NOGA is the Swiss classification of economic activities, published by the Federal Statistical Office (BFS). A NOGA code names what a business does, from a two-digit division such as 62 for IT services down to a six-digit type such as 621000 for computer programming. Insurers, pension funds and the BFS's own surveys ask for it.

How do I find the right NOGA code for my activity?

Type the activity in the field above, in the words you would use, and open the code that fits. Its page lists what the code includes and excludes, which is what decides between two close codes. A company is coded by its main activity, the one that brings in the largest share of its value added.

What changed between NOGA 2008 and NOGA 2025?

NOGA 2025 follows the EU's NACE Rev. 2.1. It has 22 sections instead of 21, IT and telecoms moved to a new section K, and many six-digit codes were split, merged or renumbered: NOGA 2008 620100 is 621000 today. Type an old code above and the finder shows the codes that continue it.

Where do the company counts come from?

Prospex reads each company's registered purpose and website and assigns it a NOGA 2025 code, and for Geneva it converts the code the cantonal register publishes. The count on a page is the number of active companies coded under it so far, a floor that rises as the rest of the register is coded.

Find a NOGA code

Describe an activity in English, French or German, or type a code. The finder searches the official NOGA 2025 labels and the BFS keyword lists, converts NOGA 2008 codes, and counts the active Swiss companies coded under each one.

All divisions

NOGA 2025 has 22 sections, 87 divisions and 798 six-digit types. Open a division to see its groups, classes and types.

Code	Activity	Companies coded
A	Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
01	Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities	624
02	Forestry and logging	61
03	Fishing and aquaculture	24
B	Mining and Quarrying
05	Mining of coal and lignite	1
06	Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas	23
07	Mining of metal ores	14
08	Other mining and quarrying	79
09	Mining support service activities	10
C	Manufacturing
10	Manufacture of food products	787
11	Manufacture of beverages	389
12	Manufacture of tobacco products	22
13	Manufacture of textiles	118
14	Manufacture of wearing apparel	252
15	Manufacture of leather and related products of other materials	60
16	Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials	984
17	Manufacture of paper and paper products	49
18	Printing and reproduction of recorded media	341
19	Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products	9
20	Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products	602
21	Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations	418
22	Manufacture of rubber and plastic products	272
23	Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products	250
24	Manufacture of basic metals	27
25	Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	1,279
26	Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products	1,044
27	Manufacture of electrical equipment	285
28	Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.	1,420
29	Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers	68
30	Manufacture of other transport equipment	137
31	Manufacture of furniture	212
32	Other manufacturing	1,140
33	Repair, maintenance and installation of machinery and equipment	288
D	Electricity, Gas, Steam and Air Conditioning Supply
35	Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	635
E	Water Supply; Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation Activities
36	Water collection, treatment and supply	54
37	Sewerage	92
38	Waste collection, recovery and disposal activities	337
39	Remediation activities and other waste management service activities	56
F	Construction
41	Construction of residential and non-residential buildings	2,200
42	Civil engineering	327
43	Specialised construction activities	8,189
G	Wholesale and Retail Trade
46	Wholesale trade	6,345
47	Retail trade	8,109
H	Transportation and Storage
49	Land transport and transport via pipelines	2,751
50	Water transport	247
51	Air transport	138
52	Warehousing, storage and support activities for transportation	675
53	Postal and courier activities	117
I	Accommodation and Food Service Activities
55	Accommodation	1,069
56	Food and beverage service activities	4,572
J	Publishing, Broadcasting, and Content Production and Distribution Activities
58	Publishing activities	624
59	Motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities	1,105
60	Programming, broadcasting, news agency and other content distribution activities	124
K	Telecommunication, Computer Programming, Consulting, Computing Infrastructure and Other Information Service Activities
61	Telecommunication	297
62	Computer programming, consultancy and related activities	9,490
63	Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and other information service activities	356
L	Financial and Insurance Activities
64	Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding	8,013
65	Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security	421
66	Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities	4,921
M	Real Estate Activities
68	Real estate activities	10,108
N	Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities
69	Legal and accounting activities	7,414
70	Activities of head offices and management consultancy	5,849
71	Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis	6,581
72	Scientific research and development	717
73	Activities of advertising, market research and public relations	3,025
74	Other professional, scientific and technical activities	2,870
75	Veterinary activities	190
O	Administrative and Support Service Activities
77	Rental and leasing activities	682
78	Employment activities	1,539
79	Travel agency, tour operator and other reservation service and related activities	776
80	Investigation and security activities	481
81	Services to buildings and landscape activities	2,513
82	Office administrative, office support and other business support activities	1,247
P	Public Administration and Defence; Compulsory Social Security
84	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	83
Q	Education
85	Education	3,804
R	Human Health and Social Work Activities
86	Human health activities	10,300
87	Residential care activities	649
88	Social work activities without accommodation	1,273
S	Arts, Sports and Recreation
90	Arts creation and performing arts activities	1,263
91	Libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities	190
92	Gambling and betting activities	30
93	Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities	1,763
T	Other Service Activities
94	Activities of membership organisations	3,896
95	Repair and maintenance of computers, personal and household goods, and motor vehicles and motorcycles	2,332
96	Personal service activities	2,827
U	Activities of Households as Employers and Undifferentiated Goods- and Service-producing Activities of Households for Own Use
97	Activities of households as employers of domestic personnel	0
98	Undifferentiated goods- and service-producing activities of private households for own use	0
V	Activities of Extraterritorial Organisations and Bodies
99	Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies	113

Company counts cover the 145,068 of 782,904 active companies in the commercial register that Prospex has coded so far, from their registered purpose and website, so they are a floor. Geneva is 93% coded, because its cantonal register publishes a code per company; the other cantons 11% so far. They are Prospex's codes, not the code the BFS assigns in its business register (BUR). Codes, labels and notes: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS), NOGA 2025, through the I14Y interoperability platform and the KUBB coding tool.

What a NOGA code is, and how to find a company's code

Questions

What is a NOGA code?: NOGA is the Swiss classification of economic activities, published by the Federal Statistical Office (BFS). A NOGA code names what a business does, from a two-digit division such as 62 for IT services down to a six-digit type such as 621000 for computer programming. Insurers, pension funds and the BFS's own surveys ask for it.
How do I find the right NOGA code for my activity?: Type the activity in the field above, in the words you would use, and open the code that fits. Its page lists what the code includes and excludes, which is what decides between two close codes. A company is coded by its main activity, the one that brings in the largest share of its value added.
What changed between NOGA 2008 and NOGA 2025?: NOGA 2025 follows the EU's NACE Rev. 2.1. It has 22 sections instead of 21, IT and telecoms moved to a new section K, and many six-digit codes were split, merged or renumbered: NOGA 2008 620100 is 621000 today. Type an old code above and the finder shows the codes that continue it.
Where do the company counts come from?: Prospex reads each company's registered purpose and website and assigns it a NOGA 2025 code, and for Geneva it converts the code the cantonal register publishes. The count on a page is the number of active companies coded under it so far, a floor that rises as the rest of the register is coded.