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NOGA 50.10 Sea and coastal passenger water transport
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).
5010Multilingual 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) | Transports maritimes et côtiers de passagers |
| Deutsch (de) | Personenbeförderung in der Hochsee- und Küstenschifffahrt |
| Italiano (it) | Trasporto marittimo e costiero di passeggeri |
| English (en) | Sea and coastal passenger water transport |
NOGA hierarchy
The NOGA code 50.10 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 | 50.10.00 | Sea and coastal passenger water transport |
Official cross-walks
Equivalence of NOGA code 50.10 in the European (NACE) and international (ISIC) standards, from the official FSO and Eurostat tables.
| Standard | Code | Designation | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| NACE Rev 2.1 | 50.10 | 50.10 Sea and coastal passenger water transport | partial |
| NACE Rev 2.0 | 50.10 | Sea and coastal passenger water transport | partial |
| NOGA 2008 | 50.10 | Transports maritimes et côtiers de passagers | 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 50.10, within the same parent group or at the same hierarchical level.
| Code | Level | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 50.20 | class | Sea and coastal freight water transport |
| 50.30 | class | Inland passenger water transport |
| 50.40 | class | Inland freight water transport |
| 49.50 | class | Transport via pipeline |
| 49.42 | class | Removal services |
| 49.41 | class | Freight transport by road |
| 49.39 | class | Other passenger land transport n.e.c. |
| 49.34 | class | Passenger transport by cableways and ski lifts |
Activity examples
Company profiles typically classified under NOGA code 50.10.
A company whose main activity falls under "Sea and coastal passenger water transport" is classified under NOGA code 50.10.
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 50.10 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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