Prime Relocation
Full-service relocation · ZürichPrime Relocation is a family-owned relocation agency in Zug, founded in 2006, helping expats, families and HR teams with home search, permits, temporary housing, schools and settling in.
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Relocation agencies in Zürich
expat-services.ch lists 15 hand-checked English-speaking relocation agencies in Zürich, including Anchor Relocation Services, Bridging Cultures Relocation, Crane Relocation and De Peri Relocation Services.
Besides English, they also work in German, French, Italian and Spanish. Every profile shows the services, languages and contact details, checked by hand before going live. See also Home search services in Zürich.
Relocation agencies in Zürich
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Welcome Service
Full-service relocation · ZürichWelcome Service is a family-owned relocation firm founded in 1990, with offices in Geneva, Lausanne and Zurich, handling permits, home search, schools and settling in for families and HR teams.
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Auris Relocation
Full-service relocation · ZürichAuris Relocation is a Swiss relocation and global mobility firm with nine offices from Geneva to Lugano, handling permits, home search, schools and moves for companies and families.
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Just Relocated
Destination services · ZürichJust Relocated is the relocation coaching and settling-in practice of Deniz Ozgul in the Zurich area, helping families move to Switzerland, with a focus on greener moves.
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Lifestylemanagers
Full-service relocation · ZürichLifestylemanagers is a family-run relocation and real estate firm in Steinhausen that has helped private clients and companies settle in the canton of Zug since 2007.
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RelEx
Full-service relocation · ZürichRelEx is a relocation company from Andelfingen that helps expats find a flat and settle in around Zurich, Zug and Lucerne, with every service bookable on its own.
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ReloNest
Destination services · ZürichReloNest is a Zurich-based relocation company, founded in 2023, that provides home search, school search, permits and settling-in help through consultants in nine Swiss cities.
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SwissNest Relocation
Apartment search services · ZürichSwissNest Relocation is a founder-run apartment search and relocation service for the Zurich area, with published pay-per-use prices and help from first viewing to settling in.
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Anchor Relocation Services
Destination services · ZürichZurich relocation company with 20+ years' experience supporting individuals, families and companies in the Zurich and Zug region, plus residential letting.
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Bridging Cultures Relocation
Full-service relocation · ZürichZug-area relocation firm offering pre-move orientation, home finding, settling-in, schooling advice, cross-cultural training and departure services.
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Crane Relocation
Full-service relocation · ZürichZug relocation service for expats covering immigration, home search, schooling, settling-in, shipping coordination and banking/insurance setup.
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De Peri Relocation Services
Full-service relocation · ZürichZurich-based relocation company serving all Swiss regions with home and school search, permits, temporary housing, move management and settling-in.
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Lodge Relocation
Full-service relocation · ZürichRelocation and immigration agency founded 1994 with offices in Geneva, Lausanne, Zug and Zurich, handling permits, housing and school search for corporate clients.
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Swiss Expat Realtor
Apartment search services · ZürichExpat-focused rental home search agency covering Zurich, Zug, Schwyz and Basel; uses local network incl. unlisted properties and advocates for applications; success-based fee.
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Swiss Relocation Services
Destination services · ZürichZurich-area relocation provider since 2005 focused on apartment search, house-hunting tours, school search and departure services.
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Local facts
Relocation agencies: what's particular to Zurich
The public side of arriving involves three offices. The city has three Personenmeldeämter, and arrivals from abroad register at the Süd office in the Stadthaus; the Personenmeldeamt West moves from Hohlstrasse 35 to Hardstrasse 41 on 2 November 2026 and serves by appointment only (City of Zurich, checked ) (City of Zurich, checked ). The cantonal Migrationsamt at Berninastrasse 45 has 180 staff, answers about 3,100 enquiries a day and deals with some 435,000 people from abroad living in the canton (Migrationsamt Zurich, checked ) (Migrationsamt Zurich, checked ).
The city’s Welcome Desk in the Stadthaus gives free information and short consultations without an appointment, Monday to Thursday from 13.00 to 17.00. It is run by the Fachstelle Diversität, Integration, Antirassismus, which specialises in questions of newcomers from abroad (City of Zurich, checked ).
For families, the city notes that more than 3,000 families move into it every year, about half from abroad, and offers school information events in 14 languages plus telephone and e-mail advice in several languages (City of Zurich, checked ). The canton’s English “Welcome to the Canton of Zurich” pages cover housing and language as well (Canton of Zurich, checked ) (Canton of Zurich, checked ).
Registering in Zurich
Arrivals from abroad register in person at the Personenmeldeamt Zürich Süd in the Stadthaus, Stadthausquai 17, with a booked appointment, and only once they actually live in the city (City of Zurich, checked ). The deadline is 14 days (2026) (City of Zurich, checked ); the fee is CHF 40 per adult, plus the cantonal migration office’s permit fees for foreign nationals (City of Zurich, checked ). More in our guide to registering at your commune.
Read more Your first 90 days in SwitzerlandRegistering at your Swiss commune (Anmeldung)
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