Relocation agencies
Full-service relocation firms that handle the move end to end, from the permit paperwork to finding a flat and registering at the commune.
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Packimpex
4.6Switzerland
Packimpex runs destination services across Switzerland, including home search, temporary housing, visa and immigration support, and coordination of household goods moves. It works mainly with international companies and their transferring employees through HR and global mobility teams. The firm keeps offices in Bern, Zurich, Geneva, Basel, Lausanne, Zug and Lugano, and reports around 2,000 relocations a year in Switzerland.
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Geneva · since 1990
Welcome Service offers home search, settling-in support from the entrance inspection to opening a bank account, schooling help, orientation tours and departure services. It also covers immigration for EU/EFTA and non-EU/EFTA arrivals, including Legitimation Card procedures for international organisations. The family-owned firm works across Geneva, Lausanne, Zurich, Zug, Lucerne, St. Gallen and Basel for individuals, families and corporate mobility teams.
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Zug
Prime Relocation handles home search, visa and permit applications, settling-in tasks like registration and banking, and school research for families. It also offers orientation tours, temporary furnished accommodation, and corporate programmes for HR and global mobility teams. The firm covers Zurich, Zug, Geneva, Basel, Lausanne, Lucerne, Schwyz and Liechtenstein, working with both companies and individual families.
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Zurich · since 2001
Sgier + Partner specialises in Swiss work and residence permits across all cantons, paired with its Relo24 relocation programme for home finding and settling in. The Zurich firm advises both private clients and companies on the law on foreign nationals and runs a "Welcome to Zurich" service for new arrivals. Its immigration team brings together specialists, legal staff and lawyers.
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Switzerland
De Peri Relocation covers home search, school search, settling-in with the authorities, departure when a contract ends, and help with Swiss residence and work permits. It adds a long list of extras such as tenant search, vehicle import, language courses, spousal job support and cross-cultural training. The firm serves both private and business clients and names 23 cities it works in, from Zurich and Geneva to Lugano, St. Gallen and Chur.
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Zurich
Anchor Relocation helps individuals, families and companies find a home and settle in, including help with choosing schools and local services. Alongside relocation it handles the full letting process for landlords, covering marketing, viewings, tenant screening and contract coordination, plus buying and selling property. The firm focuses on Zurich, Zug, Schwyz and the rest of Central Switzerland.
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Zug
Relocation & Expat Services GmbH offers home search, moving within Switzerland or abroad, temporary housing, and welcome tours of the new area. It handles administration tasks including permit and visa help, plus setting up banking, insurance and utilities, and schooling for families. The firm supports both corporate moves and individual clients across Zug, Lucerne, Zurich, Geneva and Lausanne.
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ReloNest
4.3Switzerland
ReloNest handles home search, immigration and permit matters including work permits and family reunification, temporary accommodation, and area orientation for new arrivals. For families it offers school search across local and international options, with school visits and application support. The firm works with both companies and individuals and covers Geneva, Lausanne, Fribourg, Bern, Lucerne, Zug, Zurich, Basel and Lugano.
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Switzerland
Crown Relocations combines international moving with home search, immigration, school search and settling-in support handled by a dedicated move manager. Before a move it runs home consultations, preview trips and language training, and at the destination it adds intercultural training and orientation. It serves individual movers through Crown Relocations and runs corporate assignment programmes through Crown World Mobility.
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Dwellworks
4.1Switzerland
Dwellworks provides area orientation, rental home finding with property matching and application support, settling-in help, and departure services covering lease termination and deposit refunds. Settling-in includes social insurance registration, banking introductions, driver's licence applications, health care guidance and school assistance for families. The firm covers Zurich, Geneva, Basel, Bern and Lausanne, working mainly with relocating corporate employees and supporting any Swiss location through virtual consultants.