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Hong Kong Standard Industrial Classification V2.0

Every Hong Kong business classification, decoded for incorporation

1001 subclasses with bilingual definitions, licence requirements, certificate-ready business registration wording, and the compliance calendar behind each one.

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Total classifications

1001

6-digit subclasses

21

Industry sections

EN + 繁

Bilingual data

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21 industry sections

AAgriculture, forestry and fishingBMining and quarryingCManufacturingDElectricity and gas supplyEWater supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activitiesFConstructionGImport/export, wholesale and retail tradesHTransportation, storage, postal and courier servicesIAccommodation and food service activitiesJInformation and communicationsKFinancial and insurance activitiesLReal estate activitiesMProfessional, scientific and technical activitiesNAdministrative and support service activitiesOPublic administrationPEducationQHuman health and social work activitiesRArts, entertainment and recreationSOther service activitiesTWork activities within domestic householdsUActivities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies

Certificate-ready BR wording

Each subclass suggests business nature text that fits the IRD's 60-character English and 30-character Chinese limits, previewed exactly as it prints on the certificate.

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Licence requirements, sourced

SFC, HKMA, FEHD, C&ED and a dozen other regulators mapped to the classifications they police, with capital thresholds and processing windows from primary sources.

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The compliance calendar

Annual returns, audit, MPF and profits tax deadlines including the Block Extension Scheme dates most guides skip. Every fact carries a verification date.

How HSIC works

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