The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For this activity, that activity is 30111.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
30111 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for the activity named above: a sub-class of class 3011, building of ships and floating structures, within division 30, manufacture of other transport equipment. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 30Group 301Class 3011Sub-class 30111
Building of commercial vessels: passenger vessels, ferry-boats, cargo ships, tankers, tugs, hovercraft (except recreation-type hovercraft) etc.
Sub-class 30111 · Class 3011 · Group 301 · Division 30 · Section C, NIC 2008
The code
Where the code sits in the National Industrial Classification 2008, from section to sub-class, in the official wording.
301115 digits: 30 + 1 + 1 + 1NIC 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 30111. 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 30 covers manufacture of other transport equipment. It sits in section C, manufacturing.
Building of ships and boats.
Building of ships and floating structures. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Building of commercial vessels: passenger vessels, ferry-boats, cargo ships, tankers, tugs, hovercraft (except recreation-type hovercraft) etc. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
30111 is a sub-class of class 3011, building of ships and floating structures. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - manufacture of parts of vessels, other than major hull assemblies:
- • manufacture of sails, see 1322
- • manufacture of ships’ propellers, see 2599
- • manufacture of iron or steel anchors, see 2599
- • manufacture of marine engines, see 2811
- - manufacture of navigational instruments, see 2651
- - manufacture of lighting equipment for ships, see 2740
- - manufacture of amphibious motor vehicles, see 2910
- - manufacture of inflatable boats or rafts for recreation, see 3012
- - specialized repair and maintenance of ships and floating structures, see 3315
- - ship-breaking, see 3830
- - interior installation of boats, see 4330
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 30111 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For this activity, that activity is 30111.
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
30111 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 3011. Each has its own page with the official wording.
30112Class 3011 · another sub-class of the same class30113Class 3011 · another sub-class of the same class30114Class 3011 · another sub-class of the same class30115Class 3011 · another sub-class of the same classClass 3011 has 5 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 30111.
Questions
Building of commercial vessels: passenger vessels, ferry-boats, cargo ships, tankers, tugs, hovercraft (except recreation-type hovercraft) etc., in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 3011, building of ships and floating structures.
Class 3011, building of ships and floating structures, has 5 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 30111, they are: 30112 (Building of warships and scientific investigation ships etc.); 30113 (Building of fishing boats and fish-processing factory vessels); 30114 (Construction of floating or submersible drilling platforms); 30115 (Construction of floating structures ( floating docks, pontoons, coffer-dams, floating landing stages, buoys, floating tanks, barges, lighters, floating cranes, non-recreational inflatable rafts etc.)).
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 3011, 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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