diff --git a/lightly_studio_view/src/lib/components/AnnotationsGrid/AnnotationClassificationGridItem/AnnotationClassificationGridItem.svelte b/lightly_studio_view/src/lib/components/AnnotationsGrid/AnnotationClassificationGridItem/AnnotationClassificationGridItem.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1030e91097
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lightly_studio_view/src/lib/components/AnnotationsGrid/AnnotationClassificationGridItem/AnnotationClassificationGridItem.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+<script lang="ts">
+    import { type AnnotationWithPayloadView } from '$lib/api/lightly_studio_local';
+    import { useSettings } from '$lib/hooks';
+    import SampleClassificationPills from '$lib/components/SampleClassificationPills/SampleClassificationPills.svelte';
+    import { getThumbnailUrl, getSampleDimensions } from './getThumbnailData';
+    import type { CropWindow } from '../AnnotationItem/renderCropObjectUrl';
+
+    interface Props {
+        /** The classification annotation with its parent sample data. */
+        annotation: AnnotationWithPayloadView;
+        /** Width of the grid container tile in pixels. */
+        containerWidth: number;
+        /** Height of the grid container tile in pixels. */
+        containerHeight: number;
+        /** Whether text labels are visible globally. */
+        showLabel: boolean;
+        /** Whether this tile is currently selected. */
+        selected?: boolean;
+        /** Collection version cache-buster (same as AnnotationImageGridItem). */
+        cachedCollectionVersion?: string;
+        /** Reports full-image crop geometry for drag-to-search (same contract as AnnotationItem). */
+        onCropWindowChange?: (annotationId: string, window: CropWindow | null) => void;
+    }
+
+    let {
+        annotation,
+        containerWidth,
+        containerHeight,
+        showLabel,
+        selected = false,
+        cachedCollectionVersion = '',
+        onCropWindowChange
+    }: Props = $props();
+
+    const { gridViewThumbnailQualityStore } = useSettings();
+
+    // Stable id captured at init — same pattern as AnnotationItem (avoids re-reading
+    // the annotation prop during effect cleanup after the grid array shrinks).
+    const annotationId = annotation.annotation.sample_id;
+
+    const thumbnailUrl = $derived(
+        getThumbnailUrl({
+            annotation,
+            quality: $gridViewThumbnailQualityStore,
+            containerWidth,
+            containerHeight,
+            cachedCollectionVersion
+        })
+    );
+
+    const sampleDimensions = $derived(getSampleDimensions(annotation));
+
+    // Emit a full-image CropWindow so classification tiles participate in drag-to-search.
+    // windowX/Y=0 covers the entire sample — there is no bounding box to crop for classification.
+    $effect(() => {
+        if (!thumbnailUrl) return;
+        onCropWindowChange?.(annotationId, {
+            sourceUrl: thumbnailUrl,
+            sampleWidth: sampleDimensions.width,
+            sampleHeight: sampleDimensions.height,
+            windowWidth: sampleDimensions.width,
+            windowHeight: sampleDimensions.height,
+            windowX: 0,
+            windowY: 0
+        });
+        return () => onCropWindowChange?.(annotationId, null);
+    });
+</script>
+
+<div
+    class="relative overflow-hidden rounded-lg bg-black"
+    class:grid-item-selected={selected}
+    aria-selected={selected}
+    style="width: {containerWidth}px; height: {containerHeight}px; background-image: url('{thumbnailUrl}'); background-size: cover; background-position: center;"
+>
+    {#if showLabel}
+        <!-- One tile shows exactly one label — [annotation.annotation] wraps a single classification. -->
+        <SampleClassificationPills sample={{ annotations: [annotation.annotation] }} />
+    {/if}
+</div>
diff --git a/lightly_studio_view/src/lib/components/AnnotationsGrid/AnnotationClassificationGridItem/AnnotationClassificationGridItem.test.ts b/lightly_studio_view/src/lib/components/AnnotationsGrid/AnnotationClassificationGridItem/AnnotationClassificationGridItem.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..020eafb5eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lightly_studio_view/src/lib/components/AnnotationsGrid/AnnotationClassificationGridItem/AnnotationClassificationGridItem.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, vi } from 'vitest';
