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NOGA 94.1 Activities of business, employers and professional membership organisations
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).
941Multilingual 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 organisations économiques, patronales et professionnelles |
| Deutsch (de) | Wirtschafts- und Arbeitgeberverbände, Berufsorganisationen |
| Italiano (it) | Attività di organizzazioni di imprese, dei datori di lavoro e professionali |
| English (en) | Activities of business, employers and professional membership organisations |
NOGA hierarchy
The NOGA code 94.1 sits within the following hierarchy (from broadest to most specific).
Direct sub-levels
This code breaks down into 2 more specific sub-levels.
Official cross-walks
Equivalence of NOGA code 94.1 in the European (NACE) and international (ISIC) standards, from the official FSO and Eurostat tables.
| Standard | Code | Designation | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| NACE Rev 2.1 | 94.1 | 94.1 Activities of business, employers and professional membership organisations | exact |
| NACE Rev 2.0 | 94.1 | Activities of business, employers and professional membership organisations | exact |
| ISIC Rev 4 | 941 | Activities of business, employers and professional membership organizations | exact |
| NOGA 2008 | 94.1 | Activités des organisations économiques, patronales et professionnelles | 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 94.1, within the same parent group or at the same hierarchical level.
| Code | Level | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 94.2 | group | Activities of trade unions |
| 94.9 | group | Activities of other membership organisations |
| 93.2 | group | Amusement and recreation activities |
| 93.1 | group | Sports activities |
| 95.1 | group | Repair and maintenance of computers and communication equipment |
| 95.2 | group | Repair and maintenance of personal and household goods |
| 95.3 | group | Repair and maintenance of motor vehicles and motorcycles |
| 95.4 | group | Intermediation service activities for repair and maintenance of computers, personal and household goods, and motor vehicles and motorcycles |
Activity examples
Company profiles typically classified under NOGA code 94.1.
A company whose main activity falls under "Activities of business, employers and professional membership organisations" is classified under NOGA code 94.1.
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 94.1 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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