The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For this activity, that activity is 90004.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
90004 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for the activity named above: a sub-class of class 9000, Dramatic arts, music and other arts activities, within division 90, creative, arts and entertainment activities. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 90Group 900Class 9000Sub-class 90004
Activities of individual writers, for all subjects including fictional writing, technical writing etc.
Sub-class 90004 · Class 9000 · Group 900 · Division 90 · Section R, NIC 2008
The code
Where the code sits in the National Industrial Classification 2008, from section to sub-class, in the official wording.
900045 digits: 90 + 0 + 0 + 4NIC 2025 · Notice dated 16 October 2026
On 18 November 2025 the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation released NIC 2025, which uses 6-digit codes aligned with the UN's ISIC Revision 5. This page shows the NIC 2008 code 90004. The matching NIC 2025 code will be added here once it is mapped from MoSPI's official concordance.
How to read it
An NIC code is built in layers. Each digit narrows the one before it: the division, the group, the class, and finally the 5-digit sub-class. Divisions themselves are grouped under lettered sections.
The broadest numbered layer. Division 90 covers creative, arts and entertainment activities. It sits in section R, arts, entertainment and recreation.
Creative, arts and entertainment activities.
Dramatic arts, music and other arts activities.
Activities of individual writers, for all subjects including fictional writing, technical writing etc. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 90004 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For this activity, that activity is 90004.
The company incorporation form asks for the main industrial activity of the proposed company by NIC code.
Not GST. GST registration does not use NIC codes; goods and services there are classified by HSN and SAC codes.
Choosing the right code
90004 is for the activity named at the top of this page. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 9000. Each has its own page with the official wording.
90005Class 9000 · another sub-class of the same class90006Class 9000 · another sub-class of the same class90009Class 9000 · another sub-class of the same class90001Class 9000 · another sub-class of the same class90002Class 9000 · another sub-class of the same classClass 9000 has 7 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 90004. 5 of the others are shown here.
Questions
Activities of individual writers, for all subjects including fictional writing, technical writing etc., in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 9000, Dramatic arts, music and other arts activities.
Class 9000, Dramatic arts, music and other arts activities, has 7 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 90004, those with a page here are: 90005 (Activities of independent journalists); 90006 (Activities of restoring of works of art such as paintings etc.); 90009 (Other creative arts and and entertainment activities); 90001 (Stage production and related activities); 90002 (Operation of concert and theatre halls and other arts facilities).
In Udyam Registration, which asks for the business activity by NIC code, and in the SPICe+ company incorporation form, which asks for the main industrial activity by NIC code. GST registration does not use NIC codes.
About this page
The section, division, group, class and sub-class on this page are taken word for word from the official document “National Industrial Classification (All Economic Activities) 2008”, Central Statistical Organisation, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India.
This is reference information on the classification of a business activity. It is not advice on which code your own business should declare, and the official NIC document prevails if the two ever differ. A change in the classification, including the MoSPI concordance to NIC 2025, re-opens this page for checking.
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