The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of builders’ carpentry and joinery n.e.c., that activity is 16229.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
16229 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for manufacture of builders’ carpentry and joinery n.e.c.: a sub-class of class 1622, manufacture of builders’ carpentry and joinery, within division 16, manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials. Search a code or activity below, or copy the code for your Udyam or SPICe+ form.
This code
Division 16Group 162Class 1622Sub-class 16229
Manufacture of builders’ carpentry and joinery n.e.c.
Sub-class 16229 · Class 1622 · Group 162 · Division 16 · 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.
162295 digits: 16 + 2 + 2 + 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 16229. 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 16 covers manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials. It sits in section C, manufacturing.
Manufacture of products of wood, cork, straw and plaiting materials.
Manufacture of builders’ carpentry and joinery. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Manufacture of builders’ carpentry and joinery n.e.c. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
16229 is a sub-class of class 1622, manufacture of builders’ carpentry and joinery. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - manufacture of unassembled wooden flooring, see 1610
- - manufacture of kitchen cabinets, bookcases, wardrobes etc., see 3100
- - manufacture of wood partitions, free standing, see 3100
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 16229 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of builders’ carpentry and joinery n.e.c., that activity is 16229.
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
16229 is for manufacture of builders’ carpentry and joinery n.e.c. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 1622 and other classes in group 162. Each has its own page with the official wording.
16221Class 1622 · another sub-class of the same class16222Class 1622 · another sub-class of the same classClass 1622 has 3 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 16229.
These belong to other classes in group 162, manufacture of products of wood, cork, straw and plaiting materials. 16229 itself is in class 1622. Use the search above for any other code on this page.
Questions
Manufacture of builders’ carpentry and joinery n.e.c., in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 1622, manufacture of builders’ carpentry and joinery.
Class 1622, manufacture of builders’ carpentry and joinery, has 3 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 16229, they are: 16221 (Manufacture of structural wooden goods [intended to be used primarily in the construction industry such as beams, rafters, roof struts, glue-laminated and metal connected, prefabricated wooden roof trusses, doors, windows, shutters and their frames, whether or not containing metal fittings, stairs, railings, wooden beadings and mouldings, shingles and shakes etc.]); 16222 (Manufacture of prefabricated buildings, or elements thereof, predominantly of wood).
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 1622, 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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