Catering & Event Services

What Catering & Event Services does

Catering & Event Services GmbH (CES) is a Swiss event equipment rental company founded in 2009 by Andreas von Kirschten and headquartered in Schlieren, in the Zurich metropolitan area. The company rents dinnerware, glassware, cutlery, catering equipment, furniture, table linens, and event decorations to event organizers across Switzerland, and operates a delivery, setup, and pickup service nationwide. Its inventory of more than 200,000 items spanning 400+ distinct products supports events ranging from 20-person private celebrations to 500-person weddings and corporate functions, with the company equipping more than 3,000 events per year.

The business runs a direct-to-consumer rental model combining an online catalog with quote-request functionality and a physical showroom. Pricing is unit-based, with complete dinner packages starting at CHF 1.92 per person and individual items ranging from CHF 0.75 (round plates) to CHF 44.00 (linen tablecloths); cleaning is bundled into the rental price. Recent product development has produced three digital planning tools, a tablecloth sizing calculator, a parasol quantity calculator, and the KI Event-Planer, a 2026-launched generative AI feature that produces photorealistic event visualizations in 60 seconds using actual CES inventory and embeds 30+ years of quantity-planning experience. The company has also added experiential rentals such as the Audio Gästebuch Vintage (2024), distributed via postal shipping.

CES is a privately held Swiss limited liability company with no disclosed external investment or parent entity. The customer base is fragmented across six use-case segments, weddings and banquets, corporate events, summer festivals, club and village festivals, private celebrations, and catering support, with no named enterprise accounts. Operational scale is modest, with five employees, indicating an asset-intensive but labor-light rental model anchored on inventory utilization and Switzerland-wide logistics rather than headcount-driven scaling.

Name

Catering & Event Services

Legal name

CES Catering & Event Services GmbH

Website

https://catering-miete.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Catering & Event Services GmbH is a Swiss event equipment rental company, founded in 2009 in Schlieren near Zurich, that rents dinnerware, furniture, catering equipment, and decorations to event organizers across Switzerland with nationwide delivery and setup.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Event Equipment Rental

NAICS

General Rental Centers (5323), All Other Consumer Goods Rental (532289), Consumer Goods Rental (5322)

SIC

Services-Miscellaneous Equipment Rental & Leasing (7350)

akta.pro primary industry

Event Rentals (Tents, Furniture, A/V, Decor) (HSACAAAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Event Furniture Rentals (Tables, Chairs, Lounge) (HSACAFAB), Tabletop & Linens Rentals (China, Glassware, Flatware, Linen) (HSACAFAC), Catering Equipment, Rentals & Setup (Non-decor) (HSACAGAL), Corporate, Event & Staging Furniture Rental (Short-Term) (CRAIAOAG)

Keywords

• Event equipment rental
• Dish rental services
• Catering equipment hire
• Table linen rental
• Party rental supplies

Headquarters

HQ city

Schlieren

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Equipment Rental: Rental of event equipment including dishes, glasses, cutlery, furniture, catering equipment, and decorations. Revenue generated through rental fees with cleaning included in the price. Items are returned dirty after use and the company handles cleaning and preparation for next use.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Catering & Event Services rents professional event equipment — including glasses, dishes, cutlery, catering equipment (pots, grills, chafing dishes, refrigeration), furniture (chairs, tables, bar stools), decorations, and table linens — to individuals and organizations hosting events in Switzerland. Rental prices bundle professional cleaning, with optional Switzerland-wide delivery, setup, and pickup. The company supplements the rental catalog with event-planning consulting and an AI Event Planner visualization tool.

