58 Publishing activities
A division of NOGA 2025, in section J, Publishing, Broadcasting, and Content Production and Distribution Activities.
624
companies coded so far
6
six-digit codes
Where it sits
- Section
- J Publishing, Broadcasting, and Content Production and Distribution Activities
- Division
- 58 Publishing activities
Its name in four languages
- Deutsch
- Verlagswesen
- Français
- Activités d’édition
- Italiano
- Attività editoriali
- English
- Publishing activities
What it includes
- This division includes the publishing of books, brochures, leaflets, dictionaries, encyclopaedias, atlases, maps and charts; the publishing of newspapers, journals and periodicals; the publishing of directories and mailing lists, and other publishing (including software publishing).
- Publishing includes the acquisition of copyrights to content (information products) and making this content available to the general public by engaging in (or arranging for) the reproduction and distribution of this content in various forms. Publishers may license rights to others to distribute their content, or they may publish and distribute content they create or own. All the feasible forms of publishing (in print, digital, analogue, or any other form) and self-publishing activities are included in this division, except publishing of motion pictures and music.
- This division covers the streaming of content (for example, software and books), by content publishers.
What it excludes
- This division excludes the production of motion pictures, videos and movies, the publishing of music and the production of original (sound) master recordings, see division 59.
- Also excluded are obtaining rights from publishers to broadcast and distribute content (see division 60), computer programming activities (see division 62), printing (see group 181) and the mass reproduction of recorded media (see class 182000).
The codes in this division
| Code | Activity | Companies coded |
|---|---|---|
| 581 | Publishing of books, newspapers and other publishing activities, except software publishing | 481 |
| 581100 | Publishing of books | 204 |
| 581200 | Publishing of newspapers | 64 |
| 581300 | Publishing of journals and periodicals | 109 |
| 581900 | Other publishing activities, except software publishing | 53 |
| 582 | Software publishing | 138 |
| 582100 | Publishing of video games | 40 |
| 582900 | Other software publishing | 98 |
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.