SIC CODES

SIC Codes and Economic Activities related with "trade"

List of SIC Codes corresponding to term "trade"

List of SIC Codes for trade

There are 25 Economic Activities in all levels that containg the word "TRADE" in their name or detailed description. Have you that what you are searching for?

  • Class 1311
    Preparation and spinning of textile fibres
    This class includes:
    ~ preparatory operations on textile fibres:
    ~ reeling and washing of silk
    ~ degreasing and carbonizing of wool and dyeing of wool fleece
    ~ carding and combing of all kinds of animal, vegetable and man-made fibres
    ~ spinning and manufacture of yarn or thread for weaving or sewing, for the TRADE or for further processing:
    ~ texturizing, twisting, folding, cabling and dipping of synthetic or artificial filament yarns

    This class also includes:
    ~ manufacture of paper yarn

  • Class 4690
    Non-specialized wholesale trade
    This class includes:
    ~ wholesale of a variety of goods without any particular specialization

  • Class 5210
    Warehousing and storage
    This class includes:
    ~ operation of storage and warehouse facilities for all kind of goods:
    ~ operation of grain silos, general merchandise warehouses, refrigerated warehouses, storage tanks etc.

    This class also includes:
    ~ storage of goods in foreign TRADE zones
    ~ blast freezing

  • Class 4610
    Wholesale on a fee or contract basis
    This class includes:
    ~ activities of commission agents and all other wholesalers who TRADE on behalf and on the account of others
    ~ activities of those involved in bringing sellers and buyers together or undertaking commercial transactions on behalf of a principal, including on the internet
    ~ such agents involved in the sale of:
    ~ agricultural raw materials, live animals, textile raw materials and semi-finished goods
    ~ fuels, ores, metals and industrial chemicals, including fertilizers
    ~ food, beverages and tobacco
    ~ textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods
    ~ timber and building materials
    ~ machinery, including office machinery and computers, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft
    ~ furniture, household goods and hardware

    This class also includes:
    ~ activities of wholesale auctioneering houses


  • Class 8230
    Organization of conventions and TRADE shows
    This class includes:
    ~ organization, promotion and/or management of events, such as business and TRADE shows, conventions, conferences and meetings, whether or not including the management and provision of the staff to operate the facilities in which these events take place

  • Class 4659
    Wholesale of other machinery and equipment
    This class includes:
    ~ wholesale of office machinery and equipment, except computers and computer peripheral equipment
    ~ wholesale of office furniture
    ~ wholesale of transport equipment except motor vehicles, motorcycles and bicycles
    ~ wholesale of production-line robots
    ~ wholesale of wires and switches and other installation equipment for industrial use
    ~ wholesale of other electrical material such as electrical motors, transformers
    ~ wholesale of machine tools of any type and for any material
    ~ wholesale of other machinery n.e.c. for use in industry, TRADE and navigation and other services

    This class also includes:
    ~ wholesale of computer-controlled machine tools
    ~ wholesale of computer-controlled machinery for the textile industry and of computer-controlled sewing and knitting machines
    ~ wholesale of measuring instruments and equipment

  • Class 6492
    Other credit granting
    This class includes:
    ~ financial service activities primarily concerned with making loans by institutions not involved in monetary intermediation, where the granting of credit can take a variety of forms, such as loans, mortgages, credit cards etc., providing the following types of services:
    ~ granting of consumer credit
    ~ international TRADE financing
    ~ provision of long-term finance to industry by industrial banks
    ~ money lending outside the banking system
    ~ credit granting for house purchase by specialized non-depository institutions
    ~ pawnshops and pawnbrokers

  • Class 8421
    Foreign affairs
    This class includes:
    ~ administration and operation of the ministry of foreign affairs and diplomatic and consular missions stationed abroad or at offices of international organizations
    ~ administration, operation and support for information and cultural services intended for distribution beyond national boundaries
    ~ aid to foreign countries, whether or not routed through international organizations
    ~ provision of military aid to foreign countries
    ~ management of foreign TRADE, international financial and foreign technical affairs

  • Class 9411
    Activities of business and employers membership organizations
    This class includes:
    ~ activities of organizations whose members' interests centre on the development and prosperity of enterprises in a particular line of business or TRADE, including farming, or on the economic growth and climate of a particular geographical area or political subdivision without regard for the line of business.
    ~ activities of federations of such associations
    ~ activities of chambers of commerce, guilds and similar organizations
    ~ dissemination of information, representation before government agencies, public relations and labour negotiations of business and employer organizations

  • Class 9420
    Activities of TRADE unions
    This class includes:
    ~ promoting of the interests of organized labor and union employees

    This class also includes:
    ~ activities of associations whose members are employees interested chiefly in the representation of their views concerning the salary and work situation, and in concerted action through organization
    ~ activities of single plant unions, of unions composed of affiliated branches and of labour organizations composed of affiliated unions on the basis of TRADE, region, organizational structure or other criteria


  • Class 9900
    Activities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies
    This class includes:
    ~ activities of international organizations such as the United Nations and the specialized agencies of the United Nations system, regional bodies etc., the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the World Customs Organization, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, the European Communities, the European Free Trade Association etc.

