UK SIC 2007 code in Section M: Professional, scientific and technical activities
71200 Technical testing and analysis
SIC 71200 is the UK code for technical testing and analysis. Companies House accepts it when you register a company or file a confirmation statement.
- Code
- 71200 (UK SIC 2007, Companies House list)
- Section
- Section M: Professional, scientific and technical activities
- Division
- 71 Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis
- SIC 2026
- 71.20 Technical testing and analysis (1:1)
- Closest US NAICS
- 541380, 811198
Activities ONS lists under 71200
The ONS index assigns these 52 activities to this code. If one describes your company, this is the code to use.
- Acoustics and vibration testing
- Agricultural grain electrophoresis
- Air measuring related to cleanness
- Aircraft certification
- Analytical chemist
- Animal genetic testing
- Archaeobotanical analysis
- Assay office
- Bacteriologist (non medical)
- Composition and purity testing and analysis
- Electrophoresis
- Food hygiene testing activities
- Integrated mechanical and electrical system testing and analysis
- Leak testing and flow monitoring activities
- Lloyd's Register of Shipping
- Marine cargo surveyor
- Marine insurance survey activities
- Marine surveyor
- Metallurgist (private practice)
- MOT testing station
- Motor vehicles certification
- Nuclear plant certification
- Oilfield pipe inspection
- Performance testing of complete machinery
- Physicist
- Pipeline and ancillary equipment testing activities
- Police laboratories
- Pollution measuring
- Pressurised containers certification
- Product origin and quality assessment
- Public analyst
- Quality control
- Radioactivity measuring
- Radiographic testing of welds and joints
- Road-safety testing of motor vehicles
- Ship surveyor
- Ships certification
- Strength and failure testing
- Sworn timber measurer
- Sworn weigher
- Technical and non-destructive testing services
- Technical automobile inspection activities
- Technical inspection services of buildings
- Technical testing of bridges and other engineering structures
- Technical testing of lifting and handling equipment
- Testing and measuring of environmental indicators: air and water pollution
- Testing of calculations for building elements
- Testing of composition and purity of minerals
- Testing of physical characteristics and performance of materials
- Testing or analysing laboratory
- Timber measurer
- Water measuring related to cleanness
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 (71.20) to:
| SIC 2026 code | Heading | Link type |
|---|---|---|
| 71.20 | Technical testing and analysis | 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 71200 until it announces a switch.
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.