Retail sale of newspapers and stationery in specialised stores (SIC code 47620)
Retail sale of newspapers and stationery in specialised stores is UK SIC code 47620. 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, 2,304 active UK companies list 47620 among their SIC codes. 1,298 of them list it first.
2,304active UK companies list SIC 47620 among their codes on the public recordCompanies House · counts as of August 2026
SIC 47620 in numbers
2,304 companies is 0.04 per cent of the 5,190,464 active companies on the UK register. 47620 is the 38th most used of the 44 codes we track in division 47.
Only 1,298 of the 2,304 put it first. The other 1,006, 44 per cent, list it behind another code, so a search on the first code alone would miss most of them. Match any of the four positions and tighten it with a second 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 15 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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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 47620
SIC 47620 reads as division 47 (retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles), group 476, class 4762, 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 47620 is the company's own description of what it does, and 1,298 list it first where 2,304 list it anywhere.
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About SIC 47620
How many UK companies use SIC code 47620?
2,304 active UK companies list 47620 (Retail sale of newspapers and stationery in specialised stores) among their registered SIC codes. Each company may register up to four. Of those, 1,298 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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