Division 22 of the UK SIC 2007 list. It holds 1 code, listed in full below with the number of active UK companies filed under each.
Most UK companies here use 22290, manufacture of other plastic products. It is the catch-all. Injection moulders sit in it, along with vacuum formers, acrylic and polycarbonate fabricators, and firms making plastic parts for other industries. Separate codes do exist for plastic packaging, builders' ware, and plates and sheets. The smaller rubber trades have their own codes too. The generic code still wins, because most firms run varied jobs to customer drawings rather than one product line.
These are classic business-to-business factories. The people selling to them sell into the shop floor. Recruiters fill machine setter and toolmaker vacancies. Polymer and masterbatch suppliers, machinery dealers and energy brokers chase the same firms, since power use here is heavy. Recruiters lean on growth signals most. A moulder that is expanding needs skilled operators, and those are hard to find. Filing deadlines give accountants an opening. A new incorporation often means a management team has spun out with customers already in hand. They need finance, insurance and staff straight away.
Not really. Fabricators who cut, bend and assemble plastic sheet use 22290, the same as moulders. The classification looks at the material and the output, not the process. If fabrication is only a small part of a signage or shopfitting business, a code from those trades may suit you better. You decide. Companies House records what you declare and assesses nothing.
You can add one if you want the register to show it. Tool, mould and die making has its own code in division 25 (25730). A company may hold up to four codes across any divisions. Add it on your next confirmation statement. There is no approval step. Many moulders never bother, which is legal, but accurate codes help suppliers and customers find you.
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