56.12
Class
Mobile food service activities
SDMX: I5612
Class Level
4 Depth
0 Children
1 Siblings
📋 Official Classification Notes
✓ Includes
This class includes the preparation and serving of predominantly food for immediate consumption from movable carts or portable stalls. This class includes activities of mobile food operators, including: - hot food trucks - food vendors - ice cream vendors - food preparation in market stalls - snack vendors - frozen yogurt vendors - pancake vendors
✗ Excludes
This class excludes: - retail sale of food through vending machines, see 47.2 - food delivery by independent units, see 53.20 - preparation and serving of food from movable and temporary carts or portable stalls based on contractual arrangements with the customer, for a specific event, see 56.21 - concession operation of eating facilities, see 56.22 - mobile beverage serving activities, see 56.30
Frequently Confused With
47.2
Retail sale of food, beverages and tobacco
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53.20 Other postal and courier activities
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56.21 Event catering activities
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56.22 Contract catering service activities and other food service activities
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56.30 Beverage serving activities
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Who is this code for?
Verified: SEMANTIC_SECTION_MATRIXHotel and accommodation managers and directors
SOC 2020:1221 Common titles: Hotel manager, B&B owner
Common titles: Restaurant manager, Catering manager
Related Occupations
Waiters and waitressesOther elementary services occupations n.e.c.
Evidence: Representative SOC 2020 occupations for SIC Section I (Mobile food service activities).
In this section
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Data source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) —
UK SIC 2026
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