Take-away food shops and mobile food stands (SIC code 56103)
Take-away food shops and mobile food stands is UK SIC code 56103. It sits in division 56 (Food and beverage service activities) of the SIC 2007 list. On the August 2026 Companies House register, 73,873 active UK companies list 56103 among their SIC codes. 59,712 of them list it first. That makes it the most used code in its division.
73,873active UK companies list SIC 56103 among their codes on the public recordCompanies House · counts as of August 2026
SIC 56103 in numbers
73,873 companies is 1.4 per cent of the 5,190,464 active companies on the UK register. 56103 is the most used of the 7 codes we track in division 56.
59,712 put 56103 first and 14,161, 19 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 14 per cent and the top five post towns hold 25 per cent, so the other 75 per cent sit across the rest of the country. A regional filter narrows the list without gutting it.
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Division 56 is about serving food and drink to eat now. It is the home of the UK hospitality trade.
Related SIC codes
How to read SIC 56103
SIC 56103 reads as division 56 (food and beverage service activities), group 561, class 5610, then the full five digits, inside section I, accommodation and food service. A company picks its own codes, up to four, and Companies House does not check them, so 56103 is the company's own description of what it does, and 59,712 list it first where 73,873 list it anywhere.
Who sells into division 56
Hospitality churns fast and buys supplies constantly. That makes it one of the most worked sectors on the public record.
About SIC 56103
How many UK companies use SIC code 56103?
73,873 active UK companies list 56103 (Take-away food shops and mobile food stands) among their registered SIC codes. Each company may register up to four. Of those, 59,712 put it first. The figures come from the August 2026 Companies House register snapshot, and count active companies only.
Is my cafe 56101 or 56102?
The split is purely about alcohol. If the venue holds a premises licence and serves alcohol with meals, use 56101, licensed restaurants. Cafes, coffee shops and restaurants with no alcohol licence use 56102. If you get a licence later, change the code on a confirmation statement. Companies House applies no check.
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