Retail sale of mobile telephones (SIC code 47421)
Retail sale of mobile telephones is UK SIC code 47421. It sits in division 47 (Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles) of the SIC 2007 list. On the August 2026 Companies House register, 5,164 active UK companies list 47421 among their SIC codes. 3,664 of them list it first.
5,164active UK companies list SIC 47421 among their codes on the public recordCompanies House · counts as of August 2026
SIC 47421 in numbers
5,164 companies is 0.10 per cent of the 5,190,464 active companies on the UK register. 47421 is the 20th most used of the 44 codes we track in division 47.
3,664 put 47421 first and 1,500, 29 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 29 per cent, so the other 71 per cent sit across the rest of the country. A regional filter narrows the list without gutting it.
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Division 47 covers selling goods to the public. One code towers over it: 47910, retail via mail order or the internet.
Related SIC codes
How to read SIC 47421
SIC 47421 reads as division 47 (retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles), group 474, class 4742, 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 47421 is the company's own description of what it does, and 3,664 list it first where 5,164 list it anywhere.
Who sells into division 47
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About SIC 47421
How many UK companies use SIC code 47421?
5,164 active UK companies list 47421 (Retail sale of mobile telephones) among their registered SIC codes. Each company may register up to four. Of those, 3,664 put it first. The figures come from the August 2026 Companies House register snapshot, and count active companies only.
Should my online shop use 47910 or the code for the products I sell?
Use 47910. It is the accepted code for retail over the internet, whatever you sell, and most online-only sellers pick it. The product codes such as 47710 describe specialised physical stores. If you trade both ways, register both. A company may hold up to four SIC codes. Pick them at incorporation, or amend them on a confirmation statement. There is no approval step.
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