Division 49 of the UK SIC 2007 list. It holds 4 codes, listed in full below with the number of active UK companies filed under each.
Division 49 moves goods and people by road and rail. Road freight dominates it. Code 49410 is the standard choice for hauliers, from a one-truck owner-driver up to a national fleet. Passenger work splits in two. Taxi and private hire operators use 49320. Coaches, minibuses, chauffeur services and the rest use 49390. Removal firms have their own code, 49420. Pipeline transport belongs in this division too, though in practice the register is full of vehicles rather than pipes. The code a company picks usually matches what is parked in its yard.
Transport operators buy heavily and buy again every year. That is why fuel card providers, commercial vehicle finance and leasing brokers, telematics vendors and specialist haulage insurers work this division hard. Recruiters supplying drivers and transport managers sell here too, alongside operator licence compliance consultants. A new 49410 company often comes just before an operator licence application and a vehicle purchase. Timing matters. Reaching a haulier in its first weeks beats arriving later. Growth in filed accounts usually means more vehicles, and more vehicles mean bigger policies, more fuel and more drivers.
Use 49320, taxi operation. It is the standard choice and covers private hire as well as hackney carriage work. Chauffeur services, minibuses and other passenger transport that does not fit the taxi model sit under 49390. You select the code yourself when you incorporate. You can change it on any confirmation statement. Companies House does not need to approve it.
General haulage of goods by road is 49410. That usually means pallets and full or part loads. Parcel and same-day courier work normally sits in division 53, most often under 53202. The line is blurry and nobody polices it. Pick the code closest to your core activity. You can hold both if the business genuinely does both.
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