openswissdataNOGA 16.12Processing and finishing of wood
Activity from the Swiss General Classification of Economic Activities (NOGA 2025), published by the Federal Statistical Office (FSO). The dataset of codes and documented mappings is included in Classifications (399 CHF).
1612Multilingual description
NOGA 2025 provides the official designation in the four languages used by the Swiss federal authorities, alongside their European equivalents.
| Language | Designation |
|---|---|
| Français (fr) | Façonnage et finition du bois |
| Deutsch (de) | Bearbeitung und Veredlung von Holz |
| Italiano (it) | Lavorazione e finitura del legno |
| English (en) | Processing and finishing of wood |
NOGA hierarchy
The NOGA code 16.12 sits within the following hierarchy (from broadest to most specific).
Direct sub-levels
This code breaks down into 1 more specific sub-level.
| Level | Code | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| subclass | 16.12.00 | Processing and finishing of wood |
Documented mappings
Available relationships for NOGA 16.12, based on FSO and Eurostat sources. Approximate mappings require a review of the business activity.
| Standard | Code | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| NACE 2.1 | 1612 | Documented identity | OFS / BFS |
| NACE 2.0 | 1610 | Approximate mapping · review required | Eurostat · OFS / BFS |
| NOGA 2008 | 1610 | Approximate mapping · review required | Eurostat · OFS / BFS |
Two non-exact relationships are never chained. A missing result does not prove there is no equivalent. Reference · 2026.09.25
Neighbouring codes
NOGA codes close to 16.12, within the same parent group or at the same hierarchical level.
| Code | Level | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 16.11 | class | Sawmilling and planing of wood |
| 16.21 | class | Manufacture of veneer sheets and wood-based panels |
| 16.22 | class | Manufacture of assembled parquet floors |
| 16.23 | class | Manufacture of other builders’ carpentry and joinery |
| 16.24 | class | Manufacture of wooden containers |
| 16.25 | class | Manufacture of doors and windows of wood |
| 16.26 | class | Manufacture of solid fuels from vegetable biomass |
| 16.27 | class | Finishing of wooden products |
How this code is used
NOGA code 16.12 is used by the Swiss federal authorities to classify companies by their main economic activity, notably:
- Federal Statistical Office (FSO): business and establishment register (BER), censuses and structural statistics.
- OASI compensation funds: classification of the employer's activity at registration.
- Federal Tax Administration (FTA): VAT profiling, net tax debt rates and sector statistics.
- Commercial register: "activities" field when registering a new legal entity.
- SUVA and accident-insurance funds: pricing of accident-insurance contributions by risk class.
- SECO and labour-market statistics: sector analyses and targeted support measures.
Official source
This page reproduces information from the NOGA 2025 standard published by the Federal Statistical Office. For the official version:
bfs.admin.ch — NOGA — General Classification of Economic Activities
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