UK SIC 2007 20411: Manufacture of soap and detergents

Maps to NACE Rev. 2 20.41 and NACE Rev. 2.1 20.41. ISIC Rev. 4: 2023.

UK SIC 2007 code 20411 is "Manufacture of soap and detergents". UK SIC 2007 follows NACE Rev. 2 at four digits and adds a national fifth digit, so the first four digits, 20.41, are the NACE Rev. 2 class "Manufacture of soap and detergents, cleaning and polishing preparations". UK companies state one or more SIC codes when they file at Companies House, and the codes appear in the company record. In NACE Rev. 2.1 the matching class is 20.41, "Manufacture of soap and detergents, cleaning and polishing preparations".

Conversion

Classification	Code	Label
UK SIC 2007	20411	Manufacture of soap and detergents
NACE Rev. 2	20.41	Manufacture of soap and detergents, cleaning and polishing preparations
NACE Rev. 2.1	20.41	Manufacture of soap and detergents, cleaning and polishing preparations
ISIC Rev. 4	2023

What the class includes (NACE Rev. 2 notes)

This class includes: - manufacture of organic surface-active agents - manufacture of paper, wadding, felt etc. coated or covered with soap or detergent - manufacture of glycerol - manufacture of soap, except cosmetic soap - manufacture of surface-active preparations: • washing powders in solid or liquid form and detergents • dish-washing preparations • textile softeners - manufacture of cleaning and polishing products: • preparations for perfuming or deodorising rooms • artificial waxes and prepared waxes • polishes and creams for leather • polishes and creams for wood • polishes for coachwork, glass and metal • scouring pastes and powders, including paper, wadding etc. coated or covered with these

What it excludes

This class excludes: - manufacture of separate, chemically defined compounds, see 20.13, 20.14 - manufacture of glycerol, synthesised from petroleum products, see 20.14 - manufacture of cosmetic soap, see 20.42

Other UK SIC codes in the same NACE class

20412 Manufacture of cleaning and polishing preparations

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UK SIC 2007: Companies House condensed list of the ONS classification (gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0), read 2026-10-05. NACE data: EU Vocabularies (CC BY 4.0). Information only.