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NOGA 24 Manufacture of basic metals
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).
24Multilingual 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) | Métallurgie |
| Deutsch (de) | Metallerzeugung und -bearbeitung |
| Italiano (it) | Fabbricazione di metalli di base |
| English (en) | Manufacture of basic metals |
NOGA hierarchy
The NOGA code 24 sits within the following hierarchy (from broadest to most specific).
Direct sub-levels
This code breaks down into 5 more specific sub-levels.
| Level | Code | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| group | 24.1 | Manufacture of basic iron and steel and of ferro-alloys |
| group | 24.2 | Manufacture of tubes, pipes, hollow profiles and related fittings, of steel |
| group | 24.3 | Manufacture of other products of first processing of steel |
| group | 24.4 | Manufacture of basic precious and other non-ferrous metals |
| group | 24.5 | Casting of metals |
Official cross-walks
Equivalence of NOGA code 24 in the European (NACE) and international (ISIC) standards, from the official FSO and Eurostat tables.
| Standard | Code | Designation | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| NACE Rev 2.1 | 24 | 24 Manufacture of basic metals | exact |
| NACE Rev 2.0 | 24 | Manufacture of basic metals | exact |
| ISIC Rev 4 | 24 | Manufacture of basic metals | exact |
| NOGA 2008 | 24 | Métallurgie | 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 24, 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 24.
A company whose main activity falls under "Manufacture of basic metals" is classified under NOGA code 24.
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 24 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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