How many companies are there in Jura?

According to the Federal Statistical Office (STATENT 2024), Jura had 6,128 enterprises, 99.8% of them SMEs with fewer than 250 employees. Its 6,862 workplaces employed 47,549 people.

What is the GDP of Jura?

Jura’s GDP was CHF 5.8 billion in 2022 (provisional Federal Statistical Office figure), 0.7% of Swiss GDP, with real growth of 7.8%. GDP per capita was CHF 78,546, rank 11 of 26 cantons.

What is the unemployment rate in Jura?

SECO registered an unemployment rate of 4.3% in Jura in August 2026, with 1,703 people registered as unemployed (August 2025: 5.1%).

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Jura

Economy, taxes and industries

Population 2025 75,178GDP 2022 CHF 5.8 bnCorporate tax 2026 15.80%

Economic snapshot

GDP: CHF 5.8 bn; 0.7% of Swiss GDP · 2022p
GDP per capita: CHF 78,546; Rank 11 of 26 · 2022p
Enterprises: 6,128; 99.8% SMEs · 2024
Jobs: 47,549; −2.0% vs. 2023 · 2024
Unemployment: 4.3%; Aug. 2026 · Aug. 2025: 5.1%
Median gross wage: CHF 6,964; CHF per month · Espace Mittelland, 2024

Overview

Jura, Switzerland's youngest canton, lies in the Jura mountains on the French border. The 2024 and 2025 statistics count 75,178 residents, 47,549 jobs and 6,128 enterprises. GDP was CHF 5.8 billion in 2022, and real growth of 7.8% that year was the strongest of the 26 cantons; GDP per head was CHF 78,546. Employment fell by 2.0% in 2024, the largest decline of any canton, after growth of 6.3% between 2019 and 2024.

Jura has the most industrial economy in Switzerland. Electronics, instruments and watches are the largest sector, with 7,067 jobs or 14.9% of employment, 7.1 times the Swiss share and the highest concentration of any canton, and plastics, metals and metal products provide 8.7%, also the highest concentration in the country. The region supplies cases, components and precision parts to the watch industry, and machine-tool makers such as Willemin-Macodel in Delémont serve watchmaking and medical technology. Machinery employment rose by 36.3% in five years, and agriculture remains well above average (2.2 times the Swiss share).

Since 1 January 2026 the town of Moutier, home of the machine-tool maker Tornos, belongs to Jura. Following the Federal Statistical Office's rule, the 2024 and 2025 figures on this page do not yet include Moutier; counting the town would raise Jura's population by 9.7% and its employment by 7.6%. Unemployment was 4.3% in August 2026, a figure that already counts Moutier in Jura (August 2025: 5.1%). KPMG puts the maximum effective corporate tax rate at 15.80% for 2026 (2025: 16.00%) and the top income tax rate at 40.44%.

Location advantages

Highest concentration of watchmaking and instrument jobs in Switzerland (14.9% of employment)
Highest concentration of plastics, metals and metal-products jobs in Switzerland (3.7 times the Swiss share)
Strongest real GDP growth of the 26 cantons in 2022 (7.8%)
Precision machine-tool makers serving watchmaking and medical technology, including Tornos in Moutier since 2026
A16 Transjurane motorway and rail links to Basel and the French TGV network at Belfort

Taxes 2026

Max. effective corporate tax rate: 15.80%; 2025: 16.00%
Corporate tax rank: 22/26; 1 = lowest rate
Top income tax rate: 40.44%; Rank 22 of 26 (1 = lowest)

KPMG's Clarity on Swiss Taxes 2026 puts the maximum effective corporate income tax rate in Delémont (federal, cantonal and communal taxes combined) at 15.80% (2025: 16.00%): rank 22 of 26, counting from the lowest rate (Swiss average: 14.43%). The maximum income tax rate for a single person, including federal tax, is 40.44%: rank 22 of 26, counting from the lowest rate (average: 33.04%).

