Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications (SIC code 42220)
Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications is UK SIC code 42220. It sits in division 42 (Civil engineering) of the SIC 2007 list. On the August 2026 Companies House register, 4,773 active UK companies list 42220 among their SIC codes. 3,649 of them list it first. That makes it the second most used code in its division.
4,773active UK companies list SIC 42220 among their codes on the public recordCompanies House · counts as of August 2026
SIC 42220 in numbers
4,773 companies is 0.09 per cent of the 5,190,464 active companies on the UK register. 42220 is the second most used of the 7 codes we track in division 42.
3,649 put 42220 first and 1,124, 24 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 17 per cent and the top five post towns hold 23 per cent, so the other 77 per cent sit across the rest of the country. A regional filter narrows the list without gutting it.
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Civil engineering is about infrastructure, not buildings. Roads sit under 42110 and railways under 42120.
Related SIC codes
How to read SIC 42220
SIC 42220 reads as division 42 (civil engineering), group 422, class 4222, then the full five digits, inside section F, construction. A company picks its own codes, up to four, and Companies House does not check them, so 42220 is the company's own description of what it does, and 3,649 list it first where 4,773 list it anywhere.
Who sells into division 42
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About SIC 42220
How many UK companies use SIC code 42220?
4,773 active UK companies list 42220 (Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications) among their registered SIC codes. Each company may register up to four. Of those, 3,649 put it first. The figures come from the August 2026 Companies House register snapshot, and count active companies only.
Is groundworks a division 42 or division 43 activity?
Both codes exist and the split is genuinely fuzzy. Site preparation and excavation is 43120. Broader civil engineering work fits 42990. Many groundworks contractors choose 42990, because their scope covers drainage, roads and structures. Others use 43120 for enabling works. Listing both is common and allowed within the four-code limit. Nothing is enforced on the choice. It is a self-declared classification.
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