Sea and coastal passenger water transport (SIC code 50100)
Sea and coastal passenger water transport is UK SIC code 50100. It sits in division 50 (Water transport) of the SIC 2007 list. On the August 2026 Companies House register, 1,089 active UK companies list 50100 among their SIC codes. 944 of them list it first. That makes it the second most used code in its division.
1,089active UK companies list SIC 50100 among their codes on the public recordCompanies House · counts as of August 2026
SIC 50100 in numbers
1,089 companies is 0.02 per cent of the 5,190,464 active companies on the UK register. 50100 is the second most used of the 2 codes we track in division 50.
944 of the 1,089 put 50100 first, and only 145 carry it as a second, third or fourth code. The code on its own is a clean 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 26 per cent, so the other 74 per cent sit across the rest of the country. A regional filter narrows the list without gutting it.
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Division 50 belongs to companies that actually run vessels. They carry cargo or passengers at sea, along the coast or on inland waterways.
Related SIC codes
How to read SIC 50100
SIC 50100 reads as division 50 (water transport), group 501, class 5010, 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 50100 is the company's own description of what it does, and 944 list it first where 1,089 list it anywhere.
Who sells into division 50
This is a specialist patch, and the people selling into it know the industry. Marine insurers and P&I intermediaries lead the way.
About SIC 50100
How many UK companies use SIC code 50100?
1,089 active UK companies list 50100 (Sea and coastal passenger water transport) among their registered SIC codes. Each company may register up to four. Of those, 944 put it first. The figures come from the August 2026 Companies House register snapshot, and count active companies only.
Does a freight forwarder arranging sea shipments register under 50200?
No. Division 50 is for companies that operate vessels. A forwarder, shipping agent or NVOCC books space on other people's ships. That belongs in division 52, normally under 52290, other transportation support activities. If your company operates vessels and also arranges third-party freight, register codes from both divisions, up to four in total.
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