+import { render, screen } from '@testing-library/svelte';
+import '@testing-library/jest-dom';
+import { tick } from 'svelte';
+import {
+    SampleType,
+    AnnotationType,
+    type AnnotationWithPayloadView,
+    type ImageAnnotationView,
+    type VideoFrameAnnotationView,
+    type AnnotationView
+} from '$lib/api/lightly_studio_local';
+import AnnotationClassificationGridItem from './AnnotationClassificationGridItem.svelte';
+
+vi.mock('$lib/components/SampleClassificationPills/SampleClassificationPills.svelte', async () => {
+    const module = await import('./SampleClassificationPills.mock.svelte');
+    return { default: module.default };
+});
+
+vi.mock('$lib/utils', async (importOriginal) => {
+    const actual = await importOriginal<typeof import('$lib/utils')>();
+    return {
+        ...actual,
+        getGridImageURL: ({ sampleId }: { sampleId: string }) => `http://images/sample/${sampleId}`,
+        getGridFrameURL: ({ sampleId }: { sampleId: string }) => `http://frames/media/${sampleId}`
+    };
+});
+
+function buildAnnotation(
+    overrides: Partial<AnnotationWithPayloadView> = {}
+): AnnotationWithPayloadView {
+    return {
+        parent_sample_type: SampleType.IMAGE,
+        annotation: {
+            sample_id: 'ann-1',
+            annotation_type: AnnotationType.CLASSIFICATION,
+            annotation_label: { annotation_label_name: 'cat' },
+            annotation_collection_id: 'col-1',
+            parent_sample_id: 'img-1'
+        } as unknown as AnnotationView,
+        parent_sample_data: {
+            sample_id: 'img-1',
+            width: 800,
+            height: 600
+        } as unknown as ImageAnnotationView,
+        ...overrides
+    };
+}
+
+const defaultProps = {
+    containerWidth: 200,
+    containerHeight: 150,
+    showLabel: true,
+    cachedCollectionVersion: 'v1'
+};
+
+function renderItem(annotation: AnnotationWithPayloadView, props: Record<string, unknown> = {}) {
+    return render(AnnotationClassificationGridItem, {
+        props: { annotation, ...defaultProps, ...props }
+    });
+}
+
+describe('AnnotationClassificationGridItem', () => {
+    it('renders thumbnail div and SampleClassificationPills for an image annotation', async () => {
+        const { container } = renderItem(buildAnnotation());
+
+        await tick();
+
+        const thumbnail = container.firstElementChild as HTMLElement;
+        expect(thumbnail).toBeInTheDocument();
+        expect(thumbnail.style.backgroundImage).toContain('img-1');
+        expect(screen.getByTestId('mock-classification-pills')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+
+    it('renders thumbnail using frame URL for a video frame annotation', async () => {
+        const annotation = buildAnnotation({
+            parent_sample_type: SampleType.VIDEO_FRAME,
+            parent_sample_data: {
+                sample_id: 'frame-1',
+                video: { width: 1920, height: 1080, file_path_abs: '/video.mp4' }
+            } as unknown as VideoFrameAnnotationView
+        });
+        const { container } = renderItem(annotation);
+
+        await tick();
+
+        const thumbnail = container.firstElementChild as HTMLElement;
+        expect(thumbnail.style.backgroundImage).toContain('frames/media/frame-1');
+    });
+
+    it('applies grid-item-selected class when selected is true', () => {
+        const { container } = renderItem(buildAnnotation(), { selected: true });
+
+        expect(container.firstElementChild).toHaveAttribute('aria-selected', 'true');
+    });
+
+    it('hides SampleClassificationPills when showLabel is false', () => {
+        renderItem(buildAnnotation(), { showLabel: false });
+
+        expect(screen.queryByTestId('mock-classification-pills')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+
+    it('passes only the single annotation to SampleClassificationPills', async () => {
+        renderItem(buildAnnotation());
+
+        await tick();
+
+        const pills = screen.getByTestId('mock-classification-pills');
+        // Exactly one annotation is passed — not all sibling labels for the parent sample.
