Recovery of sorted materials (SIC code 38320)
Recovery of sorted materials is UK SIC code 38320. 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, 2,602 active UK companies list 38320 among their SIC codes. 1,885 of them list it first. That makes it the second most used code in its division.
2,602active UK companies list SIC 38320 among their codes on the public recordCompanies House · counts as of August 2026
SIC 38320 in numbers
2,602 companies is 0.05 per cent of the 5,190,464 active companies on the UK register. 38320 is the second most used of the 5 codes we track in division 38.
1,885 put 38320 first and 717, 28 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 11 per cent and the top five post towns hold 17 per cent, so the other 83 per cent sit across the rest of the country. A regional filter narrows the list without gutting it.
A worked example: 38320, registered office in London, incorporated in the last ninety days, from a pool of 2,602. 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 38320
SIC 38320 reads as division 38 (waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery), group 383, class 3832, 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 38320 is the company's own description of what it does, and 1,885 list it first where 2,602 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 38320
How many UK companies use SIC code 38320?
2,602 active UK companies list 38320 (Recovery of sorted materials) among their registered SIC codes. Each company may register up to four. Of those, 1,885 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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