42220 Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications

Activities ONS lists under 42220

The ONS index assigns these 16 activities to this code. If one describes your company, this is the code to use.

• Cable laying
• Cable-laying vessel services
• Civil engineering constructions for long-distance communication
• Civil engineering constructions for power lines
• Civil engineering constructions for power plants
• Civil engineering constructions for urban communication
• Communication lines construction
• Construction of utility projects for electricity
• Construction of utility projects for telecommunications
• Installation of solar plants
• Installation of wind energy plants
• Overhead line construction
• Power line construction
• Repair and maintenance of above-ground telecommunication lines
• Repair and maintenance of underground communication lines
• Urban communication and powerlines construction

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 (42.22) to:

"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 42220 until it announces a switch.

Source: ONS correspondence table, SIC 2007 to SIC 2026.

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.

• 237110Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures ConstructionNAICS
• 237120Oil and Gas Pipeline and Related Structures ConstructionNAICS
• 237130Power and Communication Line and Related Structures ConstructionNAICS

Similar codes to compare

• 42210Construction of utility projects for fluids