468201 Wholesale of metals
A six-digit type of NOGA 2025, in division 46, Wholesale trade.
Where it sits
- Section
- G Wholesale and Retail Trade
- Division
- 46 Wholesale trade
- Group
- 468 Other specialised wholesale
- Class
- 4682 Wholesale of metals and metal ores
- Type
- 468201 Wholesale of metals
Its name in four languages
- Deutsch
- Grosshandel mit Metallen
- Français
- Commerce de gros de métaux
- Italiano
- Commercio all'ingrosso di metalli
- English
- Wholesale of metals
What it includes
- wholesale of ferrous and non-ferrous metals in primary forms
- wholesale of semi-finished metal products
- wholesale of gold and other precious metals
- wholesale of ferrous and non-ferrous semi-finished products n.e.c.
It also includes
- wholesale of steel sheets on own account, including usual cutting operations associated with trade, which do not include the production of new goods
- wholesale of gold and other precious metals, purchased from households or enterprises and sold to retailers, to industrial, commercial, institutional or professional users, or to other wholesalers
What it excludes
- wholesale of metal scrap, see 468700
- gold bullion sales, see section L
NOGA 2008 codes it continues
Since the switch to NOGA 2025, companies coded under these NOGA 2008 types belong under 468201, in the share the BFS measured in its business register (BUR).
| NOGA 2008 | Share moved to 468201 |
|---|---|
| 467200 | 70% |
Other codes in the same group
- 468101 Wholesale of solid fuels and related products
- 468102 Wholesale of liquid and gaseous fuels
- 468202 Wholesale of metal ores
- 468301 Wholesale of wood and wooden building components
- 468302 Wholesale of construction materials
- 468303 Wholesale of flat glass, sanitary ware, paints and varnishes
- 468400 Wholesale of hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies
- 468500 Wholesale of chemical products
- 468600 Wholesale of other intermediate products
- 468700 Wholesale of waste and scrap
- 468900 Other specialised wholesale n.e.c.
What a NOGA code is, and how to find a company's code
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.