77400 Leasing of intellectual property and similar products, except copyright works

Activities ONS lists under 77400

The ONS index assigns these 8 activities to this code. If one describes your company, this is the code to use.

• Leasing of intellectual property and the like (not copyrighted works e.g. Books and software)
• Leasing of non-financial intangible assets
• Receiving royalties or licensing fees for the use of brand names
• Receiving royalties or licensing fees for the use of franchise agreements
• Receiving royalties or licensing fees for the use of mineral exploration and evaluation
• Receiving royalties or licensing fees for the use of patented entities
• Receiving royalties or licensing fees for the use of trademarks or service marks
• Scientific search results (lease or sale)

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 (77.40) 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 77400 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.

• 533110Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (except Copyrighted Works)NAICS