UK SIC 2007 code in Section G: Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles

47240 Retail sale of bread, cakes, flour confectionery and sugar confectionery in specialised stores

SIC 47240 is the UK code for retail sale of bread, cakes, flour confectionery and sugar confectionery in specialised stores. Companies House accepts it when you register a company or file a confirmation statement.

Code: 47240 (UK SIC 2007, Companies House list)
Section: Section G: Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
Division: 47 Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
SIC 2026: 47.24 Retail sale of bread, cake and confectionery (1:2); 47.92 Intermediation service activities for specialised retail sale (1:2)

Activities ONS lists under 47240

The ONS index assigns these 10 activities to this code. If one describes your company, this is the code to use.

Baker (retail)
Bakery (selling main activity) (retail)
Bread (retail)
Cakes (retail)
Chocolate and sweets (retail)
Finishing of part-baked bread and rolls
Flour confectionery (retail)
Pastry (retail)
Sugar confectionery (retail)
Sweets (retail)

Source: ONS UK SIC 2007 alphabetical index.

Businesses that use this code

Bakery

What changes in SIC 2026

ONS published UK SIC 2026 in 2026. Its correspondence table maps this code's class (47.24) to:

SIC 2026 code	Heading	Link type
47.24	Retail sale of bread, cake and confectionery	1:2
47.92	Intermediation service activities for specialised retail sale	1:2

"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 47240 until it announces a switch.

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

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Data last changed November 14, 2026. Source: Companies House condensed SIC list. How this page is built.