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NOGA 66 Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance 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).
66Multilingual 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 auxiliaires d’activités de services financiers et d’assurance |
| Deutsch (de) | Mit Finanz- und Versicherungsdienstleistungen verbundene Tätigkeiten |
| Italiano (it) | Attività ausiliarie dei servizi finanziari e delle attività assicurative |
| English (en) | Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities |
NOGA hierarchy
The NOGA code 66 sits within the following hierarchy (from broadest to most specific).
Direct sub-levels
This code breaks down into 3 more specific sub-levels.
Official cross-walks
Equivalence of NOGA code 66 in the European (NACE) and international (ISIC) standards, from the official FSO and Eurostat tables.
| Standard | Code | Designation | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| NACE Rev 2.1 | 66 | 66 Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities | exact |
| NACE Rev 2.0 | 66 | Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities | exact |
| ISIC Rev 4 | 66 | Activities auxiliary to financial service and insurance activities | exact |
| NOGA 2008 | 66 | Activités auxiliaires d’activités de services financiers et d’assurance | 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 66, within the same parent group or at the same hierarchical level.
| Code | Level | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 64 | division | Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding |
| 65 | division | Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security |
| 68 | division | Real estate activities |
| 63 | division | Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and other information service activities |
| 69 | division | Legal and accounting activities |
| 62 | division | Computer programming, consultancy and related activities |
| 70 | division | Activities of head offices and management consultancy |
| 61 | division | Telecommunication |
Activity examples
Company profiles typically classified under NOGA code 66.
A company whose main activity falls under "Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities" is classified under NOGA code 66.
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 66 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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