The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For general cleaning of buildings, that activity is 81210.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
81210 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for general cleaning of buildings: a sub-class of class 8121, general cleaning of buildings, within division 81, services to buildings and landscape activities. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 81Group 812Class 8121Sub-class 81210
General cleaning of buildings
Sub-class 81210 · Class 8121 · Group 812 · Division 81 · Section N, NIC 2008
The code
Where the code sits in the National Industrial Classification 2008, from section to sub-class, in the official wording.
812105 digits: 81 + 2 + 1 + 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 81210. 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 81 covers services to buildings and landscape activities. It sits in section N, administrative and support service activities.
Cleaning activities.
General cleaning of buildings. The official note for this class is quoted below.
General cleaning of buildings. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
81210 is a sub-class of class 8121, general cleaning of buildings. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class includes the general (non-specialized) cleaning activities of all types of buildings and other business and professional premises and multiunit residential buildings. These activities are mostly interior cleaning although they may include the cleaning of associated exterior areas such as windows or passageways.
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 81210 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For general cleaning of buildings, that activity is 81210.
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
81210 is for general cleaning of buildings. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: other classes in group 812. Each has its own page with the official wording.
These belong to other classes in group 812, cleaning activities. 81210 itself is in class 8121. Use the search above for any other code on this page.
Questions
General cleaning of buildings, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 8121, general cleaning of buildings.
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 8121, 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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