UK SIC 2007 85520: Cultural education

Maps to NACE Rev. 2 85.52 and NACE Rev. 2.1 85.52. ISIC Rev. 4: 8542.

UK SIC 2007 code 85520 is "Cultural education". UK SIC 2007 follows NACE Rev. 2 at four digits and adds a national fifth digit, so the first four digits, 85.52, are the NACE Rev. 2 class "Cultural education". 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 85.52, "Cultural education".

Conversion

Classification	Code	Label
UK SIC 2007	85520	Cultural education
NACE Rev. 2	85.52	Cultural education
NACE Rev. 2.1	85.52	Cultural education
ISIC Rev. 4	8542

What the class includes (NACE Rev. 2 notes)

This class includes provision of instruction in the arts, drama and music. Units giving this type of instructions might be named "schools”, "studios”, "classes” etc. They provide formally organised instruction, mainly for hobby, recreational or self-development purposes, but such instruction does not lead to a professional diploma, baccalaureate or graduate degree. This class includes: - piano teachers and other music instruction - art instruction - dance instruction and dance studios - drama schools (except academic) - fine arts schools (except academic) - performing arts schools (except academic) - photography schools (except commercial)

What it excludes

This class excludes: - foreign language instruction, see 85.59

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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.