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Thalia

Logo: Thalia Bücher GmbH, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

German book shop chain

Thalia is a chain of more than 350 bookshops in Germany and Austria (both countries with fixed book prices), as well as a further 30 bookshops in Switzerland.2 It employed 7,000 people in 2025.1 Its revenue was €2.2 billion in 2025.1 It is part of Verlag Herder.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1919Founded1
  • Industrybookselling, retail1
  • HeadquartersHagen1
  • Founded inHamburg1
  • Websitewww.thalia.de
  • Legal formGesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung1

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Herder Thalia Buchhandlung in Freiburg
Photo: Andreas Schwarzkopf, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

Thalia is a chain of more than 350 bookshops in Germany and Austria (both countries with fixed book prices), as well as a further 30 bookshops in Switzerland.2

Corporate structure

Thalia is part of a group headed by Verlag Herder. 6 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Thalia reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

Products and brands

The company utilises multichannel marketing and has therefore taken a stake in an established German online book shop. Customers can order books online and collect them from a branch. Customers can also place orders by phone at Thalia branches. Thalia also sells gift cards that can be used in their shops as well as online.

From Wikipedia’s article on Thalia (bookstore), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Subsidiaries

Also owns

  • Skoobe GmbH 100% since 2022
  • Tolino

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Nov 4, 2024Acquired Buecher.de1
  2. 2018Acquired Skoobe GmbH1

Employees over time

  • 20257,0001
  • 20174,0001

Revenue over time

As stated on Wikidata, in the currency reported.

Revenue

Thalia revenue by year12.2B EUR in 2025+129% since 2016
01.0B EUR2.0B EUR3.0B EUR2016: 960.0M EUR960.0M EUR20162025: 2.2B EUR2.2B EUR2025+129%
  • 20252.2B EUR1
  • 2016960.0M EUR1

Timeline

  1. 2016Acquired Acquired by Verlag Herder1
  2. 1919Founded Founded in Hamburg1

Sources

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