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NOGA 46 Wholesale trade
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).
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 |
Official cross-walks
Equivalence of NOGA code 46 in the European (NACE) and international (ISIC) standards, from the official FSO and Eurostat tables.
| Standard | Code | Designation | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| NACE Rev 2.1 | 46 | 46 Wholesale trade | exact |
| NACE Rev 2.0 | 82 | Office administrative, office support and other business support activities | exact |
| ISIC Rev 4 | 46 | Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles | exact |
| NOGA 2008 | 82 | Activités de service de bureau, de soutien administratif et d’autre soutien aux entreprises | exact |
| NACE Rev 2.1 | 46 | 46 Wholesale trade | exact |
| NACE Rev 2.0 | 46 | Wholesale trade | exact |
| ISIC Rev 4 | 46 | Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles | exact |
| NOGA 2008 | 46 | Commerce de gros | 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 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 |
Activity examples
Company profiles typically classified under NOGA code 46.
A company whose main activity falls under "Wholesale trade" is classified under NOGA code 46.
This category covers wholesale and retail trade, resellers and distributors: shops, stores, e-commerce, wholesalers and resale chains.
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 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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