The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For activities of sports clubs, that activity is 93120.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
93120 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for activities of sports clubs: a sub-class of class 9312, activities of sports clubs, within division 93, sports activities and amusement and recreation activities. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 93Group 931Class 9312Sub-class 93120
Activities of sports clubs
Sub-class 93120 · Class 9312 · Group 931 · Division 93 · 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.
931205 digits: 93 + 1 + 2 + 0NIC 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 93120. 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 93 covers sports activities and amusement and recreation activities. It sits in section R, arts, entertainment and recreation.
Sports activities.
Activities of sports clubs. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Activities of sports clubs. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
93120 is a sub-class of class 9312, activities of sports clubs. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class includes the activities of sports clubs, which, whether professional, semi-professional or amateur clubs, give their members the opportunity to engage in sporting activities.
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 93120 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For activities of sports clubs, that activity is 93120.
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
93120 is for activities of sports clubs. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: other classes in group 931. Each has its own page with the official wording.
These belong to other classes in group 931, sports activities. 93120 itself is in class 9312. Use the search above for any other code on this page.
Questions
Activities of sports clubs, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 9312, activities of sports clubs.
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 9312, 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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