UK SIC 2007 code in Section G: Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
46740 Wholesale of hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies
SIC 46740 is the UK code for wholesale of hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies. Companies House accepts it when you register a company or file a confirmation statement.
- Code
- 46740 (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
- 46.84 Wholesale of hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies (1:1)
Activities ONS lists under 46740
The ONS index assigns these 29 activities to this code. If one describes your company, this is the code to use.
- Barbed wire and stranded wire (wholesale)
- Drainpipes (wholesale)
- Fittings and fixtures (wholesale)
- Hammers (wholesale)
- Hand tools (wholesale)
- Hardware equipment and supplies (wholesale)
- Hardware, plumbing and heating equipment (wholesale)
- Hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies exporter (wholesale)
- Hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies importer (wholesale)
- Heat insulated tanks for central heating (wholesale)
- Heating equipment and supplies (wholesale)
- Hot water heaters (wholesale)
- Ironmonger (wholesale)
- Locks (wholesale)
- Nails, tacks, drawing pins and staples (wholesale)
- Plumbers' merchant (wholesale)
- Plumbing equipment and supplies (wholesale)
- Reservoirs, tanks and containers of metal for central heating (300 litres or more) (wholesale)
- Sanitary installation connections, rubber pipes (wholesale)
- Sanitary installation equipment (wholesale)
- Sanitary installation taps, t-pieces (wholesale)
- Sanitary installation tubes, pipes, fittings (wholesale)
- Saws and sawblades (wholesale)
- Saws, screwdrivers and similar hand tools (wholesale)
- Screwdrivers (wholesale)
- Threaded and non-threaded fasteners (wholesale)
- Tools (wholesale)
- Ventilation equipment (wholesale)
- Wire netting (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 (46.74) to:
| SIC 2026 code | Heading | Link type |
|---|---|---|
| 46.84 | Wholesale of hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies | 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 46740 until it announces a switch.
Similar codes to compare
- 46711Wholesale of petroleum and petroleum products
- 46719Wholesale of other fuels and related products
- 46720Wholesale of metals and metal ores
- 46730Wholesale of wood, construction materials and sanitary equipment
- 46750Wholesale of chemical products
- 46760Wholesale of other intermediate products
- 46770Wholesale of waste and scrap
Data last changed November 14, 2026. Source: Companies House condensed SIC list. How this page is built.