Trade of electricity (SIC code 35140)
Trade of electricity is UK SIC code 35140. It sits in division 35 (Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply) of the SIC 2007 list. On the August 2026 Companies House register, 2,791 active UK companies list 35140 among their SIC codes. 2,159 of them list it first. That makes it the second most used code in its division.
2,791active UK companies list SIC 35140 among their codes on the public recordCompanies House · counts as of August 2026
SIC 35140 in numbers
2,791 companies is 0.05 per cent of the 5,190,464 active companies on the UK register. 35140 is the second most used of the 6 codes we track in division 35.
2,159 put 35140 first and 632, 23 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 23 per cent and the top five post towns hold 29 per cent, so the other 71 per cent sit across the rest of the country. A regional filter narrows the list without gutting it.
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On paper this is the utilities sector. On the UK register it is mostly energy project vehicles.
Related SIC codes
How to read SIC 35140
SIC 35140 reads as division 35 (electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply), group 351, class 3514, then the full five digits, inside section D, electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply. A company picks its own codes, up to four, and Companies House does not check them, so 35140 is the company's own description of what it does, and 2,159 list it first where 2,791 list it anywhere.
Who sells into division 35
So many entries are single-asset vehicles that professional services dominate the selling. Accountants and company secretarial providers run portfolios of these vehicles.
About SIC 35140
How many UK companies use SIC code 35140?
2,791 active UK companies list 35140 (Trade of electricity) among their registered SIC codes. Each company may register up to four. Of those, 2,159 put it first. The figures come from the August 2026 Companies House register snapshot, and count active companies only.
Which SIC code should a company set up to own a solar installation use?
Use 35110, production of electricity. It is the standard for generation assets of any type, including solar, wind, hydro and battery-backed generation. Companies that buy and resell power, rather than generate it, fit 35140. Developers sometimes add a construction or project development code during the build. The company chooses freely, and can revise codes on each confirmation statement as the project moves from build to operation.
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