Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate (SIC code 68209)
Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate is UK SIC code 68209. It sits in division 68 (Real estate activities) of the SIC 2007 list. On the August 2026 Companies House register, 452,332 active UK companies list 68209 among their SIC codes. 273,557 of them list it first. That makes it the most used code in its division.
452,332active UK companies list SIC 68209 among their codes on the public recordCompanies House · counts as of August 2026
SIC 68209 in numbers
452,332 companies is 8.7 per cent of the 5,190,464 active companies on the UK register. 68209 is the most used of the 6 codes we track in division 68.
Only 273,557 of the 452,332 put it first. The other 178,775, 40 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 20 per cent and the top five post towns hold 26 per cent, so the other 74 per cent sit across the rest of the country. A regional filter narrows the list without gutting it.
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Real estate is one of the busiest corners of the public record, and most of it is not estate agency. The dominant code is 68209, letting and operating of own or leased property.
Related SIC codes
How to read SIC 68209
SIC 68209 reads as division 68 (real estate activities), group 682, class 6820, then the full five digits, inside section L, real estate activities. A company picks its own codes, up to four, and Companies House does not check them, so 68209 is the company's own description of what it does, and 273,557 list it first where 452,332 list it anywhere.
Who sells into division 68
So many entries are single-property vehicles that segmentation matters more here than almost anywhere else. Mortgage brokers, bridging lenders, insurance intermediaries, accountants and block management software firms all work the landlord codes.
About SIC 68209
How many UK companies use SIC code 68209?
452,332 active UK companies list 68209 (Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate) among their registered SIC codes. Each company may register up to four. Of those, 273,557 put it first. The figures come from the August 2026 Companies House register snapshot, and count active companies only.
What SIC code should a buy-to-let property company use?
Landlords letting property they own normally use 68209. Companies buying to sell rather than to rent fit 68100. You choose the codes yourself at incorporation, or change them later on a confirmation statement (CS01). No approval is needed. You can hold up to 4 codes if the company both lets and trades. Lenders often prefer to see the code that matches the loan purpose.
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