Classifying the Creative Industries
CREATIVE INDUSTRIES AND THEIR 13 SUBMARKETS (NOGA 2008 CODES)
According to the approach used by the ZCCE and FOC
NOGA6 Description
Code
1 Music industry
— 182000 Reproduction of recorded media
— 322000 Manufacture of musical instruments
— 475901 Retail sale of musical instruments
— 476300 Retail sale of music and video recordings in specialised stores (Share)*
— 563002 Discos, dance halls, night clubs
— 592000 Sound recording and music publishing activities (Share)*
— 799002 Other reservation services and related activities (Share)*
— 855200 Cultural education (Share)*
— 900102 Orchestras, choirs, musicians
— 900200 Support activities to performing arts (Share)*
— 900400 Operation of arts facilities (Share)*
2 Book market
— 476100 Retail sale of books in specialised stores
— 581100 Book publishing
— 592000 Sound recording and music publishing activities (Share)
— 743000 Translation and interpretation activities
— 900302 Other artistic and literary activities (Share)*
3 Art market
— 910100 Library and archives activities (Share)*
— 477805 Art trade
— 477901 Retail sale of antiques
— 855200 Cultural education (Share)*
— 900301 Painters, sculptors and other self-employed artists
— 900302 Other artistic and literary activities (Share)*
— 910200 Museums activities (Share)
— 910300 Operation of historical sites and buildings and similar visitor attractions (Share)
4 Film industry
— 476300 Retail sale of music and video recordings in specialised stores (Share)*
— 591100 Motion picture, video and television programme production activities
— 591200 Motion picture, video and television programme post-production activities
— 591300 Motion picture, video and television programme distribution activities
— 591400 Motion picture projection activities
— 772200 Renting of video tapes and disks (Share)
— 900101 Theatre and ballet companies (Share)*
— 900200 Support activities to performing arts (Share)*
5 Broadcasting market
— 601000 Radio broadcasting
— 602000 Television programming and broadcasting activities
6 Performing arts market
— 799002 Other reservation services and related activities (Share)*
— 855200 Cultural education (Share)*
— 900101 Theatre and ballet companies (Share)*
— 900200 Support activities to performing arts (Share)*
— 900400 Operation of arts facilities (Share)*
7 Design industry
— 702100 Public relations and communication activities (Share)
— 702200 Business and other management consultancy activities (Share)
— 731100 Advertising agencies (Share)*
— 741001 Industrial and product design
— 741002 Graphic design and visual communication
— 742001 Photographers (Share)*
— 742002 Photographic laboratories (Share)*
— 823000 Organisation of conventions and trade shows
8 Architecture market
— 711101 Architects
— 711102 Town and country planning (Share)
— 711103 Landscape architects
— 741003 Interior and spatial design
9 Advertising market
— 731100 Advertising agencies (Share)*
— 731200 Media representation
10 Software and games industry
— 582100 Publishing of computer games
— 582900 Other software publishing
— 620100 Computer programming activities
— 631200 Web portals
11 Crafts market
— 321201 Manufacture of other ceramic products
— 321202 Working of precious and decorative stones
— 234900 Manufacture of jewellery, gold and silversmith work n.e.c.
12 Press market
— 476201 Retail sale of newspapers and magazines, newspaper stands
— 581300 Publishing of newspapers
— 581400 Publishing of journals and periodicals
— 581900 Other publishing activities
— 639100 News agency activities
— 742001 Photographers (Share)*
— 742002 Photographic laboratories (Share)*
— 900303 Freelance journalists
13 Audio-visual technology market
— 263000 Manufacture of communication equipment (Share)
— 264000 Manufacture of consumer electronics
— 474300 Retail sale of audio and video equipment in specialised stores
Multiple mentions *
* Single economic branches assigned to different submarkets; counted once overall.
