The mol-ecular structure of the title compound, C(14)H(11)Cl(3)O(4)S, displays a biphenyl dihedral angle of 4.9 (2)° between the benzene rings, which is significantly smaller than the calculated dihedral angle of 41.2° of biphenyl derivatives without ortho substituents. The C(Ar)-O bond length of 1.432 (4) Å is comparable with other sulfuric acid biphenyl-4-yl ester 2,2,2-trichloro-ether ester derivatives without electronegative substituents in the sulfated phenyl ring.