UK SIC 2007 code in Section C: Manufacturing
17120 Manufacture of paper and paperboard
SIC 17120 is the UK code for manufacture of paper and paperboard. Companies House accepts it when you register a company or file a confirmation statement.
- Code
- 17120 (UK SIC 2007, Companies House list)
- Section
- Section C: Manufacturing
- Division
- 17 Manufacture of paper and paper products
- SIC 2026
- 17.12 Manufacture of paper and paperboard (1:1)
Activities ONS lists under 17120
The ONS index assigns these 70 activities to this code. If one describes your company, this is the code to use.
- Abrasive base paper (manufacture)
- Bank note paper (manufacture)
- Base paper for printing and writing paper (manufacture)
- Bible paper (manufacture)
- Bituminised building board (manufacture)
- Blotting paper (manufacture)
- Boot and shoe board (manufacture)
- Bristol board (manufacture)
- Building boards made of paper (manufacture)
- Carbon paper in large sheets (manufacture)
- Carbon paper in rolls (manufacture)
- Carbonising base paper (manufacture)
- Cardboard (manufacture)
- Case making materials (manufacture)
- Cellulose fibre webs (manufacture)
- Cellulose wadding (manufacture)
- Cigarette paper (uncut in rolls) (manufacture)
- Creped paper (manufacture)
- Crinkled paper (manufacture)
- Drawing paper (manufacture)
- Electrical paper (manufacture)
- Fancy paper (manufacture)
- Feltboard including felt paper (manufacture)
- Filter paper stock (manufacture)
- Flong paperboard (manufacture)
- Fluting paper (manufacture)
- Folding boxboard (manufacture)
- Glassine paper (manufacture)
- Greaseproof paper (manufacture)
- Grey board (manufacture)
- Hand made paper (manufacture)
- Hygienic paper (uncut) (manufacture)
- Industrial paper (manufacture)
- Kraft wrapping and packaging paper (manufacture)
- Laminates and foils laminated with paper or paperboard (manufacture)
- Magazine paper (manufacture)
- Mill board (manufacture)
- Multi-layer paper obtained by compression (manufacture)
- Newsprint (manufacture)
- Packing made of cardboard (manufacture)
- Packing paper (manufacture)
- Paper (not sensitized) (manufacture)
- Paper (uncut) for household use (manufacture)
- Paper and paperboard coating, covering and impregnation (manufacture)
- Paper and paperboard intended for further industrial processing (manufacture)
- Paper and paperboard processing (manufacture)
- Paper made of vegetable fibres for corrugated cardboard (manufacture)
- Parchment and imitation parchment paper (manufacture)
- Photographic base paper (manufacture)
- Pressboard (manufacture)
- Presspahn (manufacture)
- Printing paper (manufacture)
- Punched card and punched paper tape stock (manufacture)
- Sacks made of kraft paper (manufacture)
- Saturated and impregnated base paper (manufacture)
- Security paper (manufacture)
- Special purpose paper (manufacture)
- Stencil basepaper (manufacture)
- Stencil paper in large sheets (manufacture)
- Stencil paper in rolls (manufacture)
- Strawboard (manufacture)
- Strawpaper (manufacture)
- Sulphite wrapping paper (manufacture)
- Tissue paper (uncut) (manufacture)
- Toilet paper (uncut) (manufacture)
- Tracing paper (manufacture)
- Wallpaper base (manufacture)
- Waterproof paper (manufacture)
- Wrapping and packaging paper including coated (manufacture)
- Writing paper (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 (17.12) to:
| SIC 2026 code | Heading | Link type |
|---|---|---|
| 17.12 | Manufacture of paper and paperboard | 1:1 |
"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 17120 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.