UK SIC 2007 code in Section M: Professional, scientific and technical activities

74201 Portrait photographic activities

SIC 74201 is the UK code for portrait photographic activities, part of the class "photographic activities". Companies House accepts it when you register a company or file a confirmation statement.

Code: 74201 (UK SIC 2007, Companies House list)
Section: Section M: Professional, scientific and technical activities
Division: 74 Other professional, scientific and technical activities
SIC 2026: 18.12 Other printing (1:2); 74.20 Photographic activities (1:2)
Closest US NAICS: 518210, 541921, 541922, 711510 and 2 more

Activities ONS lists under 74201

The ONS index assigns these 6 activities to this code. If one describes your company, this is the code to use.

Passport photography
Photographic studio
Portrait photographer
Portrait photography
School photography
Wedding photography

Source: ONS UK SIC 2007 alphabetical index.

Businesses that use this code

Photography business

What changes in SIC 2026

ONS published UK SIC 2026 in 2026. Its correspondence table maps this code's class (74.20) to:

SIC 2026 code	Heading	Link type
18.12	Other printing	1:2
74.20	Photographic activities	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 74201 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.

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