The United Kingdom Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities (UKSIC) is a Standard Industrial Classification that is intended to help classify businesses according to the type of their economic activity.
However, the very latest version is the 2007 SIC system[1][2] A Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) was first introduced into the United Kingdom in 1948 for use in classifying business establishments and other statistical units by the type of economic activity in which they are engaged.
The classification provides a framework for the collection, tabulation, presentation and analysis of data and its use promotes uniformity.
In addition, it can be used for administration purposes and by non-government bodies as a convenient way of classifying industrial activities into a common structure.
These now fall in line with the European Union industrial classification system, NACE, and the United Nations International Standard Industrial Classifications, ISIC, to and including the 4 digit class level.