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Part 1.   MAJOR DIVISIONS, DIVISIONS and MAJOR GROUPS
MAJOR DIVISION   [Table of Contents]
 1. Agriculture, Hunting, Forestry and fishing
 2. Mining and Quarrying
 3. Manufacturing
 4. Electricity, gas and water supply
 5. Construction
 6. Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods; hotels  and restaurants
 7. Transport, storage and communication
 8. Financial intermediation, insurance, real estate and  business services
 9. Community, social and personal services
10. Private household exterritorial organisations,representatives of foreign governments and other activities not adequately defined

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


    Note on the Full 5-digit Code below:

The italic headings indicate a logical grouping normally on a level between that of the Division and the Major group and which does not have a code but corresponds to "Division"     in the ISIC.     In cases where these groupings correspond with major groups, the major group heading is also in italics.
Division Major group Title of category
8                         MAJOR DIVISION 8 :  FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE
                                                                      AND BUSINESS SERVICES
81 Financial intermediation, except insurance and pension funding
811 Monetary intermediation
819 Other financial intermediation n.e.c.
82 821 Insurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security
83 Activities auxiliary to financial intermediation
831 Activities auxiliary to financial intermediation, except insurance and pension funding
832 Activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding
84 Real estate activities
841 Real estate activities with own or leased property
842 Real estate activities on a fee or contract basis
85 Renting of machinery and equipment, without operator, and of personal and household goods
851 Renting of transport equipment
852 Renting of other machinery and equipment
853 Renting of personal and household goods n.e.c.
86 Computer and related activities
861 Hardware consultancy
862 Software consultancy and supply
863 Data processing
864 Data base activities
865 Maintenance and repair of office, accounting and computing machinery
869 Other computer related activities
87 Research and development
871 Research and experimental development of natural sciences and engineering
872 Research and experimental development of social sciences and humanities
88 Other business activities
881 Legal, accounting, bookkeeping and auditing activities; tax consultancy; market research and public opinion research; business and management consultancy
882 Architectural, engineering and other technical activities
883 Advertising
889 Business activities n.e.c.

    Part 2.    THE DETAILED CLASSIFICATION     (FULL 5-DIGIT CODE)

