Who owns SBB?
SBB is owned by SBB AG (Switzerland).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Federal Consolidated Financial Statements Report 2023, Swiss Federal Finance Administration. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- SBB AG reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland, Bern
- Origin
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland, Bern
- Category
- Travel & transport › Railways
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About SBB
SBB is the Swiss national railway, listed as SBB AG with a 100% Confederation holding in the 2023 federal consolidated statements. Its own history page dates the railway to 1902 and to the 1898 referendum on a federal act for the Confederation to acquire and operate railways.
Ownership timeline of SBB
Where SBB sits in SBB
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
Open the full SBB ownership tree →
See the full SBB brand portfolio (2) →
Other brands owned by SBB
SBB controls 2 brands on Brandtree, 2 of them in travel & transport.
Also in travel & transport
Other brands in railways, and who owns them
The 91 brands in railways on Brandtree belong to 68 owners. The largest is DfT Operator, with 9.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| c2c | DfT Operator | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Avanti West Coast | FirstGroup | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Eurostar | SNCF | 🇫🇷 France |
| CPKC | CPKC | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Linha 4 do Metrô de São Paulo | Motiva | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| Hellenic Train | FS Italiane | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| Transtar | FTAI Infrastructure | 🇺🇸 United States |
| KAI Commuter | KAI | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
About the owner: SBB
SBB is a state-owned company headquartered in Bern, Switzerland. Brandtree records 2 brands under its control.
SBB, Swiss Federal Railways, has its address in Bern. The Swiss federal consolidated financial statements for 2023 list SBB AG as a 100% holding of the Confederation, fully consolidated. SBB's organisation page says its freight section has the controlled subsidiaries SBB Cargo Ltd, SBB Cargo International Ltd and SBB Intermodal Ltd.
🇨🇭 SBB and other Swiss brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 114 brands that began in Switzerland. 33 of them (29%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; SBB is not one of them.
- BLS — BLS 🇨🇭
- Edelweiss — Lufthansa Group 🇩🇪
- Hupac — Hupac 🇨🇭
- Jungfrau Railways — Jungfraubahn Holding 🇨🇭
- Kuehne+Nagel — Kuehne+Nagel 🇨🇭
- MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company — MSC Group 🇨🇭
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of SBB?
The parent company of SBB is SBB AG, a state-owned company headquartered in Switzerland.
Is SBB Swiss?
Yes. SBB originated in Switzerland and its owner, SBB AG, is also headquartered in Switzerland.
Is SBB still owned by SBB AG?
Yes. As of 5 October 2026, SBB is still owned by SBB AG. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Federal Consolidated Financial Statements Report 2023 — Swiss Federal Finance Administration, Official document; retrieved 5 October 2026.
Report a correction Opens a pre-filled GitHub issue. See our corrections policy.