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Microsoft Dynamics in Switzerland: who runs it in 2026?

How many Swiss companies run Microsoft Dynamics, which product do they use, and in which cantons? Here is where our list stands as of 2 November 2026: 920 companies, most of them on Business Central, Finance & Operations or their predecessors, NAV and AX.

By Guillaume Fernandes5 min read

Swiss companies on the list
920
on Business Central
444
still on NAV or AX, or migrating
296
on Finance & Operations
77

Business Central now leads

Nearly half the companies on the list (444, or 48%) run Business Central, the successor to Dynamics NAV that Microsoft launched in 2018. This includes 24 companies that moved to Business Central in the last 18 months, most of them from NAV.

Finance & Operations, Microsoft’s solution for large companies and groups, accounts for 77 companies (8%), 4 of which moved to it in the last 18 months.

ProductCompaniesShare
Business Central44448%
Finance & Operations778%
Dynamics NAV, no known migration21023%
Dynamics AX, no known migration475%
Migration from NAV or AX under way or planned394%
Product or status undetermined, or leaving or left Dynamics10311%
Total920100%
Companies on the list by product, as of 2 November 2026Shares are rounded.

A third of the list still runs NAV or AX

296 companies, or 32%, still run Dynamics NAV or Dynamics AX, or are moving off them. Of these, 210 are on NAV with no known migration, 47 on AX, and 39 have a migration under way or planned: 34 to Business Central, 4 to Finance & Operations, and one still deciding between the two.

Time is short: Microsoft ends support for NAV 2017 on 11 January 2027 and for NAV 2018, the last version of NAV, on 11 January 2028. No version of AX has been supported since January 2023. Our articles on the end of support for NAV and on AX 2012 in Switzerland give the details by version.

Not everyone stays with Microsoft: 10 companies on the list have left Dynamics for another ERP or are in the process of doing so.

Eight in ten companies are in German-speaking Switzerland

The list covers all three main language regions. German-speaking Switzerland accounts for 740 companies (80%), French-speaking Switzerland for 139 (15%) and Ticino for 28 (3%). For 13 companies, the canton is not yet known.

RegionCompaniesBusiness CentralFinance & OperationsNAV or AX, or migrating
German-speaking Switzerland74032461263
French-speaking Switzerland1391011219
Ticino281439
Canton not yet known13515

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Companies on the list by language regionFrench-speaking Switzerland: Geneva, Vaud, Neuchâtel, Jura and the bilingual cantons of Fribourg and Valais, counted in full. Companies whose product or status is undetermined, and those that have left Dynamics or are leaving it, are counted only in the “Companies” column.

The installed base differs from one region to another. In French-speaking Switzerland, 73% of the companies on the list already run Business Central and only 14% are still on NAV or AX, or migrating. In German-speaking Switzerland that share rises to 36%: that is where most of the upcoming migration projects lie.

Canton by canton

Zurich leads with 178 companies, ahead of Bern (121), Aargau (80) and Lucerne (78). Zug, with 55 companies, punches well above its weight. In French-speaking Switzerland, Vaud (47) and Geneva (33) come before Valais (27) and Fribourg (19).

The share of companies still on NAV or AX varies widely: 44% in Thurgau and 43% in St. Gallen, against 6% in Geneva and 11% in Valais.

CantonCompaniesBusiness CentralFinance & OperationsNAV or AX, or migrating
Zurich178702750
Bern12153548
Aargau8036527
Lucerne7839230
Zug5528419
Vaud473248
St. Gallen4716420
Geneva332362
Thurgau3212314
Solothurn3112113
Ticino281439
Valais272303
Basel-Landschaft231228
Basel-Stadt231346
Fribourg191413
Schwyz15517
Schaffhausen12804
Graubünden11225
Neuchâtel10712
Appenzell Ausserrhoden10802
Nidwalden8305
Obwalden8412
Appenzell Innerrhoden3200
Uri3002
Jura3201
Glarus2101

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Companies on the list by canton, as of 2 November 2026The 13 companies whose canton is not yet known are not included in this table. Companies whose product or status is undetermined, and those that have left Dynamics or are leaving it, are counted only in the “Companies” column.

What these figures mean

  • Dynamics partners: 296 companies still run NAV or AX, or are in the middle of a migration. Each one is a migration project, either upcoming or already under way.
  • ISVs: the 444 companies on Business Central are the natural market for AppSource apps and industry solutions.
  • Recruiters: every migration keeps consultants and developers busy for months, and demand peaks before the support deadlines.
  • Other ERP vendors: a company that has to replace NAV often chooses between Business Central and another ERP. The 10 departures, completed or under way, show that the choice is genuinely open.

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