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56.11
Class
Restaurant activities
SDMX: I5611
Class Level
4 Depth
0 Children
1 Siblings
📋 Official Classification Notes

✓ Includes

This class includes the provision of predominantly food services to customers (for example, in traditional restaurants, self-service or takeaway restaurants), with or without seating, in permanent or temporary facilities. This class includes activities of: - restaurants - cafeterias - fast-food restaurants - take-out eating places

+ Also Includes

This class also includes: - operation of restaurants on transport equipment and within transport facilities, if operated by separate units not part of the transport provider - operation of restaurants in a hotel, if operated by separate units not part of the hotel - operation of takeaway restaurants in a supermarket, if operated by separate units not part of the supermarket

✗ Excludes

This class excludes: - retail sale of food through vending machines, see 47.2 - operation of railway dining cars as an integrated operation of railway companies, see 49.11 - mobile food service activities, see 56.12 - event catering activities, see 56.21 - concession operation of eating facilities, see 56.22 - activities of food service contractors (e.g. for transport companies), see 56.22 - activities of tea rooms, see 56.30

Who is this code for?

Verified: SEMANTIC_SECTION_MATRIX

Evidence: Representative SOC 2020 occupations for SIC Section I (Restaurant activities).

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