Bodenschweiz, Verband Bodenbelagsfachgeschafte

Name

Bodenschweiz, Verband Bodenbelagsfachgeschafte

Legal name

BodenSchweiz, Verband Bodenbelagsfachgeschäfte

Website

https://bodenschweiz.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

1917

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

BodenSchweiz is a Swiss non-profit trade association serving 581 active flooring specialist retailers and 116 partner suppliers across all three national language regions, providing training, occupational safety services, the CCT collective labor agreement, the annual compendium, and the professional journal.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Trade Association Services

NAICS

Flooring Contractors (238330), Floor Covering Retailers (449121)

SIC

Construction - Special Trade Contractors (1700)

akta.pro primary industry

Flooring (Tile, Hardwood, Carpet & Resilient) (EDAOAAAG)

Keywords

• Flooring trade association
• Occupational safety training
• Collective labor agreement
• Industry expert consulting
• Professional trade journal

Headquarters

HQ city

Oberentfelden

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: Annual membership fees from active members (flooring specialist businesses), passive members, and partner members (suppliers). The association also collects fees for the ASA Branchenlösung (industry solution) SolFit, which includes occupational safety training.
2. Compendium Sales: Annual subscription to the compendium (industry reference document) available in electronic (CHF 69) or paper (CHF 99) format. Includes price lists, technical data sheets, guidelines, and supplier information.
3. Shop Product Sales: Sale of association-branded documents and materials including ratchet straps (CHF 12 for members), safety concept booklets, work reception forms, warnings, and parquet panels.
4. PERCO Training Courses: Basic and continuing PERCO (contact person for occupational safety) training courses. Basic courses cost CHF 205 per person for affiliated members; continuing courses are free for MSST branch solution members.
5. Professional Journal Subscriptions & Advertising: Professional journal published 6x per year. Subscription is free for members, available to non-members for CHF 39/year. Non-member suppliers can advertise in print and online editions.
6. Asbestos Analysis: Asbestos testing service for flooring materials in pre-1990 buildings. CHF 75 per sample for members, CHF 150 for non-members.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

BodenSchweiz is the leading Swiss trade association for flooring specialist businesses (Fachgeschäfte) covering linoleum, specialty flooring, carpets, and parquet. It delivers membership services, occupational safety training (KOPAS/PERCO), expert consulting (ombudsman, adhesion testing, moisture measurement, asbestos analysis), the annual Compendium reference, the biannual professional journal, and administers the universally binding Collective Labor Agreement (CCT) covering approximately 5,500 floor layers in German-speaking Switzerland.

Product overview

BodenSchweiz is a trade association for Swiss flooring specialists (Fachgeschafte) offering linoleum, specialty flooring, carpets, and parquet. The association provides a portfolio of services including core membership benefits, KOPAS training courses for workplace safety, expertise and consulting services (floor assessment, asbestos analysis, adhesion testing, moisture measurement), a trade journal published six times yearly, the AHV-Kasse Simulac social security fund, the Flooright inter-association information platform, a Compendium of industry documents and price lists, the SolFit workplace safety branch solution, and the first universally binding collective labor agreement (CCT) for the flooring trade in German-speaking Switzerland. These services are offered as individual modules that members can access based on their needs, with the association serving as the central hub connecting flooring professionals across Switzerland.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Flooright: Inter-association information platform for the flooring industry serving German-speaking countries (Switzerland, Germany, Austria).
• SolFit / BodenFit
• KOPAS / PERCO

Products and services

• Trade Association Membership Annual membership program for Swiss flooring specialist businesses (active members), partner suppliers, and passive members, providing access to networking, advocacy, training, expert services, the Compendium, and the professional journal.
• KOPAS-PERCO Basic Training Courses

