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NOGA 91.21 Museum and collection 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).
9121Multilingual 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 des musées et collections |
| Deutsch (de) | Museen und Sammlungen |
| Italiano (it) | Attività di musei e collezioni |
| English (en) | Museum and collection activities |
NOGA hierarchy
The NOGA code 91.21 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 | 91.21.00 | Museum and collection activities |
Official cross-walks
Equivalence of NOGA code 91.21 in the European (NACE) and international (ISIC) standards, from the official FSO and Eurostat tables.
| Standard | Code | Designation | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| NACE Rev 2.1 | 91.21 | 91.21 Museum and collection activities | 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 91.21, within the same parent group or at the same hierarchical level.
| Code | Level | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 91.22 | class | Historical site and monument activities |
| 91.12 | class | Archive activities |
| 91.30 | class | Conservation, restoration and other support activities for cultural heritage |
| 91.11 | class | Library activities |
| 91.41 | class | Botanical and zoological garden activities |
| 91.42 | class | Nature reserve activities |
| 92.00 | class | Gambling and betting activities |
| 90.39 | class | Other support activities to arts and performing arts |
Activity examples
Company profiles typically classified under NOGA code 91.21.
A company whose main activity falls under "Museum and collection activities" is classified under NOGA code 91.21.
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 91.21 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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