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Ranking13 chainsMovie theaterUpdated November 8, 2026

Movie theaters: the largest chains in Switzerland

The largest chains in the “Movie theater” category in Switzerland by number of active locations in the category. In total 344 movie theaters, 17% of them belong to chains; number one is blue Cinema with 12 locations (3% of the category). The ranking lists all 13 chains with two or more locations in the category.

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13 chains in the ranking·Switzerland · Movie theater·Chain — two or more active locations in the category
1–13 of 13
RankChainLocationsCantonsMarket shareAddresses
01
blue CinemaZurich, Bern and others
12 5
3.5%
02
AC
Arena CinemasZurich, Glarus and others
6 6
1.7%
03
PathéVaud, Zurich and others
6 5
1.7%
04
KK
Kino KiwiZurich, St. Gallen and others
5 3
1.5%
05
KINOKONIZurich, Solothurn and others
3 3
0.9%
06
AR
ArthouseZurich
3 1
0.9%
07
CI
CinemotionFribourg, Vaud
3 2
0.9%
08
CI
CinémaGeneva
3 1
0.9%
09
Cinema 8Aargau
2 1
0.6%
10
CI
CinémathèqueZurich, Vaud
2 2
0.6%
11
KI
KITAGBern, St. Gallen
2 2
0.6%
12
LM
Lanterne MagiqueAargau, Vaud
2 2
0.6%
13
KK
kult.kinoBasel-Stadt
2 1
0.6%
Share — of all movie theaters in Switzerland; under the chain — the cantons with most of its locations in the category344 in the category
Chains and independent companies
In chains60 · 17%
Independent284 · 83%

The five largest chains account for 9.3% of all movie theaters in Switzerland.

The database
Movie theaters in one file

344 movie theaters — chains and independents — with phone, website, opening hours and chain.

How we count

Rank — by number of active locations of the chain in the “Movie theater” category in all of Switzerland; share — of all movie theaters. A chain has at least two locations; the chain affiliation comes from the source. Closed locations are not counted.

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