UK SIC 2007 code in Section G: Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
46640 Wholesale of machinery for the textile industry and of sewing and knitting machines
SIC 46640 is the UK code for wholesale of machinery for the textile industry and of sewing and knitting machines. Companies House accepts it when you register a company or file a confirmation statement.
- Code
- 46640 (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
- 46.64 Wholesale of other machinery and equipment (1:1)
Activities ONS lists under 46640
The ONS index assigns these 17 activities to this code. If one describes your company, this is the code to use.
- Auxiliary machinery for use with machines for working textiles (wholesale)
- Cleaning, wringing, ironing, pressing, dyeing, etc. Machines for textile yarn and fibres (wholesale)
- Computer-controlled machinery for sewing and knitting machines (wholesale)
- Computer-controlled machinery for the textile industry (wholesale)
- Extruding, drawing, texturing or cutting machinery for man-made textile materials (wholesale)
- Felt finishing machinery (wholesale)
- Footwear manufacturing and repairing machinery (wholesale)
- Knitting machines (wholesale)
- Leather, hides and skins working machinery (wholesale)
- Sewing machines (wholesale)
- Stitch bonding machinery (wholesale)
- Textile fibre preparation machinery (wholesale)
- Textile industry machinery (wholesale)
- Textile spinning, doubling or twisting machinery (wholesale)
- Textile weaving machinery (wholesale)
- Textile winding or reeling machinery (wholesale)
- Tufting machinery (wholesale)
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 (46.64) to:
| SIC 2026 code | Heading | Link type |
|---|---|---|
| 46.64 | Wholesale of other machinery and equipment | 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 46640 until it announces a switch.
Similar codes to compare
- 46610Wholesale of agricultural machinery, equipment and supplies
- 46620Wholesale of machine tools
- 46630Wholesale of mining, construction and civil engineering machinery
- 46650Wholesale of office furniture
- 46660Wholesale of other office machinery and equipment
- 46690Wholesale of other machinery and equipment
Data last changed November 14, 2026. Source: Companies House condensed SIC list. How this page is built.