The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For this activity, that activity is 23931.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
23931 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for the activity named above: a sub-class of class 2393, manufacture of other porcelain and ceramic products, within division 23, manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 23Group 239Class 2393Sub-class 23931
Manufacture of articles of porcelain or china, earthenware, imitation porcelain or common pottery, including earthen statues
Sub-class 23931 · Class 2393 · Group 239 · Division 23 · 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.
239315 digits: 23 + 9 + 3 + 1NIC 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 23931. 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 23 covers manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products. It sits in section C, manufacturing.
Manufacture of non-metallic mineral products n.e.c.
Manufacture of other porcelain and ceramic products. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Manufacture of articles of porcelain or china, earthenware, imitation porcelain or common pottery, including earthen statues. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
23931 is a sub-class of class 2393, manufacture of other porcelain and ceramic products. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - manufacture of artificial stone (e.g. cultured marble), see 2220
- - manufacture of refractory ceramic goods, see 2391
- - manufacture of ceramic building materials, see 2392
- - manufacture of ceramic sanitary fixtures, see 2392
- - manufacture of imitation jewellery, see 3212
- - manufacture of ceramic toys, see 3240
- - manufacture of artificial teeth, see 3250
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 23931 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For this activity, that activity is 23931.
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
23931 is for the activity named at the top of this page. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 2393. Each has its own page with the official wording.
23932Class 2393 · another sub-class of the same class23933Class 2393 · another sub-class of the same class23934Class 2393 · another sub-class of the same class23935Class 2393 · another sub-class of the same class23939Class 2393 · another sub-class of the same classClass 2393 has 6 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 23931.
Questions
Manufacture of articles of porcelain or china, earthenware, imitation porcelain or common pottery, including earthen statues, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 2393, manufacture of other porcelain and ceramic products.
Class 2393, manufacture of other porcelain and ceramic products, has 6 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 23931, they are: 23932 (Manufacture of ceramic tableware and other domestic or toilet articles); 23933 (Manufacture of statuettes and other ornamental ceramic articles); 23934 (Manufacture of electrical insulators and insulating fittings of ceramics); 23935 (Manufacture of ceramic laboratory, chemical and industrial products); 23939 (Manufacture of ceramic products n.e.c.).
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 2393, 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.
Not sure which code fits your activity, or spotted a mismatch? Use the WhatsApp button on this page and tell us what the business sells and how.