Division 77 of the UK SIC 2007 list. It holds 5 codes, listed in full below with the number of active UK companies filed under each.
Division 77 covers anything hired out for a fee. Vehicle hire under 77110 is the biggest single trade. Next comes the general equipment code 77390, which stretches from portable toilets to catering kit. Construction plant hire is 77320. Code 77400 is the odd one out. It covers leasing of intellectual property, such as franchise rights and brands, which has nothing in common with the physical hire trades. Code 77291 marks media and entertainment equipment rental, used by camera and lighting hire houses serving film and events.
Asset-heavy businesses are good to sell to, because their spending is predictable. They finance fleets and equipment. They insure everything they own. They buy tracking, booking and maintenance software. Asset finance brokers watch the plant hire and vehicle codes for new companies, since a first fleet purchase usually follows. Insurance intermediaries aim at the same moment. Growth signals count for more here than in most divisions. A hire firm that is expanding is buying more assets by definition. Local construction activity lifts 77320 operators along with it.
77110, Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles77291, Renting and leasing of media entertainment equipment77320, Renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment77390, Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.77400, Leasing of intellectual property and similar products, except copyright worksHiring out diggers, dumpers and similar kit without an operator sits under 77320. If your machines go out with your own operators, that counts as construction instead. Use the relevant division 43 code, because you are delivering the work rather than renting the asset. Many firms do both and register both codes. Companies House allows up to 4.
You should, so the register matches reality. Nothing forces you to do it at once. You update codes on your next confirmation statement (CS01), which every company files at least once a year. There is no approval step and no fee beyond the statement. Accuracy pays commercially too. Lenders, insurers and suppliers increasingly pull Companies House data when they assess hire businesses.
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