NOGA 80.0 Investigation and security 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).
800Multilingual 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’investigation et de sécurité |
| Deutsch (de) | Wach- und Sicherheitsdienste sowie Detekteien |
| Italiano (it) | Attività di investigazione e vigilanza |
| English (en) | Investigation and security activities |
NOGA hierarchy
The NOGA code 80.0 sits within the following hierarchy (from broadest to most specific).
Direct sub-levels
This code breaks down into 2 more specific sub-levels.
Official cross-walks
Equivalence of NOGA code 80.0 in the European (NACE) and international (ISIC) standards, from the official FSO and Eurostat tables.
| Standard | Code | Designation | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| NACE Rev 2.1 | 80.0 | 80.0 Investigation and security activities | partial |
| NACE Rev 2.0 | 74.9 | Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c. | partial |
| NOGA 2008 | 74.9 | Autres activités spécialisées, scientifiques et techniques n.c.a. | 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 80.0, within the same parent group or at the same hierarchical level.
| Code | Level | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 79.9 | group | Other reservation service and related activities |
| 79.1 | group | Travel agency and tour operator activities |
| 81.1 | group | Combined facilities support activities |
| 81.2 | group | Cleaning activities |
| 81.3 | group | Landscape service activities |
| 78.2 | group | Temporary employment agency activities and other human resource provisions |
| 78.1 | group | Activities of employment placement agencies |
| 82.1 | group | Office administrative and support activities |
Activity examples
Company profiles typically classified under NOGA code 80.0.
A company whose main activity falls under "Investigation and security activities" is classified under NOGA code 80.0.
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 80.0 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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