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NOGA 64 Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding
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).
64Multilingual 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) | Activités de services financiers, hors assurance et fonds de pension |
| Deutsch (de) | Erbringung von Finanzdienstleistungen |
| Italiano (it) | Attività dei servizi finanziari, escluse le assicurazioni e i fondi pensione |
| English (en) | Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding |
NOGA hierarchy
The NOGA code 64 sits within the following hierarchy (from broadest to most specific).
Direct sub-levels
This code breaks down into 4 more specific sub-levels.
Official cross-walks
Equivalence of NOGA code 64 in the European (NACE) and international (ISIC) standards, from the official FSO and Eurostat tables.
| Standard | Code | Designation | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| NACE Rev 2.1 | 64 | 64 Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding | exact |
| NACE Rev 2.0 | 64 | Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding | exact |
| ISIC Rev 4 | 64 | Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding | exact |
| NOGA 2008 | 64 | Activités de services financiers, hors assurance et fonds de pension | 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 64, within the same parent group or at the same hierarchical level.
| Code | Level | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 65 | division | Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security |
| 66 | division | Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities |
| 63 | division | Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and other information service activities |
| 62 | division | Computer programming, consultancy and related activities |
| 61 | division | Telecommunication |
| 60 | division | Programming, broadcasting, news agency and other content distribution activities |
| 68 | division | Real estate activities |
| 59 | division | Motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities |
Activity examples
Company profiles typically classified under NOGA code 64.
A company whose main activity falls under "Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding" is classified under NOGA code 64.
This category covers service companies, firms, agencies and sole traders whose main offering matches this activity: consulting firms, professional practices and independent providers.
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 64 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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