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NOGA 16.27 Finishing of wooden products
Activity from the Swiss General Classification of Economic Activities (NOGA 2025), published by the Federal Statistical Office (FSO). The full dataset (NACE 2.1 + ISIC 4 cross-walks) is included in Classifications (399 CHF).
1627Multilingual 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) | Finition de produits en bois |
| Deutsch (de) | Veredlung von Holzwaren |
| Italiano (it) | Finitura di prodotti in legno |
| English (en) | Finishing of wooden products |
NOGA hierarchy
The NOGA code 16.27 sits within the following hierarchy (from broadest to most specific).
| Level | Code | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| section | C | MANUFACTURING |
| division | 16 | Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials |
| group | 16.2 | Manufacture of products of wood, cork, straw and plaiting materials |
| class | 16.27 | Finishing of wooden products |
Direct sub-levels
This code breaks down into 1 more specific sub-level.
| Level | Code | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| subclass | 16.27.00 | Finishing of wooden products |
Official cross-walks
Equivalence of NOGA code 16.27 in the European (NACE) and international (ISIC) standards, from the official FSO and Eurostat tables.
| Standard | Code | Designation | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| NACE Rev 2.1 | 16.27 | 16.27 Finishing of wooden products | partial |
| NACE Rev 2.0 | 16.21 | Manufacture of veneer sheets and wood-based panels | partial |
| NOGA 2008 | 16.21 | Fabrication de placage et de panneaux de bois | partial |
| NACE Rev 2.1 | 16.27 | 16.27 Finishing of wooden products | partial |
| NACE Rev 2.0 | 16.23 | Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery | partial |
| NOGA 2008 | 16.23 | Fabrication de charpentes et d’autres menuiseries | partial |
| NACE Rev 2.1 | 16.27 | 16.27 Finishing of wooden products | partial |
| NACE Rev 2.0 | 16.22 | Manufacture of assembled parquet floors | partial |
| NOGA 2008 | 16.22 | Fabrication de parquets assemblés | partial |
| NACE Rev 2.1 | 16.27 | 16.27 Finishing of wooden products | partial |
| NACE Rev 2.0 | 16.24 | Manufacture of wooden containers | partial |
| NOGA 2008 | 16.24 | Fabrication d’emballages en bois | partial |
Type exact = strict 1:1 equivalence. partial = partial overlap. multi = one source code maps to several target codes.
Neighbouring codes
NOGA codes close to 16.27, within the same parent group or at the same hierarchical level.
| Code | Level | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 16.28 | class | Manufacture of other products of wood and articles of cork, straw and plaiting materials |
| 16.12 | class | Processing and finishing of wood |
Activity examples
Company profiles typically classified under NOGA code 16.27.
A company whose main activity falls under "Finishing of wooden products" is classified under NOGA code 16.27.
This category covers all companies whose main economic activity matches this description, whatever their size: sole traders, SMEs, large companies, branches and Swiss establishments.
The code is assigned on the principle of the main economic activity: if an entity has several activities, the one generating the most value added determines the classification.
How this code is used
NOGA code 16.27 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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