Product overview

Catering & Event Services (CES) operates as a rental platform offering professional catering and event equipment for events throughout Switzerland. The core offering consists of five main product categories: glasses/dishes/cutlery (181 items), catering equipment (101 items), furniture (47 items), decoration (58 items), and table linens. The company provides supplementary digital tools including a KI Event-Planer for AI-powered event visualization and various calculators (Sonnenschirm-Rechner, Tischtuch-Rechner). Services include delivery/setup across Switzerland and catering consultation. The company positions itself as a one-stop provider, emphasizing that cleaning is included in rental prices and offering flexible rental periods from single-day to weekly rentals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Glasses, Dishes & Cutlery Rental Rental catalog of 181+ items including wine and champagne glasses, beer and bar glasses, cocktail and longdrink glasses, water glasses, round and square porcelain dishes (a table, Stonecast, Cuba), aperitif porcelain and glass lines, and cutlery series (London, Chateau, Baguette Vintage Copper, Gold, Kairo). Items are professionally cleaned between rentals and priced per piece, intended for weddings, banquets, corporate functions, and private celebrations in Switzerland.
• Catering Equipment Rental Rental of professional kitchen and food-service equipment including pots, pans, kitchen appliances, grills, fondue sets with caquelon and rechaud, coffee machines, GastroNorm trays, chafing dishes/warming devices, refrigerators and freezers, bar and service accessories, and power/infrastructure equipment. Pricing starts from CHF 15.00 per fondue set. Aimed at professional caterers and event organizers needing scale for cooking, warming, and cooling at events.
• Furniture (Mobiliar) Rental Rental of event furniture comprising banquet chairs, bistro chairs, bar stools, benches, round tables, standing/high tables, bistro tables, and counter elements, offered as individual items or complete furniture packages. Includes stackable padded banquet chairs such as the Bankettstuhl Classic at CHF 7.50 per piece. Designed for weddings, conferences, and outdoor events for 20 to 500 persons.
• Decoration Rental Rental of event decorations including chair covers, standing-table covers, bench-garniture covers, table runners, candles, vases, napkin rings, carpet and flooring, organza ribbons, charger plates and place sets, and audio guest books. Provides coordinated decorative elements for weddings, banquets, and themed events.
• Table Linens (Tischwäsche) Rental Rental of table linens in polyester, linen/cotton, and pure linen, including square (130x130, 180x180, 240x240 cm), rectangular, and round tablecloths; table runners; and napkins. Pricing ranges from CHF 7.50 for a 130x130 tablecloth up to CHF 44.00 for a 225x330 pure-linen cloth. Aimed at weddings, banquets, and corporate events requiring coordinated linen styling.
• Complete Dinner Packages (Komplettangebote) Pre-configured event packages bundling dishes, cutlery, and glasses for 50 to 200 persons, starting from CHF 1.92 per person. Designed to simplify planning for weddings, banquets, and corporate events by providing a complete table setting from a single supplier.
• Audio Gästebuch Vintage weiss Vintage-style telephone audio guest book that allows event guests to record audio messages at weddings, anniversaries, and private celebrations. Available for postal shipping across Switzerland. Pricing is CHF 120.00 for 1–4 days (or Friday to Monday), with a CHF 385.00 security deposit (Mankopreis). Launched in 2024.
• Delivery, Setup & Pickup Service Switzerland-wide delivery, professional on-site setup, and post-event pickup service for all rented equipment. Included as a value-add with rentals and available as an optional service. Supports delivery setup, and pickup across all cantons, with the Schlieren base enabling coverage of the Zurich/Limmattal core.
• Catering Support and Event-Planning Consulting Consulting and practical event-planning advice from the founder, an experienced Chef Patissier and F&B Manager drawing on 30+ years of hospitality experience. Helps customers plan menus, glassware requirements, and equipment selection, with quantitative rules of thumb (e.g., 1.8 glasses per guest for an apéro). Targeted at private hosts, corporate event planners, and professional caterers.

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature1 record

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• CATERING24: Swiss online retailer of catering disposables and event supplies serving the same DACH-region event market. Comparable in customer overlap (Swiss event organizers) and category adjacency (catering/event supplies), but competes on disposable purchase rather than rental — a substitution threat for one-time or budget-sensitive customers.

Others

• Eventbrite: Global event ticketing and event-management platform. Not a direct rental competitor, but reaches the same end customer (event organizers) at the top of the funnel and represents an ecosystem player whose event-supplier marketplace or partner integrations could either complement or disintermediate CES's customer acquisition over time.

Broad incumbents

• GES (Global Experience Specialists): Global event services provider offering furniture, fixtures, and equipment rental alongside exhibition services for large-scale corporate events and trade shows. Broader incumbent with overlapping event-furniture-rental capability but specialized in large experiential/trade-show environments rather than weddings and banquets; useful as a benchmark for what scale players in adjacent rental categories look like.

Emerging players

• Miet24: German-language online marketplace that aggregates rental listings for event equipment, tools, and consumer goods. Comparable as an alternative customer-acquisition channel and competitive threat; differs in being a platform rather than an inventory-owning operator, but competes for the same end customer and could disintermediate small rental specialists like CES.

Direct peers

• Party Rent Group: European full-service event rental company offering tableware, furniture, and catering equipment for corporate and private events. Closest comparable in product breadth (one-stop-shop rental across glassware, china, furniture) and B2B+B2C customer mix, though operating at significantly larger scale across multiple European countries.
• Marlin Hire: UK-based event rental specialist providing tableware, furniture, and catering equipment to events, weddings, and corporate clients. Direct structural match — same short-term rental model, similar product taxonomy (glassware/china/furniture/linens), cleaning-included pricing, and direct delivery-and-collection service.
• LUXTENT: German event equipment rental company specializing in tents, furniture, tableware, and accessories for private and corporate events. Comparable core rental model and event-customer overlap; particularly relevant as a DACH-region peer given shared German-language market and similar customer expectations around delivery and setup service.
• Table & Chair Hire Co. UK specialist in event furniture and tableware rental serving weddings, parties, and corporate events. Comparable short-term rental economics, single-region delivery model, and SMB/private-event customer base; useful as a like-for-like peer for unit economics and customer-acquisition benchmarks.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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