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NOGA 85.10 Pre-primary education
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).
8510Multilingual 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) | Enseignement pré-primaire |
| Deutsch (de) | Kindergärten und Vorschulen |
| Italiano (it) | Istruzione prescolastica |
| English (en) | Pre-primary education |
NOGA hierarchy
The NOGA code 85.10 sits within the following hierarchy (from broadest to most specific).
Direct sub-levels
This code breaks down into 1 more specific sub-level.
| Level | Code | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| subclass | 85.10.00 | Pre-primary education |
Official cross-walks
Equivalence of NOGA code 85.10 in the European (NACE) and international (ISIC) standards, from the official FSO and Eurostat tables.
| Standard | Code | Designation | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| NACE Rev 2.1 | 85.10 | 85.10 Pre-primary education | exact |
| NACE Rev 2.0 | 85.10 | Pre-primary education | exact |
| ISIC Rev 4 | 8510 | Pre-primary and primary education | exact |
| NOGA 2008 | 85.10 | Enseignement pré-primaire | exact |
| NACE Rev 2.1 | 85.10 | 85.10 Pre-primary education | exact |
| NACE Rev 2.0 | 88.91 | Child day-care activities | exact |
| ISIC Rev 4 | 8510 | Pre-primary and primary education | exact |
| NOGA 2008 | 88.91 | Activités de garde d’enfants | 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 85.10, within the same parent group or at the same hierarchical level.
| Code | Level | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 85.20 | class | Primary education |
| 85.31 | class | General secondary education |
| 85.32 | class | Vocational secondary education |
| 85.33 | class | Post-secondary non-tertiary education |
| 85.40 | class | Tertiary education |
| 85.51 | class | Sports and recreation education |
| 85.52 | class | Cultural education |
| 85.53 | class | Driving school activities |
Activity examples
Company profiles typically classified under NOGA code 85.10.
A company whose main activity falls under "Pre-primary education" is classified under NOGA code 85.10.
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 85.10 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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