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NOGA 82 Office administrative, office support and other business support 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).
82Multilingual 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 de service de bureau, de soutien administratif et d’autre soutien aux entreprises |
| Deutsch (de) | Erbringung von wirtschaftlichen Dienstleistungen für Unternehmen und Privatpersonen |
| Italiano (it) | Attività amministrative, di supporto per le funzioni di ufficio e altri servizi di supporto alle imprese |
| English (en) | Office administrative, office support and other business support activities |
NOGA hierarchy
The NOGA code 82 sits within the following hierarchy (from broadest to most specific).
Direct sub-levels
This code breaks down into 5 more specific sub-levels.
| Level | Code | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| group | 82.1 | Office administrative and support activities |
| group | 82.2 | Activities of call centres |
| group | 82.3 | Organisation of conventions and trade shows |
| group | 82.4 | Intermediation service activities for business support service activities n.e.c. |
| group | 82.9 | Business support service activities n.e.c. |
Official cross-walks
Equivalence of NOGA code 82 in the European (NACE) and international (ISIC) standards, from the official FSO and Eurostat tables.
| Standard | Code | Designation | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| NACE Rev 2.1 | 82 | 82 Office administrative, office support and other business support activities | exact |
| NACE Rev 2.0 | 82 | Office administrative, office support and other business support activities | exact |
| ISIC Rev 4 | 82 | Office administrative, office support and other business support activities | exact |
| NOGA 2008 | 82 | Activités de service de bureau, de soutien administratif et d’autre soutien aux entreprises | exact |
| NACE Rev 2.1 | 82 | 82 Office administrative, office support and other business support activities | exact |
| NACE Rev 2.0 | 79 | Travel agency, tour operator and other reservation service and related activities | exact |
| ISIC Rev 4 | 82 | Office administrative, office support and other business support activities | exact |
| NOGA 2008 | 79 | Activités d’agence de voyage, de voyagiste, de service de réservation et de services connexes | 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 82, within the same parent group or at the same hierarchical level.
| Code | Level | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 77 | division | Rental and leasing activities |
| 78 | division | Employment activities |
| 79 | division | Travel agency, tour operator and other reservation service and related activities |
| 80 | division | Investigation and security activities |
| 81 | division | Services to buildings and landscape activities |
| 84 | division | Public administration and defence; compulsory social security |
| 85 | division | Education |
| 86 | division | Human health activities |
Activity examples
Company profiles typically classified under NOGA code 82.
A company whose main activity falls under "Office administrative, office support and other business support activities" is classified under NOGA code 82.
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 82 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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