53.30
Class
Intermediation service activities for postal and courier activities
SDMX: H5330
Class Level
4 Depth
0 Children
0 Siblings
📋 Official Classification Notes
✓ Includes
This class includes the intermediation of postal and courier activities, by bringing clients and service providers together for a fee or commission, without the intermediary providing the postal and courier services that are intermediated. These intermediation activities can be carried out on digital platforms or through non-digital channels (including face-to-face, door-to-door, telephone, mail, and so on). The fee or commission can be received from either the client or the provider of the postal and courier service. Revenue for the intermediation activities can include other sources of income (for example, revenues from the sale of advertising space). This class includes: - any intermediation service undertaken by third parties to postal service providers and offered to business and domestic (household) clients - operation of online platforms to allow people to book a food delivery
✗ Excludes
This class excludes: - food delivery services, see 53.20 - operation of online platforms for home delivery of prepared meals, if the delivery is carried out by the same unit which prepares the meals, see 56.40 - monetary intermediation services (e.g. payment of fees through the post office), see 64.19
Frequently Confused With
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 (Intermediation service activities for postal and courier activities).
Data source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) —
UK SIC 2026
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