Collection of hazardous waste (SIC code 38120)
Collection of hazardous waste is UK SIC code 38120. It sits in division 38 (Waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery) of the SIC 2007 list. On the August 2026 Companies House register, 787 active UK companies list 38120 among their SIC codes. 285 of them list it first.
787active UK companies list SIC 38120 among their codes on the public recordCompanies House · counts as of August 2026
SIC 38120 in numbers
787 companies is 0.02 per cent of the 5,190,464 active companies on the UK register. 38120 is the 4th most used of the 5 codes we track in division 38.
Only 285 of the 787 put it first. The other 502, 64 per cent, list it behind another code, so a search on the first code alone would miss most of them. Match any of the four positions and tighten it with a second 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 13 per cent and the top five post towns hold 19 per cent, so the other 81 per cent sit across the rest of the country. A regional filter narrows the list without gutting it.
A worked example: 38120, registered office in London, incorporated in the last ninety days, from a pool of 787. Each lead you get arrives with a working website and a real email, and the director's name when the record has one. If we cannot complete one, you pay nothing.
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These are the companies that move and process the UK's rubbish. Waste collection, code 38110, is the biggest group.
Related SIC codes
How to read SIC 38120
SIC 38120 reads as division 38 (waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery), group 381, class 3812, then the full five digits, inside section E, water supply, sewerage and waste management. A company picks its own codes, up to four, and Companies House does not check them, so 38120 is the company's own description of what it does, and 285 list it first where 787 list it anywhere.
Who sells into division 38
Almost every business here runs trucks. Fleet sellers work the division constantly: vehicle finance, tracking and telematics, tipper and hook loader dealers, fuel cards and operator licence consultants.
About SIC 38120
How many UK companies use SIC code 38120?
787 active UK companies list 38120 (Collection of hazardous waste) among their registered SIC codes. Each company may register up to four. Of those, 285 put it first. The figures come from the August 2026 Companies House register snapshot, and count active companies only.
Does registering a waste SIC code mean the company holds a waste carrier licence?
No. The SIC code and waste carrier registration are separate systems. Anyone can incorporate with 38110 and hold no licence at all, and plenty do that before applying. Carriers register with the Environment Agency in England, or the equivalent bodies in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The Companies House record has no bearing on it. Check licences directly rather than guessing from a SIC code.
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