NOGA 90.31 Operation of arts facilities and sites
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).
9031Multilingual 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) | Gestion de lieux d’exposition artistique et de salles de spectacles |
| Deutsch (de) | Betrieb von Einrichtungen für kunstschaffende Tätigkeiten und darstellende Künste |
| Italiano (it) | Gestione di strutture e spazi per le arti |
| English (en) | Operation of arts facilities and sites |
NOGA hierarchy
The NOGA code 90.31 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 | 90.31.00 | Operation of arts facilities and sites |
Official cross-walks
Equivalence of NOGA code 90.31 in the European (NACE) and international (ISIC) standards, from the official FSO and Eurostat tables.
| Standard | Code | Designation | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| NACE Rev 2.1 | 90.31 | 90.31 Operation of arts facilities and sites | 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 90.31, within the same parent group or at the same hierarchical level.
| Code | Level | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 90.39 | class | Other support activities to arts and performing arts |
| 90.20 | class | Activities of performing arts |
| 90.13 | class | Other arts creation activities |
| 90.12 | class | Visual arts creation activities |
| 90.11 | class | Literary creation and musical composition activities |
| 91.11 | class | Library activities |
| 91.12 | class | Archive activities |
| 91.21 | class | Museum and collection activities |
Activity examples
Company profiles typically classified under NOGA code 90.31.
A company whose main activity falls under "Operation of arts facilities and sites" is classified under NOGA code 90.31.
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 90.31 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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