Other food services (SIC code 56290)
Other food services is UK SIC code 56290. It sits in division 56 (Food and beverage service activities) of the SIC 2007 list. On the August 2026 Companies House register, 29,424 active UK companies list 56290 among their SIC codes. 16,777 of them list it first.
29,424active UK companies list SIC 56290 among their codes on the public recordCompanies House · counts as of August 2026
SIC 56290 in numbers
29,424 companies is 0.57 per cent of the 5,190,464 active companies on the UK register. 56290 is the 5th most used of the 7 codes we track in division 56.
Only 16,777 of the 29,424 put it first. The other 12,647, 43 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 23 per cent and the top five post towns hold 31 per cent, so the other 69 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 56290
SIC 56290 reads as division 56 (food and beverage service activities), group 562, class 5629, 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 56290 is the company's own description of what it does, and 16,777 list it first where 29,424 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 56290
How many UK companies use SIC code 56290?
29,424 active UK companies list 56290 (Other food services) among their registered SIC codes. Each company may register up to four. Of those, 16,777 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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