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Ranking44 chainsCoffee shopUpdated November 8, 2026

Coffee shops: the largest chains in Switzerland

The largest chains in the “Coffee shop” category in Switzerland by number of active locations in the category. In total 1,302 coffee shops, 23% of them belong to chains; number one is Starbucks with 55 locations (4% of the category). The ranking lists all 44 chains with two or more locations in the category.

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44 chains in the ranking·Switzerland · Coffee shop·Chain — two or more active locations in the category
1–44 of 44
RankChainLocationsCantonsMarket shareAddresses
01
StarbucksZurich, Geneva and others
55 11
4.2%
02
ViCAFEZurich, Basel-Stadt and others
18 3
1.4%
03
SP
SpettacoloZurich, Bern and others
8 5
0.6%
04
Dunkin' DonutsBern, St. Gallen and others
7 4
0.5%
05
Café TartinesGeneva, Zurich
7 2
0.5%
06
NespressoBasel-Stadt, Zurich and others
6 5
0.5%
07
MAMEZurich, Geneva
6 2
0.5%
08
RA
6 1
0.5%
09
TC
tu caféLucerne, Bern and others
5 4
0.4%
10
MC
5 1
0.4%
11 4 1
0.3%
12
TG
4 2
0.3%
13
Brew SocietyVaud, Geneva
3 2
0.2%
14
NB
3 1
0.2%
15
DRAFT. CoffeeZurich, Bern and others
3 3
0.2%
16
GottlieberZurich, Thurgau
3 2
0.2%
17
KK
Kaffee KlatschGrisons, St. Gallen
3 2
0.2%
18
DA
DANISKABasel-Stadt
3 1
0.2%
19
Back-CaffeeBern, Solothurn
2 2
0.2%
20
VuaillatZurich
2 1
0.2%
21
KC
2 1
0.2%
22 2 1
0.2%
23
Bean BankZurich, Basel-Stadt
2 2
0.2%
24
TM
2 1
0.2%
25 2 1
0.2%
26
LS
2 2
0.2%
27
YP
YPACÉ pour un CAFÉFribourg, Vaud
2 2
0.2%
28
SI
SiiipsVaud
2 1
0.2%
29
GG
2 2
0.2%
30
GC
2 1
0.2%
31
KA
kafikaufbarObwalden, Nidwalden
2 2
0.2%
32
TchiboZurich, Lucerne
2 2
0.2%
33
Coffee FellowsBern, Lucerne
2 2
0.2%
34 2 1
0.2%
35 2 1
0.2%
36
Utopia CoffeeNeuchâtel, Geneva
2 2
0.2%
37
2 1
0.2%
38 2 1
0.2%
39
MC
2 1
0.2%
40
KB
Kafi BinzZurich
2 1
0.2%
41
OC
Ombak CoffeeZurich, Aargau
2 2
0.2%
42
EB
2 1
0.2%
43
CE
Café EinzigartigBasel-Stadt, Basel-Landschaft
2 2
0.2%
44 2 1
0.2%
Share — of all coffee shops in Switzerland; under the chain — the cantons with most of its locations in the category1,302 in the category
Chains and independent companies
In chains293 · 23%
Independent1,009 · 77%

The five largest chains account for 7.3% of all coffee shops in Switzerland.

The database
Coffee shops in one file

1,302 coffee shops — chains and independents — with phone, website, opening hours and chain.

How we count

Rank — by number of active locations of the chain in the “Coffee shop” category in all of Switzerland; share — of all coffee shops. A chain has at least two locations; the chain affiliation comes from the source. Closed locations are not counted.

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