Removal services (SIC code 49420)
Removal services is UK SIC code 49420. It sits in division 49 (Land transport and transport via pipelines) of the SIC 2007 list. On the August 2026 Companies House register, 7,302 active UK companies list 49420 among their SIC codes. 4,708 of them list it first.
7,302active UK companies list SIC 49420 among their codes on the public recordCompanies House · counts as of August 2026
SIC 49420 in numbers
7,302 companies is 0.14 per cent of the 5,190,464 active companies on the UK register. 49420 is the 4th most used of the 7 codes we track in division 49.
4,708 put 49420 first and 2,594, 36 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 22 per cent and the top five post towns hold 28 per cent, so the other 72 per cent sit across the rest of the country. A regional filter narrows the list without gutting it.
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Division 49 moves goods and people by road and rail.
Related SIC codes
How to read SIC 49420
SIC 49420 reads as division 49 (land transport and transport via pipelines), group 494, class 4942, then the full five digits, inside section H, transportation and storage. A company picks its own codes, up to four, and Companies House does not check them, so 49420 is the company's own description of what it does, and 4,708 list it first where 7,302 list it anywhere.
Who sells into division 49
Transport operators buy heavily and buy again every year. That is why fuel card providers, commercial vehicle finance and leasing brokers, telematics vendors and specialist haulage insurers work this division hard.
About SIC 49420
How many UK companies use SIC code 49420?
7,302 active UK companies list 49420 (Removal services) among their registered SIC codes. Each company may register up to four. Of those, 4,708 put it first. The figures come from the August 2026 Companies House register snapshot, and count active companies only.
Which SIC code should a taxi or private hire driver's limited company use?
Use 49320, taxi operation. It is the standard choice and covers private hire as well as hackney carriage work. Chauffeur services, minibuses and other passenger transport that does not fit the taxi model sit under 49390. You select the code yourself when you incorporate. You can change it on any confirmation statement. Companies House does not need to approve it.
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