Gemeinde Zell ZH

What Gemeinde Zell ZH does

Gemeinde Zell ZH is a Swiss municipal government entity (Gemeindeverwaltung) administering the municipality of Zell in the Tösstal region of Canton Zürich, with offices at Spiegelacker 5 in Rikon. The municipality encompasses villages including Rikon, Kollbrunn, and Langenhard, and serves local residents through statutory administrative services, civic participation mechanisms, public safety coordination, waste management, and community programming. The administration is staffed by 29 personnel and operates during published weekday office hours, with separate hours for the debt-collection office (Betreibungsamt) and the social affairs department (Abteilung Gesellschaft).

The municipality delivers its services through a digital platform built and hosted by Innovative Web AG (i-web.ch) using an eGovernment content management system tailored for Swiss public administration. The platform's product surface includes an Online-Schalter (digital administrative counter for forms, registrations, and online transactions), a Raumreservation room-booking system for municipal facilities, Abfallentsorgung waste management services with collection schedules and recycling guidance, Abstimmungen und Wahlen voting and election information, a Rechtssammlung legal document register, the Virtuelle Dienste newsletter subscription service, and a link to the local Feuerwehr Zell fire department. Distribution occurs through the Spiegelacker 5 walk-in office, the online portal, physical ballot stations for elections and referendums, and community events such as the annual Zeller Chilbi festival.

As a public entity under cantonal law, Gemeinde Zell ZH is funded primarily through municipal taxation (property tax and cantonal contributions) rather than direct user fees, with some specific services — waste collection, room reservations, and building permits — carrying associated fees. Revenue figures are not publicly disclosed; financial data resides in municipal budgets and tax records. The entity is governed by an elected municipal council (Gemeinderat) and is not a privately held or publicly traded company, has no parent company, no subsidiaries, and no funding rounds. The "customer" base is effectively captive: residents and citizens of the municipality who require access to local government services, democratic participation, and community infrastructure.

Name

Gemeinde Zell ZH

Legal name

Gemeinde Zell ZH

Website

https://zell.ch

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Gemeinde Zell ZH is a Swiss municipal government administration serving residents of the Tösstal region in Canton Zürich. It delivers local administrative services, digital transactions, waste management, voting infrastructure, and community events via an i-web.ch eGovernment platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Rikon (Gemeinde Zell ZH)

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Gemeinde Zell ZH is the municipal administration of Zell in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland. It provides residents and businesses with local administrative services including an online counter (Online-Schalter), room and reservation bookings, waste/waste-disposal information, voting and election information, official legal documents (Erlasse), a municipal newsletter subscription, and contact channels for local services such as the fire department.

Product overview

Gemeinde Zell ZH operates a municipal administration website serving residents of the Tösstal region. The digital services platform consists of multiple integrated online services including an online service counter (Online-Schalter) for administrative transactions, a room reservation system (Raumreservation) for municipal facilities, comprehensive waste management services (Abfallentsorgung) with collection schedules and recycling guidance, voting and election information (Abstimmungen und Wahlen), a legal document collection (Rechtssammlung), newsletter subscription services (Virtuelle Dienste), and fire department services. The platform is built and hosted by i-web.ch, a Swiss e-government solutions provider, and utilizes PDF documents for official communications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Online counter (Online-Schalter) Allows residents and businesses to submit forms and conduct certain administrative interactions with the municipality online.
• Room and hall reservation Enables local residents, clubs, and organizations to book municipal rooms and halls for events and gatherings.
• Waste calendar (Abfallkalender) Provides residents with the schedule of waste and recyclables collection days in the municipality.
• Legal documents (Erlasse) Publication of municipal laws, ordinances, and regulatory documents for residents and businesses.
• Municipal newsletter Subscription-based newsletter distributing municipal news and information to residents.
• Voting and election information Provides information about upcoming votes, elections, and related political processes for residents.
• Fire department contact and information Provides contact details and information for the local fire department serving the municipality.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 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.

• Innovative Web AG (i-web.ch)coreTechnology or Integrationi-web.ch provides the website content management system, hosting, and technical maintenance for the municipal website. The company specializes in internet solutions for Swiss public administration, providing systems for municipalities, cantons, schools, churches, fire departments, and other public institutions.

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Innovative Web AG (i-web.ch): Core technology partner providing the CMS, hosting, and e-government platform for Gemeinde Zell ZH. Indirectly comparable as the ecosystem enabler whose capabilities and roadmap directly determine the municipality's digital service trajectory.

Broad incumbents

• Stadt Winterthur: Larger municipal administration in the same Canton of Zürich. Operates an overlapping but much broader portfolio of municipal services at greater scale, providing a reference point for service maturity and digital capability evolution.
• Stadt Zürich: Largest Swiss municipal administration in the same canton. Serves as a benchmark for advanced e-government functionality, urban planning, and environmental program administration that smaller municipalities like Zell may progressively adopt.

Regional players

• Kanton Zürich: Higher-level governmental authority that governs and funds municipalities in the canton, including Gemeinde Zell ZH. Comparable as a public-sector administrative entity, but operates at a regional scale with broader regulatory and fiscal authority over local municipalities.

Direct peers

• Gemeinde Bauma: Neighboring municipality in the Tösstal region of Canton Zürich, jointly referenced in regional fire-ban notices. Operates an analogous municipal administration serving a small Swiss rural/suburban population with the same statutory scope of local government services.
• Gemeinde Turbenthal: Another Tösstal municipality co-listed with Zell in regional emergency coordination. Similar size and service profile, making it a close functional peer for benchmarking service delivery, digital offerings, and shared-service potential.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gemeinde-zell-zh

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Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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