SSIC 2025 · Updated 30 June 2026
SSIC 70201 for management consultancy
The SSIC 2025 code for companies that advise other organisations on strategy, organisation and operations. See when it fits, which consultancy work has a code of its own, and SingStat’s full definition.
Short answer
Is 70201 the right code for your consultancy?
Use SSIC 70201 if your company advises other organisations on how they are run: strategy and organisational planning, operations and production planning, management information and management practices. It is the general management consultancy code.
Specialised advice has its own code. SingStat classifies IT, HR, public relations and marketing, engineering, tax and accounting, legal and corporate finance advice elsewhere, along with consultancy for hotels and for healthcare organisations. If your work is mainly one of these, the comparison below shows the code to use.
Use 70201 if
- You advise clients on strategy, organisation design or business planning
- You help clients improve operations, processes or production planning
- You advise on management information, reporting and management practices
- You offer business continuity planning, which SingStat lists under 70201
Look at another code if
- Your advice is mainly about IT, HR, PR and marketing, tax or law
- Your clients are hotels or healthcare organisations
- You give engineering or sustainability advice
- You manage companies in your own group rather than advising outside clients
Compare codes
Which consultancy code fits your work?
Find what you mainly advise on. The codes and titles are SingStat’s.
| What your company mainly does | Code | SSIC 2025 title |
|---|---|---|
| General management consultancy: strategy, organisation, operations | 70201 | Management consultancy services |
| Start-up and incubator advisory, corporate immigration or aviation consultancy | 70209 | Management consultancy services n.e.c. |
| IT consultancy and systems integration | 62021 | Information technology consultancy (except cybersecurity) |
| Cybersecurity consultancy | 62022 | Information technology cybersecurity consultancy |
| Human resource consultancy | 70204 | Human resource consultancy services |
| Public relations, marketing and brand consultancy | 70205 | Public relations, marketing and brand consultancy services |
| Advertising and running ad campaigns | 73100 | Advertising activities |
| Market research | 73200 | Market research and public opinion polling |
| Accounting, audit and tax advice, including business valuation | 69201 | Accounting, auditing and tax consultancy services |
| Legal advice | 69101 | Legal activities |
| Corporate finance advisory | 66192 | Corporate finance advisory services |
| Engineering design and consultancy | 7112 | Engineering Design and Consultancy Activities |
| Sustainability and carbon consultancy | 74904 | Sustainability consultancy services |
| Intellectual property consultancy | 74902 | Brokerage and consultancy services of intellectual property assets |
| Executive search | 78104 | Employment agencies (except domestic worker employment placement agencies) |
| Consultancy for hotels | 70203 | Management consultancy services for hotels |
| Consultancy for healthcare organisations | 70202 | Management consultancy services for healthcare organisations |
| Port, shipping and maritime consultancy | 70206 | Port, shipping and maritime-related consultancy services |
| Educational consultancy | 85609 | Educational support services n.e.c. |
| Running your own group’s companies from a head office | 70101 | Activities of head and regional head offices; Centralised administrative offices and subsidiary management offices |
SingStat definition
What SSIC 70201 covers
70201 Management consultancy services
This sub-class includes the provision of advice and/or guidance to businesses, the public service and/or other organisations (excluding healthcare organisations and hotels) on a range of management and operational issues, such as:
- strategic and organisational planning
- production scheduling and/or control planning
- management information
- practices and planning
Also listed by SingStat as
- Business consultancy service
- Business continuity planning consultancy service
- Business management consultancy service
- Management consultancy service
SingStat classifies these elsewhere
- IT consultancy services 6202
- Corporate finance advisory services 66192
- Real estate consultancy services 68209
- Legal advice and representation 6910
- Accounting advisory and consultancy services (e.g., business valuation) 69201
- Tax consultancy services 69201
- Overseeing and managing related enterprises, such as undertaking the strategic planning, decision making and operational control of these related enterprises 70101
- Provision of a range of centralised administrative services (e.g., marketing, recruitment, finance) to related enterprises 70101
- Management consultancy services for healthcare organisations 70202
- Management consultancy services for hotels 70203
- Human resource consultancy services 70204
- Public relations consultancy services 70205
- Port, shipping and maritime-related consultancy services 70206
- Engineering consultancy services 7112
- Advertising activities 73100
- Market research and public opinion polling 73200
- Consultancy services of intellectual property assets 74902
- Agrotechnology consultancy services 74903
- Carbon consultancy services 74904
- Executive placement or search consulting services 78104
- Management of human resource functions 78300
Source: Department of Statistics Singapore, SSIC 2025 detailed definitions and alphabetical index, last updated 30 June 2026. The short answer, comparison and FAQs on this page are our own guidance, not part of SingStat’s data.
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SSIC 70201 FAQs
What founders ask us about this code. If your question is not here, ask us directly.
Is 70201 the right code for a freelance consultant?
Yes, if you advise organisations on how they are managed. SSIC codes describe the activity, not the business structure, so a sole proprietorship, a partnership and a private limited company doing the same work use the same code.
What is the difference between 70201 and 70209?
70201 is general management consultancy. 70209 covers management consultancy not classified elsewhere: SingStat lists aviation consultancy, corporate immigration consultancy and non-financial consultancy for new and start-up firms under it. Use 70209 only when your work matches one of those, or has no more specific code.
Do I need a licence to run a consultancy?
There is no specific licence for general management consultancy. Regulated advice keeps its own rules whichever code you choose, though. Advising on investment products needs a financial adviser’s licence from MAS unless an exemption applies, and an employment agency needs a licence from MOM.
Can I add a second code for another line of work?
Yes. A company registers a primary activity and an optional secondary activity. If you run HR projects as a distinct line alongside general consultancy, for example, 70201 can be the primary code and 70204 the secondary. The primary code should be the one that brings in most of your business.
Can I change my SSIC code later?
Yes. You can update your company’s registered business activities with ACRA on BizFile+ whenever your business changes. If you have a company secretary, they normally make the filing for you.
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