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UK Standard Industrial Classification directory

731 sectors · Counts reconciled daily · Last updated 20 Oct 2026

SIC 47781

Retail sale in commercial art galleries

SIC 47782

Retail sale by opticians

SIC 47789

Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (not commercial art galleries and opticians)

SIC 47791

Retail sale of antiques including antique books in stores

SIC 47799

Retail sale of other second-hand goods in stores (not incl. antiques)

SIC 47810

Retail sale via stalls and markets of food, beverages and tobacco products

SIC 47820

Retail sale via stalls and markets of textiles, clothing and footwear

SIC 47890

Retail sale via stalls and markets of other goods

SIC 47910

Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet

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SIC 47990

Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets

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SIC 49100

Passenger rail transport, interurban

SIC 49200

Freight rail transport

SIC 49311

Urban and suburban passenger railway transportation by underground, metro and similar systems

SIC 49319

Other urban, suburban or metropolitan passenger land transport (not underground, metro or similar)

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SIC 49320

Taxi operation

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SIC 49390

Other passenger land transport

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SIC 49410

Freight transport by road

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SIC 49420

Removal services

SIC 49500

Transport via pipeline

SIC 50100

Sea and coastal passenger water transport

SIC 50200

Sea and coastal freight water transport

SIC 50300

Inland passenger water transport

SIC 50400

Inland freight water transport

SIC 51101

Scheduled passenger air transport

SIC 51102

Non-scheduled passenger air transport

SIC 51210

Freight air transport

SIC 51220

Space transport

SIC 52101

Operation of warehousing and storage facilities for water transport activities

SIC 52102

Operation of warehousing and storage facilities for air transport activities

SIC 52103

Operation of warehousing and storage facilities for land transport activities

SIC 52211

Operation of rail freight terminals

SIC 52212

Operation of rail passenger facilities at railway stations

SIC 52213

Operation of bus and coach passenger facilities at bus and coach stations

SIC 52219

Other service activities incidental to land transportation, n.e.c.

SIC 52220

Service activities incidental to water transportation

SIC 52230

Service activities incidental to air transportation

SIC 52241

Cargo handling for water transport activities

SIC 52242

Cargo handling for air transport activities

SIC 52243

Cargo handling for land transport activities

SIC 52290

Other transportation support activities

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SIC 53100

Postal activities under universal service obligation

SIC 53201

Licensed carriers

SIC 53202

Unlicensed carrier

SIC 55100

Hotels and similar accommodation

SIC 55201

Holiday centres and villages

SIC 55202

Youth hostels

SIC 55209

Other holiday and other collective accommodation

SIC 55300

Recreational vehicle parks, trailer parks and camping grounds

SIC 55900

Other accommodation

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SIC 56101

Licensed restaurants

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Company totals use the SIC codes recorded in the ProcuraAxis Companies House dataset. They are recalculated with the existing once-daily metrics reconciliation rather than on each page visit.