UK SIC 2007 77400: Leasing of intellectual property and similar products, except copyright works

Maps to NACE Rev. 2 77.40 and NACE Rev. 2.1 77.40. ISIC Rev. 4: 7740.

UK SIC 2007 code 77400 is "Leasing of intellectual property and similar products, except copyright works". UK SIC 2007 follows NACE Rev. 2 at four digits and adds a national fifth digit, so the first four digits, 77.40, are the NACE Rev. 2 class "Leasing of intellectual property and similar products, except copyrighted works". 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 77.40, "Leasing of intellectual property and similar products, except copyrighted works".

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Classification	Code	Label
UK SIC 2007	77400	Leasing of intellectual property and similar products, except copyright works
NACE Rev. 2	77.40	Leasing of intellectual property and similar products, except copyrighted works
NACE Rev. 2.1	77.40	Leasing of intellectual property and similar products, except copyrighted works
ISIC Rev. 4	7740

What the class includes (NACE Rev. 2 notes)

This class includes the activities of allowing others to use intellectual property products and similar products for which a royalty payment or licensing fee is paid to the owner of the product (i.e. the asset holder). The leasing of these products can take various forms, such as permission for reproduction, use in subsequent processes or products, operating businesses under a franchise etc. The current owners may or may not have created these products. This class includes: - leasing of intellectual property products (except copyrighted works, such as books or software) - receiving royalties or licensing fees for the use of: • patented entities • trademarks or service marks • brand names • mineral exploration and evaluation • franchise agreements

What it excludes

This class excludes: - acquisition of rights and publishing, see divisions 58 and 59 - producing, reproducing and distributing copyrighted works (books, software, film), see divisions 58, 59 - leasing of real estate, see 68.20 - leasing of tangible products (assets), see groups 77.1, 77.2, 77.3

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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.