Retail sale via mail order houses or via the internet (SIC code 47910)
UK e-commerce sits here. It runs from Amazon sellers to direct-to-consumer brands to subscription boxes. Shops with physical premises use the retail codes 47.1 to 47.7 instead. No SIC has grown faster on new incorporations between 2020 and 2026.
196,514active UK companies list SIC 47910 among their codes on the public recordCompanies House · counts as of August 2026
SIC 47910 in numbers
196,514 companies is 3.8 per cent of the 5,190,464 active companies on the UK register. 47910 is the most used of the 44 codes we track in division 47.
146,275 put 47910 first and 50,239, 26 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 40 per cent of them and London alone 32 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 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 47910
SIC 47910 reads as division 47 (retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles), group 479, class 4791, 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 47910 is the company's own description of what it does, and 146,275 list it first where 196,514 list it anywhere.
Who sells into division 47
Few divisions get sold to this hard. Marketing and SEO agencies, payment providers, ecommerce platform resellers, fulfilment houses, courier account managers and bookkeepers all hunt retailers.
About SIC 47910
How do I tell e-commerce founders from Amazon-only sellers?
Not from the SIC. Both file 47910. Their website is the giveaway. A real DTC brand runs a Shopify, WooCommerce or similar shop. An Amazon-only seller usually has a thin one. The poor-website filter picks the weak sites out for you.
Why are so many recent incorporations SIC 47910?
The lockdown online-shopping boom, plus a low bar to starting up.
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