This page brings together erotic businesses in the Canton of Aargau in one place: sauna clubs, brothels, studios, salons, and contact bars — with location, type of business, and contact information. The list below is continuously fed from the directory of 6love.ch, so you see the current state and not a snapshot from the day before yesterday. Additionally, below you’ll find a classification of business types and an overview of the legal situation in the canton, so it’s clear what rules apply to operators and sex workers in Aargau.
Aargau is geographically a transit canton, and the scene is set up exactly that way: instead of a single red-light district like in Zurich or Basel, addresses are distributed across several small centers along major traffic routes. In the Wiggertal around Zofingen, Oftringen, Rothrist, and Murgenthal, businesses benefit from proximity to the highway junction; in the Aare and Seetal areas, addresses line up between Aarau, Oberentfelden, Hunzenschwil, Schafisheim, Lenzburg, and Othmarsingen; in the east lie Brugg, Windisch, Neuenhof, and individual locations in the Freiamt and lower Reusstal within the catchment area of Baden and Zurich. The result: many medium-sized and small establishments, short distances, and an offering that heavily relies on commuters and guests from neighboring cantons. Businesses are almost always located in industrial, commercial, or center zones — this is no accident, but a consequence of construction law, which is explained further down.
All 25 Businesses at a Glance
Automatically updated, as of 13.11.2026. Is a business missing? Write it below as a reply.
Oftringen
- G1 Oftringen – Sex club
- Villa Velvet – Sex club
- Moulin Romantic Oftringen – Other
Rothrist
- Joy House Rothrist – Brothel
- Maison6 Rothrist – Erotic studio
- Premier Etage – Studio
Aarau
- Rebebar – Sex club
- Meandra Bodywork – Other
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- Haus Andrea – Sex club
Amriswil
- Piccadilly Amriswil – Sex club
Brugg
- AegiLife Brugg – Sex club
Dottikon
- Relaxclub – Sex club
Hunzenschwil
- Pearls Lounge Hunzenschwil – Brothel
Kirchdorf
- Studio Lipstick – Other
Lenzburg
- Models – Studio
Murgenthal
- Haus Erika Murgenthal – Private
Neuenhof
- FKK Neuenhof – Sex club
Oberentfelden
- Sex Park – Sex club
Othmarsingen
Reiden bei Baden
- Club Goldwand – Sex club
Schafisheim
- Studio Seetal – Sex club
Schinznach-Bad
- Biene Huus – Sex club
Waltenschwil
- Joy House Waltenschwil – Brothel
Windisch
- Club Plan B – Sex club
Zofingen
- Lisa Girls – Sex club
How to Find the Right Business
The terms in the list refer to different concepts. If you know what’s behind them, you save yourself the drive to the wrong address.
- Sauna club / FKK club: An establishment with a wellness area — sauna, steam bath, lounge, often food service. Guests typically pay an entrance fee for the stay, everything else is arranged directly with the sex workers present. Longer stays and a social atmosphere are characteristic. In Aargau, such establishments are found mainly where parking and highway access are available.
- Brothel: A building with several individually rented rooms. Guests walk through the halls, doors indicate who is present. Each person works on their own account and decides for themselves what services to offer and when. Brothels are rarer in Aargau than in large cities, but the structure is also found in larger salons.
- Studio / Salon: The most common form in the canton. An apartment or commercial space with a few rooms, discrete entrance, usually by appointment after phone consultation. Small teams, changing staff, often with specializations such as massage, tantra, or fetish studios with their own equipment.
- Contact bar: A hospitality business with a bar, where guests and sex workers first meet at the bar. Because alcohol is served, the bar is additionally subject to hospitality law and requires the corresponding permit from the municipality.
- Massage salon: From classical erotic massage to establishments offering additional services. The term is vague — it’s worth looking at the description of the respective entry.
- Private / Escort: Individuals who receive clients in their own apartment or travel to the client. These entries are not businesses in the strict sense and appear in the directory separately.
Practical tips: Opening hours vary greatly, many studios work exclusively by appointment. Check before traveling whether the entry is currently maintained, and clarify house rules, parking, and accessibility by public transport in advance. Reputable businesses answer such questions on the phone without hesitation.
Legal Situation in the Canton of Aargau
No dedicated prostitution law. Sex work is legal in Switzerland and protected by economic freedom, provided it is voluntary and carried out by adults. Unlike Bern, Geneva, Neuchâtel, or the neighboring canton of Solothurn, Aargau has no dedicated prostitution law and no cantonal licensing or registration requirement for sex workers. What applies in the canton results from an interplay of federal law, cantonal construction and hospitality law, and municipal regulations.
Location decides: construction and zoning law. The most important hurdle for an erotic business in Aargau is the Law on Spatial Planning and Construction (BauG, SAR 713.100). Anyone who converts an existing object needs a building permit from the municipal council. The council publishes the application and displays it publicly for 30 days; objections must be raised within the public display period. The crucial factor is the zoning designation: The Federal Court ruled in decision 1C_472/2020 of 18 January 2022 that a prostitution business in a residential zone is non-compliant with zoning regulations — regardless of whether it actually causes disturbance. An exception permit is not possible in this case. This is why businesses in Aargau are almost exclusively located in industrial, commercial, or center zones. The seriousness of this is shown in practice in Aarau, where the city council imposed a use prohibition for the sex trade on a property and the business had to close for purely construction law reasons.
