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NOGA 85.3 Secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary 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).
853Multilingual 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 secondaire et enseignement post-secondaire non supérieur |
| Deutsch (de) | Weiterführende Schulen und postsekundärer, nicht tertiärer Unterricht |
| Italiano (it) | Istruzione secondaria e post-secondaria non terziaria |
| English (en) | Secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary education |
NOGA hierarchy
The NOGA code 85.3 sits within the following hierarchy (from broadest to most specific).
Direct sub-levels
This code breaks down into 3 more specific sub-levels.
Official cross-walks
Equivalence of NOGA code 85.3 in the European (NACE) and international (ISIC) standards, from the official FSO and Eurostat tables.
| Standard | Code | Designation | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| NACE Rev 2.1 | 85.3 | 85.3 Secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary education | exact |
| NACE Rev 2.0 | 85.4 | Tertiary education | exact |
| ISIC Rev 4 | 853 | Higher education | exact |
| NOGA 2008 | 85.4 | Enseignement supérieur | exact |
| NACE Rev 2.1 | 85.3 | 85.3 Secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary education | exact |
| NACE Rev 2.0 | 85.3 | Secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary education | exact |
| ISIC Rev 4 | 853 | Higher education | exact |
| NOGA 2008 | 85.3 | Enseignement secondaire et enseignement post-secondaire non supérieur | 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 85.3, within the same parent group or at the same hierarchical level.
| Code | Level | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 85.1 | group | Pre-primary education |
| 85.2 | group | Primary education |
| 85.4 | group | Tertiary education |
| 85.5 | group | Other education |
| 85.6 | group | Educational support activities |
| 86.1 | group | Hospital activities |
| 86.2 | group | Medical and dental practice activities |
| 84.3 | group | Compulsory social security activities |
Activity examples
Company profiles typically classified under NOGA code 85.3.
A company whose main activity falls under "Secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary education" is classified under NOGA code 85.3.
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 85.3 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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