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Data and analysis from Census 2021

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  5. UK SIC: Archive

UK SIC: Archive

Older versions of the UK Standard Industrial Classification of economic activities containing SICs from 1948 to 2003.

Last updated:
2 June 2021
  • Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities 1948 (755.4 KB, PDF)

  • Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities 1948 indexes (1.78 MB, PDF)

  • Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities 1958 (714.5 KB, PDF)

  • Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities 1958 indexes (1.8 MB, PDF)

  • Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities 1968 (697.2 KB, PDF)

  • Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities 1968 indexes (2.75 MB, PDF)

  • Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities 1980 (858.6 KB, PDF)

  • Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities 1980 indexes (2.85 MB, PDF)

  • UK Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities 1992 (first edition) (1.9 MB, PDF)

  • UK Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities 1992 (second edition) (1.9 MB, PDF)

  • UK Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities 1992 indexes (first edition) (3.11 MB, PDF)

  • UK Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities 1992 indexes (second edition) (3.11 MB, PDF)

  • UK Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities 2003 (2.38 MB, PDF)

  • UK Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities 2003 indexes (2.06 MB, PDF)

  • Correlation between SIC 1968 and 1980 (870.3 KB, PDF)

  • Correlation between SIC 1980 and 1992 (second edition) (200 KB, Excel sheet)

  • UKSIC92 Table 1 Changes between Edition 1 - Edition 2 Additional Subclasses (427 KB, PDF)

  • UKSIC92 Table 2 Changes between the First Edition_Second Edition residual subclass renumbering (191 KB, PDF)

  • Correlation between UK SIC 2003 and UK SIC 2007 (182.5 KB, Excel sheet)

  • Table of changes between the UK SIC 1992 and UK SIC 2003 (104.1 KB, PDF)

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  • UK SIC 2007

Related downloads

  • UKSIC92 Table 1 Changes between Edition 1 - Edition 2 Additional Subclasses (437.1 kB pdf)
  • UKSIC92 Table 2 Changes between the First Edition_Second Edition residual subclass renumbering (195.4 kB pdf)
  • UK Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities 1992 (first edition) (1.9 MB pdf)
  • UK Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities 1992 indexes (first edition) (3.2 MB pdf)
  • Correlation between SIC 1980 and 1992 (second edition) (204.3 kB xls)

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