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Summary

About the company

The core activity of Caritas Switzerland is to support and assist people affected by poverty in Switzerland and abroad through various programs, donations, and engagement. This also includes operating second-hand shops such as "carla", advising and accompanying donors, as well as collaborating with companies in the area of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).

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Products & services

Industry:NGOs & NPOs
✓ Offered12
Emergency and Social Counselling
Advice and support for people in emergency situations, in particular with social issues and existential problems in Switzerland.
Debt Counselling
Prevention and counselling for people in debt, to open up new perspectives and manage financial problems.
KulturLegi
Discounts for people on a low budget for cultural, sports and other offerings in Switzerland.
Caritas Markt
Discounted purchase of food and everyday items in a store service for people on a tight budget.
Everyday Support
Digital help, sponsorship programmes, volunteer assignments and other practical support for people and families under pressure.
Volunteer Work
Recruitment and guidance for volunteer assignments in social projects, for families, in digital support and in regional Caritas services.
Caritas Mountain Mission
Placement of volunteers with mountain farming families in need, with help in childcare, stable work, alpine and haymaking, household chores and building work.
youngCaritas
Youth service with information, school visits, workshops, hands-on participation projects and support for young people’s own social projects.
Reception of Goods Donations
Acceptance of clothing, furniture, food and other in-kind donations, and their distribution to people affected by poverty and to asylum seekers.
Domestic Aid for Poverty
Support for people affected by poverty in Switzerland through counselling, low-cost offerings, in-kind donations and other support services.
International Aid and Country Programmes
Country and regional programmes in around 20 countries, with current objectives and activities in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America.
Donations
One-off, monthly and annual donations for combating poverty in Switzerland and worldwide, as well as for specific donation purposes.
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4.4/5

Caritas Schweiz

Trust & reputation

ranQ Trust Score of Caritas Schweiz: 4.4 out of 5.0

Trust Score4.4/ 5.0

Very high

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Data basis 96% · As of October 2026

Caritas Schweiz scores 72.6 out of 100 points in the Reputation area of the ranQ Trust Score. This area carries 42% of the weighting.
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CriterionValueWeight
  • Review quality: The average rating across all connected sources, smoothed against the industry mean. So 5.0 stars from three reviews do not outrank 4.7 from three hundred.52.024%
  • Review volume: The number of reviews across all sources. The scale is logarithmic: the first reviews count the most, and the maximum is reached at 50 reviews.100.010%
  • Review recency: The age of the most recent review. Two-year-old reviews deliberately sit in the middle, because that is normal for Swiss SMEs. Only after three years without a new voice does the value drop markedly.100.08%
Caritas Schweiz scores 90.0 out of 100 points in the Substance area of the ranQ Trust Score. This area carries 28% of the weighting.
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  • Establishment: Years since founding or brand launch, logarithmic. The maximum is reached at 15 years.100.012%
  • Company size: The headcount band, researched by ranQ or stated by the company. It is scored in steps rather than by head count, because the data only provides bands.96.07%
Caritas Schweiz scores 85.0 out of 100 points in the Identity area of the ranQ Trust Score. This area carries 22% of the weighting.
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CriterionValueWeight
  • Verification: Official register entry (commercial register with UID or professional-body record, 55 points), confirmed domain (20 points) and confirmed ranQ profile (up to 25 points, depending on completeness).85.022%
Caritas Schweiz scores 100.0 out of 100 points in the Visibility area of the ranQ Trust Score. This area carries 8% of the weighting.
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CriterionValueWeight
  • Website authority: Ahrefs' Domain Rating measures, on a scale of 0 to 100, how strongly a website is linked from other websites. For Swiss SMEs the range up to 40 is typical; the maximum is reached at 35.100.04%
  • Media authority: No data point — the criterion is taken out of the weighting and does not lower the score.—4%
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Caritas Schweiz reaches a ranQ Trust Score of 4.4 out of 5.0 — rated «Very high». The rating draws, among other things, on 4.0 out of 5 stars from 64 customer reviews. The data basis is 96%, so the score is backed by part of the criteria. As of October 2026.

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Aggregated rating

Aggregated rating
4
of 5

Aggregated from 64 reviews across all connected sources

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Location

Adligenswilerstrasse 15
6002 Lucerne
Opening hours
Mon
08:15 - 11:30, 13:45 - 17:00
Tue
08:15 - 11:30, 13:45 - 17:00
Wed
08:15 - 11:30, 13:45 - 17:00
Thu
08:15 - 11:30, 13:45 - 17:00
Fri
08:15 - 11:30, 13:45 - 17:00
Sat
Closed
Sun
Closed

At a glance

Legal form
Association
UID
CHE-105.802.786
Founded
1929 · 97 years
Last commercial register change
September 21, 2026
Employees
101 to 500
Legal form: Graded by liability and disclosure. The weight is kept small: a sole proprietorship is not a dubious company, it is just liable differently.
73.0
6%
  • Branch offices: Branch offices linked in the commercial register. Having none is normal and costs no points.70.03%
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