UK SIC 2007 code in Section C: Manufacturing
20510 Manufacture of explosives
SIC 20510 is the UK code for manufacture of explosives. Companies House accepts it when you register a company or file a confirmation statement.
- Code
- 20510 (UK SIC 2007, Companies House list)
- Section
- Section C: Manufacturing
- Division
- 20 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products
- SIC 2026
- 20.59 Manufacture of other chemical products n.e.c. (1:1)
Activities ONS lists under 20510
The ONS index assigns these 28 activities to this code. If one describes your company, this is the code to use.
- Ammonium nitrate for explosives (manufacture)
- Black powder (manufacture)
- Blasting powder
- Chlorate explosive (manufacture)
- Cordite (manufacture)
- Detonating fuse (manufacture)
- Detonator (manufacture)
- Dynamite (manufacture)
- Explosive signalling flares (manufacture)
- Explosives (manufacture)
- Firework (manufacture)
- Fog signal (manufacture)
- Fuse for explosives (manufacture)
- Gelignite (manufacture)
- Guncotton (manufacture)
- Gunpowder (manufacture)
- Incendiary composition (manufacture)
- Match (manufacture)
- Nitroglycerin (manufacture)
- Perchlorate explosive (manufacture)
- Percussion cap (manufacture)
- Propellant powder (manufacture)
- Propergol fuels and other propellant powders (manufacture)
- Pyrotechnics (manufacture)
- Rain rocket (manufacture)
- Safety fuse (manufacture)
- Signal rocket (manufacture)
- Trinitrotoluene (TNT) (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 (20.51) to:
| SIC 2026 code | Heading | Link type |
|---|---|---|
| 20.59 | Manufacture of other chemical products n.e.c. | 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 20510 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.