    This class also includes:
    ~ activities of diplomatic and consular missions when being determined by the country of their location rather than by the country they represent

  • Group 469
    Non-specialized wholesale trade
    See class 4690.
  • Group 479
    Retail TRADE not in stores, stalls or markets
    This group includes retail sale activities by mail order houses, over the Internet, through door-to-door sales, vending machines etc.
  • Group 823
    Organization of conventions and TRADE shows
    See class 8230.
  • Group 942
    Activities of TRADE unions
    See class 9420.
  • Group 949
    Activities of other membership organizations
    This group includes the activities of units (except business and employers organizations, professional organizations, TRADE unions) that promote the interests of their members.
  • Division 10
    Manufacture of food products
    This division includes the processing of the products of agriculture, forestry and fishing into food for humans or animals, and includes the production of various intermediate products that are not directly food products. The activity often generates associated products of greater or lesser value (for example, hides from slaughtering, or oilcake from oil production).
    This division is organized by activities dealing with different kinds of products: meat, fish, fruit and vegetables, fats and oils, milk products, grain mill products, animal feeds and other food products. Production can be carried out for own account, as well as for third parties, as in custom slaughtering.
    Some activities are considered manufacturing (for example, those performed in bakeries, pastry shops, and prepared meat shops etc. which sell their own production) even though there is retail sale of the products in the producers' own shop. However, where the processing is minimal and does not lead to a real transformation, the unit is classified to Wholesale and retail TRADE (section G).

    Production of animal feeds from slaughter waste or by-products is classified in 1080, while processing food and beverage waste into secondary raw material is classified to 3830, and disposal of food and beverage waste in 3821.

  • Division 45
    Wholesale and retail TRADE and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
    This division includes all activities (except manufacture and renting) related to motor vehicles and motorcycles, including lorries and trucks, such as the wholesale and retail sale of new and second-hand vehicles, the repair and maintenance of vehicles and the wholesale and retail sale of parts and accessories for motor vehicles and motorcycles. Also included are activities of commission agents involved in wholesale or retail sale of vehicles.
    This division also includes activities such as washing, polishing of vehicles etc.

    This division does not include the retail sale of automotive fuel and lubricating or cooling products or the renting of motor vehicles or motorcycles.


  • Division 33
    Repair and installation of machinery and equipment
    This division includes the specialized repair of goods produced in the manufacturing sector with the aim to restore machinery, equipment and other products to working order. The provision of general or routine maintenance (i.e. servicing) on such products to ensure they work efficiently and to prevent breakdown and unnecessary repairs is included.

    This division does only include specialized repair and maintenance activities. A substantial amount of repair is also done by manufacturers of machinery, equipment and other goods, in which case the classification of units engaged in these repair and manufacturing activities is done according to the value-added principle which would often assign these combined activities to the manufacture of the good. The same principle is applied for combined TRADE and repair.

    The rebuilding or remanufacturing of machinery and equipment is considered a manufacturing activity and included in other divisions of this section.

    Repair and maintenance of goods that are utilized as capital goods as well as consumer goods is typically classified as repair and maintenance of household goods (e.g. office and household furniture repair, see 9524).

    Also included in this division is the specialized installation of machinery. However, the installation of equipment that forms an integral part of buildings or similar structures, such as installation of electrical wiring, installation of escalators or installation of air-conditioning systems, is classified as construction.

    This division excludes the cleaning of industrial machinery (see class 8129) and the repair and maintenance of computers, communications equipment and household goods (see division 95).

  • Division 46
    Wholesale TRADE, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
    This division includes wholesale TRADE on own account or on a fee or contract basis (commission trade) related to domestic wholesale TRADE as well as international wholesale TRADE (import/export).

