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NOGA 46.38 Wholesale of other food
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).
4638Multilingual 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 d’autres denrées alimentaires |
| Deutsch (de) | Grosshandel mit sonstigen Nahrungs- und Genussmitteln |
| Italiano (it) | Commercio all’ingrosso di altri prodotti alimentari |
| English (en) | Wholesale of other food |
NOGA hierarchy
The NOGA code 46.38 sits within the following hierarchy (from broadest to most specific).
Direct sub-levels
This code breaks down into 1 more specific sub-level.
| Level | Code | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| subclass | 46.38.00 | Wholesale of other food |
Official cross-walks
Equivalence of NOGA code 46.38 in the European (NACE) and international (ISIC) standards, from the official FSO and Eurostat tables.
| Standard | Code | Designation | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| NACE Rev 2.1 | 46.38 | 46.38 Wholesale of other food | partial |
| NACE Rev 2.0 | 46.38 | Wholesale of other food | partial |
| NOGA 2008 | 46.38 | Commerce de gros d’autres denrées alimentaires | partial |
Type exact = strict 1:1 equivalence. partial = partial overlap. multi = one source code maps to several target codes.
Neighbouring codes
NOGA codes close to 46.38, within the same parent group or at the same hierarchical level.
| Code | Level | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 46.31 | class | Wholesale of fruit and vegetables |
| 46.32 | class | Wholesale of meat, meat products, fish and fish products |
| 46.33 | class | Wholesale of dairy products, eggs and edible oils and fats |
| 46.34 | class | Wholesale of beverages |
| 46.35 | class | Wholesale of tobacco products |
| 46.36 | class | Wholesale of sugar, chocolate and sugar confectionery |
| 46.37 | class | Wholesale of coffee, tea, cocoa and spices |
| 46.39 | class | Non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco |
Activity examples
Company profiles typically classified under NOGA code 46.38.
A company whose main activity falls under "Wholesale of other food" is classified under NOGA code 46.38.
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 46.38 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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