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NOGA 64.21 Activities of holding companies
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).
6421Multilingual 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 société holding |
| Deutsch (de) | Beteiligungsgesellschaften |
| Italiano (it) | Attività delle società di partecipazione (holding) |
| English (en) | Activities of holding companies |
NOGA hierarchy
The NOGA code 64.21 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 | 64.21.00 | Activities of holding companies |
Official cross-walks
Equivalence of NOGA code 64.21 in the European (NACE) and international (ISIC) standards, from the official FSO and Eurostat tables.
| Standard | Code | Designation | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| NACE Rev 2.1 | 64.21 | 64.21 Activities of holding companies | 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 64.21, within the same parent group or at the same hierarchical level.
| Code | Level | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 64.22 | class | Activities of financing conduits |
| 64.19 | class | Other monetary intermediation |
| 64.11 | class | Central banking |
| 64.31 | class | Activities of money market and non-money market investments funds |
| 64.32 | class | Activities of trust, estate and agency accounts |
| 63.92 | class | Other information service activities |
| 63.91 | class | Web search portal activities |
| 64.91 | class | Financial leasing |
Activity examples
Company profiles typically classified under NOGA code 64.21.
A company whose main activity falls under "Activities of holding companies" is classified under NOGA code 64.21.
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 64.21 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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