Section M · UK SIC 2007
Professional, scientific and technical activities
865,840 active companies across 83 SIC codes
SIC codes in this section
| Code | Description | Active | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 70229 | Management consultancy activities other than financial management | 264,066 | 286,168 |
| 74909 | Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c. | 79,737 | 85,985 |
| 73110 | Advertising agencies | 50,042 | 55,020 |
| 74100 | specialised design activities | 48,515 | 52,126 |
| 69201 | Accounting and auditing activities | 43,471 | 45,956 |
| 74990 | Non-trading company | 41,071 | 43,476 |
| 71129 | Other engineering activities | 37,412 | 41,268 |
| 71122 | Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities | 33,387 | 35,618 |
| 70100 | Activities of head offices | 30,216 | 32,141 |
| 69202 | Bookkeeping activities | 24,503 | 26,001 |
| 70221 | Financial management | 21,518 | 23,305 |
| 71111 | Architectural activities | 20,561 | 21,862 |
| 70210 | Public relations and communications activities | 15,637 | 16,800 |
| 73120 | Media representation services | 13,477 | 14,927 |
| 74901 | Environmental consulting activities | 13,183 | 14,141 |
| 69203 | Tax consultancy | 12,750 | 13,514 |
| 72190 | Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering | 12,681 | 13,471 |
| 71121 | Engineering design activities for industrial process and production | 11,899 | 12,974 |
| 69102 | Solicitors | 12,100 | 12,806 |
| 69109 | Activities of patent and copyright agents; other legal activities n.e.c. | 9,613 | 10,426 |
| 74202 | Other specialist photography | 8,656 | 9,356 |
| 74902 | Quantity surveying activities | 8,409 | 9,073 |
| 71200 | Technical testing and analysis | 7,798 | 8,594 |
| 74209 | Photographic activities not elsewhere classified | 7,283 | 7,897 |
| 73200 | Market research and public opinion polling | 6,095 | 6,683 |
| 72110 | Research and experimental development on biotechnology | 6,000 | 6,449 |
| 75000 | Veterinary activities | 5,639 | 5,836 |
| 71112 | Urban planning and landscape architectural activities | 4,648 | 4,951 |
| 72200 | Research and experimental development on social sciences and humanities | 4,298 | 4,578 |
| 74201 | Portrait photographic activities | 3,816 | 4,179 |
| 74300 | Translation and interpretation activities | 3,849 | 4,150 |
| 7499 | Non-trading company | 897 | 1,662 |
| 7487 | Other business activities | 107 | 1,562 |
| 74203 | Film processing | 1,192 | 1,317 |
| 69101 | Barristers at law | 833 | 925 |
| 7011 | Development & sell real estate | 125 | 745 |
| 7414 | Business & management consultancy | 43 | 310 |
| 7415 | Holding Companies including Head Offices | 73 | 290 |
| 7220 | Software consultancy and supply | 5 | 257 |
| 7020 | Letting of own property | 61 | 250 |
| 7260 | Other computer related activities | 9 | 206 |
| 7012 | Buying & sell own real estate | 43 | 169 |
| 7420 | Architectural, technical consult | 14 | 146 |
| 7450 | Labour recruitment | 6 | 132 |
| 7032 | Manage real estate, fee or contract | 18 | 100 |
| 7222 | Other software consultancy and supply | 5 | 96 |
| 7440 | Advertising | 4 | 89 |
| 7470 | Other cleaning activities | 11 | 62 |
| 7031 | Real estate agencies | 5 | 56 |
| 7210 | Hardware consultancy | 2 | 56 |
| 7412 | Accounting, auditing; tax consult | 2 | 48 |
| 7411 | Legal activities | 14 | 43 |
| 7484 | Other business activities | 15 | 35 |
| 7310 | R & d on nat sciences & engineering | 6 | 33 |
| 7250 | Maintenance office & computing mach | 0 | 31 |
| 7134 | Rent other machinery & equip | 2 | 27 |
| 7460 | Investigation & security | 0 | 25 |
| 7481 | Portrait photographic activities, other specialist photography, film processing | 1 | 24 |
| 7482 | Packaging activities | 1 | 17 |
| 7221 | Software publishing | 0 | 16 |
| 7240 | Data base activities | 2 | 15 |
| 7110 | Renting of automobiles | 2 | 14 |
| 7413 | Market research, opinion polling | 2 | 14 |
| 7133 | Rent office machinery inc computers | 0 | 12 |
| 7486 | Call centre activities | 0 | 11 |
| 7230 | Data processing | 3 | 10 |
| 7430 | Technical testing and analysis | 2 | 10 |
| 7524 | Public security, law & order | 0 | 6 |
| 7132 | Rent civil engineering machinery | 1 | 5 |
| 7483 | Secretarial & translation | 0 | 5 |
| 7511 | General (overall) public service | 1 | 5 |
| 7131 | Rent agricultural machinery & equip | 0 | 4 |
| 7514 | Support services for government | 1 | 4 |
| 7525 | Fire service activities | 0 | 4 |
| 7122 | Rent water transport equipment | 0 | 3 |
| 7140 | Rent personal & household goods | 1 | 3 |
| 7485 | Secretarial & translation services | 0 | 3 |
| 7121 | Rent other land transport equipment | 0 | 2 |
| 7320 | R & d on soc sciences & humanities | 1 | 2 |
| 7512 | Regulation health, education, etc. | 0 | 2 |
| 7522 | Defence activities | 0 | 2 |
| 7523 | Justice and judicial activities | 0 | 2 |
| 7530 | Compulsory social security | 0 | 1 |