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NOGA 39.00 Remediation activities and other waste management service activities
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).
3900Multilingual 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) | Activités de dépollution et autres activités de service de gestion des déchets |
| Deutsch (de) | Beseitigung von Umweltverschmutzungen und sonstige Tätigkeiten in der Abfallbewirtschaftung |
| Italiano (it) | Attività di risanamento e altri servizi di gestione dei rifiuti |
| English (en) | Remediation activities and other waste management service activities |
NOGA hierarchy
The NOGA code 39.00 sits within the following hierarchy (from broadest to most specific).
| Level | Code | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| section | E | WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE, WASTE MANAGEMENT AND REMEDIATION ACTIVITIES |
| division | 39 | Remediation activities and other waste management service activities |
| group | 39.0 | Remediation activities and other waste management service activities |
| class | 39.00 | Remediation activities and other waste management service activities |
Direct sub-levels
This code breaks down into 1 more specific sub-level.
| Level | Code | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| subclass | 39.00.00 | Remediation activities and other waste management service activities |
Official cross-walks
Equivalence of NOGA code 39.00 in the European (NACE) and international (ISIC) standards, from the official FSO and Eurostat tables.
| Standard | Code | Designation | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| NACE Rev 2.1 | 39.00 | 39.00 Remediation activities and other waste management service activities | exact |
| NACE Rev 2.0 | 39.00 | Remediation activities and other waste management service activities | exact |
| ISIC Rev 4 | 3900 | Remediation activities and other waste management services | exact |
| NOGA 2008 | 39.00 | Activités de dépollution et autres activités de service de gestion des déchets | 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 39.00, within the same parent group or at the same hierarchical level.
| Code | Level | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 38.33 | class | Other waste disposal |
| 38.32 | class | Landfilling or permanent storage |
| 38.31 | class | Incineration without energy recovery |
| 38.23 | class | Other waste recovery |
| 38.22 | class | Energy recovery |
| 38.21 | class | Materials recovery |
| 38.12 | class | Collection of hazardous waste |
| 38.11 | class | Collection of non-hazardous waste |
Activity examples
Company profiles typically classified under NOGA code 39.00.
A company whose main activity falls under "Remediation activities and other waste management service activities" is classified under NOGA code 39.00.
This category covers service companies, firms, agencies and sole traders whose main offering matches this activity: consulting firms, professional practices and independent providers.
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 39.00 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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