K
Section
TELECOMMUNICATION, COMPUTER PROGRAMMING, CONSULTING, COMPUTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND OTHER INFORMATION SERVICE ACTIVITIES
SDMX: K
Section Level
1 Depth
3 Children
0 Siblings
📋 Official Classification Notes
✓ Includes
This section includes telecommunication and related service activities, in other words, transmitting voice, data, text, sound and video (division 61), computer programming, consultancy and related activities (division 62), and the provision of computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and other information service activities (division 63).
✗ Excludes
This section excludes: - publishing, broadcasting and content production, including software publishing, post-production services to convert audio and video content into streaming formats and independent third-party provision of on-demand audio and video streaming or download distribution services, see section J - provision of financial and insurance services using published financial and insurance technologies software, see section L - activities of gambling sites, see 92.00 - repair and maintenance of computers and communication equipment, see 95.10
Frequently Confused With
Sub-categories
3 64
Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding
This division includes the activities of obtaining and providing funds other than for the purpose of insurance or pensio
65
Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security
This division includes underwriting annuities, insurance policies (for example, direct life and non-life insurance) and
66
Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities
This division includes the provision of services involved in or supporting financial transactions in financial assets an
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UK SIC 2026
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SEO Texts for UK SIC 2026 Sections
Section K — TELECOMMUNICATION, COMPUTER PROGRAMMING, CONSULTING, COMPUTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND OTHER INFORMATION SERVICE ACTIVITIES
Telecoms operators, software developers, IT consultancies, cloud providers, and data centre operators all belong to Section K. It forms the digital backbone of the economy — from laying fibre-optic cable and managing servers to writing mobile apps and running managed hosting for enterprise clients.