Classifying the Creative Economy
A) CREATIVE OCCUPATIONS AND THEIR SEGMENTS (ISCO 2008 CODES)
According to the approach used by UK’s DCMS and Nesta
ISCO4 Description
Code
Creative services
1 Advertising and marketing
— 1221 Sales and marketing managers
— 1222 Advertising and public relations managers
— 2431 Advertising and marketing professionals
— 2432 Public relations professionals
2 Architecture
— 2161 Building architects
— 2164 Town and traffic planners
— 3112 Civil engineering technicians
3 Design: product, graphic and fashion design
— 2163 Product and garment designers
— 2166 Graphic and multimedia designers
— 3432 Interior designers and decorators
4 IT, software and computer services
— 1330 Information and communications technology services managers
— 2511 Systems analysts
— 2512 Software developers
— 2513 Web and multimedia developers
Content production
5 Crafts
— 7221 Blacksmiths, hammersmiths and forging press workers
— 7314 Potters and related workers
— 7316 Sign writers, decorative painters, engravers and etchers
— 7318 Handicraft workers in textile, leather and related materials
— 7522 Cabinet-makers and related workers
6 Film, TV, video, radio and photography
— 2654 Film, stage and related directors and producers
— 3431 Photographers
— 3521 Broadcasting and audiovisual technicians
7 Publishing
— 2641 Authors and related writers
— 2642 Journalists
8 Museums, galleries and libraries
— 2621 Archivists and curators
— 2622 Librarians and related information professionals
9 Music, performing and visual arts
— 2651 Visual artists
— 2652 Musicians, singers and composers
— 2653 Dancers and choreographers
— 2655 Actors
B) CREATIVE INDUSTRIES AND THEIR SEGMENTS (NACE 2008 CODES)
According to the approach used by UK’s DCMS and Nesta
NOGA4 Description
Code
Creative services
1 Advertising and marketing
— 7021 Public relations and communication activities
— 7311 Advertising agencies
— 7312 Media representation
2 Architecture
— 7111 Architectural and engineering activities and related technical consultancy
3 Design: product, graphic and fashion design
— 7410 Specialised design activities
4 IT, software and computer services
— 5821 Publishing of computer games
— 5829 Other software publishing
— 6201 Computer programming activities
— 6202 Computer consultancy activities
5 Crafts
— 3212 Manufacture of jewellery and related articles
Content production
6 Film, TV, video, radio and photography
— 5911 Motion picture, video and television programme production activities
— 5912 Motion picture, video and television programme post-production activities
— 5913 Motion picture, video and television programme distribution activities
— 5914 Motion picture projection activities
— 6010 Radio broadcasting
— 6020 Television programming and broadcasting activities
— 7420 Photographic activities
7 Publishing
— 5811 Book publishing
— 5812 Publishing of directories and mailing lists
— 5813 Publishing of newspapers
— 5814 Publishing of journals and periodicals
— 5819 Other publishing activities
— 7430 Translation and interpretation activities
8 Museums, galleries and libraries
— 9101 Library and archives activities
— 9102 Museums activities
9 Music, performing and visual arts
— 5920 Sound recording and music publishing activities
— 8552 Cultural education
— 9001 Performing arts
— 9002 Support activities to performing arts
— 9003 Artistic creation
— 9004 Operation of arts facilities
Terminology and Keywords
Creative economies
This concept no longer structures the creative industry along submarkets, but instead focuses on the interrelations between a creative core, an extended sphere and a collocated sphere. Actors and organisations in the creative core are active in uncertain constellations and develop alternative scenarios, ones not linearly derivable from the status quo. In the collocated sphere, organisations ensure the necessary conditions — technological, infrastructural, financial, etc. — essential for effectively disseminating, implementing or asserting new ideas, designs or claims of the creative core. Between these two spheres lies a broad palette of initiatives and organisations. These act as interfaces and translators between the core and the collocated sphere: the extended sphere.
Creative industries (CH)
The following submarkets are covered: music industry, book market, art market, film industry, broadcasting industry, performing arts market, design industry, architecture market, advertising market, software and games industry, crafts market, press market, audio-visual technology market.
Creative industries (UK)
Industries defined as creative by Nesta resp. UK’s DCMS.
Creative economy
Those employed in creative industries (either in creative occupations or other roles) and those employed in creative occupations outside the creative industries.
Creative intensity
The proportion of industry employment that is in the set of occupations considered as creative.
Creative non-specialist
Someone employed in the creative industries in an occupation which is not considered as being creative.
Creative occupation
Occupations defined as being creative by Nesta resp. UK’s DCMS.
Creative specialist
Someone employed in a creative industry in a creative occupation.
Creative trident
Estimates of national employment in the creative economy and creative industries, separating out creative jobs and non-creative jobs.
Data sources
Federal Statistical Office FSO, National Accounts NA, Structural Business Statistics STATENT, Swiss Labour Force Survey SLFS;
Federal Tax Administration FTA, Value Added Tax VAT statistics
Dynamic mapping
The Dynamic Mapping methodology as originally applied by Nesta to classify the creative economy consists of three stages. First, a set of occupations are identified as creative. Second, the workforce intensity of these occupations is calculated for each industry in the economy. Third, based on the distribution of creative intensity across industries, a threshold intensity is identified, above which all industries are determined to be creative for measure ment purposes and all those below are not. For our analysis, we first had to crosswalk the set of creative occupations identified by Nesta resp. UK’s DCMS to internationally consistent International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO) codes.
Location quotient (LQ)
The creative industries employment share of the region relative to the creative industries employment share of the national employment. The maps show how the importance of employment in the creative industries in a region compares with their importance in the country as a whole. Areas that are more darkly shaded in the maps are those where there is a higher proportion of employment in creative industries relative to the Swiss national level (i.e. those with a higher location quotient). An LQ > 1 means the regional workforce is more concentrated than the national one, an LQ = 1 means that the concentration is the same and an LQ < 1 means that it is less concentrated.
General Classification of Economic Activities (NOGA/NACE)
International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO)