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NOGA 86.23 Dental practice care 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).
8623Multilingual 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 soins dentaires |
| Deutsch (de) | Zahnarztpraxen |
| Italiano (it) | Attività odontoiatriche |
| English (en) | Dental practice care activities |
NOGA hierarchy
The NOGA code 86.23 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 | 86.23.00 | Dental practice care activities |
Official cross-walks
Equivalence of NOGA code 86.23 in the European (NACE) and international (ISIC) standards, from the official FSO and Eurostat tables.
| Standard | Code | Designation | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| NACE Rev 2.1 | 86.23 | 86.23 Dental practice care activities | partial |
| NACE Rev 2.0 | 86.23 | Dental practice care activities | partial |
| NOGA 2008 | 86.23 | Activités de soins dentaires | 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 86.23, within the same parent group or at the same hierarchical level.
| Code | Level | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 86.21 | class | General medical practice activities |
| 86.22 | class | Medical specialists activities |
| 86.10 | class | Hospital activities |
| 85.69 | class | Educational support activities n.e.c. |
| 85.61 | class | Intermediation service activities for courses and tutors |
| 85.59 | class | Other education n.e.c. |
| 86.91 | class | Diagnostic imaging services and medical laboratory activities |
| 86.92 | class | Patient transportation by ambulance |
Activity examples
Company profiles typically classified under NOGA code 86.23.
A company whose main activity falls under "Dental practice care activities" is classified under NOGA code 86.23.
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 86.23 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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