The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For building of pleasure and sporting boats, that activity is 30120.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
30120 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for building of pleasure and sporting boats: a sub-class of class 3012, building of pleasure and sporting boats, 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 3012Sub-class 30120
Building of pleasure and sporting boats
Sub-class 30120 · Class 3012 · 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.
301205 digits: 30 + 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 30120. 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 pleasure and sporting boats. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Building of pleasure and sporting boats. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
30120 is a sub-class of class 3012, building of pleasure and sporting boats. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class includes, manufacture of inflatable boats and rafts, building of sailboats with or without auxiliary motor, building of motor boats, building of recreation-type hovercraft, manufacture of personal watercraft, manufacture of other pleasure and sporting boats (canoes, kayaks, rowing boats, skiffs)
This class excludes:
- - manufacture of parts of pleasure and sporting boats:
- • manufacture of sails, see 1322
- • manufacture of iron or steel anchors, see 2599
- • manufacture of marine engines, see 2811
- - manufacture of sailboards and surfboards, see 3230
- - maintenance, repair or alteration of pleasure boats, see 3315
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 30120 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For building of pleasure and sporting boats, that activity is 30120.
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
30120 is for building of pleasure and sporting boats. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: other classes in group 301. Each has its own page with the official wording.
These belong to other classes in group 301, building of ships and boats. 30120 itself is in class 3012. Use the search above for any other code on this page.
Questions
Building of pleasure and sporting boats, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 3012, building of pleasure and sporting boats.
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 3012, 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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