The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of blankets, that activity is 13926.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
13926 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for manufacture of blankets: a sub-class of class 1392, manufacture of made-up textile articles, except apparel, within division 13, manufacture of textiles. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 13Group 139Class 1392Sub-class 13926
Manufacture of blankets
Sub-class 13926 · Class 1392 · Group 139 · Division 13 · 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.
139265 digits: 13 + 9 + 2 + 6NIC 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 13926. 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 13 covers manufacture of textiles. It sits in section C, manufacturing.
Manufacture of other textiles.
Manufacture of made-up textile articles, except apparel. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Manufacture of blankets. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
13926 is a sub-class of class 1392, manufacture of made-up textile articles, except apparel. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - manufacture of textile articles for technical use, see 1399
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 13926 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of blankets, that activity is 13926.
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
13926 is for manufacture of blankets. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 1392. Each has its own page with the official wording.
13929Class 1392 · another sub-class of the same class13921Class 1392 · another sub-class of the same class13922Class 1392 · another sub-class of the same class13923Class 1392 · another sub-class of the same class13924Class 1392 · another sub-class of the same classClass 1392 has 7 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 13926. 5 of the others are shown here.
Questions
Manufacture of blankets, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 1392, manufacture of made-up textile articles, except apparel.
Class 1392, manufacture of made-up textile articles, except apparel, has 7 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 13926, those with a page here are: 13929 (Manufacture of other made-up textile articles, except apparel n.e.c.); 13921 (Manufacture of curtains, bed covers and furnishings); 13922 (Manufacture of crocheted made up textile goods except apparel); 13923 (Manufacture of mosquito nets); 13924 (Manufacture of bedding, quilts pillows, sleeping bags etc.).
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 1392, 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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