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NOGA 42.9 Construction of other civil engineering projects
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).
429Multilingual 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) | Construction d’autres ouvrages de génie civil |
| Deutsch (de) | Sonstiger Tiefbau |
| Italiano (it) | Costruzione di altre opere di ingegneria civile |
| English (en) | Construction of other civil engineering projects |
NOGA hierarchy
The NOGA code 42.9 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 42.9 in the European (NACE) and international (ISIC) standards, from the official FSO and Eurostat tables.
| Standard | Code | Designation | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| NACE Rev 2.1 | 42.9 | 42.9 Construction of other civil engineering projects | exact |
| NACE Rev 2.0 | 42.9 | Construction of other civil engineering projects | exact |
| ISIC Rev 4 | 429 | Construction of other civil engineering projects | exact |
| NOGA 2008 | 42.9 | Construction d’autres ouvrages de génie civil | exact |
| NACE Rev 2.1 | 42.9 | 42.9 Construction of other civil engineering projects | exact |
| NACE Rev 2.0 | 43.9 | Other specialised construction activities | exact |
| ISIC Rev 4 | 429 | Construction of other civil engineering projects | exact |
| NOGA 2008 | 43.9 | Autres travaux de construction spécialisés | 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 42.9, within the same parent group or at the same hierarchical level.
| Code | Level | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 42.1 | group | Construction of roads and railways |
| 42.2 | group | Construction of utility projects |
| 43.1 | group | Demolition and site preparation |
| 43.2 | group | Electrical, plumbing and other construction installation activities |
| 43.3 | group | Building completion and finishing |
| 43.4 | group | Specialised construction activities in construction of buildings |
| 43.5 | group | Specialised construction activities in civil engineering |
| 43.6 | group | Intermediation service activities for specialised construction services |
Activity examples
Company profiles typically classified under NOGA code 42.9.
A company whose main activity falls under "Construction of other civil engineering projects" is classified under NOGA code 42.9.
This category covers general and finishing contractors, building trades and civil-engineering firms: construction companies, subcontractors and technical offices.
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 42.9 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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