UK SIC 2007 code in Section H: Transportation and storage

49200 Freight rail transport

SIC 49200 is the UK code for freight rail transport. Companies House accepts it when you register a company or file a confirmation statement.

Code
49200 (UK SIC 2007, Companies House list)
Section
Section H: Transportation and storage
Division
49 Land transport and transport via pipelines
SIC 2026
49.20 Freight rail transport (1:1)
Closest US NAICS
484110, 484121, 484122, 484210 and 14 more

Activities ONS lists under 49200

The ONS index assigns these 3 activities to this code. If one describes your company, this is the code to use.

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 (49.20) to:

SIC 2026 codeHeadingLink type
49.20Freight rail transport1:1

"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 49200 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.

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