ranQ
ranQ
ranQ
DirectoryIndustriesPlacesKnowledgeComparisonsSoon
Sign inCheck visibility
ranQHSG Startup LabelRecognised by the
HSG Startup Label

The leading AI company directory, built to boost AI visibility.

DEENFRIT
Product
  • Pricing
  • Directory
  • Industries
  • Trust Score
Company
  • About
  • Partner program
  • Contact
  • Legal
© 2026 cohaga AG · All Rights Reserved · St. Gallen, Switzerland · Imprint745,887 companies indexed · Last updated: today
DirectoryRetail & CommerceRetail - Books & MediaZurichpile of books GmbH
pile of books GmbH Logo
Verified· 4 sourcesTrust Score
Summary

About the company

The core activity of the company "Pile of Books" is the sale of books. The company operates a bookstore in Zurich, offering a wide range of books, including fiction, non-fiction, children's books, graphic novels, photography books, and many other categories. It also provides services such as event organization and the sale of e-books.

AI-generated
Offering

Products & services

Industry:Retail - Books & Media
✓ Offered4
LeadhubOutbound Leads by COHAGA

Looking for direct email addresses and phone numbers?

Leadhub delivers verified contact details and decision-makers from over 750,000 Swiss companies — management, procurement, marketing, HR.

Discover Leadhub
4.4/5

pile of books GmbH

Bookshop
Books from a curated selection in English and other languages, with genres such as Fiction, Non-Fiction, Art, History, Poetry, Science Fiction, Crime and Used Books.
Book sourcing on request
Searching and procuring books on request, both available and out of print; taking orders for books in German and French.
Delivery for schools and libraries
Free delivery for schools and libraries as well as a 10% discount on orders for schools and libraries.
Book clubs
Two book clubs, Ink Drinkers and Revolutionary Love, with regular meetings and announcements of upcoming dates.
Trust & reputation

ranQ Trust Score of pile of books GmbH: 4.4 out of 5.0

Trust Score4.4/ 5.0

Very high

x

Data basis 100% · As of October 2026

pile of books GmbH scores 93.0 out of 100 points in the Reputation area of the ranQ Trust Score. This area carries 42% of the weighting.
x
CriterionValueWeight
  • Review quality: The average rating across all connected sources, smoothed against the industry mean. So 5.0 stars from three reviews do not outrank 4.7 from three hundred.87.724%
  • Review volume: The number of reviews across all sources. The scale is logarithmic: the first reviews count the most, and the maximum is reached at 50 reviews.100.010%
  • Review recency: The age of the most recent review. Two-year-old reviews deliberately sit in the middle, because that is normal for Swiss SMEs. Only after three years without a new voice does the value drop markedly.100.08%
pile of books GmbH scores 83.0 out of 100 points in the Substance area of the ranQ Trust Score. This area carries 28% of the weighting.
x
CriterionValueWeight
  • Establishment: Years since founding or brand launch, logarithmic. The maximum is reached at 15 years.100.012%
  • Company size: The headcount band, researched by ranQ or stated by the company. It is scored in steps rather than by head count, because the data only provides bands.55.07%
pile of books GmbH scores 86.7 out of 100 points in the Identity area of the ranQ Trust Score. This area carries 22% of the weighting.
x
CriterionValueWeight
  • Verification: Official register entry (commercial register with UID or professional-body record, 55 points), confirmed domain (20 points) and confirmed ranQ profile (up to 25 points, depending on completeness).86.722%
pile of books GmbH scores 16.5 out of 100 points in the Visibility area of the ranQ Trust Score. This area carries 8% of the weighting.
x
CriterionValueWeight
  • Website authority: Ahrefs' Domain Rating measures, on a scale of 0 to 100, how strongly a website is linked from other websites. For Swiss SMEs the range up to 40 is typical; the maximum is reached at 35.22.94%
  • Media authority: Quality and number of editorial mentions, weighted by the importance of the source, plus the recency of the latest high-quality mention.10.04%
Qualifications+0.00

pile of books GmbH reaches a ranQ Trust Score of 4.4 out of 5.0 — rated «Very high». The rating draws, among other things, on 4.8 out of 5 stars from 100 customer reviews. As of October 2026.

The Trust Score cannot be bought and is calculated from publicly verifiable data.

Reviews

Aggregated rating

Aggregated rating
4.8
of 5

Aggregated from 100 reviews across all connected sources

Sources
GGoogle4.8100
★TrustpilotSoon
PProvenExpertSoon

Further sources are added continuously and factored into the ranQ Rating.

Press

Media

August 23, 2022Media
Kultladen in Zürich-Wiedikon schliesst: Nun verschwindet die letzte englische Buchhandlung
tagesanzeiger.ch

Knowledge

No knowledge articles yet

Once pile of books GmbH has claimed this profile, we'll publish editorial articles and case studies here together.

Get started
Comparisons

pile of books GmbH in comparison

Soon

Industry comparisons are coming soon

We're preparing industry comparisons that rank pile of books GmbH by reviews, experience and specialisations.

Is this your company?

Claim the company profile of pile of books GmbH to make its contact details visible. With a plan we additionally create and publish industry comparisons, articles and much more.

Secure profile

Location

Zentralstrasse 16
8003 Zurich
Opening hours
Mon
Closed
Tue
12:00 - 19:00
Wed
12:00 - 19:00
Thu
12:00 - 19:00
Fri
12:00 - 19:00
Sat
11:00 - 17:00
Sun
Closed

At a glance

Legal form
Limited Liability Company
UID
CHE-113.700.248
Founded
2007 · 19 years
Last commercial register change
April 28, 2023
Employees
1 to 10
Legal form: Graded by liability and disclosure. The weight is kept small: a sole proprietorship is not a dubious company, it is just liable differently.
88.0
6%
  • Branch offices: Branch offices linked in the commercial register. Having none is normal and costs no points.70.03%
    • Full methodology

    Similar companies

    BS
    Buchhandlung Strobel
    Zurich
    PC
    Paranoia city Buchhandlung Genossenschaft
    Zurich
    OB
    Obergass Bücher GmbH
    Winterthur
    BB
    Buchhandlung Bodmer AG
    Zurich
    BA
    Buch am Platz Genossenschaft
    Winterthur
    S&
    Scheidegger & Co. AG
    Zurich
    VB
    Vastela Books by Ana Campanela Simoes Antunes
    Zurich
    S5
    Sec 52, Bilger Buchhandlung und Galerie
    Zurich