BOSW Agency Ranking 2017: The Most Successful Web Agencies in Switzerland
Hinderling Volkart defends the top spot among the most successful Swiss web agencies for another year. Overall, the top five remain in their positions. Jung von Matt and Hinderling Volkart were the first agencies to achieve more than 200 points.
The detailed presentation of the Swiss web agency sector published annually by Best of Swiss Web is based on the one hand on the medal table of the Best of Swiss Web Award, which has now been running for seventeen years, and on the other hand on a comprehensive survey of the economic and thematic reviews and outlooks of the most important digital companies in Switzerland. The digital agency ranking is compiled annually by the Best of Swiss Web and Netzwoche.
Hinderling Volkart at the top again this year
Confirmation at the top: Hinderling Volkart remains at the top of the rankings this year. Together with Jung von Matt, Hinderling Volkart exceeds the previously unattained score of 200 points for the first time. The first five positions at the top also remain stable. Hinderling Volkart, Jung von Matt, Namics, Unic and Liip are thus extending their points lead. Freundliche Grüsse and MySign are the agencies that have made the greatest progress in the rankings. Freundliche Grüsse catapulted from 78th to 20th place, while the Master of Swiss Web 2017, MySign, moved up from 39th to 25th place.
| Rank 2017 | Company | Points previous year | BoSW points 2001-2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hinderling Volkart | 195 | 218 |
| 2 | Jung von Matt/Limmat | 191.5 | 207.83 |
| 3 | Namics | 163.1 | 199.1 |
| 4 | Unic | 157.5 | 191.5 |
| Category | 1st place | 2nd place | 3rd place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business | Crealogix | Unic | Namics |
| Digital branding; Campaigns | Jung von Matt/Limmat | Equipe (formerly Serranetga) | Wirz |
| Digital Performance; Campaigns | Equipe | Jung von Matt/Limmat | Wirz |
| Creation | Hinderling Volkart | Netvertising | Jung von Matt / Limmat |
| Innovation | Liip | Namics | Hinderling Volkart |
The largest agencies in Switzerland
The technology providers Zühlke Engineering and Elca Informatik dominate the ranking of agencies and web service providers with the highest turnover. They are followed by the full-service agencies Namics and Unic. The complete list up to 65th place can be as PDF can be downloaded directly from Netzwoche.ch.
What's keeping the web industry busy?
Agencies are increasingly grappling with the digital transformation. It was in this year's Agency surveywhich was carried out by Netzwoche as part of the Best of Swiss Web Awards, was the top topic and even gained in importance compared to the previous year's survey. In second place comes the shortage of skilled workers - a perennial issue for several years now. The mobile megatrend was also mentioned very often as the most relevant topic of the year.
These Topics are keeping agencies most busy this year:
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Digital transformation
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Recruiting, skills shortage
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Mobile
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E-commerce
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Order situation
