Confederation / Federal Department of Finance / Subsidies

The Confederation’s subsidies

Every subsidy is a credit with a number, an administrative unit and a legal basis. The list shows every credit, including those without a payment in the chosen year.

Subsidies 202550.6bn CHF+4.0 % on 2024

Share of expenditure 202558%of 87.6 bn CHF expenditure

Credits524285 of them with payments in 2025

Subsidies since 2005

By department, 2025

FDHA · Home Affairs21’216
EAER · Economic Affairs, Education and Research12’299
DETEC · Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications10’020
FDJP · Justice and Police3’287
FDFA · Foreign Affairs2’322
FDF · Federal Department of Finance1’149
DDPS · Defence, Civil Protection and Sport307

m CHF

104 of 524 credits

Credit	Title	Unit	Recipient according to the EFV
A290.0130	Covid: Bundesfinanzierung SARS-CoV-2-Tests	316 / BAG	Bevölkerung
A4300.0128	Investitionsbeiträge ERK Novaggio	316 / BAG	Ente ospedaliero cantonale
A4300.0137	Investitionsbeitrag Verkehrshaus der Schweiz	306 / BAK	Verkehrshaus
A6210.0144	Nationalphonothek	307 / BAK	Stiftung Landesphonothek

«Recipient according to the EFV» repeats the subsidy database’s entry as it stands. Whoever passes funds on, such as a foundation or a fund, is the first recipient, not the final one.

Source: Eidgenössische Finanzverwaltung EFV, retrieved 14.09.2026. Raw data

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