openswissdataNOGA 46Wholesale trade
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).
46Multilingual 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) | Commerce de gros |
| Deutsch (de) | Grosshandel |
| Italiano (it) | Commercio all’ingrosso |
| English (en) | Wholesale trade |
NOGA hierarchy
The NOGA code 46 sits within the following hierarchy (from broadest to most specific).
Direct sub-levels
This code breaks down into 9 more specific sub-levels.
| Level | Code | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| group | 46.1 | Wholesale on a fee or contract basis |
| group | 46.2 | Wholesale of agricultural raw materials and live animals |
| group | 46.3 | Wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco |
| group | 46.4 | Wholesale of household goods |
| group | 46.5 | Wholesale of information and communication equipment |
| group | 46.6 | Wholesale of other machinery, equipment and supplies |
| group | 46.7 | Wholesale of motor vehicles, motorcycles and related parts and accessories |
| group | 46.8 | Other specialised wholesale |
| group | 46.9 | Non-specialised wholesale trade |
Documented mappings
Available relationships for NOGA 46, based on FSO and Eurostat sources. Approximate mappings require a review of the business activity.
| Standard | Code | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| NACE 2.1 | 46 | Documented identity | OFS / BFS |
| NACE 2.0 | 45 | Approximate mapping · review required | Eurostat · OFS / BFS |
| NACE 2.0 | 46 | Approximate mapping · review required | Eurostat · OFS / BFS |
| NACE 2.0 | 82 | Approximate mapping · review required | Eurostat · OFS / BFS |
| NOGA 2008 | 45 | Approximate mapping · review required | Eurostat · OFS / BFS |
| NOGA 2008 | 46 | Approximate mapping · review required | Eurostat · OFS / BFS |
| NOGA 2008 | 82 | 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 46, within the same parent group or at the same hierarchical level.
| Code | Level | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 47 | division | Retail trade |
| 43 | division | Specialised construction activities |
| 49 | division | Land transport and transport via pipelines |
| 42 | division | Civil engineering |
| 50 | division | Water transport |
| 41 | division | Construction of residential and non-residential buildings |
| 51 | division | Air transport |
| 52 | division | Warehousing, storage and support activities for transportation |
How this code is used
NOGA code 46 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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