sarimmo

What sarimmo does

Sarimmo & Design GmbH is a family-owned real estate agency domiciled in Glis, Canton of Valais, Switzerland, founded in 2001 and operating continuously for over 24 years. The firm is led by CEO Cindy Sarbach with a three-person team (Anna Sarbach on marketing and brokerage, Rahel Schmid on brokerage) and serves individual buyers, sellers, lessors, tenants, and property owners in the Valais canton exclusively. Core services are buying, selling, renting, and valuing residential and commercial properties, supplemented by interior design and project management offered in collaboration with construction partner Sarbau. A sub-brand, SarBox, is a modular mixed-use development (professional halls combined with private modular studio units) planned for commissioning in 2026 in Susten, Valais.

The firm's technology stack is unusually purpose-built for an entity of its size. Tacelo, a Vétroz-based studio, developed a custom CMS on PHP 8.5 with a MariaDB database, Tailwind 4 frontend, and GSAP 3.13 animations, hosted on Metanet AG infrastructure in Switzerland. The CMS supports autonomous publishing, editing, multilingual content, and listing status management (active, reserved, sold, upcoming). A proprietary online property valuation estimator, calibrated specifically for Valais, covers 122 municipalities and 333 localities using 79 multiplicative coefficients applied to property attributes (surface, rooms, year, condition, heating, view, parking); it includes a six-step guided flow, automatic lead scoring, and CSV export, with DeepL-powered translation between German, French, and English. The website also integrates Cloudflare Turnstile for bot protection, GA4 analytics with consent gating, and revDSG/GDPR-compliant privacy controls.

The business model is a transparent commission-based brokerage starting at 2.5%, described as below the Swiss market standard, with fees paid per completed transaction (no subscription or recurring layer). The go-to-market is sales-led and direct: customers reach the team through the multilingual property-listing website, phone, email, or WhatsApp. Customer segments are horizontal (individual buyers, sellers, renters, landlords, and valuation seekers), and there are no disclosed enterprise clients or recurring accounts. No funding rounds, M&A, or external investors are in evidence; ownership remains with the Sarbach family, and the company holds no public listing.

Name

sarimmo

Legal name

sarimmo & design GmbH

Website

https://sarimmo.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Sarimmo & Design is a family-owned real estate agency in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland, serving individual buyers, sellers, renters, and property owners with brokerage, valuation, and interior design services via a 2.5% commission model and a proprietary Valais-calibrated valuation tool.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Residential Real Estate Brokerage

NAICS

Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers (531210), Real Estate Property Managers (53131), Interior Design Services (541410), Interior Design Services (54141)

SIC

Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531), Real Estate (6500)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAJABAG

Land & Development Site Brokerage

Business & Public Services/Real Estate Services (Brokerage, Property Management)/Commercial Real Estate Brokerage

Keywords

• Residential real estate brokerage
• Property valuation services
• Real estate sales rentals
• Interior design services
• Property management advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Steg-Hohtenn

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Real Estate Brokerage Commission: Commission-based revenue from buying, selling, and renting of properties in Valais. Commission starts at 2.5%, described as transparent and below market standard. One-time transaction-based fees per completed deal.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Sarimmo & Design is a family-owned real estate agency operating in the canton of Valais, Switzerland since 2001. It markets properties for sale and rent, provides free indicative property valuations via a proprietary online estimator calibrated to 122 Valais municipalities, and offers complementary interior design, property management, and construction consulting services. The agency also develops the SarBox modular real estate concept, with a first module scheduled for commissioning in 2026 in Susten, Valais.

Product overview

Sarimmo & Design is a family-run real estate agency based in Valais, Switzerland, operating since 2001. Its product portfolio consists of a proprietary property valuation estimator (an online tool calibrated on 122 Valais municipalities and 333 localities using 79 multiplicative coefficients), a custom-built CMS for autonomous property listing management, and the SarBox modular real estate development project (scheduled for 2026) — developed in collaboration with sarbau.ch. The agency also offers editorial property galleries with lightbox viewing, progressive loading, and scroll-triggered animations, alongside structured SEO with JSON-LD RealEstateListing markup.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SarBox: Modular space project combining professional halls/workshops on the ground floor with private modular studio units on the upper floor, organized around shared kitchen and living areas. Designed for flexible and contemporary use with commissioning planned for 2026 in Susten, Valais.

