UK SIC 2007 code in Section G: Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
46120 Agents involved in the sale of fuels, ores, metals and industrial chemicals
SIC 46120 is the UK code for agents involved in the sale of fuels, ores, metals and industrial chemicals. Companies House accepts it when you register a company or file a confirmation statement.
- Code
- 46120 (UK SIC 2007, Companies House list)
- Section
- Section G: Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
- Division
- 46 Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
- SIC 2026
- 46.12 Activities of agents involved in the wholesale of fuels, ores, metals and industrial chemicals (1:1)
Activities ONS lists under 46120
The ONS index assigns these 122 activities to this code. If one describes your company, this is the code to use.
- Acrylic polymers in primary forms (commission agent)
- Acyclic and cyclic hydrocarbons (commission agent)
- Aldehyde function compounds (commission agent)
- Alkali or alkaline earth metals (commission agent)
- Amine function compounds (commission agent)
- Amino resins, phenolic resins and polyurethanes in primary forms (commission agent)
- Ammonium chloride, nitrites and carbonates (commission agent)
- Anti-freezing preparations and prepared de-icing fluids (commission agent)
- Anti-knock preparations and additives for mineral oils and similar products (commission agent)
- Bottled gas (commission agent)
- Carbonates (commission agent)
- Catalytic preparations (commission agent)
- Chemical elements in disk form and compounds doped for use in electronics (commission agent)
- Chemical products and residual products of the chemical or allied industries (commission agent)
- Chemically modified animal or vegetable fats and mixtures (commission agent)
- Coal (commission agent)
- Coal factor (commission agent)
- Coke or semi-coke of coal (commission agent)
- Colloidal precious metals (commission agent)
- Compound plasticisers and stabilisers for rubber or plastics (commission agent)
- Compounds of rare earth metals, yttrium or scandium (commission agent)
- Compounds with nitrogen functions (commission agent)
- Dental wax and other preparations for use in dentistry with a basis of plaster (commission agent)
- Diols, polyalcohols, cyclical alcohols and their derivatives (commission agent)
- Disinfectant preparations (commission agent)
- Disinfectants (commission agent)
- Distilled water (commission agent)
- Enriched uranium and plutonium and their compounds (commission agent)
- Enzymes and other organic compounds (commission agent)
- Essential oils and mixtures of odiferous substances (commission agent)
- Ethers, ether-alcohols, ether-phenols, ether-alcohol-phenols, alcohol peroxides, ether peroxides, ketone peroxides (commission agent)
- Ethers, organic peroxides, epoxides, acetals and hemiacetals and their compounds (commission agent)
- Fertilisers (commission agent)
- Finishing agents, dye carriers and similar industrial chemical products (commission agent)
- Fire extinguisher charges and preparations (commission agent)
- Fireworks (commission agent)
- Flux (commission agent)
- Formic acid (and salts of it) (commission agent)
- Fuel (commission agent)
- Fungicides, rodenticides and similar products (commission agent)
- Glues (commission agent)
- Glycerol (commission agent)
- Halogen or sulphur compounds of non-metals (commission agent)
- Heterocyclic compounds (commission agent)
- Hydraulic brake fluids (commission agent)
- Hydroalcoholic solution, denatured, of any strength (commission agent)
- Hydroalcoholic solution, undenatured, containing by volume 80% or more ethyl alcohol (commission agent)
- Hydrocarbon derivatives (commission agent)
- Hydrogen chloride (commission agent)
- Hydrogen peroxide (commission agent)
- Hydrogen, argon, nitrogen, oxygen and rare gases (commission agent)
- Industrial chemicals (commission agent)
- Industrial fatty acids (commission agent)
- Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids (commission agent)
- Inorganic acids (commission agent)
- Insecticides, herbicides, plant growth regulators and anti-sprouting products (commission agent)
- Iron (commission agent)
- Isotopes and compounds thereof (commission agent)
- Ketone and quinone function compounds (commission agent)
- Light, medium and heavy petroleum oils (commission agent)
- Lignite or peat (commission agent)
- Liquefied gas for motor purposes (commission agent)
- Liquid and compressed air (commission agent)
