SSIC Division 56 – Food and beverage service activities

Companies in this division prepare and serve meals, snacks and drinks for customers to eat or drink at once.

It includes restaurants, cafes, fast food outlets, takeaway kiosks, pubs, hawker and food court stalls, and the operators of food courts, hawker centres, coffee shops and canteens. Caterers that serve food at events, on flights or to homes for a set period are also in this division.

Commonly registered businesses

• Restaurants with table service, including buffets and steamboat (56111)
• Operators of food courts, hawker centres, coffee shops and canteens (56122)
• Hawker stalls, food stalls and pushcarts selling cooked food or drinks (56140)
• Cafes, where customers order, pay and collect their food (56112)
• Kiosks for takeaway drinks and snacks, such as bubble tea shops (56123)
• Caterers for events, airlines and home meal plans (56200)