Physical well-being activities (SIC code 96040)
Physical well-being activities is UK SIC code 96040. It sits in division 96 (Other personal service activities) of the SIC 2007 list. On the August 2026 Companies House register, 18,280 active UK companies list 96040 among their SIC codes. 9,196 of them list it first. That makes it the third most used code in its division.
18,280active UK companies list SIC 96040 among their codes on the public recordCompanies House · counts as of August 2026
SIC 96040 in numbers
18,280 companies is 0.35 per cent of the 5,190,464 active companies on the UK register. 96040 is the third most used of the 5 codes we track in division 96.
Only 9,196 of the 18,280 put it first. The other 9,084, 50 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 21 per cent and the top five post towns hold 28 per cent, so the other 72 per cent sit across the rest of the country. A regional filter narrows the list without gutting it.
A worked example: 96040, registered office in London, incorporated in the last ninety days, from a pool of 18,280. Each lead you get arrives with a working website and a real email, and the director's name when the record has one. If we cannot complete one, you pay nothing.
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This division puts one of the public record's biggest real trades next to one of its noisiest codes. Hairdressing and beauty treatment under 96020 is a huge, genuine population of salons, barbers and mobile beauticians.
Related SIC codes
How to read SIC 96040
SIC 96040 reads as division 96 (other personal service activities), group 960, class 9604, then the full five digits, inside section S, other service activities. A company picks its own codes, up to four, and Companies House does not check them, so 96040 is the company's own description of what it does, and 9,196 list it first where 18,280 list it anywhere.
Who sells into division 96
Salon and clinic owners buy booking and deposit software, card payment services, insurance, wholesale stock and fit-out finance. Franchise brands recruit from the ambitious end of 96020.
About SIC 96040
How many UK companies use SIC code 96040?
18,280 active UK companies list 96040 (Physical well-being activities) among their registered SIC codes. Each company may register up to four. Of those, 9,196 put it first. The figures come from the August 2026 Companies House register snapshot, and count active companies only.
What SIC code should a mobile beautician or barber use?
Use 96020. It 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 you can change the code later on a confirmation statement (CS01). Therapists focused on massage or wellness sometimes choose 96040 instead, or hold both within the 4-code limit.
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