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Title of category

Division

Major Group

Group

Subgroup
FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS 8      
FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION, EXCEPT INSURANCE AND PENSION FUNDING 81      
FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION, EXCEPT INSURANCE AND PENSION FUNDING (811 AND 819)                  
MONETARY INTERMEDIATION   811 8111  
Central banking       81110
Other monetary intermediation     8112  
Discount houses and commercial and other banking       81121
Building society activities       81122
OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION N.E.C   819    
Lease financing     8191 81910
Other credit granting     8192 81920
Other financial intermediation n.e.c.     8199 81990
INSURANCE AND PENSION FUNDING, EXCEPT COMPULSORY SOCIAL SECURITY 82                  
INSURANCE AND PENSION FUNDING, EXCEPT COMPULSORY SOCIAL SECURITY   821    
Life insurance     8211 82110
Pension funding     8212 82120
Medical aid funding     8213 82130
Other insurance n.e.c.     8219 82190
ACTIVITIES AUXILIARY TO FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION 83      
ACTIVITIES AUXILIARY TO FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION (831 AND 832)        
ACTIVITIES AUXILIARY TO FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION, EXCEPT INSURANCE AND PENSION FUNDING   831    
Administration of financial markets     8311 83110
Security dealing activities     8312 83120
Activities auxiliary to financial intermediation n.e.c.     8319 83190
ACTIVITIES AUXILIARY TO INSURANCE AND PENSION FUNDING   832    
Activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding     8320 83200
REAL ESTATE ACTIVITIES 84                
REAL ESTATE ACTIVITIES (841 AND 842)        
REAL ESTATE ACTIVITIES WITH OWN OR LEASED PROPERTY   841    
Property owning and letting     8411 84110
Developing real estate, subdividing real estate into lots and residential development on own account     8412 84120
Owning and/or sale of own fixed property     8413 84130
REAL ESTATE ACTIVITIES ON A FEE OR CONTRACT BASIS   842    
Activities of estate agencies, rent collectors, appraisers and valuers     8421 84210
Subletting of fixed property     8422 84220
RENTING OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT, WITHOUT OPERATOR AND OF PERSONAL AND HOUSEHOLD GOODS 85      
RENTING OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT, WITHOUT OPERATOR AND OF PERSONAL AND HOUSEHOLD GOODS (851, 852 AND 853)        
RENTING OF TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT   851    
Renting of land transport equipment     8511 85110
Renting of water transport equipment     8512 85120
Renting of air transport equipment     8513 85130
RENTING OF OTHER MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT   852    
Renting of agricultural machinery and equipment     8521 85210
Renting of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment     8522 85220
Renting of office machinery and equipment (including computers)     8523 85230
Renting of other machinery and equipment n.e.c.     8529 85290
RENTING OF PERSONAL AND HOUSEHOLD GOODS N.E.C.   853    
Renting of personal and household goods n.e.c.     8530 85300
COMPUTER AND RELATED ACTIVITIES 86      
COMPUTER AND RELATED ACTIVITIES (861, 862, 863, 864, 865 AND 869)        
HARDWARE CONSULTANCY   861 8610 86100
SOFTWARE CONSULTANCY AND SUPPLY   862 8620 86200
DATA PROCESSING   863 8630 86300
DATA BASE ACTIVITIES   864 8640 86400
MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF OFFICE, ACCOUNTING AND COMPUTING MACHINERY   865 8650 86500
OTHER COMPUTER RELATED ACTIVITIES   869 8690 86900
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 87      
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (871 AND 872)        
RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTAL DEVELOPMENT ON NATURAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING   871    
General research, e.g. CSIR     8711 87110
Agricultural and livestock research     8712 87120
Medical and veterinary research, e.g. SA Medical Research Council     8713 87130
Industrial research, e.g. fuel research     8714 87140
Other research n.e.c.     8719 87190
RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTAL DEVELOPMENT ON SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   872 8720 87200
OTHER BUSINESS ACTIVITIES 88      
OTHER BUSINESS ACTIVITIES (881, 882, 883 AND 889)        
LEGAL, ACCOUNTING, BOOKKEEPING AND AUDITING ACTIVITIES; TAX CONSULTANCY; MARKET RESEARCH AND PUBLIC-OPINION RESEARCH; BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCY   881    
Legal activities     8811  
Activities of attorneys, notaries and conveyancers       88111
Activities of advocates       88112
Accounting, bookkeeping and auditing activities; tax consultancy     8812  
Activities of accountants and auditors registered in terms of the Public Accountants and Auditors Act       88121
Activities of cost and management accountants       88122
Bookkeeping activities, including relevant data processing and tabulating activities       88123
Market research and public opinion polling     8813 88130
Business and management consultancy activities     8814 88140
ARCHITECTURAL, ENGINEERING AND OTHER TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES   882    
Architectural and engineering activities and related technical consultancy     8821  
Consulting engineering activities       88211
Architectural activities       88212
Activities of quantity surveyors       88213
Activities of land surveyors       88214
Geological and prospecting activities on a fee or contract basis       88215
Activities of non-registered architects, e.g. tracers and draughts-men of plans for dwellings       88216
Technical testing and analysis     8822  
Other activities - engineering and other commercial research, developing and testing - e.g. SABS       88220
ADVERTISING   883 8831  
Activities of advertising agents       88311
Signwriting and industrial and commercial artistry       88312
Other activities - window-dressing, etc.       88319
BUSINESS ACTIVITIES N.E.C.   889    
Labour recruitment and provision of staff     8891  
Activities of employment agencies and recruiting organisations       88911
Hiring out of workers (labour-broking activities)       88912
Investigation and security activities     8892 88920
Building and industrial plant cleaning activities     8893 88930
Photographic activities     8894 88940
Packaging activities     8895 88950
Other business activities n.e.c.     8899  
Credit rating agency activities       88991
Debt collecting agency activities       88992
Stenographic, duplicating, addressing, mailing list and similar activities       88993
Other business activities n.e.c.       88999
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Extract from the fifth edition of the Standard Industrial Classification of all Economic Activities (SIC)

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