Yes, if they appear in a source with a business address. A contractor’s limited company is on the Companies House register; a sole-trader freelancer is not. If you only want firms with offices, filter by website and legal form.
SIC 62 · 63
Software houses, games studios, IT consultancies and contractors, managed service providers, IT support firms, data centres and hosting companies: for distributors, IT recruiters, coworking operators and partner programmes that want to reach IT companies by post or size up a market.
Our UK dataset holds 2 676 396 records (as at 4 novembre 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: 132 105 businesses in the UK according to ONS, UK business: activity, size and location 2026 (enterprises in March 2026, published 24 September 2026). Divisions 62 computer programming, consultancy and related activities (123,990) and 63 information service activities (8,115) combined; publishing, broadcasting and telecoms are not included. This is the size of the market, not the size of our dataset.
The industry covers divisions 62 (computer programming, consultancy and related activities) and 63 (information service activities) of UK SIC 2007. Publishing, broadcasting and telecoms belong to the same section J but are not included; this also leaves out publishers of ready-made software (58.29) and of computer games (58.21).
The UK splits class 62.01 into games and leisure software development (62.01/1) and business and domestic software development (62.01/2). Division 62 also includes one-person companies through which IT contractors sell their services.
| UK SIC 2007 | Official title | For your selection |
|---|---|---|
| 62.01 | Computer programming activities | games and leisure software (62.01/1), business and domestic software (62.01/2) |
| 62.02 | Computer consultancy activities | IT consultancy and systems integration |
| 62.03 | Computer facilities management activities | managed services and outsourcing |
| 62.09 | Other information technology and computer service activities | installation, backup and disaster recovery services |
| 63.11 | Data processing, hosting and related activities | data centres and hosting |
| 63.12 | Web portals | portals and search sites |
For IT firms, the useful public sources are the ones that apply to every business: what a website must disclose, and what Companies House holds.
These 15 columns are included.
Classes 62.01 and 62.02 overlap heavily in practice. A systems integrator that writes code and advises is filed under its main focus, and at Companies House the SIC code is the company’s own choice. For a broad target group, the whole of division 62 is the better choice.
If you only want firms with offices and staff, make the website a required field and, for records already matched with Companies House, check the legal form. That helps to separate software houses and MSPs from one-person contractor companies.
An email address on an IT firm’s website meets an information duty; it is not consent. A B2B email to a limited company is still allowed without prior consent if you identify yourself and give a valid opt-out address (PECR reg. 23); to a sole-trader freelancer only with consent or under the soft opt-in.
Example request: we place software developers and are looking for limited companies in division 62 in the London postcode areas and in M (Manchester) and EH (Edinburgh) with a website, for a postal mailing and a match with our CRM. How many records is that?
Use cases
Partner programmes: systems integrators and MSPs per region.
Software houses in a city as potential clients.
Small IT firms near a location.
Market overview of the IT sector in a region.
Questions
Yes, if they appear in a source with a business address. A contractor’s limited company is on the Companies House register; a sole-trader freelancer is not. If you only want firms with offices, filter by website and legal form.
No. Publishing of ready-made software is 58.29, telecommunications is division 61; neither is part of this industry. Both can be added to a request.
The published address is not consent. For a limited company or LLP you do not need consent under PECR, but you must identify yourself and offer an opt-out; for a sole trader you need consent or a soft opt-in. If the address names a person, UK GDPR applies too. Details: PECR rules for B2B email and calls.
132 105 businesses in the UK according to ONS, UK business: activity, size and location 2026 (enterprises in March 2026, published 24 September 2026). Divisions 62 computer programming, consultancy and related activities (123,990) and 63 information service activities (8,115) combined; publishing, broadcasting and telecoms are not included. 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.