UK SIC 2007 · 96040
Physical well-being activities
Physical well-being activities is UK SIC code 96040, part of division 96 (Other personal service activities) in the SIC 2007 classification. As of the July 2026 Companies House register, 18,284 active UK companies list 96040 among their SIC codes, and 9,261 list it as their first code. That makes it the third most used code in its division.
As of the July 2026 Companies House register, 18,284 active UK companies list 96040 among their SIC codes (9,261 as their first code).
Companies House data refreshed daily. Page reviewed July 2026.
Division 96: Other personal service activities
Other personal service activities pairs one of the register's biggest genuine trades with one of its noisiest codes. Hairdressing and beauty treatment under 96020 is a huge, real population of salons, barbers and mobile beauticians, joined by physical well-being businesses such as massage and spa services under 96040, laundries and dry cleaners under 96010 and funeral directors under 96030. 96090, other service activities n.e.c., is a catch-all chosen when nothing else fits, so it mixes unrelated businesses and inflates the division without describing it.
Salon and clinic owners buy booking and deposit software, card payment services, insurance, wholesale stock and fit-out finance, and franchise brands recruit from the ambitious end of 96020. New incorporations often mean a stylist or therapist leaving employment to rent a chair or open a room, the point at which accountants and insurers convert best. Funeral businesses attract succession-focused acquirers and regulated funeral plan partnerships. Treat 96090 separately: filter it hard with other signals or exclude it, because campaigns aimed at it as one audience misfire.
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Where SIC 96040 clusters in the UK
About SIC 96040
How many UK companies use SIC code 96040?
18,284 active UK companies include 96040 (Physical well-being activities) among their up-to-four registered SIC codes, of which 9,261 list it first. Figures are from the July 2026 Companies House register snapshot, counting active companies only.
What SIC code should a mobile beautician or barber use?
96020 covers hairdressing and other beauty treatment whether you work from a salon, a rented chair or clients' homes, so it suits mobile operators as well as premises-based ones. Registration is self-declared with no approval process, and the code can be changed later on a confirmation statement (CS01). Therapists focused on massage or wellness sometimes choose 96040 instead, or hold both within the 4-code limit.
Why is 96090 attached to so many unrelated companies?
96090 is the n.e.c. catch-all for services, so founders who cannot find a matching code, or who do not look very hard, settle on it. Companies House accepts any declared code without checking, which is how dog walkers, celebrants and consultants end up sharing a classification. If your company sits there by accident, a more specific code can be swapped in at your next confirmation statement.
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