SIC code for a web/mobile app?

[MitchT]

If you launch an app and set up a limited company to administer the business side of the venture, what would the SIC code be? Can't find anything for apps on .gov. Looking at similar companies on Companies House they all seem to be "82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified". Any ideas?

[akirk]

does the SIc code actually matter to you / make any difference?

find a generic code

[MitchT]

It matters in so much as we have to provide one!

[deggles]

Take your pick: http://resources.companieshouse.gov.uk/sic/


Maybe 62090, Other information technology service activities?

As above I don't think anyone actually cares too much, unless you were to pick something deliberately misleading.

[akirk]

MitchT said:

It matters in so much as we have to provide one!

sure but the specific code is surely unimportant to you I have no memory of the specific codes we chose for any of my companies and have never needed to know or use them - I assume that the government uses them for stats, but don’t really know what purpose they serve otherwise

Nice list above, just pick one!

[CzechItOut]

I'd choose the most appropriate from:

How about:

62011 - Ready-made interactive leisure and entertainment software development
62012 - Business and domestic software development
58210 - Publishing of computer games
58290 - Other software publishing

[akirk]

you might find that the OP has selected a code in the last 6 years

as my post above - there is no specific purpose to the business in the code you choose - you might find there is some impact in terms of credit rating etc. if companies have different risk profiles for different SIC groupings - otherwise it is purely a mechanism for government to track sectors in growth / decline / etc. There are generic codes which can be used, or pick a 'closest to' code - there is no consequence for getting the 'wrong' code...