NOGA 71
Architectural practices, civil engineers, building services planners, spatial and landscape planners, surveyors and testing laboratories: for manufacturers of building products and building services, software vendors and contractors who want to reach planners early in a project.
Our Swiss database holds 1,005,992 records (as of 4 November 2026): the entities in the commercial register and places from Overture Maps without a match. They are not yet assigned to industries; the quotation states the size available for this industry, the reference date and the delivery date.
Export of the whole industry: CHF 389 (final price). Selections by canton, municipality, language region or your own filters are quoted on request.
Official statistics: 25,008 businesses in Switzerland according to FSO, STATENT, table px-x-0602010000_106 (reference year 2024, table updated 20 August 2026). Division 71 architectural and engineering activities, technical testing and analysis (including surveyors). This is the size of the market, not the size of our database.
This industry corresponds to NOGA division 71. Switzerland subdivides it more finely than the EU: architectural practices, spatial planning, landscape architecture, civil engineering, building services engineering, other engineering, surveying and technical consulting each have their own type.
According to the FSO (STATENT 2024), architectural practices are the largest group with 12,843 businesses, followed by other engineering offices (3,813), technical consulting and planning (3,267) and civil engineering offices (2,000). Interior design belongs to design activities (74.10.03).
| NOGA 2008 | Official title | For your selection |
|---|---|---|
| 71.11.01 | Architectural practices | largest type in the industry |
| 71.11.02 / .03 | Spatial planning offices, landscape planning and landscape architecture offices | 232 and 569 businesses (STATENT 2024) |
| 71.12.01 | Civil engineering offices | structural, civil and transport engineering |
| 71.12.02 | Building services engineering offices | heating, ventilation, plumbing, electrical (1,385) |
| 71.12.04 | Surveying offices | official cadastral surveying and engineering surveys (226) |
| 71.20 | Technical testing and analysis | testing laboratories and inspection bodies |
“Architect” and “engineer” are not regulated as professional titles at federal level. For official cadastral surveying, however, there is a federal register.
These 16 columns are planned.
For building product manufacturers, the planning stage often decides which product is specified. Building services engineers (71.12.02) are the right addressees for heating, ventilation and plumbing, architectural practices for facades, windows and interior fit-out.
The industry also contains one-person offices. If you are looking for larger planning firms, combine legal form and website as a mandatory field.
We manufacture facade systems and are looking for architectural practices (71.11.01) and civil engineering offices (71.12.01) in the cantons of Zurich, Zug and St. Gallen with a website. How many records do you expect?
Use
Approach planners in a region for product training and sample deliveries.
Select architecture and engineering firms by canton for demos.
Identify planning firms as partners for competitions and projects.
Send courses on standards, energy and building physics to the right offices in a language region.
Questions
Planned once the records carry a NOGA code; until then we check the definition in the quotation. The Swiss NOGA separates civil engineering offices (71.12.01), building services engineering offices (71.12.02) and other engineering offices (71.12.03).
Not at federal level. Some cantons set requirements for persons submitting building applications. For official cadastral surveying, however, there is a federal register of engineer-surveyors (Art. 41 GeoIG).
No. Interior architecture and design belong to design activities in NOGA (74.10.03), not to division 71. They can be added on request.
25,008 businesses in Switzerland according to FSO, STATENT, table px-x-0602010000_106 (reference year 2024, table updated 20 August 2026). Division 71 architectural and engineering activities, technical testing and analysis (including surveyors). This is an official statistic, not the size of our dataset.
Format, sources, price and marketing law (UWG, asterisk marking): questions about all industries.