- Lubricating oils (commission agent)
- Man-made fibres and yarns (commission agent)
- Metal broker (not scrap) (commission agent)
- Metal oxides, hydroxides and peroxides (commission agent)
- Metal waste and scrap (commission agent)
- Metallic halogenates (commission agent)
- Metalloids (commission agent)
- Metals (commission agent)
- Modelling pastes (commission agent)
- Monohydric alcohols (commission agent)
- Motor and aviation spirit (commission agent)
- Natural uranium and plutonium and their compounds (commission agent)
- Nitrates of potassium (commission agent)
- Nitric acid, sulphonitric acid and ammonia (commission agent)
- Oil trading (commodity broking) (commission agent)
- Ores (commission agent)
- Peptones/protein substances and derivatives (commission agent)
- Petroleum coke, bitumen and other residues of petroleum (commission agent)
- Petroleum gases and gaseous hydrocarbons (excluding natural gas) (commission agent)
- Petroleum jelly and paraffin wax (commission agent)
- Phenols, phenol-alcohols and phenol derivatives (commission agent)
- Phosphates of triammonium (commission agent)
- Phosphides, carbides, hydrides, nitrides, azides, silicides and borides ( commission agent)
- Phosphinates, phosphonates, phosphates and polyphosphates (commission agent)
- Phosphoric esters and esters of other inorganic acids, their salts and derivatives (commission agent)
- Pickling preparations (commission agent)
- Piezo-electric quartz (commission agent)
- Polyamides in primary forms (commission agent)
- Polycarbonates, alkyd and epoxide resins (commission agent)
- Polyethers and polyesters (commission agent)
- Polymers of ethylene in primary forms (commission agent)
- Polymers of propylene and other olefins in primary forms (commission agent)
- Polymers of styrene in primary forms (commission agent)
- Polymers of vinyl acetate, other vinyl esters and vinyl polymers in primary forms (commission agent)
- Polymers of vinyl chloride and other halogenated olefins in primary forms (commission agent)
- Prepared binders for foundry moulds or cores (commission agent)
- Prepared rubber accelerators (commission agent)
- Printing ink (commission agent)
- Propellant powders and prepared explosives (commission agent)
- Propyl alcohol and isopropyl alcohol (commission agent)
- Raw earth metals (commission agent)
- Refined sulphur (commission agent)
- Retort carbon (commission agent)
- Roasted iron pyrites (commission agent)
- Safety fuses, detonating fuses, caps, igniters and electric detonators (commission agent)
- Salts of oxometallic or perometallic acids (commission agent)
- Scandium, yttrium and mercury (commission agent)
- Signalling flares, rain rockets, fog signals and other pyrotechnic articles (commission agent)
- Silicon and sulphur dioxide (commission agent)
- Silicones in primary forms (commission agent)
- Sodium nitrate (commission agent)
- Synthetic and organic colouring matter, colouring lakes and preparations (commission agent)
- Synthetic rubber (commission agent)
- Synthetic, organic or inorganic tanning extracts and preparations (commission agent)
- Urea, thiourea and melamine resins in primary forms (commission agent)
- Vegetable or resin product derivatives (commission agent)
- Vulcanized and unvulcanized rubber and articles thereof (commission agent)
- Waste, parings and scrap of rubber (commission agent)
- Wood charcoal for fuel (commission agent)
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 (46.12) to:
| SIC 2026 code | Heading | Link type |
|---|---|---|
| 46.12 | Activities of agents involved in the wholesale of fuels, ores, metals and industrial chemicals | 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 46120 until it announces a switch.
Similar codes to compare
- 46110Agents selling agricultural raw materials, livestock, textile raw materials and semi-finished goods
- 46130Agents involved in the sale of timber and building materials
- 46140Agents involved in the sale of machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft
- 46150Agents involved in the sale of furniture, household goods, hardware and ironmongery
- 46160Agents involved in the sale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods
- 46170Agents involved in the sale of food, beverages and tobacco
- 46180Agents specialized in the sale of other particular products
- 46190Agents involved in the sale of a variety of goods
Data last changed November 14, 2026. Source: Companies House condensed SIC list. How this page is built.