Cargo handling for land transport activities (SIC code 52243)
Cargo handling for land transport activities is UK SIC code 52243. It sits in division 52 (Warehousing and support activities for transportation) of the SIC 2007 list. On the August 2026 Companies House register, 2,588 active UK companies list 52243 among their SIC codes. 1,034 of them list it first.
2,588active UK companies list SIC 52243 among their codes on the public recordCompanies House · counts as of August 2026
SIC 52243 in numbers
2,588 companies is 0.05 per cent of the 5,190,464 active companies on the UK register. 52243 is the 4th most used of the 10 codes we track in division 52.
Only 1,034 of the 2,588 put it first. The other 1,554, 60 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
London is the largest cluster at 19 per cent and the top five post towns hold 30 per cent, so the other 70 per cent sit across the rest of the country. A regional filter narrows the list without gutting it.
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Division 52 keeps freight moving without driving, sailing or flying it.
Related SIC codes
How to read SIC 52243
SIC 52243 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 52243 is the company's own description of what it does, and 1,034 list it first where 2,588 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 52243
How many UK companies use SIC code 52243?
2,588 active UK companies list 52243 (Cargo handling for land transport activities) among their registered SIC codes. Each company may register up to four. Of those, 1,034 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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