TabacShop.ch

What TabacShop.ch does

TabacShop.ch is a Switzerland-based online tobacco retailer headquartered in Fribourg (registered in Villars-sur-Glâne), operating a direct-to-consumer e-commerce storefront at tabacshop.ch. The company has been active since 2010 and self-describes as the leader in the Swiss online tobacco market, carrying over 3,000 articles across 96 product pages spanning rolling tobacco, cigarette tubes, rolling and filling machines, pre-packaged cigarettes, cigars, cigarillos, pipe tobacco, pipes, e-cigarettes, nicotine pouches (snus), heated tobacco devices (Ploom X), shisha products, and accessories such as humidors, cutters, lighters, ashtrays, and cases. The store is built on the WooCommerce platform and offers age-gated (18+) self-serve shopping with free domestic shipping on orders above 200 CHF. Pricing follows a unit-pricing model ranging from 0.70 CHF for low-ticket items (e.g., rolling papers) up to 1,990 CHF for premium cigar humidors. The store exclusively accepts and ships orders within Switzerland and does not fulfill international orders.

The business operates as a private, small-scale retailer with 1-10 employees and no disclosed funding, ownership, or revenue figures. Its go-to-market is entirely digital, relying on the WooCommerce storefront and an email newsletter as its primary marketing channels, with no physical retail presence or B2B/wholesale distribution. TabacShop.ch holds an official distributorship for Zippo lighters in Switzerland and has expanded its assortment to include alternative nicotine categories (heated tobacco, vaping, nicotine pouches, shisha), positioning itself as a comprehensive online destination for Swiss tobacco consumers. All evidence is limited to first-party website material; no third-party financial, regulatory, or corporate-action data is available in the input.

Name

TabacShop.ch

Legal name

TabacShop.ch

Website

https://tabacshop.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

TabacShop.ch is a Switzerland-only online tobacco retailer based in Fribourg, operating a WooCommerce storefront that sells cigarettes, cigars, rolling tobacco, pipe products, e-cigarettes, snus, heated tobacco, and smoking accessories to individual Swiss consumers, including as the official Zippo distributor for Switzerland.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Tobacco Retail

NAICS

Tobacco, Electronic Cigarette, and Other Smoking Supplies Retailers (459991)

SIC

Retail-Miscellaneous Retail (5900)

akta.pro primary industry

Online Tobacco & Nicotine Retail (Delivery/Click & Collect) (CRANADAI)

Keywords

• Online tobacco retail
• Rolling tobacco supplies
• Smoking accessories
• Cigar products
• E-cigarette retail

Headquarters

HQ city

Villars-sur-glâne

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Tobacco and tobacco product sales: TabacShop.ch generates revenue through the direct sale of tobacco products including cigarettes, cigars, cigarillos, pipe tobacco, rolling tobacco, and accessories. Revenue is generated through one-time transactional purchases. They also sell smoking accessories including rolling machines, lighters (including Zippo), pipes, pipe tobacco, and cigar accessories (humidors, cutters, cases).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

TabacShop.ch is a Swiss online tobacco retailer selling a comprehensive range of tobacco products — factory-made cigarettes, premium cigars, cigarillos, pipe tobacco, loose rolling tobacco, snus, e-cigarettes, Ploom X heated tobacco devices, and shisha — together with a full accessory catalog including rolling tubes, filters, papers, rolling/filling machines, Zippo lighters, humidors, cigar cutters, ashtrays, and cases. Operating exclusively online and shipping only within Switzerland, it positions itself as the largest online tobacco retailer in the country with over 3,000 articles and as the official Zippo distributor in Switzerland.

