52.10
Class
Warehousing and storage
SDMX: H5210
Class Level
4 Depth
0 Children
0 Siblings
📋 Official Classification Notes
✓ Includes
This class includes: - operation of storage and warehouse facilities for all kinds of goods: • operation of grain silos • general merchandise warehouses • refrigerated warehouses and cool stores • storage tanks, etc. - warehousing of furniture, not part of a removal service
+ Also Includes
This class also includes: - storage of goods in foreign trade zones - blast freezing associated with storage and warehousing - activities of storage of physical archives and paper files
✗ Excludes
This class excludes: - storage of electricity, see 35.16 - storage of gaseous fuels for energy supply through a network, see 35.24 - storage of furniture as part of a removal service, see 49.42 - operation of parking facilities for motor vehicles, see 52.21 - winter storage of caravans, ships and boats, and storage of aircraft, see 52.21, 52.22, 52.23 - operation of self-storage facilities, see 68.20 - rental of vacant space, see 68.20
Frequently Confused With
35.16
Storage of electricity
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35.24 Storage of gas as part of network supply services
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49.42 Removal services
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52.21 Service activities incidental to land transportation
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52.21 Service activities incidental to land transportation
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Who is this code for?
Verified: SEMANTIC_SECTION_MATRIXLarge goods vehicle drivers
SOC 2020:8211 Common titles: HGV driver, Lorry driver
Van drivers
SOC 2020:8212 Common titles: Delivery driver, Courier
Managers and directors in transport and distribution
SOC 2020:1161 Common titles: Logistics manager, Transport manager
Related Occupations
Transport and distribution clerks and assistantsFork-lift truck drivers
Evidence: Representative SOC 2020 occupations for SIC Section H (Warehousing and storage).
Data source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) —
UK SIC 2026
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