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NOGA 20 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical 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).
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 |
Official cross-walks
Equivalence of NOGA code 20 in the European (NACE) and international (ISIC) standards, from the official FSO and Eurostat tables.
| Standard | Code | Designation | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| NACE Rev 2.1 | 20 | 20 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products | exact |
| NACE Rev 2.0 | 38 | Waste collection, recovery and disposal activities | exact |
| ISIC Rev 4 | 20 | Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products | exact |
| NOGA 2008 | 38 | Collecte, valorisation et élimination des déchets | exact |
| NACE Rev 2.1 | 20 | 20 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products | exact |
| NACE Rev 2.0 | 20 | Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products | exact |
| ISIC Rev 4 | 20 | Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products | exact |
| NOGA 2008 | 20 | Industrie chimique | exact |
Type exact = strict 1:1 equivalence. partial = partial overlap. multi = one source code maps to several target codes.
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 |
Activity examples
Company profiles typically classified under NOGA code 20.
A company whose main activity falls under "Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products" is classified under NOGA code 20.
This category covers industrial units and workshops that transform raw materials or components into finished or semi-finished products: factories, manufacturing plants, production workshops and processing sites.
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 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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