIFJ Institut für Jungunternehmen (Institute for Young Enterprises) is listed as a sponsor of Netzwerk Standort Schweiz. As a first tenant in the Bühler Group's MAHLWERK innovation campus, the IFJ participates in association-organized site visits.
• Energie 360°minorOthersEnergie 360° is a sponsor of Netzwerk Standort Schweiz and co-organized a site visit to the Green datacenter in Dielsdorf, presenting on waste heat recovery and energy supply topics.
• Café EuropecoreOthersCafé Europe is a media partner of Netzwerk Standort Schweiz and co-produces the monthly 'Impuls Standort Schweiz' newsletter. The association's media partnership with Café Europe extends reach among location management professionals and media audiences.
• LOC AG (Remo Daguati)coreOthersLOC AG, led by association president Remo Daguati, delivers the 'Praxis-Seminar Standortförderung' and 'Praxis-Seminar Arealentwicklung' workshops recommended by Netzwerk Standort Schweiz. Members receive a 10% discount on these courses.
• IMP-HSG Universität St. GallenminorOthersIMP-HSG (Institute for Management Accounting and Control) at the University of St. Gallen collaborates with Netzwerk Standort Schweiz on the ERFA group for location promotion and regional development. Members receive 10% discounts on related programs.
• Berner Fachhochschule (BFH)minorOthersBerner Fachhochschule (Bern University of Applied Sciences) partners with Netzwerk Standort Schweiz on the CAS in area and real estate project development and a specialist course on use development. Members receive CHF 200–500 discounts.
• EspaceSuisseminorOthersEspaceSuisse, the Swiss association for spatial planning, co-organizes with Netzwerk Standort Schweiz a one-day 'Basiskurs Raumplanung' (Basic Course in Spatial Planning). Members receive CHF 125 discount on the course fee.
• Mettler (Entwickler)minorOthersMettler Entwickler is listed as a partner of Netzwerk Standort Schweiz, appearing in the partner/sponsor logo section of the website footer.
• Kanton NeuenburgminorOthersThe Canton of Neuenburg is a member of Netzwerk Standort Schweiz and was awarded for its 'Industrial Smart Map' platform at the 2024 awards.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• IEDC (International Economic Development Council): Largest international membership organization for economic development professionals. Closest international peer, operating the same kind of membership, events, and credentialing model at significantly larger scale.
• Switzerland Global Enterprise (S-GE): Switzerland's official trade and investment promotion agency. Significantly larger and government-backed, with an overlapping economic development and location-promotion mission that makes it a broad incumbent in the same Swiss space.
• SwissHoldings: Federation of Swiss multinational enterprises. Operates as a broader umbrella for major Swiss corporate interests with an advocacy role, comparable as a national association serving a defined member constituency.
• economiesuisse: Largest Swiss business federation, representing the broader Swiss economy. Much larger umbrella organization operating a similar member-based association model with a national advocacy mandate.
• SIA (Swiss Society of Engineers and Architects): Long-established Swiss professional association for engineers and architects. Comparable as a national Swiss association offering member services, professional development, and policy advocacy, though in an adjacent rather than overlapping discipline.

Others

• Avenir Suisse: Independent Swiss economic and social policy think tank. Thematically aligned with NSS's policy work and partnered with NSS via the 'Think dänk!' podcast (Feb 2024), but operates as an adjacent ecosystem participant rather than a competing association.

Direct peers

• SVIT (Swiss Real Estate Association): National Swiss trade association for the real estate industry. Comparable member-services association model, overlapping member base (real estate service providers and developers), and similar advocacy/events footprint in Switzerland.
• Schweizerischer Städteverband (SSV): Swiss Association of Cities. Shares significant member overlap with Netzwerk Standort Schweiz, since many NSS members are city-level economic development professionals, and operates a comparable national association structure.
• Schweizerischer Gemeindeverband (SGV): Swiss Association of Municipalities. Represents municipal-government interests in Switzerland, overlapping directly with NSS's cantonal and municipal economic development member base.
• EspaceSuisse: Swiss Association for Spatial Planning (Verband für Raumplanung). Directly comparable as a Swiss national professional association serving public-sector planning practitioners, and an active partner of Netzwerk Standort Schweiz on the Basiskurs Raumplanung course.

Market position

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Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

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