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NOGA 69.10 Legal 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).
6910Multilingual 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 juridiques |
| Deutsch (de) | Rechtsberatung |
| Italiano (it) | Attività legali, giuridiche e notarili |
| English (en) | Legal activities |
NOGA hierarchy
The NOGA code 69.10 sits within the following hierarchy (from broadest to most specific).
Direct sub-levels
This code breaks down into 2 more specific sub-levels.
| Level | Code | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| subclass | 69.10.01 | Attorney, notary practice |
| subclass | 69.10.02 | Activities of legal advice |
Official cross-walks
Equivalence of NOGA code 69.10 in the European (NACE) and international (ISIC) standards, from the official FSO and Eurostat tables.
| Standard | Code | Designation | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| NACE Rev 2.1 | 69.10 | 69.10 Legal activities | exact |
| NACE Rev 2.0 | 69.10 | Legal activities | exact |
| ISIC Rev 4 | 6910 | Legal activities | exact |
| NOGA 2008 | 69.10 | Activités juridiques | 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 69.10, within the same parent group or at the same hierarchical level.
| Code | Level | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 69.20 | class | Accounting, bookkeeping and auditing activities; tax consultancy |
| 68.32 | class | Other real estate activities on a fee or contract basis |
| 68.31 | class | Intermediation service activities for real estate activities |
| 68.20 | class | Rental and operating of own or leased real estate |
| 68.12 | class | Development of building projects |
| 68.11 | class | Buying and selling of own real estate |
| 70.10 | class | Activities of head offices |
| 70.20 | class | Business and other management consultancy activities |
Activity examples
Company profiles typically classified under NOGA code 69.10.
A company whose main activity falls under "Legal activities" is classified under NOGA code 69.10.
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 69.10 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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