Pre-press and pre-media services (SIC code 18130)
Pre-press and pre-media services is UK SIC code 18130. It sits in division 18 (Printing and reproduction of recorded media) of the SIC 2007 list. On the August 2026 Companies House register, 1,530 active UK companies list 18130 among their SIC codes. 1,353 of them list it first. That makes it the second most used code in its division.
1,530active UK companies list SIC 18130 among their codes on the public recordCompanies House · counts as of August 2026
SIC 18130 in numbers
1,530 companies is 0.03 per cent of the 5,190,464 active companies on the UK register. 18130 is the second most used of the 6 codes we track in division 18.
1,353 of the 1,530 put 18130 first, and only 177 carry it as a second, third or fourth code. The code on its own is a clean filter.
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 27 per cent and the top five post towns hold 33 per cent, so the other 67 per cent sit across the rest of the country. A regional filter narrows the list without gutting it.
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Most of this division is commercial print. UK companies pile into 18129, printing not elsewhere classified.
Related SIC codes
How to read SIC 18130
SIC 18130 reads as division 18 (printing and reproduction of recorded media), group 181, class 1813, 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 18130 is the company's own description of what it does, and 1,353 list it first where 1,530 list it anywhere.
Who sells into division 18
Printers buy a distinctive mix. They need paper and consumables, equipment leasing and workflow software.
About SIC 18130
How many UK companies use SIC code 18130?
1,530 active UK companies list 18130 (Pre-press and pre-media services) among their registered SIC codes. Each company may register up to four. Of those, 1,353 put it first. The figures come from the August 2026 Companies House register snapshot, and count active companies only.
My business does design as well as printing. Which SIC codes should I use?
List both. A division 18 code such as 18129 covers the print side. Code 74100, specialised design activities, covers the studio work. A company can register up to four codes from any divisions. There is no need to squeeze a mixed business under one label. Listing your main revenue code first is a useful habit, but not a rule.
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