The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For flying school, that activity is 85493.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
85493 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for flying school: a sub-class of class 8549, other education n.e.c., within division 85, education. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 85Group 854Class 8549Sub-class 85493
Flying school
Sub-class 85493 · Class 8549 · Group 854 · Division 85 · Section P, NIC 2008
The code
Where the code sits in the National Industrial Classification 2008, from section to sub-class, in the official wording.
854935 digits: 85 + 4 + 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 85493. 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 85 covers education. It sits in section P, education.
Other education.
Other education n.e.c. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Flying school. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
85493 is a sub-class of class 8549, other education n.e.c. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class includes the offering or providing of instruction and specialized training, generally for adults and not comparable to the general education in groups 851-853
This class excludes:
- - adult literacy programmes see 8510
- - general secondary education, see 8521
- - driving schools for occupational drivers, see 8522
- - higher education, see 8530
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 85493 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For flying school, that activity is 85493.
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
85493 is for flying school. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 8549. Each has its own page with the official wording.
85494Class 8549 · another sub-class of the same class85499Class 8549 · another sub-class of the same class85491Class 8549 · another sub-class of the same class85492Class 8549 · another sub-class of the same classClass 8549 has 5 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 85493.
Questions
Flying school, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 8549, other education n.e.c.
Class 8549, other education n.e.c., has 5 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 85493, they are: 85494 (Motor driving school (non-professional)); 85499 (Other educational services n.e.c.); 85491 (Academic tutoring services); 85492 (Professional examination review courses).
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 8549, 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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