Manufacture of lifting and handling equipment (SIC code 28220)
Manufacture of lifting and handling equipment is UK SIC code 28220. It sits in division 28 (Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.) of the SIC 2007 list. On the August 2026 Companies House register, 879 active UK companies list 28220 among their SIC codes. 779 of them list it first. That makes it the third most used code in its division.
879active UK companies list SIC 28220 among their codes on the public recordCompanies House · counts as of August 2026
SIC 28220 in numbers
879 companies is 0.02 per cent of the 5,190,464 active companies on the UK register. 28220 is the third most used of the 5 codes we track in division 28.
779 of the 879 put 28220 first, and only 100 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 6 per cent and the top five post towns hold 13 per cent, so the other 87 per cent sit across the rest of the country. A regional filter narrows the list without gutting it.
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Companies here build machines. That covers pumps, lifting gear, packaging lines, agricultural and food processing machinery, machine tools and every special rig in between.
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How to read SIC 28220
SIC 28220 reads as division 28 (manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.), group 282, class 2822, 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 28220 is the company's own description of what it does, and 779 list it first where 879 list it anywhere.
Who sells into division 28
Machine builders need mechanical and controls engineers, and those are scarce. Technical recruiters therefore watch this division all year.
About SIC 28220
How many UK companies use SIC code 28220?
879 active UK companies list 28220 (Manufacture of lifting and handling equipment) among their registered SIC codes. Each company may register up to four. Of those, 779 put it first. The figures come from the August 2026 Companies House register snapshot, and count active companies only.
How do I choose between division 28 and division 25 for an engineering business?
Division 28 is for finished machines and equipment. Division 25 is for fabricated metal products and machined components. A firm building complete packaging lines sits in 28. A firm machining parts for those lines sits in 25. If you do both, list codes from each division. Companies House allows up to four codes and does not mind mixing divisions.
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