Cargo handling for air transport activities (SIC code 52242)
Cargo handling for air transport activities is UK SIC code 52242. It sits in division 52 (Warehousing and support activities for transportation) of the SIC 2007 list. On the August 2026 Companies House register, 1,354 active UK companies list 52242 among their SIC codes. 449 of them list it first.
1,354active UK companies list SIC 52242 among their codes on the public recordCompanies House · counts as of August 2026
SIC 52242 in numbers
1,354 companies is 0.03 per cent of the 5,190,464 active companies on the UK register. 52242 is the 6th most used of the 10 codes we track in division 52.
Only 449 of the 1,354 put it first. The other 905, 67 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
The five busiest post towns hold 41 per cent of them and London alone 30 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 52 keeps freight moving without driving, sailing or flying it.
Related SIC codes
How to read SIC 52242
SIC 52242 reads as division 52 (warehousing and support activities for transportation), group 522, class 5224, 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 52242 is the company's own description of what it does, and 449 list it first where 1,354 list it anywhere.
Who sells into division 52
Suppliers to logistics treat these codes as their master list. Warehouse fit-out and racking firms, forklift and materials handling dealers, WMS and freight software vendors, industrial property agents and cargo insurers all sell to forwarders and warehouse operators.
About SIC 52242
How many UK companies use SIC code 52242?
1,354 active UK companies list 52242 (Cargo handling for air transport activities) among their registered SIC codes. Each company may register up to four. Of those, 449 put it first. The figures come from the August 2026 Companies House register snapshot, and count active companies only.
Which SIC code should a freight forwarder choose?
Use 52290, other transportation support activities. It is the standard forwarder code. It also covers customs brokerage, ship and air cargo agency, and general logistics arranging. The company picks it at incorporation or on a confirmation statement, and nobody vets it. Forwarders who also run their own vehicles often add 49410 as a second code.
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