Treatment and disposal of hazardous waste (SIC code 38220)
Treatment and disposal of hazardous waste is UK SIC code 38220. 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, 652 active UK companies list 38220 among their SIC codes. 309 of them list it first.
652active UK companies list SIC 38220 among their codes on the public recordCompanies House · counts as of August 2026
SIC 38220 in numbers
652 companies is 0.01 per cent of the 5,190,464 active companies on the UK register. 38220 is the 5th most used of the 5 codes we track in division 38.
Only 309 of the 652 put it first. The other 343, 53 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 12 per cent and the top five post towns hold 20 per cent, so the other 80 per cent sit across the rest of the country. A regional filter narrows the list without gutting it.
A worked example: 38220, registered office in London, incorporated in the last ninety days, from a pool of 652. 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 38220
SIC 38220 reads as division 38 (waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery), group 382, class 3822, 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 38220 is the company's own description of what it does, and 309 list it first where 652 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 38220
How many UK companies use SIC code 38220?
652 active UK companies list 38220 (Treatment and disposal of hazardous waste) among their registered SIC codes. Each company may register up to four. Of those, 309 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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