Retail Sale Of Electrical Household Appliances In Specialised Stores

Details for Retail Sale Of Electrical Household Appliances In Specialised Stores

SIC code 47540 is used for businesses carrying out activity in the field of retail sale of electrical household appliances in specialised stores. In plain English, it is likely to include retailers, ecommerce traders, catalogue sellers, online shops, marketplace merchants and consumer goods businesses, with day-to-day activity often involving product sourcing, merchandising, customer orders, fulfilment, returns and direct-to-consumer trading. As of June 2026, 47540 ranks 238th out of 731 five-digit SIC codes, with 4,871 UK companies registered under it, making it a mid-range classification rather than a mass-market filing choice.

This sits within a classification system that has been used in the UK since the 1940s; Companies House filings moved from 4-digit SIC 2003 codes to the current 5-digit SIC 2007 scheme in 2008–2009, bringing the UK register into line with NACE Rev. 2. Where this is only part of a wider business model, the ability to file up to four SIC codes lets UK companies describe several genuine activities rather than forcing everything into one broad category.

The short official label is deliberately compact, so the real-world businesses behind it may describe themselves using broader phrases such as retail sale of electrical household appliances in specialised stores services, specialist retail sale of electrical household appliances in specialised stores providers, operators in related supply chains, or companies supporting customers who need this form of commercial activity. 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. It is also useful for analysts, lenders, marketers and public bodies because it gives a consistent way to group companies by declared activity, even though the description is not a licence, approval or guarantee of what a company actually does day to day.

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