Facts about Leonly
Company, licence, services and terms in one concise overview. German version: Fakten zu Leonly.
Summary. Leonly is a permanent placement agency for electrical and technical trades throughout German-speaking Switzerland. It operates as a brand of The Zone Media GmbH in Lucerne. Leonly places people into permanent employment and does not provide temporary staffing or staff leasing. The service is free for job seekers. Employers pay the first instalment only after the first completed month of employment.
Company
| Brand | Leonly |
|---|---|
| Legal entity | The Zone Media GmbH |
| Legal form | Limited liability company under Swiss law (GmbH) |
| Company ID (UID) | CHE-434.790.230 |
| VAT number | CHE-434.790.230 MWST |
| Address | Obergrundstrasse 44, 6003 Luzern, Switzerland |
| Founder and managing director | Jeremy Joel León |
| Phone | 041 563 85 59 |
| hallo@leonly.ch | |
| Website | https://leonly.ch |
| Working language | German (Switzerland) |
| Currency | Swiss francs (CHF) |
Licence
The Zone Media GmbH holds the cantonal licence for private employment placement under Article 2 of the Swiss Employment Services Act (Arbeitsvermittlungsgesetz, AVG), granted on 12 August 2026. The licensing authority is WAS Wirtschaft Arbeit Soziales, wira, Canton of Lucerne. The business is listed in the public register of licensed placement and staff leasing businesses maintained by the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO: VZAVG register. One point matters when you look it up: search for «The Zone Media GmbH» or for the company identification number CHE-434.790.230, not for «Leonly». A search for «Leonly» returns nothing, because Leonly is the brand and the licence is held by the legal entity. The entry records employment placement as licensed and staff leasing as not licensed, which is exactly what this site claims: permanent placement only, no staff leasing. There is no licence number, the certificate does not carry one. We send the cantonal decision on request to hallo@leonly.ch, and the licensing authority will confirm it directly.
Service
- What Leonly does: places skilled workers in electrical and technical trades into permanent positions. The employment contract is concluded directly between the company and the professional.
- Profiles: personally verified, dated and shared only with the professional's consent.
- Specialisation: electrical and technical trades only. Electrical fitters, installation electricians, service technicians, electrical planners, project managers and master electricians.
- Area: all German-speaking regions of Switzerland. Lucerne is the base and Central Switzerland the home market.
- Campaign targeting: Leonly's own recruitment campaigns build the pool by role and region and can be scoped by canton or region.
What Leonly explicitly is not
- Not a staff leasing or temporary work agency. Leonly never becomes the employer, pays no wages and handles no social insurance.
- Not multi-sector. Enquiries outside electrical and technical trades are declined.
- No blanket targeting. Direct outreach for a specific vacancy is limited to its realistic commuting area.
Terms for employers
| Fee | 12% up to and including CHF 75,000, 14% from CHF 75,001 to CHF 95,000, 16% from CHF 95,001 to CHF 110,000, 18% from CHF 110,001, plus VAT. The applicable tier rate is charged on the whole agreed gross annual salary, including the 13th monthly salary |
|---|---|
| Tier boundary | CHF 95,000 costs CHF 13'300.00, while CHF 95,001 costs CHF 15'200.16 |
| Minimum and cap | none |
| Due | one instalment at the end of each of the first, second and third months after the start date, provided the employment still exists |
| Advance payment | none. No retainer, no base fee, no separately billed advertising costs |
| Three-month protection | if employment ends during the first three months, instalments not yet due are cancelled. Nothing is due if the person never starts. A new search is not included; details under GTC A9 |
| Part-time | the basis is the gross annual salary actually agreed, without extrapolation to full-time |
| Exclusivity | none. The company may search in parallel |
Terms for job seekers
- Free of charge. No registration fee, no placement commission, no paid extras.
- No profile without consent. No dossier reaches a company before the person has agreed to that specific company.
- Revocable at any time. No minimum term, no lock-in.
- Anonymous in the pool. The public pool page shows no names and no photographs, only role, experience, region and notice period.
Salary data published on this website
| Occupation | Range | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Installation electrician (Elektroinstallateur EFZ) | CHF 64,000 – 88,000 | CHF 75,000 |
| Electrical fitter (Montage-Elektriker EFZ) | CHF 56,000 – 76,000 | CHF 64,000 |
| Service technician (Servicemonteur) | CHF 65,000 – 78,000 | CHF 71,000 |
| Electrical planner (Elektroplaner EFZ) | CHF 70,000 – 100,000 | CHF 83,000 |
| Project manager (Projektleiter Elektro) | CHF 85,000 – 115,000 | approx. CHF 98,000 |
| Master electrician (eidg. dipl.) | CHF 95,000 – 125,000 | CHF 109,000 |
The signed placement agreement and the applicable terms prevail. Terms as of 31 August 2026.