Non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco (SIC code 46390)
Non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco is UK SIC code 46390. 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, 6,220 active UK companies list 46390 among their SIC codes. 4,067 of them list it first.
6,220active UK companies list SIC 46390 among their codes on the public recordCompanies House · counts as of August 2026
SIC 46390 in numbers
6,220 companies is 0.12 per cent of the 5,190,464 active companies on the UK register. 46390 is the 10th most used of the 47 codes we track in division 46.
4,067 put 46390 first and 2,153, 35 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
The five busiest post towns hold 36 per cent of them and London alone 27 per cent. Selling nationally, those towns are most of the market. Selling locally outside them, expect a small pool, so cover a county or a region rather than one town.
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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 46390
SIC 46390 reads as division 46 (wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles), group 463, class 4639, 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 46390 is the company's own description of what it does, and 4,067 list it first where 6,220 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 46390
How many UK companies use SIC code 46390?
6,220 active UK companies list 46390 (Non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco) among their registered SIC codes. Each company may register up to four. Of those, 4,067 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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