UK SIC 2007 45111: Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles

Maps to NACE Rev. 2 45.11 and NACE Rev. 2.1 46.18, 46.71, 47.81, 47.92. ISIC Rev. 4: 4510.

UK SIC 2007 code 45111 is "Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles". UK SIC 2007 follows NACE Rev. 2 at four digits and adds a national fifth digit, so the first four digits, 45.11, are the NACE Rev. 2 class "Sale of cars and light motor vehicles". 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 NACE Rev. 2 class behind this code is split across 4 classes, so check the activity before you convert.

Conversion

Classification	Code	Label
UK SIC 2007	45111	Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles
NACE Rev. 2	45.11	Sale of cars and light motor vehicles
NACE Rev. 2.1	46.18	Activities of agents involved in the wholesale of other particular products
NACE Rev. 2.1	46.71	Wholesale of motor vehicles
NACE Rev. 2.1	47.81	Retail sale of motor vehicles
NACE Rev. 2.1	47.92	Intermediation service activities for specialised retail sale
ISIC Rev. 4	4510

What the class includes (NACE Rev. 2 notes)

This class includes: - wholesale and retail sale of new and used vehicles: • passenger motor vehicles, including specialised passenger motor vehicles such as ambulances and minibuses, etc. (with a weight not exceeding 3,5 tons)

What it excludes

This class excludes: - wholesale and retail sale of parts and accessories for motor vehicles, see 45.3 - rental of motor vehicles with driver, see 49.3 - rental of motor vehicles without driver, see 77.1

Other UK SIC codes in the same NACE class

45112 Sale of used cars and light motor vehicles

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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.