Agents involved in the sale of food, beverages and tobacco (SIC code 46170)
Agents involved in the sale of food, beverages and tobacco is UK SIC code 46170. It sits in division 46 (Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles) of the SIC 2007 list. On the August 2026 Companies House register, 3,656 active UK companies list 46170 among their SIC codes. 3,232 of them list it first.
3,656active UK companies list SIC 46170 among their codes on the public recordCompanies House · counts as of August 2026
SIC 46170 in numbers
3,656 companies is 0.07 per cent of the 5,190,464 active companies on the UK register. 46170 is the 24th most used of the 47 codes we track in division 46.
3,232 of the 3,656 put 46170 first, and only 424 carry it as a second, third or fourth code. The code on its own is a clean 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 27 per cent and the top five post towns hold 34 per cent, so the other 66 per cent sit across the rest of the country. A regional filter narrows the list without gutting it.
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Division 46 is the business-to-business trading layer of the UK economy. These companies buy goods and resell them to retailers, trade customers and other wholesalers.
Related SIC codes
How to read SIC 46170
SIC 46170 reads as division 46 (wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles), group 461, class 4617, then the full five digits, inside section G, wholesale and retail trade. A company picks its own codes, up to four, and Companies House does not check them, so 46170 is the company's own description of what it does, and 3,232 list it first where 3,656 list it anywhere.
Who sells into division 46
Wholesalers and importers are prime accounts for freight forwarders, pallet networks, warehousing operators and customs brokers. Moving and storing stock is their whole cost base.
About SIC 46170
How many UK companies use SIC code 46170?
3,656 active UK companies list 46170 (Agents involved in the sale of food, beverages and tobacco) among their registered SIC codes. Each company may register up to four. Of those, 3,232 put it first. The figures come from the August 2026 Companies House register snapshot, and count active companies only.
What is the difference between an agent code like 46190 and a normal wholesale code?
Agents in the 461 group sell goods for someone else and earn a fee or commission. They never own the stock. Wholesalers under the other 46 codes buy in their own name and resell. If you broker deals between suppliers and buyers, pick an agent code. If the invoices and the stock run through your company, pick the product-specific wholesale code.
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