UK SIC 2007 · 55100
Hotels and similar accommodation
UK hotels, B&Bs, guesthouses, and similar paid accommodation. Distinct from 55201 (holiday letting / serviced apartments) and 55300 (camping / RV parks).
As of the July 2026 Companies House register, 18,779 active UK companies list 55100 among their SIC codes (17,748 as their first code).
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Division 55: Accommodation
Division 55 is where places to stay register. Hotels, guest houses and B&Bs share 55100, while the holiday-let wave shows up under 55209, the code of choice for serviced holiday cottages, apartments and hostels, and under the broader 55900 for other short-stay accommodation. Caravan and camping businesses take 55300. The dividing line that trips people up is tenure: short-stay furnished accommodation for visitors belongs here, whereas letting residential property on ordinary tenancies belongs in division 68, so a landlord and a holiday-let operator register quite differently despite owning similar buildings.
Accommodation businesses buy constantly, which draws a wide prospecting crowd: channel managers and booking software vendors, linen and laundry services, housekeeping and cleaning contractors, utility and insurance brokers, and marketing agencies selling direct-booking websites. Accountants target holiday-let companies around furnished holiday letting rules and VAT thresholds. New incorporations frequently mark a property purchase or a switch from personal to company ownership, both moments when advice is being sought, and an accommodation code with no website flagged is a strong opening for anyone selling booking engines or photography.
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About SIC 55100
Are Airbnb hosts filed under SIC 55100?
Sometimes, most individual Airbnb hosts don't incorporate, but those who do typically file 55201 (holiday letting) or 68209 (other letting). 55100 implies a more traditional hotel operation.
What's the typical UK hotel ltd size?
Most are independents with 5-50 rooms, 80%+ file as small or micro for accounting purposes. Hotel chain entities are a different cohort and usually file additional codes.
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