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NOGA 26.5 Manufacture of measuring, testing instruments, clocks and watches
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).
265Multilingual 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) | Fabrication d’instruments de mesure et d’essai; horlogerie |
| Deutsch (de) | Herstellung von Mess- und Kontrollinstrumenten sowie von Uhren |
| Italiano (it) | Fabbricazione di strumenti di misurazione e prova e di orologi |
| English (en) | Manufacture of measuring, testing instruments, clocks and watches |
NOGA hierarchy
The NOGA code 26.5 sits within the following hierarchy (from broadest to most specific).
Direct sub-levels
This code breaks down into 2 more specific sub-levels.
Official cross-walks
Equivalence of NOGA code 26.5 in the European (NACE) and international (ISIC) standards, from the official FSO and Eurostat tables.
| Standard | Code | Designation | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| NACE Rev 2.1 | 26.5 | 26.5 Manufacture of measuring testing instruments, clocks and watches | exact |
| NACE Rev 2.0 | 26.3 | Manufacture of communication equipment | exact |
| ISIC Rev 4 | 265 | Manufacture of measuring, testing, navigating and control equipment; watches and clocks | exact |
| NOGA 2008 | 26.3 | Fabrication d’équipements de communication | exact |
| NACE Rev 2.1 | 26.5 | 26.5 Manufacture of measuring testing instruments, clocks and watches | exact |
| NACE Rev 2.0 | 26.5 | Manufacture of measuring testing instruments, clocks and watches | exact |
| ISIC Rev 4 | 265 | Manufacture of measuring, testing, navigating and control equipment; watches and clocks | exact |
| NOGA 2008 | 26.5 | Fabrication d’instruments de mesure et d’essai; horlogerie | 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 26.5, within the same parent group or at the same hierarchical level.
| Code | Level | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 26.1 | group | Manufacture of electronic components and boards |
| 26.2 | group | Manufacture of computers and peripheral equipment |
| 26.3 | group | Manufacture of communication equipment |
| 26.4 | group | Manufacture of consumer electronics |
| 26.6 | group | Manufacture of irradiation, electromedical and electrotherapeutic equipment |
| 26.7 | group | Manufacture of optical instruments, magnetic and optical media and photographic equipment |
| 25.9 | group | Manufacture of other fabricated metal products |
| 27.1 | group | Manufacture of electric motors, generators, transformers and electricity distribution and control apparatus |
Activity examples
Company profiles typically classified under NOGA code 26.5.
A company whose main activity falls under "Manufacture of measuring, testing instruments, clocks and watches" is classified under NOGA code 26.5.
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 26.5 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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