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UK industries

Every active UK company routed by SIC → ICB into one of 11 industries plus Unclassified — no editorial bucketing, no overlap.

313,511 routed · 80,654 detailed filers · 12/12 populated

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The 11 ICB industries · ranked by company count

Industry	Companies	Detailed	Coverage
Industrials	105,735	23,836	23%
Consumer Discretionary	92,410	22,034	24%
Real Estate	32,106	4,176	13%
Health Care	17,510	3,898	22%
Technology	17,122	4,247	25%
Unclassified	14,690	7,603	52%
Financials	14,056	7,750	55%
Consumer Staples	6,642	1,891	28%
Utilities	5,415	1,750	32%
Basic Materials	4,831	2,096	43%
Telecommunications	1,849	631	34%
Energy	1,145	742	65%

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70 SIC divisions (72,189 detailed filers) across 12 industries

Sector (SIC division)	Filers
Industrials	23,415
Office administrative, office support and other business support activities	6,468
Other professional, scientific and technical activities	2,914
Construction of buildings	2,901
Specialised construction activities	1,559
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities	1,111
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	909
Land transport and transport via pipelines	883
Employment activities	751
Warehousing and support activities for transportation	655
Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis	609
Civil engineering	584
Rental and leasing activities	566
Scientific research and development	553
Waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery	429
Manufacture of electrical equipment	420
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment	383
Water transport	313
Services to buildings and landscape activities	281
Legal and accounting activities	240
Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products	234
Printing and reproduction of recorded media	183
Manufacture of other transport equipment	177
Air transport	155
Security and investigation activities	137
Consumer Discretionary	21,846
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	4,405
Education	3,948
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	1,834
Other personal service activities	1,699
Accommodation	1,433
Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	1,152
Other manufacturing	1,118
Food and beverage service activities	911
Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities	868
Activities of membership organisations	853
Motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities	836
Publishing activities	588
Creative, arts and entertainment activities	519
Advertising and market research	374
Travel agency, tour operator and other reservation service and related activities	369
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers	260
Libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities	236
Manufacture of textiles	167
Manufacture of furniture	165
Gambling and betting activities	111
Financials	7,749
Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding	4,150
Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security	1,814
Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities	1,785
Technology	4,246
Computer programming, consultancy and related activities	3,141
Information service activities	573
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products	532
Real Estate	4,173
Real estate activities	4,173
Health Care	3,487
Human health activities	1,397
Residential care activities	1,075
Social work activities without accommodation	790
Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations	225
Basic Materials	1,979
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products	611
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products	551
Manufacture of paper and paper products	248
Manufacture of basic metals	206
Other mining and quarrying	197
Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials	166
Consumer Staples	1,719
Manufacture of food products	1,016
Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities	475
Manufacture of beverages	228
Utilities	1,639
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	1,639
Energy	689
Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas	392
Mining support service activities	297
Telecommunications	630
Telecommunications	630
Unclassified	617
Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies	488
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	129