UK SIC 2007 87200: Residential care activities for learning difficulties, mental health and substance abuse

Maps to NACE Rev. 2 87.20 and NACE Rev. 2.1 87.20. ISIC Rev. 4: 8720.

UK SIC 2007 code 87200 is "Residential care activities for learning difficulties, mental health and substance abuse". UK SIC 2007 follows NACE Rev. 2 at four digits and adds a national fifth digit, so the first four digits, 87.20, are the NACE Rev. 2 class "Residential care activities for mental retardation, mental health and substance abuse". 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 87.20, "Residential care activities for persons living with or having a diagnosis of a mental illness or substance abuse".

Conversion

Classification	Code	Label
UK SIC 2007	87200	Residential care activities for learning difficulties, mental health and substance abuse
NACE Rev. 2	87.20	Residential care activities for mental retardation, mental health and substance abuse
NACE Rev. 2.1	87.20	Residential care activities for persons living with or having a diagnosis of a mental illness or substance abuse
ISIC Rev. 4	8720

What the class includes (NACE Rev. 2 notes)

This class includes the provision of residential care (but not licensed hospital care) to people with mental retardation, mental illness, or substance abuse problems. Facilities provide room, board, protective supervision and counselling and some health care. This class includes: - activities of: • facilities for alcoholism or drug addiction treatment • psychiatric convalescent homes • residential group homes for the emotionally disturbed • mental retardation facilities • mental health halfway houses

What it excludes

This class excludes: - mental hospitals, see 86.10 - social work activities with accommodation, such as temporary homeless shelters, see 87.90

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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.