The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For extraction and agglomeration of peat, that activity is 08920.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
08920 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for extraction and agglomeration of peat: a sub-class of class 0892, extraction and agglomeration of peat, within division 08, other mining and quarrying. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 08Group 089Class 0892Sub-class 08920
Extraction and agglomeration of peat
Sub-class 08920 · Class 0892 · Group 089 · Division 08 · Section B, NIC 2008
The code
Where the code sits in the National Industrial Classification 2008, from section to sub-class, in the official wording.
089205 digits: 08 + 9 + 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 08920. 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 08 covers other mining and quarrying. It sits in section B, mining and quarrying.
Mining and quarrying n.e.c.
Extraction and agglomeration of peat. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Extraction and agglomeration of peat. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
08920 is a sub-class of class 0892, extraction and agglomeration of peat. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - service activities incidental to peat mining, see 0990
- - manufacture of articles of peat, see 2399
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 08920 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For extraction and agglomeration of peat, that activity is 08920.
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
08920 is for extraction and agglomeration of peat. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: other classes in group 089. Each has its own page with the official wording.
These belong to other classes in group 089, mining and quarrying n.e.c. 08920 itself is in class 0892. Use the search above for any other code on this page.
Questions
Extraction and agglomeration of peat, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 0892, extraction and agglomeration of peat.
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 0892, 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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