Other building and industrial cleaning activities (SIC code 81229)
Other building and industrial cleaning activities is UK SIC code 81229. It sits in division 81 (Services to buildings and landscape activities) of the SIC 2007 list. On the August 2026 Companies House register, 5,949 active UK companies list 81229 among their SIC codes. 2,123 of them list it first.
5,949active UK companies list SIC 81229 among their codes on the public recordCompanies House · counts as of August 2026
SIC 81229 in numbers
5,949 companies is 0.11 per cent of the 5,190,464 active companies on the UK register. 81229 is the 6th most used of the 8 codes we track in division 81.
Only 2,123 of the 5,949 put it first. The other 3,826, 64 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 19 per cent and the top five post towns hold 27 per cent, so the other 73 per cent sit across the rest of the country. A regional filter narrows the list without gutting it.
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This division is home to the cleaning and grounds trades. General building cleaning sits under 81210.
Related SIC codes
How to read SIC 81229
SIC 81229 reads as division 81 (services to buildings and landscape activities), group 812, class 8122, then the full five digits, inside section N, administrative and support service activities. A company picks its own codes, up to four, and Companies House does not check them, so 81229 is the company's own description of what it does, and 2,123 list it first where 5,949 list it anywhere.
Who sells into division 81
These are classic local service businesses, so the sellers are familiar ones. Insurance brokers offer public liability.
About SIC 81229
How many UK companies use SIC code 81229?
5,949 active UK companies list 81229 (Other building and industrial cleaning activities) among their registered SIC codes. Each company may register up to four. Of those, 2,123 put it first. The figures come from the August 2026 Companies House register snapshot, and count active companies only.
Which SIC code should a domestic cleaning company use?
Most domestic and general cleaners register 81210, general cleaning of buildings. Code 81299 covers services that fit no standard category. Code 81221 is specifically for window cleaning. There is no penalty for a wrong answer. Companies House runs no approval process, and you can refine your codes on any confirmation statement (CS01). Firms covering several trades often list two or three codes, up to the maximum of 4.
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