Thalia is Europe's most important family-run book retailing company. The company currently owns around 360 bookstores in Germany and Austria, as well as 50% of the shares in the more than 30 bookstores of Orell Füssli Thalia AG in Switzerland. .

The combination of stationary and digital is growing, as is the classic online business. The web market share is 40% (2021). The Thalia online shops include more than ten million articles, with a growing range in the toys segment.