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NOGA 68.20 Rental and operating of own or leased real estate
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).
6820Multilingual 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) | Location et exploitation de biens immobiliers propres ou loués |
| Deutsch (de) | Vermietung, Verpachtung von eigenen oder geleasten Grundstücken, Gebäuden und Wohnungen |
| Italiano (it) | Affitto e gestione di beni immobili propri o in locazione |
| English (en) | Rental and operating of own or leased real estate |
NOGA hierarchy
The NOGA code 68.20 sits within the following hierarchy (from broadest to most specific).
Direct sub-levels
This code breaks down into 3 more specific sub-levels.
| Level | Code | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| subclass | 68.20.01 | Rental and operating of self-owned or leased land |
| subclass | 68.20.02 | Rental and operating of self-owned or leased buildings and dwellings |
| subclass | 68.20.03 | Activities of housing cooperatives |
Official cross-walks
Equivalence of NOGA code 68.20 in the European (NACE) and international (ISIC) standards, from the official FSO and Eurostat tables.
| Standard | Code | Designation | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| NACE Rev 2.1 | 68.20 | 68.20 Rental and operating of own or leased real estate | exact |
| NACE Rev 2.0 | 68.20 | Rental and operating of own or leased real estate | exact |
| ISIC Rev 4 | 6820 | Real estate activities on a fee or contract basis | exact |
| NOGA 2008 | 68.20 | Location et exploitation de biens immobiliers propres ou loués | 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 68.20, within the same parent group or at the same hierarchical level.
| Code | Level | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 68.12 | class | Development of building projects |
| 68.11 | class | Buying and selling of own real estate |
| 68.31 | class | Intermediation service activities for real estate activities |
| 68.32 | class | Other real estate activities on a fee or contract basis |
| 69.10 | class | Legal activities |
| 69.20 | class | Accounting, bookkeeping and auditing activities; tax consultancy |
| 66.30 | class | Fund management activities |
| 70.10 | class | Activities of head offices |
Activity examples
Company profiles typically classified under NOGA code 68.20.
A company whose main activity falls under "Rental and operating of own or leased real estate" is classified under NOGA code 68.20.
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 68.20 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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