Sea and coastal freight water transport (SIC code 50200)
Sea and coastal freight water transport is UK SIC code 50200. It sits in division 50 (Water transport) of the SIC 2007 list. On the August 2026 Companies House register, 3,476 active UK companies list 50200 among their SIC codes. 2,132 of them list it first. That makes it the most used code in its division.
3,476active UK companies list SIC 50200 among their codes on the public recordCompanies House · counts as of August 2026
SIC 50200 in numbers
3,476 companies is 0.07 per cent of the 5,190,464 active companies on the UK register. 50200 is the most used of the 2 codes we track in division 50.
2,132 put 50200 first and 1,344, 39 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 42 per cent of them and London alone 33 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 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 50200
SIC 50200 reads as division 50 (water transport), group 502, class 5020, 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 50200 is the company's own description of what it does, and 2,132 list it first where 3,476 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 50200
How many UK companies use SIC code 50200?
3,476 active UK companies list 50200 (Sea and coastal freight water transport) among their registered SIC codes. Each company may register up to four. Of those, 2,132 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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