The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of other basic iron and steel n.e.c, that activity is 24109.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
24109 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for manufacture of other basic iron and steel n.e.c: a sub-class of class 2410, manufacture of basic iron and steel, within division 24, manufacture of basic metals. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 24Group 241Class 2410Sub-class 24109
Manufacture of other basic iron and steel n.e.c
Sub-class 24109 · Class 2410 · Group 241 · Division 24 · 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.
241095 digits: 24 + 1 + 0 + 9NIC 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 24109. 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 24 covers manufacture of basic metals. It sits in section C, manufacturing.
Manufacture of basic iron and steel.
Manufacture of basic iron and steel. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Manufacture of other basic iron and steel n.e.c. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
24109 is a sub-class of class 2410, manufacture of basic iron and steel. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - manufacture of tubes, pipes and hollow profiles and of tube or pipe fittings of cast-iron, see 2431
- - manufacture of seamless tubes and pipes of steel by centrifugal casting, see 2431
- - manufacture of tube or pipe fittings of cast-steel, see 2431
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 24109 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of other basic iron and steel n.e.c, that activity is 24109.
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
24109 is for manufacture of other basic iron and steel n.e.c. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 2410. Each has its own page with the official wording.
24101Class 2410 · another sub-class of the same class24102Class 2410 · another sub-class of the same class24103Class 2410 · another sub-class of the same class24104Class 2410 · another sub-class of the same class24105Class 2410 · another sub-class of the same classClass 2410 has 9 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 24109. 5 of the others are shown here.
Questions
Manufacture of other basic iron and steel n.e.c, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 2410, manufacture of basic iron and steel.
Class 2410, manufacture of basic iron and steel, has 9 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 24109, those with a page here are: 24101 (Manufacture of pig iron and spiegeleisen in pigs, blocks or other primary forms); 24102 (Manufacture of direct reduction of iron (sponge iron) and other spongy ferrous products); 24103 (Manufacture of steel in ingots or other primary forms, and other semi- finished products of steel); 24104 (Manufacture of ferro-alloys); 24105 (Manufacture of hot-rolled and cold-rolled products of steel).
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 2410, 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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