The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For activities of movers and packers, that activity is 52293.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
52293 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for activities of movers and packers: a sub-class of class 5229, other transportation support activities, within division 52, warehousing and support activities for transportation. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 52Group 522Class 5229Sub-class 52293
Activities of movers and packers
Sub-class 52293 · Class 5229 · Group 522 · Division 52 · Section H, NIC 2008
The code
Where the code sits in the National Industrial Classification 2008, from section to sub-class, in the official wording.
522935 digits: 52 + 2 + 9 + 3NIC 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 52293. 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 52 covers warehousing and support activities for transportation. It sits in section H, transport and storage.
Support activities for transportation.
Other transportation support activities. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Activities of movers and packers. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
52293 is a sub-class of class 5229, other transportation support activities. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - courier activities, see 5320
- - provision of motor, marine, aviation and transport insurance, see 6512
- - activities of travel agencies, see 7911
- - activities of tour operators, see 7912
- - tourist assistance activities, see 7920
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 52293 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For activities of movers and packers, that activity is 52293.
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
52293 is for activities of movers and packers. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 5229. Each has its own page with the official wording.
52294Class 5229 · another sub-class of the same class52291Class 5229 · another sub-class of the same class52292Class 5229 · another sub-class of the same classClass 5229 has 4 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 52293.
Questions
Activities of movers and packers, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 5229, other transportation support activities.
Class 5229, other transportation support activities, has 4 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 52293, they are: 52294 (Weighing of goods); 52291 (Activities of travel agents and tour operators); 52292 (Activities of shipping cargo agents).
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, and the explanatory note for class 5229, 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.
Not sure which code fits your activity, or spotted a mismatch? Use the WhatsApp button on this page and tell us what the business sells and how.