NOGA 2025·class

NOGA 24.41Precious metals production

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).

Level

class

Raw code: 2441

Designation

Precious metals production

Source · standard

NOGA 2025 · OFS / BFS · 2026

Multilingual 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)	Production de métaux précieux
Deutsch (de)	Erzeugung und erste Bearbeitung von Edelmetallen
Italiano (it)	Produzione di metalli preziosi
English (en)	Precious metals production

NOGA hierarchy

The NOGA code 24.41 sits within the following hierarchy (from broadest to most specific).

Level	Code	Designation
section	C	MANUFACTURING
division	24	Manufacture of basic metals
group	24.4	Manufacture of basic precious and other non-ferrous metals
class	24.41	Precious metals production

Direct sub-levels

This code breaks down into 1 more specific sub-level.

Level	Code	Designation
subclass	24.41.00	Precious metals production

Documented mappings

Available relationships for NOGA 24.41, based on FSO and Eurostat sources. Approximate mappings require a review of the business activity.

Standard	Code	Type	Source
NACE 2.1	2441	Documented identity	OFS / BFS
NACE 2.0	2441	Approximate mapping · review required	Eurostat · OFS / BFS
NOGA 2008	2441	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 24.41, within the same parent group or at the same hierarchical level.

Code	Level	Designation
24.42	class	Aluminium production
24.43	class	Lead, zinc and tin production
24.44	class	Copper production
24.45	class	Other non-ferrous metal production
24.46	class	Processing of nuclear fuel
24.34	class	Cold drawing of wire
24.33	class	Cold forming or folding
24.32	class	Cold rolling of narrow strip

How this code is used

NOGA code 24.41 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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