Hospitality law. Once alcohol is served, the Hospitality Law (GGG, SAR 970.100) with its associated ordinance applies: business commencement must be reported to the municipality, the municipal council reviews the documents, and the required professional qualification certificate is needed. The cantonal Office for Consumer Protection is responsible for food safety aspects.
Foreign law and self-employment. The Office for Migration and Integration (MIKA) is responsible. For nationals from the EU and EFTA, the notification procedure applies for work up to 90 days per calendar year; since 17 March 2025, this runs exclusively via the federal portal EasyGov. The Aargau practice regarding classification is important: based on federal court jurisprudence (BGE 128 IV 170), a person working in a salon whose infrastructure is provided by operators and whose staffing is determined by them is, from a foreigner law perspective, necessarily treated as employed — even if they are registered as self-employed in their country of origin. In Aargau, only those working without a salon or establishment and organizing all aspects of their work themselves are considered self-employed. For operators, this means employer obligations including social insurance. Persons from third countries without appropriate residence permits are not allowed to work in sex work.
Inspection and criminal law. The Aargau Cantonal Police regularly conduct inspections in the red-light sector. For this, there is a specialized unit «Milieu» with a total staffing of 200 percent, which works both preventively and repressively — according to the government council’s response to a parliamentary motion from 2025. The goal, in addition to peace and order, is explicitly to identify victims: specially trained staff conduct informal individual interviews, review protective measures, and leave contact information. The revised cantonal Police Act also allows police to make contact based on hints of human trafficking without identifying themselves. At the federal level, Article 195 StGB (promotion of prostitution), Article 196 StGB (sexual acts with minors for remuneration), and Article 199 StGB (unlawful exercise of prostitution) remain the central criminal provisions.
Advice and support. The canton has concluded a service contract with the association Sexual Health Aargau (Seges) in Aarau for a low-threshold counseling center for sex workers. It has existed since 2023 and initially advised as part of a three-year pilot project with expenditures of 112,500 francs, to which the canton contributed 25,000 francs. The service agreement ran until the end of March 2026; at the end of April 2026, the canton approved continuation until 2027. Advice is provided on legal, health, social, and emotional matters; appointments are only by prior arrangement. Exit counseling is not part of the mandate — the government council stated in early 2026 that it is not a state task to motivate sex workers toward career reorientation. In case of suspected human trafficking, the National Action Plan applies; the contact point is the FIZ specialist office.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is prostitution legal in the canton of Aargau?
Yes. Sex work is legal throughout Switzerland and is protected by freedom of economic activity, provided it is conducted voluntarily and by adults. Aargau has not enacted its own law on this matter; federal law, cantonal building and hospitality regulations, and municipal ordinances apply. The temporary ban during the COVID-19 pandemic from late 2020 was long ago lifted and is no longer relevant today.
Does a brothel in Aargau need a permit?
There is no special cantonal brothel permit – building law is what matters. To use a property as an adult entertainment business, a building application must be submitted to the municipal council with a 30-day public notice period. In a residential zone, such an operation is impermissible according to federal court precedent, even without concrete disturbance, and no exemption permit can be granted. If alcohol is also served, the obligations under the Hospitality Act apply. Therefore, closures in Aargau are typically based on building law rather than morals policing.
Is there a street prostitution zone in Aargau?
No officially designated street prostitution zone like those in Zurich or nearby Olten exists in the canton of Aargau. The scene takes place almost entirely in salons, clubs, studios, and private apartments. Municipal police regulations apply to public spaces, with fines enforcing order – in the city of Aarau, fines up to 2,000 francs are provided for, while smaller municipalities have lower limits.
Where can sex workers in Aargau find advice and help?
The first point of contact is the Sex Work Counselling Centre of the Association for Sexual Health Aargau in Aarau, which advises on legal, health, social, and emotional matters on behalf of the canton; appointments available only by prior arrangement. For indications of exploitation or human trafficking, the specialist agency FIZ is responsible; for violent crimes, the cantonal victim assistance service also applies. The cantonal police have a dedicated department for this sector with trained contact persons.
In which locations in Aargau are there the most businesses?
Addresses are concentrated along transport axes: in the Wigger Valley around Zofingen, Oftringen, and Rothrist; in the Aarau–Lenzburg area including Oberentfelden, Hunzenschwil, Schafisheim, and Othmarsingen; in the east around Brugg, Windisch, and Neuenhof; and occasionally in the Freiamt and Reuss Valley. A count from 2014 identified around one hundred adult entertainment businesses in Aargau; the canton does not publish a current official figure. The list on this page shows the status of businesses registered on 6love.ch.
May foreign sex workers work self-employed in Aargau?
Only under strict conditions. For EU and EFTA nationals, the notification procedure applies for engagements up to 90 working days per calendar year, which has run exclusively through EasyGov since March 17, 2025. However, the Migration and Integration Office will necessarily classify a person as self-employed once she works in a salon whose infrastructure is provided by the operators and who decide on occupancy – regardless of whether self-employment is registered in the country of origin. This creates employer obligations for operators, including social security obligations.