Environmental Consulting Activities

Details for Environmental Consulting Activities

The code identifies businesses involved in environmental consulting activities, whether that is delivered as a core trading operation or as a specialist service line. In plain English, it is likely to include specialist operators, service providers, trading companies, administrative businesses and organisations whose work fits this defined economic activity, with day-to-day activity often involving client delivery, supplier relationships, operational processes, contracts, staff time, equipment and sector-specific administration. As of June 2026, 74901 ranks 103rd out of 731 five-digit SIC codes, with 15,808 UK companies registered under it, making it a firmly represented classification on the Companies House register.

The four-code limit at Companies House is useful here, as many businesses use one code for their main trade and additional SIC codes for secondary services, side operations or closely related commercial functions. The short official label is deliberately compact, so the real-world businesses behind it may describe themselves using broader phrases such as environmental consulting activities services, specialist environmental consulting activities providers, operators in related supply chains, or companies supporting customers who need this form of commercial activity. The Standard Industrial Classification has a long UK history, dating back to the 1940s, although the version used for modern company filings changed when Companies House replaced 4-digit SIC 2003 entries with 5-digit SIC 2007 codes in 2008–2009, in step with NACE Rev.

2. For search and data work, the wording should be understood broadly: companies may use different everyday terms for the same activity, including trade names, sector jargon, abbreviated service descriptions and customer-facing language. The code therefore works best as a structured indicator of economic activity rather than a complete profile of the company, because many organisations evolve, add services or reorganise after incorporation.

Taken together with location, age, filing history and other SIC selections, this code can help build a more rounded view of the market in which the company appears to operate. In practical terms, the code helps separate this kind of work from neighbouring sectors that may look similar in search results but involve different trading models, assets, customers or regulatory expectations.

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