Product overview

TabacShop.ch is a Swiss online tobacco retailer based in Fribourg, operating since 2013 and positioned as the leader in Switzerland's online tobacco market. The platform offers over 3,000 articles across multiple product categories, including: (1) Tabac, Tubes & Machines — loose rolling tobacco, tubes with filters, rolling/filling machines, rolling papers, and filters; (2) Cigarettes — pre-packaged cigarettes from major international and Swiss brands; (3) Cigares & Cigarillos — cigars, cigarillos, and cigar accessories (humidors, cutters, ashtrays); (4) Pipes & Pipe Tobacco — pipes, pipe tobacco, and accessories from brands like Chacom and Peterson of Dublin; (5) Briquets Zippo — official Swiss distributor of Zippo lighters and accessories; (6) Snus & E-cigarettes — including ARKX X-S Series devices, HYO nicotine pouches, and 187 e-liquid pods; (7) Shisha products; and (8) promotional/clearance items. The company emphasizes cost savings of up to 50% compared to retail store prices, ships exclusively within Switzerland, and offers 24/7 online shopping.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Tabac, Tubes & Machines Core category offering loose rolling tobacco (boîte and sachet formats), cigarette tubes with filters, rolling papers, cigarette filters, manual and electric rolling/filling machines (including Powermatic, Mascotte, Micromatic OCB, and Angel brands), and related accessories such as cigarette cases and lighters. Targeted at self-rolling cigarette consumers seeking cost savings.
• Cigarettes Pre-packaged factory-made cigarettes from major international and Swiss brands including Marlboro, Winston, Camel, Lucky Strike, Chesterfield, Philip Morris, Gauloise, Gitanes, and regional Swiss brands.
• Cigares & Cigarillos Cigars and cigarillos from brands such as Dannemann, Cortes, Jacob van Meer, Neos, Villiger, and Backwood, along with cigar accessories including humidors (priced up to 1,990 CHF), hygrometers, humidifiers, cutters, cases, and ashtrays.
• Pipes & Pipe Tobacco Pipes, pipe tobacco, and pipe accessories. Pipe brands include Chacom, Peterson of Dublin, Ascorti Italia, and Faro Pipe. Pipe tobacco brands include Wellauer, Vauen Auenland, Mac-Baren, Rattray's, Burrus, and other specialty blends.
• Zippo Lighters Official Swiss distribution of Zippo lighters and accessories, offering 337 Zippo lighter products plus 20 Zippo accessories. The largest collection of Zippo lighters in Switzerland, including the catalog of essential Zippo care accessories.
• Snus & E-cigarettes Snus tobacco products and e-cigarettes including the ARKX X-S Series devices, HYO nicotine pouches in various flavors, and 187 brand e-liquid pods (flavors such as Beach Vibez, Quelle, I Love Hamburg, Schwarze Taube, Topicana, Reeperbahn, Miami Vice, Black Ize).
• Ploom X Ploom X heated tobacco device and related accessories for heat-not-burn tobacco consumption.
• Shisha & Hookah Tobacco Hookah and shisha products including shisha tobacco for traditional water-pipe consumption.
• Promotions & Clearance Discounted and promotional products across pipe tobacco, Zippo lighters, and clearance items within the store catalog.

Quantifiable outcome

• Customers can save up to 50% by rolling their own cigarettes compared to store-bought

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• ZippocoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTabacShop.ch is described as the official distributor (distributeur officiel) of Zippo products in Switzerland. They carry 337 Zippo lighter products and 20 Zippo accessories. Zippo is an American lighter manufacturer founded in the early 1930s by George Blaisdell in Bradford, Pennsylvania. The partnership positions TabacShop as the primary source for Zippo products in the Swiss market.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Cigarworld.de: Germany-based sister to cigarworld.ch, an online cigar, pipe tobacco and accessories specialist. Directly comparable on product mix, e-commerce-first positioning, and category breadth across combustible and non-combustible tobacco.
• Cigars International: Large US-based online cigar and accessories retailer with deep catalog, bundled deals and educational content. Comparable as an online category-specialist in premium cigars and smoking accessories targeting enthusiast consumers.
• PipesAndCigars.com: Long-running US online retailer specializing in pipes, pipe tobacco, cigars and related accessories. Comparable as a niche pure-play e-commerce specialist serving the pipe-smoking enthusiast segment that TabacShop also courts.
• Tabak.de: One of Germany's largest online tobacco retailers with broad assortment across cigarettes, rolling tobacco, cigars, pipes, e-cigarettes and accessories. Comparable in scale aspirations, multi-category breadth and DTC e-commerce model.
• Cigarworld (cigarworld.ch): Swiss-based online specialist in cigars, cigarillos, pipe tobacco and accessories. Directly comparable to TabacShop.ch as a domestic e-commerce tobacco retailer serving Swiss consumers with a similar premium and accessory assortment.

Broad incumbents

• Davidoff of Geneva (online store): Iconic Swiss premium tobacco and cigar brand with its own DTC e-commerce channel in Switzerland. Comparable as a Swiss-anchored premium tobacco retailer but broader, operating globally and as a manufacturer-brand, not a pure-play online retailer.
• Japan Tobacco International (JTI): Global tobacco manufacturer whose brands (Winston, Camel, Ploom X) are stocked by TabacShop.ch. Comparable as an industry incumbent that defines the supplier and regulatory environment for the retailer's core cigarette and heated-tobacco SKUs.
• Philip Morris International: Global tobacco manufacturer (Marlboro, Chesterfield, HEETS) whose brands feature prominently in the TabacShop assortment. Comparable as a category-shaping incumbent whose pricing, regulation and reduced-risk product strategies directly drive retailer economics.

Emerging players

• Smoker's World: Independent online tobacco retailer offering cigarettes, rolling supplies and accessories. Comparable as a digital-first specialty retailer operating in a similar product and customer envelope, though smaller and less Switzerland-anchored.

Regional players

• Swiss Duty Free (swe-dutyfree): Swiss duty-free tobacco and accessories retailer serving cross-border travelers at Swiss airports. Comparable as a Swiss-anchored tobacco and accessory seller but operating in a duty-free channel rather than domestic online DTC.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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