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6-digit Postal Codes Switzerland

Spotzi's premium 6-digit postal code data for Switzerland (CHE) gives marketers, retailers, and OOH professionals everything they need to understand and reach their audience more effectively. Our high-quality boundary data lets you visualize every postal code area, build precise targeting strategies, create sales territories, and uncover valuable demographic and campaign insights—all in one easy-to-use dashboard. With a Spotzi Premium account, you can explore, customize, and export Swiss postal code boundaries for activation across your channels. Whether you're planning a national campaign or analyzing store visitors by location, Spotzi eliminates the hassle of complex data management so you can focus on driving results.

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Dataset details

Coverage and specifications

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Country
Switzerland
Category
Postal Codes
Vintage
2022
Level
6-Digit Postal Codes
Feature Count
4.074
Source
GfK

About this dataset

Optimize your audience targeting with Spotzi's 6-digit postal codes boundary data of Switzerland (CHE). Our postal code dataset provides boundaries and insights for all excisting postal codes, and allows you to export these boundaries for all your marketing needs. Expand into new markets, target like-minded audiences, or broaden your understanding of existing customers, all without having to devote time to complex data management. We developed our global postal code boundary database using each country's address data, and provide access to these datasets as a part of all Spotzi plans. Spotzi Mapping, Profiling and Targeting plans offer its users the ability to fully edit and customize postal code datasets into powerful and easy to use dashboards.

Dataset contents

What's included

Looking for an easy way to explore postal codes in Switzerland? With a Spotzi Premium account, you get access to a range of advanced tools to help you find, analyze, and understand Switzerland's postal codes like a pro. All of the following features are available exclusively with a Spotzi Premium account. • Postal Code Map Viewer – Easily visualize all Switzerland postal code areas on an interactive map. See boundaries and locations at a glance, helping you quickly understand the geography of Switzerland's postal codes. • Postal Code Finder in Switzerland – Search for any postal code or area in Switzerland and get exact location details in seconds. Find detailed information on Switzerland's postal regions and cities. • Random Postal Code Generator – Generate a random postal code in Switzerland, perfect for testing or random sampling. • City-to-Postal Code Lookup – Discover which postal codes belong to which cities in Switzerland. • Street-to-Postal Code Matching – Connect specific street addresses in Switzerland to their corresponding postal codes for precise and accurate location mapping. • Find Postal Codes Within a Radius – Discover all postal codes within a specified radius around a point. Ideal for logistics, delivery planning, and local targeting. • Search Within Drivetime Areas – Find all postal codes reachable within a specific drivetime. This tool helps optimize delivery and service planning, making your routes more efficient. • Analyze Performance by Postal Code – Measure sales, marketing effectiveness, or service performance based on specific postal code regions in Switzerland. • Explore Demographics & Insights – Get detailed demographic and behavior insights at the postal code level, such as population density, income levels, and consumer habits in Switzerland. • Map Market Potential – Identify high-opportunity regions in Switzerland using postal code-based market analysis to uncover areas with untapped potential. • Use Postal Code Targeting Tools – Improve your campaigns or sales strategies with postal code targeting, focusing on specific geographic regions to reach your audience more effectively. • Create a Postal Code Territory Map – Define and visualize your sales or service territories using Switzerland's postal code boundaries, helping you optimize regional coverage. • Homebase Postal Codes – With Spotzi Visitor Profiling, you can analyze and visualize which Switzerland postal codes your visitors are coming from when they visit your OOH or retail locations.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Switzerland's 6-digit postal code system, and how is it used?

Switzerland traditionally uses a 4-digit postal code system, but the 6-digit postal codes extend this system to provide a more precise geographic granularity, often down to specific delivery points or smaller administrative units. These extended codes help businesses, logistics companies, and government agencies with detailed spatial analysis and routing.

Does Switzerland have ZIP Codes?

Switzerland does not use the term ZIP codes; instead, postal codes ('Postleitzahl' or PLZ) are used. The 6-digit postal codes are an extension of the official 4-digit PLZ, designed for more detailed location referencing.

What is the length of postal codes in this Swiss dataset?

This dataset uses six-digit postal codes, which build upon the standard four-digit Swiss postal codes by adding two extra digits for more precise geographic segmentation.

How are the 6-digit Swiss postal codes structured?

The first four digits correspond to the official Swiss postal code areas, and the additional two digits specify sub-regions or particular delivery points within those areas, enabling high-precision mapping and mail sorting.

What’s the range of the 6-digit postal codes in Switzerland?

Six-digit postal codes in Switzerland start with the official 4-digit codes ranging roughly from 1000 to 9658, followed by two digits from 00 to 99 to denote finer location details within those zones.

Which areas correspond to which Swiss postal code prefixes?

4-digit Prefix Region / Example City 1000 Lausanne 1200 Geneva 3000 Bern 4000 Basel 6000 Lucerne 8000 Zurich 9000 St. Gallen The last two digits specify smaller zones within these main areas.

Can you provide examples of 6-digit Swiss postal codes?

Example Area 1000 01 Lausanne - specific delivery point 1200 45 Geneva - specific district 3000 22 Bern - sub-area 4000 78 Basel - particular zone 6000 05 Lucerne - delivery section 8000 11 Zurich - local postal route 9000 99 St. Gallen - fine-grained segment

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