UK SIC 2007 code in Section C: Manufacturing
20120 Manufacture of dyes and pigments
SIC 20120 is the UK code for manufacture of dyes and pigments. Companies House accepts it when you register a company or file a confirmation statement.
- Code
- 20120 (UK SIC 2007, Companies House list)
- Section
- Section C: Manufacturing
- Division
- 20 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products
- SIC 2026
- 20.12 Manufacture of dyes and pigments (1:1)
- Closest US NAICS
- 325180, 325311, 325312, 325314 and 1 more
Activities ONS lists under 20120
The ONS index assigns these 37 activities to this code. If one describes your company, this is the code to use.
- Acid dye (manufacture)
- Alizarin dye (manufacture)
- Aniline dye (manufacture)
- Azoic dye (manufacture)
- Basic dye (manufacture)
- Chromium pigment (manufacture)
- Colour lake (manufacture)
- Colours for food and cosmetics (manufacture)
- Colours in dry, liquid or paste form (manufacture)
- Crushed pigment colours (manufacture)
- Direct dye (manufacture)
- Disperse dye (manufacture)
- Dye (manufacture)
- Dyes and pigments from any source in basic or concentrated forms (manufacture)
- Dyes for food, drink and cosmetics (manufacture)
- Dyes modified for dying acrylic fibres (manufacture)
- Fluorescent brightening agent (manufacture)
- Jewellers' rouge (manufacture)
- Lake (pigment) (manufacture)
- Laundry blue (manufacture)
- Luminophores (manufacture)
- Manganese oxide (manufacture)
- Mineral colours (manufacture)
- Mordant dye (manufacture)
- Ochres (pigments) (manufacture)
- Optical bleaching agent (manufacture)
- Solvent dye (manufacture)
- Sulphur dye (manufacture)
- Synthetic dyestuffs (manufacture)
- Synthetic iron oxide (manufacture)
- Synthetic organic pigment (manufacture)
- Tanning agents (synthetic) (manufacture)
- Titanium dioxide (manufacture)
- Toner (pigment) (manufacture)
- Vat dye (manufacture)
- Vegetable tanning and dyeing extracts (manufacture)
- Zinc oxide (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 (20.12) to:
| SIC 2026 code | Heading | Link type |
|---|---|---|
| 20.12 | Manufacture of dyes and pigments | 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 20120 until it announces a switch.
Closest US NAICS codes
Matched through the shared international class (ISIC Rev. 4). Treat these as a starting point and read the definition before using one.
Similar codes to compare
Data last changed November 14, 2026. Source: Companies House condensed SIC list. How this page is built.