UK SIC 2007 code in Section C: Manufacturing
16240 Manufacture of wooden containers
SIC 16240 is the UK code for manufacture of wooden containers. Companies House accepts it when you register a company or file a confirmation statement.
- Code
- 16240 (UK SIC 2007, Companies House list)
- Section
- Section C: Manufacturing
- Division
- 16 Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials
- SIC 2026
- 16.24 Manufacture of wooden containers (1:2); 16.27 Finishing of wooden products (1:2)
Activities ONS lists under 16240
The ONS index assigns these 35 activities to this code. If one describes your company, this is the code to use.
- Barrels made of wood (manufacture)
- Box pallet (manufacture)
- Boxes made of wood (manufacture)
- Boxes made of wood (wirebound) (manufacture)
- Buckets made of wood (manufacture)
- Bungs made of wood (manufacture)
- Cable drums made of wood (manufacture)
- Cask heads made of wood (manufacture)
- Casks made of wood (manufacture)
- Chests made of wood (manufacture)
- Churns made of wood (manufacture)
- Cigar box made of wood (manufacture)
- Cock made of wood (manufacture)
- Collapsible box made of wood (manufacture)
- Containers made of wood (manufacture)
- Cooper's products (manufacture)
- Cooper's products reconditioning (manufacture)
- Cooper's wood (manufacture)
- Crates made of wood (manufacture)
- Drums and similar packings made of wood (manufacture)
- Egg box made of wood (manufacture)
- Fish boxes made of wood (manufacture)
- Hoops made of wood (manufacture)
- Kegs made of wood (manufacture)
- Packing cases made of wood (manufacture)
- Pallets, box pallets and other load boards made of wood (manufacture)
- Staves made of wood (manufacture)
- Stillage made of wood (manufacture)
- Suitcases made of wood (manufacture)
- Tea chests made of wood (manufacture)
- Travelling trunks made of wood (manufacture)
- Tubs made of wood (manufacture)
- Tuns made of wood (manufacture)
- Vats made of wood (manufacture)
- Wire and cable drums made of wood (manufacture)
Source: ONS UK SIC 2007 alphabetical index.
What changes in SIC 2026
ONS published UK SIC 2026 in 2026. Its correspondence table maps this code's class (16.24) to:
| SIC 2026 code | Heading | Link type |
|---|---|---|
| 16.24 | Manufacture of wooden containers | 1:2 |
| 16.27 | Finishing of wooden products | 1:2 |
"1:1" means the class carries over unchanged in scope; other link types mean it was split or merged. Companies House still uses SIC 2007, so keep filing with 16240 until it announces a switch.
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Data last changed November 14, 2026. Source: Companies House condensed SIC list. How this page is built.