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NOGA 47.73 Retail sale of pharmaceutical products
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).
4773Multilingual 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 produits pharmaceutiques |
| Deutsch (de) | Einzelhandel mit pharmazeutischen Erzeugnissen |
| Italiano (it) | Commercio al dettaglio di prodotti farmaceutici |
| English (en) | Retail sale of pharmaceutical products |
NOGA hierarchy
The NOGA code 47.73 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 | 47.73.00 | Retail sale of pharmaceutical products |
Official cross-walks
Equivalence of NOGA code 47.73 in the European (NACE) and international (ISIC) standards, from the official FSO and Eurostat tables.
| Standard | Code | Designation | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| NACE Rev 2.1 | 47.73 | 47.73 Retail sale of pharmaceutical products | exact |
| NACE Rev 2.0 | 47.91 | Intermediation service activities for non-specialised retail sale | exact |
| ISIC Rev 4 | 4773 | Other retail sale of new goods in specialized stores | exact |
| NOGA 2008 | 47.91 | Activités de service d’intermédiation pour le commerce de détail non spécialisé | exact |
| NACE Rev 2.1 | 47.73 | 47.73 Retail sale of pharmaceutical products | exact |
| NACE Rev 2.0 | 47.73 | Retail sale of pharmaceutical products | exact |
| ISIC Rev 4 | 4773 | Other retail sale of new goods in specialized stores | exact |
| NOGA 2008 | 47.73 | Commerce de produits pharmaceutiques | 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 47.73, within the same parent group or at the same hierarchical level.
| Code | Level | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 47.71 | class | Retail sale of clothing |
| 47.72 | class | Retail sale of footwear and leather goods |
| 47.74 | class | Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods |
| 47.75 | class | Retail sale of cosmetic and toilet articles |
| 47.76 | class | Retail sale of flowers, plants, fertilisers, pets and pet food |
| 47.77 | class | Retail sale of watches and jewellery |
| 47.78 | class | Retail sale of other new goods |
| 47.79 | class | Retail sale of second-hand goods |
Activity examples
Company profiles typically classified under NOGA code 47.73.
A company whose main activity falls under "Retail sale of pharmaceutical products" is classified under NOGA code 47.73.
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 47.73 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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