    Wholesale is the resale (sale without transformation) of new and used goods to retailers, business-to-business TRADE, such as to industrial, commercial, institutional or professional users, or resale to other wholesalers, or involves acting as an agent or broker in buying goods for, or selling goods to, such persons or companies. The principal types of businesses included are merchant wholesalers, i.e. wholesalers who take title to the goods they sell, such as wholesale merchants or jobbers, industrial distributors, exporters, importers, and cooperative buying associations, sales branches and sales offices (but not retail stores) that are maintained by manufacturing or mining units apart from their plants or mines for the purpose of marketing their products and that do not merely take orders to be filled by direct shipments from the plants or mines. Also included are merchandise brokers, commission merchants and agents and assemblers, buyers and cooperative associations engaged in the marketing of farm products.

    Wholesalers frequently physically assemble, sort and grade goods in large lots, break bulk, repack and redistribute in smaller lots, for example pharmaceuticals; store, refrigerate, deliver and install goods, engage in sales promotion for their customers and label design.

    This division excludes the wholesale of motor vehicles, caravans and motorcycles, as well as motor vehicle accessories (see division 45), the renting and leasing of goods (see division 77) and the packing of solid goods and bottling of liquid or gaseous goods, including blending and filtering, for third parties (see class 8292).

  • Division 47
    Retail TRADE, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
    This division includes the resale (sale without transformation) of new and used goods mainly to the general public for personal or household consumption or utilization, by shops, department stores, stalls, mail-order houses, hawkers and peddlers, consumer cooperatives etc.

    Retail TRADE is classified first by type of sale outlet (retail TRADE in stores: groups 471 to 477; retail TRADE not in stores: groups 478 and 479). Retail TRADE in stores includes the retail sale of used goods (class 4774). For retail sale in stores, there exists a further distinction between specialized retail sale (groups 472 to 477) and non-specialized retail sale (group 471). The above groups are further subdivided by the range of products sold. Sale not via stores is subdivided according to the forms of TRADE, such as retail sale via stalls and markets (group 478) and other non-store retail sale, e.g. mail order, door-to-door, by vending machines etc. (group 479).

    The goods sold in this division are limited to goods usually referred to as consumer goods or retail goods. Therefore goods not usually entering the retail TRADE, such as cereal grains, ores, industrial machinery etc., are excluded. This division also includes units engaged primarily in selling to the general public, from displayed goods, products such as personal computers, stationery, paint or timber, although these sales may not be for personal or household use. Some processing of goods may be involved, but only incidental to selling, e.g. sorting or repackaging of goods, installation of a domestic appliance etc.

    This division also includes the retail sale by commission agents and activities of retail auctioning houses.

    This division excludes:
    ~ sale of farmers' products by farmers, see division 01
    ~ manufacture and sale of goods, which is generally classified as manufacturing in divisions 10-32
    ~ sale of motor vehicles, motorcycles and their parts, see division 45
    ~ TRADE in cereal grains, ores, crude petroleum, industrial chemicals, iron and steel and industrial machinery and equipment, see division 46
    ~ sale of food and drinks for consumption on the premises and sale of takeaway food, see division 56
    ~ renting of personal and household goods to the general public, see group 772

  • Division 56
    Food and beverage service activities
    This division includes food and beverage serving activities providing complete meals or drinks fit for immediate consumption, whether in traditional restaurants, self-service or take-away restaurants, whether as permanent or temporary stands with or without seating. Decisive is the fact that meals fit for immediate consumption are offered, not the kind of facility providing them.

    Excluded is the production of meals not fit for immediate consumption or not planned to be consumed immediately or of prepared food which is not considered to be a meal (see divisions 10: Manufacture of food products and 11: Manufacture of beverages). Also excluded is the sale of not self-manufactured food that is not considered to be a meal or of meals that are not fit for immediate consumption (see section G: Wholesale and retail trade; ...).

  • Section C
    Manufacturing
    This section includes the physical or chemical transformation of materials, substances, or components into new products, although this cannot be used as the single universal criterion for defining manufacturing (see remark on processing of waste below). The materials, substances, or components transformed are raw materials that are products of agriculture, forestry, fishing, mining or quarrying as well as products of other manufacturing activities. Substantial alteration, renovation or reconstruction of goods is generally considered to be manufacturing.

    Units engaged in manufacturing are often described as plants, factories or mills and characteristically use power-driven machines and materials-handling equipment. However, units that transform materials or substances into new products by hand or in the worker's home and those engaged in selling to the general public of products made on the same premises from which they are sold, such as bakeries and custom tailors, are also included in this section. Manufacturing units may process materials or may contract with other units to process their materials for them. Both types of units are included in manufacturing.

