UK SIC 2007 21200: Manufacture of pharmaceutical preparations

Maps to NACE Rev. 2 21.20 and NACE Rev. 2.1 21.20. ISIC Rev. 4: 2100.

UK SIC 2007 code 21200 is "Manufacture of pharmaceutical preparations". UK SIC 2007 follows NACE Rev. 2 at four digits and adds a national fifth digit, so the first four digits, 21.20, are the NACE Rev. 2 class "Manufacture of pharmaceutical 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 21.20, "Manufacture of pharmaceutical preparations".

Conversion

Classification	Code	Label
UK SIC 2007	21200	Manufacture of pharmaceutical preparations
NACE Rev. 2	21.20	Manufacture of pharmaceutical preparations
NACE Rev. 2.1	21.20	Manufacture of pharmaceutical preparations
ISIC Rev. 4	2100

What the class includes (NACE Rev. 2 notes)

This class includes: - manufacture of medicaments: • antisera and other blood fractions • vaccines • diverse medicaments, including homeopathic preparations - manufacture of chemical contraceptive products for external use and hormonal contraceptive medicaments - manufacture of medical diagnostic preparations, including pregnancy tests - manufacture of radioactive in-vivo diagnostic substances - manufacture of biotech pharmaceuticals

What it excludes

This class excludes: - manufacture of herb infusions (mint, vervain, chamomile etc.), see 10.83 - manufacture of dental fillings and dental cement, see 32.50 - manufacture of bone reconstruction cements, see 32.50 - manufacture of surgical drapes, see 32.50 - wholesale of pharmaceuticals, see 46.46 - retail sale of pharmaceuticals, see 47.73 - research and development for pharmaceuticals and biotech pharmaceuticals, see 72.1 - packaging of pharmaceuticals, see 82.92

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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.