Wholesale of hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies (SIC code 46740)
Wholesale of hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies is UK SIC code 46740. 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, 4,010 active UK companies list 46740 among their SIC codes. 2,667 of them list it first.
4,010active UK companies list SIC 46740 among their codes on the public recordCompanies House · counts as of August 2026
SIC 46740 in numbers
4,010 companies is 0.08 per cent of the 5,190,464 active companies on the UK register. 46740 is the 19th most used of the 47 codes we track in division 46.
2,667 put 46740 first and 1,343, 33 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 13 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: 46740, registered office in London, incorporated in the last ninety days, from a pool of 4,010. 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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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 46740
SIC 46740 reads as division 46 (wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles), group 467, class 4674, 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 46740 is the company's own description of what it does, and 2,667 list it first where 4,010 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 46740
How many UK companies use SIC code 46740?
4,010 active UK companies list 46740 (Wholesale of hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies) among their registered SIC codes. Each company may register up to four. Of those, 2,667 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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