Products and services

• Residential Property Sales Brokerage Full-service brokerage for buying and selling residential properties, villas, investment properties, and holiday homes in the Canton of Valais. Includes listing creation, marketing, viewings, negotiation, and closing. Commission-based with transparent pricing starting at 2.5%.
• Residential and Commercial Rental Brokerage Brokerage services for renting residential apartments, studios, and commercial spaces in Valais, including tenant sourcing for landlords and lease support.
• Online Property Valuation Estimator A proprietary online tool that generates indicative price estimates for properties in the Canton of Valais, covering 122 municipalities and 333 localities with 79 multiplicative coefficients. Guides users through 6 steps, applies automatic lead scoring, and offers CSV export for the agency's prospecting pipeline. Free and confidential for end users.
• Interior Design Services Interior design services for properties in Valais, integrated with the brokerage offering and led by CEO Cindy Sarbach as part of the firm's design-to-sale value proposition.
• Property Management and Construction Consulting Property management and professional construction consulting services offered alongside brokerage and interior design, providing full-service support to property owners in Valais.
• SarBox Modular Real Estate Development A modular real estate development project combining professional modular halls (ground floor) with private modular studio units (upper floor) organized around shared kitchens and common areas. The first module is planned for La Souste (Susten), Valais, with commissioning scheduled for 2026. Developed in collaboration with sarbau.ch.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability3 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered supporting and core.

• TacelosupportingTechnology or IntegrationWebsite design and development partner based in Vétroz, Valais. Responsible for custom CMS development, technical architecture (PHP 8.5, MariaDB, Tailwind 4), and ongoing technical maintenance. Access limited to administration environments.
• SarbaucoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerConstruction and development partner for the SarBox modular property project. Collaboration spans from interior design to sales, property management, and professional construction consulting. Located in Valais.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Betterhomes: One of Switzerland's largest independent real estate brokerages, offering brokerage, valuation, and property management nationally. Comparable service taxonomy (buy/sell/rent/valuation) but materially larger scale and broader geographic footprint than Sarimmo's Valais-only operation.
• Coldwell Banker Switzerland: International residential real estate franchise with Swiss affiliates covering upscale properties. Overlaps with Sarimmo's villa/secondary-home segment in alpine Switzerland and competes for similar buyer profiles, though operates across multiple cantons and luxury tiers.
• Engel & Völkers: Global luxury and residential real estate brokerage with a strong Swiss shop network. Competes with Sarimmo for high-end Valais listings (e.g., the Sierre family villa category shown on sarimmo.ch), but operates broadly across many geographies and price tiers rather than specializing in Valais.
• Sotheby's International Realty: Luxury and alpine property brokerage active in Swiss resort markets (Verbier, Gstaad, Crans-Montana). A relevant competitor for Sarimmo's premium and second-home listings in Valais, particularly from international buyers, but it operates as part of a global brand rather than a Valais specialist.

Others

• Wüest Partner: Leading Swiss real estate research, valuation, and consulting firm. Direct comparative for Sarimmo's valuation engine — a more institutional, data-driven cousin of the proprietary estimator — but does not broker or transact, positioning it as an adjacent/ecosystem reference rather than a customer-competitor.
• ImmoScout24 Switzerland: Major Swiss online property portal and SaaS-style listing platform. Comparable to Homegate as a listing and lead-generation channel that Sarimmo's customers use alongside or instead of the Sarimmo website when sourcing Valais properties.
• Homegate: Switzerland's largest property marketplace, aggregating listings for buyers, sellers, and renters. Where Sarimmo publishes its own listings, Homegate and similar portals are the dominant discovery channel and de facto ecosystem partners/competitors for buyer attention.

Direct peers

• RE/MAX Switzerland: Swiss franchise of RE/MAX operating residential and commercial property brokerage across multiple cantons. Closest comparable on size, franchisee economics, and brokerage-only service model, with similar three- to ten-person regional offices competing directly with Sarimmo for Valais mandates.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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