+        expect(pills).toHaveAttribute('data-annotation-count', '1');
+        expect(pills).toHaveAttribute('data-annotation-id', 'ann-1');
+    });
+
+    it('calls onCropWindowChange with a full-image CropWindow (windowX/Y=0) once URL is available', async () => {
+        const onCropWindowChange = vi.fn();
+        const annotation = buildAnnotation({
+            parent_sample_data: {
+                sample_id: 'img-1',
+                width: 1024,
+                height: 768
+            } as unknown as ImageAnnotationView
+        });
+
+        renderItem(annotation, { onCropWindowChange });
+
+        await tick();
+
+        expect(onCropWindowChange).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+        const [annotationId, cropWindow] = onCropWindowChange.mock.calls[0];
+        expect(annotationId).toBe('ann-1');
+        expect(cropWindow.windowX).toBe(0);
+        expect(cropWindow.windowY).toBe(0);
+        expect(cropWindow.windowWidth).toBe(1024);
+        expect(cropWindow.windowHeight).toBe(768);
+        expect(cropWindow.sampleWidth).toBe(1024);
+        expect(cropWindow.sampleHeight).toBe(768);
+    });
+
+    it('calls onCropWindowChange with null on unmount', async () => {
+        const onCropWindowChange = vi.fn();
+
+        const { unmount } = renderItem(buildAnnotation(), { onCropWindowChange });
+
+        await tick();
+        unmount();
+        await tick();
+
+        const lastCall = onCropWindowChange.mock.calls.at(-1);
+        expect(lastCall?.[0]).toBe('ann-1');
+        expect(lastCall?.[1]).toBeNull();
+    });
+});
diff --git a/lightly_studio_view/src/lib/components/AnnotationsGrid/AnnotationClassificationGridItem/SampleClassificationPills.mock.svelte b/lightly_studio_view/src/lib/components/AnnotationsGrid/AnnotationClassificationGridItem/SampleClassificationPills.mock.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6ce63e4af1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lightly_studio_view/src/lib/components/AnnotationsGrid/AnnotationClassificationGridItem/SampleClassificationPills.mock.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<script lang="ts">
+    import type { AnnotationView } from '$lib/api/lightly_studio_local';
+
+    interface Props {
+        sample: { annotations: AnnotationView[] };
+    }
+
+    let { sample }: Props = $props();
+</script>
+
+<div
+    data-testid="mock-classification-pills"
+    data-annotation-count={sample.annotations.length}
+    data-annotation-id={sample.annotations[0]?.sample_id}
+></div>
diff --git a/lightly_studio_view/src/lib/components/AnnotationsGrid/AnnotationsGridItem/AnnotationClassificationGridItem.mock.svelte b/lightly_studio_view/src/lib/components/AnnotationsGrid/AnnotationsGridItem/AnnotationClassificationGridItem.mock.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0f5c1815b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lightly_studio_view/src/lib/components/AnnotationsGrid/AnnotationsGridItem/AnnotationClassificationGridItem.mock.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<script lang="ts">
+    import type { AnnotationWithPayloadView } from '$lib/api/lightly_studio_local';
+
+    interface Props {
+        annotation: AnnotationWithPayloadView;
+        selected?: boolean;
+    }
+
+    let { annotation, selected = false }: Props = $props();
+</script>
+
+<div
+    data-testid="mock-classification-grid-item"
+    data-annotation-id={annotation.annotation.sample_id}
+    data-selected={selected}
+></div>
diff --git a/lightly_studio_view/src/lib/utils/index.ts b/lightly_studio_view/src/lib/utils/index.ts
index be465da7c1..3e3c2ef5b0 100644
--- a/lightly_studio_view/src/lib/utils/index.ts
+++ b/lightly_studio_view/src/lib/utils/index.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ export { getImageURL as getImageURLById } from './getImageURL';
 export {
     getGridFrameURL,
     getGridImageURL,
-    getGridThumbnailRequestSize
+    getGridThumbnailRequestSize,
+    type GridThumbnailQuality
 } from './getGridThumbnailURL/getGridThumbnailURL';
 export { getVideoURLById } from './getVideoURLById/getVideoURLById';
 export { getURL } from './getURL/getURL';