52.25
Class
Logistics service activities
SDMX: H5225
Class Level
4 Depth
0 Children
5 Siblings
📋 Official Classification Notes
✓ Includes
This class includes: - activities of distribution centres - pickup of goods and grouping for shipping - goods handling operations (e.g. temporary crating and packing goods into boxes for the purpose of warehousing or for protecting them during transport, unpacking, sampling, weighing of goods)
✗ Excludes
This class excludes: - freight forwarding, see 52.26 - ship brokerage - includes taking care of the entry and clearance of ships, as an intermediary between shipowners and shippers or receivers of goods, see 52.31 - courier activities, see 53.20 - provision of motor, marine, aviation and transport insurance, see 65.12 - management consultancy for companies’ logistics, see 70.20 - logistics consulting activities, i.e. planning, designing and supporting operations of transport, warehousing and distribution, see 70.20
Frequently Confused With
52.26
Other support activities for transportation
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52.31 Intermediation service activities for freight transportation
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53.20 Other postal and courier activities
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65.12 Non-life insurance
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70.20 Business and other management consultancy activities
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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 (Logistics service activities).
In this section
Data source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) —
UK SIC 2026
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