Division 25 of the UK SIC 2007 list. It holds 3 codes, listed in full below with the number of active UK companies filed under each.
This is the UK's metalworking division. The biggest group sits under 25990, the catch-all for fabricated metal products. Next comes 25110 for structural steelwork firms, who make frames, balconies and architectural metalwork. Then 25620 for precision machining shops running CNC mills and lathes. Together those codes cover most general fabricators, welders with premises and subcontract engineering shops. Machinery itself is not in this division. It belongs in 28. That line catches out a lot of engineering companies when they register.
The skills shortage decides who sells into this division. Engineering recruiters mine it for firms that will need welders, fabricators and machinists. Headcount growth and new contract wins are their trigger. Steel stockholders, consumables suppliers, machine tool dealers and calibration services use the same lists. Structural steel firms under 25110 pull in construction-side sellers, from estimating software to CE marking consultants. A new fabricator has usually just come off the tools. They leave a job with a customer or two lined up. Insurance, kit finance and a decent website are all needed fast.
Ask what leaves the building. If you machine components, 25620 is right, whether the parts go to aerospace, automotive or general industry. Customers may call you an engineering firm anyway. Division 28 is for companies whose finished product is a machine. Subcontract shops nearly always belong in 25. If you are unsure, list the code that matches most of your revenue. You can change it later on a confirmation statement.
It is worth adding one. Fabrication belongs under 25110. Erecting structural steel on site has its own construction code. Listing both paints an accurate picture for insurers, main contractors and prequalification schemes that read the register. A company can hold up to four codes from any mix of divisions. Declare them at incorporation, or amend them on the CS01 confirmation statement.
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