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NOGA 78.20 Temporary employment agency activities and other human resource provisions
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).
7820Multilingual 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 d’agence de travail temporaire et autre mise à disposition de ressources humaines |
| Deutsch (de) | Überlassung von Arbeitskräften und sonstige Personaldienstleistungen |
| Italiano (it) | Attività di agenzie di lavoro interinale e altre attività di fornitura di risorse umane |
| English (en) | Temporary employment agency activities and other human resource provisions |
NOGA hierarchy
The NOGA code 78.20 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 | 78.20.01 | Temporary employment agency activities |
| subclass | 78.20.02 | Other human resources provision |
Official cross-walks
Equivalence of NOGA code 78.20 in the European (NACE) and international (ISIC) standards, from the official FSO and Eurostat tables.
| Standard | Code | Designation | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| NACE Rev 2.1 | 78.20 | 78.20 Temporary employment agency activities and other human resource provisions | exact |
| NACE Rev 2.0 | 78.20 | Temporary employment agency activities and other human resource provisions | exact |
| ISIC Rev 4 | 7820 | Temporary employment agency activities | exact |
| NOGA 2008 | 78.20 | Activités d’agence de travail temporaire et autre mise à disposition de ressources humaines | 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 78.20, within the same parent group or at the same hierarchical level.
| Code | Level | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 78.10 | class | Activities of employment placement agencies |
| 77.52 | class | Intermediation service activities for rental and leasing of other tangible goods and non-financial intangible assets |
| 77.51 | class | Intermediation service activities for rental and leasing of cars, motorhomes and trailers |
| 77.40 | class | Leasing of intellectual property and similar products, except copyrighted works |
| 77.39 | class | Rental and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c. |
| 77.35 | class | Rental and leasing of air transport equipment |
| 77.34 | class | Rental and leasing of water transport equipment |
| 77.33 | class | Rental and leasing of office machinery, equipment and computers |
Activity examples
Company profiles typically classified under NOGA code 78.20.
A company whose main activity falls under "Temporary employment agency activities and other human resource provisions" is classified under NOGA code 78.20.
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 78.20 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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