Creative industries
Diverse creative scene
Zurich is Switzerland's most important creative location. At the interface between culture and business, the creative industries provide sustainable impulses with innovative services and products and stimulate other areas of the economy and society. It makes a significant contribution to the diversification of the urban sector structure and offers a wide range of jobs and job profiles.
Activities
Networking at Creative Zurich Wednesday
The city and canton of Zurich organize two to three Creative Zurich Wednesdays a year. The event connects the exponents of the creative scene and gives interested outsiders an insight into their work.
Showcase of the creative industries
The website www.creative-zurich.ch makes the achievements and competencies of the creative industries in the Zurich area more visible and portrays the exponents.
Submarkets City of Zurich (2018)
| Workplaces | Full-time equivalents | |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture Market | 1930 | 7544 |
| Book Market | 567 | 1471 |
| Design Economy | 2044 | 3435 |
| Film | 736 | 1610 |
| Handicraft | 90 | 115 |
| Art | 690 | 952 |
| Performing Arts Market | 382 | 1395 |
| Music industry | 1015 | 2526 |
| Phonotechnical market | 60 | 318 |
| Press Market | 857 | 4827 |
| Broadcasting market | 20 | 2831 |
| Software / Games Industry | 1276 | 12143 |
| Advertising market | 542 | 3238 |
| Total Creative Industries City of Zurich | 10 209 | 42 405 |
| Total Creative Industries Canton of Zurich | 18 868 | 62 778 |
Shares submarkets (2018)
Tooltipp: Anteile am Cluster in Prozent und absoluten Zahlen
Development of creative industries and overall economy City of Zurich, 2012 to 2018
Source: Statistical Office of the Canton of Zurich