    The output of a manufacturing process may be finished in the sense that it is ready for utilization or consumption, or it may be semi-finished in the sense that it is to become an input for further manufacturing. For example, the output of alumina refining is the input used in the primary production of aluminium; primary aluminium is the input to aluminium wire drawing; and aluminium wire is the input for the manufacture of fabricated wire products.

    Manufacture of specialized components and parts of, and accessories and attachments to, machinery and equipment is, as a general rule, classified in the same class as the manufacture of the machinery and equipment for which the parts and accessories are intended. Manufacture of unspecialized components and parts of machinery and equipment, e.g. engines, pistons, electric motors, electrical assemblies, valves, gears, roller bearings, is classified in the appropriate class of manufacturing, without regard to the machinery and equipment in which these items may be included. However, making specialized components and accessories by moulding or extruding plastics materials is included in class 2220.

    Assembly of the component parts of manufactured products is considered manufacturing. This includes the assembly of manufactured products from either self-produced or purchased components.

    The recovery of waste, i.e. the processing of waste into secondary raw materials is classified in class 3830 (Materials recovery). While this may involve physical or chemical transformations, this is not considered to be a part of manufacturing. The primary purpose of these activities is considered to be the treatment or processing of waste and they are therefore classified in Section E (Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities). However, the manufacture of new final products (as opposed to secondary raw materials) is classified in manufacturing, even if these processes use waste as an input. For example, the production of silver from film waste is considered to be a manufacturing process.

    Specialized maintenance and repair of industrial, commercial and similar machinery and equipment is, in general, classified in division 33 (Repair, maintenance and installation of machinery and equipment). However, the repair of computers and personal and household goods is classified in division 95 (Repair of computers and personal and household goods), while the repair of motor vehicles is classified in division 45 (Wholesale and retail TRADE and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles).

    The installation of machinery and equipment, when carried out as a specialized activity, is classified in 3320.

    Remark: The boundaries of manufacturing and the other sectors of the classification system can be somewhat blurry.

  • Section G
    Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
    This section includes wholesale and retail sale (i.e. sale without transformation) of any type of goods and the rendering of services incidental to the sale of these goods. Wholesaling and retailing are the final steps in the distribution of goods. Goods bought and sold are also referred to as merchandise.

    Also included in this section are the repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles.

    Sale without transformation is considered to include the usual operations (or manipulations) associated with TRADE, for example sorting, grading and assembling of goods, mixing (blending) of goods (for example sand), bottling (with or without preceding bottle cleaning), packing, breaking bulk and repacking for distribution in smaller lots, storage (whether or not frozen or chilled), cleaning and drying of agricultural products, cutting out of wood fibreboards or metal sheets as secondary activities.

    Division 45 includes all activities related to the sale and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles, while divisions 46 and 47 include all other sale activities. The distinction between division 46 (wholesale) and division 47 (retail sale) is based on the predominant type of customer.

    Wholesale is the resale (sale without transformation) of new and used goods to retailers, to industrial, commercial, institutional or professional users, or to other wholesalers, or involves acting as an agent or broker in buying goods for, or selling goods to, such persons or companies. The principal types of businesses included are merchant wholesalers, i.e. wholesalers who take title to the goods they sell, such as wholesale merchants or jobbers, industrial distributors, exporters, importers, and cooperative buying associations, sales branches and sales offices (but not retail stores) that are maintained by manufacturing or mining units apart from their plants or mines for the purpose of marketing their products and that do not merely take orders to be filled by direct shipments from the plants or mines. Also included are merchandise brokers, commission merchants and agents and assemblers, buyers and cooperative associations engaged in the marketing of farm products. Wholesalers frequently physically assemble, sort and grade goods in large lots, break bulk, repack and redistribute in smaller lots, for example pharmaceuticals; store, refrigerate, deliver and install goods, engage in sales promotion for their customers and label design.

    Retailing is the resale (sale without transformation) of new and used goods mainly to the general public for personal or household consumption or utilization, by shops, department stores, stalls, mail-order houses, door-to-door sales persons, hawkers and peddlers, consumer cooperatives, auction houses etc. Most retailers take title to the goods they sell, but some act as agents for a principal and sell either on consignment or on a commission basis.

  • Section I
    Accommodation and food service activities
    This section includes the provision of short-stay accommodation for visitors and other travellers and the provision of complete meals and drinks fit for immediate consumption. The amount and type of supplementary services provided within this section can vary widely.

    This section excludes the provision of long-term accommodation as primary residences, which is classified in Real estate activities (section L). Also excluded is the preparation of food or drinks that are either not fit for immediate consumption or that are sold through independent distribution channels, i.e. through wholesale or retail TRADE activities. The preparation of these foods is classified in Manufacturing (section C).