The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of carpets, and other floor coverings made of jute, mesta and coir, that activity is 13935.
NIC code · National Industrial Classification 2008
13935 is the 5-digit NIC 2008 code for manufacture of carpets, and other floor coverings made of jute, mesta and coir: a sub-class of class 1393, manufacture of carpets and rugs, 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 1393Sub-class 13935
Manufacture of carpets, and other floor coverings made of jute, mesta and coir
Sub-class 13935 · Class 1393 · 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.
139355 digits: 13 + 9 + 3 + 5NIC 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 13935. 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 carpets and rugs. The official note for this class is quoted below.
Manufacture of carpets, and other floor coverings made of jute, mesta and coir. The full 5-digit code you enter where a form asks for the business activity by NIC code.
What it covers
13935 is a sub-class of class 1393, manufacture of carpets and rugs. The NIC 2008 document explains the class in the note below, quoted exactly.
This class excludes:
- - manufacture of mats and matting of plaiting materials, see 1629
- - manufacture of floor coverings of cork, see 1629
- - manufacture of resilient floor coverings, such as vinyl, linoleum, see 2220
Where you use it
Two registration forms ask for the business activity by NIC code. This is where 13935 is entered.
The MSME registration asks for the business activity by NIC code. For manufacture of carpets, and other floor coverings made of jute, mesta and coir, that activity is 13935.
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
13935 is for manufacture of carpets, and other floor coverings made of jute, mesta and coir. The codes below sit closest to it in NIC 2008: the other sub-classes of class 1393. Each has its own page with the official wording.
13939Class 1393 · another sub-class of the same class13931Class 1393 · another sub-class of the same class13932Class 1393 · another sub-class of the same class13933Class 1393 · another sub-class of the same classClass 1393 has 6 sub-classes in NIC 2008, including 13935. 4 of the others are shown here.
Questions
Manufacture of carpets, and other floor coverings made of jute, mesta and coir, in the National Industrial Classification 2008. It is a sub-class of class 1393, manufacture of carpets and rugs.
Class 1393, manufacture of carpets and rugs, has 6 sub-classes in NIC 2008. Besides 13935, those with a page here are: 13939 (Manufacture of other floor coverings n.e.c.); 13931 (Manufacture of carpets and other floor coverings made of cotton); 13932 (Manufacture of carpets and other floor coverings made of wool); 13933 (Manufacture of carpets and other floor coverings made of silk).
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 1393, 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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