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NOGA 87.99 Other residential care activities n.e.c.
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).
8799Multilingual 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) | Autres activités d’hébergement social n.c.a. |
| Deutsch (de) | Sonstige Heime, ohne Erholungs- und Ferienheime, a. n. g. |
| Italiano (it) | Altre attività di assistenza residenziale n.c.a. |
| English (en) | Other residential care activities n.e.c. |
NOGA hierarchy
The NOGA code 87.99 sits within the following hierarchy (from broadest to most specific).
Direct sub-levels
This code breaks down into 2 more specific sub-levels.
| Level | Code | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| subclass | 87.99.01 | Residential homes for children and young people |
| subclass | 87.99.09 | Other miscellaneous residential care activities n.e.c. |
Official cross-walks
Equivalence of NOGA code 87.99 in the European (NACE) and international (ISIC) standards, from the official FSO and Eurostat tables.
| Standard | Code | Designation | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| NACE Rev 2.1 | 87.99 | 87.99 Other residential care activities n.e.c. | 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 87.99, within the same parent group or at the same hierarchical level.
| Code | Level | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 87.91 | class | Intermediation service activities for residential care activities |
| 88.10 | class | Social work activities without accommodation for older persons or persons with disabilities |
| 87.30 | class | Residential care activities for older persons or persons with physical disabilities |
| 87.20 | class | Residential care activities for persons living with or having a diagnosis of a mental illness or substance abuse |
| 87.10 | class | Residential nursing care activities |
| 88.91 | class | Child day-care activities |
| 86.99 | class | Other human health activities n.e.c. |
| 88.99 | class | Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c. |
Activity examples
Company profiles typically classified under NOGA code 87.99.
A company whose main activity falls under "Other residential care activities n.e.c." is classified under NOGA code 87.99.
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 87.99 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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