The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For maintenance and repair of motor vehicles, that activity is 45200.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
45200 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for maintenance and repair of motor vehicles: a sub-class of class 4520, maintenance and repair of motor vehicles, within division 45, wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 45Group 452Class 4520Sub-class 45200
Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles
Sub-class 45200 · Class 4520 · Group 452 · Division 45 · Section G, NIC 2008
The code
Where the code sits in the National Industrial Classification 2008, from section to sub-class, in the official wording.
452005 digits: 45 + 2 + 0 + 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 45200. 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 45 covers wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles. It sits in section G, wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles.
Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles.
Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
45200 is a sub-class of class 4520, maintenance and repair of motor vehicles. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class includes maintenance and repair of motor vehicles (mechanical repairs, electrical repairs, electronic injection systems repair, ordinary servicing, bodywork repair, repair of motor vehicle parts, washing, polishing, etc. spraying and painting, repair of screens and windows, repair of motor vehicle seats), tyre and tube repair, fitting or replacement, anti-rust treatment, installation of parts and accessories not as part of the manufacturing process
This class excludes:
- - retreading and rebuilding of tyres, see 2211
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 45200 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For maintenance and repair of motor vehicles, that activity is 45200.
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.
Questions
Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 4520, maintenance and repair of motor vehicles.
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 4520, 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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