UK SICSubclass

UK SIC 58.111—Consumer book publishing

Subclass · UK Standard Industrial Classification (2026)

Where 58.111 sits

  1. J Publishing, broadcasting, and content production and distribution activities
  2. 58 Publishing activities
  3. 58.1 Publishing of books, newspapers and other publishing activities, except software publishing
  4. 58.11 Publishing of books
  5. 58.111 Consumer book publishing

What 58.111 includes

  • Publishing of consumer and children books including fiction and non-fiction
  • Publishing of brochures and similar publications
  • Publishing of consumer and children e-books and audio books
  • Publishing of comic books and graphic novels
  • Publishing of dictionaries, encyclopaedias and religious texts
  • Publishing of atlases, maps and charts All the feasible forms of publishing (in print, digital, analogue, or any other form) are included.

What 58.111 excludes

  • Production of globes, see 32.99
  • Publishing of advertising material, see 58.19
  • Publishing of music and sheet music books, see 59.21
  • Jointly publishing and distributing podcasts, see 59.21
  • Audiobook streaming activities not associated with its publishing, see 60.10
  • Activities of independent authors, see 90.11

58.111 in other systems

ANZSICAustralia · New Zealand
ATECOItaly
CNAE BrazilBrazil
CNAESpain
ICNEAChina
ISICUnited Nations (global)
JSICJapan
KSICSouth Korea
MSICMalaysia
NACEEuropean Union
NAFFrance
NAICSUnited States
NAICS CanadaCanada
NOGASwitzerland
PKDPoland
SICUnited States (legacy)
SNISweden
WZGermany

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