SIC 55 · 56 · 79
Hotels, B&Bs and guest houses, holiday parks and campsites, restaurants, cafés and takeaways, pubs and bars, event caterers, travel agents and tour operators: for drinks and food wholesalers, EPOS and booking software vendors, linen and cleaning services and recruiters who want to reach hospitality businesses by post or plan a territory.
Our UK dataset holds 2,676,396 records (as at 4 November 2026); they are not yet assigned to industries. The quote states the size available for this industry.
Export of the whole industry: £349 (full price). Selections by nation, postcode area or your own filters are quoted on request.
Official statistics: 190,380 businesses in the UK according to ONS, UK business: activity, size and location 2026 (enterprises in March 2026, published 24 September 2026). Divisions 55 accommodation (21,820), 56 food and beverage service activities (158,850) and 79 travel agencies and tour operators (9,710) combined. This is the size of the market, not the size of our dataset.
The industry combines divisions 55 (accommodation) and 56 (food and beverage service activities) of UK SIC 2007 with division 79 (travel agency, tour operator and other reservation service activities). Food and beverage service is by far the largest part.
The UK subclasses are handy here: 56.10/1 separates licensed restaurants from unlicensed restaurants and cafés (56.10/2) and from takeaways and food stands (56.10/3), and 56.30/2 keeps pubs and bars apart from licensed clubs (56.30/1). B&Bs and guest houses are coded 55.20/9, not 55.10.
| UK SIC 2007 | Official title | For your selection |
|---|---|---|
| 55.10 | Hotels and similar accommodation | hotels and motels |
| 55.20 | Holiday and other short-stay accommodation | holiday centres and villages (55.20/1), youth hostels (55.20/2), B&Bs, guest houses and holiday lets (55.20/9) |
| 55.30 | Camping grounds, recreational vehicle parks and trailer parks | campsites and caravan parks |
| 56.10 | Restaurants and mobile food service activities | licensed and unlicensed restaurants, cafés, takeaways, food vans |
| 56.21 | Event catering activities | event and wedding caterers |
| 56.30 | Beverage serving activities | licensed clubs (56.30/1), pubs and bars (56.30/2) |
| 79.1 | Travel agency and tour operator activities | travel agents (79.11) and tour operators (79.12) |
Hospitality businesses deal with several public registers. They serve consumers and enforcement, and they describe premises rather than companies.
These 15 columns are included.
A hotel with a restaurant and bar is classified under its main activity, usually 55.10. If you supply kitchens or bars, ask for accommodation and food service together.
Pub companies and hotel groups can run many sites from one head office, whose address is then the registered office at Companies House. For a mailing to individual premises, say in your request that you need site addresses. Seasonal businesses keep their address all year, even if they close for the winter.
If a café, takeaway or B&B is run by a sole trader or by a partnership in England, Wales or Northern Ireland, its details are personal data and emails need consent or a soft opt-in (PECR reg. 22(3)). A letter before the season is the usual first approach.
Example request: we supply coffee and coffee machines to the trade and are looking for unlicensed restaurants and cafés (56.10/2) and pubs and bars (56.30/2) in Scotland and the North East with a complete postal address, for a mailing with a tasting invitation. How many records is that, and how current are the data?
Use cases
Pubs, cafés and restaurants per postcode area for field sales planning.
Gauge the market size per nation and type of business.
Hotels and holiday parks in a tourist region for a postal mailing.
Employers in a city or resort as potential clients.
Questions
Yes, where a UK SIC code is available: 56.30/2 for public houses and bars, 56.10/3 for takeaway food shops and mobile food stands. Sole traders are not registered at Companies House, so for them the code depends on the business category in the source; the quote states how far the selection reaches.
No. The FSA publishes ratings through its own free API, and each rating reflects the standards found on the date of the last inspection. The export carries the business contacts; you can add ratings yourself by name and postcode.
Only numbers that are not registered with TPS or Corporate TPS, and only if the business has not told you to stop (PECR reg. 21); screening is up to you as the caller. Recorded-message calls need consent even in B2B (reg. 19). Details: PECR rules for B2B email and calls.
190,380 businesses in the UK according to ONS, UK business: activity, size and location 2026 (enterprises in March 2026, published 24 September 2026). Divisions 55 accommodation (21,820), 56 food and beverage service activities (158,850) and 79 travel agencies and tour operators (9,710) combined. This is a figure from official statistics, not the size of our dataset.
Format, sources, price and marketing law (PECR, TPS screening): questions about all industries.
