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Search the list to find the XpertHR industry classification that matches your organisation most closely.
See Industries for details of the industry classification used on XpertHR.
| Type of industry | XpertHR classification |
|---|
A
| Accounting | Professional and business services |
| Advertising | Professional and business services |
| Air transport | Transport and storage |
| Architects | Professional and business services |
B
| Banking | Finance |
| Bars | Hotels, catering and leisure |
| Building | Construction |
| Building installation | Construction |
| Building societies | Finance |
C
| Camp sites | Hotels, catering and leisure |
| Call centres | Facilities, security and support services |
| Care homes | Professional and business services |
| Cargo handling | Transport and storage |
| Catering | Hotels, catering and leisure |
| Charitable activities | Not-for-profit |
| Childcare nurseries | Professional and business services |
| Cinemas | Hotels, catering and leisure |
| Civil engineering | Construction |
| Collection, purification and distribution of water | Electricity, gas and water |
| Computer and related activities | Information and communication |
| Consultants | Professional and business services |
| Cultural activities | Hotels, catering and leisure |
D
| Data processing, web hosting and news agencies | Information and communication |
| Defence | Public safety |
| Demolition | Construction |
| Docks | Transport and storage |
E
| Education | Public education |
| Electricity production, distribution, transmission and supply | Electricity, gas and water |
| Employment agencies | Professional and business services |
| Estate agents | Retail and wholesale |
F
| Finance | Finance |
| Fire service | Public safety |
G
| Gambling | Hotels, catering and leisure |
| Glazing | Construction |
H
| Hairdressing | Retail and wholesale |
| Health and social work | Public health |
| Holiday centres | Hotels, catering and leisure |
| Hotels and restaurants | Hotels, catering and leisure |
| Housing associations | Not-for-profit |
I
| Industrial cleaning | Facilities, security and support services |
| Information technology (IT) | Information and communication |
| Inland water and sea transport | Transport and storage |
| Installation of electrical wiring | Construction |
| Insurance | Finance |
L
| Legal services | Professional and business services |
| Libraries | Hotels, catering and leisure |
| Local government | Local government |
M
| Manufacture of basic metal and fabricated metal products - eg iron and steel, tubes, aluminium, light metals | Engineering and metals |
| Manufacture of chemicals, chemical products and man-made fibres - eg basic chemicals, industrial gases, dyes, paints, varnishes, pharmaceuticals, printing ink, soaps and detergents | Chemicals, pharmaceuticals and oil |
| Manufacture of dairy products | Food, drink and tobacco |
| Manufacture of electrical and optical equipment - eg office machinery and computers, radios, TVs, watches, clocks, optical instruments | Engineering and metals |
| Manufacture of fabricated metal products - eg cutlery, tools, locks and wire products | Engineering and metals |
| Manufacture of food products, beverages and tobacco | Food, drink and tobacco |
| Manufacture of gas and distribution | Electricity, gas and water |
| Manufacture of grain products, animal feeds and other food products, beverages and tobacco | Food, drink and tobacco |
| Manufacture of leather and leather products - eg footwear, luggage | General manufacturing |
| Manufacture of machinery and equipment - eg engines, pumps, agricultural machinery, machine tools, earth moving equipment, weapons | Engineering and metals |
| Manufacture of non-metallic mineral products - eg glass, ceramics, bricks, cement, concrete | General manufacturing |
| Manufacture of oil and gas products | Chemicals, pharmaceuticals and oil |
| Manufacture of pulp, paper and paper products | Paper and printing |
| Manufacture of refined petroleum products | Chemicals, pharmaceuticals and oil |
| Manufacture of rubber and plastic products - eg tyres | General manufacturing |
| Manufacture of textiles and textile products - eg preparation and spinning of textiles, weaving, carpets, narrow fabrics, clothing, hats | General manufacturing |
| Manufacture of transport equipment - motor vehicles, vehicle bodies, ship repairing, aircraft manufacture | Engineering and metals |
| Manufacture of wood and wood products | General manufacturing |
| Mining and quarrying except energy - eg mining of iron ores, quarrying of stone, gypsum | General manufacturing |
| Mining and quarrying of energy producing materials - eg coal, extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas and service activities incidental to, including repairing and dismantling | General manufacturing |
| Museums | Hotels, catering and leisure |
N
| Newspapers | Information and communication |
O
| Other manufacture - eg furniture, mattresses, jewellery, musical instruments, sports goods, games and toys, brushes and brooms | General manufacturing |
P
| Painting | Construction |
| Passenger terminal activities | Transport and storage |
| Pension funding | Finance |
| Photographic activities | Professional and business services |
| Plant hire | Retail and wholesale |
| Plastering | Construction |
| Plumbing | Construction |
| Police | Public safety |
| Ports | Transport and storage |
| Postal activities | Transport and storage |
| Press agencies | Professional and business services |
| Printing | Paper and printing |
| Processing and preserving of fruits and vegetables | Food, drink and tobacco |
| Processing of nuclear fuels | Engineering and metals |
| Production of meat and fish products | Food, drink and tobacco |
| Public administration | Local government |
| Pubs | Hotels, catering and leisure |
R
| Radio | Information and communication |
| Railways | Transport and storage |
| Renting motor vehicles, household goods, machinery and equipment | Retail and wholesale |
| Renting of construction equipment | Retail and wholesale |
| Repair of metal fabricated metal products - machinery, electrical equipment, ships, aircraft, transport equipment | Engineering and metals |
| Repair of motor vehicles | Retail and wholesale |
| Repair of personal and household goods | Retail and wholesale |
| Reproduction of recorded media | Paper and printing |
| Research and development | Professional and business services |
| Road freight | Transport and storage |
| Roofing | Construction |
S
| Schools - private | Not-for-profit |
| Security | Facilities, security and support services |
| Sporting activities | Hotels, catering and leisure |
| Storage | Transport and storage |
T
| Takeaways | Hotels, catering and leisure |
| Taxis | Transport and storage |
| Telecommunications | Information and communication |
| Television | Information and communication |
| Theatres | Hotels, catering and leisure |
| Trade unions | Professional and business services |
| Travel agents | Hotels, catering and leisure |
V
| Vets | Professional and business services |
| Voluntary sector | Not-for-profit |
W
| Warehouses | Transport and storage |
| Waste activities and services | Electricity, gas and water |
| Wholesale and retail trade | Retail and wholesale |
