80 - Security and investigation activities

This Chapter has been extracted from the ONS Explanatory Notes and provides a more detailed explanation of possible activities that could fall within the SIC Codes related to the Chapter.

This division includes security-related services such as: investigation and detective services; guard and patrol services; picking up and delivering money, receipts, or other valuable items with personnel and equipment to protect such properties while in transit; operation of electronic security alarm systems, such as burglar and fire alarms, where the activity focuses on remote monitoring these systems, but often involves also sale, installation and repair services. If the latter components are provided separately, they are excluded from this division and classified in retail sale, construction etc.

80.1 Private security activities

80.10 Private security activities

This class includes the provision of one or more of the following: guard and patrol services, picking up and delivering money, receipts, or other valuable items with personnel and equipment to protect such properties while in transit.

This class includes:
- armoured car services
- bodyguard services
- polygraph services
- fingerprinting services
- security guard services
- security shredding of information on any media

This class excludes:
- public order and safety activities, see 84.24

80.2 Security systems service activities

80.20 Security systems service activities

This class includes:
- monitoring or remote monitoring of electronic security alarm systems, such as burglar and fire alarms, including their installation and maintenance
- installing, repairing, rebuilding, and adjusting mechanical or electronic locking devices, safes and security vaults in connection with later monitoring and remote monitoring

The units carrying out these activities may also engage in selling such security systems, mechanical or electronic locking devices, safes and security vaults.

This class excludes:
- installation of security systems, such as burglar and fire alarms, without later monitoring, see 43.21
- retail sale of electrical security alarm systems, mechanical or electronic locking devices, safes and security vaults in specialised stores, without monitoring, installation or maintenance services, see 47.59
- security consultants, see 74.90
- public order and safety activities, see 84.24
- providing key duplication services, see 95.29

80.3 Investigation activities

80.30 Investigation activities

This class includes investigation and detective services. The activities of all private investigators, independent of the type of client or purpose of investigation, are included in this class.

 

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