Swiss open data · Federal Statistical Office
Where are Switzerland’s cinemas?
Original title: Kinoinfrastruktur nach Kantonen und Vorführtechnik (2D, 3D)
Switzerland had 258 cinemas in 2025, compared with 302 in 1993. The count changed by +3 since 2024.
Cinemas in 2025
258
Cinemas in 1993
302
Change since 1993
-44
- Cinema venues
The numbers
| Canton | 2025 cinemas | 1993 cinemas | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bern | 43 | 51 | -8 |
| Waadt | 32 | 40 | -8 |
| Zürich | 29 | 33 | -4 |
| Aargau | 18 | 19 | -1 |
| Genf | 15 | 19 | -4 |
| Wallis | 14 | 16 | -2 |
| St. Gallen | 13 | 15 | -2 |
| Graubünden | 11 | 10 | +1 |
| Tessin | 11 | 18 | -7 |
| Neuenburg | 11 | 12 | -1 |
| Solothurn | 10 | 11 | -1 |
| Luzern | 8 | 10 | -2 |
| Freiburg | 7 | 7 | +0 |
| Basel-Stadt | 6 | 12 | -6 |
| Jura | 5 | 5 | +0 |
| Basel-Landschaft | 4 | 3 | +1 |
| Thurgau | 4 | 4 | +0 |
| Schwyz | 3 | 4 | -1 |
| Nidwalden | 3 | 1 | +2 |
| Zug | 3 | 3 | +0 |
| Schaffhausen | 3 | 2 | +1 |
| Appenzell A. Rh. | 2 | 1 | +1 |
| Uri | 1 | 1 | +0 |
| Obwalden | 1 | 2 | -1 |
| Glarus | 1 | 3 | -2 |
| Appenzell I. Rh. | 0 | 0 | +0 |
The separate FSO municipality and cinema-type table extends back to 1966. Venue coordinates are not supplied by this canton workbook.
About this data
- Publisher
- Federal Statistical Office (FSO)
- Dataset
- https://opendata.swiss/en/dataset/kinoinfrastruktur-nach-kantonen-und-vorfuhrtechnik-2d-3d3
- Source file
- XLSX download
- Licence
- opendata.swiss terms of use "BY": open use, commercial use allowed, the source must be provided
- Latest data
- 2025
- Coverage
- Switzerland, 1993 to 2025
- Page updated
- 2026-11-03
Known limitations
- A cinema venue is different from a cinema screen, seat count, or annual admissions.
- This workbook covers 1993–2025 by canton. A separate municipal source covers cinemas since 1966.
- The source has no current cinema street addresses; the geographic breakdown is by canton.