What PETZI does

PETZI is a Swiss non-profit association (Verein) and the national federation of small and medium-sized music venues and festivals, founded in 1996 and headquartered in Fribourg, Switzerland. The organization was created to address what it describes as a crisis affecting small and medium-sized music clubs and festivals in Switzerland, and it serves both member venues (as a representative body and shared infrastructure provider) and concert-goers (as a discovery and ticketing channel).

PETZI's core product is a web-based ticketing and event aggregation platform hosted at petzi.ch, available in four languages (English, French, German, Italian) to cover all Swiss linguistic regions. The platform aggregates event listings from member venues, enables online ticket purchase, and is supplemented by a physical Point of Sale (POS) network for in-person ticket sales across Switzerland and a member venue directory for venue discovery. Ticketing is supported by integrations with calendar tools (Google Calendar, iCal), and pricing spans roughly CHF 14.60 to CHF 49.00 with multiple tiers including standard, reduced, solidarity, and support prices, plus free admission for cultural card holders, students, and refugees.

Commercially, PETZI operates as a member-driven federation rather than a venture-backed enterprise: it generates revenue through ticketing commissions and member dues, with no disclosed funding rounds, equity investors, or external shareholders. Its go-to-market is hybrid, serving member venues (B2B) through shared ticketing infrastructure and serving end consumers (B2C) directly through the public platform. The organization employs 51-100 staff and has expanded its offering beyond ticketing into projects and campaigns, publications, and training/workshop services for the Swiss live-music sector.

Name

PETZI

Legal name

Association PETZI

Website

https://petzi.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

PETZI is the Swiss national federation of music venues and festivals, operating a quadri-lingual (EN/FR/DE/IT) ticketing and event aggregation platform (petzi.ch) supported by a nationwide Points of Sale network for member venues and concert-goers across Switzerland.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Fribourg

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

PETZI is the Swiss federation of music venues and festivals providing a centralized event listing and ticketing platform for live music across Switzerland. The platform aggregates events from member venues, enables online ticket purchasing, and operates a network of Points of Sale for physical ticket sales, available in four languages (English, French, German, Italian) to cover all Swiss language regions.

Product overview

PETZI is the Swiss federation of music venues and festivals operating a unified ticketing and event aggregation platform. The core offering consists of the PETZI Events & Ticketing Platform which aggregates event listings from member venues and enables online ticket sales, supplemented by a Member Venue Directory for venue discovery and a Point of Sale (POS) network for physical ticket purchases. The platform connects music venues and festivals with event attendees across Switzerland.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• PETZI Events & Ticketing Platform A centralized event listing and ticketing platform for Swiss music venues and festivals. The platform aggregates events from member venues, enables online ticket purchasing, and provides Point of Sale (POS) locations for physical ticket sales. Available in English, French, German, and Italian.
• Member Venue Directory A directory of PETZI member music venues and festivals across Switzerland, allowing users to discover and browse events by venue.
• Point of Sale (POS) Network Physical ticket sales locations throughout Switzerland where users can purchase tickets for events listed on the platform.

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Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

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AI maturity

App detail

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Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Eventim: Europe's largest ticketing and live entertainment group, parent of Ticketcorner. Operates broadly across ticketing, venue operations, and live entertainment; overlaps with PETZI on ticketing infrastructure for Swiss venues and is the most capitalised competitive force in the market.
• Eventbrite: Global self-serve ticketing and event platform serving venues, festivals, and event organisers. Comparable to PETZI on ticketing and event aggregation functionality, but operates at a much broader scale and is publicly traded, giving it very different capital and technology resources.
• Ticketmaster: Global ticketing incumbent with significant European and Swiss live-event presence. Competes with PETZI for major venue and festival ticketing contracts and brings substantially greater technology, marketing, and data resources.

Direct peers

• DICE: App-first live music ticketing and discovery platform used by venues and festivals internationally. Comparable to PETZI in its focus on live music (vs. general ticketing) and emphasis on discovery, but operates as a venture-backed commercial platform with stronger mobile technology.
• Ticketcorner: The leading commercial ticketing platform in Switzerland, owned by CTS Eventim. Operates in the same Swiss live-events market as PETZI, providing online and POS ticketing for concerts, festivals, and sports — directly competing for both consumer ticket sales and venue relationships.

Regional players

• Weezevent: European (French-headquartered) ticketing and event management platform widely used by festivals and venues across France, Belgium, and surrounding markets. Comparable to PETZI in serving the live-music and festival segment with omnichannel tools, though focused on different geographies.
• See Tickets: European-focused ticketing platform (part of Vivendi) serving festivals, venues, and live events across the UK, France, Spain, and other European markets. Comparable to PETZI on multi-country festival and venue ticketing, though it is a commercial operator rather than a non-profit federation.

Emerging players

• Bandsintown: Live music concert discovery and ticketing platform connecting artists, venues, and fans. Overlaps with PETZI on the event-discovery and audience-engagement side of the value proposition, though it does not operate a federation-style venue model.
• Songkick: Live music concert discovery and ticket-routing service aggregating events from ticketing partners and venues worldwide. Comparable to PETZI on event aggregation and discovery but operates as a digital-only discovery/affiliate layer rather than a ticketing infrastructure provider.
• Fever: Data-driven live experiences and events platform operating across many cities worldwide, including experiences in Switzerland. Comparable to PETZI in the local events and experiences discovery space, but applies a curated, venture-backed approach rather than a federation model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/petzi.ch
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/association-petzi

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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