Industry structure

Sector	Workplaces	Jobs	Share	vs. CH	2019–24
Electronics, instruments & watches	143	7,067	14.9%	7.1×	+5.7%
Health & social care	769	6,994	14.7%	1.0×	+12.3%
Plastics, metals & metal products	204	4,135	8.7%	3.7×	+9.4%
Wholesale, retail & motor trade	802	4,129	8.7%	0.8×	−1.4%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1,048	2,959	6.2%	2.2×	−1.9%
Construction & building trades	504	2,704	5.7%	0.9×	+1.7%
Staffing, facility & business support	270	2,462	5.2%	0.8×	+4.8%
Education	239	2,443	5.1%	0.7×	+5.5%
Legal, consulting, engineering & R&D	601	2,200	4.6%	0.5×	+16.4%
Arts, recreation & personal services	869	2,078	4.4%	0.8×	+10.1%
Machinery, electrical & vehicle engineering	65	1,947	4.1%	1.6×	+36.3%
Public administration	145	1,666	3.5%	0.9×	+0.8%
Hotels & restaurants	303	1,483	3.1%	0.7×	−4.3%
Banking, insurance & financial services	126	1,138	2.4%	0.5×	+12.1%
Transport, logistics & postal services	129	1,054	2.2%	0.5×	+4.2%
Textiles, wood, paper & printing	165	760	1.6%	1.3×	−6.7%
Information, communication & IT	132	693	1.5%	0.4×	+8.8%
Food, beverages & tobacco	67	456	1.0%	0.6×	−30.3%
Real estate	173	358	0.8%	0.6×	+6.9%
Energy, water, waste & mining	50	298	0.6%	0.6×	+12.9%
Medical devices, furniture & other manufacturing	32	292	0.6%	0.9×	+22.2%
Chemicals & pharmaceuticals	15	230	0.5%	0.3×	+117.0%

BFS STATENT 2024; jobs are counted at the workplace. “vs. CH” divides the sector’s share of jobs in the canton by its share in Switzerland (1.0× = national average).

Key employers

Tornos SA

Machine tools

Moutier

Willemin-Macodel SA

Machine tools

Delémont

Condor SA

Bicycles & precision mechanics

Haute-Sorne

Hôpital du Jura

Hospitals & healthcare

Delémont

Banque Cantonale du Jura SA

Cantonal bank

Porrentruy

Succession & ownership

Board paralysis risk: 34.5%; 221 of 640 audited companies · Rank 6 of 26 (1 = highest)
Single-owner GmbHs: 57.3%; 256 of 447 GmbHs · Rank 14 of 26 (1 = highest)

ValIndex's national board-paralysis study (June 2026) covers 640 audited companies registered in Jura. For 221 of them (34.5%), no one would be left able to sign for the company if the principal signatory died: the 6th-highest share of the 26 cantons (Switzerland: 32%). Of 447 substantive GmbHs with a registered seat in Jura, 57.3% belong to a single person (the 13th-lowest share of the 26 cantons; Switzerland: 55.5%), according to ValIndex's July 2026 ownership study.

Board paralysis study (June 2026) →Who owns Swiss companies? (July 2026) →

Infrastructure

Higher education & research

Haute École Arc (HE-Arc), Delémont site (University of applied sciences)

Innovation parks

Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area, Jura site (Courroux)
Creapole, Delémont

The A16 Transjurane motorway links Biel with Moutier, Delémont and Porrentruy and continues to the French border at Boncourt. Delémont is on the Basel–Biel rail line, about 40 minutes from Basel, and the Delle–Belfort line connects Porrentruy with the TGV station at Belfort-Montbéliard. EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg is about an hour away by road.

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Data vintages

Population: BFS STATPOP, end of 2025
GDP: BFS cantonal GDP, 2022 (provisional)
Enterprises, jobs, sectors: BFS STATENT 2024
Unemployment: SECO, August 2026
Wages: BFS Swiss Earnings Structure Survey 2024, major regions
Taxes: KPMG Clarity on Swiss Taxes 2026
Succession & ownership: ValIndex studies, June and July 2026

Sources

BFS – Cantonal GDP by large region and canton, 2008–2022p (published 28 Oct 2024)BFS – Cantonal GDP per capita, 2008–2022p BFS – Cantonal GDP: revised series due October 2026 BFS – STATENT 2024 release (20 Aug 2026)BFS STAT-TAB – Workplaces and jobs by canton and NOGA division (STATENT)BFS STAT-TAB – Enterprises by canton and size class (STATENT)BFS STAT-TAB – Permanent resident population by canton (STATPOP)BFS STAT-TAB – Median gross monthly wage by large region (LSE 2024)SECO – Labour market situation, August 2026 KPMG – Clarity on Swiss Taxes 2026 (19 May 2026)ValIndex Research – Boardroom Paralysis in Switzerland (June 2026)ValIndex Research – Who Owns Switzerland's Companies? (July 2026)Zefix – Central Business Name Index (register checks of named companies)BFS – Statistical treatment of Moutier's move from Bern to Jura (15 Jan 2026)BFS – Effect of the Moutier transfer on selected statistics (T 21.03.01.20)République et Canton du Jura – Moutier: historical context

ValIndex Intelligence · Alain Walder, M.A. HSG|Updated 2026-09|16 sources cited

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