Manufacture of other articles of paper and paperboard n.e.c. (SIC code 17290)
Manufacture of other articles of paper and paperboard n.e.c. is UK SIC code 17290. It sits in division 17 (Manufacture of paper and paper products) of the SIC 2007 list. On the August 2026 Companies House register, 535 active UK companies list 17290 among their SIC codes. 447 of them list it first.
535active UK companies list SIC 17290 among their codes on the public recordCompanies House · counts as of August 2026
SIC 17290 in numbers
535 companies is 0.01 per cent of the 5,190,464 active companies on the UK register. 17290 is the 4th most used of the 4 codes we track in division 17.
447 put 17290 first and 88, 16 per cent, list it in one of their other three slots. First code only gives the tighter list; any position gives more of them.
ACTIVE COMPANIES BY REGISTERED-OFFICE POST TOWN (WHERE THE PAPERWORK SITS, NOT NECESSARILY THE WORK) · COMPANIES HOUSE PUBLIC RECORD, AUGUST 2026
London is the largest cluster at 12 per cent and the top five post towns hold 21 per cent, so the other 79 per cent sit across the rest of the country. A regional filter narrows the list without gutting it.
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Converting rather than milling. The codes with real numbers here are paper stationery, 17230, paperboard containers, 17219, household and sanitary paper goods, 17220, and the catch-all 17290.
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How to read SIC 17290
SIC 17290 reads as division 17 (manufacture of paper and paper products), group 172, class 1729, then the full five digits, inside section C, manufacturing. A company picks its own codes, up to four, and Companies House does not check them, so 17290 is the company's own description of what it does, and 447 list it first where 535 list it anywhere.
Who sells into division 17
Print finishers, packaging designers, machinery and die suppliers all sell into this division. So do the brands looking for UK packaging production, which has become a more active search since supply chains shortened.
About SIC 17290
How many UK companies use SIC code 17290?
535 active UK companies list 17290 (Manufacture of other articles of paper and paperboard n.e.c.) among their registered SIC codes. Each company may register up to four. Of those, 447 put it first. The figures come from the August 2026 Companies House register snapshot, and count active companies only.
Should a packaging company use 17219 or a printing code?
If you make the box, 17219 manufacture of paper and paperboard containers is right. If you print onto material someone else made, a division 18 printing code fits better. Many companies genuinely do both and list both. Nobody at Companies House will assess it, so pick the one carrying most of your turnover first.
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