Quantifiable outcome

• Approximately 5,500 floor layers in ~1,500 specialist companies in German-speaking Switzerland now covered by mandatory minimum standards through the CCT
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Angestellte SchweizcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2025Angestellte Schweiz (Swiss employees' association) co-developed the first Collective Labor Agreement (CCT) for the Swiss flooring sector with SolSuisse as the employers' association. This partnership resulted in the CCT being declared generally binding by the Swiss Federal Council, covering approximately 5,500 floor layers in ~1,500 companies in German-speaking Switzerland.
• FloorightcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFlooright is an inter-association information platform jointly supported by BodenSchweiz (Switzerland), and partner associations in Germany and Austria. It provides a wide distribution of knowledge in the flooring trade across German-speaking countries, offering technical standards, data sheets, test reports, and specialist knowledge to flooring professionals.
• AHV-Kasse SimulaccoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSimulac is a multi-employer AVS (Swiss social security) compensation fund co-founded by BodenSchweiz along with interieursuisse, schuhschweiz, SKMV Kupferschmiedmeister, Schweizerischer Möbelfachverband, Fuss und Schuh, VLS Verband Leder Schweiz, VLTS Leder Textil Schweiz, VTS Textilpflege Schweiz, and VSRLD. It provides AVS, occupational pension (BVG), daily sickness allowance insurance, and in many cantons family allowances for affiliated companies.
• interieursuisseminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAfter decades of conflict, SolSuisse and interieursuisse (interior design association) achieved a peaceful resolution in 2015 and now maintain a dialogue based on partnership and mutual respect. The two associations previously competed over scope of work in the flooring sector.
• Simulac (AVS Compensation Fund) — founding associationsminorOthersBodenSchweiz is one of the founding associations of the Simulac AVS compensation fund, alongside: interieursuisse, schuhschweiz, SKMV Kupferschmiedmeister, Schweizerischer Möbelfachverband, Fuss und Schuh, VLS Verband Leder Schweiz, VLTS Leder Textil Schweiz, VTS Textilpflege Schweiz, and VSRLD.
• ConstructionsuisseminorOthersBodenSchweiz is a member of Constructionsuisse, one of the two umbrella organizations (alongside USAM) through which it exercises political lobbying for the benefit of the Swiss flooring sector.
• USAM (Union Suisse des Arts et Métiers / Schweizerischer Gewerbeverband)minorOthersBodenSchweiz is a member of USAM, one of the two umbrella organizations (alongside Constructionsuisse) through which it exercises political lobbying for the benefit of the Swiss flooring sector.
• ASA Branchenlösung (MSST SolFit)coreOthersASA Branchenlösung (MSSL/MSST SolFit) is an occupational health and safety branch solution administered by BodenSchweiz. Companies affiliated to this solution must have trained PERCO contact persons and attend mandatory basic and continuing training courses. BodenSchweiz coordinates KOPAS/PERCO courses under this framework.
• Pro SolumminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPro Solum is responsible (alongside SolSuisse and ISP) for the flooring/parquet layer (Poseur/euse de sol-parquet CFC) profession in Switzerland. SolSuisse, ISP, and Pro Solum jointly manage initial and continuing professional education for the Swiss flooring trade through the FFP Sol training fund.
• ISP (Industrieverband Swiss Plastics)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerISP (Industrieverband Swiss Plastics) co-manages initial and continuing professional education for the Swiss flooring trade with SolSuisse and Pro Solum through the FFP Sol training fund.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• interieursuisse: Swiss interior design trade association historically competing with BodenSchweiz over scope of work in the flooring sector. Now in a partnership-based dialogue (since 2015) — a relevant adjacent peer for sector dynamics in Switzerland.

Direct peers

• FEP - Fédération Européenne des Parqueteurs: European Federation of the Parquet Industry representing national parquet associations across Europe. Comparable as a continental trade federation, although at supranational rather than national level.
• Verband der Deutschen Bodenbelags-Fachgeschäfte (vdf): German flooring specialist trade association representing retail and installation businesses across floor covering categories — comparable membership model, services portfolio, and Flooright co-partnership with BodenSchweiz.
• FCICA - Floor Covering Installation Contractors Association: North American association for flooring installation contractors, offering certification, training, and technical resources — comparable services portfolio to BodenSchweiz, although operating in a different regulatory environment.
• CFA - Contract Flooring Association (UK): UK trade association for flooring contractors and manufacturers providing technical guidance, training, and advocacy — closely comparable in scope to BodenSchweiz.
• Bundesverband Parkett und Fußbodentechnik (BVPF): German national trade association for parquet and flooring specialists, providing vocational training, technical standards, and advocacy for the German flooring trade — structurally identical to BodenSchweiz's role in Switzerland and a co-partner on the Flooright platform.
• NICF - National Institute of Carpet & Floorlayers (UK): UK trade body for flooring installers and inspectors providing training, certification, and technical standards — a closely analogous model to BodenSchweiz's KOPAS/PERCO training and ombudsman services.

Others

• ISP - Industrieverband Swiss Plastics: Swiss plastics industry association that co-manages initial and continuing education for flooring with BodenSchweiz through the FFP Sol training fund — a strategic partner association in the same Swiss trade ecosystem.
• Pro Solum: Swiss partner organization jointly responsible (with SolSuisse and ISP) for the floor layer/parquet layer profession and managing the FFP Sol training fund — a closely intertwined peer for vocational training.

Broad incumbents

• WFCA - World Floor Covering Association: Larger US-based industry association for the entire floor covering value chain (retailers, manufacturers, installers) — comparable broad mandate, but with much greater scale and a more retail-oriented membership mix.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Funding overview

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