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As of 4 November 2026, 1,931 books publishing & retail are based in Switzerland; 4 are hiring right now and Zürich has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 1,931
- Hiring now
- 4 · 0 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Book publishers · 1,039
- Top city
- Zürich · 200
- Parent market
- Media & content · 24,916
Books publishing & retail in Switzerland, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Book publishers | 1,039 | 54% |
| Childrens book publishers | 419 | 22% |
| Online bookshops | 256 | 13% |
| Bookshops & antiquarian dealers | 187 | 10% |
| Teaching resource shops | 58 | 3% |
| Self publishing services | 54 | 3% |
| Other books publishing & retail | 49 | 3% |
| Single book promo sites | 47 | 2% |
| Novelist author sites | 40 | 2% |
| Other writers & independent publishing | 24 | 1% |
| Self help book publishing | 22 | 1% |
| General interest magazines | 21 | 1% |
| Artist studios | 14 | 1% |
| Arts & culture media | 13 | 1% |
| Music distribution licensing | 13 | 1% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 1,457 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 418 · 1 |
| 11-50 employees | 46 · 0 |
| 51-200 employees | 7 · 3 |
| 201-500 employees | 2 · 0 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 1 · 0 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Zürich | 200 | 10% |
| Bern | 73 | 4% |
| Lausanne | 66 | 3% |
| Basel | 50 | 3% |
| Genève | 45 | 2% |
| Luzern | 34 | 2% |
| Winterthur | 26 | 1% |
| St. Gallen | 19 | 1% |
| Zugerberg | 17 | 1% |
| Biel/Bienne | 11 | 1% |
| Chur | 11 | 1% |
| Kreuzlingen 1 | 9 | 0% |
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The stack of books publishing & retail in Switzerland
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Other segments of media & content in Switzerland
Media & content in Switzerland, the whole market →
News & content portals · 9,191 →
User content aggregator platforms · 4,307 →
Visual art galleries & prints · 3,610 →
Music & radio · 2,308 →
Travel blogs guides · 2,053 →
Writers & independent publishing · 1,894 →
Creator channels & influencers · 1,100 →
Television broadcasting · 667 →
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1,931 books publishing & retail are based in Switzerland; 4 are hiring right now and Zürich has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/media_content/switzerland/books_publishing_and_retail)
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- ClassificationEvery company is classified from its own website into vertical, sub-vertical and leaf with a confidence score; this page counts industry confidence ≥ 0.7 and country confidence ≥ 0.8.
- Company listRich profiles with a LinkedIn-known headcount only; job boards, directories, portals and non-organisations are left out.
- HiringOpen roles read hourly from the company's own career system.
Books publishing & retail in Switzerland: questions
How many books publishing & retail are there in Switzerland?
1,931 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Media & content → Books publishing & retail → leaf niches such as book publishers, childrens book publishers, online bookshops. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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