openswissdataNOGA 20Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products
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).
20Multilingual 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) | Industrie chimique |
| Deutsch (de) | Herstellung von chemischen Erzeugnissen |
| Italiano (it) | Fabbricazione di prodotti chimici |
| English (en) | Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products |
NOGA hierarchy
The NOGA code 20 sits within the following hierarchy (from broadest to most specific).
Direct sub-levels
This code breaks down into 6 more specific sub-levels.
| Level | Code | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| group | 20.1 | Manufacture of basic chemicals, fertilisers and nitrogen compounds, plastics and synthetic rubber in primary forms |
| group | 20.2 | Manufacture of pesticides, disinfectants and other agrochemical products |
| group | 20.3 | Manufacture of paints, varnishes and similar coatings, printing ink and mastics |
| group | 20.4 | Manufacture of washing, cleaning and polishing preparations |
| group | 20.5 | Manufacture of other chemical products |
| group | 20.6 | Manufacture of man-made fibres |
Documented mappings
Available relationships for NOGA 20, based on FSO and Eurostat sources. Approximate mappings require a review of the business activity.
| Standard | Code | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| NACE 2.1 | 20 | Documented identity | OFS / BFS |
| NACE 2.0 | 20 | Approximate mapping · review required | Eurostat · OFS / BFS |
| NACE 2.0 | 38 | Approximate mapping · review required | Eurostat · OFS / BFS |
| NOGA 2008 | 20 | Approximate mapping · review required | Eurostat · OFS / BFS |
| NOGA 2008 | 38 | 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 20, within the same parent group or at the same hierarchical level.
| Code | Level | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | division | Manufacture of food products |
| 11 | division | Manufacture of beverages |
| 12 | division | Manufacture of tobacco products |
| 13 | division | Manufacture of textiles |
| 14 | division | Manufacture of wearing apparel |
| 15 | division | Manufacture of leather and related products of other materials |
| 16 | division | Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials |
| 17 | division | Manufacture of paper and paper products |
How this code is used
NOGA code 20 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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