Licensed clubs (SIC code 56301)
Licensed clubs is UK SIC code 56301. It sits in division 56 (Food and beverage service activities) of the SIC 2007 list. On the August 2026 Companies House register, 2,477 active UK companies list 56301 among their SIC codes. 1,904 of them list it first.
2,477active UK companies list SIC 56301 among their codes on the public recordCompanies House · counts as of August 2026
SIC 56301 in numbers
2,477 companies is 0.05 per cent of the 5,190,464 active companies on the UK register. 56301 is the 7th most used of the 7 codes we track in division 56.
1,904 put 56301 first and 573, 23 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 17 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.
A worked example: 56301, registered office in London, incorporated in the last ninety days, from a pool of 2,477. Each lead you get arrives with a working website and a real email, and the director's name when the record has one. If we cannot complete one, you pay nothing.
SIC 56301 companies, as leads
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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 56301
SIC 56301 reads as division 56 (food and beverage service activities), group 563, class 5630, 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 56301 is the company's own description of what it does, and 1,904 list it first where 2,477 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 56301
How many UK companies use SIC code 56301?
2,477 active UK companies list 56301 (Licensed clubs) among their registered SIC codes. Each company may register up to four. Of those, 1,904 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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