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Class 🛒 G Wholesale and Retail Trade

47.61 — Retail Sale of Books

47.61
Class
Retail sale of books
SDMX: G4761
Class Level
4 Depth
0 Children
4 Siblings
📋 Official Classification Notes

✓ Includes

This class includes: - retail sale of books, including audiobooks on physical media

✗ Excludes

This class excludes: - retail sale of recorded media except audiobooks on physical media, see 47.69 - retail sale of antique books, see 47.79 - retail sale of second-hand books, see 47.79 - distributing e-books and audiobooks via streaming and downloading by book publishers, see 58.11

Frequently Confused With

47.69
Retail sale of cultural and recreational goods n.e.c.
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 47.79
Retail sale of second-hand goods
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 47.79
Retail sale of second-hand goods
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 58.11
Publishing of books
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Who is this code for?

Verified: SEMANTIC_SECTION_MATRIX

Managers and directors in retail and wholesale

SOC 2020:1150
Common titles: Shop manager, Retail director
SOC 2020 Official Source ISCO-08: 1420

Sales and retail assistants

SOC 2020:7111
Common titles: Shop assistant, Sales person
SOC 2020 Official Source ISCO-08: 5223

Retail cashiers and check-out operators

SOC 2020:7112
Common titles: Cashier, Checkout assistant
SOC 2020 Official Source ISCO-08: 5230

Related Occupations

Importers and exportersStock control clerks and assistants

Evidence: Representative SOC 2020 occupations for SIC Section G (Retail sale of books).

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Data source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) — UK SIC 2026
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