50100 Sea and coastal passenger water transport

Activities ONS lists under 50100

The ONS index assigns these 13 activities to this code. If one describes your company, this is the code to use.

• Boat rental for passenger conveyance with crew (except for inland waterway services)
• Coastal water transport for passengers
• Excursion, cruise or sightseeing boat operation (except for inland waterway service)
• Ferry transport of cars with driver
• Hovercraft operator between UK and international ports (passenger)
• Passenger ferry between UK and international ports
• Passenger ferry on domestic or coastal routes
• Passenger shipping service (sea and coastal)
• Pleasure boat rental with crew (e.g. For fishing cruises) (except for inland waterway service)
• Sea ferry (passenger)
• Transport of passengers over seas and coastal waters
• Transport of passengers over water (except for inland waterway service)
• Water taxis operation (except for inland waterway service)

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 (50.10) to:

"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 50100 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.

• 483111Deep Sea Freight TransportationNAICS
• 483112Deep Sea Passenger TransportationNAICS
• 483113Coastal and Great Lakes Freight TransportationNAICS
• 483114Coastal and Great Lakes Passenger TransportationNAICS
• 487210Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation, WaterNAICS