UK SIC 2007 code in Section C: Manufacturing
20160 Manufacture of plastics in primary forms
SIC 20160 is the UK code for manufacture of plastics in primary forms. Companies House accepts it when you register a company or file a confirmation statement.
- Code
- 20160 (UK SIC 2007, Companies House list)
- Section
- Section C: Manufacturing
- Division
- 20 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products
- SIC 2026
- 20.16 Manufacture of plastics in primary forms (1:1)
Activities ONS lists under 20160
The ONS index assigns these 53 activities to this code. If one describes your company, this is the code to use.
- Acrylic resins (manufacture)
- Acrylics (manufacture)
- Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (abs) polymers (manufacture)
- Alginates (manufacture)
- Alkyd resins (manufacture)
- Aminoplastic resins (manufacture)
- Casein resins (manufacture)
- Cellulose (manufacture)
- Cellulose acetate (manufacture)
- Cellulose ester and ether ester (manufacture)
- Cellulose nitrate (manufacture)
- Condensation, polycondensation and polyaddition products (plastic material) (manufacture)
- Co-polymer plastics (manufacture)
- Cresylic resins (manufacture)
- Dispersions of synthetic resin (manufacture)
- Emulsions of synthetic resin (manufacture)
- Epoxide resins (manufacture)
- Ethylene polymers (manufacture)
- Extrusion compounds (plastics) (manufacture)
- Ion-exchangers based on polymers (manufacture)
- Melamine resins (manufacture)
- Moulding compounds (plastics) (manufacture)
- Non-vulcanisable thermoplastic elastomers (manufacture)
- Phenolic resins (manufacture)
- Plastics in primary forms (manufacture)
- Polyamide compounds (manufacture)
- Polyamides (manufacture)
- Polyester resins (manufacture)
- Polyesters (manufacture)
- Polyethers (manufacture)
- Polyethylene (manufacture)
- Polymers (manufacture)
- Polypropylene (manufacture)
- Polystyrene (manufacture)
- Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) (manufacture)
- Polyurethanes (manufacture)
- Polyvinyl acetate (PVA) (manufacture)
- Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) (manufacture)
- Propylene polymers (manufacture)
- PVC polyvinyl chloride as a raw material (manufacture)
- Resins for paint (manufacture)
- Resins made of urea formaldehyde (manufacture)
- Silicones (manufacture)
- Siloxanes (manufacture)
- Styrene (manufacture)
- Styrene polymers (manufacture)
- Synthetic resin adhesive (unformulated) (manufacture)
- Synthetic resins (manufacture)
- Thermoplastic resins (manufacture)
- Thermosetting resins (manufacture)
- Thiourea resins (manufacture)
- Vinyl acetate polymers (manufacture)
- Vinyl chloride polymers (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 (20.16) to:
| SIC 2026 code | Heading | Link type |
|---|---|---|
| 20.16 | Manufacture of plastics in primary forms | 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 20160 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.