Unlicensed carriers (SIC code 53202)
Unlicensed carriers is UK SIC code 53202. It sits in division 53 (Postal and courier activities) of the SIC 2007 list. On the August 2026 Companies House register, 10,507 active UK companies list 53202 among their SIC codes. 6,524 of them list it first. That makes it the most used code in its division.
10,507active UK companies list SIC 53202 among their codes on the public recordCompanies House · counts as of August 2026
SIC 53202 in numbers
10,507 companies is 0.20 per cent of the 5,190,464 active companies on the UK register. 53202 is the most used of the 3 codes we track in division 53.
6,524 put 53202 first and 3,983, 38 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 11 per cent and the top five post towns hold 22 per cent, so the other 78 per cent sit across the rest of the country. A regional filter narrows the list without gutting it.
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Division 53 covers moving letters and parcels. Its structure comes from old postal licensing language.
Related SIC codes
How to read SIC 53202
SIC 53202 reads as division 53 (postal and courier activities), group 532, class 5320, 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 53202 is the company's own description of what it does, and 6,524 list it first where 10,507 list it anywhere.
Who sells into division 53
All those owner-drivers make this a volume market. Van leasing and finance brokers work these codes, as do courier and goods-in-transit insurers, fuel card sellers and accountants who specialise in subcontract drivers.
About SIC 53202
How many UK companies use SIC code 53202?
10,507 active UK companies list 53202 (Unlicensed carriers) among their registered SIC codes. Each company may register up to four. Of those, 6,524 put it first. The figures come from the August 2026 Companies House register snapshot, and count active companies only.
I deliver parcels for a courier network through my own limited company. Which code should I use?
Use 53202, unlicensed carriers. It is the usual choice for self-employed and subcontract couriers trading through a limited company, including drivers on the major parcel networks. You pick the code yourself when you form the company. You can change it later on a confirmation statement. No licence or approval is needed to use it.
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