Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c. (SIC code 88990)
Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c. is UK SIC code 88990. It sits in division 88 (Social work activities without accommodation) of the SIC 2007 list. On the August 2026 Companies House register, 24,121 active UK companies list 88990 among their SIC codes. 13,146 of them list it first. That makes it the most used code in its division.
24,121active UK companies list SIC 88990 among their codes on the public recordCompanies House · counts as of August 2026
SIC 88990 in numbers
24,121 companies is 0.46 per cent of the 5,190,464 active companies on the UK register. 88990 is the most used of the 3 codes we track in division 88.
Only 13,146 of the 24,121 put it first. The other 10,975, 45 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 30 per cent, so the other 70 per cent sit across the rest of the country. A regional filter narrows the list without gutting it.
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Community-based care registers in division 88. Domiciliary and day care for older and disabled people sits under 88100.
Related SIC codes
How to read SIC 88990
SIC 88990 reads as division 88 (social work activities without accommodation), group 889, class 8899, 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 88990 is the company's own description of what it does, and 13,146 list it first where 24,121 list it anywhere.
Who sells into division 88
Home care agencies under 88100 buy heavily. They need care worker recruitment, rostering and medication management software, franchise systems and help with regulatory registration.
About SIC 88990
How many UK companies use SIC code 88990?
24,121 active UK companies list 88990 (Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.) among their registered SIC codes. Each company may register up to four. Of those, 13,146 put it first. The figures come from the August 2026 Companies House register snapshot, and count active companies only.
Should a home care agency use 88100 or a division 87 code?
If care is delivered in clients' own homes, 88100 is correct. Division 87 codes describe residential settings, where people live on the provider's premises. The split matters when you build a list. The two models face different regulatory requirements, carry different costs and buy different things. Codes are self-declared and changeable on any confirmation statement (CS01), with up to 4 allowed per company.
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