UK SIC 2007 53100: Postal activities under universal service obligation

Maps to NACE Rev. 2 53.10 and NACE Rev. 2.1 53.10. ISIC Rev. 4: 5310.

UK SIC 2007 code 53100 is "Postal activities under universal service obligation". UK SIC 2007 follows NACE Rev. 2 at four digits and adds a national fifth digit, so the first four digits, 53.10, are the NACE Rev. 2 class "Postal activities under universal service obligation". 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 53.10, "Postal activities under universal service obligation".

Conversion

Classification	Code	Label
UK SIC 2007	53100	Postal activities under universal service obligation
NACE Rev. 2	53.10	Postal activities under universal service obligation
NACE Rev. 2.1	53.10	Postal activities under universal service obligation
ISIC Rev. 4	5310

What the class includes (NACE Rev. 2 notes)

This class includes the activities of postal services operating under a universal service obligation by one or more designated universal service providers. The activities include use of the universal service infrastructure, including retail locations, sorting and processing facilities, and carrier routes to pickup and deliver the mail. The delivery can include letter-post, i.e. letters, postcards, printed papers (newspaper, periodicals, advertising items, etc.), small packets, goods or documents. Also included are other services necessary to support the universal service obligation. This class includes: - pickup, sorting, transport and delivery (domestic or international) of letter-post and (mail-type) parcels and packages by postal services operating under a universal service obligation. One or more modes of transport may be involved and the activity may be carried out with either self-owned (private) transport or via public transport. - collection of letter-mail and parcels from public letter-boxes or from post offices

What it excludes

This class excludes: - postal giro, postal savings activities and money order activities, see 64.19

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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.