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NOGA 49.31 Scheduled passenger transport by road
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).
4931Multilingual 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) | Transport régulier de voyageurs par route |
| Deutsch (de) | Personenbeförderung im Linienverkehr auf der Strasse |
| Italiano (it) | Trasporto di linea di passeggeri su strada |
| English (en) | Scheduled passenger transport by road |
NOGA hierarchy
The NOGA code 49.31 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 | 49.31.00 | Scheduled passenger transport by road |
Official cross-walks
Equivalence of NOGA code 49.31 in the European (NACE) and international (ISIC) standards, from the official FSO and Eurostat tables.
| Standard | Code | Designation | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| NACE Rev 2.1 | 49.31 | 49.31 Scheduled passenger transport by road | partial |
| NACE Rev 2.0 | 49.31 | Scheduled passenger transport by road | partial |
| NOGA 2008 | 49.31 | Transport régulier de voyageurs par route | partial |
| NACE Rev 2.1 | 49.31 | 49.31 Scheduled passenger transport by road | partial |
| NACE Rev 2.0 | 49.39 | Other passenger land transport n.e.c. | partial |
| NOGA 2008 | 49.39 | Autre transport terrestre de voyageurs n.c.a. | 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 49.31, within the same parent group or at the same hierarchical level.
| Code | Level | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 49.32 | class | Non-scheduled passenger transport by road |
| 49.33 | class | On-demand passenger transport service activities by vehicle with driver |
| 49.34 | class | Passenger transport by cableways and ski lifts |
| 49.39 | class | Other passenger land transport n.e.c. |
| 49.41 | class | Freight transport by road |
| 49.20 | class | Freight rail transport |
| 49.42 | class | Removal services |
| 49.12 | class | Other passenger rail transport |
Activity examples
Company profiles typically classified under NOGA code 49.31.
A company whose main activity falls under "Scheduled passenger transport by road" is classified under NOGA code 49.31.
This category covers all companies whose main economic activity matches this description, whatever their size: sole traders, SMEs, large companies, branches and Swiss establishments.
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 49.31 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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