Swedish Standard Industrial Classification (SNI)

Definition

Standard för svensk näringsgrensindelning, SNI, is primarily a statistical standard used to classify units such as companies and workplaces based on their economic activities. The standard is based on the international precursor NACE.

Description

The SNI classification contains concepts representing divisions of industries on a five level hierarchy. This taxonomy follows the SCB documentation.

Se below graph on how the structure is represented in the Taxonomy.

graph TD;
A --narrower--> B
B --narrower--> C
C --narrower--> D
D --narrower--> E
    A(sni level 1)
    B(sni level 2)
    C(sni level 3)
    D(sni level 4)
    E(sni level 5)

Governance

The structure is owned an managed by Statistiska centralbyrån (SCB). Arbetsförmedlingen uses it as-is, with no modifications.

GraphQL examples

The queries below can be tested through our GraphiQL interface.

Get SNI structure

query MyQuery {
  concepts(type: "sni-level-1") {
    id
    preferred_label
    definition
    sni_level_code_2007
    uri
    narrower (type: "sni-level-2"){
      id
      preferred_label
      definition
      sni_level_code_2007
      uri
      narrower(type: "sni-level-3") {
        id
        preferred_label
        definition
        sni_level_code_2007
        uri
        narrower(type: "sni-level-4") {
          id
          preferred_label
          definition
          sni_level_code_2007
          uri
          narrower(type: "sni-level-5") {
            id
            preferred_label
            definition
            sni_level_code_2007
            uri
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}