Food service

Subway in Switzerland.

53 restaurants recorded across 19 cantons. 42 % of the population lives within 5 kilometres of one of them.

restaurants recorded

#39 network in the country by reach

Coverage within 5 km

42 %

of the country population

Coverage within 10 km

62.4 %

of the country population

Density

0.59

per 100,000 inhabitants

Cross-border comparison

Subway either side of the border .

Two networks of incomparable size only compare at equal population. Brought back to 100,000 inhabitants, the counts become readable side by side — and the gap points either to room for development or to saturation.

Switzerland

0.59

restaurants / 100,000 inhab.

53 restaurants for 8,922,173 inhabitants

France

0.75

restaurants / 100,000 inhab.

502 restaurants for 66,964,453 inhabitants

Gap

-21 %

density in Switzerland vs France

The network is less dense in Switzerland than in France. At French density it would count 67 restaurants.

cantons

Where Subway actually stands .

The index compares the network's density in the canton with its national density: above 100, the brand is over-represented there relative to its own average.

canton Locations No. Share Index

Zürich

10 18.9 % 105

Bern/Berne

7 13.2 % 113

Vaud

5 9.4 % 99

Aargau

4 7.5 % 98

Basel-Stadt

4 7.5 % 388

Luzern

3 5.7 % 120

Solothurn

3 5.7 % 186

Thurgau

3 5.7 % 178

Genève

2 3.8 % 64

Graubünden/Grischun/Grigioni

2 3.8 % 148

St. Gallen

2 3.8 % 65

Food service

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Reading the figures

The 53 restaurants are a record drawn from Foursquare Open Places, not a count published by the brand — this country has not been calibrated yet — its recorded counts have not been confronted with the network sizes brands publish.

The reach indicators — coverage, index by canton — are robust to that bias: they measure a distance and a population, which a location described twice does not move. Recorded 23 August 2026.

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Frequently asked questions about Subway in Switzerland

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How many restaurants does Subway have in Switzerland?

The record of 23 August 2026 identifies 53 Subway restaurants in Switzerland, across 19 cantons. This is a record, not an official count: this country has not been calibrated yet — its recorded counts have not been confronted with the network sizes brands publish. The figure serves to compare networks rather than to count stores.

What share of Switzerland does Subway reach?

42 % of the population lives within 5 kilometres of a Subway, and 62.4 % within 10 kilometres. Coverage counts each population cell once, however many locations reach it, which makes it insensitive to the double-counting that affects raw location totals.

Is Subway denser in Switzerland or in France?

Per 100,000 inhabitants, Subway has 0.59 restaurants in Switzerland against 0.75 in France — a density 21 % lower. Both records come from the same source and the same method, which is the condition for the gap to mean anything.

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