Other residential care activities n.e.c. (SIC code 87900)
Other residential care activities n.e.c. is UK SIC code 87900. It sits in division 87 (Residential care activities) of the SIC 2007 list. On the August 2026 Companies House register, 16,459 active UK companies list 87900 among their SIC codes. 8,549 of them list it first. That makes it the most used code in its division.
16,459active UK companies list SIC 87900 among their codes on the public recordCompanies House · counts as of August 2026
SIC 87900 in numbers
16,459 companies is 0.32 per cent of the 5,190,464 active companies on the UK register. 87900 is the most used of the 4 codes we track in division 87.
Only 8,549 of the 16,459 put it first. The other 7,910, 48 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 15 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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Residential care covers care given where people live full time. Nursing care facilities register under 87100.
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How to read SIC 87900
SIC 87900 reads as division 87 (residential care activities), group 879, class 8790, then the full five digits, inside section Q, human health and social work. A company picks its own codes, up to four, and Companies House does not check them, so 87900 is the company's own description of what it does, and 8,549 list it first where 16,459 list it anywhere.
Who sells into division 87
The buying needs here are constant and well understood. Care staff recruitment leads, both domestic and international.
About SIC 87900
How many UK companies use SIC code 87900?
16,459 active UK companies list 87900 (Other residential care activities n.e.c.) among their registered SIC codes. Each company may register up to four. Of those, 8,549 put it first. The figures come from the August 2026 Companies House register snapshot, and count active companies only.
What is the difference between SIC codes 87100 and 87300?
Code 87100 covers residential nursing care. Qualified nurses deliver clinical care on site. Code 87300 covers residential care for elderly and disabled people without that nursing element. Many operators run both types of home and register both codes. Companies House allows up to 4 codes per company. As with every SIC code, you declare it yourself and can amend it on the confirmation statement.
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