UK SIC 2007 84220: Defence activities

Maps to NACE Rev. 2 84.22 and NACE Rev. 2.1 84.22. ISIC Rev. 4: 8422.

UK SIC 2007 code 84220 is "Defence activities". UK SIC 2007 follows NACE Rev. 2 at four digits and adds a national fifth digit, so the first four digits, 84.22, are the NACE Rev. 2 class "Defence activities". 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 84.22, "Defence activities".

Conversion

Classification	Code	Label
UK SIC 2007	84220	Defence activities
NACE Rev. 2	84.22	Defence activities
NACE Rev. 2.1	84.22	Defence activities
ISIC Rev. 4	8422

What the class includes (NACE Rev. 2 notes)

This class includes: - administration, supervision and operation of military defence affairs and land, sea, air and space defence forces such as: • combat forces of army, navy and air force • engineering, transport, communications, intelligence, material, personnel and other non-combat forces and commands • reserve and auxiliary forces of the defence establishment • military logistics (provision of equipment, structures, supplies etc.) • health activities for military personnel in the field - administration, operation and support of civil defence forces - support for the working out of contingency plans and the carrying out of exercises in which civilian institutions and populations are involved - administration of defence-related research and development policies and related funds

What it excludes

This class excludes: - research and experimental development activities, see division 72 - provision of military aid to foreign countries, see 84.21 - activities of military tribunals, see 84.23 - provision of supplies for domestic emergency use in case of peacetime disasters, see 84.24 - educational activities of military schools, colleges and academies, see 85.4 - activities of military hospitals, see 86.10

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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.