Finance
Explore companies in the finance sector, from regulated finance firms, insurers, funds, advisory practices and capital-backed investment businesses. This grouping pulls together businesses involved in central banking, banks, building societies, and activities of agricultural holding companies.
Work in this space can include roles such as analyst, underwriter, broker, adviser, paraplanner, compliance specialist, portfolio manager and finance director. Whether you are looking for hands-on delivery, specialist expertise, client-facing work or leadership responsibility, finance offers a wider range of employers and career routes than a raw SIC list suggests.
Use the county filter below to see finance companies in a specific part of the UK, then jump into hiring signals or review the SIC codes that define the sector.
SIC codes included
Finance is grouped here under 34 SIC codes. Each one is listed with its plain-English activity description so the grouping feels like a real industry map, not just a number dump.
Central banking
Banks
Building societies
Activities of agricultural holding companies
Activities of production holding companies
Activities of construction holding companies
Activities of distribution holding companies
Activities of financial services holding companies
Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Activities of investment trusts
Activities of unit trusts
Activities of venture and development capital companies
Activities of open-ended investment companies
Activities of property unit trusts
Activities of real estate investment trusts
Financial leasing
Credit granting by non-deposit taking finance houses and other specialist consumer credit grantors
Activities of mortgage finance companies
Other credit granting n.e.c.
Security dealing on own account
Factoring
Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Life insurance
Non-life insurance
Life reinsurance
Non-life reinsurance
Pension funding
Administration of financial markets
Security and commodity contracts dealing activities
Activities auxiliary to financial intermediation n.e.c.
Risk and damage evaluation
Activities of insurance agents and brokers
Other activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding
Fund management activities
Typical job titles
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Finance companies
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