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NOGA 59 Motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities
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).
59Multilingual 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) | Production de films cinématographiques, de vidéos et de programmes de télévision; enregistrement sonore et édition musicale |
| Deutsch (de) | Herstellung, Verleih und Vertrieb von Filmen und Fernsehprogrammen; Kinos; Tonstudios und Verlegen von Musik |
| Italiano (it) | Attività di produzione, post-produzione e distribuzione cinematografica, di video e programmi televisivi, di registrazioni musicali e sonore |
| English (en) | Motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities |
NOGA hierarchy
The NOGA code 59 sits within the following hierarchy (from broadest to most specific).
Direct sub-levels
This code breaks down into 2 more specific sub-levels.
Official cross-walks
Equivalence of NOGA code 59 in the European (NACE) and international (ISIC) standards, from the official FSO and Eurostat tables.
| Standard | Code | Designation | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| NACE Rev 2.1 | 59 | 59 Motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities | exact |
| NACE Rev 2.0 | 59 | Motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities | exact |
| ISIC Rev 4 | 59 | Motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities | exact |
| NOGA 2008 | 59 | Production de films cinématographiques, de vidéos et de programmes de télévision; enregistrement sonore et édition musicale | 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 59, within the same parent group or at the same hierarchical level.
| Code | Level | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 58 | division | Publishing activities |
| 60 | division | Programming, broadcasting, news agency and other content distribution activities |
| 61 | division | Telecommunication |
| 56 | division | Food and beverage service activities |
| 62 | division | Computer programming, consultancy and related activities |
| 55 | division | Accommodation |
| 63 | division | Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and other information service activities |
| 64 | division | Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding |
Activity examples
Company profiles typically classified under NOGA code 59.
A company whose main activity falls under "Motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities" is classified under NOGA code 59.
This category covers industrial units and workshops that transform raw materials or components into finished or semi-finished products: factories, manufacturing plants, production workshops and processing sites.
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 59 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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